What kind of progression is this?
Sometimes I listen to some songs and try to get the underlying features of it, and this time I've hit a bump.... I have no idea what is the progression on the following song:
It's TheFatRat and AleXa's "Rule the World" chorus part. If I transcribed it correctly, that's the song. In case the image doesn't show, the chords are Bb-F-G-C, on an F Major scale. So, from the little I know on music theory, this song's progression should be IV-I-II-V, right?
However, I haven't found this specific progression in my researches. Am I understanding this progression incorrectly, or does this progression actually exists? If it does, what's its name?
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Allowing your transcription is correct, then yes, the progression is IV-I-II-V. However, since the II chord has a raised third (B-natural rather than B-flat), it would be better written as IV-I-V/V-V. V/V (read: five of five) means that chord functions as a dominant chord relative to the following C chord. This is called a "secondary dominant".
The progression itself doesn't have a name, but an ending on a dominant chord is called a "half cadence".
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