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A number of artists associated with hyperpop, a movement in electronic music that emerged in the 2010s, aggressively manipulate their recorded voice. The musician Arca, for example, sometimes shifts the pitch of her vocals to be much higher than that of her natural range. And even the hyperpop artists who don't rely on pitch-shifting, such as Namasenda, often distort their vocals using digital tools. By persistently modifying the voice, hyperpop invites the listener to reflect on the extent to which digital technology mediates the human experience today.