Another singer smothered by Autotune

Oh, the humanity. Or lack of it

July 27, 2010 at 2:50PM

Autotune is the worst thing to happen to music since the invention of the Tonette. Here's Jesse McCartney's voice replaced by computer algorithms so he sounds like a human bumblebee flying around a set of copulating drum kits falling down the stairs:

It's from the "Step Up 3D" soundtrack. Yes, another movie about dancers who have to bring it to some competition in order to prove something or other - in other words, this. (Trust me on that one. Click.) Plus, it's in 3D! Expect lots of jazz-hands comin' at ya.

(h/t to Idolator for bringing this . . . thing to our attention.)

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