Metamusic

The music industry is costly. Having to pay all those humans (and Justin Bieber) to sing. But the industry has a long-term plan. Replace humans with synthesized vocals. The giveaways are the ever-increasing use of voice filters and, the promotion of vocalists whose voices sound like they're filtered. Eventually mass consumption of music will edge into the territory in which it is no longer possible to distinguish a human from a synthesized voice. (The term "vocalist" is used to distinguish whatever it is that mainstream "music" performers do and "singing". Singing means performing a song, which is form with a tune and words. The popular shows, like The Voice, that purportedly feature singing are almost entirely about vocalizing: adding notes, contorting sound, with no intent to convey the lyrics, other than giving the impression of emoting.) Think of it a race-to-the-bottom Turing Test. In contrast, no-one is ever going to mistake Leo and the Fish for synthesized sound.