How To Make A Dark Pop Song (Like Tate McRae, Fletcher, Carlie Hanson, Olivia O'Brien, Madison Beer)

[@tiffanimusic]

please release that song lmaoo

[@MakePopMusic]

Bully Tate McRae into cutting it 😂

[@nobiclarke]

For real!

[@amystarkmusic]

Frrr

[@ya_boi_paypay26]

@@MakePopMusicGirl release it YOURSELF I really love your original vocal

[@mrNCSUman]

@@ya_boi_paypay26you know he’s a dude right?

[@niko1622]

THIS SOUNDS INCREDIBLE, very well written and produced

[@MakePopMusic]

Thank you!!

[@verano_husky]

i need a full version of this song NOW! 😭

[@gyro1882]

The modern pop trend of hyper processing vocals is definitely going to make it easier for people to get away with using AI vocals in their mixes. I kinda love it and I'm kinda scared shitless at the same time of what the future holds haha

[@nobiclarke]

Dude you have a straight hit on your hands, been stuck in my head on repeat!

[@Drill74268]

Dark Pop is one of the most underrated genres

[@prismen5535]

Would love to see you cover how to make something akin to an Ethel Cain song like ‘American Teenager’ or ‘Strangers’. Yet to see anyone break down her style on KZbin. She produces all her own stuff by herself too which is pretty cool! Loved the video once again :) The best channel on YT for this stuff I swear.

[@_kilbee]

dude i second this!!! ethels music is SOOO good and i havent seen anyone on YT tackle that yet. hopefully austin does this literally prayinggg

[@thorbieee]

oh my goodness YESSSS i LOVEEE ethel cain sooooo muchhhhh

[@djontheweather]

Yes!!

[@simoneautumnleaf4141]

AUSTIN PLEAAAASE WE ARE LITERALLY BEGGING YOU

[@antonioquerusio5335]

something like family tree or gibson girl! I'm obsessed with Ethel Cain, they are so creative.

[@qphilo]

from the instrumental 2 the vocals 2 the lyrics. everything is absolutely nailed jesus

[@chaosevolution]

I miss watching awesome tutorials like this. My production feels a little stagnant. This is just what I needed to see. You rock Austin!

[@wardsmessaert7893]

RELEASE THIS BANGER RIGHT NOW PLS

[@marshmellovevo4880]

need a full version sooooo muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@averinn9646]

Pls release full song

[@NeonshadowNS]

Well, you never disappoint. Your hard work is always appreciated. This did in fact come out pretty great!

[@zerogxbe]

found myself head boppin to this, you never fail 😭😭

[@EuropasOcean]

It sounds amazing. Honestly when mixed with the instrumentals, the vocals sound like Tate for real.

[@ArthurCostaU]

It sounds exactly like something that I’d listen to. Amazing!

[@Fraend]

just bought Y2K and I feel so proud! great pack

[@MakePopMusic]

Thank you!!

[@entertainmentpurpose4572]

Big fan bro your tutorials really helped me a lot in music production sending positive vibes to you man Thank you!!!!!

[@darklyweird]

sameee. i levelled up heavily thanks to him!

[@papaya0202]

This needs to be released asap !

[@EuropasOcean]

I keep re-listening to this song. It is amazing!!

[@KLOVOrecords]

thank you so much for these vids, they are very motivative for production 🙏😎

[@derPedobearhinterdir]

Crazy stuff, well done!

[@kalumagel]

i cant tell u how much how much i've been waiting for this one

[@MakePopMusic]

thank you!! hope you enjoy!

[@charlotteeee3854]

THE LYRICS?! HELLO?! THEY'RE SO GOOD WHATTTTT I LOVE IT

[@joeygproducedit7863]

Wheres your music???

[@T4ETUM]

Always reading my mind the second I wonder how to make an artist type beat here you are…. Thank you ❤

[@connermannie6223]

This is mind blowing man, amazing work!

[@rdwaudio]

Always fire! Love those atmo pads. Gives so much depth

[@MakePopMusic]

Atmos pads literally go in everything I do!

[@rdwaudio]

A must!!@@MakePopMusic

[@JonDeth]

I appreciate your content. It was ironic for me to read your background, and that you started out in metal! I play guitar at the most elaborate level for thrash and melodic death metal, sing 7 octaves; the whole 9 yards, but love a wide variety of electronic music and work on my own fairly consistently. Far more constructed work than I put into metal. It's too easy and convenient to just shred through arpeggios, sleazy rhythms etc.

[@midnightskyofficial]

This may be diving into more of the EDM realm but I’d love to see a video sort of doing Said The Sky’s blend of pop and electronic

[@MakePopMusic]

LOVE Said The Sky!

[@1drust]

Bro you're really an amazing producer

[@roseilver]

20:28 imma left this part for repeat 😂

[@smoovejazz9832]

I'm stealing this whole flow bar for bar

[@Ca0nil3r0]

This is absolutely beautiful!

[@makethemix]

Holy shit… 1. Someone needs to buy this song from you immediately. 2. You always kill it.

[@CashAndLazo]

Why no one mentions Isabel LaRosa even tho she makes “Dark Pop” music that is good…

[@chaewonmewon]

8:40 yooo the drums and pattern kinda sound like the drums in eleven by IVE

[@laurenyoung8507]

wait this is insane omg

[@the4everhmong]

Loving this melody!!! I wanna try and recreate this to learn.

[@lostarchiveSDN]

Loved the AI disclaimer! The track is amazing too, another great tutorial

[@corpse_ai]

pls release a full version with your vocals

[@jasonfrenchman]

Excellent work!

[@chloesloan]

guys this song exists it’s tell by sixty! hope that helps. tates voice isn’t in it is is ai in this vid! hope that helps!

[@markuseikestad6370]

Wow he stole it from Austin

[@laithellabban]

dude this nuts, you killed it

[@sebprod]

Awesome to see you implemented midi guitar. Thank you! 🔥🙌

[@davidallanmusic]

That turned out really great.

[@MakePopMusic]

thanks so much!

[@davidallanmusic]

You're welcome!@@MakePopMusic

[@honeyplant13]

This song is stuck in my head now lmao. Good stuff! 🔥

[@MakePopMusic]

ngl, it's been in my head all week since I filmed too. lolol

[@punkemogeekrock]

Super cool! Appreciate you doing this for us all! :)

[@lolx1847]

Hey Austin, can you do a video on how to get that very recent Serban Ghenea vocal sound, best heard in songs like Too Much (Jung Kook, Laroi, Central Cee) and Seven (Jung Kook)? I hear this elusive smooth, “fluffy” texture in the mids that I can’t wrap my head around. In some ways you can hear this texture in Tate McRae’s greedy as well, even though someone else mixed that song. Curious to know your take on this. Thanks!

[@MakePopMusic]

Serban is INSANE with mixing. I'm definitely still working my way up to that but I'll see what I can do! I'm in the process of getting some new monitors and redoing some acoustic treatment that will be a huge upgrade so I'm sure 2024 will have much more mixing content on the channel!

[@austinholak]

Amazing!! I already love you lol. Just got Logic, wow what an upgrade from Audacity! 🙈 I was quaking when I read “Carlie Hanson” I grew up in the same area as her and worked with her at McDonalds when we were younger! Lol. I love my pop girlies. Would love to make music like this with them. Such a nice video. ❤ Thank you so much!!

[@sound-engineer]

It sounds pretty happy to me

[@gorkaprado]

Hiii can you make a video about how to write lyrics like these pleaseeee? I love ur videossss🫶🏻

[@Jasmine-cn4wc]

this track is fire!🔥found myself humming it 10 mins after finishing the video🎶

[@StevenQuots_English]

YOU NEVER DISAPPOINT

[@BronwynG]

That song is fire!

[@zacdugan5761]

Banger

[@applecrazy1]

You are insanely talented

[@romiden106]

Hey, Austin ......plaz make more of this Crazy Content, specially Dark pop songs..............Can you make one similar like BlackBear IDFC

[@Georgehill2010]

What is actually the app or website your using to make this !!!!

[@ThENuKeBeSt]

Can you make a tutorial showing how do you mix hyperprocessed vocals for men please?

[@yankeeshoota]

holy fuck ur in the goat convo for producers man this is amazing

[@sean1strozyk]

I’ve never heard someone say Db minor before haha love it. This guy rocks

[@AfterWorkMusician]

Love this track....best pop tutorials by far!

[@MakePopMusic]

Thank you so much!!

[@fanboykamiok]

Great video, Austin! Please do a video on building harmony stacks using a Vocs AI

[@chasyn3208]

Bro you killed this!!!!

[@chloe-bm2jy]

can you make a full/extended version?

[@kaviersplat]

Oh babes you made a HIT

[@d05music17]

nice work brother! dig it

[@casscars3405]

THIS WAS SO GOOD! I want to play it on repeattttt lol

[@josuamuller4543]

super good tutorial thank you!!! the struggle with recording cubase is reall i feel that 😂

[@NatalieAngelova]

Can I work with you? 😅 This was great !

[@wardsmessaert7893]

PLS RELEASE THIS SONG AS UR OWN OR AS COLAB WITH TATE!!!!!

[@archael18]

This song is absolutely excellent 👌👌

[@InVerum]

Glad you posted this, totally would have missed the sale. How many terabytes of samples is too many? Fuck if I know.

[@MakePopMusic]

The limit doesn’t exist

[@matttorrence2900]

Hey, I used to be Cappa’s Music teacher. She did very well despite of me! Lol.

[@Aniacakess]

CRYSTAL CASTLES!!

[@Nexttastic]

Tutorial on TheKidLaroi´s "bleed" would be awesome!

[@MakePopMusic]

heard chef!

[@RAINTROUPE]

ITS SO GOOD

[@lavidaloca7635]

I would love to see your make a template for mid tempo afrobeat songs I follow all your videos they’re amazing

[@uddhav_vishwas]

You nailed it bro...love from India

[@SaruenonSubwimol]

this is fire song man!

[@je0nluv694]

This is SO good

[@IVRiccardo]

Thatss crazy how you made this this good😳🔥,is there any chance to get the song ?🙏🏻☺️

[@Andrew05689]

Do you make the multitracks for your videos available anywhere?

[@aljames7345]

Wnderful just amazin! Can you share your Cubase colour scheme please? :)

[@christiana2192]

16:24 why does the picture of Tate McRae look more like Scarlett Johansson than Tate McRae LMAO

[@MakePopMusic]

because AI art isn’t very good 😂

[@kylevanberkom4501]

Can you make a video on how to mix vocals like charlieonnafriday? A song of his that sticks out to me is Dolla Signs. There is something about his ad-libs (modulation/sound field EFX) that just add so much to the mix, it interests me a lot! His producer Tyler Dopps is also definitely on the come up and has some incredible production on his latest records. Love the vids, keep it up Austin!

[@nja8830]

how do you make this riser tension effect on the very first sweet tooth in the intro of the track?? please

[@nja8830]

sounds like a kickstart but I doubt it is ^^

[@MakePopMusic]

The intro is a mix of a granular loop from Sweet Tooth being automated up, and a snare fill from sweet tooth rising as well!

[@Skullynor]

i’m trying to make a darker pop song, but like my lines seem too long :(

[@imakemusix5867]

BRO THIS IS INSANE

[@hailz44]

would love to see a video where you show how to take an ordinary vocal change its pitch and sound natural... like for example making a male vocal sound like a female vocal without it sounding super weird....and vise versa... there have been so many times ive been writing a song for release and i want that nice gorgeous backing singer but when i try switch the sound with pitch shifting it just sounds so silly :/

[@HKprod90]

i'd love a video with travis scott's voice :)

[@Azzyy444]

I like the idea of using the artists voice for the final listen demo, you should explore it more! but ai is getting so scary lol

[@AlexDMast]

I would love to hear a video on pop country like dan + shay

[@jovianislife6388]

that song really ate tho

[@azul4904]

this is probably gonna be the dumbest question ever, but with these videos i’m always lost right at the beginning with it. writing lyrics and melodies comes naturally to me, but i don’t play any instruments other than singing. my question is, for someone like me, where do you start? how do you “outsource” these instrumentals? i feel like i sound stupid asking this but i genuinely don’t really know how to go about it, and it’s the reason why my songs never go anywhere other than my drawers. can someone give me a clue?

[@w-gabriel]

nice work!

[@SimonPicard]

Can you explain to me what kind of pop Sia does? I want to create beats like this but I don't know where to find suitable samples and instruments because I don't know what kind of pop Sia makes. Is it also in the direction of dark pop or is it more indie? Or something else?

[@RyanSoanesMusic]

I love your content! been watching a while now as you're a fellow cubase user :) how do you record audio for Cubase when you're doing these videos? I can't seem to record audio from my DAW at all no matter what I try

[@MakePopMusic]

I use an RME interface which has loop back so I can route the audio from Cubase into OBS! Before this interface, I used a program called VoiceMeeter

[@RyanSoanesMusic]

thankyou so much :)@@MakePopMusic

[@elliotjr421]

What's the Daw you are using. ?

[@MakePopMusic]

Cubase 13 Pro!

[@JackDenning]

If I HAD to suggest something, it'd be a Dominic Fike tutorial but honestly just do whatever you're feelin, I'm gonna love it regardless haha