ANGELINA JORDAN - I HAVE NOTHING(Whitney Houston Cover) - REACTION 

Bro! You are very talented at knowing what is going on with music, love your input!! If you want to hear an excellent Angelina cover where she goes pretty high please watch "It's a Man's World" live. It is amazing.

Angelina dedicated this song for her grandmother. When she said "Don't walk away from me...." , thats from her deepest heart.

At her last concert on July 10th 2022, when Angelina told why she sings this song and dedicated it to her grandmother Mery Zamani, I understand this song completely differently. Before it was a beautiful song sung great, now it touches my heart every time. I'm absolutely certain that this video and the Elvis cover was recorded at the same time and in the same venue, well before Angelina's trip to Norway (Angelina did a TV performance there with two songs and 3 sold out concerts, there are many YT videos of it, info for the people who didn't know it yet) . Both high-end produced videos were produced by Angelina's own label. 💯 *AJ* 💯

Her tone, her breathiness and smooth raspiness makes her version even better than Whitney's. She doesn't cover songs, she uncovers them ❤️

A reactor who is a vocal jazz teacher comments on her use of space and back phrasing as something learned in her jazz background. Another says she uses taking a breath as a note, a critical part of her performance, and a reason she likes sensitive mics. I'll have to take their word for it.

An artist paints his art on canvas, but the musician paints his art on silence.

Doesn't get any better than this, the girl is quite simply the best.

Every time I watch you do a reaction on Angelina, I am so surprised that you are genuinely impressed by her. Your knowledge of music and vocals is evident. If she wasn’t any good, you wouldn’t bother. Thank you!

She sounds almost identical in her live version from Norway. The thing was, it was done for TV and there were some technical problems so she had to perform it twice about 3 minutes apart and they used take 2. I can’t imagine singing this type of song back to back.

The thing that gets me the most is it Angelina is 16 Whitney was 28 when she sang this imagine Angelina 12 years from now mind-blowing she's still just a kid she's been at this for so long people forget she's still a kid thank you for the reaction

Listen to a Million Miles clear to the end and you will hear how high her voice goes, will amaze you.

Whatever you might have heard It was not an overdub, or a second take, she has always done full takes on her studio recordings even as a young child. She has been complimented by seasoned musicians for being one of the few singers in the business able to do so.

There are so many goosebumps evoking nuances that all sounds natural. But I’m convinced that she’s super conscious and meticulous about every detail, even if her eyes are not revealing same mental focus, like when she was younger.

Thanks for snapping this up so quickly. Love the color or your shirt today, and happy birthday. 💜Yes, silence is an important part of language and story-telling. You're right on about that. Have you heard her Mt Everest (Labyrinth)? She did it live in her recent concerts. Check it out. (Hopefully someone on Patreon asks for it)

Empathy does indeed have sound and that sound is simply Angelina’s voice.

A long time ago I was watching a vocal coach reacting to Angelina singing when she was 9, 10 years old and she said the one thing that she was so impressed with Angelina is her understanding of the importance of negative space in a song. How amazing it was that she understood it at that young age, and some singers never understand it.

Bel, We are watching an elite master class level performance being sung by a sixteen year old musical prodigy. This is the definitive cover of this song. It can only be topped by Angelina.

Hi .. so far as I know Angelina is able to sing between B2 and D5 .. and someone said "Angelina is a Master of 'negative' Space.. " .. like you mentioned she use the space with reverb of the room and continue right when it slightly disappear .. This song she did as the last of 18 Songs on her 1,5 Hour Concert on 10th July .. That Concert was something else .. not to say Stellar ..

My Birthday was Thursday too! Happy Birthday zodiac sharer ☺️

The Cinemaphotography, a total MASTERPIECE, Excellent ART Cole McCarthy & Chip McCarthy! Angelina at 16 is the MASTER of her universe, she is top priority for both Stargate, and Republic Records. AJ's voice has been unique since she was 7 years old and now at 16, she controls us as an audience, leaving us hang on every word and phrase. AJ adopts the performance to pay homage to the original hit but then makes it her own and so much better than the original. Credits: Director: Cole McCarthy Executive Producer: Mery Zamani Art Director: Chip McCarthy Piano & Arrangements: Rob Christie Gaffer: Kevin Rios Coordinator: Michael Astar Location: Los Angeles, CA ℗All Rights Reserved - Angelina Jordan Inc There are no ends to the unique signature voice of Angelina Jordan, and her ability to feed our need for the finest STORYTELLING ARTIST that has ever lived in this period of time. At 75 I thought I had experienced the greatest, but nothing compares to AJ.

Jesse, I had a great time in the livestream you did with Nick (Thatsingerreacts) on your birthday. I was honored to introduce both of you to The Warning and look forward to your first reaction to them. Of course, I also requested Angelina on that stream. I am a Patreon for both Angelina and The Warning. I have seen The Warning live twice in the last 2+ months and can't wait to see Angelina live.

Angelina never ceases to amaze me, at just how incredibly talented she is, and that she can take her voice to newer levels, we have never heard before.....there is something so special about her ability, to tell the songs story, allowing us to listen with a new perspective, and hear & feel emotions, we may not have heard from the original artist 💖💖💖 Not only her voice, but her delivery is also her gift!

Really interesting reaction. You point out SO many interesting details i will have to come back to this half a dozen times at least. Well done

Angelina elevated her interpretation from exceptional onto perfection. Wonderful!

Angelina is a gift from God. Her vibrato is a dream for the greatest singers, the sound of her voice is a miracle, the phrases that Angelina completes are unattainable.

That last note is some thing else....

Angelina Jordan Astar, for me she is the best singer of the last 50 years. Her voice touch my heart and clean my soul.

If you want to hear how high can she gone, you should react to her life cover of the song It’s a Man’s World. No words for that!!😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰

Happy Birthday and thanks for reacting to this awesome performance by Angelina. It can't get better than this, unless Angelina arranges another gift for us. The Barefoot Angel is a precious gift from Norway for the humanity. She is a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon with her unique and angelic voice.

Angelinas voice is outstanding beautiful, i have read that she 1 and a half ton deeper sings as the original and the room where she performed is big and gives such a great vocal sound, she is amazing, so emotional, she is the master on telling storys, she is so amazing at this time, her concerts, the cd comes out this year, she is working so much and have disciplin like nobody in her age 👑♥️🌹🌟 i like your comments, its good to see that so much people speak about her music and goddess voice, she comes better and better, god bless the whole family jordan

so cool the point you made near the end about how she hammered the word "I" and then went soft a bit latter... You know what? Even though I don't appreciate all that stuff unless someone takes the trouble to show me... I still love this kid's singing!

Only one word is necessary to cover everything and that is "Angelina"

That was so interesting,thanks for taking the time to do this.Angelina is such a multilayered artist and quality reactions such as this make us appreciate her even more,if that's possible.

'm a musician and a singer, and your comments always add something I hadn't noticed before -- in this case, your insight on the introduction, where AJ comes in after the intro fades completely, perfectly on pitch (as I've often said, AJ BREATHES on pitch -- check it out). Brilliant. AJ controls her mixed voice with both raspiness and breathiness -- so the transition is so seamless. She pulls raspy voice and breathy voice into her mixed voice so it's really hard to say -- okay, she's in chest voice, or she's in mixed voice. It's so remarkable because I actually don't know when she's in one or the other. And she sustains her vibrato throughout every transition. Also, how she begins notes is so clean -- so very clean. I just can't think of anyone who can move between registers with so much control and precision.

Nice reaction, Angelina Jordan the girl with 1000 voices, stay on this spectacular journey

Really enjoy your insights , and your enthusiasm

Great reaction pall you know your stuff.

When Angelina is properly produced, the amazing textures and nuances she has access to become perfectly clear and subtly evident. Listening to her interpret a song is a study of amazing craftsmanship and artistry. This is what she has been leading up to and perfecting for nearly ten years. And nobody does those 'hums' and 'oohs' and 'ahs ( vocalisations?) better. Absolutely Nobody! 😎

Thank you for a wonderful reaction! Yes she’s absolutely magical! Please react to her Mount Everest, downloaded by Rusty Shackelford. You will be surprised of what she can do!👌🌟💫😀❤️

Ye man, react to It's A Man's World by Angelina! Most insane perfomance by a 12 year old.Trust me! You never heard better than that, it is literally MAGIC!

She has become the best all-round singer in the world, period! 16 years old. Thanks also to Republic Records and the team around her. And thanks to Angelina for letting us have old clips where you try all the time, and even play a chord wrong on the piano or guitar when you're practicing, and you choose to post it. It is what has made you the greatness you are today. No other artist does this today. Everything somehow becomes more real listening to you. Thanks for bringing real music back!

I like that you called yourself Angel! You are!

Agreed! Her timing is impeccable, I think she is a joy to work with live or studio; from an Engineers prospective.

This little chic has so so much soul. She oozes it. Man !!!!!!

That "oooh" sound she makes at 9:34 -ish is one of the special highlights of this fantastic performance...there is an extra air of passion and authority in this.

Great reaction 💯 I can't believe she's only 16 yrs 😐

I've noticed that Angelina's voiced has dropped a bit in the past year or so. The tone has gotten deeper, richer, and rounder, as well. It's a testament to her skills that she can deliver a fulfilling diva performance like this one. She's in the studio here and has lowered the key about a step and a half from the studio version she recorded at age 13. She sang in this lower key in her recent outdoor performance at the Borderlands in Norway. That was not unexpected for a live performance. It seems here she's committed to that lower key in the studio, as well. Here's the link to her studio recording at age 13. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eTcvvO6B3Io.html ... Happy Birthday, Jess. Hope you have many, many happy returns.

You are damn good in what you're doing!👍👍 I learn soo much

I got this as soon as you Notification I have nothing by Whitney Houston oh she did this in Norway I was there actually sent it three times different places live it was fantastic her voice is really good it seems to me that she went down to F on the lower 🎶. I watch it several time with head the live how much was actually stellar Just about four rows back on the right hand side of her wow her voice is really mature I’m gonna fly back next year it’s all possible are you flying back or do you know where for less or years to hear this little girl they come from all over the world and hear her as far as Australia once in Pakistan more or less out of USA some way up north in Norway or Santa Claus real they came down

Thank you for your reaction 👍

I’ve been attending Angelina’s live concerts in Norway 🇳🇴 she is absolutely amazing live, Angelina has always had the ability to achieve low notes better than anyone else even when she was young, it takes more skill and breath control to sing the lower notes and Angelina is a master, her beautiful soulful pitch perfect voice touches your heart and soul, Angelina beautiful silvery vibrato is special and falsetto wonderful, Angelina is so special! Great reaction thanks 🙏!

Angelina 🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟

I love this studio version even more than her recent live version. Great commentary, too!

Angelina 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

angelina has said more than once that she goes into a special world in her mind and you can see that she is there thruout this whole song. well done .

Great reaction-thanks

Happy to see somebody who’s asking about music I do like your imput

brilliant.....massive song.... worth remembering she is still 16.........her vocal dynamics are extraordinary....it only takes fifty or sixty years for these originals to come along.......let that comet fly..........beautiful.......so wonderful........spectacular.... thank you for the analysis.....well summed up.

Great reaction an tech breakdown.

thank you .

Great reaction and she is a True Gem, God Bless!

She in some ways makes me think of a surfer riding wave after wave of frequencies that resonate through her whole body and connects with the listener on a visceral level....few even great singers can actually do that.

This was done for a television show

An interviewer once asked the great jazz pianist and bandleader, Count Basie, why his improvisations were so sparse. Basie said, "I've spent my whole career learning where NOT to play." It seems Angelina has learned that principle at a very early age.

Bro you add so much technical context to her greatness

When she does it's a man's world one of the reactors said she hit an E5 which I guess is pretty high the only person I've heard go higher is soy a n g when she did this she was only 12 years old it is absolutely unbelievable and it was live

Great analysis

Loved your reaction and all your input.

Yes, it's definitely a level up than Whitney Houston, and that's the benchmark for music. And I will always remember Whitney Houston, for the great artist she was, and I think Angelina will too! Angelina sings with more power and depth, and we can also include her unique communication skills.

You are the first person that mentioned the voice in the end. 😎🇺🇲👍💯🌟

I lived in Fernie as a child!! Tiny place to randomly hear someone mention out of the blue. I learned to ski there. Beautiful place!

I appreciate your technical expertise and with all you've heard and said this is why I just can't wait for a studio album from Angelina. Yes yes, I love her live performances, that's how I discovered her for myself as little tiny munchkin channeling Billie Holiday and other greats from the past. But the world needs to hear this gift of vocal genius and the only way that happens is over the airwaves from an album of studio recordings. As I was watching and listening to this I thought of Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and all the other great recorded singers of the past and the fact that it's been a while since there has been a talent this big. I was never a fan of those singers as I was into more progressive rock and roll but I knew and could hear and had respect for their talent. Angelina is not a half dressed pop princess with dancers. She is at sixteen one of the best ever singers who deserves a very big stage. She sets a very very high bar.

What an awesome reaction & input. I'm glad you had a great B-day. As you mentioned, Angie is a master of the positive & negative space. So far we know she can sing a F5-G5 also she can add vocal distortion to it if she wants. We don't know how much higher she can sing until she does it or tells us. She does have an even more impressive low range though. Check out more from Angie’s 3 concerts in Norway, 7-1-22 in Kurbadhagen, 7-7-22 at Kongsberg & 7-10-22 again at Kurbadhagen. Angie had a lot of fun & so did the fans. (Mattias Axelsson, Vidar Enerud, Kathrine Angeltveit & Trond Andersen are good channels to start with. They have some good recordings & video's) Angie also has a Vevo account.

Just my opinion : only two people can sing this song. Whitney and Angelina. 🌺

Again, your technical expertise shines! Well done!

I love your analysis both vocally and technically. The control of the negative space is a typical jazz thing and yes she is very good at it. The dead silence before she started singing is indeed a tension builder. I wonder how much is just her singing abilities and how much comes from sound engineering. Perhaps a side by side comparison with her performance at Allsang pa grensen could shed a light on that. I know nearly nothing of it, so really just wondering. She dedicated this song to her recovering grandmother when she performed it during her latest concert on the 10th of July. That compared with this wonderful performance where power, softness, strength, delicateness, conviction keep coming in and out, gives this song to me a very different meaning, a very personal emotional meaning. Thanks!

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Queen Whitney needs to scootch over a bit on her throne to make room for Princess Angelina.

I agree the intro was very dramatic. She is simply amazing.

Please listen can't help falling in love by Diana Ankudinova she is amazing and beautiful young lady with a contralto voice

The little ditty you start off with on your videos reminds me of the theme song for the old Saturday morning show "saved by the bell"...

I am not sure how high she goes. It historically was not her strong point. Lately, she has discovered a new resonance chamber for her high register. As demonstrated with "Mount Everest" live at Kongsberg: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DYVxnY06BWw.html&ab_channel=RustyShackleford I think it is here she really is showing off new prowess (that is also possible to hear when listening to her previous (home) studio recording of "I have nothing" compared to this new one from some 3-4 years ago). There one can hear her needing to strain slightly for the high notes. Now she feels like she has all the space of the universe up there. More evidence that although AJ may be the most significant female vocal talent since decades she is also putting in ALL the hours of training and schooling of her instrument. Excellent reaction as always 👍

Man, great raction! Excellent analysis! Nice to see a guy that knows what he's talking about check out our barefoot queen :)

Love to watch you watch the music and view it you’re more passionate and most people I’ve seen reviewing I don’t review they will be a whole boy ha ha I don’t really see nothing but intelligently approach what song is doing her important and your passion is her fan just about I think about music I’ve been wanting to do one on one and a half now so she’s 16 and I’ve seen her in person several several times long trip from USA I think she’s gonna be a young girl we’re gonna talk about her next 50 years how great she was she’s a star it’s gonna shine brightly for a very long time to come.

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I do believe that second vocal used for that one phrase belongs to Whitney herself.

Happy Birthday Dude! God...you really know your shit (you have a smart RU-vid niche) . Keep it up. I would recommend some other challenges..."Baby Metal and "The Warning" both have great recording nuances for you to enjoy!. Lastly Angelina … is just teasing us, and we all know it!

Angelina has performed ‘I Have Nothing’ three times (I’m grouping all the live versions together). The original- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eTcvvO6B3Io.html - has 14.5 million views and the live version - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AqtIVYFjapQ.html - has 1.3 million views in less than 3 weeks, it is the Official version - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iX0g99jN26U.html - has more than 100,000 views in two days. Not only is the Official version the best it has the potential to vastly outstrip the other versions by the end of the year if not earlier. I personally think the Official version is better than Whitney Houston’s version.

IMHO Angelina's 2019 rendition of "I Have Nothing" is more Whitney and this rendition is more Angelina. The 2019 rendition emphasizes the higher parts of her range, as a 13 year old trys to capture Whitney, and this rendition is fuller Angelina. ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eTcvvO6B3Io.html ).

Great reaction. I know you’re very knowledgeable when it comes to music so I’m going to ask you a question. Do you think by giving Angelina at 1 1/2 a toy microphone influenced where she’s at today, most children don’t have a toy microphone in there toy box? What effect did by grandma filming so much of Angelina did it have on her when she first auditioned for Norway’s got talent at 7 there doesn’t seem to be any nervousness or anxiety before or when she performed how is that possible or was she just a pro at hiding it at 7 years old? Surely you must know what it was like your first time performing in front of a large audience.

Great reaction 🙏 What’s your take on the addition of two vocals on the 2nd “Don’t you dare”? I thought that was an interesting decision and I’m curious about the reason behind doing it.

Your doing a wonderful job with these reactions. You certainly add a lot interesting points and comments making this experience very unique. Keep doing what you are doing. Mentioned in the comments was her first time singing Labyrinths "Mt. Everest" live at Kongsberg festival in Norway. Here is a 4K UHD recording by Chris Walker and edited by Rusty Shackleford so the quality is excellent....a different side of Angelina here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DYVxnY06BWw.html.

If there were a way to tally up the opinions around the world I suspect there's more than enough who are convinced Angelina Jordan is, at 16, already the G.O.A.T. Logic says that is premature or irrational. But does that matter? If Angelina can make people feel she is the best ever isn't that the same as being so? She has been baffling for years and what's ahead is unimaginable.

Has anybody noticed she tends to touch her hair to take off her face. She has done it for a long time. I know it’s irrelevant when you are watching a super star who is about to explode onto the whole world

I like your comments

I think all the pauses she takes, she does on purpose for a reason, and that is based on how she feels the song should sound like.

What do you think that was with the double vocals for that short duration? Do you think it was a mistake or something? Somebody threw a switch at the wrong time?

Technical question ... why would the engineers feel the need to reinforce Angelina's voice with a brief multitracking effect, towards the end? It sounds like they're trying to cover over an error of some kind ... ADDITIONAL: I've now read suggestions about this from contributors below ... I find it hard to believe it might be an homage to WH ... what do you think?

What do you say to someone who says that her breathiness is due to improper vocal training?

When you hear 2 vocals... is that Whitney... ?