William Orbit, one of the producers and writers for Britney Spears’ “Alien,” has rushed to defend the pop star after a raw version of the song without Auto-Tune surfaced online this month. He said the recording came from a warmup session, explaining the pitchy vocals.
“I’d like to affirm that ANY singer when first at the mic at the start of a long session can make a multitude of vocalisations in order to get warmed up. … I’ve heard all manner of sounds emitted during warmups,” he said in lengthy Facebook post. “The point is that it is not supposed to be shared with millions of listeners.”