No, it hasn't... and if you watched the video you'd have heard a crystal clear F#5 and a crystal clear G#5. She didn't even growl
She slid up to the F#, wobbled on it for a less than a second, and hopped off. That is not "crystal clear". Crystal clear is the bridge of When I First Saw You. The G# was mixed and tended towards head voice. I've heard her belt it before in Hello, so I know she used to be able to do it, but she did not do it in that video.
EDIT: so really it hasn't deteriorated over time, just between IASF and now. I remember listening to her sing the Star Spangled Banner a while ago (when she did it live, the second time) and thinking that she was struggling a little bit. She's singing differently than she did when she was younger, and it's not a good change.
Everyone says that with 4 she pushed herself but I really don't like her 4 vocals she sounds like she's forcing emotion. Just checked out the tracks on IASF and I like her voice on Sweet Dreams and In Halo but I hate IASF and really dislike Halo. Funny thing is I love 4 but I wouldn't say her voice was the best there. Except for LOT of course.
But that's where her voice truly is best. Listen to Schoolin' Life for instance. Not only is she exploiting her mid register and lower register to it's full potential (or that amazing head voice in the background), but her tone has actually darkened which makes her sound better and stronger. Darker timbre=more impressive.
The growl comes naturally. She's not actually forcing anything, it's just y'all aren't used to pop singers sounding like that. Me neither tbh, but I can tell that's just what her voice sounds like now. Even before she'd growl every now and then.
I like her Sweet Dream vocals (her "dumbed down" pop vocals), but they're not as impressive as her LOT vocals or her 1+1 vocals. Or this...
She wouldn't have been able to sing like that in 2003.
She slid up to the F#, wobbled on it for a less than a second, and hopped off. That is not "crystal clear". Crystal clear is the bridge of When I First Saw You. The G# was mixed and tended towards head voice. I've heard her belt it before in Hello, so I know she used to be able to do it, but she did not do it in that video.
EDIT: so really it hasn't deteriorated over time, just between IASF and now. I remember listening to her sing the Star Spangled Banner a while ago (when she did it live, the second time) and thinking that she was struggling a little bit. She's singing differently than she did when she was younger.
You're suppose to mix. The G#5 was well mixed, like it should be. It's healthier.
And she's actually never sounded better than on the Mrs Carter tour. Every aspect of her voice is better. Her mid-register belts have never even been this strong, not too mention her head voice. And this video is not the only one showcasing her higher register.
You're suppose to mix. The G#5 was well mixed, like it should be. It's healthier.
No arguments there, I thought it sounded great. I meant she's belted it before, but I haven't heard her venture up past an E in her clear, upper register since IASF . She used to do it all the time.
Yeah, it has. Her technique got worse too - she does that ridiculous growling thing all the time. And yet she's still better than everyone else.
The growling is stylistic not a sign of deteriorating vocal ranges, especially when she's doing more than what she did before when she did softer vocals.
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Everyone says that with 4 she pushed herself but I really don't like her 4 vocals she sounds like she's forcing emotion. Just checked out the tracks on IASF and I like her voice on Sweet Dreams and In Halo but I hate IASF and really dislike Halo. Funny thing is I love 4 but I wouldn't say her voice was the best there. Except for LOT of course.
On 4 she let her vocals be raw and capture that live aspect instead of giving perfectly polished vocals.
She slid up to the F#, wobbled on it for a less than a second, and hopped off. That is not "crystal clear". Crystal clear is the bridge of When I First Saw You. The G# was mixed and tended towards head voice. I've heard her belt it before in Hello, so I know she used to be able to do it, but she did not do it in that video.
EDIT: so really it hasn't deteriorated over time, just between IASF and now. I remember listening to her sing the Star Spangled Banner a while ago (when she did it live, the second time) and thinking that she was struggling a little bit. She's singing differently than she did when she was younger, and it's not a good change.
She's actually gotten better. Her low notes are stronger (Disappear vs I Miss You) and her falsetto/whistle notes are better Speechless vs 1+1 and I Care). Yeah her voice has gotten deeper overtime but the quality is better.
No arguments there, I thought it sounded great. I meant she's belted it before, but I haven't heard her venture up past an E in her clear, upper register since IASF . She used to do it all the time.
She might do it again, this is just one performance.
Obviously with her being older than 30, she's going to experiment with other aspects of her voice and she's going to pay attention to the details and to the music. She's already proven she can go past an E and considering her technique is still pretty much the same, i'm assuming she still can.
I can't wait to see how her album will sound knowing her voice is getting darker. If she continues using good technique she should vocally peak at the age of 40.