What Was That by Lorde Song Details

Lorde's 'What Was That' had a release date set for June 27, 2025. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:29. 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. This song is part of Virgin by Lorde. The song's track number on the album is #2 out of 11 tracks. Based on our data, New Zealand was the country where this track was produced or recorded. What Was That is fairly popular right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

Since What Was That by Lorde has a tempo of 80 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Andante (at a walking pace). With What Was That being at 80 BPM, the half-time would be 40 BPM with a double-time of 160 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty slow for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-9.621 dB
Acousticness
92%
Danceability
44%
Energy
27%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
16%
Loudness
84%
Speechiness
7%
Valence
35%

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ISRC
NZUM72500008
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records