She's one of the best singers of her generation. I put her up there, behind Ankudinova and Lara Fabian. All rankings are subjective of course, don't bash me about it. Her voice is special.
I’ve been thinking I really want to hear her sing some Lara Fabian. They’re both extremely powerful, controlled and emotionally connected singers with huge ranges, but with very different voices. I think it would be so cool to hear sing Adagio or Caruso in particular 👌🏻
@@WoodlandT Caruso would be great for her and also Diana Ankudinova to sing, both would put unique timbres to it. I don't see Faouzia singing in italian though, Diana I am sure would give it a shot.
In her interview with Tara she told us she took piano lessons for about 3 years, but she sucks at reading sheet music... so she learned playing by hearing, she would ask her teacher to play a new piece once or twice and then repeat it... You cannot call this a "classically trained pianist"... - this is not to take away from her amazing talent, I just found it a useful bit of information in this context...
@@Hundhammer Interesting, thank you for this context. I learnt piano mostly with hearing, I learntto read sheet but I am terrible to read/play at the same time so I just learn by hearing better. Glad I am not the only one 🤣
At the age of fifteen, she won Song of the Year, the Audience Award, and Grand Prix at the 2015 La Chicane Électrique. 2016, Faouzia won second place in the Canada’s Walk of Fame Emerging Artist Mentorship Program. She was also the recipient of the Grand Prize at the Nashville Unsigned Only music competition in 2017. The same year, she collaborated with fellow Manitoban artist Matt Epp on their single “The Sound”, and won the International Songwriting Competition, the largest songwriting competition in the world. The two are the first Canadians in the competition’s 16-year history to win the top prize, beating 16,000 other entries from 137 different countries. She performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at The Forks, Winnipeg celebrating the. A little background.
What a masterclass. You definitely have earned my like, subscribe, and comment! I would love to hear your analysis of her new song "Fur Elise" ... and I'd particularly enjoy hearing your compare/contrast of the production version and the live version (both released in the last week)!
An absolutely fantastic singer-songwriter. Faouzia is such an emotional performance artist and with her Arabic vibes give the pop genre something unique and different from most pop songs of today ! She can sing seamlessly through all her registers from the Lows to the highs with power and with quiet precision to give the vocal dynamics needed for her music and especially the listener. She is a singer that is so captivating, mesmerizing, and hypnotic that makes her so wonderful to listen to. Her. music is so different from so many other artists and she writes basically all her own music and in my mind is one of the best young artists that we have today. I want to thank you personally for continuing your wonderful journey with Faouzia and I hope you continue to react to more and more of her music. It is so much appreciated and your You Tube channel is always great to listen Sending you much love and thanks from Canada👍🇨🇦❤️
14:00 It's almost as if the heart skipped a beat or two and the structure and form of the melody of the song is not harmonious because she is " without a heart" and the heart rhythm is no longer a normal sinus heart rhythm but an irregular heart rhythm... Absolute genius reaction. 👊 You are so intuitive in addition to your professional knowledge! What a pleasure this video is!! 💯. Agitated Heart!!
Great idea, I hadn't thought of that! I wish there was some kind of public domain where artists put exactly what was going on in their heads as they composed/arranged their works Would be very fun to see
@@SirHairless to your comment. Faouzia does talk about her writing process on Genius. For Tears of Gold stripped she explains it here ua-cam.com/video/HYnT8SFhYdE/v-deo.htmlsi=G3b2pJa0S_oJF31u
I need you to react to more of her you do such a great analysis, like "tears of gold", "elon", "bad dreams". I need their analysis so bad omg. Keep up the good work 😉
Hey there! New-ish subscriber, and I seriously love your content. It's probably the first time I've found any my 10 years of music theory useful outside of playing, lol! Since you like being kept on your toes, I'm sure you would love Fur Elise (live) and Tears of Gold (stripped - live) both by Faouzia as well :)) PS: your head tap in the beginning killed me!! XD
Very unique! Not so much the subject matter, but the way she expresses it -sad , mad, bitter and frustrated. She has a great range I appreciate the lower notes, since I am an alto (even when I was really young)- we always sang harmony, so to me, it's nice to hear her sing in her lower register as a solo singer. We all know who gets the solos -Sopranos and Tenors! However I know we needed to do our parts for the whole sound in unison . ❤R/A🎼
I'll give an appreciation shout out to the altos out there Especially in some of my favourite music (from the Renaissance/Baroque periods), the altos always had the key parts - although not the most exciting as an individual line, they'd be the bringers of dissonance and harmony
@@SirHairless I appreciate your appreciation!🎼 I am hoping you went to see Dune and didn't feel guilty about it! In Handel's Messiah To Us A Child is Born, each range of singers has a chance to shine - but I have to say it isn't easy to sing.
Powerful, I’m really liking her more with every new listen. And with you dissecting the architecture so clearly adds so much more to our experience. Yes, I definitely thought of Dolores O’Riodan’s distinctive keening style? Fouzia’s own style is really something special.. I’m very happy this was requested and hope for more of her.
Very interesting analysis of one of my favorite singer songwriters. ❤ I don’t think of Faouzia having a crazy range. I think of her having crazy control of whatever note she is singing. It seems singing is as easy for her as walking up and down stairs, or up and down piano keys. And I like how she mixes it up. The same phrase sung three different ways. Whether it’s the changing in the timing or dynamics, or where her voice comes from. And whether she puts in a flip, or melisma, or just sings a straight tone. Even if she only had 7 notes to work with, I think it would still be engaging.
I hope I will not sound creepy or disrespectful if I say that I find Faouzia’s lower register super hot… because I think it is :) The cello was also a nice touch and very fitting for her rich vocal flow. Thank you for another great instructive reaction & analyses!✌
Hermosa canción. Me encanta cuando explicas como se conectan cada instrumento y la voz para crear esas bellas melodías y armonías. Un fuerte abrazo de madre como siempre. A la esper de "History of one sky" de Dimash.
@victorbradshaw7359 Also, I much prefer the live version of her "Fur Elise," and reactions to it have been getting blocked all weekend. (Richard only got his through because he cut up the video.)
@@victorbradshaw7359 lol. His is the only reaction to the live version that’s still up on YT at this point. And Richard has been reacting to Faouzia for 3 years, so I guess has worked out all the tricks. 😂
I enjoyed ur reaction man , even though I don't understand the details u were explaining I like the enthusiasm and the fact that you appreciate the songs on many levels I also like the bald emojis hahaha you look great it's just funny emojis haha
Really enjoyed your breakdown of what she's doing vocally and musically. Would love to see more of your reactions to her songs, she is a fantastic writer and vocalist. If you want to keep with songs that are similar to this, go with Tears of Gold (stripped); Bad Dreams (stripped) this one she wrote when she was 14. A little more upbeat is Exothermic- piano version; something that is out of this style is Don't Call Me; La La La; and 1L0V3Y0U. Those are her more clublike pop songs. Thanks for reacting to her songs!! Oh, and of course her latest is Fur Elise, back to a 'darker' tone but done VERY well.
Love her music and lyrics. And your interpretations. My favorites of hers are Tears of Gold and Bad Dreams (both stripped). Speaking of great music, lyrics and fantastic voices that didn't need auto-tuning or pitch correction, which I think Faouzia utilizes (she is still very talented) - could you please react to George Michael's Different Corner live. His solo work deserves to live on! 🎶♥
She has a very unique sound. I love it. "Hurt people, hurt people." Explains the entire song. It shows a lot of pain, but I really like. Do you have Voctave's cover of You Will Be Found from Dear Evan Hanson on your list? ua-cam.com/video/hwbGSpKy-Ag/v-deo.htmlsi=euXTtUviP0Ydzkjx I just heard it. It's very moving! I hope you find a place for it. Thanks
Thanks! I will get to Voctave eventually - they're the last of the 'big 4' (the others being PTX, HF and VP). I've decided to wait before getting round to them - too much content otherwise!
love your analysis! I have one question, though: do you think that Faouzia does most of these interesting/clever things (like the altered rhythm in „so-o-o-ory“ and so on) intentionally or do you think she does some of them intuitionally? Before watching your videos I had no clue about all the details in her performances. I actually just enjoyed them a lot as a whole. But now I can’t help but wonder how much of it was thought through and how much just came naturally to her, because all of it seems so incredibly effortless 😄
A mix of both. And there's a fine line between intention and intuition! I think they are actually often one and the same If she implements a 4-3 suspension will she be thinking "I'm going to do a 4-3 suspension"? Only she knows that. But she will certainly do it intentionally, through intuition 👀😅 Gonna stop there before things get confusing
I would have chosen ur nickname as SirEggHead instead of SirHairless? don't u think it matches u better? lovely analysis Sir. she sang most of her popular songs in her concert wearing her knockout shiny lavender dress. Stripped with piano only; the whole concert was stripped with piano only...beautiful way to display of her voice. however, in this version u analyzed, she added really high note at end... also, she gives intro to the song to what motivated her to write the song...great insight for an analyzer. u get to see her hitting the notes live vs prerecorded as in this version here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/-sFP9_FVXyk/v-deo.html Bravo!
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Check out my first reaction to Faouzia next! ua-cam.com/video/p1ht5k4fWpg/v-deo.html
She's one of the best singers of her generation. I put her up there, behind Ankudinova and Lara Fabian. All rankings are subjective of course, don't bash me about it. Her voice is special.
I’ve been thinking I really want to hear her sing some Lara Fabian. They’re both extremely powerful, controlled and emotionally connected singers with huge ranges, but with very different voices. I think it would be so cool to hear sing Adagio or Caruso in particular 👌🏻
@@WoodlandT Caruso would be great for her and also Diana Ankudinova to sing, both would put unique timbres to it. I don't see Faouzia singing in italian though, Diana I am sure would give it a shot.
Faouzia is a classically trained pianist. She also plays the violin and guitar. She is also studying Engineering at the moment.
She finished. She is doing psychology now. She is unbelievable
In her interview with Tara she told us she took piano lessons for about 3 years, but she sucks at reading sheet music... so she learned playing by hearing, she would ask her teacher to play a new piece once or twice and then repeat it... You cannot call this a "classically trained pianist"... - this is not to take away from her amazing talent, I just found it a useful bit of information in this context...
@@Hundhammer Interesting, thank you for this context. I learnt piano mostly with hearing, I learntto read sheet but I am terrible to read/play at the same time so I just learn by hearing better. Glad I am not the only one 🤣
At the age of fifteen, she won Song of the Year, the Audience Award, and Grand Prix at the 2015 La Chicane Électrique.
2016, Faouzia won second place in the Canada’s Walk of Fame Emerging Artist Mentorship Program. She was also the recipient of the Grand Prize at the Nashville Unsigned Only music competition in 2017. The same year, she collaborated with fellow Manitoban artist Matt Epp on their single “The Sound”, and won the International Songwriting Competition, the largest songwriting competition in the world. The two are the first Canadians in the competition’s 16-year history to win the top prize, beating 16,000 other entries from 137 different countries. She performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at The Forks, Winnipeg celebrating the. A little background.
You should definitely react to her latest song Fur Elise the live version. It's outta this world.
@@itzel1735 Agreed!!
Definitely!
The 1st time I heard her singing this song, it felt like she reached in and wrapped her voice around my soul. I can't explain it any better than that.
RIP Love and Ice from her are fire! See The Singer 2024 (best versions) ❤
Loved the analysis. Please do more with Faouzia’s music, it’s so rich and worth analyzing.
What a masterclass. You definitely have earned my like, subscribe, and comment! I would love to hear your analysis of her new song "Fur Elise" ... and I'd particularly enjoy hearing your compare/contrast of the production version and the live version (both released in the last week)!
Thank you so much, and welcome!
An absolutely fantastic singer-songwriter. Faouzia is such an emotional performance artist and with her Arabic vibes give the pop genre something unique and different from most pop songs of today ! She can sing seamlessly through all her registers from the Lows to the highs with power and with quiet precision to give the vocal dynamics needed for her music and especially the listener. She is a singer that is so captivating, mesmerizing, and hypnotic that makes her so wonderful to listen to. Her. music is so different from so many other artists and she writes basically all her own music and in my mind is one of the best young artists that we have today. I want to thank you personally for continuing your wonderful journey with Faouzia and I hope you continue to react to more and more of her music. It is so much appreciated and your You Tube channel is always great to listen Sending you much love and thanks from Canada👍🇨🇦❤️
14:00 It's almost as if the heart skipped a beat or two and the structure and form of the melody of the song is not harmonious because she is " without a heart" and the heart rhythm is no longer a normal sinus heart rhythm but an irregular heart rhythm... Absolute genius reaction. 👊 You are so intuitive in addition to your professional knowledge! What a pleasure this video is!! 💯. Agitated Heart!!
Great idea, I hadn't thought of that! I wish there was some kind of public domain where artists put exactly what was going on in their heads as they composed/arranged their works Would be very fun to see
@@SirHairless to your comment. Faouzia does talk about her writing process on Genius. For Tears of Gold stripped she explains it here ua-cam.com/video/HYnT8SFhYdE/v-deo.htmlsi=G3b2pJa0S_oJF31u
@@SirHairless to your comment, Faouzia explains her writing on Genius. Tears of Gold ua-cam.com/video/HYnT8SFhYdE/v-deo.htmlsi=G3b2pJa0S_oJF31u
This song makes me just bawl. Resonates so much
I need you to react to more of her you do such a great analysis, like "tears of gold", "elon", "bad dreams". I need their analysis so bad omg. Keep up the good work 😉
Great reaction and analyses! Please react to Faouzia’s new live performance of Fur Elise x
Hey there! New-ish subscriber, and I seriously love your content. It's probably the first time I've found any my 10 years of music theory useful outside of playing, lol! Since you like being kept on your toes, I'm sure you would love Fur Elise (live) and Tears of Gold (stripped - live) both by Faouzia as well :))
PS: your head tap in the beginning killed me!! XD
She sounds so fantastic live , stripped down... She truly is a unique artist..❤
It's amazing the amount of information that you are giving us... I need to see this video several times Thank you!!!!
Hahahaha lmao even the emoji is bald , no offense u look great it's just funny
@@zakaria2721 I made the emojis myself
Very unique! Not so much the subject matter, but the way she expresses it -sad , mad, bitter and frustrated. She has a great range
I appreciate the lower notes, since I am an alto (even when I was really young)- we always sang harmony, so to me, it's nice to hear her sing in her lower register as a solo singer. We all know who gets the solos -Sopranos and Tenors! However I know we needed to do our parts for the whole sound in unison .
❤R/A🎼
I'll give an appreciation shout out to the altos out there Especially in some of my favourite music (from the Renaissance/Baroque periods), the altos always had the key parts - although not the most exciting as an individual line, they'd be the bringers of dissonance and harmony
@@SirHairless I appreciate your appreciation!🎼
I am hoping you went to see Dune and didn't feel guilty about it!
In Handel's Messiah To Us A Child is Born, each range of singers has a chance to shine - but I have to say it isn't easy to sing.
Powerful, I’m really liking her more with every new listen. And with you dissecting the architecture so clearly adds so much more to our experience. Yes, I definitely thought of Dolores O’Riodan’s distinctive keening style? Fouzia’s own style is really something special.. I’m very happy this was requested and hope for more of her.
I just love her music. Thanks for reacting to her.
Thank you. "Agitated" is a good way to describe that part of the song.
And "hemiola" is a new word for me.
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Thank you for analyzing this song, it was amazing 😊😃👋🏼🖐🏼👌🏼🫶🙏
Very interesting analysis of one of my favorite singer songwriters. ❤
I don’t think of Faouzia having a crazy range. I think of her having crazy control of whatever note she is singing.
It seems singing is as easy for her as walking up and down stairs, or up and down piano keys.
And I like how she mixes it up. The same phrase sung three different ways. Whether it’s the changing in the timing or dynamics, or where her voice comes from. And whether she puts in a flip, or melisma, or just sings a straight tone. Even if she only had 7 notes to work with, I think it would still be engaging.
You should definitely react to her cover of the song Desert Rose from Abudhabi live concert. She sings in english and arabic in this song.😊
Such great reaction / analysis / explanation / dissection Sir H!! And I love your examples from different facets of the music landscape! 🎶 🎵 😍❤
I hope I will not sound creepy or disrespectful if I say that I find Faouzia’s lower register super hot… because I think it is :) The cello was also a nice touch and very fitting for her rich vocal flow. Thank you for another great instructive reaction & analyses!✌
Good analysis, thank you for this reaction 👏
What a brilliant artist ❤
Do check her live performance of Desert Rose... prepare to be 🤯
My very favorite song🤩 as well. It's as if the song was written for her.
Thanks for the recommendation!
Hermosa canción. Me encanta cuando explicas como se conectan cada instrumento y la voz para crear esas bellas melodías y armonías. Un fuerte abrazo de madre como siempre. A la esper de "History of one sky" de Dimash.
🌊🌊🌊 .. really great singing here , the cello was perfect choice to carry the music. 🌊🌊🌊
You should Do/check out the stripped versions she has like bad dreams, how it all works out, minefield solo
Have you checked one of her latest live performance of.... Fur Elise.... please do. Highly recommend.
I like different and she surely fits that. Thanks for your informative reactions!
Great analysis, thank you! I love Faouzia, she is very unique and insanely talented!!
Surprised you didn't do her fur elise wow
It hadn't been released when I requested.
@@ms.chuckfu1088 no problem just thought it was right up his alley
@victorbradshaw7359 Also, I much prefer the live version of her "Fur Elise," and reactions to it have been getting blocked all weekend. (Richard only got his through because he cut up the video.)
@@ms.chuckfu1088 I'm not sure who Richard is but this all makes sense UA-cam is strange anymore about who can react to what
@@victorbradshaw7359
lol. His is the only reaction to the live version that’s still up on YT at this point. And Richard has been reacting to Faouzia for 3 years, so I guess has worked out all the tricks. 😂
You should check her new song "fur elise" the live version
I enjoyed ur reaction man , even though I don't understand the details u were explaining I like the enthusiasm and the fact that you appreciate the songs on many levels I also like the bald emojis hahaha you look great it's just funny emojis haha
Please do both her lyric video and live performance of fur elise
Really enjoyed your breakdown of what she's doing vocally and musically. Would love to see more of your reactions to her songs, she is a fantastic writer and vocalist. If you want to keep with songs that are similar to this, go with Tears of Gold (stripped); Bad Dreams (stripped) this one she wrote when she was 14. A little more upbeat is Exothermic- piano version; something that is out of this style is Don't Call Me; La La La; and 1L0V3Y0U. Those are her more clublike pop songs. Thanks for reacting to her songs!! Oh, and of course her latest is Fur Elise, back to a 'darker' tone but done VERY well.
Love her music and lyrics. And your interpretations. My favorites of hers are Tears of Gold and Bad Dreams (both stripped). Speaking of great music, lyrics and fantastic voices that didn't need auto-tuning or pitch correction, which I think Faouzia utilizes (she is still very talented) - could you please react to George Michael's Different Corner live. His solo work deserves to live on! 🎶♥
She has a very unique sound. I love it. "Hurt people, hurt people." Explains the entire song. It shows a lot of pain, but I really like. Do you have Voctave's cover of You Will Be Found from Dear Evan Hanson on your list? ua-cam.com/video/hwbGSpKy-Ag/v-deo.htmlsi=euXTtUviP0Ydzkjx I just heard it. It's very moving! I hope you find a place for it. Thanks
Thanks! I will get to Voctave eventually - they're the last of the 'big 4' (the others being PTX, HF and VP). I've decided to wait before getting round to them - too much content otherwise!
Sooo professionel yr react
Very nice and instructive reaction. Thank you Sir. In the same level of her voice hability , I recommand you Elon live concert. Stay safe
u should analyse "fur elise live performance" & "desert rose" by faouzia!!
Looove your reactions
Please react to her new song fur Elise (live performance) it's out of this world!!
Please react to her track "Tears of Gold" stripped ver. Really enjoyed your reactions and analysis.
I'm not surprised that you expected a beat to come in. Watch her original version of this for a more upbeat take.
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love your analysis! I have one question, though: do you think that Faouzia does most of these interesting/clever things (like the altered rhythm in „so-o-o-ory“ and so on) intentionally or do you think she does some of them intuitionally?
Before watching your videos I had no clue about all the details in her performances. I actually just enjoyed them a lot as a whole. But now I can’t help but wonder how much of it was thought through and how much just came naturally to her, because all of it seems so incredibly effortless 😄
A mix of both. And there's a fine line between intention and intuition! I think they are actually often one and the same
If she implements a 4-3 suspension will she be thinking "I'm going to do a 4-3 suspension"? Only she knows that. But she will certainly do it intentionally, through intuition 👀😅 Gonna stop there before things get confusing
@@SirHairlessI can see your point 😁 thank you for answering 😊
Great reaction! Please react to her song Elon!
Please do her new song fur elise
Thanks for the recommendation!
@@SirHairless make sure to do the live performance
I would have chosen ur nickname as SirEggHead instead of SirHairless? don't u think it matches u better?
lovely analysis Sir.
she sang most of her popular songs in her concert wearing her knockout shiny lavender dress.
Stripped with piano only; the whole concert was stripped with piano only...beautiful way to display of her voice.
however, in this version u analyzed, she added really high note at end...
also, she gives intro to the song to what motivated her to write the song...great insight for an analyzer.
u get to see her hitting the notes live vs prerecorded as in this version
here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/-sFP9_FVXyk/v-deo.html
Bravo!
Haha! I think I'd have too much to live up to if that were my name (but I appreciate what you mean😅)
Thanks for the link!
An account called Muffin is stealing your content it seems. Just a heads up.
Thanks - I'm aware, and they get more views than I do on my own videos There's nothing I can do about it, unfortunately