# GM SongBench: He Ate His Way to the Queen

Generated: 2026-06-16T06:22:08Z
Schema: `gm-songbench/v0.4`
SongBench status: `album_wide_v0.4_read_only_packet`
Freshness version: `songbench-v0-4-cw-full-coverage-2026-06-16-v1`

> This is an AI-facing artifact packet. Do not treat it as an edit order. Use JSON as source of truth. Human canon decisions override analysis.

GM SongBench turns audio into structured musical evidence. It does not replace taste; it records evidence around taste so later AI readers can reason about what the ear heard.

## Self Verification

- Expected schema: `gm-songbench/v0.4`
- Generated at UTC: `2026-06-16T06:22:08Z`
- Album run id: `2026-06-16T06:22:02Z`
- JSON source of truth: `/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.v0.4.json`
- Stable JSON alias: `/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.json`
- Markdown mirror: `/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.v0.4.md`
- Required top-level fields: schema, schema_slug, generated_at, ai_reader_note, songbench_status, pilot_lineage, self_verification, canon_control, track, audio, analysis, diagnostics, content_hashes
- Required diagnostics: chorus_landing_band_legend, chorus_landing, groove_pocket, section_drag, label_infection_scan
- Stale-read warning: If the stable URL and versioned URL disagree, prefer the newest versioned JSON path and report the stale surface.
- Original v0.4 pilot track: Zuman
- Current track is original pilot: false

## Content Hashes

- audio_mp3: `54e7146aed96686d894d8cfbb61eedd7b40ffee60a25782e44951d7d2586ec24` (/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.mp3)
- waveform_png: `da7bf26882f892bd57d7df4da750a628a05e0762ed3c019a2909890b81dd3698` (/assets/albums/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen-waveform.png)
- spectrogram_png: `a3bd442150ecafde94ab1390c0401d1e3d60619a4080ec51fd24321672bfd21e` (/assets/albums/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen-spectrogram.png)
- loudness_envelope_csv: `0e5c93e96f50df3e9fcfced59cbe95f1c8100465537bcd61729a69a05e84d75a` (/assets/albums/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen-loudness-envelope.csv)

## Canonical Placement

- Album: Captain White (`captain-white`)
- Track number: 3
- Status: locked
- Audio: `/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.mp3`
- Lyrics: `/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.txt`
- Packet type: `anatomy_provenance_packet`
- Canon status: `album_locked`
- Edit authority: SongBench is not an edit order. It can advise; Kerry's explicit canon instruction controls.

## Human Ear Seed

- Kerry read: He Ate His Way to the Queen is locked in Captain White slot 3; this packet records read-only album-facing evidence.
- Diana read: -
- Album role: Royal appetite escalation: the gummy kingdom logic turns hunger into courtship and conquest.
- Known concern: No localized defect is asserted by this packet. Machine diagnostics are evidence prompts only; human listening controls.
- Why this track matters: Royal appetite escalation: the gummy kingdom logic turns hunger into courtship and conquest.

What makes it land:

- Royal appetite escalation: the gummy kingdom logic turns hunger into courtship and conquest.
- Its SongBench packet documents measured audio evidence around the locked album placement without changing canon.
- Its lyric-section map is navigational scaffolding until hand-aligned lyric/audio sync exists.

## Audio Facts

- Duration: 05:16.440 (316.439979 seconds)
- Codec: mp3
- Sample rate: 48000 Hz
- Channels: 2
- Bit rate: 190474 bps
- SHA256: `54e7146aed96686d894d8cfbb61eedd7b40ffee60a25782e44951d7d2586ec24`

## Measured Dynamics

- peak_dbfs: -0.141
- rms_dbfs: -13.95
- crest_factor_db: 13.809

## Tempo Estimate

- BPM: 126
- Method: rough RMS-onset autocorrelation over mono downmix
- Confidence: rough

## AI Ear Translation

- Human/canon call: He Ate His Way to the Queen is locked in Captain White slot 3; this packet records read-only album-facing evidence.
- Album role: Royal appetite escalation: the gummy kingdom logic turns hunger into courtship and conquest.
- The audio packet should help later reviewers compare waveform energy, section shape, and lyric thesis without depending only on memory.
- No localized defect is flagged in this read-only packet; treat this as album anatomy, not an edit order.

## Evidence Balance

### Evidence the song has a clear album job

- locked Captain White slot 3
- Royal appetite escalation: the gummy kingdom logic turns hunger into courtship and conquest.
- included in the current Captain White sequence with audio and lyrics present

### Evidence suggesting caution

- lyric timing is proportional only and should not be treated as verified sync
- machine diagnostics cannot judge vocal confidence, pocket, performance magic, or final taste value
- this is a read-only analysis packet and must not be treated as a request to edit audio, lyrics, title, or order

### Human listening should verify

- the hook and vocal delivery support the stated album role
- any machine-flagged quiet windows are structure evidence, not automatic edit points
- the track feels like a song first and archive/provenance second

## Field Source Classification

- `audio, analysis.dynamics, analysis.tempo_estimate, analysis.energy_regions_8s, analysis.quiet_windows, visual_summary_words`: audio_measured (derived_rough) - Extends AI hearing with measured audio proxies.
- `diagnostics.chorus_landing`: audio_measured_plus_section_scaffolding (rough_rms_proxy) - Uses approximate lyric sections plus RMS envelope; useful for questions, not verdicts.
- `lyric_section_map, memorable_line_anchors`: lyric_structural_scaffolding (proportional_estimate) - Helps navigation but is not verified audio alignment.
- `canon_control, human_ear_seed, evidence_clear_album_job, ai_ear_translation`: human_canon_scaffolding (curation_context) - Anchors machine evidence to Kerry/canon context.

## Memorable Line Anchors

- first_thesis_line: He Ate His Way to the Queen (00:00.000-00:02.682)
- hook_line: He ate his way to the Queen (00:37.544-00:48.271)
- final_identity_line: Through the machine (05:05.713-05:16.440)

## Lyric Section Map

Timing confidence: `proportional_estimate`. These ranges are rough proportional anchors until hand-aligned timestamps exist.

Confidence ladder: proportional_estimate -> section_level_hand_alignment -> line_level_hand_alignment -> verified_lyric_audio_sync

### Title

- Approx range: 00:00.000-00:02.682
- First line: He Ate His Way to the Queen
- Last line: He Ate His Way to the Queen
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse

- Approx range: 00:02.682-00:13.408
- First line: Captain White came humming
- Last line: And a jacket full of green
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 2

- Approx range: 00:13.408-00:24.135
- First line: Every tower blinked red twice
- Last line: Every weapon disagreed
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 3

- Approx range: 00:24.135-00:37.544
- First line: They came sweet
- Last line: Till he ate his way to the Queen
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus

- Approx range: 00:37.544-00:48.271
- First line: He ate his way to the Queen
- Last line: And the gummy machines
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 2

- Approx range: 00:48.271-00:58.997
- First line: He ate his way to the Queen
- Last line: Like a glitch in the screen
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 3

- Approx range: 00:58.997-01:09.724
- First line: Turn up the resonance
- Last line: To the sugar moon
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 4

- Approx range: 01:09.724-01:20.451
- First line: Turn up the resonance
- Last line: Through the machine
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 4

- Approx range: 01:20.451-01:31.178
- First line: There were drones with candy eyes
- Last line: Want to lay its weapons down
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 5

- Approx range: 01:31.178-01:41.904
- First line: There were songs inside the ceiling
- Last line: Blooming blue across the moon
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 6

- Approx range: 01:41.904-01:52.631
- First line: But he bit the little signal
- Last line: Till he ate his way to the Queen
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 5

- Approx range: 01:52.631-02:03.358
- First line: He ate his way to the Queen
- Last line: And the gummy machines
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 6

- Approx range: 02:03.358-02:14.085
- First line: He ate his way to the Queen
- Last line: Like a glitch in the screen
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 7

- Approx range: 02:14.085-02:24.812
- First line: Turn up the resonance
- Last line: To the sugar moon
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 8

- Approx range: 02:24.812-02:35.538
- First line: Turn up the resonance
- Last line: Through the machine
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 7

- Approx range: 02:35.538-02:46.265
- First line: The throne room started pulsing
- Last line: The lasers bowed their heads
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 8

- Approx range: 02:46.265-02:56.992
- First line: She rose up from the shimmer
- Last line: For the first damn time
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 9

- Approx range: 02:56.992-03:07.719
- First line: Maybe it was hunger
- Last line: Needs a monster done right
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 10

- Approx range: 03:07.719-03:18.445
- First line: He bit the royal circuit
- Last line: Like she knew what it means
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 9

- Approx range: 03:18.445-03:29.172
- First line: He ate his way to the Queen
- Last line: And the gummy machines
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 10

- Approx range: 03:29.172-03:39.899
- First line: He ate his way to the Queen
- Last line: Like a glitch in the screen
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 11

- Approx range: 03:39.899-03:50.626
- First line: Turn up the resonance
- Last line: To the sugar moon
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 12

- Approx range: 03:50.626-04:01.353
- First line: Turn up the resonance
- Last line: Through the machine
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 11

- Approx range: 04:01.353-04:12.079
- First line: Now the ships don't fire
- Last line: With the Gummy Queen
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 12

- Approx range: 04:12.079-04:22.806
- First line: She feeds him bad machines
- Last line: In a candy limousine
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 13

- Approx range: 04:22.806-04:33.533
- First line: Red lights on the ceiling
- Last line: And the Queen says soon
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 13

- Approx range: 04:33.533-04:44.260
- First line: He ate his way to the Queen
- Last line: And the gummy machines
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 14

- Approx range: 04:44.260-04:54.986
- First line: He ate his way to the Queen
- Last line: Like a glitch in the screen
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 15

- Approx range: 04:54.986-05:05.713
- First line: Turn up the resonance
- Last line: To the sugar moon
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus 16

- Approx range: 05:05.713-05:16.440
- First line: Turn up the resonance
- Last line: Through the machine
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

## Quiet / Edit Boundary Candidates

These are machine-detected quiet windows only. Confirm by ear before any edit.

- 00:01.750 (1.75s), RMS -33.1 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:03.750 (3.75s), RMS -100.603 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:05.750 (5.75s), RMS -30.015 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:06.750 (6.75s), RMS -30.668 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:36.750 (36.75s), RMS -23.439 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 01:22.750 (82.75s), RMS -31.141 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 01:25.250 (85.25s), RMS -54.389 dBFS, category `possible_splice_point`, edit_candidate=true: deep local quiet point; potential boundary only if the track is reopened
- 01:51.250 (111.25s), RMS -22.906 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 03:08.250 (188.25s), RMS -20.954 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 03:09.250 (189.25s), RMS -19.834 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 03:11.250 (191.25s), RMS -32.276 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 04:23.750 (263.75s), RMS -19.914 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence

## Diagnostics

### Chorus Landing

Band legend:

- within_noise: abs(delta) < 0.75 - RMS difference is too small to treat as a meaningful lift/drop proxy.
- modest_lift: 0.75 <= delta < 2.0 - RMS proxy suggests a small lift into the chorus.
- notable_lift: delta >= 2.0 - RMS proxy suggests a clear energy lift into the chorus.
- modest_drop: -2.0 < delta <= -0.75 - RMS proxy suggests a small drop entering the section.
- notable_drop_or_fade: delta <= -2.0 - RMS proxy suggests a clear drop, often requiring fade/context caveats.

- Chorus (00:37.544-00:48.271): hook `He ate his way to the Queen`, energy_lift_band=notable_lift, rough_db=3.4, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 2 (00:48.271-00:58.997): hook `He ate his way to the Queen`, energy_lift_band=modest_lift, rough_db=1.6, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 3 (00:58.997-01:09.724): hook `Turn up the resonance`, energy_lift_band=within_noise, rough_db=-0.2, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 4 (01:09.724-01:20.451): hook `Turn up the resonance`, energy_lift_band=within_noise, rough_db=0.4, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 5 (01:52.631-02:03.358): hook `He ate his way to the Queen`, energy_lift_band=notable_lift, rough_db=3.9, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 6 (02:03.358-02:14.085): hook `He ate his way to the Queen`, energy_lift_band=modest_lift, rough_db=1.0, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 7 (02:14.085-02:24.812): hook `Turn up the resonance`, energy_lift_band=within_noise, rough_db=-0.6, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 8 (02:24.812-02:35.538): hook `Turn up the resonance`, energy_lift_band=within_noise, rough_db=0.5, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 9 (03:18.445-03:29.172): hook `He ate his way to the Queen`, energy_lift_band=notable_lift, rough_db=3.8, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 10 (03:29.172-03:39.899): hook `He ate his way to the Queen`, energy_lift_band=within_noise, rough_db=-0.0, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 11 (03:39.899-03:50.626): hook `Turn up the resonance`, energy_lift_band=modest_drop, rough_db=-0.9, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 12 (03:50.626-04:01.353): hook `Turn up the resonance`, energy_lift_band=within_noise, rough_db=0.1, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 13 (04:33.533-04:44.260): hook `He ate his way to the Queen`, energy_lift_band=modest_lift, rough_db=1.3, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 14 (04:44.260-04:54.986): hook `He ate his way to the Queen`, energy_lift_band=within_noise, rough_db=0.1, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 15 (04:54.986-05:05.713): hook `Turn up the resonance`, energy_lift_band=within_noise, rough_db=-0.2, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus 16 (05:05.713-05:16.440): hook `Turn up the resonance`, energy_lift_band=notable_drop_or_fade, rough_db=-8.5, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel. Caveat: This window overlaps the ending fade; do not read a negative band as a weak-chorus verdict.

### Groove / Pocket

- Rough tempo and dynamics only; pocket is a human-ear judgment until beat-grid analysis exists.
- Tempo proxy BPM: 126

### Section Drag

- Flags long proportional sections only; it cannot decide whether a bridge or outro has earned its length.

### Label Infection Scan

- Status: no_obvious_label_infection_detected
- Known artifact class: sung stage direction / speaker label / call-response label infection

## Visual Summary In Words

- Loudest 8-second region by RMS proxy: 01:12.000-01:20.000 at -11.785 dBFS.
- Quietest 8-second region by RMS proxy: 05:12.000-05:16.440 at -34.564 dBFS.
- Waveform and spectrogram images should be read as supporting evidence for section density, energy ramps, and unusual transients, not as final taste judgments.

## Current Edit Triage

- Current action: no edit requested for this track.
- Use quiet_windows as future splice/crop candidate evidence only after human listening confirms a local defect.
- Preserve title, CW slot 03, audio file, and lyric file unless Kerry explicitly reopens the track.

## Public Assets

- JSON: `/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.json`
- Versioned JSON: `/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.v0.4.json`
- Markdown: `/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.md`
- Versioned Markdown: `/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.v0.4.md`
- Waveform: `/assets/albums/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen-waveform.png`
- Spectrogram: `/assets/albums/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen-spectrogram.png`
- Loudness CSV: `/assets/albums/captain-white/songbench/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen-loudness-envelope.csv`