ANGELINA JORDAN - I'M STILL HOLDING OUT FOR YOU - REACTION 

This is an important tune. It needs to be unearthed for humanity.

This recording & rendition by Angelina should receive a Grammy.

Thanks for another awesome reaction!

My ATF Angelina Jordan song. So powerful. Love your thoughts always. Great job.

Bud! Excellent reaction to a superb performance.

One of her best performances ever wild bill 🙂

Great comment, fantastic ! Isn't it ironic, that this is just a RU-vid video that is leaked, and in reality this is a MASTERPIECE. Hard to be believe that it keeps living in the shadows....

.....and this is the only time she sang the song. And it's so good that someone has to leak it just for the world to hear.

As a 72 year old man , i have lived through decades of amazing and brilliant musicians and vocalists. I’m so fortunate to have lived long enough to experience the sound of this girls voice.

In my top 5 of her covers. Again, your analysis is superb. The details you note are super interesting. Thanks!

I never get tired of hearing this song

oh yeah, she was 10 here I tell you the girl is the best now or ever really.

Thanks!

I totally understand her family not releasing this because socially 10 is such a youngster. And this song while insanely great oh my goshhhh phew… she is musically far beyond her years. Personally I think it is vital not to expose her to too much. And as a result she remains unspoiled and instead of too much she has enough space to mature as she needs to. In her own time. To let her be. True To Herself.

It's simply a Masterpiece in every way!

Beautiful ❤️❤️

Bel she does things to me emotionally that no other singer has ever done.

This would have been a number 1 hit I'm sure.

Insane vocals at any age, never mind at age 10. There is lot of misinformation about this song that is floating around. What we know for sure is that Brandon Lowry (Baby FuZZ) wrote this song with Frida Amundsen, Aksel Carlson,and Ronny Janssen. A demo was produced but not released by Baby FuZZ. The song was shopped around to different artists for possible recording. Angelina recorded a demo but also did not release it. It was leaked by someone who managed to access the computer file where it was stored. Baby FuZZ heard Angelina's demo only after it was leaked. All the talk about the suicide lyrics is nothing but speculation. Neither Angelina or anyone associated with her indicated that. Baby FuZZ in an interview said that there were no discussions about the song between him and Angelina's team. He was getting lots of abuse on RU-vid for the mistaken belief that he prevented her from changing the lyrics. He was very impressed by her performance but threatened to block the song if the online abuse continued which he really didn't want to do that because he supports young and upcoming artists. When no real interest was shown by any artist to record this song, he recorded it himself and released it. We probably can say that he covered his own song. LOL. We are grateful to him for not blocking Angelina's demo. What is the reason that Angelina didn't release this song? We will never know unless she or her manager say why. The comments on Baby FuzZ video of this song have been disabled. I did take a screenshot of one of his replies; "I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. The song was written by myself and 3 others in Norway and we made all the parts and sounds from scratch. Anything on the Angelina demo other than her vocal was taken from our original demo and leaked onto the internet without permission by a third party. I'm definitely a fan of hers after hearing it, and have chosen not to copyright strike the video because I support young artists. Although if I keep getting hateful messages from misinformed people every day, I will have no choice but to remove her versions from online. I hope you can understand and relax. Thanks" Also in an interview he said that were no discussion between him and Angelina's team about releasing the song. Hope this puts to rest that the "suicidal lyrics" and Baby FuzZ refusal to let her change the lyrics were the reasons for her not releasing the song. Thank you for always enjoyable reaction videos.

Agree with you 110%! The fact that you can then describe everything so very well makes me understand what is happening. You are truly professional. What a gem this is. This is really fantastic. Angelina, the music, the mixing and the pictures! I appreciate everything about this song! THANKS!!!

I hope when she turna 18 She woudld give us this to us ,her ángeles

Good to see you again, just an angel here.

Angelina is by far the best there is now or ever to be quite honest.🙃

we would have loved to see Angelina perform this song on stage 🥺♥️

she is like some angelic being in a young girl sent here to bring joy to this hurting world. There are no earthly words that justly describes who and what she is !!! How she grabs your soul and takes it for a ride to neverland!!!!!

Goosebumps and chills on this one ❤️ 10 years old sounding so soulful and that ending is so amazing ❤️ She is Just incredible ❤️

Thank you!

Still holds a position strong in my top 3, That is actual top 3... Regardless of age it was performed.,,, 6 to 16.

ANGELINAS performance was leaked around a month before baby fuzz releasd his , credit to him and others for writing this but ANGELINAS version is on another leval.

Magnificent music !!!

An incredibly written song, but even more, an incredibly beautiful performance by Angelina!

Pure talent, AJ is a prodigy .No doubt about it.A totally and complete professional artist.God bless her.Thanks

That has to be a number one....on any measure...that is a HIT SONG.... What she does in this song....Gifted singer plus great song equals.....great hit songs....and she delivers...BIG TIME... and she did this at 10.......Unbelievable

Another great reaction. Thanks for all the informative comments about this recording. You are one of my favorite reactors. (In the top 5 of 50.)

Awesome reaction, love her to record this again with her voice and technical skills now! Epic Performance, God Bless!

Thats a absolutly masterpiece , brilliant and yeah i mean 10 years old is angelina. I will go with angelina , what she is doing in the future, such a pleasure to know, that she is going to the top of the musicworld ever 👑♥️🌹🌟 i love your reaction, always about angelina 🙏

She was awesome at all the ages till now. I love watching her going through the stages of developing her style and learning as she progresses throughout. Great reaction.

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Awesome reaction analysis..

Great commentary! This was almost an unbelievable peerformance!

Wonderful reaction. Thankyou. You always understand and appreciate what is being done behind the scenes from the musicians to everyone that it takes to bring Angelina's music to us. We understand that even at her age she knows her own voice, what she is capable of doing with it and she wants to bring her music to those that love and appreciate it/her the most. We each have our part to play in her future which is to spread the word about her beautiful voice We love you Angelina!

The timing is what really hits me here. She's already lived a lifetime of music in her head to be able to pull that of so tastefully and sophisticated. And that low note on the second verse that I always look forward to "...all the TI-IME". Stank face and chills!

Great reaction dude. Been revisiting this song often. Her timing and placement are her own. Its a cover but im not sure she even heard the original. I think she got handed the song new. Her whole year at ten was a defining year for her, she really got a handle on her power. Go find the rooftop live version of Everytime We Say Goodbye and its the patient intentional placement of every syllable that makes her stand right next to Ella Fitzgerald- at frickin 10

As always, quality and educational reaction. Love your passion for sound and music.

Gee Whizz. You know your stuff. So educational and entertaining. The focus of our attention (Angelina) will provide years and years of analysis and discussion. This is so much fun.

I agree that she did an amazing job with this song. Your reaction was great and your expressed feeling were so real. That back story is not really important. As to who and why it was leaked, we just need to be grateful is available for us the enjoy.

So much to love in this. It's part of the jazz bend. Yes, very nice, eh? One of the best, and I like your teaching. 💜

I think that the fact of english isn't her first language allows her to make diferent and beautifull changes with the words. She is unique.

I believe AJ was sent a demo tape and she did an overlay. So much of the fit must be in her singing...

"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.!!! - Rumi [ Miss. Angelina "Magical Vocalist & Song Writer" Jordan ] "Thank U - Mr. Bel Development"

@BELD: Super analysis! Thanks so much.

This song at 10 years of age,as well as I Put a Spell on You at 9 highlighted the raw talent of young Angelina.I have no doubt she will shock even her most hardcore fans with what she unleashes on us all soon.Awesome reaction,thanks for all the informative details.

There are a lot of rumors about this song going around. Wanting to know facts from fictions, I did some research. Below is factual information with a little bit of speculation: - Baby Fuzz wrote this song with the help of others during a master class camp on song writing - Those others worked with Angelina on her original Shield - Baby Fuzz decided he wanted to sell it for someone else to use it - For that purpose he decided to make a demo - That demo was distributed but didn’t lead to a sale - Baby Fuzz decided to release it himself anyway Here comes the speculation part: - the people Angelina worked on Shield with, brought the demo Baby Fuzz made with them to Angelina - Angelina gave it a spin, this recording, and decided not pursue it any further - Angelina’s version was leaked For the timelines, Angelina’s cover was leaked a few months before Baby Fuzz released his original. That is of course curious that the cover was released before the original, but the above makes clear how that happened. Regardless, it is an amazing song and I agree she absolutely killed it and the recording is technically of high quality as well. That is what is all about :-)

You paused at precisely the spot ( 7:53 ) right in the middle of the word that gets me every time. Her CRAZY is CRAZY. LOL. Loved the entire reaction and think this would be on the top of her recording list for showing she transmits emotion with her instrument. THANKS

You have just reacted to what many of us consider to be one of the finest recordings she has ever produced. And as you said, this type of quality and sophistication at 10 years old is incomprehensible. There is no question in my mind that if the background story were different, this would have been a major hit worldwide and on every radio station. Your commentary is always appreciated and I learn something every time I listen to you. Thank you for your continued support of Angelina and her career.

This song has a driving bear down near 20Hz which may be below the floor of your monitors... just in case you want to listen to it again 😊

SO happy to finally hear you react to this, thanks!!!

ESTA Y i rathergo blind ... son mis favoritas. Increible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One her most surprising recording. I mean at 10! How is this possible. Not only his she gifted, she is well surrounded. As you said, it is amazingly well produce and arranged. It deserves to be release as a single. Actually I would like to hear her sing this now with her more powerful voice.

Jesse, thanks again for another great reaction to the amazing Angelina! Really appreciate the amount of knowledgeable information you give us in your reactions. Yes, no matter how many times I hear this it's still a head scratcher that she was ten years old. 10! Insane. Have a great day Jesse.

I wouldn’t put it past Angie cutting this a cappella and the team building around her vocals. Great analysis!

The audio track was recorded at the _SnakeHips_ studio in Oslo, produced by Aksel "Axxe" Carlson and Ronny Janssen. The same duo also produced and co-wrote Angelina's song _Shield._ Also involved in creating both songs was Frida Amundsen.

I hit the pause button and can't wait to see your reaction to this song. I want to see if your expression changes in the smallest way when Angelina uses the word CRAZY in such a way that is went right through me and made me feel the emotion she was expressing. I love your reactions and how you get into the music and vocals. Great job.

AJ’s versatility When you experience AJ’s versatility there is only one conclusion that can be made, she is the GREATEST of all time there is no one else to compare her to

---- “I'm Still Holding Out For You” (In 2016, few days before turning 11-years old, Angelina recorded demo cover of this Baby FuzZ’s song. Many people consider this cover among Angelina’s best) ---- Baby FuzZ is Brandon Lowry and is also known by stage name Sterling Fox. He has written and produced songs for others including Lana Del Ray, Britney Spears, Avicii, Adam Lambert and Madonna. Angelina’s people did not allow release of song because they thought it to be wrong stylistic choice for her. Angelina’s people fearing copyright infringement issues blocked release of “leaked” version of song several years later. Baby FuzZ had never heard her demo until 2018 and really liked it and allowed it to stay up on RU-vid. Back story about song itself is published on Internet if dig around. Many people describe song differently than Baby FuzZ does. ---- Baby FuzZ says: The bulk of “I’m Still Holding Out For You” was done at a songwriting camp in Oslo, Norway. I wrote the song with some super talented cowriters Aksel Carlson, Ronny Janssen, and Frida Amundsen. I was there for the world class by:Larm music festival in 2016. Mostly I was just writing for other artists, and unfortunately found myself writing some tunes that fell a bit short. By the end of the week, I was growing frustrated with my effort, but luckily the frustration kind of bubbled up and resulted in this song on the last day of writing. - During an off day, I was able to go to the Oslo Viking Ship Museum. It houses an amazing set of original fully assembled Viking boats from 900 AD. They have these kind of Nightmare Before Christmas looking adornments on the bows that are incredible. I was really inspired by the beauty and the curves on these boats. I honestly believe the ships inspired some of the writing on “I’m Still Holding Out For You”. The song is simple and stark, yet has a few ornate, artistic moments that remind me of those ships. - So yeah, this song had been completed in 2016 and the idea was to try to give it to a big artist. I had sent it to a myriad of people over the last few years, with no luck. I think it was the music industry’s way of telling me I need to start putting out my own songs. Finally, early in 2018, I kind of came to the realization that the demo was pretty strong with my vocal. At the point, I went back in on the production and kind of took it over the finish line. Now I’m super happy nobody else took it, because it feels 100% honest to what I was feeling at that time. - A fun line in the second verse deals with impulsive swiping of potential Tinder matches. It’s not even to find someone to match with. It’s just a cyclical behavior of rejecting others in an attempt to affirm an old flame that will never work. It’s actually the whole idea of the song… I’m just delusionally holding out in some monk-like vow of abstinence and loyalty that is incredibly self-destructive. ---- People ask who "leaked" Angelina Jordan demo of “I'm Still Holding Out For You”. It is not officially known although either Ronny Janssen, Aksel Carlson and/or Frida Amundsen, the co-writers of the song, could arguably be prime candidates. Here is why. - Does Angelina have any connection with the co-writers of the song? She sure does! Great song by Angelina is “Shield” that she co-wrote. And whom did Angelina co-write “Shield” with? No other than Aksel Carlson, Ronny Janssen and Frida Amundsen! Hmmm. - Angelina is from Oslo, as is three Norwegian songwriters. They had to have met somewhere for “Shield” to be written and produced. It appears, “Shield” was produced at Ronny Janssen's recording studio in Oslo as he has a production credit. - At minimum, one could also presume that at least one meeting had to have occurred when Angelina did demo of “I'm Still Holding Out For You”, probably also at Ronny Janssen's recording studio in Oslo which would seem to be likely place Angelina would have sung to backing track. So, it is probable that Ronny Janssen had master recording of Angelina's demo and probably made multiple samples for Angelina, and the other two songwriters. - Additionally, Ronny Janssen is listed with production credits for three versions of “I'm Still Holding Out For You” by Baby FuzZ in 2018 and 2019. Thus, one can presume it was probably Ronny Janssen who played Angelina's demo version to Baby FuzZ in 2018. Baby FuzZ was said to like it, and it was OK to leave "leaked" demo on RU-vid. ---- NOTE: “Shield” was self-released when Angelina was 12-years old, or in 2018, roughly in same timeframe that Baby FuzZ released his version of “I'm Still Holding Out For You” in 2018. The self-release of “Shield” included a performance on Scandinavian talk show “Skavlan” that usually had 2.5 to 3 million viewers per show: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lQtUbVKb0vs.html ---- SIDE NOTE: At this same time of 2016 to 2018, Angelina was also introduced to disk jockeys Avicii (Swedish) and Alan Walker (Norwegian - at over 11.8 billion views and a daily average of about 3 million views, he is number one Norwegian artist on RU-vid), two music stars with worldwide followings. As Angelina fans know, she was invited at 10 years old to sing Alan Walker’s smash hit “Faded” (over 3.3 billion views) and sing hit “Sing Me To Sleep” (over 677 million views), on Alan's “Heading Home” worldwide live streaming event that he held in Bergen, Norway on December 22, 2016 (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Oei0Nhx_6rw.html). And in 2016, Avicii chose Angelina for vocals on his worldwide Volvo commercial campaign, with Angelina’s brilliant cover of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good”. Avicii tragically died on April 20, 2018. Angelina later sung in 2018 his smash hit song “Wake Me Up” (over 2.1 billion views) as tribute to Avicii whom she called "my dear friend Avicii" (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F5omCuTQ9S0.html). ---- Bottom line was that Angelina was becoming well known in Norwegian/Scandinavian music scene at early age of 10 to 12 years old. She was becoming "connected" into that world, and hence have inter-connections that would logically follow.

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I work for with Norway she has several friends at recording studio the best Norway 😊

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Love this perfection. Love that statue of you behind the microphone

I thought the demo done by Angelina was for Baby Fuzz. Either way the Song was never released commercially by either artist and Angelina's version was a leak by someone. Many think Angelina/Republic should license/buy the song and have her perform it again (of course her performance at 10 was pretty amazing).

She took a pop song and turned it into a masterpiece wild bill 🙂

Great reaction. This is an amazing song and stellar performance. Whatever the backstory is, I truly hope things get worked out between everyone involved. I would love to see this released today! I think it would be a major hit. And I would love to see Angelina perform it now to see what her more mature vocals can do with it. I agree with some other comments here. As good as she was in prior years, ten-year-old Angelina exploded with stunning performances. I look forward to her much-anticipated release later this year or early next.

This is my all time favorite cover of hers. Million Miles comes in second.

I’m pretty sure Baby Fuzz put the song out after Angelina cut this demo. His version has much more “Studio Magic” on the vocals.

Once again. Thanks for granting my request. I knew you would love the production on this. She worked with the same songwriters on Shield. And you’ll also notice the same type of production on that song

I'm old and spent a lifetime listening to music and this is a masterpiece , the fact that she is ten , is unbelievable, the sound, the timing, the tone changes, the delivery. to me this recording has it all, super star qualities even at 10 ,I agree with your reactions

Nice work pulling out so many of the production details. Most don't. There are so many. IMHO this is easily the best produced of Angelina's works. That with her interpretation of the lyrics without a reference beggars belief at 10. I remain convinced this would be a huge hit if it was ever mainstreamed.

I don’t think they were that concerned about the production because she was recording this for a demo of the song. The writer hadn’t even sung it yet, and he ended up listening to her version before he made his own track. Check his version out as well: Baby Fuzz.

This is my favorite for a long time...

10 years old

This is one of my top five of Angelina's songs. It's phenomenal -- and at age 10!! However, I have to disagree with you about having her sound like this ALL the time in ALL her recordings! Angelina Jordan CANNOT and WILL NOT be put into a box! She has so many stylistic choices, timbres, genres, voices, etc., that to squeeze her into one mold of one style would make her CEASE to be ANGELINA JORDAN! I'm glad that, even being with Republic Records, she is a free agent, free spirit, genius-level creator & innovator whose governor is her own inner gut instincts.

This could have been a big hit for Angelina if she had officially recorded it. I have read in comments, that this demo was recorded in a studio in London on January 3rd, exactly 1 week before her 11th Birthday. Supposedly, she did 2 earlier versions in late Dec, but this was the best version. I've never heard any other versions & don't know if its true. The commenter claimed to know the co-writers of this song which are the same co-writers of Angelina's original, Shield & he/she sounded knowledgeable providing dates & other inside info. I wish I had saved the comment.

Angelina at age 9 “I Put A Spell On You” and a year later now this one at age 10. They say that she channel’s the great performers from the past? Do you hear the similarities of this eerily sounding voice on both songs which are separated by only one year? I’m thinking that they are the same channeled performer, and I don’t think you will hear this particular channeling performer again coming outta Angelina. You wouldn’t suppose that this particular channeling was Screaming Jay Hawkins himself? Spooky or not, it’s happening.

Thanks for another great reaction!!This one of her best covers!! Wish you would react to The Highwomen’s arrangement of The Chain ( Fleetwood Mac’s opening track) recorded at Howard Stern’s studio. These four women have amazing vocals/harmonies! Guitarist on the left is married to the fiddle player, the bass player and other guitarist are twins and play with Brandi Carlisle. The sound is always amazing in this studio. There’s multiple microphones, amps and an interesting device under the bass player’s foot? All “stuff “ that is right up your alley. Thanks again, you’re the best !

This Is a Great one and some of her Songs at 10 years Old are Mine Blowing and Totally From a different Planet than Early and Later Stuff and this is a Complete GEM then She went back to her Normal Brilliant Self and carried on her rise to Being a Super Star And At 75 and hope i stay alive to see her Mind Blowing Best in the next few Years. ?????? Chris Tredwell Birmingham UK

It is Camp AJ!

This cover is in my top 3 Angelina covers.

Thanks for this beautiful reaction. This for me is definitely one of her covers (but can they be called covers, interpretations of this type?) more exemplary than her, she has made a really fantastic version of this song, with superb changes of register and tone. The final judgment is given by the numbers of views of a 10-year-old girl's version against that of an established professional like Baby FuzZ... 💛 🧡 ❤

Moving your head to the beat was very helpful to me. Such a slow beat. We are so lucky to have this song. It is one of Angelina's best early performances.

Still holding out

Angelina a 10 anni era già superstar.

This is a demo that she performed. When do the singer that singer ask her if she would do it you look at someone to record it and she did. Whoever did this with Angelina I don’t know I but she did the But this was a demo, and I got released

Nice analysis again. In my experience i always prefered using a fast delay on vocals instead of reverb, it easier to keep the vocal in front of the natural reverb of the room or lack of. Keep doing what you do

Thanks for an absolutely crackin' break-down, Buddy! Very much appreciated 🙂 Greetings from Norway♥♥♥

La mejor versión de este tema, como siem😅pre, Angelina supera al original. Tremenda version

For me this is just stunning , I truly wish her record company would promote this track even this version as opposed rerecorded, she is beyond words. Great reaction .

Great reaction my friend 😃 Angelina's vocals on this one, always blow my mind.no matter how many times i have listen to it ❤ If there one song i hope an wish she do an again , it's this one .Imagine her 16 year old voice singing this now wow 🥰 Have a good one take care an stay safe 😊

Avicii was a friend of Angelina and her family and he committed suicide. So Angelina’s family didn’t like the suicide inference in the song. This is one of my favorite songs by AJ. Super happy it got leaked, it really demonstrated her jazz vocals.

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I believe it was recorded to this level at Stargate... But it could have been a smaller studio in one which some of the co-writers of this song are Involved with.............