[hyperpallium]

But similarly, it could be used as a "janky and fake" artistic syle. Because no one's ever seen it before, it will look wrong in unexpected ways, and therefore somewhat fascinating.

Stylus noise, fret noise and mp3 compression artefacts are other "mistakes" deliberately introduced.

[sarreph]

You just described T-Pain’s reasoning for using auto tune (he doesn’t actually need it but instead uses it stylistically).

I think you’re onto something here as well about how it may well get adopted as a ‘style’ in someone’s music video.