The Auto-Tune Sensation

Auto-Tune is taking over the world. It isn't just found in the music business anymore. Auto-Tune is showing up in the news and even kids' commercials.
Come on.

It seems like only yesterday when T-Pain stole our little hearts with his Auto-Tuned melodies. Now almost every R&B and hip-hop (musician?) entertainer jumped to board T-Pain's robotic, pitch perfect boat (*smirk) known as Auto-Tune. Still, let us not forget the true front runner in all of this Auto-Tune business was a little lady named Cher. Oh yeah, remember "Believe" the 1998 Cher song? Well don't, 'cause it's magic.

We've come a long way from 1998, now even the news has the Auto-Tune touch. The newest popular project on YouTube is the "Auto-Tune the News" videos, which aren't just witty and funny, but actually inform. The latest Auto-Tune the News video grazes over the topics of the Climate Change bill, Sarah Palin quitting her post as governor, and Michael Jackson's death.

Still, the most random place I have heard Auto-Tune used is the latest Chuck E. Cheese commercial. No lie. I have not found the commercial on the internet, but if you tune your television on a children's channel you'll be sure to come across it. You may be as weirded out as I was or just laugh at the large corporation's stunt to appeal to kids, though you really have to give credit from a business angle. Alas, it doesn't feel quite right now that Chuck E. Cheese and T-Pain are in the same boat, but it is pretty fun to imagine.

Auto-Tune is reaching its height of glory, but some have already grown weary of its use. And who could blame them? Jay-Z never would. After some playing around with the Auto-Tune in his previous work, he proves he prefers and IS the true thing. He wrote a song named "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" calling for all other rappers to stop "singing too much. Get back to rap. [They're] T-Paining too much." Well said, Jay-Zizzle.

Sidenote: Jay-Z looks pretty damn sexual in this video.

Childhood...

Aphex Twin vs Four Year Old:

Give it a second for the happiness to warm you up.

***Video stolen from Living Ears blog.

Like me and Lykke Li...

My latest obsession is the hip, sweet-voiced Swede Lykke Li. Her album Youth Novels came out in 2008. "Little Bit" is one of my favorite songs.

Her music is surely loveable, but what I also completely adore about Lykke Li is her style. The way she layers with different shades of black and white or muted colors is skilled. Also, her accessories are always interesting and just enough; framing everything and adding the right final note to her outfit. My favorite outfit of hers I have seen is in the "I'm Good, I'm Gone" acoustic video. Her heavily lined eyes, tight hair, and tight pants do their job. The girl look right.