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The Hills
The Weeknd
Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)
Real momentum, more energetic than 94% of our 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for party & hype.
113
BPM
The Hills by The Weeknd is 113 BPM — Moderato (moderate).
Half-time 57 BPM · Double-time 226 BPM · released 2015
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Song DNA
Notes: Dark, moody beats with haunting vocals.
Recommended for: anxiety relief deep listening
Genuine push and momentum here. Hard to predict, it holds your attention. The track has a big quiet-to-loud range with frequent shifts in direction, complex in texture, with strong, dynamic vocals driving it at a steady, walkable tempo. On our 19,209-song scale, it reads more energetic than 94% of everything we’ve measured.
Cultural Context
Reflects the struggles of celebrity life and personal demons.
Listening Prompt
Ideal for introspection and late-night thoughts.
What to Expect
Builds tension and releases into powerful choruses.
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Moods: heavy, melancholy
Intense — what to expect
"The Hills" is in our intense band.
At least one of our five sensory dimensions crosses the threshold that means "this can be a lot." Most commonly: dynamic vocals or complex texture, or a dynamic range of 7/10. The full breakdown is below. If you arrived here looking for a calmer alternative, our use-case verdicts section flags songs with similar mood but lower intensity.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 7/10 means this song moves. Expect a real volume climb between quiet sections and the loudest part of the arrangement — enough that you may want to set the initial volume below where you'd normally land.
Sudden changes: present. This song uses surprise as a feature. For focus or background listening, it's likely to pull your attention away; for active listening, that's often the point.
Texture: complex.
Predictability is low — this song does not follow standard verse-chorus form closely, and rewards active listening more than passive listening.
Vocal style: dynamic vocals.
Where this sits in The Weeknd's catalog
We have 50 songs from The Weeknd in the library. Of those, 1 are rated Safe, 41 Moderate, and 8 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 7/10 sits above the artist average of 6.5, making it the #15 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
Other tracks from Beauty Behind the Madness
We have 10 songs from this album. Overall, the album leans moderate in sensory profile.
- Can't Feel My Face — moderate DR 7
- In the Night — moderate DR 6
- Often — intense DR 7
- Earned It — moderate DR 6
- Acquainted — moderate DR 6
- Tell Your Friends — moderate DR 6
- As You Are — moderate DR 6
- Professional — moderate DR 7
- Wanderlust — moderate DR 7
2015 context
Released in 2015. We have 373 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.3/10. This track is about average than the year average. Explore more from the 2010s.
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Guides that may help
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How fast is "The Hills"?
113 BPM — Upbeat (dance-pop / running warm-up)
For running
Too slow for most running; good for warm-up walks or cool-down.
For workouts
Steady cardio, power walking, light weights.
For daily life
Cooking, casual listening, cleaning, dinner music.
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When "The Hills" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
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Focus / studying
No — too dynamic or too many surprises. Save for active listening.
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Running / workout
Maybe — at 113 BPM this is more warm-up or cool-down pace than peak-effort running.
✗
Sleep / winding down
No — contains elements that will keep an awake nervous system engaged.
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Driving / road trip
Maybe — the intensity / sudden changes are fine for solo highway driving but skip for city or rainy-weather driving.
✗
Cooking / dinner background
No — too active to function as background; will pull attention away from what you're doing.
✓
Emotional release / catharsis
Yes — this is a song for actively feeling what you came to feel, not for background.
Related reading
Editorial guides that cover this song's use cases, moods, or artist.
Jazz for Anxiety Relief: Which Subgenres Help and Which Overwhelm
Jazz for Anxiety Relief: Which Subgenres Help and Which Overwhelm — A guide for sensory-sensitive listeners on musiciwant.com
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Why this rating
We rate this song Intense. Our rule is deliberately conservative: any one of high dynamic range, present sudden changes, harsh texture, or a strained/screamed vocal is enough to trigger Intense on its own. Full scoring rubric: methodology.
This song in the Music Studio
78/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-05. Reviewed by the Music I Want editorial team against the documented methodology.
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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 is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 94% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 78/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, complex texture, frequent shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.
What makes it unusual
What stands out most about this song is blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 94% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.
Feels almost identical to
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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
Sleep0/10
Focus1/10
Workout6/10
Dinner4/10
Party / hype8/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
2015 in context
The 373 songs we’ve measured from 2015 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.
Mixes smoothly with
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
Intensity78
Dynamics67
Tempo41
Surprise75
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load0
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "The Hills"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "The Hills" by The Weeknd?
"The Hills" by The Weeknd has a tempo of 113 BPM (Moderato (moderate)). At half-time that is 57 BPM, and at double-time 226 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "The Hills" by The Weeknd?
"The Hills" by The Weeknd rates as Intense. Dynamic range 7/10, frequent sudden changes, complex texture, dynamic vocals vocal style. Any one of high dynamic range, present sudden changes, or harsh texture triggers the Intense rating.
How loud is "The Hills" — what is its dynamic range?
"The Hills" has a dynamic range of 7/10. Noticeable climb from quiet sections to loudest point. Set opening volume slightly lower than your preferred peak.
Does "The Hills" have sudden or surprising changes?
Yes. "The Hills" uses surprise as a compositional feature. Expect unsignaled transitions.
What is "The Hills" best for?
In our library "The Hills" is recommended for: anxiety relief, deep listening. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "The Hills" released?
"The Hills" is from 2015, on the album "Beauty Behind the Madness". It appears in our 2010s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "The Hills"?
We tag "The Hills" as heavy, melancholy. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "The Hills"?
The vocal style is dynamic vocals.
Is "The Hills" good for running?
Not really — at 113 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "The Hills" good for studying?
Only partially. The song's dynamic range (7/10) means there will be loud moments that break focus during deep work.
Can I use "The Hills" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Too intense overall.
Should I listen to "The Hills"?
"The Hills" is Intense in our ratings — dramatic dynamics, possible sudden changes, or strong vocal or textural energy. Best with intention rather than ambient use. If you are sensory-sensitive, the alternatives section surfaces calmer songs in the same mood family.
Songs with the same DNA
complex texture, similar intensity — across any genre or era.
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