Q: Is the intro to "slow down" a polyrhythm of 8:5, or simply sextuplets in groups of 4? My friend and I were having a debate about it. Are we overthinking it? It's my favorite song.
A: it was envisioned with no relation to the grid. it's in its own world. all the notes evenly spaced, and all the chords evenly spaced. and the final landing point is on the swung 'a' of 4 just before the first bar. no happy coincidences occured either, as for where the beginning actually lines up on the grid