Chicago Darren Criss performs Stutter at Northalsted Market Days 

mama umbridge would be proud

DARREN IS SWEATY AND SCREAMING INTO A MICROPHONE AND HES SO SPONTANEOUS AND JUST GORGEOUS AND I WANT

This is Darren's original version of the song. He wrote it. The lyrics were adapted for use in the musical.

Someone please find me a guy like Darren. I would also accept the actual Darren Criss.

That guy doesn't sing this song... No... HE LIVES IT ! Piano, guitar, voice, drums, dance... Amazing !

The bass player is killing it though. A-mazing.

It's absolutely BEST live version, too bad the sound is messed up

I love the point where he realizes "dude, im gonna totes screw with these fangirls' minds... imma make them go crazy"

This never gets old.

Okay seriously, just too much talent in one guy, what the actual fuck?

Someone get the bassist his own show.

I love the twitch he does with his head

This bass player is so damn good

this performance is freaking awesome! Super mega foxy awesome cool!!!!!

I love how he just rocks out and has fun HES SO FREAKIN PERFECT

Most of us lost our ability to even at the beginning of the damn concert. He's incredible! Thanks for watching!

I like the AVPS version better, but this is still good.

I really hope Darren records an album!! I know he hasn't had time because of glee and then Hedwig and now he's going to film a movie but I hope he hasn't forgotten about doing one:(

holy shit I love this song well I love every single song that Darren sing his voice is so addictive

i love how in EVERY SINGLE performance when Darren says "fuck" the audience squeals. ngl, i would too.

You can just see the passion in his performance. I love watching him perform.

this man is just waoooooo

omg this is everything... I'm speechless basically just developed a 'Stutter'

Bass man is so into it and I am HERE FOR IT.

Oh woah. I've only ever heard this song sung by Joe Walker as Umbridge. I had no freaking idea it was even more bad-ass than I originally thought. O w O

he goes mad hard at 2:44. Love this man till the day i die.

Teaching myself how to the play this and it's the most difficult thing ever

from wikipedia... "Criss later became a multi-instrumentalist, mastering the violin, guitar, piano, cello, mandolin, harmonica, and drums, and he began composing songs by the age of fifteen" aka he is superhuman.

"we can fuck the rig-" "WOOOOOOOOOAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

GAH! Seeing this, then remembering I live in Australia and therefore will probably never see him live, KILLS me! You have absolutely no idea how much it kills me. His performances are INSANE!

this whole performance is amazing. i always like hearing songs like this. you can tell darren is happy when he's playing them just by the way he acts.

I just love how much he enjoys this! ^^

Thank you for your support of my video!!! This is an amazing performance by an amazing man! Keep watching!

This is one of my favorite videos on all of youtube.

I love how much fun he has during performances

The bassist is rockin out! Fucking love it!

his little head twitch is so cute

@itsxmexlaurex Darren wrote this song a few years ago. A slightly different version of it is in "A Very Potter Sequel" where it is sung by Joe Walker as Professor Umbridge. But I like it even better when Darren sings it. So sexy!

*Darren plays drums* What is he trying to do kill us with his awesomeness?

My obsession for Chris Lorentz has reached a pinnacle. That man.

i love how everybody screams after darren swears XD

how can somebody dislike this video?

Sorry, Darren, I can only hear Umbridge in this 😂

Oh man he is just so damn hot!!!

This version is so much better then in the musical

He's even more amazing when he's in like a rage. xD

Still want to hear a studio version of this song. Even though I know it will never happen...

I love how I can't stop watching this!! He is addicting! I need rehab!

glee should do a episode of only darren criss songs. really. they should.

one of the best performances i have ever seen from darren ever. i loved this song in avps, but darren brings it to a whole new level of brilliance in his solo version. so much pent-up energy and smouldering beauty going into this performance, it's unbelievable. so can't wait to see Darren back on Glee :)

@moncan86 He does solo concerts when he can fit it in with the Glee schedule. He absolutely loves performing for his fans. This was August 13, a month ago today. He also performed with the StarKids at LeakyCon July 16th. He managed to cram in a few Six Flags shows this summer too between Glee and the Glee Live tour. He will find a way to fit a couple shows in this year, I am sure. That's just Darren. I flew to Chicago for this one from Pittsburgh and it was sooo worth it.

So I watched this three times : 1) To stare at his beautiful eyes. 2) To stare at his beautiful mouth. 3) To stare at his beautiful hands. Gosh I love him

Good energetic song. I loved the drum solo and the bass is pretty sweet (could do with its own solo.) keep chuckling because I can't help but think of he-man Umbridge singing this in his/her pink dress.

The amount of head twitches is too damn high! Haha nah I still love him!

What instrument doesn't Darren know how to play?

His stage presence is just.. wow.

Haha, i just love how much he's enjoying this.. Gotta freakin' love him :)

i love that in every single performance, without fail, whenever he sings the line "baby we could f*ck the rights" every girl in the audience squeals.

A energia dele cantando essa música é incrível!

AND I SHALL SIT HERE CONSUMED WITH LUST FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!

This is by far my favourite video of Darren ever Like sometimes I think I'm a lesbian, then I remember this exists

When he performs his facial expressions crack me up! Oh, I love you Darren!

I love how he smiles when he sings. It's so adorable!

It would actually be super amazing if, on Glee, Finn told Blaine to "sit down" again, and then Blaine would have a seat at the drum kit and absolutely melt faces. Ahh so quality.

I love how that guy in the blue shirt is just going balls to the walls in the back.

OK. So this is it. God does exist.

so sad he never recorded it in a studio

love the concert,he was so cute!!!

No matter how hard he tries he can't help but smile. -3

Me too. I've never seen him play the violin before - I would love to see him do that :)

@moncan86 I follow Darren Criss on facebook and twitter. I also follow his brother Chuck Criss on twitter (@Chuck_Criss). Also fansite @darrencrisscom sometimes has info. And since I follow @TeamStarKid (his production company) and a bunch of other Darren fans and fansites, thats usually how I hear. It is soooo worth it to see him live. Please look at my video To Have a Home from LeakyCon. You will see the starkids and see an emotional performance by Darren. And I am @mardie186 on twitter.

Omg now drums too, he is just so damn talented ❤😍❤

This is why i always have the feeling he is either naturally hyper or on a lot of sugar

And he forgot the words! Classic :D

His SO HOT on the drums...

Bonjour! Chris Lorenz is the bass player. He's the guy right next to Darren. Neil Davis is the drummer and Corey Richardson is the other guitar player.

OH MY GOOOODDDDDDD. I DIED.

@KraziiIsMe Not nearly long enough! About 1 1/2 hours I think. I could watch him all day!

OMG!!! Darren es increíble... es perfecto. Como diríamos aquí en México: papasitooooo!!! :)

Haha i love how he always forgets the lyrics to his own songs!!

What's a cure for Darren addiction? Darren doesn't know.

please get long hair again darren!

That was the best thing I've ever seen hands down bar none. One question? Darren could you get any more perfect?

@mdbaldo actually I have seen that. I spent quite a bit of time on here watching videos of them at leakycon but im not ashamed haha but yes To Have a Home was pretty freaking amazing and the hug at the end was a Too sweet! From the looks of the videos I watched they all were fantastic at Leakycon :) I do already follow him on twitter and just added team starkid and all that but I was wondering if I might be able to get a link or such from you for the FB page you follow please?

@mdbaldo oh man im so jealous :) Actually funny enough im pretty sure I watched your videos from leakycon-i recognize your username lol Not to sound creepy haha but they were good ones :) How do you hear about these performances and appearences though? Id seen somewhere someone said something about on a facebook page but when I looked up him on FB they all looked like unofficial fan pages with no info :(

there is absolutely nothing that man cannot do. except forget to be adorable..

@mdbaldo I wish I had the chance to! I'm crossing my fingers and hoping against hope he'll decide to play a show on the side while doing How To Succeed (which I have tickets to!! SO excited!) but it doesn't look likely. Thanks for the response, and thank you SO much for uploading the videos!!!!:DDD

Someone please call 911 cause someone has been raping the replay button for 3 days straight and she can't STOP!!! 1.20-1.35 drives me so wild I just want to take my top off! I literally fell to my knees and clutched my hair like an insane psycho and made this odd noises in my throat at 3.14-3.53

Dear Lord, thank you for giving us Darren to make up for all those other jackasses out there. Just when i thought he couldnt get any sexier, he played Stutter so sexy/adorable and smiling all the time, and he DRUMMED. Thank you. Just.. Thank you. This just made me believe in you.

It twitches because when you play bar chords for a long amount of time you're hand naturally cramps up and it hurts like hell! I can just tell he's trying to fix the cramp! haha Guitar playing can be a bitch sometimes! :p

I could have sworn I wasn't pregnant before watching this.... And starkidredvine it's because some of the songs he had already written and they just changed the lyrics for the musicals: Not Alone, Stutter etc. :)

I find it amazing that the only available versions of this song are live ones recorded (usually bad recordings) yet the crowd knows all the words ^_^ Also at around 2:02 what was that with the lips and the wink and sdfghjas

He should dance every time he sings this song. It reminds me of Joe Walker with the blonde wig, and I die every time I watch that musical!

can darren play everything?

Oh My God! Im writing from my grave because Darren killed me with his overload of sex appeal!!!! This was amazing! Does he still put on shows like this? I would travel so far just to see him!

i just wanted to be the fb page I follow is a legitmately informative one but if not its ok :) Thanks for sharing all the info you have with me -its been really helpful :) @mdbaldo

man he was really having fun, you can tell, you know why? Cause I´m sitting here with a stupid grin on my face the whole freaking time.

View no: 2014 #stillobsessing! @ 2:10 if the man put his tongue out at me like that he wouldn't get it back for a month!

0:34 ... not. That's not allowed. Too much talent. Error Error.

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