I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift
I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift runs at 77 BPM in the key of F# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 77 BPM
- Key
- F# major
- Length
- 5:57
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Mood
- restless
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A restless synth-pop track blending orchestral pop with driving energy and a broken-beat feel at 77 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and sparse dark cymbals. Acoustic guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus with a bridge. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a short room reverb on the vocal. Mixed in a bright and modern style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 77
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- driving
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Second genre
- orchestral pop
- Harmonic instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- bright and modern
- Mood
- restless
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a short room reverb
- Structure
- verse-chorus with a bridge
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored. The measurements and classifications are automated estimates, so use them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Taylor Swift. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.