she is like some angelic being in a young girl sent here to bring joy to this hurting world. There are no earthly words that justly describes who and what she is !!! How she grabs your soul and takes it for a ride to neverland!!!!!
I totally understand her family not releasing this because socially 10 is such a youngster. And this song while insanely great oh my goshhhh phew… she is musically far beyond her years. Personally I think it is vital not to expose her to too much. And as a result she remains unspoiled and instead of too much she has enough space to mature as she needs to. In her own time. To let her be. True To Herself.
Would be cool if Angelina was surprise singer at the Grammys and could sing this or one of her own. We could all watch it live as we saw thousands of jaws hit the floor then get the standing ovation that she deserves and would instantly send her career into the stratosphere.
I agree with you 100%! Unfortunately, Baby Fuzz would have something to say about that -- unless he, Angelina, and Republic Records could work out some kind of arrangement. That would be awesome!
@@johnbattles1002 Supposedly he was looking for someone to record the song but failed to find anyone. Considering her popularity with this song is greater than his, then he may be swayed to let her release it.
This Is a Great one and some of her Songs at 10 years Old are Mine Blowing and Totally From a different Planet than Early and Later Stuff and this is a Complete GEM then She went back to her Normal Brilliant Self and carried on her rise to Being a Super Star And At 75 and hope i stay alive to see her Mind Blowing Best in the next few Years. ?????? Chris Tredwell Birmingham UK
That has to be a number one....on any measure...that is a HIT SONG.... What she does in this song....Gifted singer plus great song equals.....great hit songs....and she delivers...BIG TIME... and she did this at 10.......Unbelievable
Great comment, fantastic ! Isn't it ironic, that this is just a UA-cam video that is leaked, and in reality this is a MASTERPIECE. Hard to be believe that it keeps living in the shadows....
Wonderful reaction. Thankyou. You always understand and appreciate what is being done behind the scenes from the musicians to everyone that it takes to bring Angelina's music to us. We understand that even at her age she knows her own voice, what she is capable of doing with it and she wants to bring her music to those that love and appreciate it/her the most. We each have our part to play in her future which is to spread the word about her beautiful voice We love you Angelina!
ANGELINAS performance was leaked around a month before baby fuzz releasd his , credit to him and others for writing this but ANGELINAS version is on another leval.
As a 72 year old man , i have lived through decades of amazing and brilliant musicians and vocalists. I’m so fortunate to have lived long enough to experience the sound of this girls voice.
The timing is what really hits me here. She's already lived a lifetime of music in her head to be able to pull that of so tastefully and sophisticated. And that low note on the second verse that I always look forward to "...all the TI-IME". Stank face and chills!
Agree with you 110%! The fact that you can then describe everything so very well makes me understand what is happening. You are truly professional. What a gem this is. This is really fantastic. Angelina, the music, the mixing and the pictures! I appreciate everything about this song! THANKS!!!
Thats a absolutly masterpiece , brilliant and yeah i mean 10 years old is angelina. I will go with angelina , what she is doing in the future, such a pleasure to know, that she is going to the top of the musicworld ever 👑♥️🌹🌟 i love your reaction, always about angelina 🙏
Gee Whizz. You know your stuff. So educational and entertaining. The focus of our attention (Angelina) will provide years and years of analysis and discussion. This is so much fun.
@@Beldvlmnt Jesse what you are talking about, as I hear it, is exactly what is killing the 'official' recording of 'Bad Valentine'. Everything seemed fine until they forced that 'big thumping' thing at the end of the first verse. It's like they are trying to make a Blues song into a Pop format. I was so disappointed when the MV came out. I guess I really shouldn't this out loud because it is her career and those around her have way more experience with this. I just get exasperated when I hear something so good in one form and then have it lessened in the official form.
You have just reacted to what many of us consider to be one of the finest recordings she has ever produced. And as you said, this type of quality and sophistication at 10 years old is incomprehensible. There is no question in my mind that if the background story were different, this would have been a major hit worldwide and on every radio station. Your commentary is always appreciated and I learn something every time I listen to you. Thank you for your continued support of Angelina and her career.
Insane vocals at any age, never mind at age 10. There is lot of misinformation about this song that is floating around. What we know for sure is that Brandon Lowry (Baby FuZZ) wrote this song with Frida Amundsen, Aksel Carlson,and Ronny Janssen. A demo was produced but not released by Baby FuZZ. The song was shopped around to different artists for possible recording. Angelina recorded a demo but also did not release it. It was leaked by someone who managed to access the computer file where it was stored. Baby FuZZ heard Angelina's demo only after it was leaked. All the talk about the suicide lyrics is nothing but speculation. Neither Angelina or anyone associated with her indicated that. Baby FuZZ in an interview said that there were no discussions about the song between him and Angelina's team. He was getting lots of abuse on UA-cam for the mistaken belief that he prevented her from changing the lyrics. He was very impressed by her performance but threatened to block the song if the online abuse continued which he really didn't want to do that because he supports young and upcoming artists. When no real interest was shown by any artist to record this song, he recorded it himself and released it. We probably can say that he covered his own song. LOL. We are grateful to him for not blocking Angelina's demo. What is the reason that Angelina didn't release this song? We will never know unless she or her manager say why. The comments on Baby FuzZ video of this song have been disabled. I did take a screenshot of one of his replies; "I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. The song was written by myself and 3 others in Norway and we made all the parts and sounds from scratch. Anything on the Angelina demo other than her vocal was taken from our original demo and leaked onto the internet without permission by a third party. I'm definitely a fan of hers after hearing it, and have chosen not to copyright strike the video because I support young artists. Although if I keep getting hateful messages from misinformed people every day, I will have no choice but to remove her versions from online. I hope you can understand and relax. Thanks" Also in an interview he said that were no discussion between him and Angelina's team about releasing the song. Hope this puts to rest that the "suicidal lyrics" and Baby FuzZ refusal to let her change the lyrics were the reasons for her not releasing the song. Thank you for always enjoyable reaction videos.
@David Touma -- Really interesting and yes, a ton of speculation around the lyrics vs. the more mundane but realistic explanation you provide. Of course AJ and her agents know the real story -- maybe they will comment some day.
Thank you David for the Screen shot post. I’ve enjoyed this song for three years now and tired of all the comments from “experts”. Nice to hear from a fan with investigating integrity.
Superb, and rings true. Thanks. My guess is that not releasing this was a combination of a) not fitting into her parents vision of her career development ("holding the brakes" in her mother's words) and b) perhaps not fitting grandma Mery's vision of her vocal development(??).
I thought the demo done by Angelina was for Baby Fuzz. Either way the Song was never released commercially by either artist and Angelina's version was a leak by someone. Many think Angelina/Republic should license/buy the song and have her perform it again (of course her performance at 10 was pretty amazing).
Thanks for this beautiful reaction. This for me is definitely one of her covers (but can they be called covers, interpretations of this type?) more exemplary than her, she has made a really fantastic version of this song, with superb changes of register and tone. The final judgment is given by the numbers of views of a 10-year-old girl's version against that of an established professional like Baby FuzZ... 💛 🧡 ❤
One her most surprising recording. I mean at 10! How is this possible. Not only his she gifted, she is well surrounded. As you said, it is amazingly well produce and arranged. It deserves to be release as a single. Actually I would like to hear her sing this now with her more powerful voice.
Great reaction dude. Been revisiting this song often. Her timing and placement are her own. Its a cover but im not sure she even heard the original. I think she got handed the song new. Her whole year at ten was a defining year for her, she really got a handle on her power. Go find the rooftop live version of Everytime We Say Goodbye and its the patient intentional placement of every syllable that makes her stand right next to Ella Fitzgerald- at frickin 10
Look. She is a musical prodigy, but she worked with 2 of the songwriters on this demo. They produced it. They knew what they wanted it to sound like. Fuzz at the very least had laid down a basic demo of the phrasing of the lyrics that I’m sure she listened to and then interpreted in her own way. It’s what she does so well. That’s what demos are. Songwriters that aren’t singers write a song. Sing it. Then find a real singer to do a demo
Her genius was that the only appreciable difference from Ella's iconic version of the song was that Angelina simply decided to 'slow it down' more than Ella. When they say, 'less can be more', this is what they are talking about. Just for the record. When they rated the Top 50 Jazz Singers Of All Time, Ella was #1, followed by Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Billie Holiday.
@@ridgemanron this adds to the excitement that in this day and age we have someone of that caliber to see live. I got to see count Basie and Cab Calloway and now I hope to hear these classics performed by one who is clearly connected to that era
Jesse, thanks again for another great reaction to the amazing Angelina! Really appreciate the amount of knowledgeable information you give us in your reactions. Yes, no matter how many times I hear this it's still a head scratcher that she was ten years old. 10! Insane. Have a great day Jesse.
Angelina at age 9 “I Put A Spell On You” and a year later now this one at age 10. They say that she channel’s the great performers from the past? Do you hear the similarities of this eerily sounding voice on both songs which are separated by only one year? I’m thinking that they are the same channeled performer, and I don’t think you will hear this particular channeling performer again coming outta Angelina. You wouldn’t suppose that this particular channeling was Screaming Jay Hawkins himself? Spooky or not, it’s happening.
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She was awesome at all the ages till now. I love watching her going through the stages of developing her style and learning as she progresses throughout. Great reaction.
This is one of my top five of Angelina's songs. It's phenomenal -- and at age 10!! However, I have to disagree with you about having her sound like this ALL the time in ALL her recordings! Angelina Jordan CANNOT and WILL NOT be put into a box! She has so many stylistic choices, timbres, genres, voices, etc., that to squeeze her into one mold of one style would make her CEASE to be ANGELINA JORDAN! I'm glad that, even being with Republic Records, she is a free agent, free spirit, genius-level creator & innovator whose governor is her own inner gut instincts.
---- “I'm Still Holding Out For You” (In 2016, few days before turning 11-years old, Angelina recorded demo cover of this Baby FuzZ’s song. Many people consider this cover among Angelina’s best) ---- Baby FuzZ is Brandon Lowry and is also known by stage name Sterling Fox. He has written and produced songs for others including Lana Del Ray, Britney Spears, Avicii, Adam Lambert and Madonna. Angelina’s people did not allow release of song because they thought it to be wrong stylistic choice for her. Angelina’s people fearing copyright infringement issues blocked release of “leaked” version of song several years later. Baby FuzZ had never heard her demo until 2018 and really liked it and allowed it to stay up on UA-cam. Back story about song itself is published on Internet if dig around. Many people describe song differently than Baby FuzZ does. ---- Baby FuzZ says: The bulk of “I’m Still Holding Out For You” was done at a songwriting camp in Oslo, Norway. I wrote the song with some super talented cowriters Aksel Carlson, Ronny Janssen, and Frida Amundsen. I was there for the world class by:Larm music festival in 2016. Mostly I was just writing for other artists, and unfortunately found myself writing some tunes that fell a bit short. By the end of the week, I was growing frustrated with my effort, but luckily the frustration kind of bubbled up and resulted in this song on the last day of writing. - During an off day, I was able to go to the Oslo Viking Ship Museum. It houses an amazing set of original fully assembled Viking boats from 900 AD. They have these kind of Nightmare Before Christmas looking adornments on the bows that are incredible. I was really inspired by the beauty and the curves on these boats. I honestly believe the ships inspired some of the writing on “I’m Still Holding Out For You”. The song is simple and stark, yet has a few ornate, artistic moments that remind me of those ships. - So yeah, this song had been completed in 2016 and the idea was to try to give it to a big artist. I had sent it to a myriad of people over the last few years, with no luck. I think it was the music industry’s way of telling me I need to start putting out my own songs. Finally, early in 2018, I kind of came to the realization that the demo was pretty strong with my vocal. At the point, I went back in on the production and kind of took it over the finish line. Now I’m super happy nobody else took it, because it feels 100% honest to what I was feeling at that time. - A fun line in the second verse deals with impulsive swiping of potential Tinder matches. It’s not even to find someone to match with. It’s just a cyclical behavior of rejecting others in an attempt to affirm an old flame that will never work. It’s actually the whole idea of the song… I’m just delusionally holding out in some monk-like vow of abstinence and loyalty that is incredibly self-destructive. ---- People ask who "leaked" Angelina Jordan demo of “I'm Still Holding Out For You”. It is not officially known although either Ronny Janssen, Aksel Carlson and/or Frida Amundsen, the co-writers of the song, could arguably be prime candidates. Here is why. - Does Angelina have any connection with the co-writers of the song? She sure does! Great song by Angelina is “Shield” that she co-wrote. And whom did Angelina co-write “Shield” with? No other than Aksel Carlson, Ronny Janssen and Frida Amundsen! Hmmm. - Angelina is from Oslo, as is three Norwegian songwriters. They had to have met somewhere for “Shield” to be written and produced. It appears, “Shield” was produced at Ronny Janssen's recording studio in Oslo as he has a production credit. - At minimum, one could also presume that at least one meeting had to have occurred when Angelina did demo of “I'm Still Holding Out For You”, probably also at Ronny Janssen's recording studio in Oslo which would seem to be likely place Angelina would have sung to backing track. So, it is probable that Ronny Janssen had master recording of Angelina's demo and probably made multiple samples for Angelina, and the other two songwriters. - Additionally, Ronny Janssen is listed with production credits for three versions of “I'm Still Holding Out For You” by Baby FuzZ in 2018 and 2019. Thus, one can presume it was probably Ronny Janssen who played Angelina's demo version to Baby FuzZ in 2018. Baby FuzZ was said to like it, and it was OK to leave "leaked" demo on UA-cam. ---- NOTE: “Shield” was self-released when Angelina was 12-years old, or in 2018, roughly in same timeframe that Baby FuzZ released his version of “I'm Still Holding Out For You” in 2018. The self-release of “Shield” included a performance on Scandinavian talk show “Skavlan” that usually had 2.5 to 3 million viewers per show: ua-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/v-deo.html ---- SIDE NOTE: At this same time of 2016 to 2018, Angelina was also introduced to disk jockeys Avicii (Swedish) and Alan Walker (Norwegian - at over 11.8 billion views and a daily average of about 3 million views, he is number one Norwegian artist on UA-cam), two music stars with worldwide followings. As Angelina fans know, she was invited at 10 years old to sing Alan Walker’s smash hit “Faded” (over 3.3 billion views) and sing hit “Sing Me To Sleep” (over 677 million views), on Alan's “Heading Home” worldwide live streaming event that he held in Bergen, Norway on December 22, 2016 (ua-cam.com/video/Oei0Nhx_6rw/v-deo.html). And in 2016, Avicii chose Angelina for vocals on his worldwide Volvo commercial campaign, with Angelina’s brilliant cover of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good”. Avicii tragically died on April 20, 2018. Angelina later sung in 2018 his smash hit song “Wake Me Up” (over 2.1 billion views) as tribute to Avicii whom she called "my dear friend Avicii" (ua-cam.com/video/F5omCuTQ9S0/v-deo.html). ---- Bottom line was that Angelina was becoming well known in Norwegian/Scandinavian music scene at early age of 10 to 12 years old. She was becoming "connected" into that world, and hence have inter-connections that would logically follow.
This song at 10 years of age,as well as I Put a Spell on You at 9 highlighted the raw talent of young Angelina.I have no doubt she will shock even her most hardcore fans with what she unleashes on us all soon.Awesome reaction,thanks for all the informative details.
You are exactly right Angelina made the demo at the request of Baby Fuzz and his team. His team worked with Angelina to make the demo. But after not hearing back from Angelina’s family for some time Baby Fuzz made the demo and released it. Baby Fuzz claims not to have listened to it before he did it. But his team certainly did. I was lucky enough to be saving everything Angelina since 2017 to my playlist and saved it the first time I heard and have had it since 2017
AJ’s versatility When you experience AJ’s versatility there is only one conclusion that can be made, she is the GREATEST of all time there is no one else to compare her to
I hit the pause button and can't wait to see your reaction to this song. I want to see if your expression changes in the smallest way when Angelina uses the word CRAZY in such a way that is went right through me and made me feel the emotion she was expressing. I love your reactions and how you get into the music and vocals. Great job.
This is a demo that she performed. When do the singer that singer ask her if she would do it you look at someone to record it and she did. Whoever did this with Angelina I don’t know I but she did the But this was a demo, and I got released
Moving your head to the beat was very helpful to me. Such a slow beat. We are so lucky to have this song. It is one of Angelina's best early performances.
Great reaction. This is an amazing song and stellar performance. Whatever the backstory is, I truly hope things get worked out between everyone involved. I would love to see this released today! I think it would be a major hit. And I would love to see Angelina perform it now to see what her more mature vocals can do with it. I agree with some other comments here. As good as she was in prior years, ten-year-old Angelina exploded with stunning performances. I look forward to her much-anticipated release later this year or early next.
Nice work pulling out so many of the production details. Most don't. There are so many. IMHO this is easily the best produced of Angelina's works. That with her interpretation of the lyrics without a reference beggars belief at 10. I remain convinced this would be a huge hit if it was ever mainstreamed.
Thanks for the comment and love 🙏 i truly believe in the art of capturing and recreating music and think it needs much more attention and love than it gets! It’s the final gateway before our ears 😁
The audio track was recorded at the _SnakeHips_ studio in Oslo, produced by Aksel "Axxe" Carlson and Ronny Janssen. The same duo also produced and co-wrote Angelina's song _Shield._ Also involved in creating both songs was Frida Amundsen.
There are a lot of rumors about this song going around. Wanting to know facts from fictions, I did some research. Below is factual information with a little bit of speculation: - Baby Fuzz wrote this song with the help of others during a master class camp on song writing - Those others worked with Angelina on her original Shield - Baby Fuzz decided he wanted to sell it for someone else to use it - For that purpose he decided to make a demo - That demo was distributed but didn’t lead to a sale - Baby Fuzz decided to release it himself anyway Here comes the speculation part: - the people Angelina worked on Shield with, brought the demo Baby Fuzz made with them to Angelina - Angelina gave it a spin, this recording, and decided not pursue it any further - Angelina’s version was leaked For the timelines, Angelina’s cover was leaked a few months before Baby Fuzz released his original. That is of course curious that the cover was released before the original, but the above makes clear how that happened. Regardless, it is an amazing song and I agree she absolutely killed it and the recording is technically of high quality as well. That is what is all about :-)
I've seen many reactions to this video, but this one really made me aware of the very high quality of the audio recording. I would point out that others have noticed something special in that background during the quiet parts, which was also deliberate. (I'm far from being a recording expert.) Taken together with that, I'm certain the pictures and especially the video clips towards the end must be copyright Angelina's. I don't know what to believe about the "leaked" history. There must have been super-high effort put into this video and the overall quality shines through. If any one of the parties involved had invoked copyright, there would have been hell to pay from the fans. It is that good. Could "leaking" have been some sort of business tactic? I think there is some sort of liar's standoff going on here. Notice also, that there are 10x the viewers of the video than the Baby FuzZ version.
Nice analysis again. In my experience i always prefered using a fast delay on vocals instead of reverb, it easier to keep the vocal in front of the natural reverb of the room or lack of. Keep doing what you do
Agreed - I’m much more a delay fan as a regular tool than reverb. I also come from a time where if you wanted to have 2 channels of something (wet and dry for instance) you had to use cheap splitters and they were never quite right, and the reverb would push the vocal so far back in the mix. Thanks for the comment and support🙏
This could have been a big hit for Angelina if she had officially recorded it. I have read in comments, that this demo was recorded in a studio in London on January 3rd, exactly 1 week before her 11th Birthday. Supposedly, she did 2 earlier versions in late Dec, but this was the best version. I've never heard any other versions & don't know if its true. The commenter claimed to know the co-writers of this song which are the same co-writers of Angelina's original, Shield & he/she sounded knowledgeable providing dates & other inside info. I wish I had saved the comment.
I saved some comments a while ago when trying to find more details of this mystery. I think William Johnsen quoted that comment you think of (originaly by Kent Nielsen) in his reply to rotorhead1942 in the comment section of this video: ua-cam.com/video/80HSefafzRY/v-deo.html I don't know how reliable Kent was. I've seen other comment sections were he received a lot opposition, and eventually deleted all of his own comments.
@@most2dot0 I don't think he deleted his comments, I think YT deleted his account. (I don't know if he is still active somewhere else. There are several Kent Nielsen's online, including at least one musician, but I don't know if any of them is the same person.)
I'm old and spent a lifetime listening to music and this is a masterpiece , the fact that she is ten , is unbelievable, the sound, the timing, the tone changes, the delivery. to me this recording has it all, super star qualities even at 10 ,I agree with your reactions
You paused at precisely the spot ( 7:53 ) right in the middle of the word that gets me every time. Her CRAZY is CRAZY. LOL. Loved the entire reaction and think this would be on the top of her recording list for showing she transmits emotion with her instrument. THANKS
Yeah. He stopped at exactly the wrong time and missed that great bit. That happens in these reaction videos, but if they don’t break it up they get copyright problems.
Close your eyes and listen to this and you’ll hear a very sensual song sung by a very mature young woman, not a 10 year old girl. Close your eyes and listen to her version of 2022 My Funny Valentine and you’ll hear a very sensual song sung by a very sensual young lady of about thirty. In the latter case we don’t see Angelina singing this song because her mother realized the connection between this sensuality and her young daughter. I believe this was also the case in I’m Still Holding Out For You and is the reason it wasn’t released. I heard one reactor go so far as to say she thought the song was very sexual in nature and totally inappropriate for a 10 year old to be singing. Close your eyes and listen to both songs with no prejudice and see what you think. Maybe mom was onto something both times. Angelina is a genius and has innate capabilities beyond which I don’t think even she has fully begun to grasp yet. No matter what we think, she has always lived at home under the protection of her loving family and,therefore, has many life lessons to learn on her way to maturing into a healthy adult. Unfortunately, a lot of her fans want to keep her as that little girl they fell in love with all those years ago. Let’s face it, that’s not only unrealistic but also psychologically dangerous for people to have an attitude like that when someone doesn’t live up to their expectations!
Once again. Thanks for granting my request. I knew you would love the production on this. She worked with the same songwriters on Shield. And you’ll also notice the same type of production on that song
Definitely gonna look rn cause WOW lol I saved this in a playlist I have called ‘reference’ for when I’m recording. It only has 2 or 3 songs in it but this is definitely a sound I would like to try my hardest to emulate. Thanks for the request and looking forward to the next 🙏
What a great reaction & info. Love your attention to the details, thanks. Here's the whole story & the music camp if you will. Please read. This was recorded when Angie was 10 almost 11 (it was used as a demo).The "rumor" was her mom (Sara) didn't like the suicide content references in the song so it was never released. This song is by Brandon Lowry better known as Sterling Fox & aka Baby Fuzz & co-writers Aksel Carlson, Ronny Janssen, and Frida Amundsen (& they have worked with Angie before). Baby fuzz did this during a music workshop back in 2016 in Norway, (for Angie is kind of like friends with Aksel Carlson, Ronny Janssen, and Frida Amundsen & they all know each other. For like I said they have worked together before, this is how Angie might of got the song for they were all at said work shop at different times) Here’s a little bit of what BF said about the song: “Now I’m super happy nobody else took it, because it feels 100% honest to what I was feeling at that time. A fun line in the second verse deals with impulsive swiping of potential Tinder matches. It’s not even to find someone to match with. It’s just a cyclical behavior of rejecting others in an attempt to affirm an old flame that will never work. It’s actually the whole idea of the song… I’m just delusionally holding out in some monk-like vow of abstinence and loyalty that is incredibly self-destructive”-BF (No one was interested at the time) then Angie did the demo of it in 2016 & it was leaked 2 years later in Nov 2018. (He wont change the lyrics to the song or let others do so). It's funny he released it as an original in Dec 2018 a month after Angie's was leaked (Even though he never knew about it yet). When so many listen to this & Baby Fuzz's version (here’s the link) ua-cam.com/video/q5HsABS4OXQ/v-deo.html (Even BF really liked Angie's version of it when he saw it later in 2020.) but some fans still all think this should be her's for it sound much better & convey's the story better. Brandon Lowery is a good writer & it shows in this song. His version is also good. (This is an amazing song that Angie sang & Brandon Lowery wrote) (So many think that this is about suicide, but it's not), Even by BF own words, before he took most of his & others comments down & shut off his comments.
@@mrstlu4838 Allright now you're just determined to keep your own narative alive when even the author has squelched it. Additionally, i think it is just some romantic notion to think mom Sarah would stop Angelina from a big step in her career because of an extremely obscure suicide reference when she had no apparent problem with "Gloomy Sunday", much more direct reference, for Angelina at age 7.
@@lengould9262 I agree with you, think you may have misunderstood my comment. Brandon Lowry explained in an interview what the song was about, and also stated it was not about suicide. What Sara thinks is not known to many.
I'm still holding out for you song written by Brandon Lowry, "also goes by Baby Fuzz," Ronny Janssen and Frida Amundsen went to 10-year-old Angelina with it and Angelina made this audio demo cut but rumor is Angelina's mother didn't like the ending lyrics referencing suicide and the demo cut was not released. Later the demo was pirated from Angelina pictures were added and put online at the same time the song was released by Baby Fuzz caused some confusion but rumor has it that all parties agreed to leave Angelina's pirated cut on U-tube. Angelina has stated she would never sing the song again that's a shame, like many fans, It's my favorite AJ performance. This is Baby Fuzz's version ua-cam.com/video/q5HsABS4OXQ/v-deo.html.
Great reaction my friend 😃 Angelina's vocals on this one, always blow my mind.no matter how many times i have listen to it ❤ If there one song i hope an wish she do an again , it's this one .Imagine her 16 year old voice singing this now wow 🥰 Have a good one take care an stay safe 😊
Like many of her songs, this one has been underrated. It is easily in her top 10, likely top 5. Impossibly at 10 years old. You should also listen to the Baby Fuzz version of this reverse cover. Great reaction.
I agree that she did an amazing job with this song. Your reaction was great and your expressed feeling were so real. That back story is not really important. As to who and why it was leaked, we just need to be grateful is available for us the enjoy.
Angelina had said she would never sing this song again and we can only hope she will change her mind after many years. Jesse many thanks for encouraging viewers to use the links you provided to support Angelina. I am looking forward to your first reaction to The Warning.
pedro I have to disagree. It's the opposite. Someone who has known her since she was 2 commented that she started speaking English so early and with such proficiency that it's practically her native tongue. I believe it's her familiarity with the language that facillitates her ease and ability to play with the words.
she is like some angelic being in a young girl sent here to bring joy to this hurting world. There are no earthly words that justly describes who and what she is !!! How she grabs your soul and takes it for a ride to neverland!!!!!
I totally understand her family not releasing this because socially 10 is such a youngster. And this song while insanely great oh my goshhhh phew… she is musically far beyond her years. Personally I think it is vital not to expose her to too much. And as a result she remains unspoiled and instead of too much she has enough space to mature as she needs to. In her own time. To let her be. True To Herself.
oh yeah, she was 10 here I tell you the girl is the best now or ever really.
One of her best performances ever wild bill 🙂
Thanks for another awesome reaction!
Thanks!
My ATF Angelina Jordan song. So powerful. Love your thoughts always. Great job.
.....and this is the only time she sang the song. And it's so good that someone has to leak it just for the world to hear.
I never get tired of hearing this song
This recording & rendition by Angelina should receive a Grammy.
Would be cool if Angelina was surprise singer at the Grammys and could sing this or one of her own. We could all watch it live as we saw thousands of jaws hit the floor then get the standing ovation that she deserves and would instantly send her career into the stratosphere.
I agree with you 100%! Unfortunately, Baby Fuzz would have something to say about that -- unless he, Angelina, and Republic Records could work out some kind of arrangement. That would be awesome!
@@johnbattles1002 Supposedly he was looking for someone to record the song but failed to find anyone. Considering her popularity with this song is greater than his, then he may be swayed to let her release it.
This is an important tune. It needs to be unearthed for humanity.
In my top 5 of her covers. Again, your analysis is superb. The details you note are super interesting. Thanks!
Pure talent, AJ is a prodigy .No doubt about it.A totally and complete professional artist.God bless her.Thanks
Beautiful ❤️❤️
Bud! Excellent reaction to a superb performance.
It's simply a Masterpiece in every way!
I hope when she turna 18 She woudld give us this to us ,her ángeles
Good to see you again, just an angel here.
This would have been a number 1 hit I'm sure.
This Is a Great one and some of her Songs at 10 years Old are Mine Blowing and Totally
From a different Planet than Early and Later Stuff and this is a Complete GEM then
She went back to her Normal Brilliant Self and carried on her rise to Being a Super Star
And At 75 and hope i stay alive to see her Mind Blowing Best in the next few Years. ??????
Chris Tredwell Birmingham UK
Angelina is by far the best there is now or ever to be quite honest.🙃
Bel she does things to me emotionally that no other singer has ever done.
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
That has to be a number one....on any measure...that is a HIT SONG.... What she does in this song....Gifted singer plus great song equals.....great hit songs....and she delivers...BIG TIME... and she did this at 10.......Unbelievable
we would have loved to see Angelina perform this song on stage 🥺♥️
Great comment, fantastic ! Isn't it ironic, that this is just a UA-cam video that is leaked, and in reality this is a MASTERPIECE. Hard to be believe that it keeps living in the shadows....
Still holds a position strong in my top 3, That is actual top 3... Regardless of age it was performed.,,, 6 to 16.
Wonderful reaction. Thankyou. You always understand and appreciate what is being done behind the scenes from the musicians to everyone that it takes to bring Angelina's music to us. We understand that even at her age she knows her own voice, what she is capable of doing with it and she wants to bring her music to those that love and appreciate it/her the most. We each have our part to play in her future which is to spread the word about her beautiful voice We love you Angelina!
ANGELINAS performance was leaked around a month before baby fuzz releasd his , credit to him and others for writing this but ANGELINAS version is on another leval.
As a 72 year old man , i have lived through decades of amazing and brilliant musicians and vocalists.
I’m so fortunate to have lived long enough to experience the sound of this girls voice.
The timing is what really hits me here. She's already lived a lifetime of music in her head to be able to pull that of so tastefully and sophisticated. And that low note on the second verse that I always look forward to "...all the TI-IME". Stank face and chills!
Agree with you 110%! The fact that you can then describe everything so very well makes me understand what is happening. You are truly professional. What a gem this is. This is really fantastic. Angelina, the music, the mixing and the pictures! I appreciate everything about this song! THANKS!!!
I appreciate you 🙏🙏 it’s nice to be handed something with lots to talk about!!
Thats a absolutly masterpiece , brilliant and yeah i mean 10 years old is angelina. I will go with angelina , what she is doing in the future, such a pleasure to know, that she is going to the top of the musicworld ever 👑♥️🌹🌟 i love your reaction, always about angelina 🙏
It is Camp AJ!
Gee Whizz. You know your stuff. So educational and entertaining. The focus of our attention (Angelina) will provide years and years of analysis and discussion. This is so much fun.
Thanks for the kind words!! I’m looking forward to every video!
@@Beldvlmnt Jesse what you are talking about, as I hear it, is exactly what is killing the 'official' recording of 'Bad Valentine'. Everything seemed fine until they forced that 'big thumping' thing at the end of the first verse. It's like they are trying to make a Blues song into a Pop format. I was so disappointed when the MV came out. I guess I really shouldn't this out loud because it is her career and those around her have way more experience with this. I just get exasperated when I hear something so good in one form and then have it lessened in the official form.
@BELD: Super analysis! Thanks so much.
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You have just reacted to what many of us consider to be one of the finest recordings she has ever produced. And as you said, this type of quality and sophistication at 10 years old is incomprehensible. There is no question in my mind that if the background story were different, this would have been a major hit worldwide and on every radio station. Your commentary is always appreciated and I learn something every time I listen to you. Thank you for your continued support of Angelina and her career.
Absolutely agree with this comment Ron, well put.
@@CarlD70 Thanks Carl and I hope you're doing well!
@@ronraskind Thanks Ron..doing well for an old guy..😎
ESTA Y i rathergo blind ... son mis favoritas. Increible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I work for with Norway she has several friends at recording studio the best Norway 😊
An incredibly written song, but even more, an incredibly beautiful performance by Angelina!
This song has a driving bear down near 20Hz which may be below the floor of your monitors... just in case you want to listen to it again 😊
Insane vocals at any age, never mind at age 10.
There is lot of misinformation about this song that is floating around.
What we know for sure is that Brandon Lowry (Baby FuZZ) wrote this song with Frida Amundsen, Aksel Carlson,and Ronny Janssen. A demo was produced but not released by Baby FuZZ. The song was shopped around to different artists for possible recording. Angelina recorded a demo but also did not release it. It was leaked by someone who managed to access the computer file where it was stored. Baby FuZZ heard Angelina's demo only after it was leaked. All the talk about the suicide lyrics is nothing but speculation. Neither Angelina or anyone associated with her indicated that. Baby FuZZ in an interview said that there were no discussions about the song between him and Angelina's team. He was getting lots of abuse on UA-cam for the mistaken belief that he prevented her from changing the lyrics. He was very impressed by her performance but threatened to block the song if the online abuse continued which he really didn't want to do that because he supports young and upcoming artists. When no real interest was shown by any artist to record this song, he recorded it himself and released it. We probably can say that he covered his own song. LOL.
We are grateful to him for not blocking Angelina's demo.
What is the reason that Angelina didn't release this song? We will never know unless she or her manager say why.
The comments on Baby FuzZ video of this song have been disabled.
I did take a screenshot of one of his replies;
"I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. The song was written by myself and 3 others in Norway and we made all the parts and sounds from scratch.
Anything on the Angelina demo other than her vocal was taken from our original demo and leaked onto the internet without permission by a third party. I'm definitely a fan of hers after hearing it, and have chosen not to copyright strike the video because I support young artists. Although if I keep getting hateful messages from misinformed people every day, I will have no choice but to remove her versions from online. I hope you can understand and relax. Thanks"
Also in an interview he said that were no discussion between him and Angelina's team about releasing the song.
Hope this puts to rest that the "suicidal lyrics" and Baby FuzZ refusal to let her change the lyrics were the reasons for her not releasing the song.
Thank you for always enjoyable reaction videos.
@David Touma -- Really interesting and yes, a ton of speculation around the lyrics vs. the more mundane but realistic explanation you provide. Of course AJ and her agents know the real story -- maybe they will comment some day.
Thank you David for the Screen shot post. I’ve enjoyed this song for three years now and tired of all the comments from “experts”. Nice to hear from a fan with investigating integrity.
Superb, and rings true. Thanks. My guess is that not releasing this was a combination of a) not fitting into her parents vision of her career development ("holding the brakes" in her mother's words) and b) perhaps not fitting grandma Mery's vision of her vocal development(??).
Thank you!
Goosebumps and chills on this one ❤️ 10 years old sounding so soulful and that ending is so amazing ❤️ She is Just incredible ❤️
SO happy to finally hear you react to this, thanks!!!
I thought the demo done by Angelina was for Baby Fuzz. Either way the Song was never released commercially by either artist and Angelina's version was a leak by someone. Many think Angelina/Republic should license/buy the song and have her perform it again (of course her performance at 10 was pretty amazing).
Awesome reaction, love her to record this again with her voice and technical skills now! Epic Performance, God Bless!
This is my all time favorite cover of hers. Million Miles comes in second.
I believe AJ was sent a demo tape and she did an overlay. So much of the fit must be in her singing...
Thanks for this beautiful reaction. This for me is definitely one of her covers (but can they be called covers, interpretations of this type?) more exemplary than her, she has made a really fantastic version of this song, with superb changes of register and tone. The final judgment is given by the numbers of views of a 10-year-old girl's version against that of an established professional like Baby FuzZ... 💛 🧡 ❤
One her most surprising recording. I mean at 10! How is this possible. Not only his she gifted, she is well surrounded. As you said, it is amazingly well produce and arranged. It deserves to be release as a single. Actually I would like to hear her sing this now with her more powerful voice.
Angelina a 10 anni era già superstar.
Great commentary! This was almost an unbelievable peerformance!
Great reaction dude. Been revisiting this song often. Her timing and placement are her own. Its a cover but im not sure she even heard the original. I think she got handed the song new. Her whole year at ten was a defining year for her, she really got a handle on her power. Go find the rooftop live version of Everytime We Say Goodbye and its the patient intentional placement of every syllable that makes her stand right next to Ella Fitzgerald- at frickin 10
As I understand things, this isn’t a cover in the sense that Angelina was the first person to record the song..Ie before BabyFuzz..
Look. She is a musical prodigy, but she worked with 2 of the songwriters on this demo. They produced it. They knew what they wanted it to sound like. Fuzz at the very least had laid down a basic demo of the phrasing of the lyrics that I’m sure she listened to and then interpreted in her own way. It’s what she does so well. That’s what demos are. Songwriters that aren’t singers write a song. Sing it. Then find a real singer to do a demo
Xactly...
Her genius was that the only appreciable difference from Ella's iconic
version of the song was that Angelina simply decided to 'slow it down'
more than Ella. When they say, 'less can be more', this is what they are
talking about. Just for the record. When they rated the Top 50 Jazz Singers
Of All Time, Ella was #1, followed by Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Billie Holiday.
@@ridgemanron this adds to the excitement that in this day and age we have someone of that caliber to see live. I got to see count Basie and Cab Calloway and now I hope to hear these classics performed by one who is clearly connected to that era
As always, quality and educational reaction. Love your passion for sound and music.
Magnificent music !!!
Jesse, thanks again for another great reaction to the amazing Angelina! Really appreciate the amount of knowledgeable information you give us in your reactions. Yes, no matter how many times I hear this it's still a head scratcher that she was ten years old. 10! Insane. Have a great day Jesse.
So much to love in this. It's part of the jazz bend. Yes, very nice, eh? One of the best, and I like your teaching. 💜
Angelina at age 9 “I Put A Spell On You” and a year later now this one at age 10. They say that she channel’s the great performers from the past? Do you hear the similarities of this eerily sounding voice on both songs which are separated by only one year? I’m thinking that they are the same channeled performer, and I don’t think you will hear this particular channeling performer again coming outta Angelina. You wouldn’t suppose that this particular channeling was Screaming Jay Hawkins himself? Spooky or not, it’s happening.
"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.!!! - Rumi [ Miss. Angelina "Magical Vocalist & Song Writer" Jordan ] "Thank U - Mr. Bel Development"
Another great reaction.
Thanks for all the informative comments about this recording.
You are one of my favorite reactors. (In the top 5 of 50.)
My hero 🙏🙏 I appreciate this so so much. Would love to see who else you’re watching! Maybe I can learn a thing or two as well
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She was awesome at all the ages till now. I love watching her going through the stages of developing her style and learning as she progresses throughout. Great reaction.
Agreed. Amazing that this is true of a 10 year old!
Awesome reaction analysis..
This is one of my top five of Angelina's songs. It's phenomenal -- and at age 10!! However, I have to disagree with you about having her sound like this ALL the time in ALL her recordings! Angelina Jordan CANNOT and WILL NOT be put into a box! She has so many stylistic choices, timbres, genres, voices, etc., that to squeeze her into one mold of one style would make her CEASE to be ANGELINA JORDAN! I'm glad that, even being with Republic Records, she is a free agent, free spirit, genius-level creator & innovator whose governor is her own inner gut instincts.
---- “I'm Still Holding Out For You” (In 2016, few days before turning 11-years old, Angelina recorded demo cover of this Baby FuzZ’s song. Many people consider this cover among Angelina’s best)
---- Baby FuzZ is Brandon Lowry and is also known by stage name Sterling Fox. He has written and produced songs for others including Lana Del Ray, Britney Spears, Avicii, Adam Lambert and Madonna. Angelina’s people did not allow release of song because they thought it to be wrong stylistic choice for her. Angelina’s people fearing copyright infringement issues blocked release of “leaked” version of song several years later. Baby FuzZ had never heard her demo until 2018 and really liked it and allowed it to stay up on UA-cam. Back story about song itself is published on Internet if dig around. Many people describe song differently than Baby FuzZ does.
---- Baby FuzZ says: The bulk of “I’m Still Holding Out For You” was done at a songwriting camp in Oslo, Norway. I wrote the song with some super talented cowriters Aksel Carlson, Ronny Janssen, and Frida Amundsen. I was there for the world class by:Larm music festival in 2016. Mostly I was just writing for other artists, and unfortunately found myself writing some tunes that fell a bit short. By the end of the week, I was growing frustrated with my effort, but luckily the frustration kind of bubbled up and resulted in this song on the last day of writing.
- During an off day, I was able to go to the Oslo Viking Ship Museum. It houses an amazing set of original fully assembled Viking boats from 900 AD. They have these kind of Nightmare Before Christmas looking adornments on the bows that are incredible. I was really inspired by the beauty and the curves on these boats. I honestly believe the ships inspired some of the writing on “I’m Still Holding Out For You”. The song is simple and stark, yet has a few ornate, artistic moments that remind me of those ships.
- So yeah, this song had been completed in 2016 and the idea was to try to give it to a big artist. I had sent it to a myriad of people over the last few years, with no luck. I think it was the music industry’s way of telling me I need to start putting out my own songs. Finally, early in 2018, I kind of came to the realization that the demo was pretty strong with my vocal. At the point, I went back in on the production and kind of took it over the finish line. Now I’m super happy nobody else took it, because it feels 100% honest to what I was feeling at that time.
- A fun line in the second verse deals with impulsive swiping of potential Tinder matches. It’s not even to find someone to match with. It’s just a cyclical behavior of rejecting others in an attempt to affirm an old flame that will never work. It’s actually the whole idea of the song… I’m just delusionally holding out in some monk-like vow of abstinence and loyalty that is incredibly self-destructive.
---- People ask who "leaked" Angelina Jordan demo of “I'm Still Holding Out For You”. It is not officially known although either Ronny Janssen, Aksel Carlson and/or Frida Amundsen, the co-writers of the song, could arguably be prime candidates. Here is why.
- Does Angelina have any connection with the co-writers of the song? She sure does! Great song by Angelina is “Shield” that she co-wrote. And whom did Angelina co-write “Shield” with? No other than Aksel Carlson, Ronny Janssen and Frida Amundsen! Hmmm.
- Angelina is from Oslo, as is three Norwegian songwriters. They had to have met somewhere for “Shield” to be written and produced. It appears, “Shield” was produced at Ronny Janssen's recording studio in Oslo as he has a production credit.
- At minimum, one could also presume that at least one meeting had to have occurred when Angelina did demo of “I'm Still Holding Out For You”, probably also at Ronny Janssen's recording studio in Oslo which would seem to be likely place Angelina would have sung to backing track. So, it is probable that Ronny Janssen had master recording of Angelina's demo and probably made multiple samples for Angelina, and the other two songwriters.
- Additionally, Ronny Janssen is listed with production credits for three versions of “I'm Still Holding Out For You” by Baby FuzZ in 2018 and 2019. Thus, one can presume it was probably Ronny Janssen who played Angelina's demo version to Baby FuzZ in 2018. Baby FuzZ was said to like it, and it was OK to leave "leaked" demo on UA-cam.
---- NOTE: “Shield” was self-released when Angelina was 12-years old, or in 2018, roughly in same timeframe that Baby FuzZ released his version of “I'm Still Holding Out For You” in 2018. The self-release of “Shield” included a performance on Scandinavian talk show “Skavlan” that usually had 2.5 to 3 million viewers per show: ua-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/v-deo.html
---- SIDE NOTE: At this same time of 2016 to 2018, Angelina was also introduced to disk jockeys Avicii (Swedish) and Alan Walker (Norwegian - at over 11.8 billion views and a daily average of about 3 million views, he is number one Norwegian artist on UA-cam), two music stars with worldwide followings. As Angelina fans know, she was invited at 10 years old to sing Alan Walker’s smash hit “Faded” (over 3.3 billion views) and sing hit “Sing Me To Sleep” (over 677 million views), on Alan's “Heading Home” worldwide live streaming event that he held in Bergen, Norway on December 22, 2016 (ua-cam.com/video/Oei0Nhx_6rw/v-deo.html). And in 2016, Avicii chose Angelina for vocals on his worldwide Volvo commercial campaign, with Angelina’s brilliant cover of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good”. Avicii tragically died on April 20, 2018. Angelina later sung in 2018 his smash hit song “Wake Me Up” (over 2.1 billion views) as tribute to Avicii whom she called "my dear friend Avicii" (ua-cam.com/video/F5omCuTQ9S0/v-deo.html).
---- Bottom line was that Angelina was becoming well known in Norwegian/Scandinavian music scene at early age of 10 to 12 years old. She was becoming "connected" into that world, and hence have inter-connections that would logically follow.
La mejor versión de este tema, como siem😅pre, Angelina supera al original.
Tremenda version
This song at 10 years of age,as well as I Put a Spell on You at 9 highlighted the raw talent of young Angelina.I have no doubt she will shock even her most hardcore fans with what she unleashes on us all soon.Awesome reaction,thanks for all the informative details.
I’m pretty sure Baby Fuzz put the song out after Angelina cut this demo. His version has much more “Studio Magic” on the vocals.
You are exactly right Angelina made the demo at the request of Baby Fuzz and his team. His team worked with Angelina to make the demo. But after not hearing back from Angelina’s family for some time Baby Fuzz made the demo and released it. Baby Fuzz claims not to have listened to it before he did it. But his team certainly did. I was lucky enough to be saving everything Angelina since 2017 to my playlist and saved it the first time I heard and have had it since 2017
Still holding out
AJ’s versatility
When you experience AJ’s versatility there is only one conclusion that can be made, she is the GREATEST of all time there is no one else to compare her to
Love this perfection. Love that statue of you behind the microphone
I hit the pause button and can't wait to see your reaction to this song. I want to see if your expression changes in the smallest way when Angelina uses the word CRAZY in such a way that is went right through me and made me feel the emotion she was expressing. I love your reactions and how you get into the music and vocals. Great job.
I wouldn’t put it past Angie cutting this a cappella and the team building around her vocals. Great analysis!
This is a demo that she performed. When do the singer that singer ask her if she would do it you look at someone to record it and she did.
Whoever did this with Angelina I don’t know I but she did the
But this was a demo, and I got released
Moving your head to the beat was very helpful to me. Such a slow beat.
We are so lucky to have this song. It is one of Angelina's best early performances.
Great reaction. This is an amazing song and stellar performance. Whatever the backstory is, I truly hope things get worked out between everyone involved. I would love to see this released today! I think it would be a major hit. And I would love to see Angelina perform it now to see what her more mature vocals can do with it. I agree with some other comments here. As good as she was in prior years, ten-year-old Angelina exploded with stunning performances. I look forward to her much-anticipated release later this year or early next.
Nice work pulling out so many of the production details. Most don't. There are so many. IMHO this is easily the best produced of Angelina's works. That with her interpretation of the lyrics without a reference beggars belief at 10. I remain convinced this would be a huge hit if it was ever mainstreamed.
Thanks for the comment and love 🙏 i truly believe in the art of capturing and recreating music and think it needs much more attention and love than it gets! It’s the final gateway before our ears 😁
10 years old
She took a pop song and turned it into a masterpiece wild bill 🙂
The audio track was recorded at the _SnakeHips_ studio in Oslo, produced by Aksel "Axxe" Carlson and Ronny Janssen. The same duo also produced and co-wrote Angelina's song _Shield._ Also involved in creating both songs was Frida Amundsen.
There are a lot of rumors about this song going around. Wanting to know facts from fictions, I did some research. Below is factual information with a little bit of speculation:
- Baby Fuzz wrote this song with the help of others during a master class camp on song writing
- Those others worked with Angelina on her original Shield
- Baby Fuzz decided he wanted to sell it for someone else to use it
- For that purpose he decided to make a demo
- That demo was distributed but didn’t lead to a sale
- Baby Fuzz decided to release it himself anyway
Here comes the speculation part:
- the people Angelina worked on Shield with, brought the demo Baby Fuzz made with them to Angelina
- Angelina gave it a spin, this recording, and decided not pursue it any further
- Angelina’s version was leaked
For the timelines, Angelina’s cover was leaked a few months before Baby Fuzz released his original. That is of course curious that the cover was released before the original, but the above makes clear how that happened.
Regardless, it is an amazing song and I agree she absolutely killed it and the recording is technically of high quality as well. That is what is all about :-)
I've seen many reactions to this video, but this one really made me aware of the very high quality of the audio recording. I would point out that others have noticed something special in that background during the quiet parts, which was also deliberate. (I'm far from being a recording expert.)
Taken together with that, I'm certain the pictures and especially the video clips towards the end must be copyright Angelina's. I don't know what to believe about the "leaked" history. There must have been super-high effort put into this video and the overall quality shines through. If any one of the parties involved had invoked copyright, there would have been hell to pay from the fans. It is that good. Could "leaking" have been some sort of business tactic? I think there is some sort of liar's standoff going on here.
Notice also, that there are 10x the viewers of the video than the Baby FuzZ version.
Nice analysis again. In my experience i always prefered using a fast delay on vocals instead of reverb, it easier to keep the vocal in front of the natural reverb of the room or lack of.
Keep doing what you do
Agreed - I’m much more a delay fan as a regular tool than reverb. I also come from a time where if you wanted to have 2 channels of something (wet and dry for instance) you had to use cheap splitters and they were never quite right, and the reverb would push the vocal so far back in the mix. Thanks for the comment and support🙏
This could have been a big hit for Angelina if she had officially recorded it. I have read in comments, that this demo was recorded in a studio in London on January 3rd, exactly 1 week before her 11th Birthday. Supposedly, she did 2 earlier versions in late Dec, but this was the best version. I've never heard any other versions & don't know if its true. The commenter claimed to know the co-writers of this song which are the same co-writers of Angelina's original, Shield & he/she sounded knowledgeable providing dates & other inside info. I wish I had saved the comment.
I saved some comments a while ago when trying to find more details of this mystery. I think William Johnsen quoted that comment you think of (originaly by Kent Nielsen) in his reply to rotorhead1942 in the comment section of this video: ua-cam.com/video/80HSefafzRY/v-deo.html
I don't know how reliable Kent was. I've seen other comment sections were he received a lot opposition, and eventually deleted all of his own comments.
@@most2dot0 Yes, that sounds like the reference. Thanks!
@@most2dot0 I don't think he deleted his comments, I think YT deleted his account. (I don't know if he is still active somewhere else. There are several Kent Nielsen's online, including at least one musician, but I don't know if any of them is the same person.)
I'm old and spent a lifetime listening to music and this is a masterpiece , the fact that she is ten , is unbelievable, the sound, the timing, the tone changes, the delivery. to me this recording has it all, super star qualities even at 10 ,I agree with your reactions
You paused at precisely the spot ( 7:53 ) right in the middle of the word that gets me every time. Her CRAZY is CRAZY. LOL. Loved the entire reaction and think this would be on the top of her recording list for showing she transmits emotion with her instrument. THANKS
Yeah. He stopped at exactly the wrong time and missed that great bit. That happens in these reaction videos, but if they don’t break it up they get copyright problems.
@@barryboyd7973 , many reactors will run it back 5 seconds or so after commenting, and still protect themselves from copyright.
Close your eyes and listen to this and you’ll hear a very sensual song sung by a very mature young woman, not a 10 year old girl. Close your eyes and listen to her version of 2022 My Funny Valentine and you’ll hear a very sensual song sung by a very sensual young lady of about thirty. In the latter case we don’t see Angelina singing this song because her mother realized the connection between this sensuality and her young daughter. I believe this was also the case in I’m Still Holding Out For You and is the reason it wasn’t released. I heard one reactor go so far as to say she thought the song was very sexual in nature and totally inappropriate for a 10 year old to be singing. Close your eyes and listen to both songs with no prejudice and see what you think. Maybe mom was onto something both times. Angelina is a genius and has innate capabilities beyond which I don’t think even she has fully begun to grasp yet. No matter what we think, she has always lived at home under the protection of her loving family and,therefore, has many life lessons to learn on her way to maturing into a healthy adult. Unfortunately, a lot of her fans want to keep her as that little girl they fell in love with all those years ago. Let’s face it, that’s not only unrealistic but also psychologically dangerous for people to have an attitude like that when someone doesn’t live up to their expectations!
Once again. Thanks for granting my request. I knew you would love the production on this. She worked with the same songwriters on Shield. And you’ll also notice the same type of production on that song
Definitely gonna look rn cause WOW lol I saved this in a playlist I have called ‘reference’ for when I’m recording. It only has 2 or 3 songs in it but this is definitely a sound I would like to try my hardest to emulate. Thanks for the request and looking forward to the next 🙏
Thanks for an absolutely crackin' break-down, Buddy! Very much appreciated 🙂 Greetings from Norway♥♥♥
You need to boost music, like your hearing musical instruments and her voice especially like she right in front of you singing.
This is my favorite for a long time...
This cover is in my top 3 Angelina covers.
What a great reaction & info. Love your attention to the details, thanks. Here's the whole story & the music camp if you will. Please read. This was recorded when Angie was 10 almost 11 (it was used as a demo).The "rumor" was her mom (Sara) didn't like the suicide content references in the song so it was never released. This song is by Brandon Lowry better known as Sterling Fox & aka Baby Fuzz & co-writers Aksel Carlson, Ronny Janssen, and Frida Amundsen (& they have worked with Angie before). Baby fuzz did this during a music workshop back in 2016 in Norway, (for Angie is kind of like friends with Aksel Carlson, Ronny Janssen, and Frida Amundsen & they all know each other. For like I said they have worked together before, this is how Angie might of got the song for they were all at said work shop at different times)
Here’s a little bit of what BF said about the song: “Now I’m super happy nobody else took it, because it feels 100% honest to what I was feeling at that time. A fun line in the second verse deals with impulsive swiping of potential Tinder matches. It’s not even to find someone to match with. It’s just a cyclical behavior of rejecting others in an attempt to affirm an old flame that will never work. It’s actually the whole idea of the song… I’m just delusionally holding out in some monk-like vow of abstinence and loyalty that is incredibly self-destructive”-BF (No one was interested at the time)
then Angie did the demo of it in 2016 & it was leaked 2 years later in Nov 2018. (He wont change the lyrics to the song or let others do so). It's funny he released it as an original in Dec 2018 a month after Angie's was leaked (Even though he never knew about it yet).
When so many listen to this & Baby Fuzz's version (here’s the link) ua-cam.com/video/q5HsABS4OXQ/v-deo.html (Even BF really liked Angie's version of it when he saw it later in 2020.) but some fans still all think this should be her's for it sound much better & convey's the story better. Brandon Lowery is a good writer & it shows in this song. His version is also good. (This is an amazing song that Angie sang & Brandon Lowery wrote)
(So many think that this is about suicide, but it's not), Even by BF own words, before he took most of his & others comments down & shut off his comments.
You’re right, I remember him dismissing the rumours about suicide, but … 😏😠
@@mrstlu4838 Allright now you're just determined to keep your own narative alive when even the author has squelched it.
Additionally, i think it is just some romantic notion to think mom Sarah would stop Angelina from a big step in her career because of an extremely obscure suicide reference when she had no apparent problem with "Gloomy Sunday", much more direct reference, for Angelina at age 7.
@@lengould9262 I agree with you, think you may have misunderstood my comment. Brandon Lowry explained in an interview what the song was about, and also stated it was not about suicide. What Sara thinks is not known to many.
I'm still holding out for you song written by Brandon Lowry, "also goes by Baby Fuzz," Ronny Janssen and Frida Amundsen went to 10-year-old Angelina with it and Angelina made this audio demo cut but rumor is Angelina's mother didn't like the ending lyrics referencing suicide and the demo cut was not released. Later the demo was pirated from Angelina pictures were added and put online at the same time the song was released by Baby Fuzz caused some confusion but rumor has it that all parties agreed to leave Angelina's pirated cut on U-tube. Angelina has stated she would never sing the song again that's a shame, like many fans, It's my favorite AJ performance. This is Baby Fuzz's version ua-cam.com/video/q5HsABS4OXQ/v-deo.html.
Great reaction my friend 😃 Angelina's vocals on this one, always blow my mind.no matter how many times i have listen to it ❤ If there one song i hope an wish she do an again , it's this one .Imagine her 16 year old voice singing this now wow 🥰 Have a good one take care an stay safe 😊
Like many of her songs, this one has been underrated. It is easily in her top 10, likely top 5. Impossibly at 10 years old. You should also listen to the Baby Fuzz version of this reverse cover. Great reaction.
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I agree that she did an amazing job with this song. Your reaction was great and your expressed feeling were so real. That back story is not really important. As to who and why it was leaked, we just need to be grateful is available for us the enjoy.
Angelina had said she would never sing this song again and we can only hope she will change her mind after many years. Jesse many thanks for encouraging viewers to use the links you provided to support Angelina. I am looking forward to your first reaction to The Warning.
I think that the fact of english isn't her first language allows her to make diferent and beautifull changes with the words. She is unique.
pedro I have to disagree. It's the opposite. Someone who has known her since she was 2 commented that she started speaking English so early and with such proficiency that it's practically her native tongue. I believe it's her familiarity with the language that facillitates her ease and ability to play with the words.