--- title: T-Pain Singing Without Autotune is Coming Back description: Drop all of the mics canonical: https://time.com/4120176/t-pain-autotune-npr/ author: ashley Ross article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-19T15:43:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:46:26.590Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: T-Pain Singing Without Autotune is Coming Back og:description: Drop all of the mics og:url: https://time.com/4120176/t-pain-autotune-npr/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt057158e6b96d448b/698871e4ab6d7713696a7390/t-pain-no-autotune.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: T-Pain In Concert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: T-Pain Singing Without Autotune is Coming Back twitter:description: Drop all of the mics twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt057158e6b96d448b/698871e4ab6d7713696a7390/t-pain-no-autotune.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # T-Pain Singing Without Autotune is Coming Back by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Nov 19, 2015 3:43 PM CUT  T-Pain performs at Brooklyn Warehouse on November 11, 2015, in New York City. T-Pain performs at Brooklyn Warehouse on November 11, 2015, in New York City.Johnny Nunez—WireImage/Getty Images by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Nov 19, 2015 3:43 PM CUT T-Pain made a splash last fall when he performed a [Tiny Desk Concert](http://www.npr.org/event/music/359661053/t-pain-tiny-desk-concert "undefined") for NPR, where he shocked fans everywhere by singing without auto-tune. Well, NPR announced that his amazingness is coming back for a concert at the organization’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. T-Pain will mark two big anniversaries with the performance: His one-year anniversary of what NPR is calling “the most popular Tiny Desk Concert ever”, and the 10th anniversary of his debut album, _Rappa Ternt Sanga_. He’ll perform classics and new songs from his upcoming album on Thursday, November 19 at 8 p.m. So, while you wait for that to happen, remind yourself how amazing it was [the first time around](http://time.com/3547338/t-pain-auto-tune-video/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4120176/t-pain-autotune-npr/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4120176/t-pain-autotune-npr/"},"headline":"T-Pain Singing Without Autotune is Coming Back","datePublished":"2015-11-19T15:43:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:46:26.590Z","description":"Drop all of the mics","url":"https://time.com/4120176/t-pain-autotune-npr/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt057158e6b96d448b/698871e4ab6d7713696a7390/t-pain-no-autotune.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt057158e6b96d448b/698871e4ab6d7713696a7390/t-pain-no-autotune.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"T-Pain In Concert","caption":"T-Pain In Concert","creditText":"Johnny Nunez—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4120176/t-pain-autotune-npr/","name":"T-Pain Singing Without Autotune is Coming Back"}}]}] ```