Guides, strategies and insights to help you understand your music, reverse-engineer your own Reels, ride the trend window in your subgenre, and get on the curated playlists that actually move listeners.
Hook position in seconds for 28 genres — where viral Pop hooks land vs Drill vs Phonk vs DnB vs Metalcore. Screenshot-friendly tables, recent examples, plus a diagnostic to check your own song.
Most artists pick the wrong 15 seconds when clipping their track for TikTok. Here's how to find your actual hook — 4 manual methods plus what AI sees that your ears can't.
Under 3 seconds isn't music. Over 15 seconds loses the scroll. Here's exactly what happens inside the working window — and how to engineer your hook to land in it.
Most 'free' Spotify submission tools aren't actually free, and the ones that are usually don't work. Here are 7 routes that genuinely cost zero — ranked by what they deliver.
Public launch is days away. Every new account right now is auto-upgraded to OG Early Access — 500 signup credits, 100 cr/month forever, lifetime OG badge. Here's what that means and why the window closes at launch.
A transparent breakdown of the 10 AI models behind the Virality Score — audio features, lyric impact, hook placement, trend matching against live TikTok data. No black box, no marketing fog.
Every new Songbrain account starts with 500 credits. Here's the full menu — what each action costs, three concrete usage recipes, and four ways not to waste them.
Sora, Runway, Veo and Kling can render anything — but only as well as they're prompted. Songbrain turns any song into a sec-precise, scene-by-scene video prompt with best moments, drop points, target audience and visual cues. Full example inside.
TikTok analytics tell you what happened. They don't tell you why. Paste your Reel link and Songbrain cross-references visuals, engagement and comments with your song to give you concrete fixes.
Charts show what already won. The Live Trend Database scrapes viral TikToks and Reels per subgenre weekly and indexes the exact second of the song people clip. Match your hook map against the trend window.
Release Radar pushes you to your existing 200 followers. Viral Radar opens 37 curated subgenre playlists weekly to whoever scores highest. Same cadence, opposite economics.
Streaming listeners skip in 5–12 seconds. We analyzed where viral hooks actually land — and how to find the right moment in your own track.
The four legitimate routes onto curated playlists — and the audio fingerprint editors, algorithms and AI all filter for. Zero pay-to-play.
Sound design, 808 tuning, hi-hat layering, arrangement tricks — the producer decisions separating viral trap from generic beats.
Kick drum selection, hypnotic arrangement, sound design, groove pocket — the real production decisions behind techno that actually works on a dance floor.
Tech house and bass house — sound design, drum programming, bassline writing and the exact production moves behind viral house in 2026.
Amen breaks, reese bass, liquid DnB, neurofunk — the complete production guide for making modern drum and bass at 174 BPM.
Groove, timing, chug patterns, the dead-air drop, vocal layering — breakdown production techniques that trend on TikTok in 2026.
Reverb walls, pedal chains, buried vocals, textural dynamics — the production techniques behind the shoegaze revival.
Repetition rules, melodic vs chanted hooks, placement, the 8-bar vs 4-bar debate — what separates sticky hooks from forgettable ones.
Pre-chorus lift, TikTok moments, vocal identity, confessional writing — the patterns behind viral pop in 2026.
Cowbell patterns, Memphis samples, distorted bass, TikTok optimization — the complete production guide for making viral phonk.
Why K-pop songs sound different — killing part, beat drops vs choruses, vocal distribution, key changes. The K-pop blueprint.
The exact steps to find your viral hook, create the right clip and get your song trending — without paying for promotion.
How to get on Spotify playlists without paying. Compare free vs paid options, avoid scams, and discover data-driven placement.
Why do some songs blow up while others get ignored? Tempo, hooks, energy, lyrics — the data behind viral hits.
The ideal tempo ranges for TikTok dances, transitions, storytelling — broken down by content type and genre.
Stop guessing which clip to use. Find the exact moment that performs best on Reels with AI-powered timestamps.
Your song has a moment that makes people stop scrolling. Here's how to find it with AI — and what to do with it.
Everything you need to know about the Virality Score — what it measures, what's a good number, and how to get higher.