Radio music after the Queen's death

Queen Elizabeth II's passing was announced on Thursday 8 September 2022 at 6:30pm. There were longstanding plans for what should happen to broadcast entertainment around this time. Relevant here is that radio presenters are told to play "inoffensive music" before breaking the news¹. I was curious what this meant in practice, and what would happen during the 10 day mourning period².

I'm using playlist data from UKRadioLive and analysed all major radio stations, plus some independents. This includes stations from the BBC, Globe Media (Absolute, Kiss, Magic), and Bauer Media (Classic FM, Capital, Heart, Radio X). I got the audio features of the songs played from Spotify.

Below are some charts showing how the acousticness and positiveness of music changed. I've shown the times of the announcement and funeral as lines and the mourning period in red. The values in the chart are Spotify's own units for measuring these features³. I have corrected these values for the usual variation in types of music played at different times of day (i.e. removed daily seasonality using STL).

date	Positiveness	mourning_period2	mourning_period1
Sep 6, 2022	0.586
Sep 6, 2022	0.594
Sep 6, 2022	0.583
Sep 6, 2022	0.598
Sep 6, 2022	0.583
Sep 6, 2022	0.598
Sep 6, 2022	0.599
Sep 6, 2022	0.596
Sep 6, 2022	0.603
Sep 6, 2022	0.587
Sep 6, 2022	0.582
Sep 6, 2022	0.58
Sep 6, 2022	0.585
Sep 6, 2022	0.601
Sep 6, 2022	0.574
Sep 6, 2022	0.585
Sep 6, 2022	0.578
Sep 6, 2022	0.588
Sep 6, 2022	0.592
Sep 6, 2022	0.583
Sep 6, 2022	0.576
Sep 6, 2022	0.553
Sep 6, 2022	0.564
Sep 6, 2022	0.558
Sep 7, 2022	0.589
Sep 7, 2022	0.602
Sep 7, 2022	0.585
Sep 7, 2022	0.595
Sep 7, 2022	0.59
Sep 7, 2022	0.588
Sep 7, 2022	0.594
Sep 7, 2022	0.593
Sep 7, 2022	0.583
Sep 7, 2022	0.637
Sep 7, 2022	0.56
Sep 7, 2022	0.584
Sep 7, 2022	0.586
Sep 7, 2022	0.593
Sep 7, 2022	0.587
Sep 7, 2022	0.587
Sep 7, 2022	0.589
Sep 7, 2022	0.591
Sep 7, 2022	0.588
Sep 7, 2022	0.566
Sep 7, 2022	0.564
Sep 7, 2022	0.595
Sep 7, 2022	0.589
Sep 7, 2022	0.575
Sep 8, 2022	0.579
Sep 8, 2022	0.578
Sep 8, 2022	0.6
Sep 8, 2022	0.563
Sep 8, 2022	0.58
Sep 8, 2022	0.602
Sep 8, 2022	0.586
Sep 8, 2022	0.595
Sep 8, 2022	0.615
Sep 8, 2022	0.602
Sep 8, 2022	0.586
Sep 8, 2022	0.586
Sep 8, 2022	0.578
Sep 8, 2022	0.59
Sep 8, 2022	0.582
Sep 8, 2022	0.596
Sep 8, 2022	0.566
Sep 8, 2022	0.567
Sep 8, 2022	0.489
Sep 8, 2022	0.31
Sep 8, 2022	0.328
Sep 8, 2022	0.349
Sep 8, 2022	0.403
Sep 8, 2022	0.348
Sep 9, 2022	0.381	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.355	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.336	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.356	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.36	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.366	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.348	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.388	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.394	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.379	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.352	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.346	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.346	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.317	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.355	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.343	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.362	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.305	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.364	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.346	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.379	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.359	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.383	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.396	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.421	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.399	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.364	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.386	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.36	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.373	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.394	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.362	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.339	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.351	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.409	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.429	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.405	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.372	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.407	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.377	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.394	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.355	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.358	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.388	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.407	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.362	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.422	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.42	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.429	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.39	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.398	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.38	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.377	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.389	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.397	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.388	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.42	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.395	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.409	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.415	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.423	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.407	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.418	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.397	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.4	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.345	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.42	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.421	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.244	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.39	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.578	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.44	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.459	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.545	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.392	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.42	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.453	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.407	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.465	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.418	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.47	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.458	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.487	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.483	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.49	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.499	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.501	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.518	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.518	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.535	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.512	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.49	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.518	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.512	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.533	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.54	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.582	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.578	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.572	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.578	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.587	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.593	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.574	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.573	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.572	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.604	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.566	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.559	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.593	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.582	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.586	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.546	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.585	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.577	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.581	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.578	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.566	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.562	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.592	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.582	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.566	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.566	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.578	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.551	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.579	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.589	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.589	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.563	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.586	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.609	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.577	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.602	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.572	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.59	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.567	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.591	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.585	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.54	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.577	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.565	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.572	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.575	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.564	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.577	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.561	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.59	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.588	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.58	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.597	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.598	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.596	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.577	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.591	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.556	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.578	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.591	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.584	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.592	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.584	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.559	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.579	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.57	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.558	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.607	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.574	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.581	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.592	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.565	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.598	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.598	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.59	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.578	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.569	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.588	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.577	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.595	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.573	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.605	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.59	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.59	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.568	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.584	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.59	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.573	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.566	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.588	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.605	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.609	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.619	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.599	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.622	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.587	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.592	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.558	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.575	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.577	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.578	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.591	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.572	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.573	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.567	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.596	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.585	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.556	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.583	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.604	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.564	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.583	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.62	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.576	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.572	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.613	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.607	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.613	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.626	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.6	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.58	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.557	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.567	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.588	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.584	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.568	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.565	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.553	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.558	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.593	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.549	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.574	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.588	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.604	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.581	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.533	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.576	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.56	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.545	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.497	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.496	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.538	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.532	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.558	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.465	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.439	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.453	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.446	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.436	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.428	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.379	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.387	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.392	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.346	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.37	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.328	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.344	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.37	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.413	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.411	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.397	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.434	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.403	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.418	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.427	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.474	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.503	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.488	-100	100
Sep 20, 2022	0.591	-100	100
Sep 20, 2022	0.567
Sep 20, 2022	0.573
Sep 20, 2022	0.585
Sep 20, 2022	0.597
Sep 20, 2022	0.573
Sep 20, 2022	0.576
Sep 20, 2022	0.568
Sep 20, 2022	0.576
Sep 20, 2022	0.567
Sep 20, 2022	0.588
Sep 20, 2022	0.585
Sep 20, 2022	0.574
Sep 20, 2022	0.613
Sep 20, 2022	0.602
Sep 20, 2022	0.585
Sep 20, 2022	0.586
Sep 20, 2022	0.574
Sep 20, 2022	0.573
Sep 20, 2022	0.578
Sep 20, 2022	0.576
Sep 20, 2022	0.588
Sep 20, 2022	0.571
Sep 20, 2022	0.572
Sep 21, 2022	0.578
Sep 21, 2022	0.579
Sep 21, 2022	0.582
Sep 21, 2022	0.58
Sep 21, 2022	0.58
Sep 21, 2022	0.586
Sep 21, 2022	0.585
Sep 21, 2022	0.584
Sep 21, 2022	0.585
Sep 21, 2022	0.594
Sep 21, 2022	0.602
Sep 21, 2022	0.599
Sep 21, 2022	0.584
Sep 21, 2022	0.586
Sep 21, 2022	0.589
Sep 21, 2022	0.582
Sep 21, 2022	0.587
Sep 21, 2022	0.574
Sep 21, 2022	0.563
Sep 21, 2022	0.583
Sep 21, 2022	0.608
Sep 21, 2022	0.589
Sep 21, 2022	0.586
Sep 21, 2022	0.556
Sep 22, 2022	0.553
Sep 22, 2022	0.584
Sep 22, 2022	0.595
Sep 22, 2022	0.586
Sep 22, 2022	0.594
Sep 22, 2022	0.589
Sep 22, 2022	0.601
Sep 22, 2022	0.604
Sep 22, 2022	0.616
Sep 22, 2022	0.609
Sep 22, 2022	0.584
Sep 22, 2022	0.595
Sep 22, 2022	0.582
Sep 22, 2022	0.567
Sep 22, 2022	0.594
Sep 22, 2022	0.603
Sep 22, 2022	0.565
Sep 22, 2022	0.604
Sep 22, 2022	0.58
Sep 22, 2022	0.583
Sep 22, 2022	0.605
Sep 22, 2022	0.587
Sep 22, 2022	0.551
Sep 22, 2022	0.564

Positiveness Level

date	Acousticness	mourning_period2	mourning_period1
Sep 6, 2022	0.202
Sep 6, 2022	0.191
Sep 6, 2022	0.196
Sep 6, 2022	0.199
Sep 6, 2022	0.202
Sep 6, 2022	0.175
Sep 6, 2022	0.203
Sep 6, 2022	0.188
Sep 6, 2022	0.191
Sep 6, 2022	0.199
Sep 6, 2022	0.203
Sep 6, 2022	0.199
Sep 6, 2022	0.199
Sep 6, 2022	0.188
Sep 6, 2022	0.197
Sep 6, 2022	0.199
Sep 6, 2022	0.207
Sep 6, 2022	0.194
Sep 6, 2022	0.193
Sep 6, 2022	0.197
Sep 6, 2022	0.196
Sep 6, 2022	0.203
Sep 6, 2022	0.205
Sep 6, 2022	0.218
Sep 7, 2022	0.201
Sep 7, 2022	0.202
Sep 7, 2022	0.205
Sep 7, 2022	0.2
Sep 7, 2022	0.194
Sep 7, 2022	0.188
Sep 7, 2022	0.196
Sep 7, 2022	0.194
Sep 7, 2022	0.199
Sep 7, 2022	0.217
Sep 7, 2022	0.197
Sep 7, 2022	0.189
Sep 7, 2022	0.197
Sep 7, 2022	0.19
Sep 7, 2022	0.195
Sep 7, 2022	0.205
Sep 7, 2022	0.194
Sep 7, 2022	0.194
Sep 7, 2022	0.204
Sep 7, 2022	0.191
Sep 7, 2022	0.212
Sep 7, 2022	0.233
Sep 7, 2022	0.191
Sep 7, 2022	0.21
Sep 8, 2022	0.206
Sep 8, 2022	0.201
Sep 8, 2022	0.182
Sep 8, 2022	0.219
Sep 8, 2022	0.192
Sep 8, 2022	0.187
Sep 8, 2022	0.203
Sep 8, 2022	0.203
Sep 8, 2022	0.195
Sep 8, 2022	0.193
Sep 8, 2022	0.19
Sep 8, 2022	0.214
Sep 8, 2022	0.199
Sep 8, 2022	0.196
Sep 8, 2022	0.203
Sep 8, 2022	0.205
Sep 8, 2022	0.216
Sep 8, 2022	0.228
Sep 8, 2022	0.296
Sep 8, 2022	0.482
Sep 8, 2022	0.456
Sep 8, 2022	0.494
Sep 8, 2022	0.46
Sep 8, 2022	0.475
Sep 9, 2022	0.439	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.494	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.455	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.443	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.483	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.463	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.465	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.411	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.411	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.409	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.484	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.416	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.441	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.472	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.425	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.416	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.454	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.5	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.432	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.419	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.413	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.428	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.407	-100	100
Sep 9, 2022	0.375	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.401	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.389	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.431	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.45	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.422	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.431	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.424	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.395	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.422	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.391	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.408	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.378	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.368	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.408	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.386	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.347	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.369	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.421	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.37	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.405	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.391	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.404	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.381	-100	100
Sep 10, 2022	0.422	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.382	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.391	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.405	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.417	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.418	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.406	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.404	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.37	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.415	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.36	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.402	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.386	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.353	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.407	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.378	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.341	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.39	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.392	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.392	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.346	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.414	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.529	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.256	-100	100
Sep 11, 2022	0.199	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.308	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.351	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.325	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.375	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.382	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.187	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.285	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.299	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.333	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.286	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.272	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.277	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.258	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.258	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.28	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.296	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.265	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.263	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.247	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.236	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.29	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.264	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.248	-100	100
Sep 12, 2022	0.24	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.22	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.212	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.209	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.213	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.19	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.202	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.228	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.211	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.221	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.204	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.204	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.227	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.204	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.211	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.223	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.2	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.209	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.228	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.208	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.194	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.203	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.22	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.189	-100	100
Sep 13, 2022	0.224	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.229	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.217	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.19	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.227	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.209	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.199	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.204	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.218	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.21	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.198	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.213	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.209	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.219	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.204	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.195	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.215	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.198	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.237	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.22	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.201	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.208	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.224	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.227	-100	100
Sep 14, 2022	0.235	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.219	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.207	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.211	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.219	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.198	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.191	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.228	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.205	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.197	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.241	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.207	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.192	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.199	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.22	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.212	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.205	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.239	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.229	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.205	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.198	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.221	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.236	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.195	-100	100
Sep 15, 2022	0.249	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.19	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.215	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.194	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.209	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.209	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.202	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.201	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.214	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.22	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.182	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.204	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.207	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.207	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.204	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.19	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.226	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.193	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.212	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.19	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.188	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.189	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.188	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.174	-100	100
Sep 16, 2022	0.167	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.223	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.222	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.191	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.204	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.215	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.208	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.225	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.239	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.229	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.211	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.197	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.205	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.201	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.202	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.207	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.192	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.176	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.216	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.191	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.164	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.212	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.178	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.162	-100	100
Sep 17, 2022	0.161	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.203	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.213	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.208	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.195	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.188	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.211	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.238	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.252	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.242	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.224	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.244	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.25	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.214	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.199	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.215	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.232	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.229	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.253	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.24	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.322	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.308	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.236	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.251	-100	100
Sep 18, 2022	0.232	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.351	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.358	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.375	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.348	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.365	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.341	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.42	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.402	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.407	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.417	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.457	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.509	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.459	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.419	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.414	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.375	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.426	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.375	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.402	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.347	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.345	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.29	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.297	-100	100
Sep 19, 2022	0.3	-100	100
Sep 20, 2022	0.214	-100	100
Sep 20, 2022	0.219
Sep 20, 2022	0.224
Sep 20, 2022	0.222
Sep 20, 2022	0.204
Sep 20, 2022	0.207
Sep 20, 2022	0.208
Sep 20, 2022	0.228
Sep 20, 2022	0.205
Sep 20, 2022	0.213
Sep 20, 2022	0.208
Sep 20, 2022	0.189
Sep 20, 2022	0.205
Sep 20, 2022	0.185
Sep 20, 2022	0.196
Sep 20, 2022	0.19
Sep 20, 2022	0.211
Sep 20, 2022	0.195
Sep 20, 2022	0.208
Sep 20, 2022	0.178
Sep 20, 2022	0.205
Sep 20, 2022	0.222
Sep 20, 2022	0.185
Sep 20, 2022	0.205
Sep 21, 2022	0.202
Sep 21, 2022	0.199
Sep 21, 2022	0.196
Sep 21, 2022	0.209
Sep 21, 2022	0.199
Sep 21, 2022	0.194
Sep 21, 2022	0.194
Sep 21, 2022	0.2
Sep 21, 2022	0.191
Sep 21, 2022	0.211
Sep 21, 2022	0.208
Sep 21, 2022	0.189
Sep 21, 2022	0.207
Sep 21, 2022	0.182
Sep 21, 2022	0.205
Sep 21, 2022	0.202
Sep 21, 2022	0.173
Sep 21, 2022	0.203
Sep 21, 2022	0.208
Sep 21, 2022	0.203
Sep 21, 2022	0.219
Sep 21, 2022	0.212
Sep 21, 2022	0.213
Sep 21, 2022	0.217
Sep 22, 2022	0.217
Sep 22, 2022	0.202
Sep 22, 2022	0.203
Sep 22, 2022	0.192
Sep 22, 2022	0.185
Sep 22, 2022	0.202
Sep 22, 2022	0.192
Sep 22, 2022	0.188
Sep 22, 2022	0.199
Sep 22, 2022	0.201
Sep 22, 2022	0.19
Sep 22, 2022	0.201
Sep 22, 2022	0.202
Sep 22, 2022	0.181
Sep 22, 2022	0.178
Sep 22, 2022	0.192
Sep 22, 2022	0.194
Sep 22, 2022	0.197
Sep 22, 2022	0.193
Sep 22, 2022	0.199
Sep 22, 2022	0.221
Sep 22, 2022	0.209
Sep 22, 2022	0.209
Sep 22, 2022	0.224

Acousticness Level

It won't surprise you that the music was immediately much less positive than usual. Dancability, energy, and loudness also decreased (not shown), but to a slightly lower extent. Instead, more acoustic-sounding music was played. The music on the day after was pretty similar. Over the weekend things slowly returned to normal.

There's an anomaly on the evening of Sunday 11th where both graphs change sharply. It turns out that I normally have data for 87% of stations around that time, but here I only have data for 21%. I can't find any event that would explain this; nothing really happened in the UK on that day. BBC Radio One was actually playing a future soul mix at the time, so it just looks like a data issue.

By Tuesday 13th, stations were back to their pre-announcement levels of positiveness and acousticness. Well, almost: there remained a small increase in acousticness and decrease in positiveness compared to the average.

The funeral was on Monday 19th, and radios started preparing on the afternoon of the 18th. The trends were similar to the announcement, peaking (or troughing) when the funeral started at 11am. Over the rest of the day music became more normal, with the change becoming more rapid by 6pm when the public aspect of the day was finishing. By Tuesday, the end of the mourning period, music was back to normal and remained so from then on.

So, no surprises anywhere here. It's interesting to see how radio dealt with the immediate aftermath of the announcement, taking four days to return to (not quite) normal.

1. Presenters are notified of something happening by a dedicated "obit light". ↩

2. There weren't any restrictions on entertainment output during the mourning period. ↩

3. Sadly this API has now been deprecated. ↩