Janosch: Why does Charlotte Aubrey switch from an American accent when she's singing? Is this normal? Do British people normally do that when they sing? Do they or we have to make a special effort to do it and what is going on? Janosch: Yes. Lots of Brits suddenly change their accent and sound American when they sing. And it's not just British people who, who's accent changes. It's also Irish people, Australian people, people from New Zealand, people from South Africa,. Any English speaker in fact, including even non-native speakers of English in France or Germany or Japan or wherever.