Why Do You Think Ari Isn't Using Her Whistle Tone Anymore?

[Dangerous Man 9,245]

Ari admitted she can't control her whistle register yet but she can still do it at least for her studio recordings. I also see her in some of her random vids doing it live. But she hasn't used it since My Everyting era (though i saw one of Frankie's videos of Ari doing whistle for Problem while they were riding in a car). Why? I was really slayed by it when I heard her Emotion cover for the first time. Really hope she will use it again on her next record,. 

[darkchylde 14,857]

Who are we talking about? 

[Dangerous Man 9,245]

1 minute ago, VenusOddity said:

Who are we talking about? 

Queen of vocals and fashion Ariana Grande. 

[Mobster 14,604]

1 minute ago, Evo said:

Queen of vocals and fashion Ariana Grande. 

[Born To Slay 10,996]

Besides Focus, she hasn't dropped anything sine the ME era

[Koreku 2,387]

She did some near-whistle tone notes while singing Focus on a radio interview

[Dangerous Man 9,245]

2 minutes ago, HMLSwine said:

[Mobster 14,604]

1 minute ago, Evo said:

Did I say she wasn't fashionable or did you assume that by yourself?

[Chic 20,830]

9 minutes ago, Born To Slay said:

Besides Focus, she hasn't dropped anything sine the ME era

And Boys Like You by WOF and Meghan Trainor

[Born To Slay 10,996]

Just now, Chic said:

And Boys Like You by WOF and Meghan Trainor

Fair, enough. Still only 2 tho, I think we should bring  this up again if she doesn't do it on moonlight .

[Benji 20,113]

I think she's just using it less after she milked it to death before

It felt like there was a period where there wasn't a single performance of hers that involved whistle tones... sometimes they bordered on shouting

I do love me some Ariana though, I'm glad she's using it less.

[ThisGuyTony 30,133]

Maybe she's afraid of damaging her voice by doing it a lot? Idk.  

[Raikov 183]

Afraid  of damaging her voice and Mariah comparisons.

Did she use it on the studio versions of ME? Because I only hear upper head voice from her. Same with YT.

[Noah 26,941]

14 hours ago, Koreku said:

She did some near-whistle tone notes while singing Focus on a radio interview

you mean falsetto?

OT: 

With the wrong technique, whistle tones can kill the Vocal Chords. Look at Mariah, she sang Whistle Tones 20 years straight, so she spent this whole year working with new coaches, doctors etc. to get her back her voice (which you could see in a concert she performed in October where her vocals were really good again), or even during the Daydream Era, in which she recorded Butterfly (her hardest singing album to date) and was on Tour. On the Butterfly Tour her Vocals sounded great but not as great as on the previous tour.

What I am saying is that Ariana is resting her Vocals. She doesn't want to lose her voice in 2 years. She can do whistle tones for sure but the more she does them, the more her voice will be damaged. I could see her using them in a song or two on her next Album tho.

[LoveandMagic 1,731]

10 hours ago, Noahhh said:

you mean falsetto?

OT: 

With the wrong technique, whistle tones can kill the Vocal Chords. Look at Mariah, she sang Whistle Tones 20 years straight, so she spent this whole year working with new coaches, doctors etc. to get her back her voice (which you could see in a concert she performed in October where her vocals were really good again), or even during the Daydream Era, in which she recorded Butterfly (her hardest singing album to date) and was on Tour. On the Butterfly Tour her Vocals sounded great but not as great as on the previous tour.

What I am saying is that Ariana is resting her Vocals. She doesn't want to lose her voice in 2 years. She can do whistle tones for sure but the more she does them, the more her voice will be damaged. I could see her using them in a song or two on her next Album tho.

Didn't the same thing happen to Xtina and Whitney? 

I think a problem with these super talented vocalists is that everyone expects them to constantly perform these extremely difficult notes all the time (because they have this ability) and it greatly increases the risk of damage. Every performance era they are expected to up their game vocally and I imagine with too many strenuous performances may prove too tiring for them to perform as accurately as they should. Ariana is smart to want to protect her voice.