DJ Reacts to Darkness Keeps Chasing Me - Grace Vanderwaal (Live)
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
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She wrote this song in 30 min. at 13 years old. I think that you’ll find that she’s a very good storyteller, maybe even the best.
That legit blows my mind.
Just subbed. If you get this song, you get Grace. That's enough for me. -- I could write a chapter's worth on this song alone if I wrote a book about Grace. Other's have told you a little about her family, but I have never heard her say what inspired this song. But I have read that it came about as an add on to a writing session where they had a little extra time. The other writer, producer, or whatever, said that it was all Grace; that they just let her go with it. It is still my #1 favorite of all her songs (which is of note because there isn't a song by her I don't like). It also proves again that when Grace is left alone, that's when the best stuff happens. -- Excellent reaction!
Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for subscribing :)
she has a older brother and a older sister, from what i understand her brother has struggled with addiction and her sister with depression, but Grace is also a great observer/storyteller and seem to be able to put what she observes into great lyrics
I believe most of the song is about her siblings problems but towards the end, I believe Grace is singing about her misgivings about the music business. Grace was a big Hannah Montana fan and the line about Blowing smoke in your ripped jeans is referring to a well known leaked photo of Miley Cyrus using a bong. I'm sure Grace has some concerns about drifting into drug use like so many other singers have done and worries about that given what her brother has gone through.
@@plaidmoon5642 , Yeah right on! That's what I always got from the lyrics too. I suspected it was about the dark side of the music industry and not wanting to crash and burn like so many do. The key phrase being ...."God I want to be different"... Causes me to ask, different than who or what? Drawing the same conclusion as you...
Grace used to like to stick little glittery things under her eyes to resemble tears. You can see them very clearly during her legendary Austin City Limits live concert (which is essential viewing for any Grace fan).
Grace is a master at emotion, she can bring you to tears in almost any song she sings, it's truly a gift. There are certain instruments that can hit certain notes where you just feel it, it moves you. Grace has a certain tone that's so unique that she gets into your soul, she's absolutely amazing
Her voice matches the resonant frequency of our souls.
If you open up some of her soul shine will get in and change you.
The original word missing was cry, she removed it because the extra word put the melodic phrasing out of sync by a half beat. ua-cam.com/video/TAHi5sZZdeAt/v-deo.htmlempo here is the original audio sound track. Whether you realize it or not we are lucky enough to be witnessing in real time the development and growth of a generational lyricist and composer. Her compositional creations from twelve to sixteen years of age already are considered upper tier in the Music industry. A testament to this is that the largest movie maker in the industry changed production mid stream and adapted the original soundtrack to include an Grace original song into its production. ( never been done before ) When Grace lays her pen down in finality she will be one of the greatest singer songwriters in the modern era. All her marvelous works and wonders will endure the test off time, while all the finite stars of today simply fade away in to oblivion. Cherish her my friend, the likes of her will not pass this way again. peace out, Alpha Tyler enjoyed the reaction.
I'm not hearing what you're saying about melodic phrasing. The stanza is in 4/4 time, and the missing "cry" is on the downbeat of the measure, the same metrical space occupied by the word in the recorded version. Do you have a link to where she said this?
@@RetNemmoc555 thanks for the correction wrong word, not an expert like you LOL Grace made the comment that it didn't fit, so she removed it. Ill stick with that next time. No link off hand, it was an interview in which she commented on why she didnt use the song in her concerts because the content was to dark. And the rest is self evident because the word has been left out since then. I will let you do the research on that if you wish further to critique me. Maybe you know why she removed the word. Anything else you disagree with my comments on her talent. :) enjoy the day.
@@GRANTTRIBECreates Huh? I wasn't correcting or critiquing you, I was curious about whether I was missing a nuance in the song, so hearing Grace talk about it for myself might help me understand her motivation. Aren't we all interested in digging more deeply? It was nothing personal.
No other artist today can match the emotional delivery that Grace has, when sings these timeless future classics she takes you on a journey!
@@RetNemmoc555 my theory is because she gets super emotional during the song and might literally cry and that prob wouldnt be good for the performance lol
Grace was reluctant to sing this song at first because she said it was such a "Downer". She co-wrote this song with Micah Premnath. When fans asked Micah what was it like to write with Grace he said "he had to just step back and let her go". I also subbed hope you do more of Grace.
There will be more Grace for sure. Thanks for subscribing!
I feel she omits "cry" because she's afraid she might actually choke up on the word. Her empathy has a hair trigger.
What she implied that I remember is exactly that. Nothing to do with timing and everything to do with just getting the word out if she's really into the performance.
One of my personal Favorites from the one and only Golden buzzer ,Miss Vanderwaal.
Grace has amazing empathy. She talked once about where she gets the inspiration for these songs when she is so young and hasn't experienced a lot of what she writes about. She said she sees something, in a movie or some other source (book, etc) and just tries to imagine what that would feel like and that is the inspiration she builds on. 12 Stars is a great example of that as it is a song inspired by the movie Hunger Games. She often doesn't reveal what inspires her songs as she wants them to have a personal impact and meaning to the listener and doesn't want to influence that.
More emotion than most performers....more insight into the world than most adults. As Simon Cowell said on AGT..."This girl is special!"
This is Grace's most haunting song to date. You feel her emotion in this song. She was actually 13 here.
13 when she wrote it, but Grace is 14 in this video
This song brought me to tears the first time I heard it. Still does.
I think you're ready for this one - ua-cam.com/video/VQODLWSiyys/v-deo.html November 30, 2017 - Grace at 13(!) becomes the youngest recipient of the Billboard Rising Star award. She performs Moonlight live with her ukulele - acoustic, no band, no backing track, just her - and then delivers an incredible acceptance speech in front of a crowd of the major movers, shakers, and stars in the music industry.
You connected with the person who felt this, and wrote it, and sang it. And you expressed that in your reaction. (Good catch, she often leaves out a key word for us to fill in.) Grace is an empath, feeling what others are feeling. She is also unusually expressive, for instance in singing her thoughts aloud since she was 3. When her older siblings had problems, they were her problems, too. This must be tiring, but it can be beautiful.
The Queen of musical genius is Grace Vanderwaal, enough said!!
She wrote this when 13 , 13 think about that , next check out Stray live from the Slipper room
Thanks Alpha Tyler great reaction.Darkness Keeps Chasing is a great song, it has a dark side that is extraordinary and Grace killed it in her beautiful interpretation and not to mention the introductory part of the song which in my opinion was great, her work is incredible, she's very talented!
"Success always"!!!
epic performance
I'm back a year later to your channel, and now that Grace turned 18 yrs old on January 15th of this year, 2022 is going to be her year, this song is a masterpiece, thank!
Listen to some recent interviews (Zack Sang or Jordan Sparks) Grace is very smart!
Love Grace ♥️♥️♥️🇧🇷Brasil
Check out the studio ver of this. She says "cry". She left it out in this performance as a watermark.
As long as you react to real talent such as this genius song writer, I'll be subscribing, thanks. Grace is very aware of the world.
You really seem to get Grace. Thanks for doing more reactions of her work. She's pretty incredible.
Wrap your head around the fact she was 13 when she wrote this. The word was cry not sure why she leaves it out in most performances of this song. You need to do a happy song by her now lol try waste my time it's great and the official video is great.
I loved so much your reaction to this Grace song that i subscribed. Do more Grace reactions.
I saw an interview or article or something where she said she wrote this about her ongoing issues with depression and anxiety so like,,,yeah shes really feeling things
Very good reaction. Thank you again
GRACE HAS A SISTER THAT DEALS WITH DEPRESSION THAT SHE"S REAL Close to,and she also has a brother that battles drug abuse!!,she's felt all of that,and she's dealing with some stuff of her own,mostly just the regular teen stuff that's pretty hard on everyone,God i thought I wasn't going to make it through those yrs!!!.
Subbed. Keep the Grace coming.
Thanks for subscribing!
@@AlphaTylerContent As emotionally attached as she seems to be to all of her music, this one is special, and special to her. When people (assumed to be her label, but perhaps others) told her not to sing this in concert, she listened to them originally, but later broke out and played the song a few times on special occasions in early 2018, including at her NPR Tiny Desk concert and at a talk and concert at the Grammy Museum. In all, she's played the song live a total of 5 times, and only once in a true concert. This one is really a special performance, glad you gave it a listen.
GREAT Reaction, thank you for posting your comments, well done. I've thumb's-Up'ed and Subscribed, look forward to seeing more of your Grace reactions, Thanks from a fan in ChiTown..
Welcome to the AlphaTeam! Thanks for subscribing!!!!
Her brother and sister who she loves very much have been alot of the inspiration for the songs that are so mature in her writing, they are both older than her and drug abuse and mental dysfunction that she has seen have led Grace to write the amazing songs you reacted to!!
Great reaction. 👍
The missing word is cry. You'll hear it in the studio version
If you want to really feels chills on this song go and check her studio version of it and I promised you that the chello gives a deeper sound to this amazing song ,and other thing about Grace,her father also commented on an interview that Grace is like an old soul,and she gets her sense of understand over her siblings experiences on some difficultys on live.Next song to react m.ua-cam.com/video/DEGlLk5j4u8/v-deo.html
🎥 Grace Vanderwaal - Today and Tomorrow - UA-cam
I hope you react to her Beautiful thing, ( song for her sister) Light the sky and Better life ( song for her brother) next. It don't matter to me which versions you do. Thanks.
Son you just hit the Jackpot!
The actual word in the song is "Cry". Grace would no perform this song on tour because it was considered a "Downer" by someone in her team. Grace sang Adelle's song in Vegas "One and Only". I think that is where she got the idea to drop the obvious last word in a line. The origins of this song is her sister Olivia's depression at the time. She is better now. They are very close. Grace wrote another song for Olivia called "Beautiful Thing". It is the most beautiful song Grace has written to date. It was used in a award winning Windex commercial called "The Story of Lucy". Grace can make an old man Cry, I'm speaking from experience. If you react to any one of these I will subscribe.
Grace said "Moonlight" was about Olivia's depression, though I could see "Darkness Keeps Chasing Me" as a possible extension of that
Well I've been following Grace for a long time,and every once in a while she will say something or let something slip or maybe it's not a slip at all,but I know her brother has battled drug addiction a her sister battles extreme depression and Grace has grown up with that!!,and she is very close to her sister,but I believe she draws alot from there pain!!!.
Did enough of Grace so just Subbed, even before you hinted to do so.
The first time l heard this
song I started crying. The
Darkness chasing me are
my 2 cancers.
Please react to The City
or Better Life from ACL.
Just subscribed.
Interesting home page with lots of grace reactors you have.
Like a lot of people DKCM had a similar affect on me.
I hope you are able to keep fighting your cancers.
My wife has a currently incurable one, but has been able to slow its progress for 5 years.
The bigger problem now is COVID19 and the fools who don't take it seriously.
Wishing you well.
Ditto. Crying like a baby.
Problem is... I was driving.
Fortunately Grace was with me and there was not another soul (car) on the highway.
I managed to get myself pulled over and came undone.
It was Just the beginning, lol. 😉✌
Grace is one of those people who will grow old not up. The way she perceives her surrounds now won’t be much different in 30 years
Grace is very mature for her age. She's always taking in new experiences and learning from them as well, so I'm not sure that I agree, though perhaps I'm missing your meaning
I think it's a fair statement. Matt isn't speaking to her maturity so much as the fact that she won't lose her insight and sense of wonder at the world.
Interesting that you heard "die" as the missing word. I first heard the song on the first day she released her album and she says the word "cry" on the album so I always think that. "die". That's dark
She's an empath. It's internal. I resonate with this song quite a bit.
We all knew it. Now listen to it in the studio version. Let me however recommend you this fan made video montage that even her dad praised in the comments: ua-cam.com/video/GjL4QzGjpV8/v-deo.html
Thanks for this! I had forgotten about it.
Grace has dealt with a lot of mental health issues in her family. Her sister has struggled with it her whole life. This song was written about her brother who struggles with addiction.....the bridge when she talks about someone smoking is the ripped jeans....that's her brother.
Actually she has never said what this song was about you are thinking about a better life that's the one she wrote for her brother
I think the smoking in ripped jeans is a reference to one of her childhood idols, Miley Cyrus.
Great reaction. Who knows why she dropped the word cry. Lately I heard kids are calling her the whiny girl
kids have no concept of who they are growing up with
Why are kids saying that? She's been commenting recent events related to police shootings and BLM and posting stream of consciousness blurts on IG. Observers cant let themselves get wrapped around the wheel when it comes to social media. Gotta take the good with the asinine when it comes to tweets, snapchat, tik tak, IG, even facebook.
Darkness Keeps Chasing Me 🎼
Grace VanderWaal, an outspoken advocate of depression awareness, wrote Darkness Keeps Chasing Me when she was thirteen. Darkness is a hauntingly beautiful melody about the artist’s internal struggles with her personal demons. Grace’s uncanny ability to infuse emotion into her music is on full display here. This, and an air of inevitability which hangs over the music, makes it a difficult listen for some. The studio recording is so darkly compelling that her handlers discouraged her from performing the song in public out of concern for her young female fans. Grace complied for a season, but Grace being Grace eventually forced their hand. This is her song, and her declaration to the world of what is possible from the most important singer-songwriter of this generation.
If I recall, I heard that this song and dancing in the moonlight are about a friend of her family who committed suicide but I could be wrong.
Here's a great new song by Grace, ua-cam.com/video/g47I7JK1opM/v-deo.html
Grace has only used the word "Cry" the first time she sang this, from then on she has cut the word and not sure why.
"If I hear your voice I just might 'cry' is part of the original studio version. With or without "Cry" for me this song proves Grace has writing skills far beyond the comprehensive level of most humans let alone a young teenager. I believe this song is relative to most our lives past or present. How many times have we watched a sibling steal something or shoot off their mouths at a parent or heard of a priest assaulting a child or any such malevolent behavior and tell yourself not to let that shit overtake the good in you. I can't ever listen to this without tearing up. That's probably why I stopped playing it; not because it's not good but because it's too good. Grace has said she removed it from her concert performances because it was too much of a downer for her audiences. Which brings to question how something crafted so well causes so much emotional damage? My opinion: Because it drags from you too many things you'd rather not cogitate.
She talking about her brother Jacob!
She uses metaphors a lot. I believe "weather streams down my cheeks" are tears.
Thanks for the reaction. Stray, live from the Slipper room (ua-cam.com/video/khlN_NahE6w/v-deo.html) is a great fairly recent performance that is just beautiful. Such composure, ability, charm, intelligence and courage in this young girl. I subscribed!
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Alpha Tyler, I'm not sure why she leaves out that missing word "Cry" when she does this song live. You can hear it on the album version ("Just the Begining") ..."I want to call you but if I hear your voice I just might cry".... Actually the album version is well worth a listen too IMHO. BTW, it's a little hard to tell but I think she had a cold or was just getting over one when she sang this but still pulls it off quite remarkably! As far as the lyrical content of the song goes my own personal take is she might be singing about the darkness in the music industry. Not wanting to get swallowed up like so many others have... Looking back over my 67 years I've seen fame and fortune destroy many an artist. Anyway that's what I get out of the lyrics. I've heard her say she intentionally writes in a way that leaves the meaning of her songs somewhat open ended so people can insert their own personal meaning into them.
Took all of 30 minutes for the 13 year old Grace to write this ! How's that for amazing ?
Grace dropped the word CRY as a watermark because she hadn't made an official release yet. She has dropped the same word on other videos before the official release.
What do you mean? "Darkness Keeps Chasing Me" was released with the "Just The Beginning" album on November 3rd, 2017. The MTV rooftop performance was over 5 months later on April 23rd, 2018
@@Jeff_674 again, Grace does this on a few videos.
ua-cam.com/video/_zsY6YFFvZM/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/B-6WEdbHFYo/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/SBziTI8VfAQ/v-deo.html
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@@pauldhoff I don't recall ever saying that she hasn't left out the word "cry" for every live performance of this song except for the one at the BeanRunner Cafe. I was merely pointing out that it had nothing to do with waiting for an official release like you said, since that happened months before her first live performance of the song at the BeanRunner ua-cam.com/video/s28cxcBO17Q/v-deo.html
Mic Drop
@@Jeff_674 Unreal, it is as if the situation doesn't change for why someone does something. When she doesn't sing the word she also drops the mic down.
This is great but I think the mic had to be tampered down too much. Listen to the album version and you can hear every crack and scratch she carves into each note appropriate for the lyric. Pure earnest emotion in a very intimate subject.
Grace drops "CRY" on a few videos, it is the same as watermarking a picture.
ua-cam.com/video/_zsY6YFFvZM/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/B-6WEdbHFYo/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/SBziTI8VfAQ/v-deo.html
I've seen several people make similar comments, but without Grace's input on why she did it, no one will truly ever know
@@Jeff_674 Again, it is watermarking. I'm into photography but I don't watermark pictures.
@@pauldhoff if that is truly the case, then why do it for just this song? Sorry, but I'm not convinced, but everyone is free to believe whatever they want to
@@Jeff_674 Unreal, it is as if one doesn't change why they do something. When she doesn't sing the word she also drops the mic down.
hey alpha tyler you should react to the new oliver tree album coming out the 17th ugly is beautiful