Voice Teacher Reacts to SELENA GOMEZ | BEST VS WORST VOCALS 

“Wasn’t that in a different key?” *I T W A S*

I HATE it when they compare isolated vocals to ones with backing, totally unfair

She strikes me as someone who just doesn't work obsessively hard to hone her craft. When you're competing against those who are absolutely obsessed, they're going to look better and more polished and the quality of their presentation is just going to be higher more often.

You're so knowledgeable. Your constructive criticism is always so encouraging and makes people feel like they have hope to keep improving and singing!

I'm seeing a massive difference between live concerts that are the "worst" and the more live studio performances for the "best". To me part of it is the mixing of the instruments with her vocals and seems more relaxed when not perforoming at a concert, as well as some songs are sung differently (like you said with the last one, the key was different) and also different backing intruments. I'm not in the know with the right words for this as I'm not experienced at all - but its just my observation.

Theres a video of Selena Gomez as a teenager/in her early 20s someone on youtube during a voice lesson and she is receiving TERRIBLE advice from a vocal coach. I believe Tristan Paredes reacted to it. She has been taught so poorly and uses techniques that are not in anyways sustainable. Selena can certainly sing, she just hasnt received the correct tutoring. I think if she was to work with someone kind and constructive and knowledgeable like Sam it would do her the world of good.

This is just my opinion but it sounds to me that she lacks the training that would be needed to hit certain note's and phrase's. I think she would benefit from a vocal coach/teacher, if she has one she needs to get a new one! These aren't terrible performances, (I've heard worse) they just lack control & power. If she put the work in she could be a good singer. I'm not Selena bashing because she does have a few song I like, I guess I just want to see her try a little bit. She's blessed with status and money, put some work in it little love, don't your listeners deserve that much? Even if she is having a Lupus flare up (if she's not in to much pain) she could still be learning from the abundant amount of coach's/teacher's on RU-vid. It seems like she has lost her desire to sing. 🤔

You are always so positive! Thank you for this reaction to my video! You should react to Harry Styles performance of Sign of the Times at the Graham Norton Show!!

honestly she's not that bad she just needs A COMPETENT vocal coach because she can improve so much

Me and my boyfriend watch ur videos a lot!!!, we really love how passionate you are about it. Greetings from Chile!!!

also... someone can be singing so terribly and you never ever show a negative reaction on your face. i cannot tell you how cool that is to see someone who can sing as well as you can be non-judgmental when people cant

I'm having bad days..I've been watching your videos for a while now and I always have fun. Today I watched this video and I was saying to myself I wanna be like you, always kind , not judging in bad manner. Overall you seem like a kind soul. And yeah t what I wanted to say pretty much is thank you for inspiring me as a person and for the entertainment. God bless Sam, I wish only good things your way buddy.

Yikes. Her music is fun to listen to, but I don't think she's super good at singing. I feel like at this point though, if she wanted it, she could have been doing vocal training and be fairly decent at it :/ It just feels lazy, to be honest. You're very kind, lol.

Please do a video about Michael Jackson! I feel like we could learn a lot from your expertises

Do this with Lana del Rey

it's so nice to see someone reacting and analyzing Selena Gomez's singing with an unbiased opinion. a lot of other reactions have been ruined for me because they would rather focus on the bad singing than to give constructive criticism. personally, i don't think she's a bad singer, but i think a lot of the songs she sings don't suit her voice. i think she's suited for slower acoustic songs rather than the mainstream pop songs she usually puts out. i would rather listen to songs that showcased her vocals and hear her sing in a comfortable register than songs where i can feel the tension in her voice. there's a video of Selena in a singing lesson with her vocal coach, and i've seen another voice teacher react to it and disagree with many of what he was teaching and correcting her. i would love to hear your opinion on it as well!

The good ones are always studio performances. I wonder why.

It seems she has the tools but she isn't using them well, with some training she would elevate her vocals to another level and be even better cause she is pretty good already.

From watching your videos I can’t help but watch all of my favs sing and look out for small things like how wide they open their mouth and how they control their voice using their stomach or chest voice, so thanks for explaining things so well!!!

Hey Sam! I would love to see you breakdown some old jazz singers like Ella and Louis

I mostly got the feeling that a lot of the "worst" ones were in big live concerts, where it's much harder to hear yourself, compared to the "best" that was mostly small studio or acoustic settings in a small room without a huge cheering audience. Also, it sounded like alot of the "worst" had a massively filtered audio to bring out the voice. I understand why they did it, but it makes the entire sound a bit weird.

I’m pretty sure she’s said herself that she knows she’s not an amazing singer she just likes doing it, she wants to be an actress that’s her main priority

Also.... can we get a reaction to some Harry Styles vocals? ❤️❤️❤️

I can't understand how anyone could possibly dislike one of your videos. You rock! Thanks for your videos.

the “it was” was so dramatic 😂😂😂

please do Harry Styles!!!! his vocals were obviously heavily coached and I'd love to hear your expert opinion on his evolution as a singer

Hi Sam! Could you react to Lana del Rey? BTW, thank you for your channel, it has renewed my interest in singing and I am going to take singing classes as I want to improve my singing. 👍☺️❤️

I love you! You are so good at explaining how the voice works. I am showing this channel to all my friends that love singing. From Mexico :)

I love Selina, she is a very sweet girl, but her vocals are mediocre.

The best and worst were completely different arrangements so like you said can’t really compare them. Weird comparison video.

She is not a good singer.. she kind of talk-sings and is really breathy. It sounds weird live.

All these vocal coach reaction are always too nice imo.

I’m sure that unless whoever compiles best/worst videos watches every single performance of the artist then they’re not very accurate.

Seems to me that a lot of the "worst" ones were when she was trying to dance and perform while singing, and the "best" ones were when she was standing still and could concentrate on her singing instead of singing and dancing at the same time. Plus, she's just not a skilled singer. The studio does wonders for a lot (most) of these Disney singers.

Unlike a lot of people I think Selena can sing she just needs a new vocal teacher. She could be really great with the right teacher. When she posted that video with her singing teacher they spent the whole lesson on basically one exercise

I think her Lupus comes into play a lot when she’s singing/performing. It could be why she often sounds out of breathe or tired. That and I think she just needs more or better teaching. She needs someone to help her control her breathing and work through her Lupus condition.

What is this witchcraft?! How does Sam become more attractive with every video? 🤔🤔

I hugely appreciate your short 'to-the-point' introductions. Great video as always

this guy is too nice.

Sam, please do a Celine Dion comparison video! There's tons of footage of her singing the same songs over her career and I think she maintained her voice really well over the years!

I'm not exactly a fan of Selena, tbh, I don't think she's particularly outstanding... but what I haven't seen mentioned is that this young woman is dealing with severe health issues - she has a severe (and often fatal) autoimmune condition called SLE (Lupus for short) and that has already resulted in her needing a kidney transplant, she's currently fighting with leukopenia (low white blood cell count) which again, can be incredibly serious. And considering the treatments for SLE and the drugs she must be on to prevent rejection of her transplanted kidney, there's a good chance that at least some of her inconsistency and changes in her singing style are a result of the health issues she's fighting. Sadly, when you're feeling like utter crud all the time, you sometimes lose a little of that polish compared to other, more healthy, contemporaries.

Love the honest comments and reactions, also love your personality and passion Sam (and the eye candy)

I would love if you would do a video on the old Nightwish concerts with Tarja. For instance the "Phantom of the Opera" or the "Dead Boys Poem" versions live are so awesome and I am really interested in what you have to say about them. Thanks for your content, I really enjoy it!

Yey for a new video! Thought I wouldn't be seeing anything new during the weekend although I would also like for Sam to take it easy every once in a while, uploading this often must be a lot of work

I would love to hear your opinion on Rammstein! Any song that shows the variation and personality of Til Lindeman's voice - there are a lot of very good life performances on their official channel. I don't know what works best for your audience. ("Du hast" und "Ich will" seems to be their most successful international songs, but i don't think they're too interesting to react to.) "Ich tu dir weh" as life version is also pretty successfull on youtube and has more variation. Thank you for your thoroughly entertaining videos and insights. I love learning vocabulary on things that interest me but i never even thought about... figuring out how to articulate these kinds of things. Thank you!

Keep up the great work, Sam! It's always equaly fascinating to see you break down different singers. I adore your content and I thank you greatly for all the joy you bring me.

Please react to bohemian rhapsody by pentatonix!

I love selena Gomez but everytime i listen her songs a question strikes my mind that in the songs her voice is so good with lots of energy but i don't know what happens during her live performances

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I love your comments because you're tell the truth but still being so respectful.

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Delightful. I love listening to you speak!

You should do a reaction for her performance at The AMA's

i feel like her disorder lupus has sometimes affect on her body and voice too, and then still pushing to sing when she doesnt feel well,is still impressive

I’ve known her for a long time (maybe more than 10 years?) and her advantage in this music industry is mainly a beautiful unique vocal tone, and a likeable girl-next-door personality. But that being that, her vocal ability is really not very good. I would say slightly below average. It tends to be so unstable, pitchy and overall problematic to the point of impacting on her ability to convey emotion/message of the song she’s singing. I went to her concert once and...let’s just say she really needed her band. And poor girl, in some places even the band couldn’t save her from her noticeable unstableness. It was a struggle for me as an audience because I could clearly hear the struggle in her voice and her body. And I know it definitely has something major to do with her health condition. But in the end, she is still a singer and it is only respectful to judge her singing ability in a professional way. The most important thing for her to do now is definitely managing her illness, and finding ways to balance her health with her professional career. Because as she gets older, I’m afraid that her health would suffer even more, which would also impact on her singing even more severely.

I was going to request this exact video! Loved hearing your thoughts on this. I feel like Selena Gomez seems to get in her head a lot and doesn’t seem very confident singing live (maybe because people are pretty harsh on her). It’s very interesting that you say the worst ones seem like an energy thing! I really like her and her voice so I feel bad that sometimes it seems like her confidence is pretty low. I know when I get nervous singing live, my breath support can get wonky. I would love if you reacted to the video of her with her voice teacher! I have some thoughts on him... lol... but I’d love to hear yours.

Please!!! React to Lana del Rey!!

I’m really digging the new haircut on you Sam! I was a sucker for the long curly hair but this is a good look!😍

just an unpopular opinion "just because she can't sing high notes, doesn't mean that she's not a great singer" people nowadays only appreciate and recognize singers when they can belt and sing really high. Singing is an art not a wrestling competition.

I LOVE YOUR TEACHING SKILLS

Layne staley for the love of gooodddd

Yay new video! Thank you Sam!

I'm curious to hear your take on Dolly Parton now🤔

Love your videos! I've learned SO much! It would be awesome if you did a video defining some of the vocal terms like bright, heavy, and thin. Also... a belting video would be spectacular. 😊😊😊 Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and talent!

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Always enjoy your videos! You are a young master! Cheers! 😄

I agree with those saying she needs a new vocal coach, for sure. If I recall correctly, she has lupus and has gone through a kidney transplant, and I have to wonder about the timing of “bad” performances and how all of that has affected her. ❤️

all i can say is that studio editing does an amazing job!!!:)

Loved her on Wizards but never enjoyed her singing

I always love your intro in every upload. It's my alarm tone now 😂

Can you please react to luke hemmings 2018 vocals you seem to actually know what your talking about and everyone else I've seen doesn't really know what to say, ok thanks love your videos

WHOA THIS IS MY FIRST VIDEO WITH THE NEW HAIR SAM WHAT TO HECK LOOKIN SHARP!!!!!

I kinda hate this trend of dragging artists because everything is filmed these days. Every artist in every single arena has off days. I love Amy Lee, but I saw her and she was terrible because.... She. Is. Human. Touring is hard, performing is hard. Give these stars a break. I still own every single work that Amy Lee has put out, even her torturing my fave Muppets song of all time.... It's called being a fan! ♥ ♥ Thanks Sam for another great honest video! I still would love to see you and Melissa Cross together ♥!

Your hair looks so good!

React to Lorde, please

You’re very kind. And a damn good vocal coach.

Reclamo un corazón por intentar entender >:v

Love the new look Sam...

I know she has lupus and had to have an organ transplant due to it, I imagine the inconsistencies in her energy levels are probably related to her illness

Your explaining is so acute and clear!

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I love Selena so much and she is going through so much, I hope she feels better. Also, I would love to see you react to Fifth Harmony No Auto-Tune and see what you think of their individual voices

I'm sorry but I just don't think she can sing at all. Literally anyone and I mean anyone can fake good singing by whispering/talk singing and adding theatrics and a cool beat. The ratio of "good" to bad performances is like 10:1

I love that you are truly analyzing instead of judging as other 'analysers' do! Would love to see your take on O'G3NE, they are 3 sisters from The Netherlands who I think have some interesting techniques and tricks that I would like to see you explain. Try: O'G3NE - Clown (Beste Zangers) or O'G3NE - Sing (Beste Zangers)

Am I crazy it kinda looks like he has a black eye, hopefully not. Anyway I love these videos.

I love how completely fair you are and how you even critique the makers of these best/worst videos! Please react to Loren Allred - Never Enough (Live Performance), it's got a great range and I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Sam is so polite. She's a bad singer and studios save her ass. There.

LOVE U SO MUCH SAM

I just don’t think she’s a very good singer. She can carry a tune ( most of the time) but that doesn’t a great singer make. If she’s sitting down and not moving she can hold it together better-if she’s moving around a stage forget it.

I really enjoy your videos

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I love the new hair!!! Handsome! Keep up the good work.

Could her lupus be affecting her energy and hence singing ability?

Love your videos. Happy to see your channel grow so fast!! Please react to Hua Chenyu from Singer 2018: Nunchucks, Wukong, Fake Monk, or anything else really!

Some of you are way too harsh on Selena. Yeah, she doesn’t have the best range, and isn’t quite a ‘vocalist’. But her tone is beautiful and she’s a beautiful soul. She has lupus and if you know anyone with lupus you know it’s HARD. Even for the average person, let alone someone with so much pressure. I don’t think you have to be able to hit notes perfectly to be a good singer. She has a beautiful way of bringing emotion into her songs and being relatable, even if she doesn’t hit high notes or misses them.

So interesting. Thank you!

I don’t like people saying she can’t sing, she can but her voice is made for smooth song. She can’t hit high note, and ? No need to hit high note to sing. I think his voice is so smooth and relaxing

I’m waiting for you to do that AMA performance

Some of it definitely sounds rough, but keep in mind she’s dealt with serious health issues over the years. The main thing that seems like a problem in some of her performances is just her energy level.

Love her so much All my prayers are with her💜💜💜