Corey sent me this Genius News episode about how The Weeknd and Dua Lipa use 80s sounds to achieve entrainment! And guess what–syncopation is the key! As a reminder, syncopation is when you have a simple beat with a complicated and often off-kilter one layered over it. According to the musiciologists in the episodes, this “makes your brain explode–in a good way.”

Also, you probably don’t know it yet, but I’m obsessed with 80s new wave music, so this hits the spot for me.

Nice find, Corey. This is super interesting.