Top 10 Celebrities Known for Their Frequent Use of Vocal Fry
Vocal Fry is the lowest register of the human voice and heard as an often deep, creaking, rattling, graveling, guttural sound usually produced when ending (yet sometimes beginning) a sentence. It's also known as creaky voice, creak, croak, glottal rattle, glottal fry, laryngelization, pulse register, pulse phonation and strohbass. It’s produced when very little air’s passing out of one’s vocal cords as one relaxes them, causing the cords to vibrate more slowly and irregularly. It’s named fry for being described as mimicking the sound of food being fried (though it sounds more like a creaking door than food frying). We all have vocal fry, though some use it more frequently than others and the highest ones in this list are the ones who use it so much and are famous for it.
Kimberly Noel Kardashian (known as Kim Kardashian; formerly West; born October 21, 1980) is an American socialite, media personality, and businesswoman. She first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, but received wider notice after the sex tape Kim Kardashian, Superstar, shot... read more Everyone uses vocal fry usually when ending and beginning sentences, but some people use it constantly, and she's no exception. After all, she may be the true queen of vocal fry we know of.
There are more than 7 billion people in this world, making it hard to know who the true queen or king is, but she's famous, and we clearly know her. We can guess she's as much of a deep frier as a woman might possibly be. Not just because of how extreme her vocal fry was, but because she used it so much. Pretty much every word she spoke was in the vocal fry register.
She's also known for her valley girl accent and has used it for years. Many young women have been changing the way they talk to sound more like her. She's been famous for decades, since shows like Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which ended in 2021 after 13 years, 11 months, 24 days, and 20 seasons. After that, reality TV will fall from relevance.
Like Kim, Khloé is known for her extreme and constant use of vocal fry. Somehow, Kim gets all the attention for it despite Khloé being a deep-frying Kardashian too.
Kourtney Mary Kardashian is an American reality television personality, actress, socialite, businesswoman and model. Another member of the Kardashians, Kourtney uses extreme vocal fry and is an example of deep-fried celebrities.
Zooey Claire Deschanel is an American actress, singer-songwriter, model, and producer most known for her deadpan comedy roles in the films The Good Girl (2002), The New Guy (2002), Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Yes Man (2008), and (500) Days of Summer... read more She uses lots of vocal fry throughout her life. Her career is what we know of and how she got famous.
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, professionally known by her stage name Katy Perry, was born on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California. She is a singer, songwriter, actress and an ambassador on one of the most popular companies of now, UNICEF... read more She fries when both talking and singing, though more when she talks than when she sings.
Kurt Cobain was born February 20, 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. In 1987, he started the grunge band Nirvana, which became one of the most successful bands ever. He was a talented yet troubled grunge performer. Kurt Cobain became a rock legend in the 1990s with his band. He committed suicide at his... read more Legendary artist and member of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, was known for his use of vocal fry and made it into art in his songs. Never forget the legend we loved and lost. Sadly, he committed suicide at only 27. R.I.P. Kurt Cobain.
Christopher John "Chris" Cornell was an American rock musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter and rhythm guitarist for Seattle rock band Soundgarden and as former lead vocalist and songwriter for the supergroup Audioslave. His vocal range was C2 to A5, while... read more Legendary artist Chris Cornell was known for his major use of vocal fry and became influential in music. Sadly, he committed suicide by hanging himself. He was only 52. He was a majestic gentleman. R.I.P. Chris Cornell.
Kylie Kristen Jenner is an American reality television personality, model, entrepreneur, socialite, and social media personality. She frequently uses vocal fry and somehow adds uniqueness when using it, even in the brief song that made her famous (Rise and Shine).
Britney Jean Spears, born on December 2, 1981, is an American former singer and actress. She was born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana. As a child, she performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows, such as "The Mickey Mouse Club," before signing with Jive... read more Her line "Oh baby baby" in her debut and biggest hit, Baby One More Time, brought the trend of vocal fry into the celebrity world. Ever since then, many have tried to imitate her vocal fry and verses. It became the biggest debut in the history of music (yet that was before we even had YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, or TikTok).
Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in North.Johansson is considered one of Hollywood's modern sex symbols, and has frequently appeared in published lists of the sexiest women in the world. As of February 2017, she is... read more
Scarlett Johansson, formerly known as the world's highest-paid actress (with over a whopping $14.3B from her total films including Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making her the 9th highest-grossing actress of all time), until Sofía Vergara (best known for playing in Modern Family, which ran from 2009 to 2020 with 11 seasons and 250 episodes), is known for her use of vocal fry.
While she sounds smooth in her movies and shows, she fries remarkably in her interviews.
Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid is an American fashion model. She was signed to IMG Models in 2013. In November 2014, Hadid made her debut in the Top 50 Models ranking at Models.com. In 2016, she was named International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council.
Brian Hugh Warner, better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American musician, songwriter, actor, painter, multimedia artist, author, and former music journalist. He is one of the few rock vocalists who have frequently used fry screaming (for example, in "Angel With The Scabbed Wings"). Raspy belting is a more common rock vocal style (for example, used by Ronnie James Dio and Tina Turner).
Lindsay Dee Lohan is an American actress. In addition to acting, she is also a model, singer, songwriter, director, and producer.
She has appeared in several notable films including The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, and Mean Girls She fries a lot and had quite a history of fame-induced stress leading to some dark moments over the last 12+ years.
Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian-American pop singer. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, she first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003. She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning... read more Her songs frequently have vocal fry in them thanks to her.
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, socialite, television personality, model, actress, singer, DJ, and author. She uses massive vocal fry and says everything extremely. She is the original queen of it before any of the Kardashians, including Kim.
It was revealed in her record-setting documentary on YouTube (This Is Paris) that she talks deeper than we used to think. She admitted her higher-pitched voice was all a character act she performed for the last 20 years. She should definitely climb toward the top numbers on this list. She led the vocal fry trend in pop culture before any of the other stars, including Britney Spears or the Kardashians and Jenners.
Candice Susan Swanepoel is a South African supermodel, best known for her work with Victoria's Secret.
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is a British actress, model, and activist. Born in Paris and brought up in Oxfordshire, Watson attended the Dragon School as a child and trained as an actress at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts... read more Known very well for her vocal fry, she was also known for her role as Belle in the 2017 live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast. She sang surprisingly smoothly for the most part despite her voice being known to commonly fry. She was also known for playing Hermione Granger in Harry Potter.
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three Academy Award nominations in acting categories and received three further Academy Award nominations, winning one, as producer under his... read more The former husband of Jennifer Aniston, he uses vocal fry a lot, all I can say.
He used massive vocal fry to play the voice of Elmer Fudd from Looney Tunes. He was the most prolific voice actor who ever lived. The man with 1,000 voices. R.I.P. Mel Blanc.
I am probably not the most qualified person to say this, but he was the greatest voice actor ever.
She frequently used vocal fry to play her role as the ghost from The Grudge.
Dinmukhamed Kanatuly Kudaibergenov, commonly known as Dimash Kudaibergen (born May 24th, 1994) is a Kazakh singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Dimash is best known as a contestant of Chinese talent show "Singer 2017" where he was declared a runner-up. He is also known for possessing a wide... read more
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live.
Lead singer of the metalcore band Jinjer, she is known for a really extreme vocal fry. I suppose she might not be famous enough to be considered a "celebrity," but I feel like she fits this list well.