I saw an interview with Billie Eilish in where she said this very video (Aurora - Runaway) was her inspiration to become a singer/songwriter (she came over it in a time where she hadn't yet decided what to do with her life).
She is amazing. She performs awesome covers and she can sing her originals with a full band, acoustic, or accapella. She also performs different arrangements of the same song. I got a chance to see her live and it was amazing. Going to see her again in 2022.
In my opinion Aurora is one of the few singers that actually sound better singing live rather than recorded... I swear, her performance is so organic and she makes it seem so effortlessly... she's amazing live. You should check more of those Aurora videos 💜
What makes Aurora stand out from others is her ability to write masterpieces again and again and again! 330 mill on YT and 402 mill on Spotify with a song written when she was 11 yo , tells the lot. Almost the whole video was shot in her parents garden , 40km south og Bergen ,Norway. The fjord which you can see in the video is called Lysefjorden ( The fjord of light)
It doesn't matter what Aurora song you listen to next. She doesn't have ANY bad songs. The lyrics to this song are so beautiful and insighteful, not bad considering she wrote this song when she was 11.
This is the song, that went viral on tiktok and Instagram, she was 18-19 during that time! She's inspired Billie Eilish when she was 12, and something clicked!
Some of my favourite covers by Aurora are: AURORA covers Massive Attack 'Teardrop' for Like A Version P3 Christine Live: AURORA "Believer" (Imagine Dragons cover) P3 Live: AURORA "God is a woman" (Ariana Grande cover) AURORA - Rasputin (Boney M cover - acoustic / live) AURORA covers The Beatles 'Across The Universe' for Like A Version Something to bear in mind if you listen to them, many were songs that were sprung on her and not of her own choosing (arrive at a radio station/studio, told the song, given 1/2 an hour or an hour to work out an arrangement and practice before singing live).
The video was actually filmed in the forest where she grew up. She often got lost and was taught how to find home using the stars as a guide. Parents also installed a bell to call her home.
The video was filmed in her parents garden and the woods nearby, and one other location a few miles away..... "I froze my butt off" she said 😂👏🇧🇻 Aurora is a fantastic artist and human! Check out Through the eyes of a child from Nidarosdomen concert or Murder Song from the Nobel Peace Prize concert. Her live stuff are mindblowingly fantastic!
Very good reaction. She is very creative and unique artist. She learnt to sing and play piano by herself. She started to make music from 6 year old and make lyrics from 9 years ago (she made f.e. Lucky when she was 9). She has a ton o great songs/performance. I would recommend All Is Soft inside live from KEXP 2018. And about covers. She has some great ones (she is like Midas, everything she change into gold :) ) . As a sample check f.e. Teardrop live in "Like w Version"
Just FYI, Aurora wrote her first songs at the age of 6. One of my favorite songs is 'It Happened Quiet', but that is just one. What with Angelina Jordan and Aurora being so talented, Norway is gifting the world quite nicely! Ha. Being that both Aurora and Angelina are so unique, I would be surprised if the real name of the country wasn't, 'Yourway'. 👍😀
Fun facts about the Runaway Music Video: It was shot late autumn 2014 and winter 2014/2015. She was 18 at this time. She wrote Runaway at the age of 11-12 and finalized it at the age of 14. The parts, where she wears the furry top are shot at the west coast of the Drange peninsula, less than a mile away from her parents house. The parts in the forest were shot in the same forest where she played as a kid, less than half a mile away from her parents house. The parts, in which she wears a thin white cardigan and with some trees in the near background and the island of Lysøya in the background, are shot actually in the backyard of her parents house in Drange.
9/10 this is 10/10 Aurora is without doubt the best live performer I’ve ever seen she is the essence of what music is all about as a songwriter she is outstanding her lyrics always make you think deeply about life and the world we live in she always stays true to herself and her music is a medicine for everyone,she never craves to become mainstream she simply loves music it’s been a part of her from the age of 5/6 it’s what sets her apart from anyone else she simply is a Genius and we are blessed to have her music in our lives ❤️🍎❤️🍎❤️
Thank you so much for your great reaction to this amazing performance 💖💖 Please react to "The Seed", official music video or "Through the eyes of a child", live at Nidarosdomen 🙂🙂
The scenery is Norway, forest behind her home, and the where she explored when she was very young. As to her popularity, she has managed something some artists try hard to do. She has crossed racial carriers as all nationalities listen to her. As to her popularity, she had 3 sold-out concerts in the US (NY, and CA). Next year she has 10 concerts in the US and they’re already selling out. Covers- David Bowie “Is There Life on Mars Leonard Cohen -”Blue Raincoat” Massive Attack John Lennon Imagine Dragons And there are others. But don’t expect a blase repetition. Her covers are completely unique. Life on Mars will blow your mind and Bowie would have loved it.
Listen to her live you'll see why she's so loved, check out "It happened quiet" at the Current or "Murder Song 54321" Nobel Peace Prize Concert. She is probably one of the most unique voices you'll come across and she will entrance you with every song.
My fav covers are God is a Woman (she and her band were given an hour to prepare it) and Tear Drop (Massive Attack). Originals I would recommend are: Warrior Through the Eyes of a Child It Happened Quiet (live at The Current) And for a change of pace: The Seed -which is her anthem to Mother Nature. Any and all live versions are best. Enjoy!
Hello again. A very nice reaction :-) You are right, this was shot in Norway. As a matter of fact, this was shot in the woods REALLY close to where Aurora grew up, close to Bergen on the west coast of Norway. Someone mentioned Billie Eilish in the comments to that video. Actually, according to Billie herself, Aurora is the very reason why she started her music career in the first place. She has said as much in numerous interviews :-) Here is one of them : ua-cam.com/video/AC1z0I0xz0w/v-deo.html You asked for a few more recommendations, so I thought I should suggest my personal favourite by her. It's actually taken from the same concert as your reaction to "Lucky". The song is called "Through The Eyes Of A Child" and is amazingly beautiful IMO. Btw, that whole concert at the Nidarosdomen cathedral is off the charts beautiful. React to ANYTHING from that one. You simply cannot go wrong. Here is the link to "Through The Eyes Of A Child" : ua-cam.com/video/ncG9zTzsisE/v-deo.html And don't forget about Angelina now, you hear ??? LOL Love from Norway :-)
Aurora is amazing. I suggest to check out “All is Soft Inside” live at KEXP for a more update performance from her and her band. But everything she does is gold and worth a listen. There are many great covers like “Life On Mars” and “Across The Universe”.
The comment regarding Billie Eilish is referring to this short clip of Billie from an interview: youtu . be/AC1z0I0xz0w&t=40s Interviewer: "Was there a particular artist or song that you listened to growing up, that you like: 'Thats it! I have to do music, because that just spoke to me'." Billie: "OMG, I grew up on so many, so many artists, but I feel like the moment...Actually I was like sitting on my bed, and I was like 12, and I had already started writing music, I just did it for no reason, kind of random, I have a lot of things I need to say, and I did not know how to say them. But I remember sitting on my bed when I was like 12 or 11, and just like surfing UA-cam as you do, and there was this little video and it was called 'Runaway' by Aurora, and I had no idea who that was, and I had no idea what the song was, but the thumbnail looked cool, so I clicked on it. And I remember just sitting there and the intro played, and I just was like: 'Oh! That's what I wanna do', and then it just like, immediately I was just like in love with that whole idea."
She wrote "Lucky" when she was 9 years old, and “Runaway” at 11😳🥰 Please react to Aurora with “Through the eyes of a child” at Nidarosdomen, “It Happened Quiet” at CURRENT, (5,4,3,2,1) Murder Song at the 2015 Nobel Price concert and “Queendom” the official video 👍🥰
You want to see a cover next. Do Aurora Aksnes Wrecking Ball. Thats her oldest cover on the internet. If you do a cover, please look at the original first in the video. So we can compare.
Great reaction man! So glad that you like it. She have her fanbase throughout the world. She is truly my soulhealer!!! she is a great spokesperson for mother nature. See The original music video for seed it is an anthem.
The view in the video out over the water is *literally* from the backyard of her parents house where she grew up, you can see it here in a news interview from 2014: youtu . be / PMZNj6PaIJE&t=1m20s
Hi, Great reaction again! A few days ago she released a brand new song "Heathens", prior to the release of her upcoming album "The Gods We Can Touch". Heathens is a beautiful song, especially the live version recorded at VEVO Studios: ua-cam.com/video/utKR7tAm0hg/v-deo.html
And adding to that, earlier this year AURORA explained her story behind "Runaway" in these interviews / podcasts: AURORA "Runaway" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified ua-cam.com/video/P_-aEdRG95I/v-deo.html AURORA - Song Exploder podcast about Runaway ua-cam.com/video/bcCy0mjgHNc/v-deo.html
I would recommend you reacting to the song Earthquake by Aurora, the production there is really amazing, the lyrics and the production are so connected, I think it's amazing and you should listen to it
react AURORA - Live Kexp AURORA - Across The Universe Live Triple J AURORA - The Seed AURORA - It Happened Quiet Live AURORA - Lucky Live vevo dscvr AURORA - All Is Soft Inside live kexp 2019
You want some covers ? Here you go :D (my advice : choose a song you know, that's usually more interesting) ... Oasis - Half the world away : ua-cam.com/video/s5QK3x-Bvo0/v-deo.html Nat King Cole - Nature Boy : ua-cam.com/video/-DNpFmwvtuw/v-deo.html Walking in the air (from the animated movie The Snowman) : ua-cam.com/video/GUeYTWXn0Qk/v-deo.html David Bowie - Life on Mars : ua-cam.com/video/kJ095S0MmnA/v-deo.html Bob Dylan : Mr Tambourine Man : ua-cam.com/video/cCWANSlcnAU/v-deo.html Leonard Cohen - Famous blue raincoat : ua-cam.com/video/Oaf0gzQSiOM/v-deo.html Leonard Cohen - So long, Marianne : ua-cam.com/video/i4CgyVMJiEk/v-deo.html Naughty Boy - La la la : ua-cam.com/video/qgTdhIkK_K4/v-deo.html Ariana Grande - God is a woman : ua-cam.com/video/fn_6i7Wed-c/v-deo.html Miley Cyrus - Wrecking ball : ua-cam.com/video/zNu9bJvJ_Pw/v-deo.html Imagine Dragons - Believer : ua-cam.com/video/ucY21wLJhOo/v-deo.html Boney M - Rasputin : ua-cam.com/video/HWd_N-9n7NM/v-deo.html The Beatles - Across the universe : ua-cam.com/video/Zb4sIiGLXvc/v-deo.html Massive Attack - Teardrop : ua-cam.com/video/GPTY6l_PX5k/v-deo.html I'm probably forgetting some :D
I saw an interview with Billie Eilish in where she said this very video (Aurora - Runaway) was her inspiration to become a singer/songwriter (she came over it in a time where she hadn't yet decided what to do with her life).
Omg, welcome to Aurora. You will be amazed. Hugs from Sweden.
I discovered Aurora back in June and this video was my first experience. It had a profound effect on me and it's still my favourite.
Unusual....song....different....
She is amazing. She performs awesome covers and she can sing her originals with a full band, acoustic, or accapella. She also performs different arrangements of the same song. I got a chance to see her live and it was amazing. Going to see her again in 2022.
In my opinion Aurora is one of the few singers that actually sound better singing live rather than recorded... I swear, her performance is so organic and she makes it seem so effortlessly... she's amazing live. You should check more of those Aurora videos 💜
What makes Aurora stand out from others is her ability to write masterpieces again and again and again!
330 mill on YT and 402 mill on Spotify with a song written when she was 11 yo , tells the lot.
Almost the whole video was shot in her parents garden , 40km south og Bergen ,Norway. The fjord which you can see in the video is called Lysefjorden ( The fjord of light)
It doesn't matter what Aurora song you listen to next. She doesn't have ANY bad songs. The lyrics to this song are so beautiful and insighteful, not bad considering she wrote this song when she was 11.
This is the song, that went viral on tiktok and Instagram, she was 18-19 during that time! She's inspired Billie Eilish when she was 12, and something clicked!
Aurora, best live. The Nidarossdomen concert is a masterpiece and an emotional roller coaster. Otherwise any of the Nobel Peace Prize performances.
Very nice reaction. Lucky you. Finding Aurora. Lucky us.
Some of my favourite covers by Aurora are:
AURORA covers Massive Attack 'Teardrop' for Like A Version
P3 Christine Live: AURORA "Believer" (Imagine Dragons cover)
P3 Live: AURORA "God is a woman" (Ariana Grande cover)
AURORA - Rasputin (Boney M cover - acoustic / live)
AURORA covers The Beatles 'Across The Universe' for Like A Version
Something to bear in mind if you listen to them, many were songs that were sprung on her and not of her own choosing (arrive at a radio station/studio, told the song, given 1/2 an hour or an hour to work out an arrangement and practice before singing live).
The video was actually filmed in the forest where she grew up. She often got lost and was taught how to find home using the stars as a guide. Parents also installed a bell to call her home.
Aurora is amazing!Wonderful and bright voice!Super! Thank you, my friend!Great reaction.👏💯🇷🇺
If you love haunting type sound you'll absolutely be mesmerized by Aurora's Wardruna.
Lots of Aurora's creations have been used on different movies and tv series , Runaway was used on The Following series finale
The video was filmed in her parents garden and the woods nearby, and one other location a few miles away.....
"I froze my butt off" she said 😂👏🇧🇻
Aurora is a fantastic artist and human! Check out Through the eyes of a child from Nidarosdomen concert or Murder Song from the Nobel Peace Prize concert. Her live stuff are mindblowingly fantastic!
2 covers that come to mind are Rasputin and Life on Mars. Both great songs and she makes them her own in Aurora fashion!
Very good reaction. She is very creative and unique artist. She learnt to sing and play piano by herself. She started to make music from 6 year old and make lyrics from 9 years ago (she made f.e. Lucky when she was 9). She has a ton o great songs/performance.
I would recommend All Is Soft inside live from KEXP 2018.
And about covers. She has some great ones (she is like Midas, everything she change into gold :) ) . As a sample check f.e. Teardrop live in "Like w Version"
Just FYI, Aurora wrote her first songs at the age of 6.
One of my favorite songs is 'It Happened Quiet', but that is just one. What with Angelina Jordan and Aurora being so talented, Norway is gifting the world quite nicely! Ha. Being that both Aurora and Angelina are so unique, I would be surprised if the real name of the country wasn't, 'Yourway'. 👍😀
Her cover of Believer (Imagine dragons) is masterclass….
Fun facts about the Runaway Music Video:
It was shot late autumn 2014 and winter 2014/2015. She was 18 at this time. She wrote Runaway at the age of 11-12 and finalized it at the age of 14.
The parts, where she wears the furry top are shot at the west coast of the Drange peninsula, less than a mile away from her parents house.
The parts in the forest were shot in the same forest where she played as a kid, less than half a mile away from her parents house.
The parts, in which she wears a thin white cardigan and with some trees in the near background and the island of Lysøya in the background, are shot actually in the backyard of her parents house in Drange.
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9/10 this is 10/10 Aurora is without doubt the best live performer I’ve ever seen she is the essence of what music is all about as a songwriter she is outstanding her lyrics always make you think deeply about life and the world we live in she always stays true to herself and her music is a medicine for everyone,she never craves to become mainstream she simply loves music it’s been a part of her from the age of 5/6 it’s what sets her apart from anyone else she simply is a Genius and we are blessed to have her music in our lives ❤️🍎❤️🍎❤️
Thank you so much for your great reaction to this amazing performance 💖💖 Please react to "The Seed", official music video or "Through the eyes of a child", live at Nidarosdomen 🙂🙂
Yes, these two are so great songs, and the official video of “The Seed” is amazing 🥰
The scenery is Norway, forest behind her home, and the where she explored when she was very young. As to her popularity, she has managed something some artists try hard to do. She has crossed racial carriers as all nationalities listen to her. As to her popularity, she had 3 sold-out concerts in the US (NY, and CA). Next year she has 10 concerts in the US and they’re already selling out.
Covers- David Bowie “Is There Life on Mars
Leonard Cohen -”Blue Raincoat”
Massive Attack
John Lennon
Imagine Dragons
And there are others. But don’t expect a blase repetition. Her covers are completely unique. Life on Mars will blow your mind and Bowie would have loved it.
She really is amazing . Pls react to her more cause she really is unique artist that I've ever heard and will never stop listening to
Aurora is an amazing artist! Check out "The Seed" original video. And "5,4,3,2,1 Murder Song" live at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. And all the rest.
Listen to her live you'll see why she's so loved, check out "It happened quiet" at the Current or "Murder Song 54321" Nobel Peace Prize Concert. She is probably one of the most unique voices you'll come across and she will entrance you with every song.
I went to her concert in Brasil in 2019, she’s like a real angel 🥺 really good
My fav covers are God is a Woman (she and her band were given an hour to prepare it) and Tear Drop (Massive Attack).
Originals I would recommend are:
Warrior
Through the Eyes of a Child
It Happened Quiet (live at The Current)
And for a change of pace:
The Seed -which is her anthem to Mother Nature.
Any and all live versions are best. Enjoy!
Hello again. A very nice reaction :-) You are right, this was shot in Norway. As a matter of fact, this was shot in the woods REALLY close to where Aurora grew up, close to Bergen on the west coast of Norway. Someone mentioned Billie Eilish in the comments to that video. Actually, according to Billie herself, Aurora is the very reason why she started her music career in the first place. She has said as much in numerous interviews :-) Here is one of them : ua-cam.com/video/AC1z0I0xz0w/v-deo.html
You asked for a few more recommendations, so I thought I should suggest my personal favourite by her. It's actually taken from the same concert as your reaction to "Lucky".
The song is called "Through The Eyes Of A Child" and is amazingly beautiful IMO. Btw, that whole concert at the Nidarosdomen cathedral is off the charts beautiful. React to ANYTHING from that one. You simply cannot go wrong. Here is the link to "Through The Eyes Of A Child" : ua-cam.com/video/ncG9zTzsisE/v-deo.html
And don't forget about Angelina now, you hear ??? LOL
Love from Norway :-)
Aurora is amazing. I suggest to check out “All is Soft Inside” live at KEXP for a more update performance from her and her band. But everything she does is gold and worth a listen. There are many great covers like “Life On Mars” and “Across The Universe”.
The comment regarding Billie Eilish is referring to this short clip of Billie from an interview: youtu . be/AC1z0I0xz0w&t=40s
Interviewer: "Was there a particular artist or song that you listened to growing up, that you like: 'Thats it! I have to do music, because that just spoke to me'."
Billie: "OMG, I grew up on so many, so many artists, but I feel like the moment...Actually I was like sitting on my bed, and I was like 12, and I had already started writing music, I just did it for no reason, kind of random, I have a lot of things I need to say, and I did not know how to say them.
But I remember sitting on my bed when I was like 12 or 11, and just like surfing UA-cam as you do, and there was this little video and it was called 'Runaway' by Aurora, and I had no idea who that was, and I had no idea what the song was, but the thumbnail looked cool, so I clicked on it. And I remember just sitting there and the intro played, and I just was like: 'Oh! That's what I wanna do', and then it just like, immediately I was just like in love with that whole idea."
Though she was 13 years old when the Runaway video premiered, so not 11 or 12.
She wrote "Lucky" when she was 9 years old, and “Runaway” at 11😳🥰
Please react to Aurora with “Through the eyes of a child” at Nidarosdomen, “It Happened Quiet” at CURRENT, (5,4,3,2,1) Murder Song at the 2015 Nobel Price concert and “Queendom” the official video 👍🥰
And yes, this is in Norway 🇳🇴❤️
You said cover, Leonard Cohen "Famous Blue Raincoat".
You want to see a cover next. Do Aurora Aksnes Wrecking Ball. Thats her oldest cover on the internet. If you do a cover, please look at the original first in the video. So we can compare.
My favourite Aurora song is Through the Eyes of a Child (Live at Nidarosdomen) You have to check that one out, please.
Great reaction man! So glad that you like it. She have her fanbase throughout the world. She is truly my soulhealer!!! she is a great spokesperson for mother nature. See The original music video for seed it is an anthem.
The view in the video out over the water is *literally* from the backyard of her parents house where she grew up, you can see it here in a news interview from 2014:
youtu . be / PMZNj6PaIJE&t=1m20s
Hi, Great reaction again! A few days ago she released a brand new song "Heathens", prior to the release of her upcoming album "The Gods We Can Touch". Heathens is a beautiful song, especially the live version recorded at VEVO Studios: ua-cam.com/video/utKR7tAm0hg/v-deo.html
And adding to that, earlier this year AURORA explained her story behind "Runaway" in these interviews / podcasts:
AURORA "Runaway" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified ua-cam.com/video/P_-aEdRG95I/v-deo.html
AURORA - Song Exploder podcast about Runaway ua-cam.com/video/bcCy0mjgHNc/v-deo.html
They don't remind Aurora to Bille, Billie mentioned that Aurora inspired her to become a singer.
I would recommend you reacting to the song Earthquake by Aurora, the production there is really amazing, the lyrics and the production are so connected, I think it's amazing and you should listen to it
She actually lives near that spot in this video.
Or grew up there anyway.
react AURORA - Live Kexp
AURORA - Across The Universe Live Triple J
AURORA - The Seed
AURORA - It Happened Quiet Live
AURORA - Lucky Live vevo dscvr
AURORA - All Is Soft Inside live kexp 2019
Check out her cover of Teardrop by Massive Attack.
Odin is not happy with us, so he cut out a piece of pure Muspellheim and created Aurora.
400,000,000..views...amazing..you another convert...
You want some covers ? Here you go :D (my advice : choose a song you know, that's usually more interesting) ...
Oasis - Half the world away : ua-cam.com/video/s5QK3x-Bvo0/v-deo.html
Nat King Cole - Nature Boy : ua-cam.com/video/-DNpFmwvtuw/v-deo.html
Walking in the air (from the animated movie The Snowman) : ua-cam.com/video/GUeYTWXn0Qk/v-deo.html
David Bowie - Life on Mars : ua-cam.com/video/kJ095S0MmnA/v-deo.html
Bob Dylan : Mr Tambourine Man : ua-cam.com/video/cCWANSlcnAU/v-deo.html
Leonard Cohen - Famous blue raincoat : ua-cam.com/video/Oaf0gzQSiOM/v-deo.html
Leonard Cohen - So long, Marianne : ua-cam.com/video/i4CgyVMJiEk/v-deo.html
Naughty Boy - La la la : ua-cam.com/video/qgTdhIkK_K4/v-deo.html
Ariana Grande - God is a woman : ua-cam.com/video/fn_6i7Wed-c/v-deo.html
Miley Cyrus - Wrecking ball : ua-cam.com/video/zNu9bJvJ_Pw/v-deo.html
Imagine Dragons - Believer : ua-cam.com/video/ucY21wLJhOo/v-deo.html
Boney M - Rasputin : ua-cam.com/video/HWd_N-9n7NM/v-deo.html
The Beatles - Across the universe : ua-cam.com/video/Zb4sIiGLXvc/v-deo.html
Massive Attack - Teardrop : ua-cam.com/video/GPTY6l_PX5k/v-deo.html
I'm probably forgetting some :D
Listen to Aurora covers ( Massive Attack )Teardrop ua-cam.com/video/GPTY6l_PX5k/v-deo.html and ( Imagen Dragon ) Believer
ua-cam.com/video/ucY21wLJhOo/v-deo.html
Ahh, just heard what you said, you should listen to Billie Eilish , but that is not what this is about, Aurora is a life force.
You really should just find live versions of all her songs. She’s too magical not to watch live.