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Auto-Tune is everywhere on TikTok, but has it changed the way we hear music? This video explores why the effect became so popular, how creators use it, and the impact it's having on online music ...

If you haven’t been listening to pop radio in the past few months, you’ve missed the rise of two seemingly opposing trends. In a medium in which mediocre singing has never been a bar to entry, a lot ...