Beneath his Auto-Tuned vocals, the teen musician Ash Gutierrez layers in the sorts of scratchy early-Internet sounds that could have come from a Windows 98 computer.
Two years ago, a shaggy-haired fifteen-year-old named Ash Gutierrez spent his free time playing video games and streaming TV shows. He was nobody special online, either—his social-media accounts were mostly followed by friends and family. Thenhappened, and his story—like so many people’s—changed. Gutierrez’s high school, in Hendersonville, North Carolina, pivoted to remote learning. He sank into ennui.
Gutierrez is seventeen now, and has a bouncy energy that echoes his music. The b.p.m. on his songs often exceeds a hundred and sixty, about twice the speed of a resting heartbeat. Beneath his Auto-Tuned vocals, he layers in the sorts of scratchy early-Internet sounds that could have come from a Windows 98 computer. A typical, Holden Caulfield-esque chorus goes, “I wanna slam my head against the wall / She doesn’t really like me, she likes alcohol.
It can be tough to find time for music, touring, and school, which is in-person again. Sometimes he hastily works at online math assignments in green rooms, minutes before their deadlines. He leaned toward the screen and whispered into his Neumann microphone. “My parents don’t know this, but I have a 54 in math class right now,” he said. “With seventeen absences. And the max I can get is ten! But Imma finagle it. I promise. I have time.” He made a cringe face.
There’s a lot to notice. His wrists are wrapped in beaded bracelets. The blond hair is new. “I feel like a little pop girl now,” he said, cupping his face with his hands, as if he were Baby June in “Gypsy.” His parents are in his corner. He showed off his alternating lavender and cream fingernails with a high-beam smile. “My mom used to do it,” he said, “but I’m really good at it now.” He went on, “My mom’s always putting me on to stuff.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
I’m obsessed with a stick in Destiny 2: The Witch QueenThe new glaive weapon transforms Destiny 2.
Read more »
Ingenuity helicopter aces 20th Mars flightIngenuity keeps chugging along.
Read more »
Lawsuit accuses oil companies of colluding to keep California gas prices highAn Escondido gas retailer is lead plaintiff in class-action lawsuit against major oil companies.
Read more »
$36 million school voucher bill fails in Utah HouseA controversial bill to create a taxpayer-funded, $36 million school voucher program failed by a weighty margin in the Utah House on Monday.
Read more »
Fifth Ward residents urge Union Pacific to clean up rail yard near cancer cluster at protestFor years, Union Pacific has failed to remove all the toxic creosote that seeped into the groundwater and soil in a rail yard in Fifth Ward. Residents gathered on Monday to protest yet again for Union Pacific to clean up the contamination near their homes.
Read more »