falsetto

“He would gleefully look at me and shout his falsetto for songs like ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But he’s just singing better than ever — the falsetto wouldn’t hide flaws, it would just emphasize them.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

“Jealous Lover” is a spacious, soul-inflected number in the vein of “Beast of Burden” that allows Mr. Jagger to indulge his Curtis Mayfield-style falsetto.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Launched in an era where machismo meant a goofy wrestler or metal singer with an eight-octave falsetto, the steroidal beskirted barbarian has always been a bit ridiculous.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

Ms. Holly sings a bunch of nonsense words in a falsetto while she moves her head from side to side like a chicken.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

The angelic falsettos of The Bee Gees – brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb – give us and the song a lift — especially when the word "Alive" is stretched out enough to touch Heaven.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022

Sasfy added, “The style is clear — male passion and pain made real by exaggerated timing, breathless gasps, resounding basso profundo, swooping falsettos and nervous yelps.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2022

The album’s sharply sensitive lyrics, Jordan’s whispery falsettos and fuzzy guitars combine for an excellent sophomore showing from the young indie rock powerhouse.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

He began yowling along, tacking his versions of Jackson’s famous grunts and falsettos into the space between each phrase: “If they say why, why, tell ’em that it’s human nature!

From The New Yorker ● May 6, 2019

The reply came in a chorus of trebles, pipings, quavers, and adolescent falsettos that caused the mayor to lift his hands to his forehead entreating silence.

From The Patient Observer And His Friends by Simeon Strunsky