Blackout19 15,597 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 i miss the days, when the songs were 4 minutes long. i listen to a lot of music from the 80s, and I enjoy it when I see that the songs are at least 4 minutes long. i listened to Bebe Rexha's new album and almost all the songs are 2 minutes long. i am a free woman. ○● 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTELLA 25,971 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Shorter song = more streams/replays I don't use a streaming service BUT I don't really think song length matters in general, if it's good enough/has enough replay value 🔂 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPokerface 657 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 TikTok, streaming, short attention span of this new generation. If you want songs longer than 4 minutes unfortunately you have to search outside of pop music. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamite 66,531 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Streaming era / replay value, and the fact nobody has an attention span I guess Like a poem said by a neydy in red Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,076 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 I have the answer but I'm encouraging you to google it and think for yourself, it's good for the brain So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starmie25 22,514 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Funny enough, many songs from 50s-60s were very short. 11 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idefix1999 442 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 6 minutes ago, Starmie25 said: Funny enough, many songs from 50s-60s were very short. Also artists releasing albums more often, like every year or several albums within one year. 6 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopdeedoo 75 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 well the introduction of the 7 inch record and also the radio zoowalalalalalaaaaaa Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout19 15,597 Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 33 minutes ago, River said: I have the answer but I'm encouraging you to google it and think for yourself, it's good for the brain i am a free woman. ○● 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,076 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 21 minutes ago, Blackout19 said: U should google “how to drink with a straw” instead So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout19 15,597 Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 32 minutes ago, River said: U should google “how to drink with a straw” instead i am a free woman. ○● Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 31,000 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 It's purely about streams and charts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigatha 1,327 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 (edited) Streaming, getting more plays, listening habits. Also probably cost related reasons with tracklists getting longer and longer. Most songs from the 50s and 60s were like this, twoish minutes was the standard. Edited June 13 by Pigatha Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helxig 45,305 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Music labels don't care about art they care about is what the data says, and money. The answer is always what makes the most money. Always First of all they have some studies or data telling them that people's attention spans are too short now so if they want lots of money they need to make songs shorter (because if they skip too fast it doesn't count as a stream). And also shorter songs = more songs streamed per hour = more money (and also more time to push new songs to market more music to more people). It's as simple as that Also they are pushing this mindset HARD onto the artists. A fewof them have spoken out about how labels won't let them make longer songs, the labels tell them it needs to become a TikTok trend within a certain time frame, it needs x amount of traction by a certain date or they won't bother promoting it. It's all ****ed tbh I'll be myself until they fūcking close the coffin. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkta 604 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Olivia Rodrigo’s Cure was like 5 mins long. Same for Madonna’s opener I Feel So Free. Even the biggest hit of the year - Choosin Texas is almost 4 mins long. So there are still plenty long songs in pop music 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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