SOP # 71 - Unlikely Mash-Ups

71. Unlikely Mashups: Taylor + Cardi B | Clean Bandit + Berlioz

At the top of the pop charts, Taylor Swift and Cardi B, two artists with seemingly little in common, exploit the same compositional technique to hook listeners in. Meanwhile, across time and space, electro producers Clean Bandit ft. Julia Michaels, channel the thematic tricks of French Romantic composer Hector Berlioz in his 1830 Symphonie Fantastique.

Featuring

Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do

Cardi B – Bodak Yellow

Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy

Clean Bandit ft. Julia Michaels – I Miss You

Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique performed by Berliner Philharmoniker

Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique performed by DuPage Symphony Orchestra

2:30 - A chorus without singing

- Provocative and catchy

5:40 - Rhythmic Displacement

6:42 - 2 and 2

19:40 - Both Songs are played

23:50 - Love to Despair

26:00 - Melody is transformed over 4 movements

28:30 - Build up an EDM melody

30:30 - Melody build-up

35:00 - 4 on the floor, synth bass, and rhythm