Pop beats
A pop record is built around one thing: a hook people remember after one listen. TH6 produces pop beats to order, with the structure, the build-ups and the sound worked out around your voice and your song.
What a pop beat needs
Pop is less a sound than a goal: to reach as many ears as possible. That is why it borrows from every genre, from dance and R&B to afro and rap. What makes a pop beat pop is not the drum sound but the structure: a verse that sets up, a pre-chorus that builds, a chorus that lands, and the same chorus again, bigger.
A good pop instrumental is arranged, not looped. Sections change, instruments drop in and out, and the production points the listener to the moment the hook arrives.
The sound of a pop beat
- Tempo: usually 100 to 130 BPM, slower for ballads.
- Structure: intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, final chorus.
- Chords: simple, strong progressions that carry a big melody.
- Production: clean drums, bright synths or guitars, and lifts, stops and drops into the chorus.
- Voice first: the vocal sits in front; everything else makes room for it.
Writing a pop song on a beat
Write the chorus first. If the hook works with just your voice and a chord, the production will only make it bigger. Then write verses that lead into it, and keep the chorus lyric short enough to sing along to on the first listen.
A custom pop beat from TH6
Send a demo, even a voice memo with chords on a phone, and two or three songs whose sound you want. TH6 arranges the beat around your song, from the first verse to the last chorus, and you get the WAV and the stems.
How a custom beat works
- Send references: two or three songs whose sound you want, your tempo if you know it, and a voice memo or demo.
- You get one price up front, based on your brief. There is no standard rate, because no two songs are the same job.
- TH6 builds a first version. You react, and the beat gets shaped around your song.
- You get the WAV, the stems and an exclusive licence in writing.
Good to know
All genres
Questions before you buy
What BPM is pop?
Most pop sits between 100 and 130 BPM. Ballads go slower, dance-pop faster.
Can TH6 produce a full pop song?
Yes. Next to beats, TH6 produces complete tracks from a demo or an idea, with the price agreed per project.
Do I get the rights to the beat?
A custom beat comes with an exclusive licence in writing, and the splits are agreed before release.