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vocaloidsongpoll · 2 months

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do you like this vocaloid song?

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(composed by Kanaria)

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lady-hestia-rose · 1 month

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How Delaying the Instrumentals in Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" Makes the Song Even Better

And now for something completely different.

I'm not exactly a Swiftie, but I have a passing respect for Taylor Swift as an artist. I generally enjoy when her songs come on during a dance or on the radio. However, I really like "Blank Space" specifically, and it's the only one of her songs I actually have on my playlist. I love the cold-sounding yet beautiful production, the evocative lyrics, and Taylor's outfits in the music video.

However, yesterday when I was mindlessly browsing YouTube, I came across the Grammy-winning masterpiece "Blank Space - Taylor Swift but the instrumentals is 15 seconds delayed" by YouTuber "who are they?" This deceptively simple shitpost accidentally turned a solid 9/10 song for me into a 10/10, and I encourage you all to listen to it now:

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In this version of Blank Space, the song becomes more disturbing and stands out more due to the unconventional structure of the music. The simple editing choice to delay the instrumentals by 15 seconds changes the tone of multiple parts of the song in very interesting ways.

First, the beginning of the song is now a cappella. Instead of starting off with the cold music production like the original, the song laser-focuses on Taylor's excellent lyrics and performance immediately, immediately throwing the listener into the narrative of the song. Then, when the instrumentals finally come in on the "love's a game, wanna play" line, they make more of an impact and kick the song into high gear.

Then, for a while, the song mostly sounds the same. One thing you notice when watching this video is that each verse of Blank Space is around 15 seconds long, so the song stays on beat even when the timing of the instrumentals coming is altered.

Then, after the first chorus is done, the song changes. Instead of the music cutting out on "I'll write your name," the instrumentals keep going. The gap between verses feels hypnotic, as the music continues its crescendo and keeps you drawn in. Then when Taylor starts singing again, the music keeps building until it climaxes on "for a month." This might seem like an odd choice (well, "choice"), but I like it because it's the first time Blank!Taylor actually starts to mess with her lover's head. For the whole song up to this point, Taylor has worn her toxicity on her sleeve, but has played it as alluring and attractive. However, when she sings "be that girl for a month," the music cutting out almost makes it feel like an accusation, like she's saying her lover is a womanizer. This is Blank!Taylor gaslighting him, because she is obviously the one who's treating her lovers like objects (a...man-izer?) in this situation. Then, when the old beat from the beginning of the song comes back on "wait, the worst is yet to come," it becomes even more of a turning point in the song's tone than it was originally. Then, the song sounds normal again for a little while until we get the best part of this version of Blank Space: the bridge.

Now, the lyric "boys only want love if it's torture" takes place in a climax of the instrumentation, as opposed to the music cutting out like in the original song. This is the part in the narrative where Blank!Taylor's mask finally slides all the way off. It's no longer "she's crazy, and that's hot," it's "oh fuck, she's just crazy." However, in this version of Blank Space, the instrumentation in the bridge feels like it's drowning you. Her mask is off, but her lover is still trapped, still a target of her sadism. The contrast between the beautiful music and singing and the ugliness of what she's actually saying makes for a very disquieting experience.

Now, the music cuts out on the post-chorus instead of the bridge. I don't really have a specific reason for why this is good, I just like the way it sounds.

And finally, at the end of the song, the music continues after Taylor is done singing. Again, it's hypnotic and satisfying to listen to. However, at the end, something odd happens. In the original song, the music cuts out on the very last line of the song. However, now that Taylor has finished her singing early, Blank Space is missing that last note, and ends very abruptly.

The first thing that comes to mind when I hear the end of this version of the song is "I need to listen to this song again right the fuck now."

This is a music trick I like to call the "Kanaria effect" (there's probably an actual name for it but I'm using references to musicians I already know). Kanaria is a Vocaloid producer and one of my favorite music artists, and he does the same thing in many of his songs, such as his most popular one, "KING."

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Both KING and this version of Blank Space abruptly end their instrumentation after the lyrics are complete. While the actual narrative of the songs have been completed, the music ending in this way leaves the listener hanging and makes them want to listen to it again. Kanaria's music is really addicting because of this (it was pretty much the only thing I listened to for a month or so). I don't think every song would be improved by ending their music abruptly, but in the case of "Blank Space," it fits the disquieting atmosphere of the song very well. It's like Blank!Taylor swift is messing with your head too.

Anyways, that's the end of my weird little rant. Please tell me I'm not insane and other people notice this stuff too.