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RIGHT?!!...OMG So beautiful!❤

hdctx - Hi - I'm glad you highlighted this, I was also going to mention it to WiDD, because I also think that whole entrance, came walk up from the back curtains of the stage and climb up onto that pedestal with impeccable timing to arrive at the mike within (I would actually say it was 3 seconds) of starting to sing [ but I won't argue with a fellow angel over 2 seconds :-) ] is in itself the professionalism of a top class, well versed artist. It just adds to how talented she was already then at such a young age. :-)

For me it was 'Fly me To The Moon' on the 'Senkveld show' short after she had won NGT, about 6.5 years ago now. I remember it like it was yesterday and I found it back in my RU-vid history. At such a young age, you expect an angelic voice that sings "Somewhere over the Rainbow" or "O mio babbino caro," not an eight-year-old singing like a 30-year-old experienced and super talented singer, who I don't know today BTW. That day I stopped my search for the perfect music I had always wanted to hear and I never stopped listening to Angelina Jordan since then until today.

Mike -- thank goodness for RU-vid recommendations.. :-)

@@FrankD491 Me too Frank. Same song, same show, same time frame. Have never been cured of the addiction since.

@@Mr.DamianM _ If addiction is to be present in the world (which it is in many forms), I cannot think of a better addiction one could or should have other than Angelina.! :-)

She sang this on the Netflix show, Lillyhammer. There is a video of her auditioning it for Steven van Zandt of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band who was a producer and star of the show.

There was also a long time frame between her first and last performance, at least for a 7-8 year old, in NGT. When she sung "Gloomy Sunday," she was still 7 years old (in 2013), still missing some teeth, while most experienced singers who can sing this song have already lost their teeth.

@@FrankD491 I agree. Especially, at her age a half of a year is a long time.

@@FrankD491 :-)

The minimalist guitar with tremolo is not easy to sing with and make it work, kudos to them both.

Unless you pause the video every 5 seconds. Pausing will not save you from copyright unfortunately.

Yes, Angelina understands jazz. She even mastered much of it, as a little girl. As for conveying adult size hurts and emotions, she couldn't have possibly known as a child, I would attribute to her high level of empathy for the feelings of others.

yes, that is the hardest thing to believe. how can a 8yo understand what melancholy means except for some kids with mental problems. But Angelina is such a happy child with a healthy family environment around her. Her biggest loss at the time may be just a missing toy. How coudl she convey this melancholy feeling so precisely and convincingly. It is mind boggling

Alan - hi. If those facts are true (and not suggesting they are not) then I am even more blown away with that acappella performance. Wow. (as were the judges and I think all the other contestants stood behind AJ - especially the girl immediately behind and to the left as we watch Angelina. :-)

​@@glenmorris135 I don't know for definite, Glen. But the judges normally ask the contestants to come up with something off the cuff to weed out the one trick ponies. Those that play instruments may do so but there is nobody in the wings to play a backing track. I don't know what the other contestants' specific talents were but what struck me about Angelina is how much of the song she did. other She has said Gloomy Sunday was a late decision and I can't think of a reason why she would have performed 'I'm a Fool' without the music. She sings to her own tempo anyway. Certainly, her accompanists follow her and not the other way around, so in a sense she is a capella a lot of the time. There is one video of hers where the track may as well have not been there (I don't remember the song but it will come back to me). Yes the girl in red was priceless and I've commented before that the couple of hip teenagers with guitars can't initially have feared much from the grade school kid whose mother pushed her out dressed like a wedding cake. They probably shared a joke or two about her but ended up needing their own moms on the way home.

@@alanoakley3242 - Oh Alan, that made me laugh, Thank you. You know, one thing I think occasionally and am sad about ( but then I just play 7th heaven and have a dance with my dog ;-) ) is that we won't ever see that Angelina again with the lack of teeth and ragamuffin looking hair [and wedding cake dress as you say] and deep deep dark beautiful eyes ( I know her eyes are still as beautiful but at that age of 7 / 8 they were probably more mesmerizing ) - but I don't dwell on that as what we have to look forward to is I'm sure going to get better & better though it hard to imagine how. But it is nice to reminisce about that past of Agnelina's from time to time and of course we are so lucky, thanks to many video recording to have those memories forever. :-)

​@@glenmorris135 I detect another old romantic, Glen. I'm right there with you. If Angelina had just come on the scene with her last few performances, she would be no less a great singer but I believe her core fanbase, which I venture to suggest is, on average, at least three times her age, would instead be the TikTok generation whose attention span can be measured on a stopwatch. She'd be a has-been before she could vote. I'm a 64-year-old cynic often likened to an old cartoon character whose catchphrase was, "We're doomed". Angelina has restored a tiny bit of my faith in the 3 years or so I've been aware of her. No longer did I have to try and fail to foist my tastes and values onto the young ones around me, I could adopt this charming, sophisticated child I'll never know from a place I'll never go and who appears to be a better person already than I'll ever be. In a world where her peers' every characteristic is often digitally reimagined before they would contemplate exposing themselves, here comes an unapologetically snaggle-toothed kid so confident in her ability that she's willing to utter random syllables to replace song lyrics she can't make out and has made a pledge regarding her professional life at an age most kids' ambitions stretch no farther than Santa's next visit. It remains to be seen, as she chooses or is forced to shed her family's protection to step into the jungle, how a person like Angelina Jordan will cope. How will she react to being objectified? She's a minor, so the creeps are holding station but I have no doubts that the starting gate is bulging under the stress. How will her singing cohorts react to a new player who is the equivalent of the best passer, best receiver, best rusher, best blocker, best tackler, best punter, best kicker and knows it, however humble she may appear? Growing up on the mean streets gives a girl a fighting chance of dealing with the b*tches, but cradled within a well-to-do family in Oslo . . . ? Hopefully she won't feel she has to go the full Britney but is there any space for a barefoot princess outside the social media fable?

Ooooh - Now there is a thought to look forward to. And hopefully with the same judges brought back from 2014 - that would be amazing to see there faces - again. :-)

Hi Ron - I'd love to have even a small glimpse into that world - wouldn't you?

@@glenmorris135 I'm not sure it would be the same if we were in there together LOL

Oh wow she would be a fantastic choice for one of his songs!

I would be just fine about Tarantino staying away from her! 🥴

i love the haunting quality she has with this song .. and the courage she has with slowing the tempo .. exquisite.

Ouch. I would die waiting on that haha.

sensilsen - I believe you are referring to the line Angie sings "He didn't take to life to chime" ? The original lyrics from when Nancy sang it are "he didn't take the time to lie" Of course others here may hear AJ's line different but I have listened to it in several videos of her singing this song over several years and I always hear the above (albeit I'm told there are recordings of her singing the same line as Nancy) but of course it isn't just a word swap it is quite different and I've always wondered if Angelina changed that line deliberately and on purpose though many seem to disagree and think it was a slight mix up but either way, to me it doesn't matter, she can sing whatever words in whatever order and I will still love it i'm sure. :-)

Miley Cyrus, not Mikey..

Has she released any new full songs? All I’ve seen is short one minute ones. Not really long enough to warrant a reaction.

I don’t know. It’s hard to pinpoint. But I’d say about 1-2 thousand or so.