Starboy by The Weeknd
Starboy by The Weeknd runs at 92 BPM in the key of A minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 92 BPM
- Key
- A minor
- Length
- 4:33
- Genre
- drum and bass
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A brooding drum and bass track blending lo-fi hip hop with explosive energy and a swung feel at 92 BPM. The low end is analog synth bass playing driving eighth notes, under a programmed drum machine with a cracking and compressed snare and tight closed hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows loop-based with dynamic drops. A gritty male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Field-recording ambience adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus on the vocal. Mixed in a warm and analog style, foregrounding rhythmic drive and harmonic warmth, built on simple triad chords, leaving a wistful and unresolved atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- analog synth bass
- Bassline style
- driving eighth notes
- Tempo
- 92
- Chords
- simple triad
- Cymbals
- tight closed hats
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- wistful and unresolved
- Genre
- drum and bass
- Second genre
- lo-fi hip hop
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- Mixing style
- warm and analog
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- cracking and compressed
- Sonic focus
- rhythmic drive
- Secondary focus
- harmonic warmth
- Space
- a wide stereo chorus
- Structure
- loop-based with dynamic drops
- Textural detail
- field-recording ambience
- Vocal style
- layered in close harmony
- Vocal
- a gritty male 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 The Weeknd. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.