Songs are getting shorter now.

[Unknown Poster]

These rappers songs were 2:30 - 2:45 max. For streaming.

Now they are getting to the point where they're 2 minutes long or under. For streaming and TikTok/IG.

Ice Spices songs are 1:45


I predict in the future the average length of a song will be 1 minute and 30 seconds.

 

[KBtheKey]

Just lazy imo but it's aight if a nikka wrote like a 40 bar verse and spitting the whole track. Hate when it's a just a hook, half assed 16/24 bars, then the hook again or bridge leading to fade out

Soon as that shyt start hitting it's bouta go off

 

[wizworld]

I am an old head but I don't see the need for new songs to have 3 verses of rapping.
I don't mind shorter songs & I think 3 verses is burdensome to a songwriter.

 

[Fanservice]

If there’s no feature, two verses is enough. Especially when you consider that choruses and hooks carry most mainstream songs

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

I was brought up on 15 to 20 min jams!

 

[O.Red]

Long songs are an outlier in the context of music history

Most songs from the early 1900's up to the 70s were really short

 

[TXTrill1]

Bro it’s been like that since the SoundCloud popped off

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Streaming purposes. This ADD generation has a short and limited attention span so if it’s a song they like they’ll play it over and over, driving up streams

 

[Complexion]

Waits for the first artist to drop a song thats literally a downbeat and adlib then hit the as the whole world imitates....

 

[InGodWeTrust]

12 bar verses now not 16 bars
2 verses now not 3

 

[Juggalo Fred]

This current generation is lazy

Back in the day it'd be common to see a four or even five verse rap song but you'll never see that again now

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Hard to take these cats serious. Glad I'm from an era when tracks were EPIC. Actual songs. 3 verses. Creative production. Skills.

 

[doublecheese]

attention spans are way shorter than they used to be.

 

[JoelB]

 

[Kasgoinjail]

Imagine when 1 min 30 secs was just the intro