Why is Shum by Go_A such an interesting song?

Shum is a song presented by Ukranian band Go_A at Eurovision 2021. The song faired well in the competition. It was the second most voted track by the audience and arriving 5th overall. In this video, I discuss the musical aspects which make Shum unique. I focus on the clever use of tempo changes, which is quite unusual for similar techno tracks. In the process, you can also learn how to extract tempo curves using Python and librosa. Shum video:    • Go_A - SHUM - Ukraine 🇺🇦 Official Music Vi...   =============================== Interested in hiring me as a consultant/freelancer? https://valeriovelardo.com/ Join The Sound Of AI Slack community: https://valeriovelardo.com/the-sound-... Connect with Valerio on Linkedin:   / valeriovelardo   Follow Valerio on Facebook:   / thesoundofai   Follow Valerio on Twitter:   / musikalkemist​   =============================== Content: 0:00 Intro 1:18 Shum musical style 1:50 Instrumentation 2:32 Musical structure 3:35 Harmony 5:00 Shum's inspiration 5:57 Tempo treatment 8:06 Extracting tempo curves with Librosa 10:06 Analysis of the tempo curve for Shum 11:36 Listening + real-time comments 17:10 Outro