The pattern
140 BPM · 4/4 · 32 step
| Instrument | Beat 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Beat 2 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Beat 3 | Step 10 | Step 11 | Step 12 | Beat 4 | Step 14 | Step 15 | Step 16 | Beat 5 | Step 18 | Step 19 | Step 20 | Beat 6 | Step 22 | Step 23 | Step 24 | Beat 7 | Step 26 | Step 27 | Step 28 | Beat 8 | Step 30 | Step 31 | Step 32 |
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| Kick | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| 808 | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Snare | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | hit | hit | hit |
| Clap | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Open hi-hat | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Crash | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| High tom | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
How to play it and where it comes from
“Performance” trap groove of the 3rd–4th generation boy groups (BTS, Stray Kids, ATEEZ, NCT 127, ENHYPEN) at 140 BPM felt at 70: kick and 808 together and syncopated, snare and clap on 3 of every bar (half time), eighth-note hats with sixteenth-note doublings (rolls) in steps 5–6, 15–16, 23–24, a high tom as a choreography hit mid-bar, a final snare roll that launches the drop. Variants: drop with a distorted kick in four and stomp-clap; dance break with martial percussion and ensemble accents; boom bap verse at 90 felt; “noise” sections with glitches, sirens and BPM changes.