Dance Monkey

Nitefly

Nitefly

Nitefly

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I 100% believe in the mantra of being defined by what you love rather than what you dislike. You know, why spend time disliking things when there are many things to enjoy. But...

My god, the vocal performance on this song is soooo annoying. Like, really annoying. The first time I heard it I thought, huh that’s difference. It’s a very catchy, memorable piece as a whole and I really rather liked it. One of the better hits of recent times, for sure. So I thought.

Over time, I became drawn to the actual vocal performance. Now, whenever it comes on, it makes me want to crash my car. Wtf is going on!!! It’s this weird, monkey / baby / tweetie-pie, screechy, psuedo-fake-Asian.... mess. Hurgh!

Surely I can’t be alone on this on here....
 
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Yes, it's infuriating. The beginning especially so. I actually don't dislike the main melody, you're right that it's the particular manner in which the vocal is executed that ruins it.

This isn't quite a perfect example, but I find the overall trend to over sing what would otherwise be/was originally simple vocals by shoehorning in unnecessary flourishes/gymnastics/whatever the technical term is, painfully cringe worthy.

After listening to it again on YT just now, it auto-played this next:


Good algorithm *pats head*.
 
The song was 'out' long before it got released. And the version they released was a very sickly overproduced version of it. When I actually heard it on the radio it sounded dreadful.

 
It’s like an extreme version of stings style of singing...the girl that sings it’s Australian....singing voice is nothing like her talking voice

I saw this before I heard the actual song....no vocals!

 
@Zefan the normal vocals on the metal version are so much better. They sooth my ears!

I think if it was toned down by 50% I would be on board but they turned the ‘weird voice dial’ up to the max and spoiled it.
 
Seeing some of her busking stuff before she got big, she's relatively talented. As someone else mentioned, Dance Monkey is over produced pop crap.
 
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