Mariah Carey - Lead The Way | Reaction 

This song is actually harder than most of the songs where she takes it way high because of the IMMENSE breath control, stamina, and AGILITY for those riffs and belts she was doing. That one riff she did in the final climax was on a high note, phrased, AND it was also one of her quickest and most COMPLEX runs in history. In fact it’s considered one of the hardest riffs by ANY singer and literally almost NOBODY has gotten the riff 100% correct like she did, not even the most talented vocalists that have covered this song, because the run is SO quick and precise and intricate, she legit goes all over her range hitting SO many notes in a matter of like 3 seconds WHILE PHRASING AND ANNUNCIATING. Also yes the last belt adds even MORE to the difficulty of the song since it’s held for damn near 20 secs and while doing riffs and belting, if it was falsetto of just regular volume chest voice it wouldn’t b so hard to sustain it for that long but BELTING it makes it SO much harder, again, almost no one whose covered the song has done the final belt like she did, it’s simply too much, Mariah is unbeatable. And even the ones who HAVE been able to do either the riff or belt damn near perfectly, only did ONE of them perfectly, there hasn’t rlly been anyone who’s done BOTH perfectly. Anyways this is easily top 3 hardest songs from her believe it or not. U should react to “Forever” it’s another vocally INSANE song with no room for breathing and it’s literally overflowing with riffs and runs lmao

Your Mariah reactions are the best lol. This is an incredibly difficult, intricately beautiful song. The fact that she can write and sing like this never ceases to blow my mind.

This song is spectacular. Emotions, We belong together, Mine again, Fly like a bird and Lead the way are one of the few songs in her repertoire that she recognizes the vocal prowess required to sing them . BTW the run before the climax (last chorus)has 35 notes sung in 2 seconds "All hail and bow to Mariah Carey, The Queen of Divas, Protector of the vocal skills from the realm, Archiduchess of Vocal range/registers, Empress of agility, The unmatched, The Mellisma mother, The Goddess of Songwriting and producing, The one often imitated, but never duplicated, The embodiment of pure success",. My simpleton ears are not worthy of your talent but a simple sung phrase will be enough to heal me for all eternity.

This song is one of her hardest songs vocally. There was even a "lead the way" challenge and many people tried that one run but Mariah is often imitated but never duplicated. I say that to say that from the whispery tone, to the melisma (runs) to the vocal transitions, to the belting, to the whistle note, to the vocal modulation on the last note is beyond this world. I wish you would appreciate more of the whispery tone and the runs that she does with them. But we all have our opinions. Great reaction. Glad you attempted to do the long note, that was funny. 🤣

This song is a masterpiece! She painted the emotions of the song perfectly! A little bit of everything within reason ❤🙌🏾🎶

So insanely hard to sing, tho tbf that’s her entire catalog 🎶 one of my favorite Mariah songs

This song has one of her most iconic runs 💯 You should check out Mariah’s “For The Record” it’s an underrated gem 💎 She references many of her own songs in it 😜 The song is a vibe 🔥

This song blows my mind! 🤩 The vocals are insane! The last bar....oh honey!

I have never clicked on a video SO FAST! Being a Mariah fan and witnessing ppl listen to her classics for the first time is a TREAT!

This is one of the most hardest songs for any one to try to attempt to sing in her catalog of songs she's written, her breath control in the end is remarkable, and the song story is relatable. Love her Thanks for posting - I love our reaction videos!

This is Mariah’s longest note ever… also, that glittery thing was not nail polish but like glittery eyeshadow thats why you see in the next scene they are brushing it in Mariahs eyes and her eyelids have golden glitter

And also she made it in what it seemed one breath, from the middle phrase to the climax... I think from "and let it take over...* onward. I could be wrong.

3:18 #JusticeForGlitter♥️♥️♥️

I’ve been requesting this for like over a year and u FINALLY got to it😭💀

I'm not a fan of this song in particular, but I must say the vocal performance itself is outstanding. Please do her "babydoll" song from the butterfly album. Missy Elliott helped her on that one

"you don't want me in the studio i'm gonna damage your equipment" LMFAOOO

7:04 She’s 5’9”♥️ #OldBackgroundSinger

Bravo. We leeeeeeeeaaadddddd the waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy sorry it is toooo looonnggg❤. Great for her.

Love watching your Mariah reactions 🥰

Love the album, love the song!!! Such beauty.

Bro you need to react to her song called "everything fades away". You will instantly love it

Glitter came out September 11 2001.

I was able to hold a note for 14 seconds Laying in bed while watching this😂😂😂😂

In the other video she collapses on the couch after lmfao

SHe actually takes her last breath right before she says “and let it take over “ until the end…3:24 is way too late to start counting. She sings the last 32 seconds with no breath😊

Yep👋

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Have you reacted to “Yours” the live version ? She eats down

O Gabriel Henrique também consegue ele é incrível assim como a Mariah Carey

Hey beautiful Mariah Carey. I only know one man who can sing this song like Mariah. Gabriel Henrique did this cover and it was beautiful, others say he doesn't get tired It's very incredible, it doesn't disappoint, it's worth checking out ❤🎉😅

The average mortal doesn’t possess enough B R E A T H to sing this song. NOTICE it takes a lotta breath just to LIP-SYNC this song (Get to the end. Bet you can’t without having to breathe😄😄). This is like Teena Marie’s LOVE ME DOWN EASY. LipSync that sh.t and let me know what time you awake (after passing out)💯 #IMissThisVoice

Will you react to Faded by Mariah Carey?

Have u reacted to patti labelle tribute to mariah Carey for her grio award?

She’s 5’9

Btw this isnt an official mv its fan made

It’s beyond me why you always fail to appreciate her whispery tone. Do you have any idea how hard it is to have control over that register? Mariah would hate to hear you just want her to sing all songs in the same darn style and register. So boring!!! Having no dynamics is being a bad singer and MC is a phenomenal singer because of her dynamics, range, control, tone, melismas and her overall great musicality.

Great reaction. I love this song by Mariah. Please, please react to Gabriel Henrique's cover of this same song. Lead the way. Thanks

Maybe you sould try Gabriel Henrique's version of this song by Maria of "Lead the way". Talking about holding a note, you will be surprised for sure!

I love watching your videos because of your theatrical personality but it's becoming a bit annoying to hear how you downplay her head voice. Mariah has mastered the art of knowing when to sing softly and when to belt, everything that she does is extremely difficult.

I don’t like her whispery singing either. Yes it’s impressive, but it’s wayyy to much and I don’t feel the song like her others