You Need To Calm Down by Taylor Swift
You Need To Calm Down by Taylor Swift runs at 85 BPM in the key of D major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 85 BPM
- Key
- D major
- Length
- 3:30
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Mood
- euphoric
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A euphoric synth-pop track blending synth-pop with explosive energy and a syncopated feel at 85 BPM. The low end is analog synth bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a clap-layered snare and shimmering open hats. Plucked synth carries the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows verse-chorus with a bridge. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a bright and modern style, foregrounding melodic lead and vocal clarity, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a euphoric and open atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- analog synth bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 85
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- shimmering open hats
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- euphoric and open
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Second genre
- synth-pop
- Harmonic instrument
- plucked synth
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- Mixing style
- bright and modern
- Mood
- euphoric
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- syncopated
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- vocal clarity
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- verse-chorus with a bridge
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- layered in close harmony
- 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.