--- title: "What Vocal Steamer Do Singers Use? Only What They Have Said Publicly" description: "No singer we could source names a steamer model. What Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, Laufey and others have said publicly, with outlet, date and link." author: "VocalSteamer Editorial Team" publisher: "VocalSteamer (published by Danver LLC)" section: "For Your Work" published: "2026-10-13" updated: "2026-10-13" language: "en-US" canonical: "https://vocalsteamer.com/what-vocal-steamer-do-singers-use/" image: "https://vocalsteamer.com/images/posts/what-vocal-steamer-do-singers-use.jpg" --- # What Vocal Steamer Do Singers Use? Only What They Have Said Publicly No singer names a specific vocal steamer model in any public statement we could verify. What is on record is narrower: several singers say that they steam, and Ariana Grande's own 2019 caption calls her device a portable vocal steamer. None of the statements we recorded names a brand or model. Every singer source below was opened on October 11, 2026. We did not test any device, and we did not identify any product from a photo or video. ## What singers have said, at a glance | Singer | What is on record | Brand or model named | Source and date | | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Ariana Grande | Her own Instagram caption calls it a portable vocal steamer | None | [Bustle](https://www.bustle.com/p/ariana-grandes-sweetener-tour-prep-photos-videos-will-get-you-so-hyped-for-her-upcoming-performances-16825182), March 10, 2019; [LancasterOnline](https://lancasteronline.com/features/ariana-grande-appears-to-bring-biggest-fans-to-rock-lititz/article_44b21cbc-466d-11e9-ae56-8fbd46d43840.html), March 14, 2019 | | Sabrina Carpenter | Said in a filmed interview that she does a lot of steaming | None | [Hot Ones on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msnI0D1SDSg), July 11, 2024; [PhillyVoice](https://www.phillyvoice.com/sabrina-carpenter-hot-ones-interview/), July 11, 2024 | | Laufey | Captioned her own clip "pyjama party of despair and vocal steaming" | None | [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@laufey/video/7611599579905117470), February 27, 2026; [YouTube Short](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ds7Nk0S-AwM), March 2, 2026 | | Camila Cabello | Said in an Instagram Story: "this is a steamer and I use this when my voice dries out" | None | [Just Jared Jr.](https://www.justjaredjr.com/2020/01/16/camila-cabello-reveals-a-vital-part-of-her-music-career/), January 16, 2020 | | Lorde | Her fan email newsletter lists "steam voice" in a day on tour | None | [Uproxx](https://uproxx.com/pop/lorde-day-on-tour/), April 26, 2022 | | Idina Menzel | "I take a ton of showers because I like the steam for my voice"; no steamer named | None | [Playbill](https://playbill.com/article/diva-talk-a-chat-with-wickeds-idina-menzel-plus-news-of-cook-and-ripley-com-116991), December 19, 2003 | | Melissa Errico | Said her dressing room has "a face steamer", for a little steam while warming up | None | [Playbill](https://playbill.com/article/the-secrets-to-how-broadway-stars-power-through-colds-flu-and-fatigue-com-339817), January 21, 2015 | ## What vocal steamer does Ariana Grande use? No source we recorded names a brand or model. The one text of her own is the caption of an Instagram post from March 10, 2019: "me & my portable vocal steamer vs this weather & my coffee addiction" (Ariana Grande, Instagram). [Bustle](https://www.bustle.com/p/ariana-grandes-sweetener-tour-prep-photos-videos-will-get-you-so-hyped-for-her-upcoming-performances-16825182) quoted it the same day without its first words, and [LNP | LancasterOnline](https://lancasteronline.com/features/ariana-grande-appears-to-bring-biggest-fans-to-rock-lititz/article_44b21cbc-466d-11e9-ae56-8fbd46d43840.html) (March 14, 2019) embeds the post with the full caption and its timestamp. ## What vocal steamer does Sabrina Carpenter use? She has said that she steams, not what she steams with. In the [Hot Ones episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msnI0D1SDSg) that First We Feast published on YouTube on July 11, 2024, the host asks whether she does anything unconventional to protect her voice. At about 6:21 she answers that she does a lot of steaming, then mentions vocal warm-ups. ![A microphone, a folded towel, a water bottle and a steaming mug on a backstage table](https://vocalsteamer.com/images/posts/what-vocal-steamer-do-singers-use-inline-1.jpg) That wording is from YouTube's auto-generated English captions, which match the channel's French and Spanish subtitles; we did not check the audio. [PhillyVoice](https://www.phillyvoice.com/sabrina-carpenter-hot-ones-interview/) reported it the same day and added that she does this while touring, the outlet's phrase, not hers. ## What vocal steamer does Laufey use? Her caption says vocal steaming and names no device. She posted the 48-second [TikTok video](https://www.tiktok.com/@laufey/video/7611599579905117470) from her verified account on February 27, 2026, and the same clip went up under the same title on her official YouTube channel as a [Short](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ds7Nk0S-AwM) on March 2, 2026. It shows her holding a small handheld device with a mouthpiece to her mouth, with visible mist. The audio is singing, not a spoken statement about the device. No brand or product name is in the caption or legible in the frames we checked, so we do not call it a nebulizer or any particular kind of steamer. ## What vocal steamer does Billie Eilish use? We found no public statement from Billie Eilish about steaming or nebulizing that we could verify, so we report nothing about what she uses. ## Other singers with a statement on record Four more are in the table: Camila Cabello, Lorde, Idina Menzel and Melissa Errico. Idina Menzel was describing steam in a shower, not a device. Melissa Errico's answer comes from a Playbill Q&A with several performers. We looked for other well-known singers too. Where we found no source we could open and rely on, we recorded nothing, so a name missing from this page tells you nothing about that singer. If you steam on the road yourself, [steaming your voice on tour](https://vocalsteamer.com/steaming-your-voice-on-tour/) covers the practical side. ## Steamer, humidifier, nebulizer: the sources use different words Across these records the wording differs: a portable vocal steamer in one caption, vocal steaming over a clip of a handheld device giving off mist, a steamer, a face steamer, steam in a shower. We do not assume these are the same kind of device. The kinds do differ. A steamer makes warm water vapor. A nebulizer makes a cool mist from a liquid, saline in the voice studies; [vocal steamer vs. nebulizer](https://vocalsteamer.com/vocal-steamer-vs-nebulizer/) sets them side by side. [Kinmilu](https://kinmilu.com/?utm_source=vocalsteamer.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=what-vocal-steamer-do-singers-use&utm_content=inline), a store run by a company affiliated with this site's owner, sells a nebulizer of that kind, the [MY139 rechargeable portable mesh nebulizer](https://kinmilu.com/products/rechargeable-mesh-nebulizer?utm_source=vocalsteamer.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=what-vocal-steamer-do-singers-use&utm_content=inline) (store listing, read October 11, 2026; solution is not included). None of the singer sources above names it, and nothing on this page suggests that any of these singers uses it. ## What a survey of professional voice users found For a wider view than a handful of names: in a survey of 288 professional voice users in Canada published in 2024 (MacDonald, You & Fung), 86% had used at least one complementary or alternative remedy when experiencing voice loss or a negative voice change. The most common were hot drinks with honey, lemon or both, lozenges, and inhaling steam. Voice teachers and doctors most often influenced the choice. A survey counts what people use, not what works. In Keltz & McHenry (2022), 12 women tried 3 minutes of steam, 3 minutes of straw-in-water phonation, or both as a morning warm-up. Results were highly variable: of 7 analyzed participants, steam was best for 1 and worst for 3, who strongly disliked it. Nebulized saline has a null result of its own: in Tanner et al. (2007), 60 vocally healthy women breathed dry air for 15 minutes; afterward, no nebulized treatment significantly improved recovery of the lab pressure measure tested. [Does steam help vocal cords?](https://vocalsteamer.com/does-steam-help-vocal-cords/) and our [research library](https://vocalsteamer.com/research/) go through the studies. Nobody's routine is a reason to push through a voice problem. If steam makes you cough, stop and ask a doctor; the NIDCD says to see one if you have been hoarse for more than three weeks. ## Steam or saline mist? Steam is warm water vapor and suits home use. A nebulizer makes a cool mist from saline instead, which is what the saline voice studies used (in one, no treatment significantly sped recovery; see above), and a battery model needs no outlet. Kinmilu portable mesh nebulizers are sold by a company affiliated with this site's owner; none of the singer sources on this page names them. [Portable saline option](https://kinmilu.com/?utm_source=vocalsteamer.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=what-vocal-steamer-do-singers-use&utm_content=bridge-box) [How nebulizers are used and cleaned](https://mayluck.care/articles/mask-mouthpiece?utm_source=vocalsteamer.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=what-vocal-steamer-do-singers-use&utm_content=bridge-box) Disclosure: these buttons lead to sites run by VocalSteamer's owner and by an affiliated company. ## Sources Singer sources were opened on October 11, 2026; study abstracts were retrieved on October 8, 2026. * [Bustle, Alani Vargas, March 10, 2019](https://www.bustle.com/p/ariana-grandes-sweetener-tour-prep-photos-videos-will-get-you-so-hyped-for-her-upcoming-performances-16825182): quotes Ariana Grande's Instagram caption and links to the post * [LNP | LancasterOnline, Jenelle Janci, March 14, 2019](https://lancasteronline.com/features/ariana-grande-appears-to-bring-biggest-fans-to-rock-lititz/article_44b21cbc-466d-11e9-ae56-8fbd46d43840.html): embeds the same Instagram post with its full caption and timestamp * [First We Feast, "Hot Ones" with Sabrina Carpenter, YouTube, July 11, 2024](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msnI0D1SDSg): filmed interview, answer at about 6:21, read from the captions * [PhillyVoice, Franki Rudnesky, July 11, 2024](https://www.phillyvoice.com/sabrina-carpenter-hot-ones-interview/): report of the same interview * [Laufey, TikTok post, February 27, 2026](https://www.tiktok.com/@laufey/video/7611599579905117470): her own account, caption and 48-second video * [Laufey, YouTube Short, March 2, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ds7Nk0S-AwM): the same clip on her official channel * [Just Jared Jr., January 16, 2020](https://www.justjaredjr.com/2020/01/16/camila-cabello-reveals-a-vital-part-of-her-music-career/): transcribes Camila Cabello's Instagram Story * [Uproxx, Derrick Rossignol, April 26, 2022](https://uproxx.com/pop/lorde-day-on-tour/): quotes Lorde's fan email newsletter * [Playbill, "Diva Talk," Andrew Gans, December 19, 2003](https://playbill.com/article/diva-talk-a-chat-with-wickeds-idina-menzel-plus-news-of-cook-and-ripley-com-116991): interview with Idina Menzel * [Playbill, Michael Gioia, January 21, 2015](https://playbill.com/article/the-secrets-to-how-broadway-stars-power-through-colds-flu-and-fatigue-com-339817): Q&A with several performers, including Melissa Errico * [MacDonald, You & Fung, 2024, Journal of Voice (PubMed)](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465479/): survey of 288 professional voice users in Canada * [Keltz & McHenry, 2022, Journal of Voice (PubMed)](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32988703/): steam and straw phonation in a morning warm-up, 12 women * [Tanner et al., 2007, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (PubMed)](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17538106/): nebulized saline and water after dry air, 60 women * [NIDCD, "Hoarseness"](https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hoarseness): when to see a doctor * [Kinmilu product listing (kinmilu.com)](https://kinmilu.com/products/rechargeable-mesh-nebulizer?utm_source=vocalsteamer.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=what-vocal-steamer-do-singers-use&utm_content=inline): product name and kit contents, read October 11, 2026 About the author: VocalSteamer Editorial Team. 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