@chn Heya, we ask for songs to be short because we’re aware of the time commitment for voters to listen to dozens of songs. Last year there were >40 entries and total listening time was 2½ hours. We’re expecting more entries this year as more instances are eligible. We acknowledge that 4 minutes is challenging for some kinds of music but feel that moving the goalposts partway through the contest isn’t fair to the songwriters who have already started. We’ll make a note to revisit this next year.