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In music, tension is the anticipation music creates in a listener's mind for relaxation or release. For example, tension may be produced through reiteration , increase in dynamic level , gradual motion to a higher or lower pitch , or (partial) syncopations between consonance and dissonance .
According to an Apple Music review, Minogue compared the song's overall sound and vibe to the 1984 musical drama film Footloose, saying, "It’s got a bit of a Footloose feel. There’s no respite, it just keeps going and going, and the energy build." [5] Several music critics have also commented on the track's 1980s-inspired sound.
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, "Tension" is "already a crowd-pleaser with the Kylie Minogue faithful". [60] Mathew Rodriguez of Them wrote an op-ed about "Tension", praising the song's sound, Minogue's craftsmanship, and how it captures 2000s aesthetics, citing the current resurgence of the Y2K aesthetic. [61] "
Tension is the sixteenth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue.It was released on 22 September 2023 by BMG and Minogue's company, Darenote. Minogue enlisted several collaborators and producers for the album, including Richard "Biff" Stannard, Duck Blackwell, Jackson Foote, Lostboy, PhD, Cutfather, and Oliver Heldens.
In literature, films, television, and plays, suspense is a major device for securing and maintaining interest. It may be of several major types: in one, the outcome is uncertain and the suspense resides in the question of who, what, or how; in another, the outcome is inevitable from foregoing events, and the suspense resides in the audience's anxious or frightened anticipation in the question ...
The intensity of the tension is proportional to the emotional audience's (or character's) investment in the outcome. Lack of control creates tension. A character or audience lacks control whenever they are in an unfamiliar environment, or within the power of something or somebody. Urgency is a common example of when lack of control creates tension.
In British Sound Films David Quinlan said: "Distinctive, quite suspenseful little drama, with well-drawn characters". [4] Devil's Bait was selected by film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane as one of the 15 most meritorious British B films made between World War II and 1970. They note its narrative command and tension and the way ...
As such a powerful tool of communication, melody serves not only as protagonist in its own drama, but as messenger from the author to the audience. — Marcus Paus (2017) [ 3 ] Given the many and varied elements and styles of melody "many extant explanations [of melody] confine us to specific stylistic models, and they are too exclusive."