“Were you rushing? Or were you dragging?” It really matters. The Russian republic of Chechnya is said to have ruled that all music should “correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats per minute (BPM)” – meaning a lot of modern western music would be banned from being played publicly in the conservative Islamic society. The new standard of music is relatively slow compared to a lot of modern-day pop music, as well as electro, rave, dubstep and techno music – which tends to be of a higher BPM. Most pop songs range from 100 to 130 BPM, a tempo commonly used to create catchy and danceable rhythm. For…