Jazz-rock with driving offbeat drums, biting electric guitar riffs, walking bass on verses, and brass stabs answering the vocal; verse stays tense and conversational, pre-chorus tightens with tom lifts and filtered keys, chorus opens wider with gang shouts and stacked harmonies. Double-tracked lead, shouted hook ad-libs, short delay throws on the punch lines, tape hiss and cymbal swells between sections. Bright, gritty, club-loud mix with live-band snap., rock, jazz