Key: G Major | 102 BPM | 4/4 | glossy pop/R&B bounce]
[Signature: airy vocal chop + Tag “In the air…”]
[Cold Open: hook stacks immediately; no long intro]
[FX: delay throws on air/there/out/how; Bridge dry first half, FX return on build]
[Ending: tight stop (no long tail) to trigger replay]
[Cold Open: hook stack + airy chop featured]
Your perfume in the air…
[Intro (4 bars): airy vocal chop intro; groove starts light]
(Air chop intro)
[Verse 1 (16 bars): strip down; lift bars 13–16 into Pre]
Window cracked, late-night breeze
City glow on silver streets
I told myself I’m over you
Then the air starts playing tricks
I don’t even chase the thought
It just finds me where I’m at
Like you never really left
Like you’re right here next to me
[Pre-Chorus (8 bars): build last 2 bars; clean fill into chorus]
I try to let it fade out
But it won’t fade out
One breath and I’m back now
Yeah, it pulls me back down
[Chorus 1 (16 bars): full groove + sparkle; doubles + 2–4 harmonies wide on hook words]
Your perfume in the air
Got me right back there
Pulling me closer, closer
Your perfume in the air
Even when you’re not here
I don’t wanna breathe it out
Your perfume in the air
And I don’t know how
[Tag (4 bars): vocal-forward afterimage; widest moment; whisper layer tucked]
In the air… (in the air…)
[Verse 2 (16 bars): same groove; keep it lean]
Like you might walk back in
I keep talking to the silence
Like it’s listening
I should fold up all your echoes
Let the night move on
But the wind keeps your name
Like a song it won’t stop on
[Chorus 2 (16 bars): slightly brighter than Chorus 1; then DROP into bridge]
Your perfume in the air
Got me right back there
Pulling me closer, closer
Your perfume in the air
Even when you’re not here
I don’t wanna breathe it out
Your perfume in the air
And I don’t know how
[Bridge (8 bars): dry first half, then build into final]
If I could, I would shut it off
But I don’t want to
’Cause it’s the closest thing I’ve got
To being close to you
[Final Chorus (16–24 bars): biggest; add stacks + chant stack; tasteful adlibs ONLY last 8 bars]
add stacks + adlibs last 8 bars (after air/there/out/how)
Your perfume in the air
Got me right back there
Pulling me closer, closer
Your perfume in the air
Even when you’re not here
I don’t wanna breathe it out
Your perfume in the air
And I don’t know how
[Outro (2–4 bars): tight stop, no long tail]
(In the air… tag tail OR tight stop)
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