Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time (2014)

Similarly, consumers spend 38 percent more time in the grocery store when the background music is slow.

and 90 percent less if it's "80s Sad Hits", like it usually is.

There's a time joke in here somewhere, I just can't quite nail it down...

What did the clock say to the metronome?

As /r/showerthoughts once put it:

Art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time.

Interesting article, although I'd argue that Performers have far more influence on time perception than Composers.

And I'm very grateful for that!