There are few musical technologies that are as ubiquitous, maligned and misunderstood as Antares’ Auto-Tune. What was conceived in 1997 as a discrete tool for cleaning up vocals and optimizing the ...

If you haven’t been listening to pop radio in the past few months, you’ve missed the rise of two seemingly opposing trends. In a medium in which mediocre singing has never been a bar to entry, a lot ...

In a recent social media post, T-Pain, a prominent figure in the music industry known for his distinctive use of auto-tune, addressed an old photo of Christina Aguilera wearing a controversial T-shirt ...

"This is my first performance I've done with no tuning," PinkPantheress reveals at 6:29. "I've never sung with no tuning ...

Charli XCX was a major presence in my social media feeds this month even before she announced that Kamala Harris is Brat. I knew a few of Charli’s hits, but my musician friends have been raving about ...

As if he hasn't proven he can sing sans Auto-Tune enough times, T-Painsang the national anthem at the Dodgers Stadium this Monday and absolutely killed it. We caught up with T-Pain at the game to talk ...

(RNS) — According to the Prophet Isaiah, grass withers, flowers fade, but God’s word endures. In the age of social media, so do the mistakes of church musicians. Play the wrong chord, forget the words ...

Cher was itching for a hit. The year was 1998, nearly a decade since her last Top 10 single, “Just Like Jesse James.” The Goddess of Pop was no stranger to comebacks, though — she famously made them ...

The legendary soul singer Chaka Khan is calling out the music acts of today who resort to using auto-tune in their songs instead of raw vocal range. Chaka was at the Angel Ball on Monday, where she ...

Ella Langley says she has been facing ongoing pressure to enhance her vocal cords while performing live by using auto-tune. She won't do it, and her mind won't change, she insists. Langley was a guest ...

The vocalist expressed her frustrations with musicians using the technology to alter their pitch in recordings Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 ...