This "Buttons" vocal analysis

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Even though it's only Melody and Carmit doing a few background vocals, it feels more like a GIRL GROUP song, if you compare it to later songs which were scrapped Nicole solo songs. And sounded like it.
Buttons gives off a "there's other women singing on this" vibe :rthosehotwings:

1:42 Nicole and Carmit going back and forth in the bridge
4:48 is Nicole trying to rap the chorus? :dead: Loosen up mah buttons babes!! :fuming:

The Nicole only demo version sounds so uneventful :omf:

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Ron Fair was the vocal producer on this album. He got Xtine and Keyshia together. He knows how to work with vocals.

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Quote from: 𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉 on July 22, 2023, 06:01:54 PM

Even though it's only Melody and Carmit doing a few background vocals, it feels more like a GIRL GROUP song, if you compare it to later songs which were scrapped Nicole solo songs. And sounded like it.
Buttons gives off a "there's other women singing on this" vibe :rthosehotwings:

1:42 Nicole and Carmit going back and forth in the bridge
4:48 is Nicole trying to rap the chorus? :dead: Loosen up mah buttons babes!! :fuming:

The Nicole only demo version sounds so uneventful :omf:

something was clearly done to the demo version

its slowed down/super processed in some way
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ASS ALL OVER THE PLACE AS MELODY VOCALS CAN BE WITH THE RIGHT VOCAL PRODUCTION
THIS SONG WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER FIT FOR HER. SHE WOULD HAVE GIVEN VERY MUCH XTINA AGUILERA VIBES.

OVER ALL THIS IS SUCH A GREAT SONG! :flamebroiled:

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Quote from: Laklãnõ Xogleng on July 22, 2023, 06:35:52 PM
Quote from: 𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉 on July 22, 2023, 06:01:54 PM

Even though it's only Melody and Carmit doing a few background vocals, it feels more like a GIRL GROUP song, if you compare it to later songs which were scrapped Nicole solo songs. And sounded like it.
Buttons gives off a "there's other women singing on this" vibe :rthosehotwings:

1:42 Nicole and Carmit going back and forth in the bridge
4:48 is Nicole trying to rap the chorus? :dead: Loosen up mah buttons babes!! :fuming:

The Nicole only demo version sounds so uneventful :omf:

something was clearly done to the demo version

its slowed down/super processed in some way
No, that's how the demo sounded. They performed the first version on Carson Daly

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July 22, 2023, 06:47:06 PM #5 Last Edit: July 22, 2023, 06:48:41 PM by Laklãnõ Xogleng
Quote from: 𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉 on July 22, 2023, 06:45:05 PM
Quote from: Laklãnõ Xogleng on July 22, 2023, 06:35:52 PM
Quote from: 𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉 on July 22, 2023, 06:01:54 PM

Even though it's only Melody and Carmit doing a few background vocals, it feels more like a GIRL GROUP song, if you compare it to later songs which were scrapped Nicole solo songs. And sounded like it.
Buttons gives off a "there's other women singing on this" vibe :rthosehotwings:

1:42 Nicole and Carmit going back and forth in the bridge
4:48 is Nicole trying to rap the chorus? :dead: Loosen up mah buttons babes!! :fuming:

The Nicole only demo version sounds so uneventful :omf:

something was clearly done to the demo version

its slowed down/super processed in some way
No, that's how the demo sounded. They performed the first version on Carson Daly

u cant hear how muffled the vocals are on that demo upload?
the quality of the audio is horrid

it clearly sounds better in the live
Project started: 2014 Wrapped up: 2024

Significant Discovery: First known Black American family of Kalmyk descent

Takeaways: Be prepared to pivot, even when you think you're on the right track. Be OK with being wrong so you can get things right.

Kalmyks are tribal Mongolic people who settled in Russia. It's estimated that only 300,000 Kalmyk descendants exist worldwide - with only 3,000 in America.



Grandpa and his Grandma ❤️

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Quote from: Say-Something-ReVon on July 22, 2023, 06:41:56 PMASS ALL OVER THE PLACE AS MELODY VOCALS CAN BE WITH THE RIGHT VOCAL PRODUCTION
THIS SONG WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER FIT FOR HER. SHE WOULD HAVE GIVEN VERY MUCH XTINA AGUILERA VIBES.

OVER ALL THIS IS SUCH A GREAT SONG! :flamebroiled:
I actually appreciate Nicole for coming up with that chanting voice at the beginning. That's her. At first I thought it was a sample.

But yes, Melody maybe singing the second verse would have made the song a little more interesting.