# The National | Hiper Musicas

> Machine-readable artist reference for HiperMusicas crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://hipermusicas.com/the-national
Full AI reference: https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-09-19 23:48 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://hipermusicas.com/the-national
- Compact AI file: https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: The National
- Visible lyric pages: 131

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: HiperMusicas live database for artist `the-national`.
- Generated on request: 2026-09-19 23:48 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-8cf175ab8ed48991
- Visible lyric pages: 131
- Pages with stored lyric text: 131
- Video-backed song pages: 131
- Song pages with HiperMusicas editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 167044
- All-time HiperMusicas visits: 144
- Monthly HiperMusicas visits: 11
- Weekly HiperMusicas visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time HiperMusicas signals: You Were a Kindness, Secret Meeting, Tall Saint, Afraid Of Everyone, Green Gloves, Pay for me, Sleep Well Beast, and 29 Years
- Current-month titles with activity: You Were a Kindness
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

A Cincinnati band that built a sound on layered guitars, steady rhythm, and Matt Berninger's low vocals.

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. You Were a Kindness — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/you-were-a-kindness
2. Secret Meeting — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/secret-meeting
3. Tall Saint — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/tall-saint
4. Afraid Of Everyone — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/afraid-of-everyone
5. Green Gloves — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/green-gloves
6. Pay for me — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/pay-for-me
7. Sleep Well Beast — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/sleep-well-beast
8. 29 Years — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/29-years
9. Anna Freud — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/anna-freud
10. Anyone's Ghost — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/anyone-s-ghost
11. Apartment Story — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/apartment-story
12. Bloodbuzz Ohio — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/bloodbuzz-ohio
13. Cherry Tree — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/cherry-tree
14. Dust Swirls In Strange Light — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/dust-swirls-in-strange-light
15. Exile Vilify — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/exile-vilify
16. Fake Empire — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/fake-empire
17. Guilty Party — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/guilty-party
18. Hairpin Turns — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/hairpin-turns
19. Lucky You — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/lucky-you
20. Pink Rabbits — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/pink-rabbits
21. Pretty Forever — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/pretty-forever
22. Rest Of Years — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/rest-of-years
23. Sea Of Love — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/sea-of-love
24. Sin-Eaters — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/sin-eaters
25. Slipping Husband — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/slipping-husband
26. Think You Can Wait — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/think-you-can-wait
27. Trophy Wife — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/trophy-wife
28. Wasp Nest — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/wasp-nest
29. Watching you well — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/watching-you-well
30. 90-Mile Water Wall — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/90-mile-water-wall
31. Abel — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/abel
32. Ada — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/ada
33. Ashamed Of The Story I Told — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/ashamed-of-the-story-i-told
34. Beautiful Head — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/beautiful-head
35. Bitters & Absolut — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/bitters-amp-absolut
36. Born To Beg — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/born-to-beg
37. Brainy — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/brainy
38. Cardinal Song — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/cardinal-song
39. Carin At The Liquor Store — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/carin-at-the-liquor-store
40. City Middle — https://hipermusicas.com/the-national/city-middle