Why does everyone sing it like THAT? // TRAIN BRAIN

Why does everyone sing it like THAT?

COD IN THE MID00000l - why does every pop singer of the past 20 years sing in like that?
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0:00 Intro
0:45 Examples of "caught in the middle"
2:40 Question #1 - Why is this happening?
2:47 Reason 1 - Tone Painting
3:46 Reason 2 - Prosody
5:58 Question #2 - Why is this only happening in the past 20 years?
7:22 Reason 1 - Scotch Snaps
8:37 Reason 2 - Cot-Caught Merger
9:22 Reason 3 - Popularity
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