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Hello, and welcome. I'm Ryan Higa,
professional singer and vocal-stiloliger-izer-ist.
You probably remember me from How To Sing Like Your Favorite Artist part 1.
Well this one's completely different. It's not as good.
With that being said, welcome to How To Sing Like Your Favorite Artist
part 2.
Remember that scary movie "The Grudge"?
Make the sound that the little girl in "The Grudge" makes.
Aauuuuhhhh...
Just sing like you normally would sing...
♪ When I met you in the summer! ♪
...and add the little Grudge girl sound.
♪ When I met you in the summer... ♪
♪ To my heartbeat sound... ♪
♪ We fell in love... ♪
♪ As the leaves turned brown... ♪
[grunting noises]
In order to sound like The Weeknd,
you have to literally make your face frozen
to the point where it's numb
and you can't feel it anymore.
♪ I can't feel my face when I'm with you.. ♪
And once you get the frozen face down,
all you have to do is act like you're sad and depressed.
♪ I'm just tryna get you out the friend zone... ♪
And if people can't hear you, just use a megaphone.
♪ I only call you when it's half past... ♪
In order to sound like Fetty Wap, just sing as if you just got hit in the nuts.
Or for girls to relate, just make the sound you make when you cut wind.
You know, when you get the wind knocked out of you, you make the sound that's like
[stressed inhale]
and then just sing like that. Fetty Wap.
Auuugh!
♪ Baby won't you come my way? ♪
[grunting]
You know when you're yawning and you still try to talk; that sound it makes?
[yawning]
all you have to do is sing, while you yawn.
[yawning]
♪ You and me we made a vow... ♪
♪ You say I'm crazy... ♪
[inaudible]
[laughing]
You know when you're a little kid where you're on the verge of crying
but you do your best to try and suck it up?
You know, the borderline where you're trying to fight back your tears,
because you know once you start crying,
you're not gonna be able to stop.
Well in order to sound like 5 Seconds of Summer, you gotta get to that borderline.
[crying/grunting]
♪ ...what we had was real... ♪
♪ how could you be fine? ♪
[whining] Guess I'm not fine at all.
You know that voice you make when you get sent to your room by your parents?
Where you wanna yell back at them but you don't want them to hear it...
[pouting]
[door slams]
[quiet yelling] I hate this family!
...because you know that if they hear you
you're gonna get in more trouble.
[quiet yelling while stammering]
In order to sound like Bruno Mars, that's all you gotta do.
Shout, but don't let your mom hear it.
♪ Don't believe me just watch ♪
♪ hey, hey, hey, oh! ♪
[muffled] SHUT UP!
You shut up!
To sound like Pharrell, you just have to sing as if you're really unconfident
and you don't want other people to hear you.
[happy] ♪ Clap along if you... ♪
Nope. Too confident.
[not as happy] ♪ Clap along if you... ♪
Even more unconfident.
[blandly] ♪ Clap along if you.. ♪
YOU ARE SO UNCONFIDENT, YOU HAVE NO SELF-ESTEEM, NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR YOU SING, bro.
[actually sounding good] ♪ Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof. ♪
[shyly] Clap along if you know...
[fading speech]
In order to sound like Twenty One Pilots, you gotta think choppy.
You gotta be a chicken!
Chickens move like this:
And in order to sound like Twenty One Pilots, you just gotta be a chicken.
♪ Wish we could turn back time ♪
Even more chicken.
[choppy] ♪ Wish we could turn back time ♪
More chicken!
[choppier] ♪ Wish we could turn back time ♪
JUST BE A CHICKEN!
[very choppy] ♪ Wish we could turn back time ♪
♪ To the good ol' days ♪
♪ [inaudible] ♪
In order to sound like Selena Gomez, you just gotta do what just did with Twenty One Pilots:
Be a chicken.
Except, this time, a little bit more robotic, just one tone.
I AM A ROBOT.
And that's about it. In order to sound like Selena Gomez, you just gotta be a robot chicken.
♪ Can't keep my hands to myself ♪
♪ I hope my mom doesn't watch this part ♪
You wanna sound like Adam Levine?
Pretend you're a baby crying for attention.
[crying like a baby]
And once you got that down,
you just gotta be out of breath.
[panting]
And once you got those two down,
you're Adam Levine. A baby that's out of breath.
[panting]
♪ I'm hurting baby, I'm broken down ♪
♪ I need your loving, loving, I need it now ♪
[panting]
You think Jason Derulo, think high-pitched.
And just when you think it's too high, go even higher.
And even higher after that!
He literally tells you what to do to sound like him!
You just gotta sing:
♪ So high, so high! ♪
[glass shattering]
Jason Derulo...
You know when you're sick and you just can't get that snot out of your throat?
[coughing]
In order to sound like Eminem, you just have to keep trying to get that snot out,
to the point where you're so frustrated, that you have to yell.
[yelling]
♪ [rapping] ♪
[hacking and spitting]
♪ 'Cause you're my mom! ♪
Last time I taught you how to rap like Drake.
But Drake is more than that. He's a singer.
And in order to sing like him all you have to do is sing like you normally would.
♪ I'm way up, I feel blessed! ♪
Well this time, all you have to do is stand on a shaky stool while trying to dust the top of your cabinet
♪ I'm waaaaay up, I feel... [sneezes] ♪
(bless you)
♪ ...blessed ♪�
Again, last time we taught you how to sing emo song.
Just sing as if you're pushing out a dookie.
In order to sound like green day, you just gotta do that.
But this time you're extremely bored.
♪ Wake me up, when September ends... ♪
You wanna sound like Shakira?
Just think "Kermit the frog" as a girl.
I guess that would be Miss Piggy.
If you wanna sound like Shakira, you're Miss Piggy.
♪ And I'm on tonight ♪
♪ You know my hips don't lie ♪
♪ And I'm starting to feel it's right ♪
To sound like Gwen Stefani
stick your bottom lip out and pout.
Gonna pout more than that.
Even more pouty.
You're a little girl throwing a tantrum!
♪ Never thought this would happen ♪
♪ Gonna let you sink in. You're gone ♪
And I don't even smoke, but if you wanna sound like Lorde, you gotta take a few hits.
What the...?
That's how you do Lorde.
Just have a couple hits, and then disappear.
There are a lot of different kinds of dance songs.
But all the best ones have one thing in common.
A little annoying kid.
Hi, everybody. I'm a little kid.
Just use that little annoying kid as the hype man.
For example, if you wanna sound like silento.
♪ You already know who it is ♪
♪ Now watch me whip (kill it) ♪
♪ Now watch me nae nae (okay) ♪
♪ Now watch me whip, whip ♪
♪ Now watch me nae nae (Want me do it?)♪
Or like Major Lazer song, Lean On.
You just have to be a little kid that's fearing for his life
because he is about to get leaned on by a rather large woman.
♪ All we need is somebody to lean on ♪
♪ Eeh ooh... ♪
Or even like iLoveMemphis, you know the guy that sings Hit the Quan.
That's still a little annoying kid, but now he is a teenager.
So he gets to do the whole song.