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.
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