The drum beat in Midnight City is minimal—a simple four-on-the-floor kick with a driving shaker. However, the reveals a secret: the kick drum is actually three separate sounds (a thud, a click, and a sub-bass hit) layered together. The clap has a gated reverb tail that lasts a full second. For bedroom producers, studying this stem is a masterclass in how to make minimal drums sound enormous.

For "Midnight City," this means the song is broken down into its constituent parts: