# Wow, that's a great cover of that song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [April 12, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596 "2020-04-12T02:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 946
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/946 "2024-10-11T14:00:21Z")
I’ve heard even worse. About ten years ago, somebody started a thread about being annoyed by this style of singing. I’ve never seen a thread get revived as often as this one. > [@Is there a name for this hyper-annoying singing style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-hyper-annoying-singing-style/677704): > > I’d like to be able to more easily dismiss it. It seems every indie/faux-indie singer-songwriter girl under the age of 30 is singing with a remarkably annoying, breathy voice with an unnecessary twang in it that is at times punctuated with scratchiness. They sing softly and every vowel sounds like “ow,” as though the singer is suffering as much as I am every time I hear it. Example - Nataly Dawn [Example](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4jVVpHfvRE) - Nataly Dawn annoying me again [Example](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j6qLdx0dmk) - Wild Belle [Example](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s34bnIM-rcs) - Kat Edmonson If it has a… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596)._