(btw, she has an awesome attitude)
― Malibu Cheer Chants Forensics (morrisp), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 14:14 (two years ago) link
She doesn't know how to sing and is cleverly making the best of it.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 14:15 (two years ago) link
Yeah, she's completely upfront. xps:
She admitted to the BBC that she is "no professional singer".She added: "The style in which I sing the song was important because it reflected the story."The vocals don't seem to quite fit, they seem out of place and they make people uncomfortable... and the video is this outsider doing things differently and causing discomfort and eliciting all this judgement."
She added: "The style in which I sing the song was important because it reflected the story."The vocals don't seem to quite fit, they seem out of place and they make people uncomfortable... and the video is this outsider doing things differently and causing discomfort and eliciting all this judgement."
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
Unless all of her songs are sung from the point of view of an "outsider doing things differently and causing discomfort", it's an ex post facto justification - but I still love the way she's fronting.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
otm
― Malibu Cheer Chants Forensics (morrisp), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 15:52 (two years ago) link
Well I was expecting something unlistenable but this is quite pleasant. I like her voice.
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
It extent of the kerfuffle really does say something about expectations, in terms of how little pitch deviation is allowed into pop productions, and maybe in how it's been further discovered in the context of being "bad." It might be pushing it slightly but it's not *that* bad and I think it is actually enjoyable. Old man says this is infinitely preferable to excessive autotune.
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ptQatdjOFM
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
I mean, whether you like it or not is absolutely a subjective thing but I maintain that "has the ability to match and maintain pitch in the context of a non-dissonant backing track" isn't an unreasonable expectation to have of a pop singer.
― Karl Havoc (DJP), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
Sure, but what remains is the response to that expectation being somewhat confounded.
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 17:17 (two years ago) link
The dissonance can still work that way even when it's not the lyrical theme. I think the way she uses it in "Fantasy" has a surreal quality, which again fits.
Old man says this is infinitely preferable to excessive autotune.
OTM
I mean, DJP is right, of course - I wouldn't want every singer to sound like this - and this only works because there is a norm that this is defying.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
She's also only a 'pop singer' in the broad sense of the term that would also include Danielson Famile's singers. These are self-released indie songs.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
Well she also covered a Taylor Swift song in the same "style." I guess if it works for someone in that context, it works anywhere.
― Malibu Cheer Chants Forensics (morrisp), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
Taylor Swift's own s/t-Fearless-era live performances not always a model of "matching and maintaining" pitch tbf.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
trying to mimic the awkwardness of t-shirt wearing bleacher dwellers iirc
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
haha
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
sarah bland
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
She's back!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cITvIxVNAN0
― mike t-diva, Friday, 19 November 2021 15:37 (two years ago) link
on brand
― apparent beef squash (morrisp), Friday, 19 November 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
Exaggerated Autotune abuse does seem like a good response to the previous flak but still not sure what to make of this; I think I want either the rapping to be better or the production to be more mental.
― treat the gelignite tenderly for me (Sund4r), Friday, 19 November 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
while she is clearly going for another shitpost, this one isn't weirdly pleasant to listen to
― imago, Friday, 19 November 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
too boxy and irregular to be passed without a bit of tearing
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 20 November 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
doctor said that when i was born
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 20 November 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
lightning not gonna strike twice here. whatever her intent was, she's now In On The Joke
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 20 November 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
Actually I quite like it now, it does get pretty mad by the end
― imago, Saturday, 18 December 2021 09:50 (two years ago) link
Wow, this only happened six months ago and my brain had already scrubbed all memory of the phenomenon
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Saturday, 18 December 2021 12:44 (two years ago) link
A marketing genius at work (the question posed at bottom came up as a notification; clicking it led to this, an autoplay video)https://i.imgur.com/YTNoj1v_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― Bunheads Pilot Enthusiast (morrisp), Sunday, 3 July 2022 05:04 (one year ago) link
oh god no
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 3 July 2022 11:50 (one year ago) link
She’s really leaning into a particular angle now (YouTube keeps showing me these clips, I must’ve “subscribed” to her channel)
― Bunheads Pilot Enthusiast (morrisp), Sunday, 10 July 2022 06:21 (one year ago) link
this is not goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzIB9ty-Dp0
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 9 October 2022 19:51 (one year ago) link
The song isn’t, but the video’s pretty well done
― Linkin Bio (morrisp), Sunday, 9 October 2022 21:13 (one year ago) link
haven't watched it yet
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 9 October 2022 23:05 (one year ago) link
wow super bad :/ trying too hard
red dress remains a classic
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 10 October 2022 12:50 (one year ago) link
actually a decent parody of how loads of current pop songs sample metal guitars to be edgy
― imago, Monday, 10 October 2022 13:01 (one year ago) link