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Re:Is old music killing new music? by Apocryphon on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @04:03PM (#30000095)
That'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.
Re:Is old music killing new music? by ryandrake on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @04:54PM (#30000795)
When 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.
Re:Is old music killing new music? by Apocryphon on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @05:10PM (#30001023)
By robot voices I’m referring to the highly digital effects-sounding vocals in the three top singles that were mentioned.