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Originally Posted by gunnels
I've never understood the claims that Some Nights is more mainstream than their first album or that they've 'sold out' (which is a meaningless term in my mind). Their style is pretty much the exact same sugary indie-pop as it was in Aim and Ignite, just with the more electronic incorporation. I don't buy the use of auto-tune as evidence of anything, much less selling out. I think it's a tool that can be used creatively and effectively, or not, just like any other tool. Claims that autotune detracts from the 'soul' of a piece are ridiculous to me. "Stars" is the most poignant, expressive song they've released in my opinion, and it uses autotune extensively.
I know that this response would've been much more relevant a year ago, but I just discovered this thread.
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I agree. I know I said I thought they had sold-out at first, but eventually I got over it and realized I can still totally hear
them in their music. People are so biased towards electronic music. It's like musical racism. Stars is definitely up there in their songs and even though I've never been a big fan of auto-tune, the emotion of Stars made it work and I actually like the auto-tune.