Check out Jacques Morel’s Genius News episode focusing on syncopation and grooves in music by Dua Lippa and The Weeknd: “That’s keeping you on your toes. Frankly, it messes up your brain. It makes your head explode… Your body just goes crazy.” That’s a pretty apt description of entrainment too.

Clip courtesy of Corey.

Erik was onto something the bridge on Eminem’s Stan. Eminem raps,

“Well, gotta go, I’m almost at the bridge now
Oh, shit, I forgot—how am I supposed to send this shit out?!”

It is word-play with the word “bridge” there. In the narrative of the song, he’s rapping as Stan, who is about to drive over a bridge. Then, he puts the sound of the car crashing where ickinthe bridge for the song would be.

Picking up on Ryan’s example, if you listen to Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and K.D. Lang sing, you can hear clear distinctions between the timbre of their voices.