T-Pain Says Usher’s Biting Comment About Auto-Tune ‘Started a Four-Year Depression’
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“And then he was like, ‘Yeah man you kinda f—ed up music,'” Pain remembered. “I didn’t understand. Usher was my friend. He was like, ‘Nah, you really f—ed up music for real singers.” Pain said at that point he couldn’t listen anymore as his mind filled with self-doubt about whether Usher’s claim was true.
“Did I f— this up? Did I f— up music?” Pain said he asked himself, recalling that, yes, he did use Auto-Tune, but it’s not like he told everyone else to do it. “And that is the very moment … that started a four-year depression for me.”
A spokesperson for Usher had not returned requests for comment at press time.
The interview is part of the upcoming eight-part Netflix series that dives into some untold pop stories, featuring interviews with Shania Twain, Chuck D, Babyface, 98 Degrees, MILCK, Hozier, Blur, Orville Peck, Boyz II Men, Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Brandi Carlile, among many others.
Episode titles for the series slated to debut on Tuesday (June 22) include “The Boyz II Men Effect,” “Auto-Tune,” “Stockholm Syndrome,” “When Country Goes Pop,” “Hail Britpop!,” “Festival Rising,” “What Can a Song Do?” and “The Brill Building in 4 Songs.”
Watch the clip and the This is Pop trailer below.