Why is rhythm important?

Rhythm is the music component that makes us move or even just tap our foot when we listen to a song. Rhythm makes the music become hypnotic and sensuous. A simple single note doesn’t move us, it’s boring just as the metronome is. We need several notes to be put together in order to make up a song which we can enjoy and dance to. Rhythm is what brings songs to life! It keeps a song moving along giving motion making it feel slower or faster than its actual tempo. An example would be Shake it off by Taylor Swift, the drums used give off energy and hype up the song because its mix of strong and weak accents on different beats.