Welcome. I'm Ryan Higa.
Professional singer and vocal-stiloliger-izer-ist.
and today I'm gonna be teaching you how to sing like some of your favorite artists.
As much as you think you can't sing or as much as you know you can: you can't...
...yet.
But by the time you finish this video with enough work and effort in one day you MIGHT be able to sound like...
[high-pitched and loud] THIIIIIS!
Not one lesson.
The first artist you're gonna learn how to sound like...
Think of every tough guy you've ever met with a big ass chain.
Now double that!
That's how tough you gotta be when you rap like 2 Chainz.
And once you got that down, all you have to do is rap about all things that are blatantly obvious.
Or a line like this:
Or...
Yes, those are actual lyrics from his song, "Birthday Song."
But really: once you perfect your 2 Chainz, you can do it with anything.
Oh! Gotta poop. Gotta poop right now...
J.T. likes to sing high.
So the technique here is simple:
You just have to grab your nuts hard. Hard as the can.
♪ I can't wait [grabs nuts] till I get you on the floor, good lookin' ♪ HOO!
[screaming]
Sounding like Nicki Minaj is simple.
All you have to do is rap while you're slowly leaning back on an exercise ball.
♪ I said, "Excuse me you're a hell of a guy. I mean my m-m-my, you're like pelican fly" ♪
♪ I mean, you're so shy and I'm lovin' your tie. You're slicker than the guy with the thing on his eye ♪ augh!
So you wanna sound like Beyoncé.
Probably can't. It's natural God given talent.
Just try to sound overly sexy almost to the point where it sounds like you're gonna cry but you don't.
[crying]
[emotional] ♪ As long as you love me... ♪
Just pretend you're a good looking British singer and duplicate yourself.
♪ Everyone else but you two! ♪
Let's see I'm probably gonna need about ...one two three.. four more people for this part so...
影分身の術 ["Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"]
[explosion]
You guys ready? Ready: five six seven eight...
♪ Remember that when you are feeling sad... ♪
Just sound really lazy like you don't even feel like rapping today.
♪ STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM NOW WE'RE HERE! ♪
Lazier! Much lazier than that!
[mellow] ♪ Started from the bottom now we're here! ♪
LAZIER!
[bored] ♪ Started from the bottom now we're here. ♪
Look, your alarm clock just woke you up at 6 a.m. and now you have to go to school!
[actually sounding good] ♪ Started from the bottom now the whole team here... ♪
Now take what you did with Drake and go even lazier. Kinda like you're on drugs and struggling to speak.
[tired and drugged] ♪ Could never figure out how to love, how to love... ♪
Pretend like you're rapping at 3 a.m. in the morning with your mom sleeping
in the same room and she already woke up to scold you once.
♪ When the pimps in the crib ma drop it- ♪
WILL YOU SHUT UP?!
To sound like T-Pain...
I'm already doing it.
[tape rewinds]
[robotic voice] Initiate autotune
[very autotuned] ♪ To sound like T-Paaaaain I'm already doing it. ♪
Yeah. That's it.
♪ Yeah yeah yeah! ♪ It's $#!&...
It's kind of like you're hard of hearing.
WHAT?!
I said it's kind of like you're hard of hearing!
WHAT?!
[enunciating] I said it's kind of like you're hard of hearing!
OKAAAY!
You're sad because you just lost the love of your life and you're trying to get over them
by pushing them out but you can't because you're just constipated with love.
[grunting]
♪ Where are you!? And I'm so sorry! ♪
Think of the sound you would make when imitating the shot clock buzzer of a basketball game.
[buzzer noise]
Now make the sound of your voice cracking when you're going though puberty.
[cracky voice] I'm going through puberty!
Put those two together and you've got country.
♪ I will never say never... ♪
You remember the Stitch voice from Lilo and Stitch?
[Stitch voice] Ohana means family.
Good! Now do that with a deeper voice while bobbing your head.
♪ Ohana meansa family ♪
And if you wanna get fancy, you can add in those random, unnecessary shouting sounds
that they do in the beginning of the song right before the chorus.
All you have to do is hit random things on your keyboard and shout it out loud.
Whether it's in a different language or just sounds like it is, there are still ways you can sound like your favorite artist.
If you don't know the song just keep quiet until the part that you do know comes up.
♪ Yeah YeAH YEAAAAAAH!! ♪
♪ Oppa Ga- Oppa Gangnam Style... ♪
Or you can just sing the parts that you DO know and mumble the rest
♪ Just gimme the light... ♪
[mumbles]
♪ Girl you're lookin' nice... ♪
[mumbles]
♪ Plus you gimme the zie ♪
And if those two tips don't work, just make up the words.
As long as it relates to the song title, people will probably think you know it.
Kinda like how I used to sing the song "Lights" by Ellie Goulding.
Actually, those lyrics could make a really good 2 Chainz song!
♪ You turn the lights off then you turn 'em back on ♪
Last but not least and probably the most difficult to understand and imitate:
In order to sound like Skrillex, you need to do everything you just learned in this video and put it all together in one.
[clips of singing]
[tape rewinds]
[robotic voice] Initiate autotune
[remixed clicking and hitting]
[Skrillex remix]