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Orbit defends Spears over leaked audio clip
By Chris Cooke | Published on Thursday 10 July 2014
So, there may be a studio outtake doing the rounds seemingly featuring that Britney Spears singing her track ‘Alien’ all wobbly and out of tune and whatnot, but you’re not to think that that means she can’t sing, and that everything we’ve ever heard coming from her mouth has been auto-tuned to fuck (a bit of sound-engineering jargon there) to cover up her lack of tuneful noise-making skills.
Oh no, she was warming up, see? And you wouldn’t rate runners on their pre-race stretching exercises, or actors on their pre-show breathing and chanting routine, or footballer on their pre-game piss-up, so don’t be making assumptions about young Britney based on these wobbly warm-up vocals. Or so says producer on ‘Alien’, Mr William Orbit.
Writing on Facebook he said: “I have heard that Britney vocal link that everybody’s been discussing. It has been impossible not to as there have been many comments directing my attention to it. I’d like to affirm that ANY singer when first at the mic at the start of a long session can make a multitude of vocalisations in order to get warmed up”.
He goes on: “Warming up is essential if you’re a pro, as it is with a runner doing stretches, and it takes a while to do properly. I’ve heard all manner of sounds emitted during warm-ups. The point is that it is not supposed to be shared with millions of listeners. A generous singer will put something down the mic to help the engineer get their systems warmed up and at the right level, maybe whilst having a cup of herb tea and checking through lyrics before the session really kicks off. It’s not expected to be a ‘take’. I think that 99% of you reading this will totally understand”.
And as for you 1%, well, fuck you with your lack of understanding of Britney’s warm-up routine. Next thing you’ll be going to check out this clip everyone’s talking about but, ha, looks like its been taken down by Sony. That’ll teach you.
