The 2010’s made beat switches a universal touchstone in music. A simple idea that fans go nuts for nearly every god damn time. Every single one probably has hundreds of tweets saying “the beat switch in __” with a gif of Neil degrasse Tyson or some s***.

Are they just novelties that will be left in this era? Or is the beat switch going to enter the permanent musical lexicon alongside long fade outs and guitar solos?

I think they will continue because there aren’t any limitations to what you could arrange with 2 or more beats

You’re right the novelty of it has definitely waned as people are doing it just to do it rather than for actual artistic reasons.

In that same vein it probably won’t sound contrived if the music is still good.

I think they’re cool

Perfect example is The Party/ The Afterparty.

Flawless dichotomy of the lively party with a great melody and then the slower and slightly deeper than surface level writing of The Afterparty.

Beat switches been around forever and I doubt they’re going anywhere

still going strong

frank ocean invented

Slum village invented

How to do a beatswitch

Radiohead invented actually

Could say the same for a bunch of tracks off this album

Nah, but this beat switch

Prog-rock music in the 70s had beat switches

Although I agree that they have become a bit of a novelty and tracks like Sicko mode use them for a “did it because I can” feeling

justin was always great with the beat switch

I hope not they’re goat

this is the exact timeline in my head, with maad city and nights being the peak of their popularity

The Beatles invented

All things move in cycles

The masses will begin to see them as pretentious and turn their back on them just like prog-rock , until the method is eventually reinvented and interesting again