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Hooks & Choruses

📋 What it is

A hook is the catchiest, most memorable bit — often the chorus line — designed to stick in your head.

🗣️ Coach says

The HOOK is the part that catches you — the line or melody you can't shake, usually the heart of the chorus. A great hook is short, repeated, and easy to sing. Writers work hardest on the hook because it's what people remember and hum first.

🧠 Memory hook

Hook = the catchiest, most memorable bit (usually the chorus). Short · repeated · easy to sing.

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Why did the repeated line feel powerful?
Because in songs, repetition is how a feeling really sinks in!

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Songwriters sometimes spend more time on a single hook than on the whole rest of the song — because the hook is what makes a listener press "play again".

✅ Quick check: What is a "hook" in a song?

Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.

🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)

Hum the very first bit of a song that pops into your head — that's its hook doing its job.

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🤸 Brain break: Hook-breath: hum one short catchy phrase twice, then a calm breath out.