In A World Where One Teen’s Voice Is An Internet Hit

Jake Foushee had a cold.

He was 13 at the time, at his home outside Chapel Hill, N.C.

“I woke up the next day and my voice went from way up here” — he pitches his voice high — “to how it is right now,” he tells weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz. Jake’s voice had sunk into a bass that somehow seemed familiar.