{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000160-9407-da39-a776-d7c76c490001","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/alexa-and-her-backup-singers-are-ready-to-ring-in-the-new-year","headline":"Alexa and her backup singers are ready to ring in the new year","description":"Try it: \"Alexa, sing Auld Lang Syne.\"","datePublished":"2017-12-28T15:02:18.902Z","dateModified":"2017-12-28T15:02:18.902Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/08549ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1125x1125+438+0/resize/84x84!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2F6d%2F7fe296e642859c7ba2a629eda3ba%2Famazon-logo-hero-images-2024.jpg","width":"84","height":"84"}}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/adcf405/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1000+0+0/resize/1200x600!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Ff0%2F9c%2Ff56849614e849033b4666fc4e260%2Fvocally-self-critical-alexa-recording-session.jpg","width":"1200","height":"600"},"articleBody":"# Alexa and her backup singers are ready to ring in the new year\n\n*Try it: \"Alexa, sing Auld Lang Syne\"*\n\nDid you know? There are Amazonians who spend their workdays dreaming up fun surprises for owners of the Echo and our other Alexa-enabled devices. These employees are the reason Alexa is ready when you say, \"Alexa, tell me a joke\" or \"Alexa, sing a song.\"\n\nWith 2018 approaching, they came up with the idea of finding Alexa some backup singers — an a cappella group to sing the harmonies on the New Year's Eve classic \"Auld Lang Syne.\" So they reached out to the engineers, executive assistants, managers, and other Amazon employees who sing together under the name Vocally Self Critical, and a first-of-its-kind collaboration was born. \n\nIf you have an [Alexa-enabled device](https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Echo-And-Alexa-Devices/b?ie=UTF8&node=9818047011), try saying \"Alexa, sing Auld Lang Syne.\" Along with Alexa, these are the voices you'll hear:\n\n**Soprano**\n\nEleanor Rhode, support and operations manager\n\nAlex Rogers, marketing program manager\n\nSarah Sandberg, research analyst\n\nJanna Taylor, executive assistant\n\n**Mezzo/Alto**\n\nAlexis Atkins, account executive\n\nKristin Lavigne, product manager\n\nLindsay MacLean, senior content manager\n\nRuby Thaler, executive assistant\n\n**Tenor**\n\nPeter Aldrich, brand specialist\n\nMark Bailey, software development engineer\n\nAndrew Hamada, senior marketing manager\n\nAlex Simms, software development engineer\n\n**Baritone/Bass**\n\nAlex King, web developer\n\nJoe Klonowski, software development engineer\n\nJosh Slobin, senior marketing manager\n\nSam Torzewski, software development engineer","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}