Please do more of these, even if they are still unlisted. I understand a lot of fans won't appreciate the technicality, but I think you would grab an edge on RUclips by deconstructing pop in this way, especially for people like me who have a less-than positive opinion in regards to the genre.
It's funny how things considered "poppy" today was underground music 20 years ago. This could've been a Moby track from back in the day. We see the same with Lady Gaga and so on. Taking bits from music made 20 years ago because today's audiences finally get used to (and are no longer averse to) sounds from decades ago.
yes defenitely! I actually just started with a composition and music technology study, and this kind of videos arn't just really interesting to me, but will help and inspire me to analyze music in the same way!
As a (former) music nerd this is amazing. I haven’t dabbled with music in a long, long, time but your videos always give me that feeling of wonder back :) My favourite song of the past year might belong to Cornelius - If You’re Here. Gotta listen to it with stereo speakers/headphones.
THIS IS AMAZING!! I like this song but breaking it down just makes it even more awesome to see the technique behind! More technical musical jargon videos please 💃🔥
I'm thoroughly enjoying your videos. You give me a different perspective on music and it's quite refreshing tbh. I really appreciate all that you do Andrew. Much love.
Pls do one of these more Andrew !!!!! I love seeing people analyse or just talk about music they love and your knowledge of music just makes it even better
I absolutely adore this video! The analysis of the structure and the keys was so accurate and I literally felt myself nodding along to everything you were saying
I love how technical this video was! I learned a lot from it and your collab with Peter Hollins totally got me hooked on this song! I hadn't heard of it before that.
"Nerds like us are allowed, to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff..." John Green. There's nothing at all "uncool" about knowing your passion inside out, upside down. Uncool would be try n pass yourself off as having a clue when you don't. Uncool would be to have the knowledge but to refuse to impart it to others. I'd like to see more of these break down vids because it teaches me to think of things more complexly.
Colour Streak Mate, opinions are a thing. A lot of people might not like the songs you like. (by the way, I don't like Ed Sheeran, but that doesn't mean I insult him or people who enjoy his music)
BUhuuuuu ! :D Kidding. My "theory" is that it's always weird listening an "unique" song for the first time. The Eurovision contest usually has a lot of them, which might be difficult for our brain to process. We love patterns and repetitions and usually we ignore new things unless they come back again and again. The more you listen the songs, the more you love them, even if initially you really dislike the tune. But the more you listen, more little things you notice in the song, recognizing new patterns and getting used to them, to the point you start liking them, even if you say otherwise.
He he, I know right, and this is not really to disrespect him or anything, but it does really fit well with "today's" selection of songs In the Euro-vision for a number of reasons. I wonder if he would like some of the resent years's euro-vision songs.
Thank you so much for this. As a music consumer for more than 50 years I can appreciate your analysis and am amazed by your insight. Keep up the great work, please. O and of course, I've subscribed and am sharing this on social media :)
Wow, this is just like I feel about comtemporary art; it's beauty and gravity is found only in the slight adjustments of academic elements. Unfortunately, to the VAST majority of listeners, this song comes off as an uninspired remix of a remix of a remix of a few passionate pieces scattered throughout the last few decades. It's powerful, but it sounds like at least 10 other pieces with similar structures, emotions, etc. I do appreciate that it resonated with you though. It's a desperate love song. I love those too.
I love musicians like this, this sound is why I fell in love with Rudimental. It's like uplifting, inspirational EDM. Like always, great video! You've gotten me back into making music again, thank you!
I'd literally never heard of this song ever before but now I'm about halfway through the video and I fucking *_love_* this song so *_enthusiastically!!_* Awesome work dude, this is a serious gem and the video is so well thought out.
This video was absolutely awesome, you should definitely do more analyses. I also left the song the second it came out and have always wondered why not more people get sucked in by its combination of melody, rythm and lyrics. Nice video! :)
I struggle to call something with such generic use of a break (I can't quite place which it is) and song structure the most interesting/best song of the year. Plus orchestral/electronic mixes have been done to death and I just don't see the orchestra adding too much to this, or maybe the electronic bits, I can't really tell which it's more rooted in. I think you said it best when describing it that it's trying to do a bunch of things at once, difference is that I think it spreads itself way too thin and ends up being mediocre at best in all of them.
It sounds really close to the Amen break but it sounds even closer to the "Chase and Status" break. As in the break Chase and Status uses in the majority of their songs. Don't get me wrong I love their stuff but it's very obvious what their favorite break is.
it's just individual kicks & snares layered on top of a 'think' break, definitely lazy & definitely done to death, but the important thing is does it all work together, can you get an emotional reaction from it, & can 'normal' (non-EDM) people get into it
This. Andrew is trying to say that the chord progression is something very creative and unique, when in fact it is a very common thing to do out of pop music.
Yeah, I don’t think this song is as unique as he seems to think, but I love it anyway. This plus Agnes Obel’s Familiar have been in heavy rotation for me.
Sounded like a very basic kind of boring drum n bass song to me, I feel like I’ve heard something very similar like a couple years back, don’t know whose song that was...
@@ginsan8198 why put yourself toward something for years only for it to end up being completely generic and replaceable? its not special, its easily remade and it doesnt have its own voice. when youre an artist who makes generic crap you essentially are just a cog in the machine, anyone can replace you because you offer nothing unique
@@IAMDEATfilm Hey, everyone has different taste, bud. You don't like it, that's fine. I still stick to my belief, just because something is generic, doesn't mean it is bad. I didn't say that something generic was the best, right? There could be thousand other works that are better in terms of musicality, and still, just because those are better than the generic ones, they don't necessarily make the generic ones sound bad. They are just generic, that's all.
@@ginsan8198 well obviously everyone has their own opinion, when i speak i obviously speak out of my own, goes without saying. me speaking my opinion with conviction doesnt mean you no longer have one. something that is outright terrible is better than being generic, at least it actually has character and is distinct, even if for all the wrong reasons. if i spent years of my life creating something, thinking about it every day, working on it for all hours of the night every single night, only for peoples ultimate reaction to be "it was alright" that would be so much worse than them reacting strongly to it negatively. its better to arouse actual passion one way or the other than to be a forgettable waste of time
I really like this kind of technical analysis - particularly when you were talking about how the G is the only thing that differentiated those two scales - that was clever! Your music theory is so solid. I like when you do these kinds of videos.
>says the pitch shifting vocals is unique and unsual Is it? Cos i rarely even listen to pop music and ive heard it used enough that i no longer want to try it myself
It's a good catchy song, but doesn't feel original.. just rides the wave of reviving 90's sounds and styles that Chase and Status restarted few years back in the UK.. Had I not seen that it's Sigma, I'd have guessed Chase and Status just by listening. And the breakbeat really reminds me of a lot of 90s dancefloor tunes, all the way to legendary Future Sound of London.. not hatin', just statin'
Dude, I LOVED this deep-dive technical analysis. Honestly, until seeing your cover, I'd never heard of the track, but your detailed breakdown of the production and composition was TREMENDOUSLY interesting. PLEASE please please make these deconstructions a regular occurrence! =0)
Wow, I knew this song was amazing when I first heard it and I too listened to it on repeat A LOT, but I had no idea it was that intricate! Andrew Huang's content never fails to surprise and also educate me. : D
Andrew, I know you get lots of comments on your videos, but I certainly hope you take a moment to read this one. It is not often that I leave comments on the many RUclips videos I watch every day. I just wanted to say that it took me watching just a few of your videos before I decided to subscribe to your channel. After watching this one, I’ve decided to press the bell button for the first time ever. You are not only a very talented musician/producer, but a great communicator and educator. Please take this as a compliment coming from a 57-year-old college professor. I want to be like you when I grow up! :-) Please, keep up the good work.
Luis Dominguez can you give me an example of such that you think was put into good use? The song I could name at the top of my head is Haunting by Halsey.
The only problem with most pop music is there's usually not much depth if any at all. Most lyrics writers fall off way too quick. Matters of the heart are never that simplistic. There's no search in "Come find me", it meets the "I'll always be the last place you left me" criteria but it doesn't help you feel like it's tangible enough to be what the everyday individual naturally feels. And then there's this "...I'm the fire burning cause I'm always here..." nonsense. No one just stays there waiting for someone unless they're truly in love. If you're portraying/feeling anything different then it's lust. But don't let my opinion discourage you from making tons more of these. They're awesome.
I hadn't heard this song before, I realllly like it. Thanks for giving more insight into this than I would have realized on my own. This was one of those songs that successfully sent shivers through my body each time I've listened to it now.
Great video! But can't the song just be in F minor while the verse has a "iv-i-III-VI" progression? I don't think every progression has to start on the root of the key. i.e. The common ii7-V7-Imaj7 jazz progression.
You're right it could be. But then the verse would be in the dorian mode that is kinda unusual and pretty melodically recognizable. You can hear by the melody that Bb is the tonic note and Bbm the tonic chord. I agree with you, progressions don't have to start on the tonic of the key, but in modern music, most common modes are ionian (major scale), aeolian (natural minor scale) and lydian. (I personally love phrygian and locrian).
Jean-Baptiste Beurier I’m not sure it is all that obvious from the melody that the tonic is Bb. To my ears, especially with the inclusion of that Ab chord, it seems equally plausible that the key center is F. And if the key center is F, that entirely avoids Dorian, and avoids the modulation going into the chorus. I hear it as a constant Fm, but I don’t know if that was the songwriter’s intention.
It could, that's why he says at 5:06 that the progression starts in an ambiguous key (Bbm/Fm) OR you might say it was a modulation from Bbm to Fm. That really depends on how strong you interpret the Bbm chord in the beginning as the pre-chorus keycenter, even without the G and just because we are used to hearing the I/i chord be played first.
I really love this song and after this explanation I now understand why I keep going back to it. I did not understand a word of the technical music stuff but I get why the song is awesome. More of these please
More of these analyses 😁👍🏽
tru
Totally agree! this video was really dope - reminded me of that closer/mary had a little lamb vid
YES PLEASE THESE ARE AMAZING
+1 I agree!
BTW... What is the key of Sweet home Alabama?
I agree, that was brilliant
It may be true that pop music is the hardest genre to do right, but it's also the easiest genre to do very poorly.
Anteaterman23 Unfortunately.
Anteaterman23 and the big issue is that pop music is rarely done right these days
Pop is not a genre, it just means "popular". Pop changes continually. The Beatles were called pop in the 60s.
Roikat just because it evolves doesn't mean it's not a distinguishable genre.
Dev In Exactly. Think about how much rock music has changed.
Please do more of these, even if they are still unlisted. I understand a lot of fans won't appreciate the technicality, but I think you would grab an edge on RUclips by deconstructing pop in this way, especially for people like me who have a less-than positive opinion in regards to the genre.
i agree. i think you could gain a bit of a more varied audience.
Voltage2016 how did you comment before the video was uploaded 😕
Ben Walker dang that's so weird
absolutely! 100% agree
+Ben Walker There was a link to it in the description of the original video, but it was unlisted at the time.
It's funny how things considered "poppy" today was underground music 20 years ago. This could've been a Moby track from back in the day.
We see the same with Lady Gaga and so on. Taking bits from music made 20 years ago because today's audiences finally get used to (and are no longer averse to) sounds from decades ago.
I just realized how much more musical nerdiness I need in my life.
Do you follow Adam Neely?
I didn't; thanks!
Subbed! If there were a referral bonus for this sort of thing, you'd have it!
Adam neely is a real music nerd
Oh!! Also my new podcast called Feels and Variations!!! Please join our weird music dork squad!
"That's my first argument, it's poppy"
*beat*
"I'm poppy!"
titanic sinclair, who managed poppy, is a artistic g doe
that part made me lol too
Dude, you should do this once a week!! Best video in a while!
yes defenitely! I actually just started with a composition and music technology study, and this kind of videos arn't just really interesting to me, but will help and inspire me to analyze music in the same way!
I don't think you can do a song of the year every week...
Ruilin Lin yeah, obviously man. I just meant he should pick a song from any time and dissect it.
Great video and song breakdown! I got to open for Sigma and Rusko once. The man's an absolute beast.
As a (former) music nerd this is amazing. I haven’t dabbled with music in a long, long, time but your videos always give me that feeling of wonder back :)
My favourite song of the past year might belong to Cornelius - If You’re Here. Gotta listen to it with stereo speakers/headphones.
To be honest having Andrew's approval on a song is like an award.
how? hes a regular human being with subjective tastes just like anyone else.
@John Melvin hell yeah, nothing in my life makes sense unless andrew Huang explains it to me. :)
THIS IS AMAZING!! I like this song but breaking it down just makes it even more awesome to see the technique behind! More technical musical jargon videos please 💃🔥
This is one of your best videos. We need more technical/theory videos or at least song analysis like this. This video gave me a lot of insight
2:43
Unusual, fun, and really well done
Put that on my tombstone boys!
Arno goes Online cox n crendor?
I read this comment just as he said it
Yes! I absolutely love this format of video! If you make more of this in the future, I'd definitely tune in
I'm thoroughly enjoying your videos. You give me a different perspective on music and it's quite refreshing tbh. I really appreciate all that you do Andrew. Much love.
Pls do one of these more Andrew !!!!! I love seeing people analyse or just talk about music they love and your knowledge of music just makes it even better
Really enjoyed this breakdown. Would love to see more like this!
I absolutely adore this video! The analysis of the structure and the keys was so accurate and I literally felt myself nodding along to everything you were saying
Every little clip of the song just gets me goosebumps over and over again.
I love goozebumps
dude I love your analysis videos. they're half of what drew me to your channel in the first place, I'd love to see more technical content from you!
Well I know the song I'm gonna listen to on repeat
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Boogie Belgique - Need Somebody
you're welcome
Anti-Gravity ew
but it's shit tho
I love how technical this video was! I learned a lot from it and your collab with Peter Hollins totally got me hooked on this song! I hadn't heard of it before that.
Say what you want about being "not cool", it would be awesome to see more videos like this from you
You should 100% do more videos like this!! This was super helpful
"Nerds like us are allowed, to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff..." John Green.
There's nothing at all "uncool" about knowing your passion inside out, upside down. Uncool would be try n pass yourself off as having a clue when you don't. Uncool would be to have the knowledge but to refuse to impart it to others.
I'd like to see more of these break down vids because it teaches me to think of things more complexly.
actually one of my favorite videos you have ever done. I. LOVED. IT. id love to see more like this !!!
Song challenge... Play Ed Sheeran's "Lego House" using only sounds from Lego pieces...
YES.
Ed Sheeran sucks, go away.
Colour Streak No.
Ed Sheeran is fine, but if you hate him I’m fine with it.
Colour Streak Mate, opinions are a thing. A lot of people might not like the songs you like. (by the way, I don't like Ed Sheeran, but that doesn't mean I insult him or people who enjoy his music)
Great analysis, BRO
I think the key was obscured, we had to find it (Find Me) at the chorus.
"Its poppy."
"im poppy"
That was hilarious.
Sounds like every Euro-vision song ever
BUhuuuuu ! :D Kidding.
My "theory" is that it's always weird listening an "unique" song for the first time.
The Eurovision contest usually has a lot of them, which might be difficult for our brain to process. We love patterns and repetitions and usually we ignore new things unless they come back again and again.
The more you listen the songs, the more you love them, even if initially you really dislike the tune. But the more you listen, more little things you notice in the song, recognizing new patterns and getting used to them, to the point you start liking them, even if you say otherwise.
Yeah, I guess you are right. We who live Europe are kinda used to what I want to call this type of music/genre though, and may even be fed up.
magnushmann LMAOOOO why is this so accurate
He he, I know right, and this is not really to disrespect him or anything, but it does really fit well with "today's" selection of songs In the Euro-vision for a number of reasons. I wonder if he would like some of the resent years's euro-vision songs.
I can see why it would remind you of City Lights (Belgium 2017) but I can't really hear any other similarities to other Eurovision songs...
this is actually really derivative of liquid drum n bass. the way the drumbreak is used is not actually not that unusual
True. Discounting the Key modulation and the Vocal shifts, this track is a liquid drum and bass track in disguise, shortened to be a pop(pier) track
@@TooAwesomeToDie7331 the vocal thing is a very garage thing
Yeah, I like the song, but it’s not hyper unusual.
awesome analysis!! thanks andrew, this was actually relevant to what im doing at school at the moment. love your vids always
I've always sucked at picking favorites because I listen to pretty much everything.
Mason Hunn My favourite is music. Lol
Exactly
Thank you so much for this. As a music consumer for more than 50 years I can appreciate your analysis and am amazed by your insight. Keep up the great work, please. O and of course, I've subscribed and am sharing this on social media :)
I feel like I'm in some elite music theory nerd club right now 😍
jazzy thomas Andrew should change his channel name to "elite music theory nerd club" XD
welcome to the chairman of the elite music theory nerd club: ruclips.net/user/havic5
Love these kind of videos Andrew, Love your work, keep it up!!
pls be my music teacher.
legit one of my favourite videos! we need more like this! at least once a month please :3
It highly feels like a song that would be used in Eurovision songfestival
I need more content like this. Is so satisfying to learn and you explain everything really well
I saw millie bobby brown and i thought he was gonna say the stranger things theme was the best song and THAT SHIT IS A TOTAL BANGER
Your not alone Brah.
Totally agree with many of these comments....very much enjoyed the technical side and would like to see more! Great video!
I saw Millie Bobby Brown so I clicked
57th reply
GraceAction same 😂
Same
Didn’t we all?
GraceAction same
Loved this analysis, please do more of these in the future
Wow, this is just like I feel about comtemporary art; it's beauty and gravity is found only in the slight adjustments of academic elements. Unfortunately, to the VAST majority of listeners, this song comes off as an uninspired remix of a remix of a remix of a few passionate pieces scattered throughout the last few decades. It's powerful, but it sounds like at least 10 other pieces with similar structures, emotions, etc.
I do appreciate that it resonated with you though. It's a desperate love song. I love those too.
I love musicians like this, this sound is why I fell in love with Rudimental. It's like uplifting, inspirational EDM. Like always, great video! You've gotten me back into making music again, thank you!
2:37 that sounds incredibly usual...
I'd literally never heard of this song ever before but now I'm about halfway through the video and I fucking *_love_* this song so *_enthusiastically!!_* Awesome work dude, this is a serious gem and the video is so well thought out.
I absolutely love how you broke this down. My mind is blown by this song.
Please, more of these types of videos. Your music theory knowledge is extensive, and appreciated.
I got a yt music ad with a Lele Pons song and for a split second I was mortified.
This video was absolutely awesome, you should definitely do more analyses. I also left the song the second it came out and have always wondered why not more people get sucked in by its combination of melody, rythm and lyrics.
Nice video! :)
What are you talking about, Andrew?! YOURE SOOOOCOOL!
Videos like this are amazing. Please keep them up!
The song that REALLY REALLY hits me is the Avengers Theme
I really love this channel :) thanks Andrew for the constant entertainment!
I struggle to call something with such generic use of a break (I can't quite place which it is) and song structure the most interesting/best song of the year. Plus orchestral/electronic mixes have been done to death and I just don't see the orchestra adding too much to this, or maybe the electronic bits, I can't really tell which it's more rooted in. I think you said it best when describing it that it's trying to do a bunch of things at once, difference is that I think it spreads itself way too thin and ends up being mediocre at best in all of them.
It sounds really close to the Amen break but it sounds even closer to the "Chase and Status" break. As in the break Chase and Status uses in the majority of their songs. Don't get me wrong I love their stuff but it's very obvious what their favorite break is.
Sounds like Funky Drummer
it's just individual kicks & snares layered on top of a 'think' break, definitely lazy & definitely done to death, but the important thing is does it all work together, can you get an emotional reaction from it, & can 'normal' (non-EDM) people get into it
This. Andrew is trying to say that the chord progression is something very creative and unique, when in fact it is a very common thing to do out of pop music.
Yeah, I don’t think this song is as unique as he seems to think, but I love it anyway. This plus Agnes Obel’s Familiar have been in heavy rotation for me.
Fantastic analysis.... so great to hear someone appreciate the music at this level. You keep raising the bar for all of us.
Sounded like a very basic kind of boring drum n bass song to me, I feel like I’ve heard something very similar like a couple years back, don’t know whose song that was...
enenenergp me too idk who it is either
Being generic doesn't make something bad.
Fact
@@ginsan8198 why put yourself toward something for years only for it to end up being completely generic and replaceable? its not special, its easily remade and it doesnt have its own voice. when youre an artist who makes generic crap you essentially are just a cog in the machine, anyone can replace you because you offer nothing unique
@@IAMDEATfilm Hey, everyone has different taste, bud. You don't like it, that's fine. I still stick to my belief, just because something is generic, doesn't mean it is bad. I didn't say that something generic was the best, right? There could be thousand other works that are better in terms of musicality, and still, just because those are better than the generic ones, they don't necessarily make the generic ones sound bad. They are just generic, that's all.
@@ginsan8198 well obviously everyone has their own opinion, when i speak i obviously speak out of my own, goes without saying. me speaking my opinion with conviction doesnt mean you no longer have one. something that is outright terrible is better than being generic, at least it actually has character and is distinct, even if for all the wrong reasons. if i spent years of my life creating something, thinking about it every day, working on it for all hours of the night every single night, only for peoples ultimate reaction to be "it was alright" that would be so much worse than them reacting strongly to it negatively. its better to arouse actual passion one way or the other than to be a forgettable waste of time
I really like this kind of technical analysis - particularly when you were talking about how the G is the only thing that differentiated those two scales - that was clever! Your music theory is so solid. I like when you do these kinds of videos.
YES I'VE LOVED THIS SONG FOR SO LONG THANK YOU
Lulu R. I've loved birdy for so long too!
ANDREW HUANG This song is great, you should defo check nu logic remix of birdy-wings. Really great stuff. Birdy really works with dnb breaks
ginger cat same! Each of her songs are beautiful.
Briiliant choice, Andrew. It has been my go to song from the past year when I want to listen to something done so, so well.
You should make music with metal detectors! I love your vids! Keep it up Andrew!
one of your best videos in a while I loved the analysis, it was super interesting to me. PLZ DO MORE ANDREW
>says the pitch shifting vocals is unique and unsual
Is it? Cos i rarely even listen to pop music and ive heard it used enough that i no longer want to try it myself
Gazelle Samyueru But the technique is a lot more unique than just pitch shifting and standard formant shifting
But this is very "Pop"
I also heard a 'unique' snare. Every song uses snares. I'm not seeing anything to be impressed with
Maybe because in Canada everything popular is a decade behind the US?
Yeah idk how he thinks this, I seriously can't stand when songs do that. To each their own though
I learned a lot, Andrew. I would be very happy to see more of your analyses!
It's a good catchy song, but doesn't feel original.. just rides the wave of reviving 90's sounds and styles that Chase and Status restarted few years back in the UK.. Had I not seen that it's Sigma, I'd have guessed Chase and Status just by listening.
And the breakbeat really reminds me of a lot of 90s dancefloor tunes, all the way to legendary Future Sound of London..
not hatin', just statin'
Loved all of it. Music nerdiness ftw! I very much enjoy hearing your thoughts, even more so at a technical level as well!
please geek out about music in my sub box more often
Thank you thank you thank you thank you that you introduced me to this song. I have listened it so much in last few days. Love it 💕
ACCC ANDREW YOU'RE SO CLOSE TO A MILLION SUBS!!! 🎉
This was awesome. Do more of this sort of analysis!
I don't even understand anything you are saying but I love it!!!
This analisis was brilliant! Loved it!
Almost at 1 mill!!!!!
Yo Boi calm down
We made it✊
Dude, I LOVED this deep-dive technical analysis. Honestly, until seeing your cover, I'd never heard of the track, but your detailed breakdown of the production and composition was TREMENDOUSLY interesting. PLEASE please please make these deconstructions a regular occurrence! =0)
Im happy. Very happy that it isnt that shit song Despacito
Slowly.
IKR!
Ice DoesntDrinkPepsi 👌
Metal is better
ironicelm 760 agreed
I know you’re on break right now, but I LOVE this breakdown!! More of this style video please!!!!
You should collaborate with Jacksfilms for the 'fix your song' thing he's doing now.
Wow, I knew this song was amazing when I first heard it and I too listened to it on repeat A LOT, but I had no idea it was that intricate! Andrew Huang's content never fails to surprise and also educate me. : D
Andrew, I know you get lots of comments on your videos, but I certainly hope you take a moment to read this one. It is not often that I leave comments on the many RUclips videos I watch every day. I just wanted to say that it took me watching just a few of your videos before I decided to subscribe to your channel. After watching this one, I’ve decided to press the bell button for the first time ever. You are not only a very talented musician/producer, but a great communicator and educator. Please take this as a compliment coming from a 57-year-old college professor. I want to be like you when I grow up! :-) Please, keep up the good work.
Love it. Thanks for the analysis.
2:05 poppy?
Sylveon is love, Sylveon is life im poppy
Haha he should have spliced in the witch from The Wizard of Oz saying "Poppies....poppies..."
Poppy.
Original?
I love the technical analysis of the song along with the small points of humor thrown in. More videos like this would be interesting to watch too.
Saw Millie... clicked
Thank you for yet again turning me onto amazing music I had never heard before!
so close to #huangmillion subs
5:02 "Or it's relative Ab major" I died laughing at this so much lmaoo.
Am I the only person who hates pitch shifted vocal samples with a vicious passion
Charlie Britzman me too
Charlie Britzman I actually love them, but only when they are well used
Luis Dominguez yes! If they're done well and goes with the context of the song.
Luis Dominguez can you give me an example of such that you think was put into good use? The song I could name at the top of my head is Haunting by Halsey.
CheesecakeLasagna I'm not really huge on edm or house music, so I really couldn't. But when I hear it used, I really enjoy it
Please do more analysis videos like this, I learn so much and I use a lot of what I learn in your videos in my own music!!!
The only problem with most pop music is there's usually not much depth if any at all. Most lyrics writers fall off way too quick. Matters of the heart are never that simplistic. There's no search in "Come find me", it meets the "I'll always be the last place you left me" criteria but it doesn't help you feel like it's tangible enough to be what the everyday individual naturally feels. And then there's this "...I'm the fire burning cause I'm always here..." nonsense. No one just stays there waiting for someone unless they're truly in love. If you're portraying/feeling anything different then it's lust. But don't let my opinion discourage you from making tons more of these. They're awesome.
awesome video!
i really love into how much detail you are going about melodic and harminic things ^.^
The "Unique Choppy Vocal" has been used by Don Diablo on his songs several times.
Álvaro Serra Zornoza yes felix snow, terror jr , ect have been doing vocal chops and they’re reallly good at it.
Every EDM artist ever has used vocal chops lol
The dude clearly just doesn't listen to a large variety of music. No wonder he picked a very well-known, generic pop song as 'best song of the year'
I think it's a case of misuse of the word "unique." He means unusual, or maybe fresh.
Great video format! We want more of these!
Pop: easy to write, intensely hard to finish
I hadn't heard this song before, I realllly like it. Thanks for giving more insight into this than I would have realized on my own. This was one of those songs that successfully sent shivers through my body each time I've listened to it now.
Great video! But can't the song just be in F minor while the verse has a "iv-i-III-VI" progression? I don't think every progression has to start on the root of the key. i.e. The common ii7-V7-Imaj7 jazz progression.
You're right it could be. But then the verse would be in the dorian mode that is kinda unusual and pretty melodically recognizable. You can hear by the melody that Bb is the tonic note and Bbm the tonic chord.
I agree with you, progressions don't have to start on the tonic of the key, but in modern music, most common modes are ionian (major scale), aeolian (natural minor scale) and lydian. (I personally love phrygian and locrian).
Jean-Baptiste Beurier I’m not sure it is all that obvious from the melody that the tonic is Bb. To my ears, especially with the inclusion of that Ab chord, it seems equally plausible that the key center is F. And if the key center is F, that entirely avoids Dorian, and avoids the modulation going into the chorus. I hear it as a constant Fm, but I don’t know if that was the songwriter’s intention.
It could, that's why he says at 5:06 that the progression starts in an ambiguous key (Bbm/Fm) OR you might say it was a modulation from Bbm to Fm. That really depends on how strong you interpret the Bbm chord in the beginning as the pre-chorus keycenter, even without the G and just because we are used to hearing the I/i chord be played first.
it sounds very F minor to me honestly
David Faustino yes I thought this analysis was a little shallow too. Love this channel though!
I really love this song and after this explanation I now understand why I keep going back to it. I did not understand a word of the technical music stuff but I get why the song is awesome. More of these please