But it isn't about VOLUME or fishwifery and other loaded stuff. There is such a thing as a mellifluous voice and it's not gender specific. (Think, Sinatra.) The mature female voice is apt to be an alto, even among those who have the capacity to sing as soprano.

What I am hearing is, as you suggest -- simply, immaturity. Held onto for ___ whatever social- Pop- 'reason', most likely completely unconsciously. (But then, 'unconscious' has never been so socially-approved as today.)


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