Rihanna, Taio Cruz, One Direction... Where do their accents go when they sing? amirite?

Autotune takes them away. Their accents are replaced by a more generic voice that people can understand and are willing to listen to. Plus they edit it out in the studios

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yeah... That is not what auto-tune (generically known as pitch correction) does. There is no way a vocal track can be modified to such an extent that the person has a different accent.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

No, even live they dont have an accent.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Still in their songs? You can easily hear Rihanna's in her older stuff (not saying it's not in her new stuff. I just don't listen to her)

by Anonymous 11 years ago

and jedward

by Anonymous 11 years ago

...or you know, some of those lesser-known singers with accents like queen or the beetles.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well personally I think their accents are extremely distinguishable in their songs, so this wouldn't really apply.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I thought Freddy Mercury was American before I really got into Queen.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Fair enough. I guess since I knew otherwise before getting into Queen, it just was easier for me to hear.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Why does it matter what examples they used?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The Beetles? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmVd9F1fW00

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Or, even lesser, U2, Coldplay, sting (The Police). Ya probably never heard em. But British (and Australian) singers, tend to sorta lose their accent when they sing, just cause of how the voice is. The accent mostly comes out in the the "ou" (like "out"), "oo" (like "you"), "uu" (like numb"), the "a" (like fall [sounld a lil like "full"]) and the "y/eh" (happy - happeh) sounds. So most of the vowels, in a shorter way to say it.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Some people (me included) alter the way they pronounce words when they sing. Often, singers have particular vowel sounds they are better at resonating, or which they can produce to sound more pleasant, so accents appear to "disappear".

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I think everyone sounds like they have the same accent when they sing. It's not necessarily an American accent, but just the same as your singing accent. If that makes sense...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

http://amirite.net/498164

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I can definitely hear an accent in "what makes you beautiful" during some parts of the song.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I'm English, and to me, everyone sounds English when they sing.. I think singing is just accentless ?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Some people's accents to away when they sing. Some people's don't. Just depends.

by Anonymous 11 years ago