falsetto
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But he’s just singing better than ever — the falsetto wouldn’t hide flaws, it would just emphasize them.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Jealous Lover” is a spacious, soul-inflected number in the vein of “Beast of Burden” that allows Mr. Jagger to indulge his Curtis Mayfield-style falsetto.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Slap the City” clatters and coos with R&B falsetto and at least makes the blank nihilism of Drake’s dating life feel self-aware.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Singing in a delicate falsetto, his voice conveys some of the frailty of age, lending the song a powerful emotional punch.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Grabbing them by their tails, he dropped them almost instantly, blurting falsetto eeks because they had wriggled back up to nip him with their toothless little mouths.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
The angelic falsettos of The Bee Gees – brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb – give us and the song a lift — especially when the word "Alive" is stretched out enough to touch Heaven.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022
Sasfy added, “The style is clear — male passion and pain made real by exaggerated timing, breathless gasps, resounding basso profundo, swooping falsettos and nervous yelps.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2022
The album’s sharply sensitive lyrics, Jordan’s whispery falsettos and fuzzy guitars combine for an excellent sophomore showing from the young indie rock powerhouse.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
He began yowling along, tacking his versions of Jackson’s famous grunts and falsettos into the space between each phrase: “If they say why, why, tell ’em that it’s human nature!
From The New Yorker ● May 6, 2019
It was the most cracked and venerable pipe that ever tickled the throat of old age, a mingling of wailing falsettos and of hollow gasping growls, the whole very weak.
From The Frozen Pirate by W. Clark (William Clark) Russell
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The Catcher in the Rye
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