We measured pop music’s falsetto obsession

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  • @Vox
    @Vox  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3302

    Thanks so much for watching the video! It was a challenging task figuring out the songs I wanted to feature in the story - there were thousands to choose from. So, I made.... a Spotify playlist (sorry Pandora). It's called "Give Me a Falsetto," and you can find it in the link in the description box above or by searching for it in the Spotify app. What's you favorite falsetto heavy song?
    Clarification: Pandora's library is comparable to other music streaming services. 2 million refers to the number of songs that have been analyzed through their Music Genome Project

    • @themroc8231
      @themroc8231 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      My favorites might be Curtis Mayfield's "Right on to the Darkness", Smokey Robinson and the Miracle's (Come round here) I'm the one you need, and also a lot of Brian Wilson songs.

    • @DoDo.444
      @DoDo.444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      guys what is the name of the type this video

    • @DoDo.444
      @DoDo.444 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      no bro i mean the editting of the video not the animation but the type of video name not the title or the animation

    • @TheJayWay
      @TheJayWay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The ones I thought of as I watched this video were Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - A Fork in The Road/ Ooh Baby Baby and Prince - Baby.

    • @fajarsetiawan8665
      @fajarsetiawan8665 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Anything from EWF!!!!

  • @paritoshsingh588
    @paritoshsingh588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19879

    Snoop Dogg also sings high

  • @jaymendoza4616
    @jaymendoza4616 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6235

    I didn't know a streaming platform would readily give their data for this kind of study. Kudos to Pandora for democratizing data and allowing this to be possible!

    • @andrewpridmore1803
      @andrewpridmore1803 5 ปีที่แล้ว +294

      Jeremy Mendoza Most of them are actually very open about their data; they benefit a lot from people doing their own studies and finding trends

    • @JoshHoPersonal
      @JoshHoPersonal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      you can get these data from their API

    • @amanatee27
      @amanatee27 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +

    • @MrTheSmoon
      @MrTheSmoon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i guess the tags are exposed anyway and they just avoided having to crawl all the tags

    • @damsapollo
      @damsapollo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      should I switch to Pandora though? I am currently using Spotify.

  • @DannySullivanMusic
    @DannySullivanMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1459

    Falsetto males dominating the charts:
    Adele: Hello, it's me

    • @cedrickvidal1362
      @cedrickvidal1362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      LoL

    • @namjesus1998
      @namjesus1998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      two words-
      zayn malik

    • @namjesus1998
      @namjesus1998 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Anonymous User 3 octaves vocal range with bad singing technique zayn's vocal range is 3 octaves too

    • @kitsothemotifvideos4702
      @kitsothemotifvideos4702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂

  • @makiyahadams2892
    @makiyahadams2892 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5325

    the amount of work that went into this video>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    • @gqh007
      @gqh007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Record companies with copyright claims: I’m gonna end this guy’s whole career

    • @buttonpusher3786
      @buttonpusher3786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      And yet it seemed to prove nothing. Only that men have been singing with high voices for a while.

    • @frien_d
      @frien_d 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Only that it's the 1600s all over again.

    • @MysteryMii
      @MysteryMii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      SansPeppaShrekterGrifpig _ 1. This falls under fair use.
      2. Even then, I’m pretty sure they licensed these songs.

    • @gqh007
      @gqh007 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      MysteryMii word

  • @icydeadcrusher
    @icydeadcrusher 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3738

    As a data scientist this was a refreshing piece, seeing as very rarely things are properly quantified in the media. It also gives a pretty good peek into the everyday challenges of data analysis, complete from starting at a naiive question to having to qualify your data to defining sometimes somewhat arbitrary thresholds that can be the pitfall of any study. More like this please!

    • @MultiWilliam15
      @MultiWilliam15 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I'm a data analyst as well and though I think they could've made a better job at cleaning data/reducing "noise", I appreciated the use of a database to justify the perceived trends.

    • @aleksandarkatic2621
      @aleksandarkatic2621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      What are your opinions about becoming a data scientist? Are you happy with your job? Thinking about becoming one, so i'm looking for someone else's view on it.

    • @papimew2672
      @papimew2672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@aleksandarkatic2621 date scientist is the shittest job ever 😆😆

    • @aazdu03
      @aazdu03 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also unrelated but i also would want to talk with you about the data scientist job , i'm also considering working in that field and i would really like to know more about that before choosing something related to this in my studies (engineering school)

    • @RoofBeamsCarpenter
      @RoofBeamsCarpenter 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Asap y GitHub links!!

  • @rosemfall6717
    @rosemfall6717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +830

    now the next question is do people really love falsetto this much or do mainstream artists just have a tendency to stick with something they've seen work

    • @99temporal
      @99temporal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Man(i mean, woman), i f**ing hate falsetos... it makes my head hurts a lot this trend is terrible in my opinion

    • @nagbo13
      @nagbo13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Great question. I think people naturally are drawn to the falsetto because they intuitively understand that they are observing a feat of vocal athleticism. So it would have been interesting for this study to also point out the exceptions to the falsetto trend, i.e. identify the outlier songs which were also unusually popular (assuming there were any) but which didn't use falsetto at all or very much, and then determine what musical elements made those outlying songs relatively successful anyway.

    • @absoluteanarchyproductions8432
      @absoluteanarchyproductions8432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I don't know about you, but I love it!

    • @closedacc5321
      @closedacc5321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Im ok with falsetto if it’s done right. If the notes align to be high it’s better then sudden bursts of high notes. I also love it if it’s to convey an emotion that goes along with the story of the song. If the main character (the singer for instance) is supposed to feel emotional suffering then they scream to let it all out.

    • @stefannita3439
      @stefannita3439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well if people didn't like it, it would stop selling, and then we wouldn't see it on the charts lol

  • @aileincortez94
    @aileincortez94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2080

    THAT'S A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR A 16 MINUTE VIDEO. AMAZING.

    • @bluefirexde
      @bluefirexde 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Now imagine, there also went work into producing the video. So even more work on top of the research.

    • @CVerse
      @CVerse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Now imagine if this is what they did for their political videos

    • @BeastlyAnteater
      @BeastlyAnteater 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Imagine that they did all that research and added all that production value but actually made an interesting video

    • @JorgeGeorgeD
      @JorgeGeorgeD 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      They also get a lot of money and brand recognition for a 16 minute video.

    • @johnames6430
      @johnames6430 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bluefirexde now imagine if this video went somewhere and actually had a point

  • @fomalhaut_the_great
    @fomalhaut_the_great 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6410

    me, a baritone, wanting to sing along to catchy radio songs:
    *silent crying*

    • @andrewstaley7672
      @andrewstaley7672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      me too man, me too

    • @noname-es4cy
      @noname-es4cy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +239

      buddy I'm a bass......big cri.....

    • @juanpablo_san
      @juanpablo_san 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Lets make a new trend 😎

    • @DuckReconMajor
      @DuckReconMajor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@juanpablo_san yesssssss

    • @juniorlove5804
      @juniorlove5804 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I'm a baritone and I sing pop music, not famous yet or made too much progress but it's possible. Come on out there and let's sing!

  • @GuyDandy
    @GuyDandy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1239

    Ain't no love for my basses & baritones. Shout out to the David Bowie ranged singers out there.

    • @andriusgailiunas3307
      @andriusgailiunas3307 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Who, at least in recordings, has a tenor range, actually. No mortal baritone I know can hit a B♭ like the one in Life one Mars. Though live, it seems he sang it at least two semitones lower.

    • @autumnhomer9786
      @autumnhomer9786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      GuyDandy And Prince for having a great vocal range.

    • @Iyashikei-t4u
      @Iyashikei-t4u 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      David Bowie? How about Elvis?

    • @Zoronii
      @Zoronii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      My manz Frank Sinatra

    • @multiwebinc
      @multiwebinc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They did mention a Guns N Roses song and Axl Rose's range is more than an octave wider than Bowie's was.

  • @MichaelGraybill
    @MichaelGraybill 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1122

    So impressed with Pandora for data generosity. Great work on this one Vox.

    • @Samuraiwavy
      @Samuraiwavy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Michael Graybill get a Pandora account for one month. Music choice isn’t as high as Spotify’s but their shuffle is amazing. When you mix two are more artist with one station they zero in on the sound and vibe you want to the t

    • @carlitoxb110
      @carlitoxb110 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm using pandora once again just because of that

    • @dyslexicstoner2408
      @dyslexicstoner2408 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@carlitoxb110 But you can access any music company's data through their API or by asking. Spotify even has public tags for every song

  • @Louis-zy4xp
    @Louis-zy4xp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1426

    Good guys over at Pandora, Thank you.

  • @TheBirdThatWhistles
    @TheBirdThatWhistles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2619

    I thought this video was gonna attempt explaining why falsetto's are so popular

    • @Lucas-DX
      @Lucas-DX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +177

      Yeah... Never expect too much from Vox

    • @TheMightyBattleSquid
      @TheMightyBattleSquid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +551

      I feel like this happens a lot which is why it took me so long to watch this. They start out with an interesting question, do all this groundwork to answer it, then say "it really do be like it is" and end the video there.

    • @BedroomPianist
      @BedroomPianist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      How could they? It's way harder to measure sentiment and cultural shifts than just data sets with a programming language. What, they gonna go deep into the history of the castrati and try to explain why humans have been fascinated with people (especially men) singing high notes?

    • @TheMightyBattleSquid
      @TheMightyBattleSquid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      @@BedroomPianist ask them not us. They're the ones who chose the title and why they were looking for the data.

    • @JadetheGoober
      @JadetheGoober 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      “We measured” that’s what the title said

  • @winfieldmozlington1546
    @winfieldmozlington1546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4392

    These guys really f***ing love data

    • @-ivan
      @-ivan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      not when it comes to politics

    • @joshuawheeler3255
      @joshuawheeler3255 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And they are really bad at interpreting it objectively

    • @eckhart5443
      @eckhart5443 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@joshuawheeler3255 Data like this is just really hard to interpret. What do you base your opinion on, if there is little to no actual data on how it is perceived, no studies on the matter, no experts to talk to?

    • @larahill82
      @larahill82 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      because...... algorithm, right?

    • @ROBOMAN9110
      @ROBOMAN9110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's pronounced data
      And data it just makes my brain go "yes, this is good"

  • @yashvadapalli7658
    @yashvadapalli7658 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2238

    Pandora: How much data do you want?
    Vox: yeeeeEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeSSSSSSsssssSSSS

    • @MrTomaat23
      @MrTomaat23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Vox: All your data are belong to us.

  • @triggahappyyt5420
    @triggahappyyt5420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Michael Jackson "don't stop till u get enough" is a classic and the track with Barry gibb and MJ is a great track showing there vocals.

    • @cocopops4974
      @cocopops4974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They should have put I wanna be your lover by Prince

  • @joel-cx7hm
    @joel-cx7hm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3651

    also smh how can they exclude the choir dude with a helium balloon

    • @mushi251
      @mushi251 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Joel Lim yoo for real. Mad disrespect 😤

    • @fonsineknshr
      @fonsineknshr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      'cause he essentially only did a cover of the choir song AND did not chart. But it would be nice if they mentioned him, or even better show the video of him whipping out the helium baloon.

    • @xoxy-_-3401
      @xoxy-_-3401 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wht does smh mean

    • @456bulgogi
      @456bulgogi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      oooOOOOOOoooooooooh

    • @brianwong7347
      @brianwong7347 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oooh 1k

  • @npip99
    @npip99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4015

    I laughed so hard when Adele's "Hello" was far more deep and masculine than any of the male's.

    • @ChrisPollitt
      @ChrisPollitt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +

    • @troliskimosko
      @troliskimosko 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +

    • @GVike
      @GVike 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      You should hear "Goodbye Horses" by Lazarus Q or "Automatic" by The Pointer Sisters...

    • @acharich
      @acharich 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same.. 😂😂😂

    • @tylerhackner9731
      @tylerhackner9731 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      IKR? 😂

  • @villainoir
    @villainoir 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I really appreciate that you put the research into an understandable video instead of publishing it in an academic journal

  • @WoWMalazar
    @WoWMalazar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1932

    The Bee Gees discovered their distinctive falsetto by accident while warming up their voices in studio. The rest is history :)

    • @FlowerBoyWorld
      @FlowerBoyWorld 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      pretty sure they copied black artists like everything else they did lol

    • @Pantano63
      @Pantano63 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@FlowerBoyWorld blacks copied English from whites like everything else they did lol

    • @3spi227
      @3spi227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      leonardo h this is the most white privileged comment ive ever seen, pure disgust

    • @Pantano63
      @Pantano63 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@3spi227 I'm not white, though. Just wanted to show how ridiculous that "stealing" statement was.

    • @DrP225
      @DrP225 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      leonardo h except in no way did you actually show that 😂 how would ambiguities surrounding the origin of singing techniques compare to long term colonization/assimilation/enslavement etc.
      weak at best

  • @mlandry052209
    @mlandry052209 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2184

    For a while Black Artists were not allowed to chart on the Billboard Top 100. So you may be missing data on one of the Greatest Falsetto Voices ever Russell Thompkins Jr., from the Stylistics.

    • @sharstarg2414
      @sharstarg2414 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Love how they went from a yodeling to RADIOHEAD? A lot of missing data🤦🏾‍♀️

    • @jsamc
      @jsamc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Dude caucasians are behind this video and the Stylistics did not really cross over.

    • @iheartsanman
      @iheartsanman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I would just like to thank you. This comment just got me into the stylistics :)

    • @sayhiku
      @sayhiku 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This would be interesting as part of the 1619 project!

    • @colonelpharoahsanders9128
      @colonelpharoahsanders9128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      The first black artist to TOP the Hot 100 was in the '50s. I'm sure the Stylistics, from a few decades later, are in there.

  • @AP-sm2uq
    @AP-sm2uq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    whoever engineered the audio for this video is amazing.

  • @KungFuPanda1223
    @KungFuPanda1223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3494

    "this is a chart that has never been seen before"
    *replays video*
    liar

  • @danieleckert5008
    @danieleckert5008 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    6:24 "prove it" - "uuuoooouuuu" - "perfect"

  • @dolphinoegglet7263
    @dolphinoegglet7263 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3421

    This could've been a PhD thesis

    • @Nadia1989
      @Nadia1989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      @@Ryan-ee5lp Music students, physicists, sound engineers, singers...

    • @a0nima
      @a0nima 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@Nadia1989 don't forget musicologists!!!! :)

    • @gerdforster883
      @gerdforster883 5 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      More like the (really good) groundwork from which to develop one. You need a research angle for a good thesis. Something along the lines of why the use of falsetto in pop music has the spikes shown in this video.

    • @Atomrofl42
      @Atomrofl42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Not really

    • @Dan_d00d
      @Dan_d00d 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      its enough to start a phd level of work for a thesis.
      but not an entire one . it would generate enough data to make figures for maybe 1 of 3 or chapters of a full 3-5 yr study.
      youtube is small bites. phd is like an anaconda eating a hippo

  • @CuriosityCulture
    @CuriosityCulture 5 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    I came here for those sweet smooth animations

  • @THRASHattack66
    @THRASHattack66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    There’s something very pleasing about high frequencies.
    High playing trumpet players like Doc Severinsen and Maynard Ferguson are considered legendary.
    Heavy metal was also built on the falsetto likings of singers like Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson.

  • @Emily-ce7hd
    @Emily-ce7hd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    Thank you so much for explaining your reasoning behind your stats interpretations! It makes a much more complete story as opposed to just saying "These are the stats, trust me"

  • @BarelyNoticeable
    @BarelyNoticeable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    6:24 “Prove it” “EEEEEEOOoooooOOOEEEEEEEEOOooooOO” “Perfect.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @aclavero2181
      @aclavero2181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Anne Tan he got that vibrato though

  • @LeoneBeats
    @LeoneBeats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Whoever worked on editing this video is a madman! Definetly deserves a raise :). Very well done if you're reading this just know that I have huge respect for you!

  • @Nova_the_starcatcher
    @Nova_the_starcatcher 5 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    I always did think it funny how there are so many low voiced women compared to all the high voiced men

    • @speakshh.1302
      @speakshh.1302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Katelyn Stewart that’s true. Almost like men try to sing like women and women try to sing like men😂

    • @Aggarius
      @Aggarius 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I wish more women had lower areas in their songs

    • @connorwilde1471
      @connorwilde1471 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      There’s a certain “money spot” in the vocal range where the vocals cut the hardest. Both men and women aim for this same range.

    • @elineverstraeten1872
      @elineverstraeten1872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm not an expert, but I think if a woman sung a lot of these songs with the same pitch, it would be considered 'low' (and same in reverse)

    • @Loufi303
      @Loufi303 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly
      Virginia Woolf

  • @poggergamer3919
    @poggergamer3919 5 ปีที่แล้ว +829

    Men with falsetto: exists
    Roger Taylor: hold my car

    • @zigguratjones6458
      @zigguratjones6458 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't know who that is

    • @poggergamer3919
      @poggergamer3919 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      He’s the drummer for queen

    • @thiccwalrus5602
      @thiccwalrus5602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Ziggurat Jones listen ‘in the lap of gods’ by queen

    • @swarnalidutta887
      @swarnalidutta887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Galileo galileo...

    • @meinherzbrennt9007
      @meinherzbrennt9007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Also Roger Taylor: If I go higher, only dogs will hear it!

  • @driziiD
    @driziiD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    I need a 1970s falsetto playlist for my health!

    • @crappymoodstuff3922
      @crappymoodstuff3922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Roger Taylor-

    • @areguapiri
      @areguapiri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      For true falsetto greatness, one must listen to....Philip Bailey, Smokey Robinson, Barry Gibb, Prince, Bobby Debarge (not El Debarge), Michael Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Russell Thompkins Jr. (The Stylistics), Elton John's "Benny and the Jets"....

    • @Kamala_b
      @Kamala_b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@areguapiri Add the Moments, Dells, Tavares and the Deele.

  • @annibobonnie
    @annibobonnie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +960

    Ladies love falsetto because we can sing along easier

    • @kotosqoposrly
      @kotosqoposrly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      That is how falsetto is regarded as. Lazy.

    • @mjtubeme
      @mjtubeme 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ohhhhhhhhhh...............

    • @EpicStuffMan1000
      @EpicStuffMan1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      and in males high falsetto range is easier to come by than high chest range

    • @acharich
      @acharich 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

    • @tylerhackner9731
      @tylerhackner9731 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah with males falsetto is better for them to use than straight up chest belting.

  • @a.block.of.tofu.
    @a.block.of.tofu. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    I've personally always been a big fan of lower voices in music and gravitate more towards that. From someone who has always wondered why so much music was sung so high this video was very interesting to me.

    • @LimeyLassen
      @LimeyLassen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder if country music focuses on bass to distinguish themselves from other genres.

    • @ezzong
      @ezzong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LimeyLassen country music were always identical with baritone/bass vocal long time before high register obsession of modern pop music started. In the topic of distinguishing country music from pop music, these days the popular country music scene do the exact opposite of that, worst offender: Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt etc.

    • @a.block.of.tofu.
      @a.block.of.tofu. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@LimeyLassen I'm not sure, I dont listen to country personally but my family does and I'd say like the person above that modern country isnt really focusing in differentiating itself from pop music much at all these days.
      But vocalists like Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode, Roland Orzabal from Tears for Fears, Ruki from the Gazette all have vocals that tends to be quite deep and I really enjoy it. That's not to say I dont enjoy high vocals at all, even the examples I just mentioned show range and maybe that's why low vocals are interesting to me because it's a range not often shown these days.

    • @rosacastellanos3071
      @rosacastellanos3071 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      But the video doesn't explain the reason. It's expositive

    • @leetorry
      @leetorry 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I havent finished the video but metal is a genre that is dominated by high falsettos and low growls.

  • @williejr71williams22
    @williejr71williams22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Michael Jackson " Don't stop to you get enough " that's a 10 for sure!

  • @penguin5096
    @penguin5096 5 ปีที่แล้ว +786

    How does vox escape from their videos being claimed with all these song clips.

    • @davidpaulnormanmusic
      @davidpaulnormanmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +295

      Some animals are more equal than others.

    • @acharich
      @acharich 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Actually, this video currently has 7 songs claimed, so I wonder if they'd get any ad revenue from it in the end.. 💭💭💭

    • @crepperwlp
      @crepperwlp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      If i'm not wrong there's a limit of some seconds for songs to be used in YT videos.
      Without being striked I mean.

    • @kylie2461
      @kylie2461 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      Because it's used under fair use for educational purposes

    • @jorgeeduardodussanvillanue46
      @jorgeeduardodussanvillanue46 5 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      They can use song clips of up to 8 seconds. Also as a growing media company you'd expect they contact the labels and companies that own the songs and probably ask for permission or provide royalties from the videos to the companies when they use songs for longer than 8 seconds.

  • @niacortes
    @niacortes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I'm tone-deaf so music has never been my thing, but I like your videos because I can understand a whole side of music I would have never known and now I enjoy listening to different genres, it's not background noise anymore, thank you so much!

  • @whitelightsheddinweedsmokin
    @whitelightsheddinweedsmokin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Everyone involved in filming this video was such a good teacher, man I don't think I've ever learned so much about vocals in my life!

  • @giancarlo_rc
    @giancarlo_rc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    *TH-cam'S COPYRIGHT ALGORITHM:*
    Am I a joke to you?

    • @arunsooknarine4738
      @arunsooknarine4738 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "That's illegal people can't do that" 🤣🤣🤣💀💀

    • @boogieg8763
      @boogieg8763 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      im sure they paid for all the songs

    • @jacobcoughs101
      @jacobcoughs101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@boogieg8763 i think since they use it for education they can use it for free

    • @mjtubeme
      @mjtubeme 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

    • @wellesradio
      @wellesradio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Giancarlo RC You really don't know how this works, do you? An established media outlet like Vox is going to take the proper steps and isn't going to get takedown notices on a piece of journalism, unlike that random guy in his living room with a single computer and webcam you're used to watching.

  • @gbrading
    @gbrading 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    The Bee Gees complete reinvention of their sound in the 1970s is I think something that isn't often examined. Before the Disco era they were a well regarded but kind of middle of the road group. Disco catapulted them into the stratosphere, and their distinctive falsetto sound definitely formulated into their success.

    • @dr.lyleevans6915
      @dr.lyleevans6915 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I’m a huge music buff. I’ve loved “to love somebody” for years and wondered how they pulled off that style during the disco era (I falsely assumed that they were a disco band that only lasted with the genre). Years later found out it was from the late 60’s not late 70’ when stayin alive, Saturday night fever etc came out.

    • @JaredJTan
      @JaredJTan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's even crazier is that the Gibbs wrote the songs for Saturday Night Fever "virtually in a single weekend", having never released a disco song before that.

    • @lucasm4299
      @lucasm4299 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dr.lyleevans6915
      How can you be a music buff and assume that The Bee Gees were only around in the late 70’s?? 😢

    • @dr.lyleevans6915
      @dr.lyleevans6915 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lucasm4299 That was my entire point: it’s hard to believe I didn’t know that. To be fair I was probably still a teenager when I realized this (To love somebody was one of my favorite songs growing up, and it always made me wonder where the large difference in genre came from. I assumed it was an earlier period in the bands history, but not to the point where they were big in the 1960’s, which was a completely different era in music).
      This stuff was all way before my time. Grunge was actually before my time if that helps

  • @AaronPeggStudio
    @AaronPeggStudio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1400

    Y’all missing out on alllllll the black artists in the 1960s and 1970s!

    • @caramelkisses8857
      @caramelkisses8857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Aaron Pegg exactly they had SERIOUS FALSETTO! 🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @elsongs
      @elsongs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      All of the Vox videos are just whitesplaining.

    • @theendofnge9583
      @theendofnge9583 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      elsongs tbh they showed a lot of black artist on this vid but yeah i agree with the statement pf not showing them from the 60s and 70s

    • @AfferbeckBeats
      @AfferbeckBeats 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Apart from all those times in the video they show black artists from that time?

    • @coffeewentcold
      @coffeewentcold 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      They literally put Marvin Gaye on the thumbnail of the video, but no song of his is featured even once :/

  • @JulienNeel
    @JulienNeel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This was a fantastic video. The quality and amount of work put into this project is worthy of a scientific paper publication.

  • @mattiafioravanti8475
    @mattiafioravanti8475 5 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    As an Italian, everytime I hear the word "falsetto" uttered here, this video instantly becomes more fun.

    • @gearoiddom
      @gearoiddom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ciao! Che vuole dire en Italiano?

    • @mattiafioravanti8475
      @mattiafioravanti8475 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@gearoiddom La parola stessa è italiana. L'etimologia viene da "Falso" - The word itself is italian. Its etimology comes from the word "false". It's the way it's pronounced that's it's funny (at least to me)

    • @superduperjoi6800
      @superduperjoi6800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

    • @actually4660
      @actually4660 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@mattiafioravanti8475 what is it??
      Tell me tell me🤭
      Don't enjoy alone.

    • @themaknaeli
      @themaknaeli 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@actually4660 Fellow Italian here, I think what makes the word sound funny when uttered by native English speakers is that they tend to make the hard "T" sound of FalseTTo (it's a doubled consonant so it's quite prominent in the original pronunciation) into a softer D sound. This one difference makes the word sound super foreign and sort of funny to me.

  • @joyeholiday4789
    @joyeholiday4789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    isn't there an opposite trend for women to have lower voices in their singing? just a thesis

    • @nagbo13
      @nagbo13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      This would explain why Toni Braxton, Sade, and Adele were/are so popular.

    • @wayfaringspacepoet
      @wayfaringspacepoet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@nagbo13 contralto is their natural range so they're not doing anything special with their vocals to achieve that tone, unlike falsetto requires

    • @nagbo13
      @nagbo13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@wayfaringspacepoet, good point. I think it's still (almost) as shocking as men's falsettos because it's "unexpected." In other words, we don't expect women to have low voices, just like we don't expect men to have such high voices.

    • @ADeeSHUPA
      @ADeeSHUPA 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joye Holiday uP

    • @Nonyah123
      @Nonyah123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      High voices are praised across the board. People love high belts and whistle tones

  • @HighPriestessAngelique
    @HighPriestessAngelique 5 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    By far my favorite study by Vox, much appreciation 🙏🏻

  • @akinmytua4680
    @akinmytua4680 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Thank you Pandora for letting this happen

    • @raspas99
      @raspas99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And then they created a Spotify playlist and wrote sorry Pandora in the comment below.

  • @MANNYISTHERE
    @MANNYISTHERE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    How did you not mention Michael Jackson from the beginning

    • @misapon.9184
      @misapon.9184 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Manny heehee

    • @triggahappyyt5420
      @triggahappyyt5420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Michael Jackson and Barry Gibb where best friends because of falsetto lol.

    • @cocopops4974
      @cocopops4974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      They should have mentioned prince in the beginning.... He sings the highest falsetto

    • @jakegargiulo5101
      @jakegargiulo5101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know right!

    • @lisacox3750
      @lisacox3750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Michael rarely sung Falsetto that’s why. He is just a high tenor

  • @marknc9616
    @marknc9616 5 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    06:13 The audacity to tell an expert witness to "Prove It!". :)

    • @erden02
      @erden02 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Mark NC the audacity to believe all experts all the time no questions asked

    • @hcb0218
      @hcb0218 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Expert opinion is not good evidence. I may be an expert in cognitive neuroscience, but unless I can demonstrate through some type of rational argument or empirical data that my opinion is correct, it is considered the lowest form of evidence. Basically, in science, we don't want to hear the opinions of other experts. We want to see those experts' data.
      Also, too often scientific progress is slowed because of old men who refuse to accept data over their own opinion. This is why Max Planck said something like science progresses one funeral at a time.

    • @bleensteen9331
      @bleensteen9331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They didn't actually tell him that, they just edited it with the voiceover to make it seem that way...

    • @nnnnnn496
      @nnnnnn496 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That annoyed me too.

    • @acharich
      @acharich 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hcb0218 💀📝💀📝💀

  • @Simba______
    @Simba______ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    Next, do a study on "Autotune".

    • @TomoyoYumemi
      @TomoyoYumemi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They already cover that

    • @Simba______
      @Simba______ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TomoyoYumemi - Oh...ok.

    • @esterhammerfic
      @esterhammerfic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      1930: 0 hits with auto-tune
      1931: 0 hits with auto-tune
      1932: 0 hits with auto-tune
      1933: ......
      ......

    • @rumpleforeskin1226
      @rumpleforeskin1226 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      *Cher has joined the chat*

    • @acharich
      @acharich 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      T-Pain: How do I leave the chat..?
      Jay-Z: Hold my vodka..

  • @carolinebaker6807
    @carolinebaker6807 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I wish this video had talked about the widespread shift to FM radio over AM in the 80 and 90s. AM radio had much worse broadcasting and so singing high made it easier for artists to be heard among the interference and lower audio fidelity of AM broadcasting systems. I'm not surprised that the 90s saw falsetto falling, as that was the time when most radio stations that broadcast popular music switched to FM. I was pretty surprised that this video didn't mention it at all. Would love to see a follow up to this video that talks about that!

  • @WickedPlaysChannel
    @WickedPlaysChannel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    This is amazing! Earworm is the best series ever

    • @azouachili
      @azouachili 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think BORDERS is the best. This one is great, too.

  • @zoenash1447
    @zoenash1447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    is nobody going to talk about how they used the iconic font from "falsettos"???

    • @charliecocroft4764
      @charliecocroft4764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      right, that’s what got me. someone probably knows what they’re doing haha

    • @mouthofgabriel
      @mouthofgabriel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      all the dot graphics and arrows remind me of the poster too...

    • @yvngchildsupport9523
      @yvngchildsupport9523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      WHAT DO THEY DO FOR LOVE???

    • @dottyContrarian
      @dottyContrarian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@yvngchildsupport9523 OOOH

  • @christhedemocrat
    @christhedemocrat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Al Green (I'm Still in Love) , El D'barge (I like) and Prince (Adore and many others) the later two songs blew my mind

  • @corinnedejong
    @corinnedejong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    I was kind of surprised you never mentioned the most popular singers from the world of early opera were all castrati with their artificially heightened voices

    • @gerdforster883
      @gerdforster883 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      The whole point about castrati was that they did not sing falsetto.

    • @Lettuceiscool
      @Lettuceiscool 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They chose top 100 songs

    • @mssha1980
      @mssha1980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is about non classical music

  • @SBreviews-g3b
    @SBreviews-g3b 5 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    Vox always brings quality content and so much work on one video
    Vox>>>>>>buzzfeed
    Edit : close to 13 subs

    • @raykin8633
      @raykin8633 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jai nepal sarkar

    • @youngjlennon
      @youngjlennon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jai Nepal Sarkaar

    • @factsverse9957
      @factsverse9957 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@raykin8633 Lol what does that even mean

    • @mat_v
      @mat_v 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Its an insult to compare them.

    • @SBreviews-g3b
      @SBreviews-g3b 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@raykin8633 JAI NEPAL

  • @petrajetra4614
    @petrajetra4614 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The fact that they used the Falsettos Broadway font in this video makes it that much better

  • @migueldoliveiracomposer
    @migueldoliveiracomposer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    I now want nothing more, than to find out who is in the charts with a vocal range / register of zero.

    • @skullandmelodiesd.c.3137
      @skullandmelodiesd.c.3137 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Migos

    • @ronaldlopez9373
      @ronaldlopez9373 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Selena Gomez

    • @reillywalker195
      @reillywalker195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Liam Gallagher is the only singer I can think of who's still relevant and has a low and limited vocal range. He sings within only about two octaves these days with his vices and illness having taken some his range away, and he often sings in lower keys than he did when he was in Oasis.

    • @reillywalker195
      @reillywalker195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      If you go back to 1991, "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. is a good example of a chart hit with hardly any vocal range. The vocal melody Michael Stipe sings in that song has a range of only a perfect fourth with no chromatic notes.

    • @huangec
      @huangec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@reillywalker195 interesting. I didn't even notice!

  • @eltiochusma
    @eltiochusma 5 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Needed more "Kiss" by Prince. But I really appreciated this. Thanks!

    • @tea397
      @tea397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      eltiochusma - no doubt! ☔️

    • @itsmanew5994
      @itsmanew5994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They most likely wanted to but couldn't... Prince's Estate is notorious for having comedically harsh policies when it comes to copyright infringement of Prince's work. For a while it was only available on Tidal, and it was made available on TH-cam only after he died. That's too bad they took so long bc many younger people are unaware of his music bc it wasn't on the internet... Matter of fact I only discovered his music this year and I freaking love it !

    • @gabriels1869
      @gabriels1869 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@itsmanew5994 Glad I'm not the only one who recently discovered Prince. I always knew he was talented but I feel bad I never sat down and listened to his albums until last year. Now I've fallen down the rabbit hole and have started purchasing his albums and I can't stop listening to his stuff now

  • @Yo_Bentley
    @Yo_Bentley 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Was waiting to hear a mention of Prince & Frank Oceans Falsetto in Bad Religion

  • @Xan1120
    @Xan1120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I absolutely love how insightful this was. I’m a huge nerd for music history and I loved every minute of this!

  • @stephen_l1474
    @stephen_l1474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    This video is freaking amazing. Hoping to see more of these plzzz

  • @justignoreme
    @justignoreme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Okay i just love the fact that the graphics in this video use the same font and color scheme as the cover art of the musical falsettos. Someone really knew what they were doing:D

  • @pandishpandie
    @pandishpandie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +534

    How about Prince?! I can't belive you haven't mentioned him.

    • @yeru737
      @yeru737 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      11:24

    • @cocopops4974
      @cocopops4974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank you... From 1978 this guy's falsetto is so popular

    • @MeeYeeWeeWee
      @MeeYeeWeeWee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yesssss omg my mom used to listen to Prince's second album all the time when I was a kid. That album is 100% falsetto. When I first listened to When Doves Cry I was like whaaaat his lower range is sickening!!!

    • @alice3468
      @alice3468 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yeru he shows up for not even half a second, and they never mentioned his name or his music specifically

    • @ehercj
      @ehercj 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@acepaloma3887 Thank you!

  • @Quick_and_Dirty
    @Quick_and_Dirty 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is stunningly well researched and fantastically represented. Statisticians and Visual Communicators--UNITE!

  • @SianaGearz
    @SianaGearz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love how much effort Estelle put into this!

  • @greenvortex7
    @greenvortex7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    yes...finally saw a Prince reference @11:24. Cannot imagine discussing falsetto without Prince being mentioned in depth. Great data points and really digging into the science of it all and the time it must have taken to bring us this. So I know you cannot speak on everything - and truly grateful to you all for the wonderful work yet again at bringing such an educational and expansive way to understanding and deepening appreciation of music! yes to the yes!

  • @MarvinNeumannOfficial
    @MarvinNeumannOfficial 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    These kinds of videos are just absolutely amazing! So well done. So restive. So good looking. I love the graphics, the playfulness and above all the information presented!

  • @chantalbellmont6937
    @chantalbellmont6937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Found so many amazing old songs and artists through this video. Whoever clears all the copyright at Vox so you can use all this incredible music, is an angel and we're all in your debt!

  • @crazyoung007
    @crazyoung007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Honestly, Vox, I give you a round of applause for making this video and put on it so much effort and data! Well done! Out of the channels that I'm subscribed, this is the best one!
    Cheers from Portugal!

  • @kansasgoldilocks
    @kansasgoldilocks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    "I'm surprised you didn't mention {insert name of favorite musician who sings in falsetto}." Sorry, just wanted to fit in on this comment board.

    • @dissonantdreams
      @dissonantdreams 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I know, how dare they not mention every single artist who’s ever sung in falsetto including the non-famous ones?!? 😂

    • @ricardosiahaan5287
      @ricardosiahaan5287 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Coldplay & Daniel Cesar

    • @JuanData
      @JuanData 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Prince seems left out on purpose. He has to have more number one hits in falsetto than nearly any contemporary.

    • @alessiacara4101
      @alessiacara4101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ricardo Siahaan they mentioned Chris Martin when listing the pop stars

    • @acharich
      @acharich 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      💀💀💀💀💀

  • @areguapiri
    @areguapiri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    For true falsetto greatness, one must listen to....Philip Bailey, Smokey Robinson, Barry Gibb, Prince, Bobby Debarge (not El Debarge), Michael Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Russell Thompkins Jr. (The Stylistics), Elton John's "Benny and the Jets"....

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sylvester, Jimmy Sommerville (Bronski Beat, The Communards), and Blue Magic (similar to The Stylistics).

  • @jessicazhang8075
    @jessicazhang8075 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Vox's work is as precise and amazing as always. Keep up the good work! I always learn something from these videos ^^

  • @joshevans1176
    @joshevans1176 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Micheal Jackson’s butterflies.goes super falsetto at points

    • @shanettequao9043
      @shanettequao9043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Josh Evans oh yes. Great example

    • @thespiritualartofwar
      @thespiritualartofwar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yep and Debarge - I like it....case closed

    • @2law2be
      @2law2be 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Sadly they mentioned Michael only ones in the whole video

    • @yingyang2838
      @yingyang2838 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      his falsetto in that is impeccable

    • @kenzamadhi8835
      @kenzamadhi8835 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      heehee
      -Michael Jackson

  • @MarkLagunas
    @MarkLagunas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I’ve been saying for YEARS the men just haven’t been doing it since the 70s/80s. I wish men in mainstream music would play around with their ranges more so than they do today.

  • @laurenm908_
    @laurenm908_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    hearing freddie singing without music almost made me cry, wow, what talent

  • @usernotfound413
    @usernotfound413 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Gambino said his inspiration for Redbone and that entire album was his fathers rock albums from the 60s and 70s so go figure that there would be no falsetto but high vocal range. Super interesting !!

  • @rebeccalee8081
    @rebeccalee8081 5 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    I only watched this because I saw Marvin Gaye.

  • @lakshyachaudhary6986
    @lakshyachaudhary6986 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    Michael Jackson's Fallseto was the best, he could pull out the entire song in Falsetto.

    • @deecabrera7768
      @deecabrera7768 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And Eddie Kendricks from the Temptations!

    • @meylie2465
      @meylie2465 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Lakshya Chaudhary dont stop till you
      GET enough

    • @badmonkey222
      @badmonkey222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Butterfly is a prime case

    • @donaldthompson6808
      @donaldthompson6808 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Is earth wind fire a joke to you?

    • @Angelina-xj5zd
      @Angelina-xj5zd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Michael was chemically castrated by his father and a doctor.

  • @IDK-JBC
    @IDK-JBC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I read falsetto and instantly thought of Prince.

  • @rigormortis6509
    @rigormortis6509 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I saw Marvin Gaye on the cover and clicked real quick

    • @cedricfundi240
      @cedricfundi240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are right. Marvin Gaye to me has the sweetest falsetto in the whole world.

  • @Samuraiwavy
    @Samuraiwavy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Pandora’s shuffle is HIGHLY slept on

    • @nica2411
      @nica2411 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't like their library much. Spotify has a better one, and a better UI in my opinion. But even then, they're missing a huge catalogue of great music, and the state of the music industry is frustrating today.

    • @notnormalyet
      @notnormalyet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nica2411 Pandora has less of a library, but they are way better at recommending music imo.

    • @nica2411
      @nica2411 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@notnormalyet I don't doubt it. I gave up on them because of skip limits without premium though lol. Can't stand only being able to skip like 5 songs.

    • @notnormalyet
      @notnormalyet 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nica2411 Yeah, I had the same problem. Even with premium they limit the number of skips you get and only half of the songs let you listen on demand.

    • @nica2411
      @nica2411 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@notnormalyet wow yeah, that's a huge deal breaker for me lol. I always joke that I have musical ADHD because I can hardly get through one song without feeling the urge to hear another

  • @jhngrc_
    @jhngrc_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    "We need to match the songs and the names of the artists to whatever Pandora has."
    "Wait, so you have to do that manually?"
    Gurl, VLOOKUP.

    • @humblefool
      @humblefool 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      John Garcia Depends you have the same value in both coloumns

    • @jhngrc_
      @jhngrc_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@humblefool ever heard of preparing the raw files when they come from different sources?

    • @Gunth0r
      @Gunth0r 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      alright, yea, after preprocessing and importing into your spreadsheet software of choice

    • @420fedoras
      @420fedoras 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Gunth0r *laughs in R and Python*

  • @mrspelljammer1591
    @mrspelljammer1591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The data analytics that went into making this episode is truly mind blowing. Well done on a brilliant piece of work.

  • @Jacnix1535
    @Jacnix1535 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    That song Rocket 2 U by The Jets is actually really good 😭. Great video Vox!

  • @ramsesabundiz
    @ramsesabundiz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Because of the vid's banner I was waiting for Mavin Gaye's "Heard it Throught the Grapevine" or "Mercy, Mercy Me".

  • @heatheralfano1871
    @heatheralfano1871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anthony!!! Saw him in the opera video and he is just the internet’s newest sweetheart. Bravo!

  • @xgrumx
    @xgrumx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    neo soul and motown, what delicious genres 😭💓

    • @Hibbs4Prez
      @Hibbs4Prez 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Motown wasn't a genre.

    • @johnrodriguez5872
      @johnrodriguez5872 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hibbs4Prez basically is with the way that label influenced its artists

  • @haitileblanc3075
    @haitileblanc3075 5 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    The falsetto in Earth Wind and Fire 🌍 🌬 🔥 is my favorite

    • @AM-hk9wl
      @AM-hk9wl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Nobody tops Phillip Bailey.

    • @cuterpooter
      @cuterpooter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      YES. I was thinking that through the whole vid. "Man, if they don't mention 'Reasons', I'm gonna..." 🤯💥 NOTHING beats Phillip hitting that "Reeee-sons!" like a woodwind instrument. 💖

    • @shinykafkaesque13
      @shinykafkaesque13 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mighty mighty he hits the clouds!

  • @johncloois3301
    @johncloois3301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Singing chart hits-high-voiced men and low-voiced women.

  • @charliehelmijr
    @charliehelmijr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    How does one make a 16-minute video about the rise/popularity of falsetto in pop songs and not mention Prince? 💜

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm looking for some El DeBarge/DeBarge.

    • @barbarian-furu
      @barbarian-furu ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and Mika with not only falsetto but extremely wide range too. and until the end i was waiting for ma boys Mars Volta

    • @gamemak0r
      @gamemak0r ปีที่แล้ว

      Because they know nothing about music

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      Well - I'm 4 years late hahah - she didn't say it out loud, but Prince is right here: 11:24

    • @charliehelmijr
      @charliehelmijr ปีที่แล้ว

      @ Sharp! Four years or not, now I'm happy haha. 🤴🏾

  • @baileygordon5554
    @baileygordon5554 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This fascination with men singing high isn't a new one. During the Baroque period men were sometimes castrated as young boys to preserve their tender high voices. These men could sing as high as the sopranos and they often had to because women were not allowed on stage. They were called castrati and while the practice fell out of favor over the years, thankfully, the last castrati died in the early 1900's. Super interesting stuff.

    • @idontthinkso2431
      @idontthinkso2431 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Poor boys

    • @shanettequao9043
      @shanettequao9043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bailey Gordon I studied this in music gcse before . It’s really interesting but yes I’m glad this practice ended

  • @keithsimpson2685
    @keithsimpson2685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    King Diamond in Merciful Fate is my favorite falsetto to show people.

  • @simonmekonen5853
    @simonmekonen5853 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It's great how they showed the ENTIRE process! Also shows that data can be skewed if someone doesn't take different factors and biases into account. Great video, really love earworm:)

  • @katesterling6443
    @katesterling6443 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I live in Hawaii and here, falsetto singing, both men and women, is an art. There is an amazing moment in a song when the singer 'switches' into it. There is an actual 'movement' of some kind in the vocal cords. It is very different from singing in high register.

  • @jocodabest
    @jocodabest 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Four seasons and bee gees are who I grew up listening and got me into falsetto

  • @pangpangpangpangs
    @pangpangpangpangs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Just want to say that this video is amazing. Thanks Vox.

  • @EmilyCanSwim
    @EmilyCanSwim 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely INCREDIBLE journalism. These are the videos we need more of on the internet! Great work, super interesting.

  • @spazzyavalanche4563
    @spazzyavalanche4563 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Freddie: Lap of the Gods
    Roger Falsetto: AAAAAAAAAAHHHAAAAAAAAAHHHH

  • @oreodimasdale3840
    @oreodimasdale3840 5 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    I dunno, but if you watch Vox a lot, you'll realize they really like Radiohead.
    No wonder, OK computer is just perfect.

    • @junikohana
      @junikohana 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There is more to Radiohead than OK computer. Most of the songs and influences of Radiohead the talk about aren't even from OK computer.

    • @anondelon
      @anondelon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What was the song they used ?

    • @thanksobama
      @thanksobama 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@anondelon Ill Wind

    • @oreodimasdale3840
      @oreodimasdale3840 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anondelon they reviewed Videotape. Though it's not in OKC

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I♡Radiohead.
      And OKC is def. my fav... This year, anyhow. ❤