 "Black Coffee" is composed in the time signature of common time with a moderately fast tempo of 120 beats per minute, following a chord progression of E–Bm–D–A in the chorus and Bm7–E–Bm7–E elsewhere.It is an electropop song with elements of acid techno, ambient and R&B music.The song has an unconventional structure with different sections being dislocated from one another.