Thank you to those commenters who have stood up to speak in my defense in light of personal attacks. I expected some healthy push back, but hateful commentary is unwarranted, interrupive and unwelcome in a RU-vid forum. My job as I see it is to point things out to help refine the ear of the listener, particularly for singers and students of singing. To all viewers, I hoped my point was made that I do love Christina's voice and talent, yet my critique is not meant to bash her, but to react as I would in the voice studio. As I said, try to hear my points, but then go back and enjoy her work as much as you like, maybe with a sharper attuned ear; or at least I would hope. You might enjoy your music listening even more. Otherwise, seeking out the reaction of a vocal coach is merely an exercise in looking for agreement with your own already formed opinion. There are many non-coach reactions to be found that will provide you with that. All the same, I appreciate those who have felt compelled to share their passions about Christina. It tells me that real singing is still highly valued. And that is music to my ears.
no wonder as old you already are you still need money and started youtube as a career. while Xtina, Mariah, Beyonce, Celine, etc got real career as REAL SINGERS hell THEY ARE PRO SINGERS. And the only thing you can do is to teach singing by rules while PRO SINGERS break the rules and found their own way to outstanding, found their own voice, and their own identity in their voice and shine and selling records. not to mention how many awards they got.look at you, you are old as a hill but end up like a dust .. lol. It's a healthy push back tho not a personal attack.
why do “vocal coaches” always put down vocals they cannot achieve themselves. I understand riffs aren’t for everyone, but you’d think someone with music knowledge would admire someone’s ability remake a 22 year old song & bring it to life in a whole different way. This fits the film perfectly, it’s suppose to be dramatic & full of power. Which she achieve & did it brilliantly, I might add.
Omg yes!!!!!! All haters. I'm sick of that! He probably sings like Barney the dino and is soo jealous cause he can't do anything close to interesting with his bland, mediocre voice. They all do that crap.
That and I hate how they don't understand her voice and why she sings the way she does and say it damages the voice but cant explain how shes been singing this way since like 8 years old lol
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Some people complaining that there are "too many runs", but it's not really that much more than the original version anyway. She just built on the previous version. To beautiful results.
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I think that it's a personal choice on what you like more, but I must say every song fits every movie it's intended for in the best possible way. The 2020 version is far more epic, more warrior-like, and yes, a bit much because the film itself requires it. The riff, long extended notes, and distortion are intentional and very effective, especially towards the end when we see the battles. It's amazing to get 2 iconic interpretations of the same song by a superb singer 22 years later. :)
If you like comparing older/younger versions of great songs, I would suggest listening to Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now. 32 years later, and you hear the 'other side' 🙂
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The two versions fits the movie at their respective time. 1998 mulan is animated and more gentle so the version is more pop still gorgeous and she was young. Now it's more grand and intense given the live action version. So it's her singing as a grown and experinced woman. Plus if you gonna redo a song after 22 yrs you better show up and show the hell out. There's no room for holding back. No one and no one rn kn the industry is putting down these kind of vocals like here. The last time we got that was in the 90s from whitney Mariah and celine.
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This version is so much better than the 1998 version . Omg she was pushing her voice for a reason to sound this way. She wanted to be a wArrior theme more aggressive . The riffs were amazing and well placed . Disney doesn’t just let anyone sing . Christina is gifted she can’t be taught how to sing sorry but she’s not like just a regular singer . Her talent can’t be taught . No disrespect but you could never train xtina voice that’s more for basic singers .
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The typical teacher/vocal coach’s opinion that prefers to unify all the voice registers and cannot keep up with different textures. Predictable. This version is much richer, sang by a woman that has gone through a whole lot after singing this song at 17. The right way to describe it in my opinion is “Christina’s voice doesn’t need an orchestra, she’ IS the orchestra”.
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Riffs and runs are her style and also the power in her voice is epic, I just say her musical abilities are brilliant she can do 30 runs on the same song and never change the key, just a genius can do this no matter what!
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The fact vocal couches think they can understand Christina voice makes me laugh . She’s got a god given talent . Can’t be taught she’s born to sing and she can do anything with her voice that normal singers can’t .
Agreed, she was 17 when she sang the original. "Baby Christina version". This is GROWN WOMAN Christina. Its ABSOLUTELY perfect the way it is, I dont understand why people are so critical of evolution. 🤷🏾♂️
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@@jonathangonzales7811 I have all ready watched Katrina's cover of Reflection! She must be a fan of Christina because she sings so much like her! I call Katrina "young Christina! "
Because they can’t understand how she can do so much with her voice it makes them uncomfortable. Xtina voice is god given cant be taught and couches hate that cuz she can do anything while they have to train to much to be good haha
If theres no too many riffs, thats not Christina. I understand your perspective as a vocal coach but at the end of the day, its about the soul and heart singing like what Christina has always been doing through out this years. She is one of the pillars in the music industry today. The epitome of real music.
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You give more credit to the way she ends the 1998 version, it's the same way she ended the 2020 version? And you don't seem pleased with the climax in 2020, even though that is a long and sustained note with no runs? I think you're just not comfortable with change, sir. You're entitled to your feelings, but I hope you're willing to at least acknowledge that.
I agree that there's too much a huskiness in some parts, and her style has always been to insert too many runs. She's always done both things actually. This was nowhere near as bad as in another performances of hers. She has actually reigned it in.
She is Christina Aguilera for major reason. The music industry is ever evolving. Obsolete way of music is no longer receptive in today's generation. The new generation don't care about what those teacher wannabes and know it all about music... all they care is that they were able to express what they want to tell.
This is the thing. Christina has never been taught. She didn’t sit there with a vocal coach to learn singing, she was born with the ability and self taught herself by listening to vocal powerhouses like Etta James, Whitney Houston, Nina Simone, etc. You can teach all the technical and proper ways of singing to someone who also possesses the ability to sing, but you can’t teach raw emotion and feeling to someone. Christina has that. The original version, at the time, was impressive and it still is today. She was 17 at the time. She probably had someone helping her how to convey the song the way Disney wanted it conveyed. This new version is the interpretation of Christina the artist. This is her take as a woman and a person who has experienced 20 plus years of life. This version takes on a new meaning. She also shows the different layers of her voice that make the audience feel the different emotions of the film and her life, personally. I think she nailed it!
Love the original but the 2020 version is grand in comparison, which would suit the film's epic feel. The idea of having christina sing a softer version of a song without acrobatics is off brand for her. Its like asking mariah to not whisper sing. I much prefer this newer version. The elongated note was very Celine and takes my breathe away everytime I hear it. Curious to know how you would make it supreme? The only thing I didn't care for was the tempo.
I hear whatcha saying....i think the 1998 version she was singing as a girl who was still figuring out who she is, while the 2020 version she's a grown woman who already knows...which does make a difference. Still love it
I will never understand why vocal coaches always want to hear the same type of voices (the boring ones). Everything that is not clean and precise or that has something beautiful, different and unique like riffs, runs, distortions, etc they always shoot it down. Is it jealousy?
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I prefer the version 2020, the arrangements, vocaly. It suits the story of a warrior, hearing and seeing this, got me more excited about the movie, I felt the message too, I felt like she was talking to me. I love it so much.
I think you nailed it when you said the new version doesn't sound as much in sync with the theme of the song (the insecurities and fears of not being true to oneself) but it's more like a song by a warrior princess now. And that's probably Christina's mindset. She was a shy little girl just starting in the business when she recorded the 1998 version, and now over 20 years later she has grown and she feels stronger and more authentic, so the new Reflection is like a post-Reflection. There's no insecurity in the way she sings the song now because to her it must be like a journey back in time, celebrating that now her reflection does show who she is inside. It loses the connection to the theme, but it's wonderful when you compare both Christina's and how her own voice has grown.
For an animated film (target market are kids and young adults) with singing part by the lead, obviously the more subtle, subdue and personal approach fits since there is a scene where Mulan sings and sees her reflection in the pond but for a live action movie (target market for all ages especially during this era of empowerment) with no singing and part of the soundtrack, a more mature and powerful version is needed to fit the approach/concept. You can't have it too cute or personal. The lyrics of the song itself screams desperation and cry of getting out of the facade or masks of one's circumstances. Crying in silence isn't empowering but crying out loud, being angry and asking for change within and out often requires bigger gestures & more emotions that fits more this time.
Xtina STAN were always so stupid to attack someone who had negative opinions. Whether the vocal coach could or couldnt sing the riffs, he still had every right to say why he disliked 'part' of the songs.
I didn't think it was overdone, considering how she sang the first one... it was a bit different but runs and riffs were present in both in the same way I'd say
This version is more powerful, orchestra and voice come together perfectly. I think the idea of a new version is that it be different from the original and show vocal maturity, as well as a change. The song shows the power that the character will have in the live action, it is as if in the 1998 version Mulán is just being discovered and in the 2020 version Mulán is already with the warrior that she is. This new version is beautiful and superior!!!
It’s a pop ballad that was elevated because the older version was very cookie cutter and withholding. This was way more epic and appropriate for this love action movie. If you know anything about CHRISTINA AGUILERA, SHE IS NOT SIMPLE!!
Notice what is funny: Christina Aguilera really knows how to be a vocalist. But she started singing from a violent, bad ground in her life when she was kid. She opened up the windows while her father was hitting her mother and she used to sing out loud not to hear that, and she did the same to her sister, singer very loud to her sister not hear those violence screams. Its very hard a teacher comes and say "oh shes doing it wrong/ its not healthy" man she still got that VOICE, almost 40 years since she started singing when she was child. She def has her own way to sing, shes not trying to copy anyone. Remember, sing is a form of expression from soul, heart. I saw very tecnically singers out there with zero emotion. So...
Hello! Blessings to everyone! 🙏🏾🤲🏾💛Here I leave you the video where Christina explained that this version will be more powerful, and her tone would be stronger than the original one. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EWQMBTZmqaM.html for that reason thought like that comparing the previous version. However I respect your opinion. Peace! ✌🏾
Just found your channel and liked your reaction. I have been trying to get a vocal coach to react to Jackie Evancho vocals but with no success. It would be cool if you could do a Then and Now reaction of when she was young verses today and what better song than Reflection. She first sung reflection when she was 12 years old ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IXu5Nq7bZ80.html and last year at 19 years old.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NwWCiqc0WGc.html. I believe she has one the best voices around today. She was recently on The Masked Singer earlier this year. Thank you!
I get that you feel different, but my god she did so much better on the new version. I would never recommend you as a vocal coach if you can’t see and appreciate an original sound and voice
Christina is one of my favorites (along with Whitney, Mariah, Celine). I agree with your assessment, there were too many rifts. She has a wonderful voice; no need to make the song so complicated. It was a beautiful and simple video, her singing should have matched.
Thank you, Montcoshire! I also love her voice. She is a standout among voices and artists. I feel she (and her team, I'm sure) were just trying to find a way to distinguish this interpretation from the last. (Truly, I was skeptical when I heard the plan.) I really like her singing in Loyal Brave True, for which I have a reaction, as well. I really applaud her work on that!
Great reaction - i learned a lot. I`d love to see you react to " song for A " Angelina jordan. Also think you would love Auroras vertion of " Into the unknown " C U
I am a hardcore xtina fan,and I really love your honest opinion,honesty is better than those sugar coated praises,you should react to more of Xtina videos..Let people be negative or positive in your videos,it means your content is speaking to people....
Hi ntuzunkaurintah! Thank you for your amazing encouragement! It means a lot to me. I love Xtina, too! And I had to be honest. Otherwise there's no point. I also reacted to the new song from Mulan--Loyal Brave True, and I could use more recomomendations. What are some of your favorites?
@@DayleSong Christina Aguilara James brown tribute It’s Man’s world ,her duet with Bryan McKnight have yourself a merry Christmas and her lift me up Haiti fundraise event are some of my fav performances among many
Hi Ernesto, I appreciate your disagreeing with my position, and I respect your opinion. To clarify, it's not that riffs are wrong at all, just that they serve as ornamentation in this genre of music, and it is my opinion that when the melody gets obscured from too many showy riffs, they interrupt the song. It's not that riffs are not welcome in music. In other genres, such as in certain types of jazz, riffs become the heart of the music. It's a matter of structure, and at base, communication.
@@DayleSong @xtina is if not the best vocalist alive one of the best ones these days. There is no one in the current music industry with so powerful voice as Xtina.
Wow. All those Xtina Stans are crushing the comment section. Ignore all those sensitive stans. It's nothing wrong to say "it's too many riffs". Are we in China?
Hi Pig Pig, I agree that she is a marvelous vocal artist and that she has an amazing sound in this song. My critique has more to do with whether her choices fulfill the point of the song or whether she imposes effects just to distinguish between this and the former recording. I feel it skews towards the latter and so more is less for me in this case. It's not that her abilities aren't impressive; we all seem to agree on that. I would rather, with the maturity of age, that she sang it more soulfully rather than showy. That would have made it "superior" for me. I appreciate your comment and thank you for hearing me.
Thank you for a very insightful analysis of both versions! I find myself agreeing with a lot of your points, as well as learning new vocab and ways to deconstruct performances. While the 2020 vers is epic and her warrior-like confidence as a mature woman is great, I personally identify with the vulnerability of the 1998 version. Thank you again!
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I know you are the pro here, but for us audiences, this new version gave us CHILLS you know? The sentiment. I get your point, original song is magical 🙏
Her 1998 version was a very cartoony and very juvenile. Her voice matched it then. This 2020 version sounded sounded live action, exciting, and perfect soundtrack. Her voice sounded mature and strong Lea salonga's version is theatrical. Cant imagine hearing that in a live action Mulan.
You are right, I would have preferred a thousand times for her to sing this version in a cleaner way but it is impossible, she prefers quantity instead of quality, she adds a lot and ends up ruining the song but it is something that Aguilera does and the fans will defend her to death, I say it because I am a fan too but not a stupid fan. Keep up the content!
The original Christina version has relatively the same riffs and runs, it even has more runs towards the end. But comparing it to the Lea Salonga version.. it’s a different story
I find that the original is soft, for a soft animated movie. This plays more to a live more emotionally charged film. Playing more to adults than children.
Hi Joved! You are right that Salonga sang the original Reflection within the context of the story in the 1998 film, but I meant Christina's lyrics, which are reworked to become a completely different song, the one whose versions we are comparing here. How I said that wasn't quite clear, so thank you for picking up on that. What do you think of the film lyrics versus the ones Xtina sings?
That's totally fair. I'm glad you enjoy it. It's not that I think it's bad, as I said, but that her approach is overwrought and would be more suited for some different song with different lyrics, like what she does with Loyal Brave True, which I think is masterful.
Guys, let's hold those strong opinions, because they are becoming personal attacks on the gentleman. He's been very respectful throughout the entire video and very complimentary to Christina, let's all respect that.
Thank you, Vinicius! I'm grateful to have someone thoughtful enough to stand up and speak in my defense in light of personal attacks. I expected some healthy push back, but hateful commentary is unwarranted, interrupive and unwelcome in a RU-vid forum. My job as I see it is to point things out to help refine the ear of the listener, particularly for singers and students of singing. To all viewers, I hoped my point was made that I do love Christina's voice and talent, yet my critique is not meant to bash her, but to react as I would in the voice studio. As I said, try to hear my points, but then go back and enjoy her work as much as you like, maybe with a sharper attuned ear; or at least I would hope. You might enjoy your music listening even more. Otherwise seeking out the reaction of a vocal coach is merely an exercise in looking for agreement with your own already formed opinion. There are many inexpert reactions to be found that will provide you with that. All the same, I appreciate those who have felt compelled to share their passions about Christina. It tells me that real singing is still highly valued. And that is music to my ears.
I'm 100% with you on there being too many riffs in the 2020 version -- it's such a beautiful melody as is and while i'm all for singers putting their own spin on something, trying to add something to every line makes those "enhancements" just all kind of blend together and become 'less than' for me. On the other hand, I didn't mind the vocal flips -- I actually like when people do that in songs even though it's bad vocal technique. It's interesting about the punctuation difference in the sheet music. I'm gonna try to find my mulan CD and see how the lyrics are printed in the liner notes to see if it matches.
