It's not just the BPM. When music is pitched down, it loses some of it's shrillness. The lack of higher pitches can have a calming effect because that's where t

It's not just the BPM. When music is pitched down, it loses some of it's shrillness. The lack of higher pitches can have a calming effect because that's where the ears get most fatigued and feel the most "pain" from listening. There's a whole genre of music called Slowed and Reverbed that slows all kinds of music down. Here's an example of a slowed song and a it's original: Cigarettes After Sex - Slowed https://youtu.be/GGfWuK-fZYM https://youtu.be/GGfWuK-fZYM Cigarettes After Sex - Original https://youtu.be/sElE_BfQ67s https://youtu.be/sElE_BfQ67s