Beats Quote by Sarah Barthel

For me, the majority of my music is really dark and to the point.

— Bridget Kelly

My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.

— Bebe Rexha

I work with a lot of production that's really positive and contains a lot of soul stuff. Those instrumentals project the happiness out of…

— SonReal

I naturally, when I make beats, aim for a darker tone just because I've always preferred those types of feelings.

— Metro Boomin

I always say my music is like dark blue or black, like a punch to your gut that feels really good.

— Banks

I feel the reasons my songs might seem dark is because of how I viewed the situations I was in and it was just…

— James Vincent McMorrow

Production is everything. Once I get my beat, I try to make a song around the beat.

— Rich Homie Quan

I think that our lyrics are definitely dark, but I know for a fact that we pull our inspiration from a million different influences.…

— Evanescence

I think the majority of my music is dark, but the reason it's tolerable is that there's always a little bit of hope in…

— Everlast

The music I'm making is like an explosion of love. It moves away from super dark, its more romanticized and floral, but still quite…

— Charli XCX

People say I'm emo, what that really mean though is though the song can't breath I actually make it seem so.

— Joe Budden

The songs can be dark, but the adrenaline doesn't really change, regardless of what it is I'm singing, I still have the adrenaline, it's…

— Fernando Torres