The Importance of a Good Hook in Dance Music

When I grew up, I couldn't speak much English. So for me, it wasn't, you know, the lyrics were kind of secondary. It's easy to get hooked on melodies and little riffs and every pop record. Yeah, we need a big hook. Look, why don't you have a big lyric then? It's a hook. Why do you have just a piece of music? Can't you have both? A lot of people say, you know what? I'd rather sacrifice the lyric and have a better hook. I'd rather sacrificed the hook and have aBetterLyric than not having one at all. You want the words, you want the words to

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