Ethereal wave is a subgenre of darkwave and post-punk music that emerged in the 1980s. It is characterized by its dreamy and atmospheric sound, often featuring haunting vocals and ethereal instrumentation. The genre is known for its use of electronic and acoustic instruments, creating a unique blend of sounds. Ethereal wave often explores themes of mysticism, spirituality, and nature. It has been influential in the development of other genres such as shoegaze and ambient music.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 63 | 33 | 39 | 64 | 16 | 38 | 127 | 744211 | |
2 | 63 | 50 | 20 | 22 | 90 | 6 | 101 | 163559 | |
3 | 54 | 66 | 23 | 41 | 48 | 11 | 109 | 1236891 | |
4 | 48 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 30 | 24 | 118 | 378180 | |
5 | 43 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 64 | 16 | 113 | 142349 | |
6 | 42 | 26 | 53 | 73 | 5 | 44 | 129 | 136021 | |
7 | 38 | 61 | 66 | 60 | 13 | 39 | 94 | 22549 | |
8 | 36 | 65 | 56 | 47 | 33 | 41 | 126 | 59797 | |
9 | 33 | 34 | 49 | 45 | 66 | 28 | 129 | 44797 | |
10 | 33 | 24 | 51 | 67 | 17 | 28 | 119 | 16691 | |
11 | 32 | 69 | 25 | 39 | 70 | 13 | 102 | 14340 | |
12 | 32 | 81 | 17 | 41 | 38 | 20 | 105 | 36998 | |
13 | 32 | 77 | 31 | 49 | 41 | 15 | 112 | 34191 | |
14 | 30 | 14 | 45 | 49 | 39 | 18 | 117 | 17111 | |
15 | 30 | 57 | 44 | 39 | 28 | 27 | 122 | 15730 | |
16 | 29 | 11 | 34 | 84 | 10 | 25 | 133 | 33509 | |
17 | 29 | 49 | 50 | 79 | 5 | 38 | 129 | 27683 | |
18 | 29 | 14 | 40 | 72 | 13 | 32 | 128 | 31732 | |
19 | 29 | 35 | 39 | 63 | 19 | 42 | 131 | 6157 | |
20 | 29 | 23 | 57 | 56 | 17 | 41 | 135 | 50308 | |
21 | 29 | 6 | 39 | 38 | 40 | 16 | 108 | 38287 | |
22 | 28 | 9 | 49 | 32 | 75 | 28 | 149 | 24370 | |
23 | 28 | 27 | 60 | 82 | 6 | 45 | 119 | 17425 | |
24 | 28 | 37 | 36 | 57 | 34 | 25 | 130 | 17155 | |
25 | 27 | 9 | 54 | 54 | 38 | 35 | 113 | 20846 | |
26 | 27 | 47 | 29 | 27 | 77 | 10 | 103 | 20640 | |
27 | 26 | 26 | 53 | 82 | 7 | 43 | 130 | 25201 | |
28 | 26 | 72 | 41 | 63 | 12 | 28 | 122 | 23614 | |
29 | 25 | 13 | 44 | 81 | 7 | 32 | 129 | 15016 | |
30 | 25 | 47 | 40 | 66 | 17 | 29 | 128 | 27348 | |
31 | 25 | 10 | 53 | 77 | 8 | 36 | 130 | 25078 | |
32 | 24 | 14 | 48 | 79 | 2 | 67 | 111 | 12072 | |
33 | 24 | 19 | 47 | 77 | 1 | 33 | 130 | 19469 | |
34 | 23 | 75 | 20 | 23 | 76 | 12 | 100 | 16500 | |
35 | 22 | 68 | 43 | 35 | 81 | 26 | 106 | 13958 | |
36 | 22 | 49 | 42 | 53 | 24 | 42 | 122 | 17839 | |
37 | 20 | 68 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 17 | 116 | 6518 | |
38 | 20 | 32 | 50 | 80 | 1 | 27 | 121 | 9338 | |
39 | 19 | 1 | 52 | 55 | 12 | 33 | 130 | 8054 | |
40 | 19 | 32 | 33 | 55 | 29 | 10 | 115 | 14343 | |
41 | 19 | 15 | 56 | 81 | 6 | 35 | 129 | 11240 | |
42 | 18 | 43 | 53 | 82 | 1 | 52 | 133 | 18245 | |
43 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 36 | 65 | 21 | 118 | 7846 | |
44 | 18 | 39 | 50 | 78 | 6 | 32 | 135 | 8674 | |
45 | 17 | 34 | 20 | 35 | 67 | 9 | 96 | 10963 | |
46 | 17 | 21 | 39 | 47 | 63 | 41 | 125 | 10715 | |
47 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6433 | |
48 | 16 | 66 | 43 | 70 | 1 | 25 | 129 | 8989 | |
49 | 16 | 63 | 25 | 23 | 73 | 14 | 102 | 3402 | |
50 | 15 | 18 | 45 | 37 | 76 | 35 | 132 | 8913 | |
51 | 15 | 0 | 33 | 45 | 16 | 13 | 67 | 4577 | |
52 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 58 | 17 | 18 | 120 | 6475 | |
53 | 13 | 4 | 31 | 64 | 11 | 20 | 124 | 6222 | |
54 | 13 | 62 | 34 | 21 | 94 | 7 | 93 | 6065 | |
55 | 12 | 10 | 58 | 84 | 14 | 52 | 109 | 4593 | |
56 | 12 | 36 | 47 | 87 | 0 | 55 | 113 | 7671 | |
57 | 12 | 73 | 45 | 40 | 39 | 10 | 125 | 4095 | |
58 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 84 | 2 | 39 | 121 | 8567 | |
59 | 12 | 68 | 14 | 24 | 57 | 6 | 105 | 5855 | |
60 | 12 | 41 | 51 | 48 | 56 | 16 | 122 | 6303 | |
61 | 11 | 84 | 44 | 71 | 8 | 15 | 105 | 4915 | |
62 | 11 | 4 | 36 | 50 | 39 | 21 | 155 | 3243 | |
63 | 11 | 74 | 31 | 29 | 58 | 7 | 106 | 7631 | |
64 | 10 | 61 | 60 | 77 | 17 | 36 | 121 | 3607 | |
65 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 40 | 21 | 104 | 3514 | |
66 | 9 | 42 | 29 | 47 | 33 | 17 | 127 | 3019 | |
67 | 8 | 39 | 45 | 77 | 11 | 46 | 135 | 1864 | |
68 | 8 | 62 | 45 | 57 | 33 | 27 | 125 | 2992 | |
69 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 93 | 1 | 38 | 124 | 2192 | |
70 | 7 | 94 | 24 | 66 | 8 | 24 | 135 | 1623 | |
71 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 54 | 5 | 17 | 113 | 985 | |
72 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 71 | 0 | 6 | 140 | 4340 | |
73 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479 | |
74 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 78 | 0 | 27 | 135 | 4006 | |
75 | 6 | 42 | 43 | 58 | 66 | 4 | 117 | 2830 | |
76 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 570 | |
77 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1815 | |
78 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 38 | 66 | 20 | 118 | 1035 | |
79 | 5 | 43 | 37 | 56 | 45 | 51 | 114 | 1245 | |
80 | 5 | 42 | 39 | 38 | 48 | 15 | 116 | 1871 | |
81 | 5 | 23 | 43 | 62 | 21 | 21 | 147 | 2398 | |
82 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 58 | 36 | 48 | 102 | 1479 | |
83 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 81 | 2 | 35 | 141 | 1171 | |
84 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 38 | 31 | 14 | 115 | 624 | |
85 | 4 | 87 | 54 | 72 | 3 | 44 | 107 | 621 | |
86 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 133 | 659 | |
87 | 3 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 0 | 12 | 135 | 559 | |
88 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3122 | |
89 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 835 | |
90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 990 | |
91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 416 | |
92 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236 | |
93 | 1 | 93 | 33 | 42 | 64 | 20 | 130 | 408 | |
94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 271 | |
95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | |
96 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 46 | 11 | 59 | 192 | 278 | |
97 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16129 | |
98 | 1 | 44 | 55 | 27 | 93 | 40 | 140 | 208 | |
99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | |
100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 429 | |
101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | |
102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | |
103 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 51 | 1 | 14 | 112 | 206 | |
104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196 | |
105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | |
106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | |
107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | |
108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | |
109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | |
110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | |
111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
112 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 67 | 1 | 22 | 177 | 31 | |
113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 566 | |
114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |