Thoughts on the visual appeal of musical waveforms. Our panelists: • Songwriter Amy Allen, 32, who’s nominated for songwriter of the year for her work with Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo and Koe Wetzel; song of the year for Carpenter’s “Please Please Please”; album of the year for Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet”; and song written for visual media for “Better Place,” …
Why the key change has disappeared from top-charting tunes A data analyst listened to decades of Billboard's top tunes and discovered that a once-ubiquitous compositional tool, the key change, has all but disappeared from modern hits. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The biggest hits in pop music all used to have something in common - a key change, like Whitney Houston's "I …
