Queen fan: -Ok let's see who does the best Queen covers (searches on You Tube)...WHAT!? (Finds out it's a barefoot teenage girl from Norway). Elvis fans, Etta James fans, Adele fans and Amy Winehouse fans: -Welcome to the club, we all here.
I am so out of words with this beautiful young lady i have never in my life came across an artist like this young girl she just captures you and when she does its all you want :))
This song was written just after Freddie became aware that his condition was terminal but he didn't want the world to know yet. The mask AJ wears at the beginning is to acknowledge that. While she can't replicate Freddie in all his songs, there is a 'mash-up' on RU-vid where the two performances are alternated and AJ hangs in there almost note for note. Freddie Mercury was one of the most powerful, gifted singers of his time and Angelina gives him props with this Freddie-style performance. Thanks for the reaction.
Indeed this is not "typical" Angelina. Of course, her other Queen cover (Bohemian Rhapsody) was a VASTLY different take on that song. So, as she always does, she made this song her own. And that, I believe, is the mark of a true musical genius. Thanks for the reaction!
In the softer parts you can still hear Angelina's unique timing and phrasing, with the emphasizing and sudden subtle softer syllables. She can paint with words! And yes, would love hear her sing classical! Closest to that is 'Song for A'
Angelina was certainly in Queen mode as a 13 year old. In the cover of Sam Smith that she did her grandma filmed the family taking a limo from the airport to the strip. Angelina just had an overnight bag, probably taking in a show, it just happens that Queen with Adam Lambert were running a show there (2018), maybe it inspired her to take on these iconic songs...
This young LADY IS REAL... NOTHING ABOUT HER IS FAKE OR MAKE BELIEVE... ANGELINA JORDAN ASTAR IS REAL.. .EVERY WORD OUT OF HER IS REAL AND HEART FELT....WOW....NOTHING PHONY ABOUT THIS YOUNG LADY ✌️❤️🤗 PEACE LOVE HAPPINESS 🇺🇸🦅🌎✝️
Thanks so much Valerie. So many of us out here love her voice and her performances but we need our vocal coach to help us understand the whys of our love for her. And in the process we have come to love you !!
Another comment, she has performed every genre, little Yodel in Bang Bang, there was a song can't remember the name where there was fast talking in the beginning, proving she could Rap if she wanted, did Easy Listing, "Sway". She does Gospel."Somethings Got a hold of me", Country, "Crazy" and I could go on and on! Yes she is incredible 1 of a kind! God Bless!
"that was something different" How many times we have said this when listening to something new from Angelina. I like what you said about listening. Something that Angelina was long before she was an excellent singer was an excellent listener. She seems to hear things in songs that others miss. This is why she is able to cover unique artists like Amy and Lana. When others try to cover those two, I feel like they weren't listening closely enough to the original artist. Angelina hears all the little details that make them unique, and it allows her to honor their sound and style, while still making it her own.
Thank you for reacting to this amazing performance by the Barefoot Angel. Angelina is a gift for all: a layperson who enjoys music, a connoisseur of music, and the world of music.
Wonderful reaction Valerie... Angelina embodying the singer and then making it hers, as usual. One of my favorites from the Angel, just a spectacular rendition. Our Classy young lady dressed in black as a tribute to Freddie Mercury and the hand painted mask also.
Thank`s again Valerie! Always always love your love for Angelina. No doubt this is a favorit of mine from the "of jazz" Angelina performances. I would love to hear her sing this as a "break off" in a live jazz consert. With a full band craft and back up singers behind her. I would be happy to pay for that. :-D
The thing I have noticed about Angelina is from the very first when one of the judges said “you are your music“ and no matter what she’s singing you can see the music inside of her that it’s not just coming from her vocal cords but her whole body becomes the music and you can feel the pain for instants in one run in Bohemian Rhapsody you can just totally be immersed in the pain that she’s feeling when she says she doesn’t want to die and wishes she had never been born.
Thanks for your heartful reaction, Yes she is ever deeply in the meaning of the songs. Again the theme like Bohemian Rapsody, the fate of Freddy to make a never ending show for his fans until her last note ends in the darkness A wonderful tribute to Freddy 💕
The mask has the same pattern as her outfit for AGT, a pattern by her artist grandmother. She captures all the painful sadness of Freddie's impending death, a sadness even he could not directly address when he wrote it (hence the mask?). It flows from sheer power to deep inquiry. So good to see you.
Sadly, Angelina’s paternal grandfather died in March 2018 and her maternal grandfather died in November 2019. Angelina’s maternal grandmother Mery Zamani has had tremendous influence on Angelina and her career as she introduced Angelina to Jazz at early age. Mery is famous Iranian contemporary writer, poet and painter who was also child prodigy herself being on Radio Iran's Children program at age 4 and began writing poetry and painting by age of 9. Later Mery was trained in art at Tokyo Academy in Japan where she met her husband, who was Japanese, during her master degree's training in Japan. There is nine year old video showing some of Mery's artwork in home setting: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i9NxX0tSjS0.html ---- Mery has RU-vid channel that supports Angelina called Angelina Jordan Fanclub Mosarz: ru-vid.com/show-UChM_lpT4shdnsez93QMJPig. There are lots of videos in it that could only have been taken by insider or family member. Mery is also widely known under artist alias name Mosarz ---- Mery illustrated book that Angelina wrote ("Mellom to hjerter" that translates to Between Two Hearts) and was published in November 2015 when Angelina was 9 years-old and became youngest published author in Norway. Book based on Angelina's notes in her diary/notebooks and describes her meeting with shoeless girl. Podcast was published by Angelina’s publisher, Cappelen Damm, in 2015. In it Angelina talks with Erling Kittelsen, Norwegian author and poet and friend of family, about her book. Angelina tells of her understanding with little girl that Angelina will not wear shoes when she performs and that little girl will pray for Angelina. During pauses in talk, we hear small extracts from book which should be on children's reading list: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6p6iL989P_8.html There are three published Angelina videos created and directed by Mery: ---- Fly Me To The Moon (as 10-year old. One of most viewed Angelina videos: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jnnzbdt4_RE.html) ---- When You're Smiling (as 11-year old. Fun video that starts out with Angelina missing school attendance. She is riding bike and comes across sad girl crying and stops to see what is wrong. You will have to watch video to see what happens next: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bLuNQ6s7fCQ.html) ---- Shield (as 12-year old, Angelina wrote this song. As 13-year old, Mery did artistic video of Angelina performing song: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8OCbAlr_48.html. Note that in my opinion best performance of this song was by Angelina as 12-year old on very popular Scandinavian talk show Skavlan (2.5 to 3 million viewers per show): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lQtUbVKb0vs.html) [In interview (changes to English at about 0:36 mark) before Angelina sung on Skavlan, paraphrasing, she said that when she sings she goes into endless other world that is full of happiness. She said that song Shield is about someone you love and whose strong love protects you wherever you are. Angelina said song's sound was inspired by Bond films. Her favorite Bond film songs are Diamonds Are Forever and Goldfinger. She sings few bars of Diamonds Are Forever a cappella. She said that highlight of her career was singing for Quincy Jones' 85th birthday concert in London. When asked if she feels like she is 12 years old, Angelina says she only does when she looks at her passport: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-97hjWg4ToRQ.html] ---- 7th Heaven (wrote as 15-year old. There are three video versions) [audio with lyrics that uses Mery’s painting Rows of Angels as background: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o4Vl3I1WWq4.html] [on March 24, 2021 you reacted to video of audio only with last measure slightly different from studio version. The link again: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N0yK_07a1_U.html] [studio live performance: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bM8DzMRbiIc.html] [Studio video was created by Stargate who is top shelf record producing and songwriting team (Tor E. Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen) that is now based in Los Angeles. Team's genres include R&B, pop and hip hop. They have won 4 Grammy Awards and been nominated 17 times. Besides Angelina, they have produced or written for Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie, Wiz Khalifa, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Rita Ora, Normani, Mis-Teeq, Celine Dion, Blue, Janet Jackson, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Sam Smith, Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Pink, Sia, Whitney Houston, Nas, Chris Brown, Khalid, Charli XCX, Trey Songz and others] [Angelina said: “The initial idea for ‘7th Heaven’ was that I love the number 7, and ‘heaven’ is such a powerful word and makes you dream away,” she explained. “I collaborated with Stargate to create ‘7th Heaven.’ The background story of making this song was that I had this melody that I played for Tor and Mikkel and it turned out that they loved the idea and it went pretty smooth from there to the finish [the] song.” Angelina and her team kept tweaking the song until it was perfect and ready for release. “We definitely tried many different elements to feel the right sound to it,” she said.] [Angelina revealed that she is often inspired to create music from personal pain: “Strong emotions, mainly painful ones, often make me write music,” she shared] [Angelina said that music video will look like: “The visual will look something like old school meets new school kinda vibe to it,” she assured. “I love the styles they had before and I want to bring it back again.”] ---- Million Miles (co-wrote as 14-year old. There are three video versions) [on November 8, 2020 you reacted to video of audio with lyrics using Mery’s paintings as background. The link again: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NhKRh5ZtuWk.html] [official music video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XA1_CUaM52I.html [on December 30, 2020 you reacted to video of studio live performance. The link again: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3KxvwuZ7oEM.html] [Angelina said "This song is dedicated to anyone who has lost a loved one. I wrote this song thinking about all the great memories I had with my grandpa and how much it hurts to lose someone. I hope this song finds a place in your heart, as it comes straight from mine."]
@Reg Dewitt The specific statement from Angelina was reported in the article "The Story Behind: ‘7th Heaven’ From Angelina Jordan." The article was written by Jacklyn who is the Editor In Chief of Stage Right Secrets. The article quoted Angelina as follows: "Jordan revealed that she is often inspired to create music from personal pain. 'Strong emotions, mainly painful ones, often make me write music,' she shared." See article at: www.stagerightsecrets.com/the-story-behind-7th-heaven-from-angelina-jordan/ There are also other articles that you may find interesting. (1) In an article by the Norwegian Tove Andersson , a freelance journalist who writes about travel and culture, that was published in The Norwegian American, the background of why Angelina does not wear shoes during performances is provided: "The story of Angelina is, if not magic, an unusual story. At age 9 in 2015, she published her first book, Mellom to hjerter (Between two hearts), the true story of two girls who live completely different lives. At 6, she met a poor girl who made a huge impact on her. This shoeless girl she met on the streets in the Middle East is a girl living a completely different life from hers. An excerpt from the book reads: We look into each other’s eyes; she peers at me. I have to manage this; I have to do something-she must not freeze. She has beautiful blue eyes. Her eyes are the color of sky and sea. She does not want to talk to anyone. But even though she might not want to talk to me, I really want to try. After they talked, she gave the girl her green shoes and vowed to never appear on stage again wearing shoes. Since that time, Angelina has performed barefoot in public." See article at: www.norwegianamerican.com/angelina-jordan/ SIDE NOTE: It is my opinion that this book should be republished in English and put on a children's suggested reading list. (2) In the article "Viral Singing Prodigy Angelina Jordan Releases New Single 'Million Miles'" that was published on People.com, we learn several interesting tidbits from Angelina during the interview she gave. The article was by Alyssa Johnson who, at the time, was a Reporter Writer Intern at People while still at Northwestern University for a BS in Journalism. The tidbits: ---- Since signing with Republic Records in 2020, the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, now 15, is making original music and just released a music video for her debut single "Million Miles." The ballad - which showcases the teen's powerful vocals - is a heartfelt tribute to Angelina's late grandfather. ---- Q: Who are some of your musical influences? "I started listening to Billie Holiday, the queen of jazz, and I just feel like that was such a unique and special sound. I love Whitney Houston, and that soulful music, but also the artists that I look up to is Adele - she's amazing - and Beyoncé. Those are the two top artists that I really look up to." ---- Most people know you for your incredible covers. How does it feel to share original music for the first time now? "Many people may not know about this, but I've always been songwriting. When I was little, it's just hard to share all the feelings, but now that I'm older, I feel like I can express more of the emotion and the feeling into the song. That's why I feel I'm ready now to share it with people." ---- Tell me about filming the video for "Million Miles." "I love being creative, and I actually sketched the scenes of the music video, which is really cool. The scenes are about memories I had, and going back to flashbacks. I think that the simplicity of the music video makes it really beautiful because it lets the music talk instead." ---- What or who keeps you grounded through all of this? "I would say my grandma. I really look up to her. She's my mentor; she's like my lucky charm. I have her everywhere with me, like when I have a concert, and also in the studio when I'm making music. So I just love her so much and she's actually an artist, a painter. For the lyric video for "Million Miles," that's some of my grandma's paintings." See article at: people.com/music/angelina-jordan-talks-child-stardom-new-single-million-miles/ (3) The following article on AFP website that gave background on the debunked story that Angelina as 8-year old performing the Dinah Washington classic "What A Difference A Day Makes" on TV 2 singalong show Allsang På Grensen held outdoors at Fredriksten Fortress in Halden, Norway on Thursday June 3, 2014, was not Amy Winehouse singing as a 10-year old. Two August 2015 postings on Facebook made this false claim. Even with posting corrections and fact-checking site Snopes debunking it in 2016, the video got over 30 million Facebook views and got shared with the incorrect caption. This resulted in a big spike of Angelina Jordan Google searches in August 2015 that was not exceeded until December 2017 when Angelina was making significant promotional activities. This AFP article give specifics including screenshots of the erroneous Facebook postings. NOTE: AFP launched its digital verification service in France in 2017 and has grown to become one of the leading global fact-checking organizations. See article at: factcheck.afp.com/video-features-norwegian-singer-angelina-jordan-not-british-star-amy-winehouse
Hi, a wonderful reaction - as always :) ...I only miss the link after "Original Video - " in the description ;-) Have a nice day and stay well and healthy Andreas
I agree. It would be easier for us to go to the original video after watching the reaction video if there was a link in the discription. Also to give Angelina some credit for her song. ❤️
@@torunnowe8835 : In her other reaction videos she is doing so (the Label "Original Video - " is still prepared) - only now she forgot to put in the actual link ;-)
👩🏻🎤🎵🌎⭐️🇳🇴❤️ Thanks Valerie! Angelina crafts every note so beautifully and artfully, and every once in a while she reminds us of just how powerful her voice can be. I don't see Angelina's cover of Adele's When We Were Young in your reactions: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-waTSFSqrxEY.html
Loving your videos and how you break things down so clearly, not just reacting but explaining. Angelina has such an amazing voice and this cover is no exception. Would love to see you react to Tyler Joseph's vice from the band twenty one pilots, his My Blood-live in Brooklyn performance is beautiful and he has a very unique voice that it would be cool to hear your thgouhts on
Thanks, Val! Her confidence is so amazing. She's so comfortable when she's singing. And. the central theme in all of her music is, love. Different tempo's, different lyrics but love is always the message she emphasizes. Thanks, Val. Always enjoy listening to your Angelina reactions and analysis.
You asked did she make the mask herself of course she did . The pattern on the mask is the same as the outfit she wore when she did Bohemian Rhapsody on AGT which is from a painting that her grandmother did.
Thanks for the reaction ,you always accurate with Angelina's performance.Her musical talent obviously is one of kind. And thanks for not comparing her with any other artists.Because Angelina and only Angelina can beat Angelina. And of course I do always follow you when you react to AJ music songs
One of the benefits of watching reactions is being able to yet again listen to a performance that is, in this case, one that is special. She did all the right things when singing this, but most of all is the ending. It is a real treat for me that she occasionally holds a note at the end for longer than seems humanly possible. Thanks for your thoughtful reaction.
This shows how versatile her voice and musicality is . I just love her voice and ability to bring out what's in the song,. Enjoyed your reaction, as always, thanks
This is the most animated I’ve seen you react to Angelina! I think you really enjoyed it. How about that last note? WOW! I’ve never heard anyone do that before!
I think the closest thing we have to opera is her cover of Unchained Melody. Her last note on that one breaks into that operatic mode just a little. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oATEWzJxj3k.html
I love how Freddie is the ONLY one Angelina can't out sing on their own songs. At least not YET. She has a lot of potential left for sure. But it's Freddie freaking Mercury, so it's gonna be a hard one. But she STILL does her own thing, which is amazing.
If you want to hear something really interesting, you shoud check out Ella Maria. She won Norwegian stars, witch is a competition for established artist, but she wad the only one that was an armatur. She is a samic, young woman and sjaman, and only 50.000 people know that language. The song she won with is called Maze.
Hi vocal splendor I keep forgetting your real name anyway if it wasn't for the fact that I can see and hear this drop-dead gorgeous singing goddess I would not believe that she existed at such a young age you mentioned Angelina could probably sing opera she does a little Opera end on Unchained Melody
Valerie is a spiritual person who, in her musical appraisal work, wisely only passes on basic necessary snippets from her deep well of knowledge. To do more would only invoke ridicule and in any event such is arguably unnecessary. One day Angelina will hopefully write a book on how she channels from the spirit world, and - if she explores such - maybe also revealing her previous incarnations. For those readers with an interest in such matters the Maria Callas book 'Maria Callas and I, Sound Healing a Duet for Mankind' is an immensely interesting read.
I believe I read that the mask is from her Grandmothers artwork. I put this performance up at the top with a couple dozen others that I feel are all too close to be called my favorite. Just one thing, maybe you could post the link to her original video to help newcomers find her, and help promote her channel too.
Great reaction and analysis ! Angelina's take on this song was wonderful she added a few different nuances, inflections and different tone qualities to make it beautiful ! She can deliver such great covers by her inherent unique vocal abilities ! She is still experiencing and developing her vocal techniques ! Although she can sing pop music easily I hope she always stays true to her jazz influenced background because it's so good ! Thank you and keep posting 🤗👍🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️
what would blow everyone's mind if Angelina would really do an opera aria of any kind and why not Aretha Franklin did one so I wouldn't put it past Angelina to do one I bet she could do it
Very interesting reaction,thank you Valerie.I can well see how grandma Mery being a poet taught Angelina to study and shape words in a high quality way.She also ignited her passion for music by giving her great artists to listen to and learn from.It's no wonder that she calls her her soulmate and mentor.
Thanks Valerie for your awesome reaction & your nice little break down. I like what this one pro said about Angie on this song," her skills are out of this world" "Her audio tension is so off the charts that it's scary & add to it that she's only 13 here makes this even more in sane" Please react to Angie covering “Love On The Brain” (Rihanna) Full song (with lyrics) (practice session) Angelina Jordan is 13 here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O4UT0q0FD8s.html (Song’s about how love can trap you in a unhealthy relationship like Rihanna had). This was finally released on YT at the beginning of April 2021 she has only a cel phone mic & is playing her keyboard in her room in her music corner as she calls it. Very raw & awesome.
Please react to an older performance, namely Pentangle - Hunting Song live BBC. It is an acoustic folk song and features the singer Jacqui McShee, cirka 1970.
hello dear . .... thanks fr ur reaction to Anglina Jordan . ...💙pls react to some Iranian songs .... such as Alijenab by Evan Band . .... .its live prfrmnce at Tehran . ..probably yr 2017 . ..or 2018 . ...nt sure exactly ....bt its nt so old💙💜
Totally out of context, but your hair looks so good, I'm going to go gray soon because it looks so good. I'm 50 so maby keep it black is kinda boring. And ofcourse ty for great reaction, hugs.
Thank you! I'm so glad I decided to go grey. It's not for everyone but it is for me. I only have grey streaks around my face but the rest of my hair is brown. I love my hair now. The hardest part is the grow out. I got a few negative comments at first but not any more.
According too dozens of opera singers who have done reactions to angie have stated she goes into operatic warm up style in - i put a spell on you - straight after the last 'belt'. P.S. love your reactions. Ciao
Not sure if you have done this other Filipino singer called kz Tandingan Filipino girl sings《Say Something》on the Singer 2018.. KZ had the same throat operation as Morissette Amon for throat polyps
Hi Valery. We are waiting for your reaction on Billie Jean jazz cover, recently released by AJ. I believe that nobody can give an opinion on a jazz work better than you. Regards
Maybe THE best version I have ever heard. Dare I say it...I prefer it to FREDDY! Know it was his song, but for me his singing of this was too angry, rather than sad and resigned like The Angel's. He was dieing , of course, So I think he can be forgiven.
Thank you Valerie for another wonderful reaction. This really does go to show how talented she is. Such a strong voice from start to finish. Live it and Love your reaction. Thank you and can please react to her cover of Loving You, linked. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y4WPbmjgUg4.html
Greetings, Being a regular subscriber, I thoroughly enjoyed your insightful reaction and look forward to future videos. Please consider that it is appreciated by all aspiring artists, like Angelina, that you provide links to both their original video, as well as to their official channel (link is below). You both deserve recognition and new subscriptions for your efforts! Thank you for embracing Angelina's desire to sing for the world to bring peace and love. ANGELINA OFFICIAL CHANNEL ru-vid.com
Of course, that's excellent by Angelina. Imagine what she could do with the fuller production. Here's one of the top Philippines pop singers, Jona, doing her version of The Show Must Go On, part of mostly Queen medley duet with one their top male singers, Jed Madela on ASAP a year ago. She takes it to another level. This recent upload has to disguise the video to keep it up, but the audio is good. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YXOEIdamB1o.html And here's an audio only version with a photo, with stereo audio with more ambient sound: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wgW8KkG4_wc.html
You are one of my favourite reactors💕……..Allow me to give you the link to Angelina Jordan’s original video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6NJv02ot5jg.html