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10 songs that feel like Small Worlds

Matched to Small Worlds by Mac Miller on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Small Worlds
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Small Worlds
Mac Miller
safe 22/100 intensity 80 BPM
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Everything Means Nothing to Me — Elliott Smith safe 75 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).

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Over — Portishead moderate 85 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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lacy — Olivia Rodrigo moderate 72 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Measured 98% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Changes — Black Sabbath safe 72 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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TOMORROW — Tyler, the Creator moderate 85 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Stable Song — Death Cab for Cutie safe 75 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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Wreck on the Highway — Bruce Springsteen safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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China — Tori Amos safe 72 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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PRIDE. — Kendrick Lamar safe 70 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100).

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Stranger in Moscow — Michael Jackson safe 90 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Small Worlds” by Mac Miller?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Everything Means Nothing to Me” by Elliott Smith, “Over” by Portishead, “lacy” by Olivia Rodrigo — 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 “Small Worlds”?

It measures 22/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 80 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 86% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 22/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 97% 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

Sleep8/10
Focus9/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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 4/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity22
Dynamics33
Tempo22
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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