# MiniMax Music 3 – Prompt Report

**Title:** A Feeling With No Address

## Caption (musical brief, as sent to MiniMax)

Global Metadata
Basic Attributes: bpm is 126. key is A minor, and scale is A minor / C major. Synth-Pop / Dance-Pop.
Global Emotional Progression: Nocturnal and intimate in the verses, building yearning through pre-choruses into warm, bittersweet release in the choruses via a relative-major shift. The bridge strips to vulnerability before the final chorus delivers the principal climax. The outro dissolves into the night.
Application Scenarios & Imagery: A rain-dampened late-night walk through downtown. Blue storefront glow on wet asphalt, bass felt through the sidewalk. The electric, unnameable pull between two strangers under neon. A city that holds you for one more block before you're alone again.
Sonics & Production Profile: Warm analog-style synth tones with defined note attacks. Punchy drum-machine transients with controlled, shorter decay on hi-hats and snare to prevent high-frequency smear. Melodic monophonic bass, clearly note-defined in the low-mid. Medium-dark reverb with modest tails; depth achieved through pre-delay and room contrast rather than long washes. Glassy 16th-note arpeggios with slight spacing and shorter decay to stay crisp. Moderate stereo width: lead elements centered, pads subtly widened, no extreme decorrelation. Expressive dynamic range with clean transients throughout.
Vocal Details
Female lead, mid-range A3–E5, clean and polished with natural warmth. Verses intimate and close-mic'd. Pre-choruses open with gentle vibrato. Choruses bright and confident, lifting into the upper register. Three-part close harmonies (third, fifth) enter on the second beat of each chorus phrase, blended but distinct. Light studio reverb and a very short slap-back delay on the lead. Bridge vocal softer, near-spoken, minimal processing. No excessive breathy air or noise bed.
Arrangement
Instrument Lifecycle Description (Primary/Secondary Layering):
Primary: Glassy 16th-note arpeggio (A-C-E-G) establishes the night in the Intro, drops to 8th notes in verses, simplifies to slow quarter-notes in the Bridge, and exits entirely before the final Chorus. The warm analog lead synth carries the chorus hook from Chorus 1, reaching its strongest form in the final Chorus where it plays in unison with the vocal. A two-note bright synth call punctuates the end of each Pre-Chorus.
Secondary: Pad A (warm, low-mid) sustains through verses and thins in pre-choruses. Pad B (brighter, higher register) enters at Chorus 1, evolves through the track, peaks in the final Chorus, and fades in the Outro. A soft synth-strings counter-melody weaves under the vocal only during Chorus 2 and the final Chorus.
Groove & Foundation Progression: Drums enter at Verse 1: four-on-the-floor kick, short dry snare on 2 and 4, sparse 8th-note hi-hat with controlled decay. Melodic synth bass locks to the kick. Pre-choruses briefly double the hi-hat to 16ths. Choruses add an open 8th hi-hat and a ghost kick on the "and" of 4. The Bridge strips to kick, snare, and a sustained bass root. The final Chorus restores the full groove with a 16th-note bass fill at the close.
Embellishments, Textures & Spatial FX: Brief two-second filtered-noise risers into each Chorus. Subtle dry vinyl-crackle texture in the Intro and Outro only. An 1/8 dotted-note delay send on the vocal during Pre-Choruses; a 1/4-note delay on the lead synth in the Post-Chorus. One short, warm reverse-reverb hit before the final Chorus entry. No long bright reverb tails on any element.
Section-by-Section Development:
[Intro]: Arpeggio and Pad A alone. No drums. Eight bars of nocturnal atmosphere.
[Verse 1]: Drums and bass enter. Intimate vocal. Arpeggio shifts to 8th notes, lower register.
[Pre-Chorus]: Pad A thins. Hi-hat doubles to 16ths briefly. Two-note synth call at the end. Vocal lifts.
[Chorus 1]: Full energy. Pad B enters. Lead synth hook under vocal. Three-part harmonies. C major shift.
[Post-Chorus]: Two-bar instrumental. Lead synth hook alone with 1/4 delay. Drums and bass continue.
[Verse 2]: Energy resets to verse level. Arpeggio returns at 8ths. New lyrical imagery.
[Pre-Chorus]: As before, plus the dotted delay send on the vocal.
[Chorus 2]: Counter-melody string layer enters. Harmonies open slightly wider.
[Bridge]: Stripped to soft vocal, simplified Pad A, sustained bass root, slow quarter-note arpeggio. Vocal near-spoken. Builds to a brief peak.
[Chorus 3]: Principal climax. All elements at peak density. Lead synth and vocal share the melody in unison on the final phrase. Harmonies widest. Final line sustains as Pad B begins to fade.
[Outro]: Pad B and arpeggio fade. Kick and bass drop out one bar before the end. Resolves into silence.

## Lyrics (as sent to MiniMax)

[start]
[intro]
[verse]
Blue light pooling on the sidewalk, your shadow stretched out long
You look like you've been waiting for a song that won't come on
There's a flicker in the storefront, buzzing soft and half-dead glow
And I'm three blocks from anywhere, but I'm exactly where I go
[pre-chorus]
Feel the bass kick through the grate
Head tilted, you're already late
For a moment that can't hold its shape
I'm reaching for the static on the wave
[chorus]
Neon bleeding through the dark, a feeling with no address
You'll be a rumor by the morning, but right now, city, hold us
Neon bleeding through the dark, a half-smile and a spark
If this is real or just the glow, catch it before it goes
[post-chorus]
[verse]
We walk past the laundromat, no plan, past the corner store
Your hands in your pockets but your shoulders want a little more
The rain is still deciding, headlights streak you in warm gold
And I'm memorizing, the way the night gets cold
[pre-chorus]
And the whole street hums in a minor key
The kind of magic you can't explain, just see
It's not a story, it's a frequency
And I'm tuning in to the way you'll leave
[chorus]
Neon bleeding through the dark, a feeling with no address
You'll be a rumor by the morning, but right now, city, hold us
Neon bleeding through the dark, a half-smile and a spark
If this is real or just the glow, catch it before it goes
[bridge]
The last train's pulling out of the bay
Sky's that grey between one day and the next
I know this is the part where you fade
So hold me in the amber, one more color in the rain
[chorus]
Neon bleeding through the dark, a feeling with no address
You'll be a rumor by the morning, but right now, city, hold us
Neon bleeding through the dark, a half-smile and a spark
If this is real or just the glow, catch it before it goes
Before it goes
[outro]

## Final prompt sent to MiniMax (verbatim)

```
<|im_start|><|caption_start|>Global Metadata
Basic Attributes: bpm is 126. key is A minor, and scale is A minor / C major. Synth-Pop / Dance-Pop.
Global Emotional Progression: Nocturnal and intimate in the verses, building yearning through pre-choruses into warm, bittersweet release in the choruses via a relative-major shift. The bridge strips to vulnerability before the final chorus delivers the principal climax. The outro dissolves into the night.
Application Scenarios & Imagery: A rain-dampened late-night walk through downtown. Blue storefront glow on wet asphalt, bass felt through the sidewalk. The electric, unnameable pull between two strangers under neon. A city that holds you for one more block before you're alone again.
Sonics & Production Profile: Warm analog-style synth tones with defined note attacks. Punchy drum-machine transients with controlled, shorter decay on hi-hats and snare to prevent high-frequency smear. Melodic monophonic bass, clearly note-defined in the low-mid. Medium-dark reverb with modest tails; depth achieved through pre-delay and room contrast rather than long washes. Glassy 16th-note arpeggios with slight spacing and shorter decay to stay crisp. Moderate stereo width: lead elements centered, pads subtly widened, no extreme decorrelation. Expressive dynamic range with clean transients throughout.
Vocal Details
Female lead, mid-range A3–E5, clean and polished with natural warmth. Verses intimate and close-mic'd. Pre-choruses open with gentle vibrato. Choruses bright and confident, lifting into the upper register. Three-part close harmonies (third, fifth) enter on the second beat of each chorus phrase, blended but distinct. Light studio reverb and a very short slap-back delay on the lead. Bridge vocal softer, near-spoken, minimal processing. No excessive breathy air or noise bed.
Arrangement
Instrument Lifecycle Description (Primary/Secondary Layering):
Primary: Glassy 16th-note arpeggio (A-C-E-G) establishes the night in the Intro, drops to 8th notes in verses, simplifies to slow quarter-notes in the Bridge, and exits entirely before the final Chorus. The warm analog lead synth carries the chorus hook from Chorus 1, reaching its strongest form in the final Chorus where it plays in unison with the vocal. A two-note bright synth call punctuates the end of each Pre-Chorus.
Secondary: Pad A (warm, low-mid) sustains through verses and thins in pre-choruses. Pad B (brighter, higher register) enters at Chorus 1, evolves through the track, peaks in the final Chorus, and fades in the Outro. A soft synth-strings counter-melody weaves under the vocal only during Chorus 2 and the final Chorus.
Groove & Foundation Progression: Drums enter at Verse 1: four-on-the-floor kick, short dry snare on 2 and 4, sparse 8th-note hi-hat with controlled decay. Melodic synth bass locks to the kick. Pre-choruses briefly double the hi-hat to 16ths. Choruses add an open 8th hi-hat and a ghost kick on the "and" of 4. The Bridge strips to kick, snare, and a sustained bass root. The final Chorus restores the full groove with a 16th-note bass fill at the close.
Embellishments, Textures & Spatial FX: Brief two-second filtered-noise risers into each Chorus. Subtle dry vinyl-crackle texture in the Intro and Outro only. An 1/8 dotted-note delay send on the vocal during Pre-Choruses; a 1/4-note delay on the lead synth in the Post-Chorus. One short, warm reverse-reverb hit before the final Chorus entry. No long bright reverb tails on any element.
Section-by-Section Development:
[Intro]: Arpeggio and Pad A alone. No drums. Eight bars of nocturnal atmosphere.
[Verse 1]: Drums and bass enter. Intimate vocal. Arpeggio shifts to 8th notes, lower register.
[Pre-Chorus]: Pad A thins. Hi-hat doubles to 16ths briefly. Two-note synth call at the end. Vocal lifts.
[Chorus 1]: Full energy. Pad B enters. Lead synth hook under vocal. Three-part harmonies. C major shift.
[Post-Chorus]: Two-bar instrumental. Lead synth hook alone with 1/4 delay. Drums and bass continue.
[Verse 2]: Energy resets to verse level. Arpeggio returns at 8ths. New lyrical imagery.
[Pre-Chorus]: As before, plus the dotted delay send on the vocal.
[Chorus 2]: Counter-melody string layer enters. Harmonies open slightly wider.
[Bridge]: Stripped to soft vocal, simplified Pad A, sustained bass root, slow quarter-note arpeggio. Vocal near-spoken. Builds to a brief peak.
[Chorus 3]: Principal climax. All elements at peak density. Lead synth and vocal share the melody in unison on the final phrase. Harmonies widest. Final line sustains as Pad B begins to fade.
[Outro]: Pad B and arpeggio fade. Kick and bass drop out one bar before the end. Resolves into silence.<|caption_end|><|lyrics_start|>[start]
[intro]
[verse]
Blue light pooling on the sidewalk, your shadow stretched out long
You look like you've been waiting for a song that won't come on
There's a flicker in the storefront, buzzing soft and half-dead glow
And I'm three blocks from anywhere, but I'm exactly where I go
[pre-chorus]
Feel the bass kick through the grate
Head tilted, you're already late
For a moment that can't hold its shape
I'm reaching for the static on the wave
[chorus]
Neon bleeding through the dark, a feeling with no address
You'll be a rumor by the morning, but right now, city, hold us
Neon bleeding through the dark, a half-smile and a spark
If this is real or just the glow, catch it before it goes
[post-chorus]
[verse]
We walk past the laundromat, no plan, past the corner store
Your hands in your pockets but your shoulders want a little more
The rain is still deciding, headlights streak you in warm gold
And I'm memorizing, the way the night gets cold
[pre-chorus]
And the whole street hums in a minor key
The kind of magic you can't explain, just see
It's not a story, it's a frequency
And I'm tuning in to the way you'll leave
[chorus]
Neon bleeding through the dark, a feeling with no address
You'll be a rumor by the morning, but right now, city, hold us
Neon bleeding through the dark, a half-smile and a spark
If this is real or just the glow, catch it before it goes
[bridge]
The last train's pulling out of the bay
Sky's that grey between one day and the next
I know this is the part where you fade
So hold me in the amber, one more color in the rain
[chorus]
Neon bleeding through the dark, a feeling with no address
You'll be a rumor by the morning, but right now, city, hold us
Neon bleeding through the dark, a half-smile and a spark
If this is real or just the glow, catch it before it goes
Before it goes
[outro]<|lyrics_end|><|im_end|><|audio_start|>
```

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## Token budget (MiniMax text encoder)

- **1621 tokens** (measured with the MiniMax tokenizer)
- Conservative estimate: 1889 tokens
- Hard limit enforced by MiniMax: 5000 tokens

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## Image Prompt (FLUX.2 cover – NOT sent to MiniMax)

A lone woman's silhouette on a rain-slicked urban crosswalk at night, seen from a low three-quarter angle slightly behind her, her figure split between deep indigo shadow and a warm amber-orange neon glow bleeding from a storefront behind her. Wet asphalt reflects fractured streaks of coral, electric blue, and violet light stretching toward the camera. The composition is tilted a few degrees, creating a sense of motion and urgency. Background dissolves into soft warm bokeh dots of distant traffic lights. Color palette dominated by midnight blue, electric coral-orange, and touches of deep violet. Shot on a fast 35mm prime lens with shallow depth of field, subtle cinematic grain, 1980s synthwave color grading with modern photographic clarity. Square composition, subject positioned slightly off-center. No text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no digits, no symbols, no typography, no logo, no watermark, no signature, no captions, no labels, no signage, no written characters.