Two years ago, the death of Auto-Tune seemed like a smart prediction. Instead, the technique has settled into the toolkit of pop

It may resemble the aural equivalent of Photoshop, but the best uses of Auto-Tune are often the ones that play up the stylisationI have a confession to make: I like Auto-Tune. Or maybe that should be: I still like it. Thirteen years after Cher's Believe, and two years after Jay-Z pronounced it dead, I'm still excited by that effects box and the robotic gurgle it induces.Part of it, I admit, is that Auto-Tune is so furiously hated by so many music fans. The American critic Jonathan Bogart has...

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