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Astrid Falk

Do Not Pitch

Writes hits for other people and kept the best ones; this is what she kept

style

  • scandinavian pop
  • radio pop
  • huge polished chorus
  • tight programmed drums
  • female mezzo
  • bright and confident
  • glossy production
  • hook-driven
  • swedish accent
  • standard radio arrangement

the numbers

bpm
117
key
F major
energy
0.68
dance
0.93
valence
0.63
vocal at
3.2s
length
2:19
language
En

lyrics

(instrumental, immediate)

There's a folder on my laptop and the folder has a name
DO NOT PITCH, in capitals, which is a bit dramatic
Eleven songs that were too much mine to sell
(mine to sell)
Too specific, they said. Like specific was a defect.

A hit is a coat that fits everybody (everybody)
And I got very good at cutting the sleeves off mine

Do not pitch
(do not pitch)
This one stays, this one's got my name in it
Do not pitch
I wrote four hundred songs to earn these eleven

I'm not bitter, I'd like that on the record
I've had a wonderful career being nobody
Anonymity paid my mortgage and bought my mother a car
(bought her a car)
But there's a difference between fed and full

Track one of the folder is about my sister.
It's got her actual name in it.
That's why it was unsellable. That's why it's first.
(FULL PRODUCTION RETURNS, BIGGEST)

Do not pitch
(do not pitch)
This one stays, this one's got my name in it
Do not pitch
I wrote four hundred songs to earn these eleven

(do not pitch...)