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Compare the Transatlantic accent under UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents, which similarly is not quite American and not quite British, but combines elements of accents from both sides—originally to carry over better in the early days of radio and sound film where clear enunciation was important; later it became a "international" but stereotypically elite or upper-class accent without the very specific placement of the speaker as coming from either side of the pond, i.e., the Atlantic.
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Typically, bands and singers who intend to [[GratuitousForeignLanguage emancipate themselves from their origins and local dialect (or accent)]] will often end up sounding like this, especially if from the British Isles or Europe and trying for a generic American accent. The bands of TheBritishInvasion attempted to do this to Americanize themselves and, by being ridiculously successful and influential, made this kind of pronunciation popular and cemented it as a standard. As a consequence, the Americanization aspect may be completely absent today. Of course, American singers may employ this accent as well.
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Typically, bands and singers who intend to [[GratuitousForeignLanguage emancipate themselves from their origins and local dialect (or accent)]] will often end up sounding like this, especially if from the British Isles or Europe and trying for a generic American accent. The bands of TheBritishInvasion UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion attempted to do this to Americanize themselves and, by being ridiculously successful and influential, made this kind of pronunciation popular and cemented it as a standard. As a consequence, the Americanization aspect may be completely absent today. Of course, American singers may employ this accent as well.
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It's neither [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents American]] nor [[BritishAccents British]], nor any other dialect of English. If you start out as a pop singer in a non-English-speaking country, it's the way you learn to pronounce song lyrics and possibly English words in general - because that's what plays on the radio. If you choose to use an actual dialect or accent instead, no matter whether it's your own or a different one, you avert this trope.
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It's neither [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents American]] nor [[BritishAccents [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents British]], nor any other dialect of English. If you start out as a pop singer in a non-English-speaking country, it's the way you learn to pronounce song lyrics and possibly English words in general - because that's what plays on the radio. If you choose to use an actual dialect or accent instead, no matter whether it's your own or a different one, you avert this trope.
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It's neither [[AmericanAccents American]] nor [[BritishAccents British]], nor any other dialect of English. If you start out as a pop singer in a non-English-speaking country, it's the way you learn to pronounce song lyrics and possibly English words in general - because that's what plays on the radio. If you choose to use an actual dialect or accent instead, no matter whether it's your own or a different one, you avert this trope.
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It's neither [[AmericanAccents [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents American]] nor [[BritishAccents British]], nor any other dialect of English. If you start out as a pop singer in a non-English-speaking country, it's the way you learn to pronounce song lyrics and possibly English words in general - because that's what plays on the radio. If you choose to use an actual dialect or accent instead, no matter whether it's your own or a different one, you avert this trope.
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* The word "me" is frequently pronounced homonymously with "May". The same vowel may less commonly be altered in other words.
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* The word "me" long E sound is frequently pronounced homonymously with "May". The same changed from a high to a mid or even low vowel may less commonly be altered in other words.
("me" becomes "may"). Lower vowels are easier to sing (larger passage for air to flow through), especially at a high pitch or volume.
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No need for this, examples would be perfectly fine here.
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''As this is an OmnipresentTrope, there's no need to post examples here. You are encouraged to list this trope on the respective artists' pages, though.''
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\"gone\" can be subject to the lot-cloth split, changed to lot, also added open-mid back vowel
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* The "o" in "gone", "body" etc. is pronounced as in General American (lower tongue position and long).
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* The "o" in "gone", "lot", "body" etc. is pronounced as in General American (lower tongue position and long).long, like "palm").
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* The vowel in "caught", "walk", etc. is either diphthongized to sound like the one in "mouth" or merged with "lot".
