What was REALLY the first song to use autotune? Everybody claims it was Believe by Cher, but it came out in October 1998. In August 1998, Kid Rock released his album Devil Without a Cause with a song called Only God Knows Why on it and it pretty obviously used autotune. Are there any even earlier examples than Kid Rock? Autotune was technically around in September 1997, so somebody else had t…

Auto-Tune always and forever Image: Samar Haddad / The VergePopular music changes all the time, but there’s been one consistent element in practically everything released in the last two decades: Auto-Tune is everywhere. What started as a simple audio processing tool in the 1990s has become the dominant force in music. Artists are training to sing with Auto-Tune; songs soun…