This Generation's Caroline Polachek
Switched on Pop
The Importance of Structure in Hip Hop
There's only two chords in that song. The dynamics, there's almost no big dynamic shifts. So yeah, I think balancing it out like that so that you can get lost in the song without being snapped around too much is essential. Even within the Hot 100 pop that are rejecting the second verse, even the third chorus. Like a lot of post Malone songs maybe have complete like no second verse.Like just like whole new structure, new hooks. Oh, 100%. I also can't claim to be alone. And I feel like especially the world of hip hop, I mean, the structures have been completely exploded the last, you know, five, 10 years. It feels more like
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