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I'm assuming GP does not mean not any kind of attempt to produce nice sounding vocals. The are referring vocal tracks that don't really sound like human voices
by allturtles 5y ago
I'm assuming GP does not mean not any kind of attempt to produce nice sounding vocals. The are referring vocal tracks that don't really sound like human voices anymore, but like robot/android voices.
I just listened to the current top 5 pop songs, and 3 of them would definitely fall in that category:
- Heat Waves, Glass Animals
- Need to Know, Doja Cat
- Stay, The Kid Laroi and Justin Beiber
Happily the #1, Adele's Easy on Me, has a very beautiful, human-sounding vocal track.
- Apocryphon 5y agoThat's because trap music (the hip-hop genre) and EDM (which has a trap subgenre) were highly influential genres in the 2010s and their influence continues to be felt, even though the latter's heyday with its huge electronic music festivals has passed. Those genres quite often intentionally used robotic vocals as an artistic choice. Simultaneously, there's been a revival of synthwave and other '80s electronic music in terms of influence and style. "Stay" somewhat typifies the latter.
- ryandrake 5y agoWhen OP says “robot/android” voice I don’t think he means literal robot sounds like Kraftwerk, but instead that artificially flawless, ultra-precise, sterile “ISO-standard male(or female) vocalist” sound that seems to show up on many modern pop songs. You can’t tell the difference between modern singers today since they’ve all been produced into this single bland homogenized voice-like sound.
- Apocryphon 5y agoBy robot voices I’m referring to the highly digital effects-sounding vocals in the three top singles that were mentioned.
- sheepybloke 5y agoIt's interesting to me that you called out Glass Animals. To me, they are exactly the type of music that's innovative, using interesting beats, vocals, and melodies.