1980s American synth-pop with dance-floor production sheen, punchy Oberheim DMX drum machine with gated reverb snare and tight quantized hi-hats, layered Roland Juno-106 chord pads with short attack and bright filter sweep, plucked synth bass running eighth-note ostinatos, DX7 electric piano stabs, close-mic'd lead vocal with bright mid-forward presence, breathy upper-mid soprano with crisp consonants and assertive phrasing, SSL board compression on mix bus, prominent chorus-effect on synth pads, call-and-response backing vocal stacks, four-on-the-floor kick anchoring uptempo 120 BPM groove.