Out of Touch by the TF2 Engineer (Full Version)

[@LazilyLegendaryHotTub]

thank you all for the comments (yes i read all 1000+ of them) and making this my most viewed video as of yet. happy out of touch thursday. Update: thank you all so much for 1,000,000 views!

[@Candi_Gutz]

Wow, Impressive

[@PatrickBergensen-kali-yuga2005]

thank you so much! I love it!

[@donny8619]

This is the most in touch i've ever felt, ironically. Thank you for this instant classic the art us just perfect too.

[@penguinscanfly5796]

good job

[@charliesybert2683]

I have so many songs for engie to sing if you want a list lol

[@versthappening603]

hearing tf2 characters singing without them sounding like dismembered robots feels so weird

[@Ninetale3z]

You could say it feels... Out of touch?😂

[@leonardocouto3109]

@@Ninetale3z I would rather say it feels out of time

[@KyzenBG]

I'd rather say dicfjnesbbsisjfbrndodufbdb

[@autumnusprime88]

But I’m outta my head when it’s not around.

[@Crab20665]

Its out of touch

[@FrankieW00FR]

I love how Engi unironically has a good singing voice.

[@bluephoenix7565]

Course he does, he's from Texas

[@thirdanimator3347]

@@bluephoenix7565 He's an enginner afterall. That means he solves problems.

[@guilhermef.cabral8252]

I mean is more the original audio skill and the classy voice of the engie actor These AI covers are basically just paper above the original audio, so if the original has amazing singing is very probably that the Ai cover will sound fine too, if the voice is well trained of course

[@Memezuii]

@@thirdanimator3347 not problems like "What is beauty?" Because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy.

[@manboy4720]

@@Memezuii he solves practical problems.

[@CirnoFrost99]

I just love how Engineer sounds when he starts singing with all his passion, as if he was actually enjoying it

[@its_heeho]

HEE HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

Your pfp is one of the best things I've ever seen

[@its_heeho]

@@Her_Imperious_Condescension So real hee ho

[@culturalliberator9425]

As if?

[@Papercleeep]

it's boys karaoke night!

[@DotMithryLP4]

Love how the entire TF2 community collectively agrees that Engie is the best singer out of the cast

[@sundaddy1077]

He's simply the most charismatic and kind hearted one and he knows how to play the guitar. This sounds pretty gay and idk maybe it is

[@matthewshaffer9377]

Howdy the engineers in the field…

[@NekoinaBox2000]

I’d say that I can only imagine Medic and Spy singing and their style of music is probably slow somber music in their native tongues

[@sebasmgrr8245]

@@sundaddy1077 ik what u mean, also buffed engineer 🥴

[@Theswedishfoamer]

No, I would consider that the sniper.

[@theandromedaeffect979]

WE MAKING IT OUT THE COMPETITIVE QUEUE WITH THIS ONE

[@station992]

"competitive"

[@ammi5311]

halfway into PUG "your competitive queue was ready"

[@conducter6381]

🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@thesleepypiggy]

No we aint

[@CheerfulMiniatreSapling]

We don't LIVE in the competitive queue

[@panzerkampfwagenviiimaus9571]

Oh yes, Daryl Conagher & Dell Oates: "Out of touch for Buildin' a sentry". A truly memorable tune from 2fort, indeed.

[@aro_ger_]

*Builder League United;* Presents! This ⤴

[@warhawk4494]

Sweet I was like number 666. Also build them sentries boys.

[@ZniperToast]

The ending part at 2:52 really got me imagining engineer pouring his heart and soul into singing with such a strong passion.

[@smartfella7914]

“IM OUTTA TIIIiiIiIMme”

[@johnveriloyson6639]

​@@smartfella7914“I'm outta my HEEEaadd”

[@smartfella7914]

@@johnveriloyson6639 WHEN YA NOT AROOOOHOUNDD

[@ZniperToast]

​@@smartfella7914 I'M OUTTA TiiIIIme

[@smartfella7914]

@@ZniperToast Lmfao Thanks bros

[@WhisperingAila]

"As part of their many front companies, BLU also dabbled in the music industry with their own record label."

[@fouzanium]

RED went really quiet when they heard this banger

[@zackanderson7440]

Great, now do the final one with engie, demoman, medic and scout all singing it in a quartet.

[@LazilyLegendaryHotTub]

maybe

[@Jamley-my1ei]

@@LazilyLegendaryHotTub Now draw them pregnant

[@LazilyLegendaryHotTub]

@@Jamley-my1ei D:

[@Luis_Estevane]

@@Jamley-my1ei wtf

[@Festivex1]

@@Jamley-my1ei boy preggers ehe~

[@iguess4512]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF DUSTBOWL WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sundaddy1077]

Unlike dell from emesis blue 💀

[@nankhanz6807]

​@@sundaddy1077 ah heck naw💀

[@GoldenFoxy-vw1eg]

it's beginning to look a lot like dust bowl....

[@phantomsanic3604]

@@sundaddy1077 "It’s eternity in there"

[@Shofman]

@@GoldenFoxy-vw1eg seentries everywhere

[@dougler500]

Hearing this sung in a voice I'm not used to but with the same inflection, timing and passion makes it so obvious how talented the original artists were. Wow can they ever sing, Hall and Oates are insanely talented musicians.

[@LazilyLegendaryHotTub]

yes they are

[@gooseleap]

Yeah, I was surprised to find that listening to this really made me appreciate the artistry of the original!! It really highlights the talent as you say. I do also love TF2 so that's a bonus too : ) Love this vid

[@rambley2970]

Wow I did not expect engie's voice to be this clear. It may not be perfect yet but it's really good. AI is becoming more advanced.

[@NugsForPugs]

In 5 to 10 years it'll be indistinguishable.

[@penguinscanfly5796]

@@NugsForPugs remember that the first ai stuff (the really croppy stuff which could still copy the mercanary voices) became popular 2 years ago. now its almost fully clear, and its only been like 2 years lmao im guessing in under a year

[@qwopiretyu]

​@@penguinscanfly5796 the machines learn too fast

[@razrv3lc]

AI voices are going to revolutionize modding for games like Skyrim where you might want to have voiced lines with vanilla characters. This has been an issue for so long, making modded characters fit seamlessly into a world and this would do a LOT to help with that.

[@deadmeme8011]

This is a real singer, actually. He's credited in the description.

[@TheLunarMan]

The amount voice AI has advanced in the past 5 years alone is insanely impressive.

[@penguinscanfly5796]

i think its more like in the past 2 years

[@Paronak]

more like 3 months

[@HyperrealisticNoise1111]

more like 4 weeks

[@JoeyCannoli]

More like 10 days.

[@OncelerKidsAreCringe]

More like 17 hours

[@superjabronibrothers1760]

This is so amazing. It helps me remember that TF2 is still going strong.

[@D0NU75]

has it ever not?

[@orctrihar]

This game, if I get a PC with tower, I will get Steam only for this one

[@jeremyfisher8512]

its outlasting overwatch at this rate too from the looks of it

[@riskvideos]

The longevity of this game is incredible. I played it when it was new and spent my gap year on it.

[@metroided34]

80% of it is bots

[@skybuprofen9834]

"Take a look around" sounded like it could just straight up be a voiceline

[@mr.quilava2062]

ENGINEER DOESN'T NEED AUTOTUNE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dilophosaursniper5399]

*HE IS THE AUTOTUNE* ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@cozz124]

THE AUTOTUNE NEEDS HIM 💯💯

[@sansationalgaming8420]

AUTO TUNE LIVES OFF HIM

[@davidklemen5264]

Engi is autotune

[@Memezuii]

@@dilophosaursniper5399 "What kind of an autotune is this?" "I AM THE AUTOTUNE"

[@Cornyone]

The fact you can hear him breathing in sometimes is absolutely insane.

[@JakeTheVoice]

Brings a tear to my eye - been waiting for too long for it to become a reality.

[@LazilyLegendaryHotTub]

honor hearing that from you lad

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

​@@LazilyLegendaryHotTub thanks :'')

[@-lirif-1783]

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[@bananbananowy3552]

I mean, it doesn't sound perfect but it literally blows mind how powerful the AI is. I cannot imagine how it'll look in next 10 years.

[@NekoinaBox2000]

It’s not about perfection; it’s about the possibility

[@agrizzlybearwithinternet6090]

I don't even think it's gonna take like 10 years. My assumption is that it will be perfected in 2-5 years. I mean look at the progress we've already made.

[@KiegKillsReality]

So true. It’s hard to imagine what it will look like in even one year with how fast it’s improving. The next few months will be insane. I’m calling it here.

[@Emreakca-]

I mean it can only go so far with the amount of source metarial because TF2 has alot of screaming and angry voices so even if AI improves it can only imitate whats there.

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

screw 10 years, we'll probably have life-like AI voices in a year or two

[@TerryJives]

This is probably the best version of tf2 characters singing that I've heard I'm incredibly impressed

[@Rroaj]

Why is this, of all things, the best ai cover? It sounds like proper, English language singing, passion burning through, no hiccups. And it's Engineer singing Out of Touch.

[@Game_Hero]

Rick Astley singing "Ride on time" is divine

[@DrikTrajado]

Scout singing Billie Jean is a good one

[@zaichizaijan4235]

Frank Sinatra singing Five Nights at Freddy's and Michael Jackson singing Smile by Pinkie Pie.

[@Game_Hero]

@@zaichizaijan4235 cringe, sorry

[@cherno8119]

Strangely the ones with Dio Brando seem to have very good AI covers despite the VA not even speaking english throughout the series.

[@sovviedan6791]

Holy shit I was not expecting this to be so good. And you can totally tell that its engie singing, most of these sound nothing like the person it's supposed to be

[@EmeraldArchive]

It's almost horrifying how good this is but it's too mesmerizing to truly question

[@specialaccount7631]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE BADWATER BASIN WITH THIS ONE

[@thehilltopsamurai1295]

Honestly. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. This is a really good song, and you just brought a whole lot of people some grooves.

[@emerald_dolphin13]

Everytime someone brings this song into the spotlight, it makes me glad people are learning of this song for the first time.

[@ItAlwaysEnds]

Been listening to this banger of a song for years, insta-clicked when I saw engineer singing lol

[@DefinitelyNotATrolldier]

WE MAKIN' IT OUT OF THE CTF BOT INFESTATION WITH THIS ONE BOIS🔥🔥🔥

[@Felix-ve9hs]

*AUDIO ENGINEERING*

[@eclipseRz]

Be an actor for decades Get a job at a video game company voice acting Move on back to acting and never return to voice the character again - 15 years later somebody takes every single one of those voice clips and forces a robot to string together a rendition of Out of Touch by Hall and Oates Huh?

[@thomashambly3718]

I'm sorry but "forces a robot to string together a rendition" sounds like the AI was held at gunpoint to make this. As if it was scared of its own creation

[@Mystic-Midnight]

​@@thomashambly3718 held at hose point

[@thomashambly3718]

@@Mystic-Midnight bro threatened to Jarate the server room

[@razrv3lc]

@@Mystic-Midnightsing or it gets the hose again

[@commetsftw]

"Am I so out of touch..? No, it's the children."

[@robertgardner4508]

There is literally a cosmetic for anything in TF2 almost.

[@LazilyLegendaryHotTub]

true

[@shuflite6350]

The engineer knows how to sing 🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@benjistyles19]

did he die? why the dove emojis

[@Serpentar9000]

2009- sentence mixing 2023- freakin AI magic

[@subliminaldoomer1966]

I didn’t even realise this wasn’t the original till about 3/4ths of the way through

[@lastdaberandfriends2306]

Same but it was when it was 1.5/4th of the way their

[@bakerap2211]

​@@lastdaberandfriends2306 so 3/8ths

[@jusghonson3667]

It's so uncanny how accurate the engineer sounds like Hall and Oates

[@KN1GHT501]

WE BREAKING THROUGH THE CHOKEPOINT ON DUSTBOWL WITH THIS ONE BOYS!

[@Generic_Handle4573]

The amount AI has improved in the past 1.5 years is strange

[@arghpee]

It's only going to get stronger.

[@turboranger7550]

_Imagine this with the 12" version of this song._ Gosh, if only Poppy Joe could hear it wherever he is now on Pet Heaven.

[@berkaykaracan3003]

"Out of Touch" by Sentry Hall and John Dispenser

[@foodaah]

you mean sentry hell right ? *right?*

[@tf2spy492]

Engineer got the energy and charisma to sing. Is nice.

[@IWearShades]

0:26 that bing bing bing bop piano keys should've been wrench hit sounds 🔧 lol

[@ChampionOfDummies]

💯😂

[@darkov5515]

Imagine this song plays after blue successfully drop the payload on the point lmao

[@genuinelygrievous1442]

this really helped me out of a mental breakdown, thank you

[@LazilyLegendaryHotTub]

hope youre feeling better mate

[@genuinelygrievous1442]

@@LazilyLegendaryHotTub much better man, thanks for checking

[@LazilyLegendaryHotTub]

@@genuinelygrievous1442 glad to hear it

[@Drakid13Re3kt]

the Conagher Brothers musical career was underappreciated in it's time. a shame what happened to them, rest in peace Zed and Maynard.

[@NekoinaBox2000]

That album cover is hilarious and yet knowing it’s with in game cosmetics, that proves to me this game was perfect

[@Cowboycomando54]

Now someone needs to recreate the original MTV music video in SFM with Tf2 characters.

[@KiegKillsReality]

Dear god why does it sound so good?

[@Vasily_dont_be_silly]

It's a great song

[@atig51]

There's more

[@medicgaming666]

it’s perfect- the mercs singing videos are my some of favourite tf2 media

[@minicritman999]

This is truly, TRULY incredible. It makes me think of just how far the TF2 Community has come to get to this point and makes me wonder just how far we'll keep running with the funny video game mercenaries far into the future.

[@jameswalton5733]

Its actually creepy how realistic it sounds, like normally the AI voices always have a crack here or there where you can go "oh yea its an AI making the voice," but with this, its _DAMN_ hard to find those moments

[@TheGielnik]

You must've not heard any of the pony songs bronies have made if you think so highly of this one

[@trabant3060]

@@TheGielnik For the pony autists they channeled the pure autism to manually manipulate the vocals. Not to discredit AI it's just doing what people would anyways faster.

[@hypemugen]

This AI voice sounding more and more accurate is begginning to concern me lol.

[@dudeguy9081]

Why? This is amazing, I wish the quality was even better.

[@hypemugen]

@@dudeguy9081 the memes are fine, im referring to people with bad intent posing as someone else

[@supsick]

yeah, we are unfortunately sleepwalking into a media nightmare

[@Cloudwalk9]

@@supsick But the memes dude. Think of the memes!

[@hypemugen]

@@Cloudwalk9fax...

[@Soldier-b7t]

WE PUSHING THE PAYLOAD WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bobojobo3041]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE BOT CRISIS WITH THIS ONE

[@nuherbleath461]

Fine addition to my micspam playlist

[@txen-eht-nepo]

This is so incredibly well made it barely even sounds like AI. I thought it was someone singing with an Engineer accent at first.

[@evee_evvillamar4477]

this is great as all hell. Engie straight up having the time of his life in this one

[@linklink1570]

I'd say the amount of authenticity coming from this lil AI concoction is scary, got me wondering just how far they can push these voices to make songs. Legitimately have my drink in hand as I was watching this and as always I sung along, but really, it's flipping phenomenal this stuff, the parts where Engie vocalizes with pure soul. Got me wishing I could make any TF2 character sing a playlist of goodies. Thank you for this 🤠

[@Gianski150]

When someone randomly gifted the TF2 Mercenaries with a Karaoke Machine.

[@adrianaslund8605]

That's a charming idea for a SFM music video! I can imagine Engineer going really ham and soulful on the mic and Heavy and Scout exchanging "not bad" looks in the background.

[@aadenptaszkiewicz2084]

This song made my day, best song ever

[@MichaelCumpton-z3j]

Rumor has it that Engineer does karaoke on Saturday nights

[@hewtoi]

God i hope someone makes an SFM music video for this

[@sabschatz]

I don't even know SFM, but I might genuinely try to make something like that

[@Voexulle]

When the engineer is "out of touch" after seeing his turret getting sapped by spy

[@Zinkquer]

damn engi's hitting those notes

[@gooierchip]

WE MAKING OUT OF THE 15 MINUTE LONG DUSTBOWL DEFENSE WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@Atemnûra_KrünZorûk4.5]

T-THEY SOUND?!!! _BEAUTIFUL!!!_ THEY'RE LIKE ANGELS HTF???

[@theotv5522]

Engi mains when they have to watch their nest slowly dying during respawn timer

[@YoBadMama]

2:28 goes unironically hard though.

[@MetaRunnerBFG2000]

This is amazing dude!!! Extremely uncanny, extremely familiar at the same time. Beautiful work ❤

[@Matt-qk8yf]

Don’t touch that darn thing…

[@lillelinne63]

Criminally good! Real fans saw them back in '84

[@abe881]

the picture for this is by far my favorite AI cover image yet

[@AlexReynard]

This is *alarmingly* well-made.

[@magmablock]

Spy sappin' my heart

[@BurningLego]

"You're out of ammo, i'm out of metal, but i'm out of my head when you ask for another dispenser"

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

God DAMN that new AI that piggybacks off dialogue is impressive. Pretty soon people'll be able to make their own full-blown scripted shorts. Imagine a fan-made continuation of the Expiration Date pilot!

[@honkhonk8009]

U already can lol. Its hard tho cus for accents like demoman and stuff, it doesnt really change it. But it makes voice actors do an even better job tho

[@delynnmurray6826]

This makes me want to put this on over VC while my engie dances. This feels like a worthwhile endeavor.

[@etrangray-mane8610]

Took me a minute to notice the voice was different, and I only noticed because it was clearer.

[@mrflipflop1321]

Dell and Oates - Out of Metal

[@Fox0027]

This is actually really good

[@maximillian1109]

When the mercs have karaoke nights at the base.xD

[@ramiel-best-girl]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE SPAWN ROOM WITH THIS ONE BOYS🔥🔥🔥

[@AnUnusualEg]

Red's Engineer been real quiet since this dropped.

[@theonetrueboxlord]

1:44 AMOGUS

[@nicholayrichardson9668]

Engie without his dispenser:

[@calicobagels]

WHY DOES THIS SOUND SO LEGIT

[@KevinTheFluffyWolfy]

Holy crap, this AI is really freaking accurate to Engi’s voice!

[@BryantVonMiller]

Unrelate to your comment, wanted to compliment your cute vr avatar group selfie!

[@averagesabatonenjoyer8053]

This is what all of humanity needed the most

[@artemefimov8215]

Out of scrap.

[@unfertilized_egg3245]

The reason Engie has the best voice out of all the mercs is most likely that he talks the most and has the most diverse lines out of the mercs

[@bohdankuziv2707]

When you realise when the last update was and your turret turned into an anime girl.

[@mahino420]

this made my day

[@KoKoKen]

voice actors: ai will replace us we gotta stop it before they start using ai trained on our voices without permission in media model trainers: haha make him sing 80s classics

[@drsipp407]

Hall and Oates is such an insane group to listen to. I would say they are the epitome of timeless 80’s music

[@seronymus]

When you're so 80s you break time itself and just become beautiful for any decade

[@lukephillips5986]

Engie should have this good of voice in the game fr

[@Nanachi0000]

That's super well done, sounds like an actual real singing voice

[@roymolina9839]

This is literal perfection

[@gamerchair9330]

no matter how old a song gets, someone will always bring it up. An out of touch experience

[@TheDragShot]

Very nice. Very, very nice! These AI covers are getting cleaner over time. I like what I'm hearing here.

[@elaynadiedinside]

This song is an inside joke between me and my brother and this video started it. Thank you

[@LazilyLegendaryHotTub]

youre welcome

[@rolynart]

"Hopefully it was worth the wait"

[@Professionalboer]

I can`t believe i needed this in my life