u/Dunn003

I'm a 22yo man who grew up mostly listening to the radio and whatever stuff just sounded good. So my childhood was the early 2010s. 2020s is when I learned music theory and my music taste got more focused. I started enjoying more heavy-metal/progressive acts like Spiritbox, Dream Theater, and Leprous. Then this past year I've really loved more diverse metal/R&B acts like Bad Omens and Sleep Token, who just do whatever they want and help bridge the divide between metal and conventional music.

But as I delved into lesser-known acts with my online friend group, I felt a push-and-pull between badass hard-hitting industrial production, and the beautiful, memorable melodies of high-energy power pop and simple acoustic songs. The latter was turning into a guilty pleasure, and my friend group talks shit about anything that isn't a niche indie act, or the chords or lyrics are "too simple" or "too poppy". They don't explicitly express it, but they are VERY clearly prejudiced with weird, snarky, off-hand comparisons.

Then I met an IRL friend these past few months who's a HUGE Directioner, Belieber, and fangirl of Sabrina Carpenter and Dominic Fike. So many 2000s and 2010s songs I remember like the back of my hand, and she does too. I've DREAMED of being able to carpool karaoke with someone and just not give a flying fuck, and she helped make that a reality.

Of course I did grow up in a conservative environment where men are ousted for liking pop acts, but I didn't think it actually did affect me. I'm so glad that I met her and just embracing 1D's music. I have had their latter three albums on repeat the most, and I really hope to find more stuff like on Midnight Memories and FOUR.

Favorite underrated gems? Right Now, Little White Lies, Spaces, Infinity. 💜

Listened to this song for the first time and got this done in three hours LOL. For those who love to play the songs in Clone Hero and YARG, a modern clone of Rock Band. Chart download in the video description.

Some neat stuff I noticed when charting the vocals:

- I barely know a lick of Spanish, so this and Martirio have helped me pick up on pronunciations, like the shortening of vowels between words.
- In the chorus, the vocal melody is at two different octaves (root note B3 and B4), then a vocoder effect another octave down, then the lyrics just being spoken in a low register. By whom, no idea.
- Highest note is D5 by Pau (head/falsetto), lowest note is F#3 by Dani.
- The backing harmony in Verse 2 is just chromatic falling with no particular notes being sung.
- In the final chorus, Pau is screaming all the lyrics in the background.