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23 tracks on Spotify's New Music Friday were measured on 2026-07-08 — spectrum, loudness, dynamics, stereo image and timbre. This is the playlist's sound as numbers, and your track can be scored against it below.
Third-octave spectrum of the New Music Friday lineup: mean level per band (line) and one standard deviation (shaded), in dB. Measured, not illustrated.
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Tonally, New Music Friday is gently dark-tilted, close to the balance of most commercial masters: the median spectral tilt across its 23 measured tracks is -1.62 dB per octave, and the spectral centroid sits at 825 Hz — 93 Hz above the median of all 59 playlists we measure. Dynamically it is moderately compressed, with usable transient headroom, at a median PLR of 13.3 dB (track range 11.7–16.7 dB). Loudness range is 1.0 LU — loudness barely moves within a track. The stereo image is solidly mono-compatible (median correlation 0.82, mid/side ratio 10.1 dB). Musically, the lineup shows tonal centers are present but soft (key clarity 0.66), a lean toward major keys, highly repetitive structures (repetitiveness 0.93). Event density points to a dense stream of rhythmic events: 5.26 onsets per second at the median. On the engine's perceptual scales the lineup reads Warmth 87/100 and Richness 69/100.
| Metric | Median | Track range |
|---|---|---|
| Peak-to-loudness ratio (PLR) | 13.3 dB | 11.7 – 16.7 |
| Loudness range (LRA) | 1.0 LU | 0.4 – 3.3 |
| Crest factor | 11.3 dB | 9.6 – 14.3 |
| Dynamic range | 6.3 dB | 2.4 – 12.1 |
| Spectral tilt | -1.62 dB/oct | -2.31 – -0.64 |
| Spectral centroid | 825 Hz | 393 – 1217 |
| Spectral rolloff | 3243 Hz | 1576 – 4788 |
| Stereo correlation | 0.82 | 0.56 – 0.98 |
| Mid/side ratio | 10.1 dB | 5.5 – 20.7 |
| Onset rate | 5.26 events/s | 4.13 – 6.55 |
| Key clarity | 0.66 | 0.36 – 0.87 |
| Repetitiveness | 0.93 | 0.81 – 0.99 |
Median integrated loudness of the measured previews: -17.8 LUFS. Treat this as a property of loudness-normalized 30-second previews, not a mastering target — see what LUFS is.
The engine analyzes public 30-second previews of the 23 tracks on the playlist lineup of 2026-07-08: a 30-band third-octave spectrum, loudness and dynamics metering, stereo correlation and timbre statistics. The previews are deleted after measurement — only the statistics are kept.
The median peak-to-loudness ratio is 13.3 dB, with individual tracks ranging from 11.7 to 16.7 dB. Higher PLR means more transient headroom; lower means denser limiting.
The lineup's median stereo correlation is 0.82. If your track is far wider or narrower than that, it will stand out from the playlist's sound — which the Radar score reflects.
No. Editors weigh story, momentum and taste — things no analysis can measure. What the profile tells you is whether your track sounds like it belongs, so you can spend your pitches where the fit is real.
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New Music Friday is a playlist operated by Spotify. The name is used to identify what was measured — public 30-second previews of the lineup on 2026-07-08. Phosphor Audio is not affiliated with or endorsed by Spotify.