How compatible are karaoke and falling in love? Can you sing “Korroziya Metalla” on a first date at a karaoke club? Is it true that a partner’s sexual attractiveness increases after Svetlana Loboda’s songs? Which karaoke system should you choose to tie someone to you forever? These and other questions are explored in our detailed Valentine’s Day research.
So, you’ve met your soulmate. You went on a date to a pizzeria, visited the theater three times—including an avant-garde production of “Don Quixote” where the main character fights climate change—and liked all their Instagram posts dating back to last November. And then you suddenly got the idea to give them a home karaoke system for February 14th.
We’ll leave the moral side of this act to your conscience and break down three hidden pitfalls that you will definitely encounter, which no online store manager will ever tell you about.
Pitfall one.
The Studio Evolution karaoke catalog has over 100,000 songs. That’s 6,000+ hours of continuous singing. With such a selection, your boyfriend or girlfriend will definitely find their favorite tracks and want to perform them for you. You are very lucky if your musical tastes match. If not, you are in for the longest and most exhausting marathon of Metallica or Billie Eilish hits in your life. Are you ready for such a test?
Lifehack: If you realize that hateful music cannot be avoided, tell them that you were often beaten up in school to the songs of this particular musician. As a result, you unconsciously start running away (or involuntarily wet yourself) at the first sounds of the melody. Shed a tear for credibility.
Pitfall two. Criticism
Love is beautiful. Giving gifts to loved ones is great. Singing a song to tell them about your feelings is wonderful. Hearing that you should tweak the tempo in Maroon 5’s “Sugar” because it doesn’t sound like the original is hurtful. And this is after you had to listen to all the early Rammstein albums performed in falsetto?!
Lifehack: So that your singing does not cause complaints and reproaches, turn on the LiveFX karaoke effect. No matter how hard you try to ruin the song, the roar of a packed stadium will fill the performance with such a powerful drive that no one will notice you are missing the notes.
Pitfall three. Time
Karaoke battles, duets, themed selections—karaoke can really draw you in. Songs are sung, the queue moves on, the microphones don’t have time to cool down, and the mountain of unwashed dishes keeps growing. After all, no one warned you that singing is so addictive you’ll completely forget about cooking and cleaning. And when you finally finish singing the dramatic “Careless Whisper” by George Michael as a duet for the third time (or blow out your vocal cords on the iconic “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston), it will turn out that after a romantic karaoke party for two, you’ll have to spend the whole morning standing at the sink with a sponge.
Lifehack: Give up the idea of setting a full table in advance. Limit yourself to a light buffet this time. Not only will you be able to get more pleasure out of karaoke, but you will also free up extra space for dancing.
Whether to gift a karaoke system for Valentine’s Day or not is up to you, but don’t say later that we didn’t warn you. And may thick walls and high-quality soundproofing protect your neighbors from you.
