DeflatedBallonMusic

DeflatedBallonMusic t1_j67djep wrote

Reply to TikTok music is a threat by ConfectionStill6109

I have noticed many new songs are shorter in general (around the 3 min or just under mark).

But on your point on Lizzo's about damn time, the song/second verse was definitely not written for TikTok. I will have to look but Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic) gave an interview on that song that was very interesting. IIRC, About damn time was commercially a flop in its first few weeks and wasn't performing well, until someone made a tiktok dance for the second verse which went viral, in turn pushing the song. it was a really interesting video

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Not the full interview but its most of it:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vPo1qgsNvUI

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DeflatedBallonMusic t1_j670fbx wrote

Reply to Why do you listen to music? by Relative-Tone-4429

I listen to music more for the sound and how it can surprise me, things such as unique chord progressions, and melodies that do stuff they shouldn't. for instance i can jive to a 'sad' song just as easily as a happy bop

its probably because I'm not great on listening to lyrics, like I can listen to a song hundreds of times and know the intricacies of the snare ghost hits and the exact amount of vibrato used in the second bar of the guitar solo well before I know even half of what the singer is singing, it generally takes me looking up the lyrics to actually figure out the meaning of the song etc.

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