Song IQ
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What's the IQ of your favorite song?

We analyze song lyrics across five intellectual dimensions — vocabulary, theme, narrative, metaphor, and originality — and distill them into a single IQ score.

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Vocabulary Richness

T

Thematic Depth

N

Narrative Complexity

M

Metaphor / Abstraction

C

Conceptual Originality

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See how the scoring works with these two examples at opposite ends of the spectrum.

Gnarly

Kodak Black ft. Lil Pump

68
Low IQ
Vocabulary Richness
62
Thematic Depth
65
Narrative Complexity
60
Metaphor / Abstraction
63
Conceptual Originality
70

Lyrically sparse and repetitive, the song centers on drug use, sexual boasting, and material flexing with minimal vocabulary range, no metaphorical depth, and no discernible narrative arc.

Mother of Pearl

Roxy Music

128
High IQ
Vocabulary Richness
135
Thematic Depth
130
Narrative Complexity
122
Metaphor / Abstraction
132
Conceptual Originality
128

Bryan Ferry's lyric is a sophisticated meditation on the gap between hedonism and transcendence, invoking Nietzsche's Zarathustra and deploying elevated, literary diction to explore idealism and disillusionment with rare philosophical depth.

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We analyze song lyrics across five intellectual dimensions — vocabulary, theme, narrative, metaphor, and originality — and distill them into a single IQ score.