We are all familiar with the concept of a "summer song". Mind you - those songs that are there at every "beach bar", radio or party. Those songs that when you first listen to them you may like them a lot, maybe not at all, but you end up encountering them so often - that in both cases, you have already learned (that little) lyrics, by heart.
Looking at these songs in perhaps a little more skeptical, you may have noticed something: That (almost) all, sound if not the same, very similar. Similar rhythm, similar lyrics - ama, mama; love me, accept; do not say no, say yes etc.
In a NY Times article on exactly the same issue, the magazine used several audio features to rate certain songs. Features included: how much "noise" the songs made (loudness), how fast the song (energy) was, how much fun, how likely it was to dance, the duration of the song, the tonality, and so on.
What has been noticed is that the summer songs, since 2010, are terribly similar.
"The duration of the song is decreasing (this is not a surprise), and the values ??of the mode or key are interesting, but give little information on the variation," writes the Times.
Musicians and record companies compete to produce music over the summer because they know how much we love to give a soundtrack to our lives. The songs are the backdrop of memories, allowing old songs to come back and remain in constant circulation. There is no doubt that there are songs that we personally feel sum up a time we want to remember. However, more than listeners, all of this is increasingly benefiting those who sell music.
So, if summer songs seem the same to you this season, you should know that:
1. It does not seem like it, but in fact, it is.
2. The trend is not only Albanian, but the phenomenon remains global.
Sources used: Frieze, Medium, NY Times
