New Billy Joel single - Does Not Suck!

[sedan_dad]

You telling us or yourself?

 

[petermwright]

I usually associate autotune with pitch correction. I really don't think I heard that in the video. What I did hear was him sounding different with each age progression. Obviously some sort of processing tool was in use to make that happen, but I kinda doubt it was autotune.

100% it's pitch correction.

 

[red_rhino]

100% it's pitch correction.

Per Wikipedia:

An official lyric video was released on February 1, 2024 to coincide with the single's release.[11] Two weeks later, a music video directed by Warren Fu and Freddy Wexler was released. The music video features artificial intelligence technology developed by Deep Voodoo, which was used to portray younger versions of Joel performing the song.[12] Depictions of Joel represented in the music video include the Piano Man era, Storm Front era, and River of Dreams era.[13] The music video begins with Joel flipping a notebook page containing the lyrics for "Famous Last Words", the final track on his River of Dreams album.[14]​

Deep Voodoo is the brainchild of Trey Parker and Matt Stone (Southpark). Essentially, they create "deep fakes" which use pre-existing video and audio clips to synthesize facial expressions and voices.

It's not autotune in the classic sense that we've come to know and loath. Whether that's "better" or "worse" is open to interpretation and taste. Personally, for the purpose of what this song and video and trying to portray, I think it works and I don't have a problem with it. Not sure I would care for a bunch of "new" Elvis music videos though.

 

[petermwright]

Per Wikipedia:

An official lyric video was released on February 1, 2024 to coincide with the single's release.[11] Two weeks later, a music video directed by Warren Fu and Freddy Wexler was released. The music video features artificial intelligence technology developed by Deep Voodoo, which was used to portray younger versions of Joel performing the song.[12] Depictions of Joel represented in the music video include the Piano Man era, Storm Front era, and River of Dreams era.[13] The music video begins with Joel flipping a notebook page containing the lyrics for "Famous Last Words", the final track on his River of Dreams album.[14]​

Deep Voodoo is the brainchild of Trey Parker and Matt Stone (Southpark). Essentially, they create "deep fakes" which use pre-existing video and audio clips to synthesize facial expressions and voices.

It's not autotune in the classic sense that we've come to know and loath. Whether that's "better" or "worse" is open to interpretation and taste. Personally, for the purpose of what this song and video and trying to portray, I think it works and I don't have a problem with it. Not sure I would care for a bunch of "new" Elvis music videos though.

Whatever other processing is on there, there is pitch correction there too - absolutely. I can hear the unmistakable telltale effects it has.

 

[petermwright]

Per Wikipedia:

An official lyric video was released on February 1, 2024 to coincide with the single's release.[11] Two weeks later, a music video directed by Warren Fu and Freddy Wexler was released. The music video features artificial intelligence technology developed by Deep Voodoo, which was used to portray younger versions of Joel performing the song.[12] Depictions of Joel represented in the music video include the Piano Man era, Storm Front era, and River of Dreams era.[13] The music video begins with Joel flipping a notebook page containing the lyrics for "Famous Last Words", the final track on his River of Dreams album.[14]​

Deep Voodoo is the brainchild of Trey Parker and Matt Stone (Southpark). Essentially, they create "deep fakes" which use pre-existing video and audio clips to synthesize facial expressions and voices.

It's not autotune in the classic sense that we've come to know and loath. Whether that's "better" or "worse" is open to interpretation and taste. Personally, for the purpose of what this song and video and trying to portray, I think it works and I don't have a problem with it. Not sure I would care for a bunch of "new" Elvis music videos though.

I wondered if Fil from Wings Of Pegasus had given this the treatment, and it turns out he has:



I’d much rather listen to the live version any day of the week.