Vocal Coach Reacts: AURORA God Is A Woman by Ariana Grande [First Listen] 

Aurora is an incredible artist. There isn't a song by her that I don't like. If you want to watch another performance I would recommend "Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" at the Noble Peace Prize Concert in 2015.

Aurora is like the essence of humanity incarnate. We will be more than happy to welcome you in the Queendom of Warriors and Weirdos.

The concept for this radio programme is that the artist comes in an hour before the performance, and doesn't know which song they'll cover before then, and that's the time they have to make the cover and rehearse it. The reason for the "nananananana's" is to desexualize the lyrics somewhat. Apparently.

You should try reaction to her original song “through the eyes of a child” i recommend the Vivo live version. It’s the best

Runaway - Nobel peace prize concert. It happened quiet and through the eyes of a child - Nidarosdomen Performance Queendom - hidden studio sessions She quite often changes the song up, even her own, when she performs live. She also did great covers of life on mars and teardrop.

I think the nahnahnah parts are because she wants to remove the parts of the lyrics that are overly sexual, focusing on female empowerment instead of just another "girl gives good sex" lyrics.

Another thing to note is Aurora only did this cover because of the program she was on. The artists are given a cover to perform and have an hour to practice it before going on. The song is not her style in how sexuality is expressed, but she did it her way and it's gorgeous. Softened into more spiritual and loving, imo. That is why she and Silja had written notes in front of them, and why she did nananana for the one line. :)

As far as I know, she didn't like the lyrics at this part, so she sang this nananana. As you can see, she read the lyrics from a paper. I also heard, they had about a 10min rehearsal to do the song.

Her live performances are better than her recorded songs. She is very expressive. My recommendations are Murder Song (5,4,3,2,1) live at the Nobel Prize, Soft Universe, and All Is Soft Inside

I heard this with Aurora before I heard it with Ariana Grande and I thought it was her song. So yes...

Yay!! Aurora!! More please!!!

please react to her album! i think you gonna love it so much! love you

AURORA-it happened quiet live is magic

React to her albums!!! She is awesome

Some more fab Aurora covers (she makes all of them her own): Teardrop (Massive Attack cover) Across the universe (Beatles Cover) Believer (Imagine Dragons Cover) Life on Mars (David Bowie Cover)

AURORA Teardrop (Massive Attack cover) is great

This is completely her own song. It’s more sultry to me, more intended love than just sexy. It’s lays out a very strong presence of ethereal magic, powerful gracefulness and femininity to that you really feel that God IS a Woman with a touch of innocence. There’s so much magic in her voice. It’s so calming in a world of chaos.

Yes, Aurora definitely owns the music.... she does this with every cover...just amazing... i would recommend you to react to murder song in the nobel prize

When I see how many people love Aurora, I fell a little bit less lonely in this world.

Yay finally Aurora! ❤️❤️❤️ Absolutely lovely to watch

She is in masterclass and Queen of emotions..You must se her live perfomance of her own songs.....and those eyes!!!!

I heard Aurora's version before I heard Ariana Grande's original - and to me, Ariana Grande's songs sounds like a pretty "icky" remix.

Please react to AURORA’s albums. Amazing :))

I'd loove to see more of your reactions to Aurora's music, please!

I love AURORA😉💜

I've never heard Ariana Grande sing this song and I'd say yes, this is completely done in Auroras style. She does the same with Nature Boy, and Half the World Away. I don't know what the term is but the way she slides between notes is phenomenal and just so her. Also, she has perfect pitch so she hits note directly like you said. There's no need to adjust pitch to hit the note when you're that talented.

this is so impressive. she is an incredible artist

This performance was almost totally unrehearsed. Both Aurora and her backing singer had the words written out. But Aurora didn't like what one of the lines was saying - hence the nanananas.

Please more AURORA'S !! Majority of the music she does are inspired by mother nature. I recommend you: "Warrior" (red bull session) "through the eyes of a child" (vevo lift UK) or "it happened quiet"

Aurora sings with her whole body. It's why I love watching her live performances. Her gestures, dancing and facial expressions speak to her lyrics. She has said her early performances look odd to her now. She was terrified of performing at first, stood still at the mic, but the energy that went through her when she sang had to go somewhere, so came out as constant hand movements without her really realizing it. Now, of course, her movements are expansive and graceful. Oh, absolutely, when I first saw this video, I thought it was one of Aurora's songs. I have never heard Ariana sing it, and am not sure I want to because I love the performance with Aurora and her band so much. :) As you delve into Aurora's music, you will see. All of her performances are marvelous. I will say that the Nidarosdomen 2017 Christmas concert was breathtakingly special. Not like the wonderful, wild energy of her usual concert venues (because of where she was, of course). But so very lovely. I don't think that anyone reacting to "Through the Eyes of a Child" have been able to keep their own eyes dry. Her lyrics and melodies go deep. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ncG9zTzsisE.html

Aurora is the voice you hear as "the wind spirit" in the song "into the unknown" from Frozen II

OMG yes. Infections of a Different Kind is her best body of work. You should check that out. She's an amazing artist.

These NRK shows bring in a band/singer and give them a piece of music they have not covered. They must prepare and rehearse then play in 1 hour. Aurora and her amazing band did this from conception in under 60 minutes.

Aurora doesn't give performances. She lives performances.

I definitely think Aurora made the song her own. I recommend Running With The Wolves, I Went Too Far, Conqueror, Black Water Lillies (my ABSOLUTE favorite from her), Murder Song, Warrior, Queendom, Churchyard, Animal and Apple Tree

For new listener of aurora, i suggest runaway nobel peace prize concert live.

Churchyard, It Happened Quiet, the Murder Song, All is Soft Inside - so many choices for you. One hallmark of her creations is the matching of the angelic vocals with the terrible and the violent. A darkness abounds underneath. Her view of the world, perhaps. If it's true, as one listener writes below (above?), that she had only one hour to arrange the God is a Woman performance, then I would say the word genius is not out of place for what she created.

If you take every beautiful thing you find it the nature and every beautiful thing you find in life, then combine them and get Aurora

yess!! I’m so happy that u watched this cover,, Aurora’s so unique and her last 2 albums are so powerful. I’d recommend them a lot 💕

Haven't heard the original, so to me this is an Aurora song ;)

Reactcto her three albums she has really interesting instrumentals especislly Step 1 infections of a diffrenr kind

I was someone who heard this song without ever hearing the original. After I'd heard it a few times I went and looked up the original and I left in about 20 seconds. The words are the same but it's a completely different song.

Check out her concert in Nidarosdomen. Like your positivity towards her :) she is not for everyone and then again is.. I played Eyes of a Child to my grandpa and it made him weep like a child X

Check out Through the Eyes of Child, the UK Vevo version. Aurora's always spectacular, but the harmonies in that version are stunning.

Love this reaction! I had never heard Ariana version before this, and it makes me believe it's Aurora's song. Please react to more Aurora 😁

Another thing to note, I have read on other reaction videos, from fans who have kept up with her, that she did this cover because of the program. She sings her own song on it, but apparently the musicians are given a song to cover and have an hour to practice it before going on. The song is more sexual than she cares to 'convey', thus the nanana on that one line. And thus the notes (the papers) she and Silja had in front of them. But, yes, she made it gorgeous, managed to make it a bit spiritual and loving...pure Aurora!

I didn't know that this was by Ariana Grande until you just told me today. I guess I can stop looking for Aurora's version of this now. Thanks a lot Nina.

You have to see her version of 'Teardrops" by Massive Attack. Its breathtaking.

She makes it her own. She does this to many other covers of songs. You should check them all out. Also, her latest release of the Frozen 2 song is beautiful!

you really took the words out of my mouth

I'm 52 and not much into most popular music so Aurora's cover was the first time I heard this song and I did indeed first assume that it was an Aurora original. I also thought the same about Nature Boy at first. 😍

Aurora definitely makes her covers hers. I appreciate that. When many do covers they try to make an exact note for note copy of the original version. I like to see another artist interpret it as if it were their own.

Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" at the Noble Peace Prize is a good one to start off with :)

Not only made it her own but improved on it immensely!!!

Silja Sol is Aurora backup singer & is an artist in her own right & has released her own albums. Her voice is quite different sounding to Aurora's but very beautiful on its own & when paired with Aurora's can produce beautiful harmonies. The rest of her band are awesome too there's been a couple of different members other the years but they've all been great.

We as people might have a lot of regrets. We might even despise the way history of the world went. But all of that, the entire package of good and evil lead each of us to have those moments, when you can just say: I want to keep that in me, I want the time to freeze so I can feel this feeling for the first time a little longer. That's what popped in my mind when I discovered Aurora.

Omgggg nina and aurora!!! Please do more💕💕💕💕

Aurora - through the eyes of a child live in Nidarsdomen , you wont regret listening to it :3

One of my favourits are AURORA - The Seed 🌱 Beautiful and relevant in today's political environment

I only knew Aurora's version until today when I watched the original by Ariana. Both are fantastic.. but Ariana's is for the market, and Aurora's is for the soul.

Hi could you react to Infections of a Different Kind- Step 1 by AURORA. In my opinion its her best body of work😁😁

you should react to her work, i mean her albums and EPs a different kind of human or infections of a different kind, it would be amazing

You should listen to Aurora's cover of Teardrop

she is good at covering songs with her own style. she has covered: The Weeknd - in the night, Naughty Boy - La La La, David Bowie - Life on Mars, Imagine Dragons - Believer, Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball, Massive Attack - Teardrop, The Beatles - Across the universe, Simon and garfunkel - scarborough fair. The Snowman - Walking in the air.

She made it completely her own. I don’t even think of Ariande when she sings it.

Seeing this in 2024, after many other reactions. Great to see the love dawning (Aurora was the Roman goddess of the Dawn)!

More Aurora

If you got a time, try to listen to 3 of her masterpieces. Albums and EP All my demons greeting me as a friend Infections of a different kind-step 1 A different kind of human-step 2 There's no dull song. All has meaningful lyrics and heavenly melodies.

Ive never heard the arianda version, no idea who she is. But I love this song and Aurora has such a great voice

I just learned that this was a challenge, and she only one hour to prepare to present a song that was totally new to her. That's why she has the lyrics sheet on the piano.

aurora is a music genius

I typically listen to the heavier varieties of metal (deathcore, slam, downtempo etc) but have an avid fascination with Aurora. Have never heard the Ariana Grande version and feel I never could as I strongly feel this as Aurora's song

Do more Aurora please!!!

Great pick for a first video from her, she is great singer 🙂. Her cover of Massive Attack's"Teardrop" is worth checking out too, just for starters 🤗

You should check "It happened quite (live) " I mean... WHOLE ANOTHER UNIVERSE

My favourite song of hers is Apple tree

Nina. Aurora is the next step I human musical evolution. I’m really not kidding.

Never heard the original but I’m in Love with this one. Gonna listen to Ariana’s one now

Just Aurora live performances I need to see reactions AHHH

If you reacted to the albums, Infections of a Different Kind (Step I) and Different Kind of Human (Step II), your videos will blow up.

aurora is amazing

You should react to: -runaway -murder song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)prize Nobel concert - infections of a different kind (ep) - a different kind of human (album) - It happened quiet (live at Nidarosdomen)

React to Aurora Scarborough Fair.

I love her!!❤️💖❤️💖

Nice technical reaction. I have listened to most of AURORA’s songs and I would say this one isn’t really her style, but she definitely made it her own. Her songs are generally more dynamic and emotional and I recommend you listen to as much of this very original and other-worldly artist as you can

i heard the Aurora version first than ariana's original, honestly for a second I got pissed cause she didn't do the nanana and sing the verse that Aurora cut off hahaha then I remember it's her song

Aurora makes every song her own!

I subscribed! Please ready to more of her! 😍

You need to hear Aurora cover Massive Attack - Tear drop

This is Aurora song. After listening to this I searched for Ariana's original and I couldn't hear that for more than 10 seconds! Aurora is a great artist and she can sing the phone book if she's asked to.

Any one of Aurura's song performances at Nidarosdoen are stunning.

Running with the wolves - live session...literally perfection

aurora !!☺💓💚✊✌👍

you should listen to both infections of a different kind and a different kind of human, as both projects are connected, and go hand in hand with each other

Yes, Aurora makes every cover her own ❣️

Some good ones to do a reaction are: Murder song 5,4,3,2,1 - at novels prizes Through the eyes of a child - VEVO lift It happened quiet - nidarosdomen

You should react to her song ”It happened quiet” live

the band's cover of massive attack's "teardrop" is stunning.

Ever since I've discovered this young lady there has always been something familiar about her performance delivery...she has a flamboyance that reminds me of Ian Anderson although not quite as extreme as him

I hadn't heard this song until I saw Aurora sing it, I thought it was her own song. I then found out it was a cover so went and watched the original, and I think this version is way superior, and really speaks to the soul, when the original was just a pop song.