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What Actually Makes a Song Catchy? The Theory Behind Hooks

Catchiness is not luck. A theory-teacher breakdown of the mechanisms behind an earworm — repetition with variation, melodic contour, expectation and its resolution, syncopation, singability, and hook placement — and what a...

Jul 19, 2026 7 min leestijd
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What Actually Makes a Song Catchy? The Theory Behind Hooks

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