Raw and unedited Britney Spears vocal leaks online
By Josh Haggis
A version of Britney Spears’ track Alien featuring completely unedited vocals has leaked onto the web. Listen below.
Alien was included on Spears’ most recent album, 2013’s Britney Jean – and the newly-leaked version features completely raw vocals, free of Auto-Tune, from the …Baby One More Time singer.
After the singer’s unpolished vocals were criticised on social media, the track’s producer, William Orbit, spoke out in defence of Spears, explaining in a statement on Facebook that the recording was simply a “vocal warm-up”.
He also said that whoever leaked the unedited vocals did so “in the spirit of unkindness”.
Read Orbit’s statement below:
“Dearest Music Lovers, 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 won’t be re-posting it here]. 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.
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 warmups. 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.Whomever put this on the internet must have done so in a spirit of unkindness, but it can in no way detract from the fact that Britney is and always will be beyond Stellar! She is magnificent! And that’s that.
Sincerely, William”.
Listen to the unedited vocals below – then let us know what you think in the comments section.
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhrS82KEBcw[/youtube]
More from Britney? Listen to her cover Madonna’s ‘Burning Up’