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This is a download from BBC Learning English.
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To find out more, visit our website.
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Hello, welcome to 6 Minute English.
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I'm Neil.
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And hello, I'm Rob.
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Today we're discussing music and the idea that songs are becoming faster.
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What music do you like, Rob?
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Oh, me.
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I like rock music.
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It has good vocals and it's loud.
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How about you, Neil?
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Well, I like anything and I prefer streaming my music actually.
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No old fashioned CDs to buy and load up.
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It's easier to play and you can play it anywhere.
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And streaming is where you listen or watch music or videos directly from the internet as a continuous stream.
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Did you know that some people believe
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that streaming music online is actually changing the songs people write and it might be leading to songs getting faster?
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Well, that's what we're discussing today.
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Let's hope it doesn't happen to this programme, otherwise we might become three-minute English.
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But before it does, let's get on with our question for everyone to answer.
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In 2017, Luis Fonzi's summer hit Despacito officially became the most streamed song of all time.
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Do you know approximately how many times it was streamed?
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Was it a 1.6 billion times, b 3.6 billion times, or c 4.6 billion times?
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I know the song was popular but 4.6 billion sounds too big so I'll go for A, 1.6 billion.
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OK, well we'll find out later in the programme.
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But now back to our discussion about how music producers are adapting their songs for modern technology.
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Researchers have found long instrumental introductions to pop songs have become almost extinct.
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Of course the aim of many pop songs is to be enjoyed by many, to be popular.
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But they also need to be a commercial success.
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They need to make money.
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Brendan Williams, a music producer and Professor of Music Technology, can explain what he thinks influences the songs.
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Here he is speaking on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme.
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I think that, you know, one of the things that's driving this, er, there are a number of things.
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They're all radio, er, they're all singles designed for radio playlists.
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Radio playlists are extremely important factors in judging the success of a track
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and obviously do feed into the kind of commercial success of a track.
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So, he mentions that radio playlists are important factors.
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A playlist is a list of songs that a radio station plans to play.
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And he says that radio playlists affect the commercial success of a song.
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By the way, he called a song a track – that's a recorded piece of music.
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And notice how he used the word driving, which means having a strong influence.
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So getting a song played on the radio is important
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and it has to be made in a way that will suit the radio station's playlist.
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Now, we know there are thousands of songs out there to listen to and plenty of ways to listen to them, so how can record companies get someone to listen to their particular song?
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Well, have a listen to Brendan Williams again to see what he thinks.
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But then there's the influence of streaming services like Spotify, where if a track isn't played for at least 30 seconds then it doesn't register a play. And Spotify...
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And if we don't hear the vocals then we might not carry on listening, is that the theory?
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Brendan Williams Absolutely yeah, that's the theory, is to get through, I guess to get into the meat of the song, to hear the lyrical content and get through to that first chorus.
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Well, it seems songs no longer have an intro, the instrumental piece of music that's played before the singing begins.
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In the old days, radio DJs, disc jockeys who played the records, loved to talk over that bit.
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Now we need to get to the lyrical content – that's the lyrics, or the words of the song, as soon as possible.
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So the theory, or idea, is to present listeners with vocals and a chorus more quickly as it will make them want to continue listening.
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That's because if a song isn't streamed for more than 30 seconds, it doesn't register a play.
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It doesn't get measured or recorded as a play.
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So it doesn't make money.
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So a song needs to hook the listener in quickly.
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In other words, it needs to attract their attention and be easy to remember.
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Another word for this is catchy.
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Do you have any favourite catchy songs, Rob?
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Oh, I do, I do.
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It's got to be Happy by Pharrell Williams.
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Very catchy song.
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Well, something that is always catchy in this programme is our quiz question.
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Earlier I mentioned that in 2017 Luis Fonzi's summer hit, Despacito, officially became the most streamed song of all time.
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Did you know approximately how many times it was streamed?
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Was it a 1.6 billion times, b 3.6 billion times, or c 4.6 billion times?
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And I went for a staggering 1.6 billion times.
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Well, it's not staggering enough, Rob.
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It was actually streamed 4.6 billion times.
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Amazing.
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That's a number that we can only dream of for this programme.
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Or is it?
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Well, Neil, shall we download to our memory some of the vocabulary we've learnt today?
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Streaming describes the activity of listening to or watching music, radio or videos directly from the internet as a continuous stream.
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Something that is a commercial success is popular and makes lots of money, like a new computer game or pop song.
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A good pop song, Rob.
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Not something annoying like Gangnam Style.
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Ah, well that was a huge commercial success because it was catchy, a word that describes something that attracts attention and is easy to remember.
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We also mentioned a playlist – that's a list of songs
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that a radio station plans to play –
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and we also used the same word – playlist – to
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describe a list of songs you compile yourself on a streaming service.
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We also heard the adjective driving, which in the context of our discussion means having a strong influence.
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And we mentioned the verb to register – if you register something, you record, count or measure it.
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Like every download of this programme is registered.
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But how do we download this programme, Rob?
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By going to our website at bbclearningenglish.com And we have an app too.
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Download it for free and stream all of our content.
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Bye for now.
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Bye.
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Para quem é este vídeo?
Este vídeo é perfeito para alunos de inglês intermediários que querem melhorar a compreensão oral e expandir o vocabulário sobre cultura pop e tecnologia. Ideal para quem busca prática de conversação em inglês de forma divertida, além de aprender a falar sobre temas atuais, como streaming de música. Se você gosta de combinar aprendizado com hobbies, como ouvir músicas, este conteúdo é para você!
Palavras e expressões para roubar (e usar!)
- Streaming: Transmissão contínua de áudio ou vídeo pela internet. Exemplo: "Eu prefiro ouvir música via streaming do que comprar CDs."
- Playlist: Lista de músicas organizadas para tocar em sequência. Exemplo: "A rádio criou uma playlist especial para o verão."
- Track: Faixa de música gravada. Sinônimo de "song". Exemplo: "Essa track do artista novo está no topo das paradas."
- Driving: (Neste contexto) Ter uma grande influência. Exemplo: "A tecnologia está driving mudanças na indústria musical."
- Meat of the song: A parte principal da música. Exemplo: "Os produtores querem que os ouvintes cheguem rápido ao meat of the song."
Como melhorar o acento com este vídeo
O diálogo entre Neil e Rob tem uma pronúncia clara e ritmo médio, ideal para prática de shadowing (imitação). Aqui estão dicas para focar:
- Intonação nos questionamentos: Repare como Rob usa uma intonação ascendente ao perguntar "What music do you like, Rob?". Imitar essa inflexão ajuda a soar mais natural em conversas.
- Enunciação de palavras com "stream": A palavra "streaming" tem o som "stri:mɪŋ" – preste atenção no "ea" pronunciado como "i:". Use um shadowing site para repetir a frase "I prefer streaming my music" até que o ritmo fique fluido.
- Redução de palavras: No áudio, ouça como "did you know" é reduzido a "didja know". Essas reduções são comuns no inglês falado, e praticá-las com shadow speak ajuda a entender e se comunicar melhor em situações reais.
Para aprofundar, use o vídeo como material de prática de conversação em inglês: pause, repita as frases e tente resumir o conteúdo em suas próprias palavras. Com isso, você não só aprende inglês com vídeos, mas também desenvolve confiança na fala!
Gramática neste vídeo
As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:
| Estrutura | No vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem faz | was streamed · be enjoyed · be made |
| Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agora | have found · we've learnt |
| Possibilidade com “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo possível, mas não certo | might be · might become · might not carry |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — o maior ou o menor de um grupo | the most streamed |
O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.