Jun 26 Jun 26 French Impressionistic Hip-Hop: Classical Sample in Janelle Monáe’s "Say You'll Go" Emily Langerholc classical samples
Dec 30 Dec 30 Number Ones of the 2010s: Part II Emily Langerholc chart analysis, popular music history
Oct 7 Oct 7 An In-Your-Face 50s-Style Love Ballad: Symmetrical Compound Meter in Lizzo's "Cuz I Love You" Emily Langerholc meter
Jan 16 Jan 16 That Leading Tone, Though: Ascending Minor Second in Young the Giant's "Simplify" Emily Langerholc intervals
Dec 30 Dec 30 An Absolute Aeolian Anthem: Aeolian Mode in Kendrick Lamar & The Weeknd's "Pray for Me" Emily Langerholc modes
Sep 7 Sep 7 A Meme-ified Motif: Descending Major Second in Rebecca Black's "Friday" Emily Langerholc intervals
Sep 6 Sep 6 A Rolling Amen: Ascending Perfect Fourth Interval & Aeolian Mode in Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" Emily Langerholc intervals
Jun 15 Jun 15 Mimicking the NBC Motif: Ascending Major Sixth Interval in Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" Emily Langerholc intervals
Jun 13 Jun 13 Perfect Interval in the Pre-Chorus: Ascending Perfect Fifth in Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" Emily Langerholc intervals
Jun 11 Jun 11 Minor Key Apocalypse: Aeolian Mode & Cross-Rhythms (?) in Britney Spears's "Til the World Ends" Emily Langerholc modes, cross rhythms
Apr 10 Apr 10 Slow Symmetry, Easily Countable: Symmetrical Compound Meter in A Great Big World's "Say Something" Emily Langerholc meter
Oct 26 Oct 26 Minor Mode Jazz: Aeolian Mode & Jazz Samples in Gotye (feat. Kimbra)'s "Somebody That I Used to Know" Emily Langerholc modes, jazz samples
Oct 23 Oct 23 Minor Mode = Party Mode: Aeolian Mode in Katy Perry's "Part of Me" Emily Langerholc modes
Mar 28 Mar 28 Topping Out with Key Changes: Direct Modulation (Multiple Times!) in Beyoncé 's "Love On Top" Emily Langerholc modulation