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Then, with the foreboding intro and the tapping heel of a bedazzled platform pump, the delicious reveal of Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter singing “Sweet Transvestite” cemented that this experience would bond us for life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

That intro synth loop is very Whigs v2, in that it feels like it got borrowed from the Twilight Singers, as is the gently hypnotic backbeat and the female vocals.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

On Friday, she salsified “Provenza” and added the riff of Willie Colón’s “La Murga” as an intro to “Tusa.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Elsewhere, the recent single American Girls gained a long, trippy intro, with Styles messing around on an old analogue keyboard, tweaking low pass filters and playing squiggly synth noises.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

“So, we’ve got the intro singing number, the evening gown, talent, bathing suit, interview, followed by a final dance number, and then the crowning. It all comes down to the dance number,” Shanti said.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

This playlist is mostly a mix of jazzy downtempo electronica like Jerry Paper’s “Grey Area” or the Mild High Club’s “Windowpane,” the latter of which has one of my favorite intros of all time.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

During his intros, Ding offers a loopy little wave to the camera that looks like he’s still getting the hang of it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

The result is one of the most recognisable intros in the history of pop.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024

“Eventually I became what I grew up with, which is a folk music act with a funny monologist, making funny intros to songs.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

Durkin renders 1980s Texas with fine-tuned detail, and there is plenty of fun with the carefully re-created matches at the Sportatorium, the smack-talking rivalries, the swaggering Von Erich intros set to Rush’s “Tom Sawyer.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023