Retrograde by Preoccupations Song Details

Preoccupations's ' "Retrograde" was released on its scheduled release date, May 9, 2025. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. The track order of this song in Preoccupations's "Ill at ease" album is number 4 out of 8. In terms of popularity, Retrograde is currently not that popular. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Retrograde by Preoccupations to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 118 BPM, a half-time of 59BPM, and a double-time of 236 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A Minor. Because this track belongs in the A Minor key, the camelot key is 8A. So, the perfect camelot match for 8A would be either 8A or 7B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 8B or 9A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5A and a high energy boost can either be 10A or 3A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 7A would be a great choice. Where 11A would give you a moderate drop, and 6A or 1A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-5.606 dB
Acousticness
0%
Danceability
53%
Energy
81%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
14%
Loudness
91%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
56%

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ISRC
QMDA62461116
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records