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10 songs that feel like My Future

Matched to My Future by Billie Eilish on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

My Future
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My Future
Billie Eilish
safe 44/100 intensity 85 BPM
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I Stay Away — Alice in Chains moderate 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Deacon Blues — Steely Dan moderate 92 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same complex texture.

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Hejira — Joni Mitchell moderate 75 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Measured 98% alike.

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No Me Pidas Perdón — Banda MS moderate 85 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Same complex texture.

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Reflections — The Supremes moderate 104 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100).

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Death Letter Blues — Son House moderate 80 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same complex texture.

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I Drink Wine — Adele moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Chimes of Freedom — Bob Dylan moderate 90 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same complex texture.

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Andromeda — Weyes Blood moderate 90 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and sits a little calmer at 38/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Heat Waves — Glass Animals moderate 80 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 38/100.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “My Future” by Billie Eilish?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I Stay Away” by Alice in Chains, “Deacon Blues” by Steely Dan, “Hejira” by Joni Mitchell — the top match scores 96% 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 “My Future”?

It measures 44/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, complex texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 85 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 41% of songs, calmer than the other 59%. Its intensity reading of 44/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, complex texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: 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.

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What it’s good for

Sleep5/10
Focus10/10
Workout3/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2020 in context

The 475 songs we’ve measured from 2020 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. 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

Intensity44
Dynamics56
Tempo25
Surprise25
Density60
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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