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10 songs that feel like Lonely Weekend

Matched to Lonely Weekend by Kacey Musgraves on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Lonely Weekend
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Lonely Weekend
Kacey Musgraves
safe 32/100 intensity 110 BPM
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Way Out West — Big Star moderate 110 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Motion Sickness — Phoebe Bridgers safe 115 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same smooth texture.

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I Can't Give Everything Away — David Bowie safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Sunblind — Fleet Foxes safe 110 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Same smooth texture.

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Ruby Tuesday — The Rolling Stones safe 95 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100).

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If I Ever Feel Better — Phoenix moderate 114 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same smooth texture.

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Mourning — Post Malone moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same smooth texture.

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One Step Up — Bruce Springsteen moderate 118 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (118 BPM).

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Sleep the Clock Around — Belle and Sebastian safe 118 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Lonely Weekend” by Kacey Musgraves?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Way Out West” by Big Star, “Motion Sickness” by Phoebe Bridgers, “I Can't Give Everything Away” by David Bowie — the top match scores 99% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Lonely Weekend”?

It measures 32/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 110 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 21% of songs, calmer than the other 79%. Its intensity reading of 32/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 79% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype4/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

2018 in context

The 461 songs we’ve measured from 2018 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity32
Dynamics56
Tempo39
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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