I was here for the premiere and it did not disappoint! The first time I heard this performance, I cried. There's such beauty in it, its like a spiritual experience. If you listen to her vibrato, for example, you'll hear her vary the tempo of it and also the interval to suit the moment. She also does that inhaled scream note that gives me goosebumps. An incredible performance. Great reaction, Philip!
Thats a epic performance, absolutly masterclass, what she show the world with her vocal, is outstanding. Is her own arrengment and she is 9 years old , we love angelina so much. 👑♥️🌹💫 your reaction is great, thank you 😊
I'm enjoying your expert comments. Angelina was 9 years and 2 months old at this time. I came across Angelina by chance just after her first performance on Norways got talent and have been following her career ever since. One of my latest favourites, there are sooo many, is the song she sings for the Hating Game movie.
Headphones are great but treat yourself to hearing all her works on good speakers and let it fill Your environment. In many songs her timbre is a full body experience.
It was near midnight here and my daughter calls. She was in the USMC at the time and serving in Europ. I knew she was on leave and her and her mother were in Holland or someplace. She was at a concert and was freeking out about this "Little Girl" who was singing like she was 60-year-old women. She held the phone up so I could hear Angelina singing and I was blown away. We have all been fans since and I've got all her songs and her book. She is only just getting revved up and is poised to be the queen of Music and as such the bar she will set for others to reach will be High.
Excellent reaction Philip, you only have about 180 songs to go, but you better hurry up since she will release her 1st single toward the end of this month from her debut album of mostly original songs, which will be released in the fall.
Angelina Jordan ASTAR (the name says it all), this young norwegian genius (here 9 and now 17) is imo the best singer on the planet! I am 70 y old and have never heard a singer like her in my whole life.
This was the first ever Angelina video I ever watched 4 years ago and even today 190 videos later I still can't believe what I am watching, she truly is one in a Billion. Great to have a professional reaction as well.
Awesome reaction and the brilliance of this Prodigy is unmatched! You just witnessed the beginning of Greatness, a life changing experience. Enjoy the ride it is the Best by far and God Bless!
Angelina showed up with her artist grandmother. The picture on the candle she is holding is the original singer Screamin Jay Hawkins. The man looking at what she wrote and smiling is the musical director looking at her arrangement as she always does it on her own. This was actually 3 years after her first studio session when she was 6. And she won Norway's Got Talent when she was 7 to 8, as she turned 8 before the season finished. 🎶🎶👱♀👱♀👗👗👠👠❤❤
It's Magic is the name of her album with the Norway military band... released when she had just turned 12 I think? Anyway the album is available from various vendors including Itunes. One of the cuts from that album is the Billie Holiday song "I'm a Fool to Want You". There is an video of Angelina singing this song for this album while in studio recording room...... you won't believe she's 11!!
The FIRST time I heard this, I lost it! My mind was so blown in the best way possible. I think it's safe to say that, not only as a first time viewer, but every time, we go on a spiritual journey with her. I gotta say Mr. Garcia, the operative word in your question is FIRST. Impossible for me to know for sure but I'd BET that if you've seen it once, you've followed it up with at least four or five other times. For me personally...probably close to a hundred times. Anyway....welcome to Angelina's world. It's pretty groovy. 😎👍🏾
I have watched her every day for 8 years. No 2 songs the same which is why she is so addictive. You cannot predict how she will play with a song. She tries on genre and vocal techniques like other little girls try on her mothers shoes.
A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voice. She was only 9 years old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, an American singer/songwriter. He wrote and performed it in 1956 and Angelina based her performance on the original, although she did make some subtle alterations to both lyrics and melody. As you continue your journey of discovering Angelina, you will come to realise that she does her own arrangements of most of the cover songs she sings. The differences may not be immediately discernible on first listening to them, but they are there. There may be a subtle change in tempo or tone, or more inflexion on some words, or a phrase may differ in pitch from the original. The amount of control that Angelina has over her voice cannot be measured. She never hurries a song. She sings in such a way that the emotions in the lyrics are felt by the listener. In this video did you notice:Angelina finishing some notes and handing them to the pianist, who smiled as he read them? They were her wishes (instructions) to the band how she wished therm to play the music. In the band, she was called a boss. Then a brief glimpse of Mery Zamani, a well known and respected Iranian artist, who is also Angelina's maternal grandmother and the person who encouraged Angelina in her love of music, especially jazz. And then there is a shot of Angelina holding a candle upon which was an image of Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Lastly, did you notice how the "performing" Angelina, singing at a level of maturity far beyond her years, suddenly became a 9-year-old child almost instantaneously once she finished singing.
Angelina just turned 9 two months before this was recorded. Angelina Jordan, I Who Have Nothing, first time in studio at 6 years old. She has plenty of videos before this!
You might want to check out her first foray into a professional recording studio where she did 4 songs. Imo her cover of I Who Have Nothing is the best of them. Incidentally she was 33 % younger, a 6 year old at the time. A true phenomenon.
Angelina relaxes me when I'm having a stressful day. If I'm tired of the world and I just don't want to deal with it anymore, I just climb right into Angelina Jordan AStars audios and videos and I get quick relief from any stress. ❤ I have to say you put a spell on me is one of my favorites this one and Bohemian Rhapsody also. Million miles, another favorite of mine. I saw a video yesterday that said her album is coming out in a couple of weeks.🎉🎉🎉🎉
Hi Philip 👋. Great reaction to 9 Angie. I was blown 🤯 by this when I saw is when it was released a year after it was filmed. Angie said in an interview when she was 10 a year after filming it, that "She saw the original (Screaming Jay Hawkins) and it was nice, but when she screams, it's that everyone would love one another"., Angelina did this arrangement herself at 9, you also saw her handing the notes and wishes as she called them back then to the conductor for the changes. God bless 😄👍❤🙏
About 3-1/2 years ago, this video was my very first introduction to Angelina, and she DID "put a spell" on me! Before I finally dragged myself to bed that night (in the wee morning hours actually!), I had watched/listened to probably two dozen of her performances! As I watched the videos that night, I also read comments and everything else I could about her. Her voice and just HER as an extraordinary human being just blew me away -- and still does to this day!
The shock, surprise, and not fully being able to take in what you're hearing versus what you're seeing is a place anyone that's listened to Angelina has been to. Then you have to fall down the rabbit hole and become slightly obsessed, because with her talent there is no other choice.
We, AJ"s Angels, would love to see you react to Angelina's current single from her upcoming EP; to be released later this summer, "Love Don’t Let Me Go". Please don't sleep on this one my friend, her fan's want to hype AJ up as we get closer to her debut album and your a big part of her journey and success. 😁Cheers my friend!!
Isnt it wonderful that with all the platforms, all the styles, all the people out their performing...a true original is just as gob smacking...and rare as it has always been....instantly it hits you right between the eyes.....Welcome aboard Philip.......for this magical mystery....that is Angelina Jordan...
Thanks for this reaction, you so get her artistry. I love when music professionals find Angelina and recognize her once in a generation/once in a lifetime talent. I Put a Spell on You (9 years old!) is a mind bending or blowing experience, that once you've experienced it, your reactions to Angelina's music will be changed by it. Because, it's with this performance that Angelina's age becomes irrelevant. It simply is one of the world's most skilled and musically aware artists killing her arrangement of the Screaming Jay Hawkins' classic. You might want to go back and check out her performance 4 months after winning Norway's Got Talent at the Summer Sing-a-Long Festival - Allsang på grensen (All Sing at the Border) of Dinah Washington's "What a Difference a Day Makes" in an almost perfect, note for note rendition. Then 3 months later, in an arrangement put together essentially on the spot with a guitarist hired for the gig, of "Fly Me to the Moon" on the American TV show, The View. You can see how she's beginning to become the artist that breaks loose on "Spell." (The 3rd video is just a bonus, it's an exposé of Angelina on Norwegian TV. In the intro on the View, Rosie O'Donnell asked Angelina if she remembers the first song she sang at 18 months? At 1:52 in this video is that song: It's Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You." Go figure?!) Anyway, I am truly enjoying walking this path with you. Thanks again! ua-cam.com/video/XHnkVextoQw/v-deo.html What Difference a Day Makes - Allsang på grensen June 3, 2014 ua-cam.com/video/nBGMQ9Kx9iI/v-deo.html Fly Me to the Moon - The View September 19, 2014 ua-cam.com/video/VJjG68Dfr-8/v-deo.html I Will Always Love You (@ 1:52 in the video) 18 months)
Angelina surprises everyone in the first contacts. Common thoughts at this point in the journey: How is it possible? Where does so much talent come from? How beautiful she is and what a phenomenon! Always accompanied by quality musicians! But the simplest conclusion that calms my mind at least is - How happy we are to witness the development of a musical genius of our times!!!
Thanks for the wonderful, I loved. This song is one of the important steps to understand the singularity of Angelina's talent. It's unreal like her, from a very young person, she choice to use her incredible passion and understanding through music in a splendid way, especially for these legendary songs. She is definitely the only 9-year-old girl who understands and has the courage and the ability to sing this song from Screaming' Jay, so imbued with his power, and reorganize it according to her musical sensibility and vision. I sincerely believe that this it's the most beautiful version of this song, over 60 years since it was written and there are much of versions of it, also sung by great singers. 💛🧡❤
This was the first video I saw of Angelina: came up as a YT suggestion randomly... of course I was just astonished... magical as you say: I was very quickly hooked, for the first time ever addicted to one singer... She is just turned 9 here. It is, by the way, entirely Angelina: her arrangement of the Screaming Jay Hawkins song.
An Angel From The Heavenly Choir Angelina Jordan Pays Homage to Those of Yesteryear Today and Those of The Future and of course Her Own. She Composes and adds Her own Flair in all She Sings. She is a Very Long Story and a Must to get into. An Angel with a Thousand Voices, an Angel of Humanity and She has a Pocket Full of Languages. She Started at 18 Months of age and That's No Lie. Sit back and Enjoy The Ride of The Barefoot Princess. She Turned 17 January 10th and Towers 6+ foot tall. The Songs are all Amazing My Favorite is back at 7yrs in Norways Got Talent her second Rendition of I'm a Fool To Want You ( All Capella ) a must oh Just Get them All put Her Reactions in Her Own Classification as She Doesn't Fit in with others. Your Fan Ban Will Grow in Leaps and Bounds. Enjoy & I love watching New People Reacting to Her.😊
Yes AJ is magic ❤️ 9 years and 2 months old or should we say young here ❤️ Insane performance by a 9 year old honouring the great Screamin Jay Hawkins that you saw on the candle at the beginning of video ❤️ At age 10 you must see her performance of Nina Simones Feeling good ❤️ At age 11, Lovin you 👍 Age 12, I Rather Go Blind and at 13 Bohemian Rhapsody on AGT 👍❤️ Enjoy the magical journey 👍
She had her rich deeper register and complex vibrato from a young age. 9 years old here. She had already won Norways Got Talent and sung internationally before this.
There are a lot of good singers out there but nobody has fade me feel the ways this little girl does. This is her most shocking video, and the best one of the 21st century, in my opinion, but she surprises me almost every time she opens her mouth. She's simply the best. 😎
This was my very first encounter with Angelina, about two and a half years ago... not a reaction video but the original, suggested by UA-cam after I had watched some videos of the great Haley Reinhart and other Jazz... - I had not heard her NGTs, her AGTs, nothing, no background information whatsoever, just a random click because I knew the song, and the b/w thumbnail looked somehow interesting... was not expecting anything and I was in a state of shock and disbelieve after watching the video, to me it seemed impossible any little girl could sing like this, not only the tone of her voice, the vibrato, the control and different colors, but even more how she channelled the lyrical content which at that age she shouldn't have any clue about... I watched it again and again, completely mesmerized, and only after some hours it came to my mind that this could not be a singular event for her, that she must have sung other songs before and after and I started searching, next was "Bohemian Rhapsody", then maybe "Feeling Good" or "Yellow Brick Road" ... and I realized I would be under her spell for the rest of my life... Nice reaction Philip, thanks, love your enthusiasm! Peace and love from Bavaria!
She just turned 17 in January but was 9 here. She won Norways Got Talent at the tender age of 7/8. I believe she's fluent in at least 4 languages. English is her 3rd
I been telling people to watch this girl for the past 8 years. When she releases her album, I believe everybody will know who Angelina is. Every record label and Disney have been trying to sign her for years. Her Uncle Mike is her agent and 3 years ago she signed with Republic Records and her family moved from Oslo to LA.. Her latest videos have all had Rob Christie, musical director of Republic Records, playing the piano. Check out her tribute to Elvis, Suspicious Minds. She made it her own. Queen was so impressed with her rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody that they gave her a copyright of that version. Her mother wanted her to have a normal child hood and doesn't want an album released until she graduates and turns 18. She'll be 18 January 10th and she said her album will be released early next year. Republic Records will be promoting her big time. When Quincy Jones heard her sing, he said he hasn't seen young talent like that since the first time he heard Michael Jackson. At the Grammy after parties this year she was pictured with the CEO'S of Republic Records and Universal Music Group and also meeting the president of Universal Music International. The barefoot princess who has a range that's unbelievable. If you don't listen to more of her music, you're missing out.
OUTSTANDING REACTION!!!👌👌👌👍❣ Yes...at 9, she was already seasoned and doing her own arrangements! This band (Terrific!!) is still with her and calls her "The BOSS". Her Granndma is a jazz/blues lover, and played it since Angelina was born. AJ started singing at 18 months, copying Etta James and other Blues greats!!😄💗 You just made me...SMILE!!!🤗🤗🤗😄🥰
AJ was holding up a candle of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins who wrote and preformed this classic in 1956. She was channeling HIM. Go back and listen to his performance then AJ’s again and you’ll se where she got the inspiration. Of course, there’s some Nina Simone influence, who performed this in 1964.
Even without the age-factor a masterpiece! It never bores to watch it again, and everytime I do I'm full of admiration! The more you know about music, singing and performing the more you understand how great this video is! Thanks for your reaction!
We are told it is her arrangement of the piece. In the beginning we see someone looking at it. She is doing her version directly of Screaming Jay Hawkins version from televised performances he did. She does some of the same things he did in his crazy performances. But for a 9 yr old girl with that voice to tackle it is OUTRAGEOUSLY great. It became a legendary introduction piece into her world of music videos. She is legendary.
Thanks for another great reaction to & appreciation of another mesmerizing performance by Angelina - this time of a Jay Hawkins classic from the 1950s - at age 9. And - she also arranged this herself! As young as she is here - in order to better understand her musical roots, I highly recommend that you go back to all 4 of her Norway Got Talent performances (Gloomy Sunday, I'm A Fool To Want You, Bang Bang & Summertime) - at ages 7-8. And why did she go on NGT at age 7? (Well - she actually wanted to go on that talent show earlier, but the minimum age was 7. :) IMHO - what differentiates Angelina from other singers, is that she has been blessed by GOD with not only a beautiful voice, but also with the ability to emote the essence of each song she sings direct to our hearts & souls allowing us to also deeply FEEL her music as it flows through her. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
Great reaction, Sir! Years ago, I was not a big fan of her (she has always been very talented, but as a professional music critic, I felt that she didn't stand out to me.) No more - she has really matured and has seriously gone to an elite level as a singer.
You are so correct in your statement concerning Angelina channeling a Spirit or Spirits....and if you zero in and scrutinize her eyes.....you will see that Spirit in her....come in and be there suddenly. Her eyes allow that sighting. She IS doing just what you suggested she's doing. Yes. She. Is.
No, the image on the cup was "Screaming Jay Hawkins" who first did the song. The Angelina did her own (and better) version. She was nine at that time. And she's been singing and winning awards since the age of seven.
The Barefoot Angel Strikes again ❤ Thank you Sir for your reaction,hope you have a blessed day 🙏🏻 sending you love from Lafayette Georgia 🙏🏻 🍑, I'm now a new subscriber ❤
It’s presumptuous to try to tell a musician why this is so good, but I’ll try anyway. Aside from the insane vocal control by a nine year old, her blues timing is just immaculate. You’ll see again and again that Angelina rides the beat so effortlessly and perfectly in many different genres. She is always in control of the session, even with live bands behind her. And she brings authenticity to whatever style she is singing. She’s not showing off here-she’s respecting the genre. And how you got lost in the performance? That’s happens all the time with Angelina. She starts singing and has your complete attention. Sometimes it’s stunning like today’s, sometimes it’s just beautiful, sometimes it’s mesmerizing. One slight quibble with your comments: there are several of her young performances where Angelina is definitely channeling some of the greats, like Billie Holiday or Ella Fitzgerald. But on this one, it’s her own arrangement that’s clearly paying respect to Screamin Jay Hawkins, but she’s not channeling his original.
Fun reaction. The way I handled this after my first time was immediately checking reactions to make sure I wasn't the only one that had this reaction 😮
Fantastic reaction Philip yes she is Magic the Elemental kingdom comes out of hiding when sings and the Angelic kingdom are her backing singers. She brings so much joy to the world and she radiates pure Love from her Grand and beautiful Heart. Much Love X
That look you had at the last phrase in the song when she used that haunting vibrato reminds me very much of how I felt/feel when I first encountered AJ, and how I feel in general when I listen to her. AJ presents me with a real existential crisis. There is no explanation for how this child was gifted with so much talent, spirit, grace, and empathy. If I believed in God, I would picture him just dumping everything he could into this one person. AJ truly has a talent that can move and save ppl in their time of need. And her medium is song. So frikken weird!
She is 9 here. NINE. Just a tad after 8. The year when she won Norway's Got Talent. (Super worthy video includes all four of her songs on that show .. which she picked herself.) By the way .. Angelina did the arrangement for this video and most of her covers. She is a musical genius. She fell in love with Screamin Jay Hawkins (his song), whose video is here in UA-cam and who also is the face on her candle at the start of the show. Angelina loves honoring the artists she is covering .. cause she only covers what she loves. If you get the video for Norway's Got Talent (which has her four songs and the judges' comments) .. please make sure you get the video with the translations written in .. unless you speak fluent Norwegian! WELCOME to the Angelina rabbit hole .. tons of special and wonderfully devoted people for this young and amazing young lady. By the way, she turned 17 in January .. so you have a lot to see!!! She has almost 200 videos .. mostly covers, 5 originals and some interviews. She is an amazingly humble and generous person. Hence the huge numbers of followers. She signed with Republic Records around three years ago after ignoring many offers from other producers. The agreement that was made with Republic and Angelina and her family (amazing fantastic family) was that Republic had to wait until she was done with school before putting her out fully in the music business. She never stops singing .. she is a wonder .. and school is over this year and there will be an album coming out and hello music biz!! I am so looking forward to more of your reactions. You were wonderful in this one ..She is such a pleasure. We are called Angels, her followers, that is and we all, including all the males, are accustomed to crying when we are listening to her sing. You will come across this phenom soon enough!! Many will fill you in on her life story and the wonder of her spirit and her amazing musicality. I'll look out for more reactions from you .. thanks for this joyous one!
Thank you Philip for your new reaction to this amazing Angelina's performance when she were 9 yo. As mentionned in other comments, you should react to another magical moment with her brilliant rendition of "Bohemian Rapsody" at AGT The Champions, 3 years ago. In a second time, you could may be react to one of her Originals "Million miles" wich is her debut song with Republic Records, the company she signed with when she was 14 yo. I'm a big fan of this young talented artist. I can't wait to watch your next reaction, Gilles from France (sorry if my english is not that good ...)
This was the first video I saw of Angelina that the UA-cam algorithm sent me. I thought, I don’t like children singers but I will watch it. My life has not been the same since. It blew my mind. Who is this little girl?
The first video I saw was her audition for Norway's Got Talent. She sang a Billie Holiday song and, you're right, I saw magic that night. She was 6 years old I believe at the time. I can't wait for you to hear more, I'm in for the ride with you 😊❤
Here are links to Angelina’s four NGT competition performances… 7 years old NGT audition, ‘Gloomy Sunday’ (Billie Holiday): ua-cam.com/video/rI6ZhRk86Hs/v-deo.html 7-8 years old NGT cut-off round, a cappella ‘I’m A Fool To Want You’: ua-cam.com/video/LXknLZDoRVQ/v-deo.html 8 years old NGT semi final, ‘Shot Me Down - Bang Bang’ (Sonny Bono/Cher): youtu.be/watch?v=7LVHl_juO-Q&t=99 (1:39) 8 years old NGT final, ‘Summertime’ (George Gershwin): youtu.be/watch?v=zN4kAof1is0&t=110 (1:50)
I was here for the premiere and it did not disappoint! The first time I heard this performance, I cried. There's such beauty in it, its like a spiritual experience. If you listen to her vibrato, for example, you'll hear her vary the tempo of it and also the interval to suit the moment. She also does that inhaled scream note that gives me goosebumps. An incredible performance. Great reaction, Philip!
I love that whistle moment! I'm shocked that so few reactors comment on it.
A barefoot princess future queen of jazz I believe that thanks philip
This is Angelina... always surprising!!! I loved your reaction and your comments! 👼👣❤
One of the best studio jazz bands around, that sax killed it.......and Angelina ain't that bad, either.
She's 9 here. You need to watch her when she was on Norway's got talent at the age of 7 years old. Which she won.
Thanks Mr. Garcia for reacting to Angelina Jordan again.❤❤❤
I play it every day.I am 75. She is great!
Please please keep react to more of Angelina. Your reaction to this was super.
Great job Phillip. Thumbs up sir.
Thats a epic performance, absolutly masterclass, what she show the world with her vocal, is outstanding. Is her own arrengment and she is 9 years old , we love angelina so much. 👑♥️🌹💫 your reaction is great, thank you 😊
Listen to her in studio at 6 yrs old doing I Who Have Nothing!!!
Angelina was 9yrs and 2 months in this performance.
I'm enjoying your expert comments. Angelina was 9 years and 2 months old at this time. I came across Angelina by chance just after her first performance on Norways got talent and have been following her career ever since. One of my latest favourites, there are sooo many, is the song she sings for the Hating Game movie.
Headphones are great but treat yourself to hearing all her works on good speakers and let it fill Your environment. In many songs her timbre is a full body experience.
Pleace react more of angelina
She's the greatest singer of all time, your just started the journey, enjoy!!
It was near midnight here and my daughter calls. She was in the USMC at the time and serving in Europ. I knew she was on leave and her and her mother were in Holland or someplace. She was at a concert and was freeking out about this "Little Girl" who was singing like she was 60-year-old women. She held the phone up so I could hear Angelina singing and I was blown away. We have all been fans since and I've got all her songs and her book. She is only just getting revved up and is poised to be the queen of Music and as such the bar she will set for others to reach will be High.
A magical musical wonder !!!
Been listening to Angelina for over 6 years daily, I never get tired of our beautiful barefoot Princess.
Excellent reaction Philip, you only have about 180 songs to go, but you better hurry up since she will release her 1st single toward the end of this month from her debut album of mostly original songs, which will be released in the fall.
Angelina Jordan ASTAR (the name says it all), this young norwegian genius (here 9 and now 17) is imo the best singer on the planet! I am 70 y old and have never heard a singer like her in my whole life.
Love your reactions
I've seen this one so many times I've lost count.
But every single time the same goosebumps, it's so unreal good.
She is amazing every time I listen to her I connect with what ever it is she is blessed with check out my valentine.
This was the first ever Angelina video I ever watched 4 years ago and even today 190 videos later I still can't believe what I am watching, she truly is one in a Billion. Great to have a professional reaction as well.
Awesome reaction and the brilliance of this Prodigy is unmatched! You just witnessed the beginning of Greatness, a life changing experience. Enjoy the ride it is the Best by far and God Bless!
AJ is Fire 🔥🔥🔥
Like a child's first Ride at the carnival,
Again Again Again Again.....
… Angelina is already the greatest singer for me... I can't even describe how amazingly good she is!! ✨💎✨ Thank you
Angelina showed up with her artist grandmother. The picture on the candle she is holding is the original singer Screamin Jay Hawkins. The man looking at what she wrote and smiling is the musical director looking at her arrangement as she always does it on her own. This was actually 3 years after her first studio session when she was 6. And she won Norway's Got Talent when she was 7 to 8, as she turned 8 before the season finished. 🎶🎶👱♀👱♀👗👗👠👠❤❤
It's Magic is the name of her album with the Norway military band... released when she had just turned 12 I think? Anyway the album is available from various vendors including Itunes.
One of the cuts from that album is the Billie Holiday song "I'm a Fool to Want You". There is an video of Angelina singing this song for this album while in studio recording room...... you won't believe she's 11!!
The FIRST time I heard this, I lost it! My mind was so blown in the best way possible. I think it's safe to say that, not only as a first time viewer, but every time, we go on a spiritual journey with her. I gotta say Mr. Garcia, the operative word in your question is FIRST. Impossible for me to know for sure but I'd BET that if you've seen it once, you've followed it up with at least four or five other times. For me personally...probably close to a hundred times. Anyway....welcome to Angelina's world. It's pretty groovy. 😎👍🏾
More Angelina please !
This will be a historic classic in the future
¡¡¡¡MAGIA!!!!! Magia amigo, pura magia
She was 7 when she performed Gloomy Sunday on Norways Got Talent, won it at 8 and did this one at 9.
Fierce Masterpiece! Fearless, timeless and ageless. Wonderful ❣️
I have watched her every day for 8 years. No 2 songs the same which is why she is so addictive. You cannot predict how she will play with a song. She tries on genre and vocal techniques like other little girls try on her mothers shoes.
9 yrs 2 mo old, about a year after winning Norway's Got Talent. She always performs in bare feet and the story behind that is remarkable.
A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voice.
She was only 9 years old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, an American singer/songwriter. He wrote and performed it in 1956 and Angelina based her performance on the original, although she did make some subtle alterations to both lyrics and melody. As you continue your journey of discovering Angelina, you will come to realise that she does her own arrangements of most of the cover songs she sings. The differences may not be immediately discernible on first listening to them, but they are there. There may be a subtle change in tempo or tone, or more inflexion on some words, or a phrase may differ in pitch from the original. The amount of control that Angelina has over her voice cannot be measured. She never hurries a song. She sings in such a way that the emotions in the lyrics are felt by the listener. In this video did you notice:Angelina finishing some notes and handing them to the pianist, who smiled as he read them? They were her wishes (instructions) to the band how she wished therm to play the music. In the band, she was called a boss. Then a brief glimpse of Mery Zamani, a well known and respected Iranian artist, who is also Angelina's maternal grandmother and the person who encouraged Angelina in her love of music, especially jazz. And then there is a shot of Angelina holding a candle upon which was an image of Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Lastly, did you notice how the "performing" Angelina, singing at a level of maturity far beyond her years, suddenly became a 9-year-old child almost instantaneously once she finished singing.
Angelina just turned 9 two months before this was recorded. Angelina Jordan, I Who Have Nothing, first time in studio at 6 years old. She has plenty of videos before this!
You might want to check out her first foray into a professional recording studio where she did 4 songs. Imo her cover of I Who Have Nothing is the best of them. Incidentally she was 33 % younger, a 6 year old at the time. A true phenomenon.
Angelina relaxes me when I'm having a stressful day. If I'm tired of the world and I just don't want to deal with it anymore, I just climb right into Angelina Jordan AStars audios and videos and I get quick relief from any stress.
❤ I have to say you put a spell on me is one of my favorites this one and Bohemian Rhapsody also. Million miles, another favorite of mine.
I saw a video yesterday that said her album is coming out in a couple of weeks.🎉🎉🎉🎉
Barefoot to ground herself while channeling to sing perfectly. 💜
Congrats, you just discovered the most astonishing voice of the century...!
She's 9yo the original is screaming jay Hawkins that's 1956 release again I like your reaction thanks
There's one vedio of her in studio at age 6. Amazing.
Hi Philip 👋. Great reaction to 9 Angie. I was blown 🤯 by this when I saw is when it was released a year after it was filmed. Angie said in an interview when she was 10 a year after filming it, that "She saw the original (Screaming Jay Hawkins) and it was nice, but when she screams, it's that everyone would love one another"., Angelina did this arrangement herself at 9, you also saw her handing the notes and wishes as she called them back then to the conductor for the changes. God bless 😄👍❤🙏
About 3-1/2 years ago, this video was my very first introduction to Angelina, and she DID "put a spell" on me! Before I finally dragged myself to bed that night (in the wee morning hours actually!), I had watched/listened to probably two dozen of her performances! As I watched the videos that night, I also read comments and everything else I could about her. Her voice and just HER as an extraordinary human being just blew me away -- and still does to this day!
heartwarming reaction...
She’s 9 here and her own arrangement…
I never tire if watching this. Thanks
The shock, surprise, and not fully being able to take in what you're hearing versus what you're seeing is a place anyone that's listened to Angelina has been to. Then you have to fall down the rabbit hole and become slightly obsessed, because with her talent there is no other choice.
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❤ Angie ❤
Masterpiece, yes one of a kind!
I thought the same thing as you!! She is definitely channeling the greats
We, AJ"s Angels, would love to see you react to Angelina's current single from her upcoming EP; to be released later this summer, "Love Don’t Let Me Go". Please don't sleep on this one my friend, her fan's want to hype AJ up as we get closer to her debut album and your a big part of her journey and success. 😁Cheers my friend!!
”It’s magic” is also the name of her first album, when she was around 11 years old!
Isnt it wonderful that with all the platforms, all the styles, all the people out their performing...a true original is just as gob smacking...and rare as it has always been....instantly it hits you right between the eyes.....Welcome aboard Philip.......for this magical mystery....that is Angelina Jordan...
I was hooked on her voice and her of this worlds vocal magic ever since!!!
When I first saw this I was convinced that she was the world's best lipsyncher.
Thanks for this reaction, you so get her artistry. I love when music professionals find Angelina and recognize her once in a generation/once in a lifetime talent. I Put a Spell on You (9 years old!) is a mind bending or blowing experience, that once you've experienced it, your reactions to Angelina's music will be changed by it. Because, it's with this performance that Angelina's age becomes irrelevant. It simply is one of the world's most skilled and musically aware artists killing her arrangement of the Screaming Jay Hawkins' classic.
You might want to go back and check out her performance 4 months after winning Norway's Got Talent at the Summer Sing-a-Long Festival - Allsang på grensen (All Sing at the Border) of Dinah Washington's "What a Difference a Day Makes" in an almost perfect, note for note rendition. Then 3 months later, in an arrangement put together essentially on the spot with a guitarist hired for the gig, of "Fly Me to the Moon" on the American TV show, The View. You can see how she's beginning to become the artist that breaks loose on "Spell." (The 3rd video is just a bonus, it's an exposé of Angelina on Norwegian TV. In the intro on the View, Rosie O'Donnell asked Angelina if she remembers the first song she sang at 18 months? At 1:52 in this video is that song: It's Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You." Go figure?!)
Anyway, I am truly enjoying walking this path with you. Thanks again!
ua-cam.com/video/XHnkVextoQw/v-deo.html What Difference a Day Makes - Allsang på grensen June 3, 2014
ua-cam.com/video/nBGMQ9Kx9iI/v-deo.html Fly Me to the Moon - The View September 19, 2014
ua-cam.com/video/VJjG68Dfr-8/v-deo.html I Will Always Love You (@ 1:52 in the video) 18 months)
Angelina surprises everyone in the first contacts. Common thoughts at this point in the journey:
How is it possible? Where does so much talent come from?
How beautiful she is and what a phenomenon! Always accompanied by quality musicians!
But the simplest conclusion that calms my mind at least is - How happy we are to witness the development of a musical genius of our times!!!
Thanks for the wonderful, I loved. This song is one of the important steps to understand the singularity of Angelina's talent. It's unreal like her, from a very young person, she choice to use her incredible passion and understanding through music in a splendid way, especially for these legendary songs. She is definitely the only 9-year-old girl who understands and has the courage and the ability to sing this song from Screaming' Jay, so imbued with his power, and reorganize it according to her musical sensibility and vision. I sincerely believe that this it's the most beautiful version of this song, over 60 years since it was written and there are much of versions of it, also sung by great singers. 💛🧡❤
This was the first video I saw of Angelina: came up as a YT suggestion randomly... of course I was just astonished... magical as you say: I was very quickly hooked, for the first time ever addicted to one singer... She is just turned 9 here. It is, by the way, entirely Angelina: her arrangement of the Screaming Jay Hawkins song.
I still feel this way year after year every single time watching it! I’ve been following since she was 8! Timeless video! 🫶🏼
An Angel From The Heavenly Choir Angelina Jordan Pays Homage to Those of Yesteryear Today and Those of The Future and of course Her Own.
She Composes and adds Her own Flair in all She Sings.
She is a Very Long Story and a Must to get into.
An Angel with a Thousand Voices, an Angel of Humanity and She has a Pocket Full of Languages.
She Started at 18 Months of age and That's No Lie.
Sit back and Enjoy The Ride of The Barefoot Princess.
She Turned 17 January 10th and Towers 6+ foot tall.
The Songs are all Amazing
My Favorite is back at 7yrs in Norways Got Talent her second Rendition of I'm a Fool To Want You ( All Capella ) a must oh Just Get them All put Her Reactions in Her Own Classification as She Doesn't Fit in with others.
Your Fan Ban Will Grow in Leaps and Bounds.
Enjoy & I love watching New People Reacting to Her.😊
Yes AJ is magic ❤️ 9 years and 2 months old or should we say young here ❤️ Insane performance by a 9 year old honouring the great Screamin Jay Hawkins that you saw on the candle at the beginning of video ❤️ At age 10 you must see her performance of Nina Simones Feeling good ❤️ At age 11, Lovin you 👍 Age 12, I Rather Go Blind and at 13 Bohemian Rhapsody on AGT 👍❤️ Enjoy the magical journey 👍
She had her rich deeper register and complex vibrato from a young age. 9 years old here. She had already won Norways Got Talent and sung internationally before this.
There are a lot of good singers out there but nobody has fade me feel the ways this little girl does. This is her most shocking video, and the best one of the 21st century, in my opinion, but she surprises me almost every time she opens her mouth. She's simply the best. 😎
This was my very first encounter with Angelina, about two and a half years ago... not a reaction video but the original, suggested by UA-cam after I had watched some videos of the great Haley Reinhart and other Jazz... - I had not heard her NGTs, her AGTs, nothing, no background information whatsoever, just a random click because I knew the song, and the b/w thumbnail looked somehow interesting... was not expecting anything and I was in a state of shock and disbelieve after watching the video, to me it seemed impossible any little girl could sing like this, not only the tone of her voice, the vibrato, the control and different colors, but even more how she channelled the lyrical content which at that age she shouldn't have any clue about... I watched it again and again, completely mesmerized, and only after some hours it came to my mind that this could not be a singular event for her, that she must have sung other songs before and after and I started searching, next was "Bohemian Rhapsody", then maybe "Feeling Good" or "Yellow Brick Road" ... and I realized I would be under her spell for the rest of my life... Nice reaction Philip, thanks, love your enthusiasm! Peace and love from Bavaria!
She just turned 17 in January but was 9 here. She won Norways Got Talent at the tender age of 7/8. I believe she's fluent in at least 4 languages. English is her 3rd
you should consider a few live performances like summertime and Feeling good or its a man s world in your next reactions.awesome
I been telling people to watch this girl for the past 8 years. When she releases her album, I believe everybody will know who Angelina is. Every record label and Disney have been trying to sign her for years. Her Uncle Mike is her agent and 3 years ago she signed with Republic Records and her family moved from Oslo to LA.. Her latest videos have all had Rob Christie, musical director of Republic Records, playing the piano. Check out her tribute to Elvis, Suspicious Minds. She made it her own. Queen was so impressed with her rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody that they gave her a copyright of that version. Her mother wanted her to have a normal child hood and doesn't want an album released until she graduates and turns 18. She'll be 18 January 10th and she said her album will be released early next year. Republic Records will be promoting her big time. When Quincy Jones heard her sing, he said he hasn't seen young talent like that since the first time he heard Michael Jackson. At the Grammy after parties this year she was pictured with the CEO'S of Republic Records and Universal Music Group and also meeting the president of Universal Music International. The barefoot princess who has a range that's unbelievable. If you don't listen to more of her music, you're missing out.
The main thing to understand here is that AJ is really having fun. And yes, the surprises are continuous. You can't rest.
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OUTSTANDING REACTION!!!👌👌👌👍❣ Yes...at 9, she was already seasoned and doing her own arrangements! This band (Terrific!!) is still with her and calls her "The BOSS". Her Granndma is a jazz/blues lover, and played it since Angelina was born. AJ started singing at 18 months, copying Etta James and other Blues greats!!😄💗 You just made me...SMILE!!!🤗🤗🤗😄🥰
She is nine year old here..17.years old now..from Norway..😊💟
AJ was holding up a candle of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins who wrote and preformed this classic in 1956. She was channeling HIM. Go back and listen to his performance then AJ’s again and you’ll se where she got the inspiration. Of course, there’s some Nina Simone influence, who performed this in 1964.
Even without the age-factor a masterpiece! It never bores to watch it again, and everytime I do I'm full of admiration! The more you know about music, singing and performing the more you understand how great this video is! Thanks for your reaction!
Yes, best rendition in 65 years, with lots of accomplished singers trying, including the original!
Angelina was 9yrs old welcome to aj 👍👍🐈🐈🇬🇧🇬🇧
We are told it is her arrangement of the piece. In the beginning we see someone looking at it. She is doing her version directly of Screaming Jay Hawkins version from televised performances he did. She does some of the same things he did in his crazy performances. But for a 9 yr old girl with that voice to tackle it is OUTRAGEOUSLY great. It became a legendary introduction piece into her world of music videos. She is legendary.
Thanks for another great reaction to & appreciation of another mesmerizing performance by Angelina - this time of a Jay Hawkins classic from the 1950s - at age 9. And - she also arranged this herself! As young as she is here - in order to better understand her musical roots, I highly recommend that you go back to all 4 of her Norway Got Talent performances (Gloomy Sunday, I'm A Fool To Want You, Bang Bang & Summertime) - at ages 7-8. And why did she go on NGT at age 7? (Well - she actually wanted to go on that talent show earlier, but the minimum age was 7. :) IMHO - what differentiates Angelina from other singers, is that she has been blessed by GOD with not only a beautiful voice, but also with the ability to emote the essence of each song she sings direct to our hearts & souls allowing us to also deeply FEEL her music as it flows through her. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
Great reaction, Sir! Years ago, I was not a big fan of her (she has always been very talented, but as a professional music critic, I felt that she didn't stand out to me.) No more - she has really matured and has seriously gone to an elite level as a singer.
You are so correct in your statement concerning Angelina channeling a Spirit or Spirits....and if you zero in and scrutinize her eyes.....you will see that Spirit in her....come in and be there suddenly. Her eyes allow that sighting. She IS doing just what you suggested she's doing. Yes. She. Is.
No, the image on the cup was "Screaming Jay Hawkins" who first did the song. The Angelina did her own (and better) version. She was nine at that time. And she's been singing and winning awards since the age of seven.
The Barefoot Angel Strikes again ❤ Thank you Sir for your reaction,hope you have a blessed day 🙏🏻 sending you love from Lafayette Georgia 🙏🏻 🍑, I'm now a new subscriber ❤
It’s presumptuous to try to tell a musician why this is so good, but I’ll try anyway. Aside from the insane vocal control by a nine year old, her blues timing is just immaculate. You’ll see again and again that Angelina rides the beat so effortlessly and perfectly in many different genres. She is always in control of the session, even with live bands behind her. And she brings authenticity to whatever style she is singing. She’s not showing off here-she’s respecting the genre. And how you got lost in the performance? That’s happens all the time with Angelina. She starts singing and has your complete attention. Sometimes it’s stunning like today’s, sometimes it’s just beautiful, sometimes it’s mesmerizing.
One slight quibble with your comments: there are several of her young performances where Angelina is definitely channeling some of the greats, like Billie Holiday or Ella Fitzgerald. But on this one, it’s her own arrangement that’s clearly paying respect to Screamin Jay Hawkins, but she’s not channeling his original.
Fun reaction. The way I handled this after my first time was immediately checking reactions to make sure I wasn't the only one that had this reaction 😮
Fantastic reaction Philip yes she is Magic the Elemental kingdom comes out of hiding when sings and the Angelic kingdom are her backing singers. She brings so much joy to the world and she radiates pure Love from her Grand and beautiful Heart. Much Love X
That look you had at the last phrase in the song when she used that haunting vibrato reminds me very much of how I felt/feel when I first encountered AJ, and how I feel in general when I listen to her. AJ presents me with a real existential crisis. There is no explanation for how this child was gifted with so much talent, spirit, grace, and empathy. If I believed in God, I would picture him just dumping everything he could into this one person. AJ truly has a talent that can move and save ppl in their time of need. And her medium is song. So frikken weird!
She is 9 here. NINE. Just a tad after 8. The year when she won Norway's Got Talent. (Super worthy video includes all four of her songs on that show .. which she picked herself.)
By the way .. Angelina did the arrangement for this video and most of her covers. She is a musical genius. She fell in love with Screamin Jay Hawkins (his song), whose video is here in UA-cam and who also is the face on her candle at the start of the show. Angelina loves honoring the artists she is covering .. cause she only covers what she loves.
If you get the video for Norway's Got Talent (which has her four songs and the judges' comments) .. please make sure you get the video with the translations written in .. unless you speak fluent Norwegian!
WELCOME to the Angelina rabbit hole .. tons of special and wonderfully devoted people for this young and amazing young lady. By the way, she turned 17 in January .. so you have a lot to see!!! She has almost 200 videos .. mostly covers, 5 originals and some interviews. She is an amazingly humble and generous person. Hence the huge numbers of followers. She signed with Republic Records around three years ago after ignoring many offers from other producers. The agreement that was made with Republic and Angelina and her family (amazing fantastic family) was that Republic had to wait until she was done with school before putting her out fully in the music business. She never stops singing .. she is a wonder .. and school is over this year and there will be an album coming out and hello music biz!!
I am so looking forward to more of your reactions. You were wonderful in this one ..She is such a pleasure. We are called Angels, her followers, that is and we all, including all the males, are accustomed to crying when we are listening to her sing. You will come across this phenom soon enough!!
Many will fill you in on her life story and the wonder of her spirit and her amazing musicality.
I'll look out for more reactions from you .. thanks for this joyous one!
Thank you Philip for your new reaction to this amazing Angelina's performance when she were 9 yo. As mentionned in other comments, you should react to another magical moment with her brilliant rendition of "Bohemian Rapsody" at AGT The Champions, 3 years ago. In a second time, you could may be react to one of her Originals "Million miles" wich is her debut song with Republic Records, the company she signed with when she was 14 yo. I'm a big fan of this young talented artist. I can't wait to watch your next reaction, Gilles from France (sorry if my english is not that good ...)
Here is a link to one of three official releases for MM (in addition to several live concert fan recordings): ua-cam.com/video/3KxvwuZ7oEM/v-deo.html
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This was the first video I saw of Angelina that the UA-cam algorithm sent me. I thought, I don’t like children singers but I will watch it. My life has not been the same since. It blew my mind. Who is this little girl?
An excellent reaction. I've heard this performance hundreds of times. It STILL blows me away!
To blow your mind further. This is her arrangement. She has been studying music theory since she was five.
The first video I saw was her audition for Norway's Got Talent. She sang a Billie Holiday song and, you're right, I saw magic that night. She was 6 years old I believe at the time.
I can't wait for you to hear more, I'm in for the ride with you 😊❤
Angelina was 7 yo for her audition on NGT, but turned 8 for her last 3 performances.
Here are links to Angelina’s four NGT competition performances…
7 years old NGT audition, ‘Gloomy Sunday’ (Billie Holiday): ua-cam.com/video/rI6ZhRk86Hs/v-deo.html
7-8 years old NGT cut-off round, a cappella ‘I’m A Fool To Want You’: ua-cam.com/video/LXknLZDoRVQ/v-deo.html
8 years old NGT semi final, ‘Shot Me Down - Bang Bang’ (Sonny Bono/Cher): youtu.be/watch?v=7LVHl_juO-Q&t=99 (1:39)
8 years old NGT final, ‘Summertime’ (George Gershwin): youtu.be/watch?v=zN4kAof1is0&t=110 (1:50)
Everything is amazing, but the timing KILLS me she is so good. Frank you might be second best.