Tropez Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Most songs are now trending towards around 2:30 minutes. Do you see it happening that it will creep down to 1 minute or less in the near future? People’s attention spans are decreasing, and music is now made to go viral. I’m guessing they’ll start removing the second verse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solaria Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I think the shorter music trend is already starting to have it’s decline a bit. GUTS, SOS and Midnights all had succesful songs over 3 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh0ckw4ves Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Some already are This sped-up trend is the thing that needs to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolution Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 we want a proper song with a verse, chorus and bridge so no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuminati Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 No, once it gets old people will return to making longer songs. There were plenty of short songs in the past Remember when people were making songs with hashtag in the title, I predict the next big thing after the lowercase fad will be emoji song titles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbeHicks Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 This song was a smash hit this year and it's super long so I don't think so. People are willing to listen to longer songs if they are good - see Lana's streaming numbers or ATW10 minute version going #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatyPrismSpirit Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 short songs have existed since forever. in the 60s most hits were around 2:30 as well. as long as the song is good who cares how long it is? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superben Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 No, the short duration trend will persist for a while, but it will be over soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgos Groove Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 20 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said: short songs have existed since forever. in the 60s most hits were around 2:30 as well. as long as the song is good who cares how long it is? What's good about a 2-minute demo that goes nowhere tho? Key changes, bridges, pre-choruses and outros don't just exist to bump up a track's length; they can actually make a song better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatyPrismSpirit Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Just now, Virgos Groove said: What's good about a 2-minute demo that goes nowhere tho? Key changes, bridges, pre-choruses and outros don't just exist to bump up a track's length; they can actually make a song better. It depends. To me there’s really no rules to song construction or writing. If a song is good, it’s just good. There are classic songs that are 2:28 but there are also classic songs that are 9:00 minutes. It depends on what works for that specific recording Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgos Groove Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 8 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said: It depends. To me there’s really no rules to song construction or writing. If a song is good, it’s just good. There are classic songs that are 2:28 but there are also classic songs that are 9:00 minutes. It depends on what works for that specific recording I disagree. A lot of today's music sounds really incomplete to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatyPrismSpirit Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said: I disagree. A lot of today's music sounds really incomplete to me. not every song needs a common arrangement where its verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus sometimes a song can just be a intro-verse-chorus-verse-outro and that works out fine as well, as long as the song is good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kh-Loud Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 No, Renaissance only has one song under 3 minutes and it’s a future gay/straight?classique! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solaria Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 People also forget that action/reaction is a big thing in popular music. People will get tired of the shorter songs thread and will respond accordingly, which is why real songwriters like SZA, Taylor and Olivia are so popular right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alldeezy Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I hope not.. Like all my favourite songs this year are like 2 minutes long As I should, 2 die 4 ... even Treason is too short.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shimenawa Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I hate this short song trend. Tik Tok ruined music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playboi Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Short songs are better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post Malone Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 The way it's already happening... Spotify radio made me discover this artist whose entire discography is 1 minute long songs. And they have decent amounts of streams/monthly listeners. It kinda slaps, I was shocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiss It Better Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 they do, it's called interlude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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