It’s been a matter of worldwide curiosity for months now, inflicting grave concern in group chats, Twitter threads, and round household dinner tables. Harmless folks, generally even kids, have been saved up late at evening, haunted by the thriller of Austin Butler’s new voice.

The Anaheim-born actor has adopted a slight however unmissable Memphis-lite twang in his talking voice whereas out doing the press rounds selling his star flip in Elvis. Even his superstar ex Vanessa Hudgens has seen. However now, Butler himself has realized the gravity of the difficulty, and promised to sort out it head-on. We will all now breathe a sigh of aid (hopefully, in our personal particular person, pure inflections).

“I get rid of the accent, however I’ve in all probability broken my vocal cords with all that singing,” Butler not too long ago advised British chat present host Graham Norton.

The actor says he tries to remain off of social media (a good suggestion!), however when his publicist knowledgeable him of the net infatuation along with his voice, he really obtained a bit self-conscious. He began to marvel if he actually had misplaced management of his personal voice. Pardon us as we are saying that he was, properly, all shook up.

Nonetheless, we additionally now have late breaking reassurance that Butler’s twang is not going to be heard within the upcoming Dune: Half 2.

Co-star Dave Buatista advised USA At present that Butler is “candy” off digital camera, however the aura he created to play Feyd-Rautha, a personality described throughout the Web as a form of “darkish area twink,” is one thing altogether totally different—decidedly not the King of Rock & Roll.

“I don’t know who this man was, however it’s not Austin Butler,” mentioned Bautista. “It’s not Elvis. His voice is totally different, his look is totally different. Every little thing about his demeanor is terrifying.”

The character, performed by Sting in David Lynch’s 1984 model of the movie, is supposed to be treacherous and a cruel combatant. In order that’s excellent news. (Bautista used to wrestle within the WWE—we’ll think about him a trusted supply on terrifying demeanors.)

At instances, Butler claimed he didn’t discover the Elvis-esque inflection in his personal voice till different folks talked about it, however says that the three years he spent making ready and taking pictures the position might have taken its toll. His Australia vocal instructor even chimed in, claiming that the have an effect on was not solely real, however might be everlasting.

But, some corners of the Web declare the entire thing was overblown, anyway. In case you return to interviews circa 2016, when he was selling his position as a heroic half-elf on MTV’s fantasy sequence The Shannara Chronicles, his voice doesn’t sound that totally different.

Then once more, we did discover some interviews from the time he was selling the semi-forgotten Intercourse and the Metropolis-prequel The Carrie Diaries, which was shot in New York Metropolis. It virtually appears he has a little bit of a New York bent to his voice. “Yeah, it’s simply been a very good time filming in New York, you understand?” he says on the 18 second mark. Actually, he virtually seems like Steve Brady—so perhaps that is simply an unintentional behavior for Butler. He’s an actor, in spite of everything. His job is actually to inhabit different folks.

Regardless of the case, we will all relaxation simple understanding he’s recognized the Elvis voice subject and has vowed to work on it. If nothing else, maybe somebody can forged him in a job as a man from Anaheim (the guitarist in a No Doubt biopic?) and he can return to his manufacturing unit settings.