I hate how young singers nowadays sing with that 'pretentious' voice

[Giorno Giovanna 3,178]

MrMs is a good example for this sound I think, it reminds me of Daya-Hide Away

[PaperIz 7,346]

5 hours ago, RainbowBlonde said:

Please don't act like you would know better than me. People in the past never sing like that! It's only because of indie pop in this generation that has influenced this kind of singing.

I just don't get the big deal? And how could they use the voice 24/7 all the time? I heard Daya live last year and she sounds the same as she does now. Passenger always sounds the same, so does Halsey. I just think you're overreacting 

[Gardevoir 9,822]

8 hours ago, Pablo said:

Passenger is English so he can't help his accent

Can you post more examples? Because I feel like they aren't good examples for what you are trying to explain.

 

[Peroxide 9,202]

Preach sista! Expose those wannabe singers! 

[Serendipity 7,821]

It's so painful to my ears  

[Dominic 11,922]

6 hours ago, Slave Blonde said:

**cough**  Ellie Goulding **cough**

Ellie has been in the game for 7 years. It was unique and interesting then, it wasn't a fad. Don't put her in the same category. 

[DiegoMonster 4,801]

Ellie Goulding will always be my original one.

[Killa 17,478]

Affected accent, it's what i call it. It gives me murderous instincts. It's the new rule, in late 90's 00's it was nasal tone.

People try to hard to be someone who they're not this days. Mostly very few people know who they really are.

[RadioIsOurs 13,876]

18 minutes ago, PaperIz said:

I just don't get the big deal? And how could they use the voice 24/7 all the time? I heard Daya live last year and she sounds the same as she does now. Passenger always sounds the same, so does Halsey. I just think you're overreacting 

They just use it when performing. It's their performance 'voice'.

[MaryJaneHolland 77,348]

It feels like they breathe while they sing... Did I explain it very well? 

[RAMROD 109,592]

I am not bothered though, these videos on OP are great songs, why let yourself distracted by menial things that cloud your judgement on a song?

In the 90s everyone tried to be Sinead O'Connor, Alanis included but guess what, nobody got annoyed by it, instead embrace them cos these people make good music.

If they want to use that singing technique, just let them be tbh. They can still sing and write their own songs at the end of the day.

[Andrew Warhola 12,992]

4 hours ago, TropicOfCANCER said:

To the OP and others: this article might be of interest to you.

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/reggieugwu/what-is-indie-pop-voice?utm_term=.pdl6R7nvr#.xnmY5MlWv

So glad someone mentioned Selena Gomez's Good For You. It's probably the most blatant example of the "indie pop voice". In the entire song and especially the bridge she's not only forcing her voice to sound like she's having a throat spasm but, on top of that, it's been altered afterwards, too, and if you listen to the solo version and only pay attention to her voice, it's almost hard to believe there's a human sound involved in the process.

[youandi 2,110]

Passenger, Halsey and Shaun Mendez sound nothing like eachother? I'm not really sure what you're trying to say? Just singers who don't sound 'normal'? Not everyone is going to sound the same, different techniques work for different singers 

[avalon x 4,153]

8 hours ago, PunkTheFunk said:

 

This killed me, tbh.

and I know exactly what y'all mean.. I just CANNOT bear that kind of singing.

It's exactly why I cannot stand... waitforit

Spoiler

 SIA

I would put her in the same hate-box.  Cannot understand a word of her singing.

[SamJ 8,008]

10 hours ago, Pablo said:

Passenger is English so he can't help his accent

Can you post more examples? Because I feel like they aren't good examples for what you are trying to explain.

He doesn't sound English!!! He just sounds silly tbh