When We Were Queens
30s preview
- BPM
- 80
- Double-time
- 160
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 49/100
- Pop
- 7/100
- Length
- 3:17
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Idm
- Loudness
- -14.5 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.5 dB
- ISRC
- DEAS91500117
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 80 BPM in B minor (10A), When We Were Queens is a downtempo idm production. Tonally it lands dark and steady. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Spoken-word passages run through it. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). A 2015 production that still circulates in sets. Slower than 97% of Kangding Ray's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 83% of Kangding Ray's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 43%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 5%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is When We Were Queens in?
When We Were Queens by Kangding Ray is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is When We Were Queens?
When We Were Queens runs at 80 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with When We Were Queens?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is When We Were Queens good for peak time?
With energy 49 out of 100 at 80 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10A at 80 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 75-85 BPM — anything in that window beatmatches without sounding stretched.
Key on the fader: without key lock (Master Tempo on CDJs), above roughly +5% it plays a semitone higher, so treat it as 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 80 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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