Specifically, when singing in English, their speaking voice is accented, and their singing voice isn’t… As an example, I came across an Irish Youtuber named CallMeKevin, and he recently posted a cover of NIN’s “Hurt”. His voice is lovely, and he often sings snippets of songs while streaming, but as soon as he starts singing, his accent seems to drop off. I’ve noticed this for other artists, too. Can anyone tell me why this happens? Or is it just my perception?
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Others have touched on this, but some of it is due to the way singers alter vowel sounds to produce a pleasing tone. For example, you’ll rarely hear someone sing a long “A” sound- it will usually be sung as more of an “eh” and the word “I” often has more of an “ah” sound. Your brain sort of glosses over the difference and you’re able to hear the word clearly despite the change in vowel sound, but these changes do help to negate the singers native accent.
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