The term half-time sparks images of Beyoncé dancing around a stage, Coldplay creating wild visuals, Bruno Mars mars-ing all over the place. But today, we’re talking about musical half-time, meaning switching a song from full-time (4/4) to one half of that (2/2). Half-time is used all over the place to either drive emotion, create a dynamic change, or even open up a song and let it breathe. In this final episode in our series on time, we’re diving into a few popular songs that use half-time in various ways and exploring why they work