How Did I by Paper Planes Song Details

Paper Planes's ' "How Did I" was released on its scheduled release date, July 4, 2025. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:06. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The track order of this song in Paper Planes's "Going My Own Way EP." album is number 6 out of 6. How Did I is below average in popularity right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of How Did I by Paper Planes to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 87 BPM, a half-time of 44BPM, and a double-time of 174 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F♯ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-19.665 dB
Acousticness
94%
Danceability
66%
Energy
17%
Instrumentalness
45%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
67%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
55%

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ISRC
QZDA82592467
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records