![]() ![]() ![]() Bob LefsetzĪppreciating the influence of Bob Lefsetz, Taylor Swift called him up personally, twice, from London, to vehemently deny her use of any pitch-correcting software. It actually started a few months before, when Bob Lefsetz accused Taylor Swift of using Auto-Tune. The legacy of Taylor Swift’s “Mean” actually didn’t start with her singing out-of-tune on the 2010 Grammy’s like many people think. When Lefsetz became the frontrunner for who Taylor Swift’s song “Mean” was about, that is when he became more of a pop culture figure. At that point, Bob Lefsetz was mostly known only by music industry insiders. And there’s such an overwhelming, insurmountable mountain of evidence pointing to that as being the truth, and that mountain continues to grow with every live Taylor Swift performance.Īside from hundreds of live performances where Taylor Swift clearly sang out-of-tune, the other major piece of evidence we have is a personal exchange she had with music industry guru/critic Bob Lefsetz back in November of 2009. So what is it? Does Taylor Swift Use Auto-Tune live?Ībsolutely not. But they probably wouldn’t forgive her for lying about it.īut you came here for a simple yes or no answer to if Taylor Swift uses Auto-Tune. People would forgive Taylor for using it. Auto-Tune is socially acceptable in 2012. The risk/reward is not worth it for Taylor to lie about it. If she was ever caught using it, the facade around her persona would crumble, just like it did when Tiger Woods was caught cheating on his wife, instantly and dramatically devaluing Taylor’s name as a brand. Taylor Swift is the “good girl,” and using Auto-Tune would not fit in in the “real” persona she portrays to the public. Taylor Swift has spent her career adhering to and articulating certain principals that allow her to be portrayed as “real,” and her stance of refusing to use Auto-Tune has been steadfast. At the same time it’s probably not fair to assume that all artists use it. If you are listening to an album meant for mass consumption, it very likely includes pitch correction. These days, the battle to keep the use of Auto-Tune as a stigma in American music has been completely lost. The first thing you need to understand is that Taylor Swift has denied for years using any pitch correcting aids. You don’t have to prove anything, you just have to create doubt. But that’s the great thing about conspiracy theories. So Taylor Swift singing out-of-tune would point to Taylor Swift not using Auto-Tune, not vice versa.Īnd some folks so willing to disbelieve all evidence even go as far as to say she purposely includes mistakes in her live routines to throw our Auto-Tune noses off the scent, or say that maybe she uses an alternative pitch correction program that allows her to officially say she doesn’t use Auto-Tune, when she still relies on pitch correcting software. Unfortunately though, a symptom of using Auto-Tune would be that your pitch is perfect. The most confounding, and unfortunately, one of the most common arguments I’ve seen made is that Taylor Swift must use Auto-Tune because she can’t sing. Either she does, or she doesn’t, and the evidence we have to make those conclusions in many cases is obvious. Whether Taylor Swift uses Auto-Tune in either the live or recorded formats is not an opinion. Over the years, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a topic more beset with assumption, conjecture, and sometimes, idiocracy. ![]()
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