Notice the notes she gave the music director at the beginning. He laughs because she calls them her wishes. It is for this and her polite and respectful demeanor that they call her "the boss." Try her at 10 (she is nine her). Feeling Good and I'm still holding out for you. Blow your mind again.
DAMN, this little lady can sing. To be so young she can belt it OUT... Plus this band is darn good also.... Plus I love the horns!!!! This is great... Very special!!!!!!!!!!!!
🎉 HaPpY BiRtHDaY AnGeLiNa 🎉 Age 9 (& 2 months). Perhaps the best performance ever by a 9 year old. The ending 13 seconds with 1 breath. Love this reaction! Please do more!
👣👸🏻🎷HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGELINA Angelina Jordan turns 17 today the 10th of Jan. The Barefoot Princes of Jazz ♥👣👸🏻🎷 I love this performance so much. As they say AJ don't play. We get the most stunning, amazing performance of a 9 yr old of this Jazz standard ever created. I believe it is going to go down in Jazz & Music history as the best ever for this age and in my opinion the best rendition of this song ever created Screamin Jay included. It will be revisited for Decades and will remain relevant for Generations to come. Anyone who discovers this performance for the first time today or a 100 years from today are going to be as amazed and astounded as everybody has been to this point. Think of the children who will be inspired by this one performance in the decades to come. This is an Iconic performance and will always be Iconic. Angelina has on her own from early on at 6 or 7 yrs old reintroduced what I believe will be a whole new Jazz Era and redefined by this young phenom and prodigy. That is astounding! And she is just 16 years old... That is unfathomable. She has already established her proficiency and incredible work ethic in this endeavor guided by an incredible family and professional support now surrounding her.
We know Angelina will continue to amaze! We will be here to experience and cherish it for as long as we live.... and I am praying for many more years for myself to enjoy it till the end of my days... I hope to go out of this world listening to the most beautiful voice ever created for man just as Angelina came into it to fulfill her purpose, what she was put on earth to do, sing for the whole World... and Me! To me Angelina is always singing to me transporting me to that beautiful place she inhabits when she sings and to experience it with her. She has the ability to touch hearts and souls and change lives. She has the ability to change lives on a personal level and the power to change lives on a global scale. To me no one compares. You just watched a Masterpiece! Destined to go down in Music History as the best performance by a 9 yr old, Period! Past, present & dare I say Future! I'd like to see anyone, young or old who can do a cover of this & with the justice it deserves as Angelina has done on every cover she does. ♥👣👸🏻
I admire your reaction. It very well reflects the experience that most of us here experienced when first hearing this song. I’m my case in the local Pub I’d to excuse me crying to the staff, because I was listening to Angelina. Now she got older and have many new stuff, but not to forget all to amazing stuff she did at 13 and younger, I give you a list here of must listen, too. - Fly me to moon - Frank Sinatra - Feeling good - Michael Bulb - What a difference a day made - Dinah Washington - A mans world - James Brown (look for enhanced sound version) - Every time we say goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald - When we were young - Adel - Someone like you - Adel - Millions year ago - Adel - I have nothing - Whitney Houston (now there is newer version from her at 16) - Diamonds are for ever - Bond 007 - Back to Black - Amy Winehouse - I rather go blind - Etta James (raw and looooong dynamic tone) - Stay - Rihanna - Born to die - Lana Del Rey - Young and beautiful - Lana Del Rey - All of me - John Legend - A natural woman - Aretha Franklin - Something’s got a hold on me - Gospel - A song for A - Nico Cartoio (Classic based on poem by Rob Burns 1783) - How great thou art - Elvis Presley (AJ lowest registers) - I’m still holding out for you - originally written for her, but refused by parents due to suicidal ending, hence “Leaked”.
Thanks for saying I love you. Yes you're the only one I hear telling me that each day I hear you. It really means a lot even though I know it's generalized. Still it feels nice to hear. Thanks for the reaction today to our angel. Yes, at 9 years old she put a spell on us all. You may enjoy next to go back to her beginning on Norway's got talent. Look up, "Angelina Jordan Norway's Got talent all performances". It should give you the video with four boxes in it for her four different performances there. I think you will really enjoy it and I look forward to your reaction. :-)
I absolutely love your reactions, the story about the barefoot princess, why she sings barefoot. She met a six year old girl in the Middle East, who is very poor, and weighing people on a scale for money. She befriended the little girl and they talked for hours. Angelina took the boots off her feet that was her favorite pair of boots and gave them to the little girl. She asked a little girl what she wanted to be when she grew up, she said a doctor, but because of her circumstances that would never happen. The barefoot princess told her never to give up on her dream, and that she could be anything. The little girl asked what Angelina wanted to be. She said a superstar. The little girl said that she would pray for Angelina every day for her dream to come true. Since then, Angelina has always vowed to perform barefoot, whenever she’s in public out of respect for the little girl, and all the other children who cannot afford shoes. Again, it shows that Angelina is absolutely an angel sent from heaven. Not only a musical genius, but a huge heart. She also wrote a book about this incident, and is now the youngest published author in Norway. Can’t wait for your next reaction.
At 9 yrs. old, she not only slayed the vocals, but it's HER arrangement. When you see her handing the conductor a sheet of paper. That's her instructions for the arrangement!
The most impressive thing about her, especially at this young age, is her timing and inflection...impeccable. Now go back two more years when she competed on (and won) Norske Talenter (Norway's Got Talent, sorta) But grab some duct tape cuz your head just might explode 😂
It's cool to watch new reactors to Angelina's performances specially the ones when she is very young and sound like a grown woman. She is one of a kind and worthy of discovering. Please do continue the rabbit hole and we, the angels, will be present.
As you continue to delve into Angelina’s catalogue of cover and original songs you will discover that she never disappoints her listeners. Each performance will have you asking yourself, “How have I not heard of this phenomenally talented and supremely gifted young artist before?” Angelina is a very uniquely talented young lady. She travels in her own lane and there is no one else like her. Angelina’s covers are often better than the original artist’s performances. Her arrangements and her vocal performances often elicit an emotional reaction from us because she has a highly developed intellect, intuition, instincts and feel for what the lyrics, melody and arrangement should be interpreted as being. When Angelina sings the emotion and passion pierces our hearts and souls. I often say that listening to Angelina sing has a healing affect on us.
Angelina's singing gives me a glimpse of the Almighty. What unimaginable power and what depth of love it reveals. This is my favorite vocal performance ever. Thanks for supporting Angelina Jordan, Carlie. Keep doin' what you do, and God be with you.
When fans talk about her it sounds like exaggeration until you have listened to her whole catalogue. She IS seasoned here. After all she entered Norways Got Talent at 7 was 8 by the final and she is 9 here and had already performed all over the world. Watch her whole NGT run. Then her FLY ME TO THE MOON, and WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKE, which is a large outdoor concert with backing singers. Then you realise she is a a professional here.
This may be the best vocal performance of all time, and she is 9 years old! I'm a 73 year old musician, absolutely love her. Happy 17th birthday Angelina! Love your reaction Carli, my jaw dropped too!!
Yeah..Angelina made history here. There really is no other "something like this" out there. Possibly the most remarkable 3-min on YT! It is truly a conundrum when we try to rationalize how it is possible that this tiny sweet-faced 9yo Norwegian girl can step up to a microphone, flip some switch within her, become this "beast-mode" version of herself (most probably named "AJ don't play"), deliver an extraordinary and musically and socially sophisticated performance, then just-like-that return to the pensive young lady once again... There aren't words for this! "I Put a Spell On You" has been covered many times and is recognized as a classic, yet almost never is the tone of the original 1956 "Screamin" Jay Hawkins version captured. This is because Hawkins was the original shock-rock guy (think Ozzy Osbourne-type craziness) and his style is difficult to emulate and also because his dated delivery is uncomfortable and stereotypical to our modern sensibilities. Yet Angelina respectfully sings his own song in a manner that exceeds his (Hawkin's image is on the candle she holds at the start of her video). It sounds like you have but if not you must go and listen to Hawkins' original (and throw in a couple of "famous" covers as well) to see the true genius in how AJ incorporates many of his vocal elements [usually omitted by most singers]. This shows another aspect of her musical IQ and arranging genius (not to mention her masterful control of her vocal instrument equaled by few others regardless of age). "Screamin" Jay Hawkins original "I Put A Spell on You" ua-cam.com/video/orNpH6iyokI/v-deo.html
First: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Angelina. To be a young girl who never has been heavely promoted she sure as hell has song a lot around the world. When US, UK and Germany did TV programs of very talented kids they had to show Angelina. When Norah Jones did a consert in Corea for ca 40 000 people they got Angelina to warm up. When Alan Walker hold a live stream where he used an orchestra he called for Angelina to sing. When America got talent wanted to promote their show AGT Campion they called for Angelina. I stop there but could have written a lot more.
Great 2nd Reaction... First I want to wish this Prodigy, this miracle talented ARTIST a.k.a Angelina the best of 17th Birthday wishes.. I'm excited for the dreams she has to become reality once her album is released... She's standing at the threshold of Superstar Status. I'm happy you're under Angelina's spell, so are millions around the world.. have fun with your trip... We enjoy hearing these songs repeatedly, and the ways she makes us proud and still surprised even if we know what to expect... Good luck and PEACE!! 🎼🎤🎷🎵🎹💕
In for your ride, great reaction! There's a reason this has over 70million views... she is also Norways youngest author as she wrote a book about her experience traveling and meeting the little girl who inspired the barefoot promise from her. Greatest jazz/ blues singer alive and destined to sit among the greatest. Happy Birthday Angelina!💖
Barely 9 and does her own arrangements. You can see on their faces the band is trying hard not to smile, They cal her The Boss. Incomprehensible how she can be so good. And a wonderful humanitarian to boot.
Loved the look of joy and wonder on your face as you experienced this magical performance. You are off to a great start! Looking forward to seeing more Angelina with you.
welcome to Angelina"s world. This performance by Angelina is considered by many to be the best performance by any child artist ever. You are right you do need to listen to some new material from this young lady. I would recommend her 2022 rendition of my funny valentine or suspicious minds her elvis cover from 2022. both of these songs really show what Angelina is able to do with her voice. I know you will enjoy anything you choose to listen to because there really are no wrong choices with this young talent. thx for your great reaction.
Carlie thanks for this beautiful reaction with this unreal Angelina's cover, this song is a important step to understand the uniqueness of Angelina's talent and her incredible passion and understanding for music. She is absolutely out of the ordinary, but she is also so tremendously charming that she captivates and amazes you every time, she is surely the only 9 year old girl who has the courage and the ability to take this song from Screaming' Jay and rearrange it according to her sensibility and musical vision. I think sincerely that this is perhaps the most beautiful version of this song made, in more than 50 years since it was written. 💛🧡❤
Yes, the video that has people talking about spirit channeling, reincarnation, and little girls from outer space. Happy Birthday, Angelina! Looking forward to a year of new music, concerts and an album of Tik Tok videos of Angelina singing into her cell phone in a parking garage! (she's got enough to do one) Seriously, her Tik Toks are great. Go Angelina Go!
It is rare for Angelina to go into beast mode, but she can. Something totally different is her cover of How great thou art. It will give you an idea of her low registers.
*Treasure this "I Put a Spell on You" forever because it will never happen again, ever. She still sings this song from time to time, but not in that high of note. Because, it's hard on the vocal cords. Even for someone as experience as Angelina. I was going to recommend this one to you, so you can imagine my surprise when I checked to see what else was in your treasure chest, and only a few hours later you're already here! No doubt because of all her Angels insisting that you hear this one. I'm glad you did. I've listen to this song, no less than some 200 times and counting. It's the same reason people would download music or buy CDs, Records, etc... so that they can hear it over and over again. Apparently people are doing the same with reaction videos. It's special in the this way, because it's like we get to share our favorite song with another person and seeing how they react so something we love or like. Everyone loves to share what they like with others. So Shea, thank you for sharing your reaction with all of us Angel fans. It was a pleasure. And, you're only, just, getting started with Angelina Jordan!*
Awesome reaction and go to Wikipedia and read her bio! She just turned 17 and hasn't even hit the Mainstream yet to have such an impressive bio. She to me is The Female Elvis of our time, enjoy, God Bless!
Great reaction Carlie! Her fans call her The Barefoot Princess. She always performs with no shoes when she sings. Why? The reason is very special. When she was 6 years old, she was traveling with her family in Iran where she met a shoeless homeless girl in the streets that was about her age. She made money by weighing people. After speaking with her for a few minutes, Angelina noticed the scars on the girl's feet and asked the girl what her dream is. The girl said she wanted to be a doctor but she couldn't because she had to make money for her family. Angelina did what came natural to her, she gave the little girl her shoes and told her to not give up on her dreams. Since then, Angelina has performed barefoot in honor of that little girl and to those who are less fortunate around the world. She keeps this promise to this day. One of the reasons why we love her so much!
Shock Rock, Angelina certainly got this tribute to Screaming Jay Hawkins right. Its shocking that a 9 year old can put on such a good performance with a song like this, its hard for the mind to fathom how Angelina does this , i regard this along with Elvis Presley's In the Ghetto my favourite songs of all time. Great reaction, i will be subscribing so i can watch your journey with Angelina.
She is 9 years and 2 months and as far as being seasond,, well she has been in the studio since 6years old auditioned on TV at age 7, won the NGT show at 8, went to the USA and went on American TV at 8, then did this at 9, at 10 years old she did "I Feel Good" in a concert, then went home from school and sang a Disco song "I Will Survive" and also poped off a leaked song that the original singer Baby fuzZ had just reliesed and days later she had done her own AJ version of "I'm Still Holdimg Out For You" ... then Frank Sinatras "My Way" then went did many many from 11-15 and out all are unbelievable and out did it her way only a few were just covers. Almost all she does are her own version of a cover and all are arranged by her and out all are done in one take. And please look up the reasons of her bare feet,,,, it's just unbelievable of her commitment to children's charity's and helping raise money for causes,even at 8 years old and at 17 still singing barefoot for her cause
Angelina was only two months into her 9th year here, so yes, you were close on the age! This is the first song I heard from her three years ago when I first discovered her, and she put her spell on me! I've been lost in this deep rabbit hole ever since. Someone lowers me down some milk and cookies (an occasional slice of pizza) every now and then -- and I'm content!
She was in Iran with her mother and came across a poor girl with no shoes. Angelina gave the girl her shoes and the girl said she would pray for her and her career. So she always goes barefoot to never forget the little girl. She also wrote a children's book about her experience and got top children's book in Norway. She is also known as the Barefoot Princess.
Angelina is known as the girl with a thousand voices because she can choose and create the perfect voice for whatever she’s singing. Her talent is immense-as a singer, arranger, and musician. She’s actually 9 in this video, and she arranged this version herself, manipulated her voice to give us that low tone, the sass, the rasp, the growls-because it is essential for the genre of I Put a Spell on You. And the even better news for you is that Angelina sings beautifully, as you heard yesterday, in so many different styles. You’ve got so much ahead of you. Angelina is once in a lifetime.
The perfect visual reaction. Million Miles Studio version followed by the 2022 live version is HEAVEN in a song, also an original tribute to her late Grandfather....a Classic!
Hey there, Carlie! Yep - everyone stares astonished, mouth gaping at this performance the first time. Welcome to the Angels' family! 🤗✨ You're gonna continue to want to experience more and more of Angelina as you progress down this rabbit hole. And, you'll have so much fun along the way, and so will we!! 🥰 Your reaction to her is perfect! Keep reading comments so you can get a feel for what to do next. AJ was barely 9 in this one (she arranged this version herself by the way). I would suggest you keep reacting to her early songs for a while (before you move to more current things she's done). They are all so impressive. Maybe next, try one of her Norway's Got Talent performances (there are 4 of them). Find ones with subtitles so you can read the judges' reactions (unless you're fluent in Norwegian of course). Lee C wrote a comment here with a great synopsis of why AJ performs barefoot. She also wrote a book about the experience Lee C describes, and became Norway's youngest published author. She's even a better human being than a musical artist (imo). Thanks again for supporting AJ! Happy 17th Birthday, Angelina!! Hugs! xo
Thank you for another fine reaction to Angelina. She is well worth every nanosecond you spend on her. I have watched and listened to her in awe since she released her first video on UA-cam, and what has been evident to me from the start is that she sings with total conviction, despite the fact that she is far too young to have experienced the events suggested in the lyrics of the song she has chosen to sing. But it is not only that, for strange as it may seem is the even more remarkable fact that she can convey the appropriate emotions within those lyrics to her listener. Angelina was 9 years and 2 months old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, who wrote and performed the song in 1956 (50 years before Angelina was born). She based her arrangement on his original performance, although she discarded all the theatrics and allowed her voice and body language to tell the story. The song has been covered by many singers over the years, but to my knowledge, Angelina is the only one who has sung in the same style as the original. There are many things I found particularly worthy of note in this video. Some I recognised immediately and those I missed were brought to my attention by the more observant Angelina fans (her Angels) and I thank them for letting me know what I had missed. (a) Angelina finishing writing last minute changes she wanted and handing them to the Music Director, who smiled. (b) A brief glimpse of Mery Zamani, Angelina's maternal grandmother, a well known and respected Iranian Artist and poet who was also a child prodigy. She was the person who recognised Angelina's talent at an early age and exposed her to all the old time jazz singers. (c) The candle with an image of Screamin' Jay Hawkins on it. (d) The smile on the face of the Bass player. (e) How she rose on to her toes on the last occasion she sang "...because you're mine" (f) The fact she occasionally refers to her written notes on the music stand. Possibly to remind herself of the last minute changes she wanted. (g) Her unwavering passion throughout the performance. Evidenced by her facial expressions and the way she uses her hands and body to emphasise the direction of the song. (h) The way she takes a breath just before she starts the last phrase (I don't care.....) and that breath lasts the whole of that sustained note. A child of that age should not have the ability to hold a note for that length of time. (i) At the end, when she sings I Doooont Caaaaare, she employs TWO separate and distinct vibratos to the word care, a wide one to start the word and a tighter one to close the word (j) The instant transformation from "performance" mode to that of a pensive child, possibly wondering whether she could have done better. I comment on the "pensive" child because Angelina has an incredible work ethic and seeks to perform every song in a way she considers will bring out all the emotions within the lyrics and melody. (k) Perhaps the most remarkable is that despite her tender years, she sings with such total conviction that her authenticity is never in doubt. It is easy to believe that she has experienced the events described in the lyrics. It is not only her voice that is mesmerising, it is also her facial expressions, and the way she uses her hands and body. Her stage presence is electrifying. Angelina has been referred to as the "Queen of Jazz", "The Barefoot Princess", "The girl with a thousand voices". All of them are true, but I prefer the nickname I gave her after listening to about six of her performances. For me, she is "The Chameleon of Song", for as a chameleon is able to change its colour to match its surroundings, so Angelina is able to change the "colour" of her voice to accurately match the needs of the song to reveal the emotions within the lyrics and melody. Even more remarkable is her innate ability to communicate those same emotions to her listeners.
As you travel through Angelina’s works consider that there is video of her singing at eighteen months of age. At three she tells her Mother she wants to sing on that Simon show. Enters school at four and is studying music theory at five. Speaks Norwegian, Persian and English fluently by six and is reading English lyrics at five. No vocal lessons, just pure ability. See her in sound booth at six where she records four songs Rolling In The Deep, Hurt, Sky Fall and most notable I Who Have Nothing which is well worth reacting to. No child singer has ever done what she has done what three year old falls in love with Jazz.
She has had training. It is just from the artists themselves. There is another young sing who basically learned to sing Opera from youtube. Her name is Laura Bretan. Back to Angelina, you've seen her adopt vocal characteristics of other singers. Then after a certain time with each she will use a form of those characteristics to keep as tools for whatever song she thinks would be a addition to the music. She has done this 3 times and has developed a sound that you can recognize immediately.
Angelina was 9 years old in this performance - This song was not arranged for her - she wrote the arrangement based on listening to the original Screamin' Jay Hawkins version - in fact, at the beginning of the video you see Angelina writing down some last-minute changes and it is read by the bandleader. You also notice that her own handwritten notes are on the music stand in front of her as she sings. For more insight into how Angelina works, here is a rehearsal video with the same band at the same age (9 yrs old) - You will see that she is aware of what each musician is doing and gives them some instructions. There are English subtitles as the spoken language is Norwegian: ua-cam.com/video/SAkZDAXJA4E/v-deo.html
@@C00ltronix Here is the video without English subtitles - here is the basic translation: The first thing she says is that she wants to start, followed by her saying she wants to start over, later she tells the pianist that the key is too low and that she wants to raise it a half-tone, then at the end of the song she changes the ending on the fly. The spoken language is Norwegian: ua-cam.com/video/80f3t3dmBbk/v-deo.html
In my opinion, when you take into account that she was 9 years old, This is the most impressive performance EVER! Well at least until she covered Elvis "Suspicious Minds" this past summer. The first 3 or 4 seconds of it is possibly the most beautiful singing that I've ever heard.
This, in my opinion, is the most remarkable recording performance I have ever seen, and Angelina is the most spellbinding artist to emerge this century. Enjoy exploring this girl's expansive catalogue to understand why. I say that. I recommend watching her Norway's Got Talent performances when she was 7-8; then, there are about 160 videos to choose from. I can guarantee you won't be disappointed. 😎
Carlie, I have seen a LOT of reactions to this otherworldly performance, but I don't think I've seen anyone as stunned and dumbfounded and unable to process as you. 😁 Fantastic reaction to this unbelievable performance!
She was 9 years old in i put a spell on u here are some songs to get u down the rabbit hole 1 GLOOMY SUNDAY 7YEARS OLD 2 SHIELD ORIGINAL SONG AT 12 YEARS OLD 3 FELLING GOOD AT 8YEARS OLD SHE HAD A COLD WHEN SHE PERFORMED IT 4 I RATHER GO BLIND AT 13 YEARS OLD 5 ABOVE THE WATER WAS WRITTEN BY TRXD FOR HER TO SING IT IS EDM SONG 6 STILL HOLDING OUT FOR YOU AGE 10 7 7TH HEAVEN AGE 14 OR 15 8 BANG BANG NORWAY'S GOT TALENT AGE 8 9 EASY ON ME 15 YEARS OLD 10 HOW GREAT THOU ART 12 YEARS OLD I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU SHE STARTED SINGING AT 1 AND A HALF SHE STARTED ARRANGING HER OWN MUSIC AT 8 YEARS OLD THE BAREFOOT PRINCESS OR QUEEN OF JAZZ OR WHAT I REFER TO HER AS GOD'S ANGEL OF MUSIC GOOD LUCK I LOVE YOUR REACTIONS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK 2
Many listeners don't realize Angelina speaks several languages because of her living arrangements with a multi ethnic background on the maternal side her grandmother is Iranian and speaks Farsi and Japanese and her grandfather was Japanese (he was who she wrote Million Miles for) they all moved to Norway before AJ was born with her mothers father who is Swedish. Also most Nowegians start learning English in grade school.
A 9 year old in beastmode ❤️ And also an incredible arrangement of the original from Screamin Jay Hawkins 😳❤️ She made that arrangement at 9... 😳❤️ Soulful voice at 9... insane 😳 Absolutely amazing this kid, now today turned 17 ❤️ Happy Birthday to AJ 🎉🎂 Enjoyed your reaction 👍
Rabbit hole .. she has something like 108+ covers .. plus a handful of originals. Her first full length album is due out this year .. she is signed with Republic Records as of 2020
You're right, no 8-year-old can sing like this. She was 9. I love hearing people respond to Angelina, especially when they are as enthusiastic as you are. I subscribed so I can hear more of your reactions to the famous Barefoot Angel.
I love watching someone see this for the first time and recognize the level of mental dissonance created between what we see and what we hear. I still get chills watching this after hundreds of times. She arranged this piece and we even see the band director reading her last minute changes. The band refers to her as The Boss. She knows what she wants and isn't shy about asking for it from the band in the sweetest way. Good reaction.
If you want to see a croggled musician, react to "Back to black" by Angelina; there's a string player behind her in some shots... she is awesome, and commenters before me have told you most of the key points... blessed be!
9 years old here... It's the song, Screamin' Jay Hawkins got his nick name from, and it's worth noting that her performance is closer to the original than all well known covers. Here is a performance from later in his career, which contains most of the elements she based her arrangement on: m.ua-cam.com/video/orNpH6iyokI/v-deo.html
As a musician, pay close attention to her musical arrangements. If you notice how good the musicians sound, it’s because during rehearsal she makes sure that everyone plays accordingly, hence her nickname “Boss” given to her by musicians at a very young age. This child is able to hear if any of the players miss a stroke by half a note, and very, very respectfully she’s able to correct them. Absolutely incredible. Thanks for the reactions.❤
Yeah, also throws out little change ideas a few times in the rehearsal videos on her grandma's channel. Quite on top of things. Or they'll ask her as well. That's absolutely messed up. It already made no sense a kid knew what she wanted to be and enjoyed real music from 3 years old. But there she is existing in real life somehow. Mastering it like she has thirty years of experience by the time she was 9. Understanding it like that by the time she was 7. I wonder if she knows she's an example of what humans can be, and what that means. Inspiration personified. To get that close to potential isn't human really, at least not yet.
@@ragnarkisten Yeah we'd have to assume those around her, her family and musicians have been a massive help. There to help her learn, there to just be a part of it. Not a lot of selfishness, ego's turned off as best they can. The credit she receives is a testament to all of them, all credit to her, means loads of it to them too. A kid is never this good, this confident and experienced. Clearly she is special, and everyone, including other special people, found their best to give to her. Normally us humans would really struggle to even let a kid be this good at anything. Life is too complicated and so many are involved. Someone miss steps somewhere you would think, hampering her love for it and development here and there, even meaning well. I hope all her musician friends take some personal pride in her and what they were a part of. The most important part of her life probably, and the world will soon fall for her like few before in all likelihood.
Shea, she sang since she was age 1,5 (there is a short video). Discovering Jazz at age 2, she started practicing singing for 36 hours a week at age 3. She entered the academy of music and performing arts in Oslo at age 4 and is now at the academy in LA. My co-commentors tell you other facts. Ifyou don´t believe me, ask Robert Silva, Andy Schnell, Poolhallshark, Ole or others about me. Be safe, healthy and happy. Elmar from Germany.
Great reaction! I truly enjoy watching reactors react to this song for the first time. The "spooky" man on the candle she's holding at the beginning is her way of paying homage to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, the man who wrote and recorded this song in 1956! His stage act included him wearing a fake bone in his nose while holding a cigarette-smoking skull on a stick. I actually remember hearing it on a Detroit radio station when it was first released!
@@louisegogel7973 I was 8 years old when Screamin' Jay's version was released in 1956; There were no videos then, but I liked the song and remember thinking, "Well, THAT was different!" A few months after that, ANOTHER "different" artist, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, released, "Ain't Got No Home". I had a birthday between Screamin' Jay's song and "Frogman's," so I thought, "Well, Screamin' Jay's song is still getting played on the radio, so I guess that the "Frogman" decided to release HIS unconventional song, too! His frog-like, AND falsetto, voice was also a hit! Angellna simply blew me away so much that I literally TIMED how long she held that last note (13 seconds), and she did it without straining her voice at all!
Oh Carly it is best not to try and understand Angelina, only to experience the what the Creator took his time with before bestowing humanity with such a gift.
She was performing for some disadvantage kids and noticed they didn't have or own any shoes so she gave her shoes to them and performes shoeless in support of them. She is Amazing!!!
This is the "wildest" version of this song, we think she was warned against abusing her chords. Original the song is from Mr. "Screaming" Jay Hawkins (you saw him on the candle). Angelina brought a song from 1957 into more modern times. Mr. Hawkings is seen as the grandpa of ShockRock.
You've got to listen to Aurora through the eyes of a child the live version from the noble awards or striped version by vevo. Another musical genius from Norway with a stunning voice and she writes all her own songs stunning singer and beautiful soul.
This Angelina’s arrangement too. She is nine years and two months old in this performance. She is the youngest Norwegian citizen to have written a book and had it published. She was nine years old when she wrote her book.
This performance might be unique in her catalog, in terms of the "shout-singing" style she was using (not to mention all the growling, etc.) and just how hard she was going on the vocal, overall, but it is not at all unique in terms of being "jaw-dropping". For someone who is so young, she has an _astonishing_ number of absolutely *incredible* performances. Of all kinds. My own favorites happen to be the really subtle ones. Those usually take a while for reacters to get around to, since most early recommendations are for the "barnburners", like this one. For the record, though, one of top my favorites is her live rendition of Adele's "When We Were Young" at Prøysenhuset, in Norway, in 2019 (a few months before she went on AGT), on Boris Palenovski's channel. It's easy enough to find with a search, I think. (There are actually two versions on his channel, the original with 1.1M views and a lesser-known "a/v enhanced" version with 36K views that has louder, clearer audio.)
Happy Birthday Angelina! Another spell was cast by 9yo Angelina. Let’s analyze the video: 1st you see how small and cute she is. 2nd you see she is barefoot (story below) 3rd You see her making her “Wish List” of suggested changes to the song. 4th the band leader taking note of the changes. 5th Angelina is holding a candle with “Screemin’ Jay Hawkin’s (original artist 1956) picture on it. 6th the old soul in her voice. She is the youngest published author in Norway. Angelina wrote and her Grandmother illustrated a book about why she sings barefoot. She was on a trip to Iran where her grandmother is from and met a street girl weighing people for money. Angelina sat and talked with the girl. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, a doctor but that it could never happen. Angelina told her to never give up hope. The girl complimented Angelina on her shoes and Angelina noticed her scarred bare feet so she gave them to her, and the little girl told Angelina she would pray for her every day. Angelina sings barefoot to this day to remind herself (and the world) that there are still children in need. All book proceeds go to charity.
*Why Angelina always performs barefoot* At age 6, while traveling in the Middle East with her mother and grandmother, Angelina noticed a girl around her age standing on the side of the road, asking people to step on her bathroom scale to be weighed in hopes of getting some money. Angelina took off her shoes so as to not get the scale dirty and stepped on the scale many times to make the girl feel better. Angelina befriends the girl who was not wearing shoes and has scars on her feet, and learns she is an orphan. The orphan girl tells Angelina how beautiful she thinks her shoes are. Angelina says her shoes don’t fit her well and she wants to give her shoes to the orphan girl who thanks Angelina for giving her the shoes. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, “I want to become a doctor, but that will never happen since I have no parents and I have siblings so I have to do whatever is necessary for us to survive.” Angelina told the girl to never give up on her dreams. The poor girl asked Angelina what she wanted to be when she grew up and Angelina replied that she wanted to sing for the whole world. The poor girl said she would pray every day so Angelina’s dream would come true. Angelina still says she thinks of that homeless girl every day and has always performed barefoot to remind her of all the children who are less fortunate. At age 9, she became the youngest published author in Norway’s history by writing a book about this encounter in the Middle East. Please go to Angelina's official website to purchase her book.
@@johndoe-gt6gp ua-cam.com/video/NwQ7sSI2ork/v-deo.html Not quite J. D, Chk this interview she give AGT before singing Bohemian Rhapsody. Angelina tells the story on her AGT pre-show interview... Never once did she say she dusted her feet not to dirty the scale... He embellished some, which is disrespectful to Angelina... Her fans need to be accurate. I requested the link to the video where she states it, but never provided it.. this time around, omitted what I pointed out. I can provide you another video he claims she said something and it's just not true... I believe this contributes to much misinformation provided to reactors who then pass it on... I respect that we are anxious to be very well informed and pass it on... But we should be cognizant of it's validity. Peace to you both. Thnx and HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGELINA 🎂🎉🎶👏🏻🎊🎉🎶💕🎹🎵🎷🎤🎼
@@gottabeemee Andy’s description closely follows the story in her book. In her book, based on her diary entries from that day, she says she removed her shoes and stepped on the scale several times. Just as Andy indicated. As a matter of fact I think some of Andy’s narrative is taken, or paraphrased, straight from the book. Have you read her book? Because I have. That’s how I know Andy’s explanation so closely resembles what she herself wrote. If not I would highly recommend it if you want to be well informed. You can get it on her website and all profits go to charity.
@@johndoe-gt6gp Thnx John...just doesn't make sense to paraphrase when it's proper writing to put quotation marks around anything being documented from the source. I've always seen that some folks actually say in the comments quote or excerpt from the book and at the bottom put helpful info on purchasing it, which he did do. I appreciate your comment, PEACE Fellow Angel!
@@gottabeemee That may be. It’s been many years since I studied composition. But Andy, I think, is just trying to be as accurate as possible while at the same time condensing a few pages out of a book into a digestible comment. He seems to care a lot about AJ and righting all the rumors that are replete on YT.
Angelina jordan astar is definitly the goddess of music and vocal and she is the boss from this arrangement, with 9 years old, and her voice is crazy, absolutly under control, low and high, ruspy..of sure talented, but she is always hard working on her voice and music, since she is on earth. She have so much disciplin, and this is importent, not much humens have such a disciplin. She is the new DIVA ever 👑♥️🌹💫
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Happy 17th Birthday to Angelina Jordan, the greatest female vocalist of our time! We're along for the ride.
Notice the notes she gave the music director at the beginning. He laughs because she calls them her wishes. It is for this and her polite and respectful demeanor that they call her "the boss." Try her at 10 (she is nine her). Feeling Good and I'm still holding out for you. Blow your mind again.
I've been hooked on Angelina jordan since 2015. Every single song that Angelina sings is super fantastic.
Happy Bithday Angelina. You are an angel
DAMN, this little lady can sing. To be so young she can belt it OUT... Plus this band is darn good also.... Plus I love the horns!!!! This is great... Very special!!!!!!!!!!!!
If this is your first time hearing Angelina, welcome to a whole wonderful world full of beautiful and surprising singing!
🎉 HaPpY BiRtHDaY AnGeLiNa 🎉 Age 9 (& 2 months). Perhaps the best performance ever by a 9 year old. The ending 13 seconds with 1 breath. Love this reaction! Please do more!
…and the last twelve words… a capella! 🖤👣
👣👸🏻🎷HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGELINA Angelina Jordan turns 17 today the 10th of Jan. The Barefoot Princes of Jazz ♥👣👸🏻🎷
I love this performance so much. As they say AJ don't play. We get the most stunning, amazing performance of a 9 yr old of this Jazz standard ever created. I believe it is going to go down in Jazz & Music history as the best ever for this age and in my opinion the best rendition of this song ever created Screamin Jay included. It will be revisited for Decades and will remain relevant for Generations to come. Anyone who discovers this performance for the first time today or a 100 years from today are going to be as amazed and astounded as everybody has been to this point.
Think of the children who will be inspired by this one performance in the decades to come. This is an Iconic performance and will always be Iconic. Angelina has on her own from early on at 6 or 7 yrs old reintroduced what I believe will be a whole new Jazz Era and redefined by this young phenom and prodigy. That is astounding! And she is just 16 years old... That is unfathomable. She has already established her proficiency and incredible work ethic in this endeavor guided by an incredible family and professional support now surrounding her.
We know Angelina will continue to amaze! We will be here to experience and cherish it for as long as we live.... and I am praying for many more years for myself to enjoy it till the end of my days... I hope to go out of this world listening to the most beautiful voice ever created for man just as Angelina came into it to fulfill her purpose, what she was put on earth to do, sing for the whole World... and Me! To me Angelina is always singing to me transporting me to that beautiful place she inhabits when she sings and to experience it with her. She has the ability to touch hearts and souls and change lives. She has the ability to change lives on a personal level and the power to change lives on a global scale. To me no one compares.
You just watched a Masterpiece! Destined to go down in Music History as the best performance by a 9 yr old, Period! Past, present & dare I say Future! I'd like to see anyone, young or old who can do a cover of this & with the justice it deserves as Angelina has done on every cover she does. ♥👣👸🏻
I admire your reaction. It very well reflects the experience that most of us here experienced when first hearing this song. I’m my case in the local Pub I’d to excuse me crying to the staff, because I was listening to Angelina. Now she got older and have many new stuff, but not to forget all to amazing stuff she did at 13 and younger, I give you a list here of must listen, too.
- Fly me to moon - Frank Sinatra
- Feeling good - Michael Bulb
- What a difference a day made - Dinah Washington
- A mans world - James Brown (look for enhanced sound version)
- Every time we say goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
- When we were young - Adel
- Someone like you - Adel
- Millions year ago - Adel
- I have nothing - Whitney Houston (now there is newer version from her at 16)
- Diamonds are for ever - Bond 007
- Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
- I rather go blind - Etta James (raw and looooong dynamic tone)
- Stay - Rihanna
- Born to die - Lana Del Rey
- Young and beautiful - Lana Del Rey
- All of me - John Legend
- A natural woman - Aretha Franklin
- Something’s got a hold on me - Gospel
- A song for A - Nico Cartoio (Classic based on poem by Rob Burns 1783)
- How great thou art - Elvis Presley (AJ lowest registers)
- I’m still holding out for you - originally written for her, but refused by parents due to suicidal ending, hence “Leaked”.
Thanks for saying I love you. Yes you're the only one I hear telling me that each day I hear you. It really means a lot even though I know it's generalized. Still it feels nice to hear. Thanks for the reaction today to our angel. Yes, at 9 years old she put a spell on us all. You may enjoy next to go back to her beginning on Norway's got talent. Look up, "Angelina Jordan Norway's Got talent all performances". It should give you the video with four boxes in it for her four different performances there. I think you will really enjoy it and I look forward to your reaction. :-)
This girl is MAGIC !!!
I absolutely love your reactions, the story about the barefoot princess, why she sings barefoot. She met a six year old girl in the Middle East, who is very poor, and weighing people on a scale for money. She befriended the little girl and they talked for hours. Angelina took the boots off her feet that was her favorite pair of boots and gave them to the little girl. She asked a little girl what she wanted to be when she grew up, she said a doctor, but because of her circumstances that would never happen. The barefoot princess told her never to give up on her dream, and that she could be anything. The little girl asked what Angelina wanted to be. She said a superstar. The little girl said that she would pray for Angelina every day for her dream to come true. Since then, Angelina has always vowed to perform barefoot, whenever she’s in public out of respect for the little girl, and all the other children who cannot afford shoes. Again, it shows that Angelina is absolutely an angel sent from heaven. Not only a musical genius, but a huge heart. She also wrote a book about this incident, and is now the youngest published author in Norway. Can’t wait for your next reaction.
Exactly how it happened. Thank you for cleaning it up.
Fierce Masterpiece! Fearless, timeless and ageless. Wonderful ❣️
At 9 yrs. old, she not only slayed the vocals, but it's HER arrangement. When you see her handing the conductor a sheet of paper. That's her instructions for the arrangement!
As he said in an interview she gives us a sheet of paper with her "wishes" on it. That's what makes him smile
The band called her "the boss."
Your smile, eyes, and voice convey what millions of us feel.
Norway got talent. She won at 7 - 8yo, watch her do "Gloomy Sunday"..amazing.
The most impressive thing about her, especially at this young age, is her timing and inflection...impeccable.
Now go back two more years when she competed on (and won) Norske Talenter (Norway's Got Talent, sorta) But grab some duct tape cuz your head just might explode 😂
It's cool to watch new reactors to Angelina's performances specially the ones when she is very young and sound like a grown woman. She is one of a kind and worthy of discovering. Please do continue the rabbit hole and we, the angels, will be present.
She is 9 in this and the arrangement is hers based on the original video of Screaming Jay Hawkins made in 1956. The originator of shock rock.
As you continue to delve into Angelina’s catalogue of cover and original songs you will discover that she never disappoints her listeners. Each performance will have you asking yourself, “How have I not heard of this phenomenally talented and supremely gifted young artist before?” Angelina is a very uniquely talented young lady. She travels in her own lane and there is no one else like her.
Angelina’s covers are often better than the original artist’s performances. Her arrangements and her vocal performances often elicit an emotional reaction from us because she has a highly developed intellect, intuition, instincts and feel for what the lyrics, melody and arrangement should be interpreted as being. When Angelina sings the emotion and passion pierces our hearts and souls. I often say that listening to Angelina sing has a healing affect on us.
Angelina's singing gives me a glimpse of the Almighty. What unimaginable power and what depth of love it reveals. This is my favorite vocal performance ever. Thanks for supporting Angelina Jordan, Carlie. Keep doin' what you do, and God be with you.
When fans talk about her it sounds like exaggeration until you have listened to her whole catalogue. She IS seasoned here. After all she entered Norways Got Talent at 7 was 8 by the final and she is 9 here and had already performed all over the world. Watch her whole NGT run. Then her FLY ME TO THE MOON, and WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKE, which is a large outdoor concert with backing singers. Then you realise she is a a professional here.
This may be the best vocal performance of all time, and she is 9 years old! I'm a 73 year old musician, absolutely love her. Happy 17th birthday Angelina! Love your reaction Carli, my jaw dropped too!!
Yeah..Angelina made history here. There really is no other "something like this" out there. Possibly the most remarkable 3-min on YT! It is truly a conundrum when we try to rationalize how it is possible that this tiny sweet-faced 9yo Norwegian girl can step up to a microphone, flip some switch within her, become this "beast-mode" version of herself (most probably named "AJ don't play"), deliver an extraordinary and musically and socially sophisticated performance, then just-like-that return to the pensive young lady once again... There aren't words for this!
"I Put a Spell On You" has been covered many times and is recognized as a classic, yet almost never is the tone of the original 1956 "Screamin" Jay Hawkins version captured. This is because Hawkins was the original shock-rock guy (think Ozzy Osbourne-type craziness) and his style is difficult to emulate and also because his dated delivery is uncomfortable and stereotypical to our modern sensibilities. Yet Angelina respectfully sings his own song in a manner that exceeds his (Hawkin's image is on the candle she holds at the start of her video). It sounds like you have but if not you must go and listen to Hawkins' original (and throw in a couple of "famous" covers as well) to see the true genius in how AJ incorporates many of his vocal elements [usually omitted by most singers]. This shows another aspect of her musical IQ and arranging genius (not to mention her masterful control of her vocal instrument equaled by few others regardless of age). "Screamin" Jay Hawkins original "I Put A Spell on You" ua-cam.com/video/orNpH6iyokI/v-deo.html
First: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Angelina. To be a young girl who never has been heavely promoted she sure as hell has song a lot around the world. When US, UK and Germany did TV programs of very talented kids they had to show Angelina. When Norah Jones did a consert in Corea for ca 40 000 people they got Angelina to warm up. When Alan Walker hold a live stream where he used an orchestra he called for Angelina to sing. When America got talent wanted to promote their show AGT Campion they called for Angelina. I stop there but could have written a lot more.
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yes indeed, word of mouth, and sharing of videos can spread like wildfire for such an amazing person.
Great 2nd Reaction... First I want to wish this Prodigy, this miracle talented ARTIST a.k.a Angelina the best of 17th Birthday wishes.. I'm excited for the dreams she has to become reality once her album is released... She's standing at the threshold of Superstar Status. I'm happy you're under Angelina's spell, so are millions around the world.. have fun with your trip... We enjoy hearing these songs repeatedly, and the ways she makes us proud and still surprised even if we know what to expect... Good luck and PEACE!! 🎼🎤🎷🎵🎹💕
In for your ride, great reaction! There's a reason this has over 70million views... she is also Norways youngest author as she wrote a book about her experience traveling and meeting the little girl who inspired the barefoot promise from her. Greatest jazz/ blues singer alive and destined to sit among the greatest. Happy Birthday Angelina!💖
Watch her sing Billy Holiday at 7 years old
Barely 9 and does her own arrangements. You can see on their faces the band is trying hard not to smile, They cal her The Boss.
Incomprehensible how she can be so good.
And a wonderful humanitarian to boot.
Loved the look of joy and wonder on your face as you experienced this magical performance. You are off to a great start! Looking forward to seeing more Angelina with you.
welcome to Angelina"s world. This performance by Angelina is considered by many to be the best performance by any child artist ever. You are right you do need to listen to some new material from this young lady. I would recommend her 2022 rendition of my funny valentine or suspicious minds her elvis cover from 2022. both of these songs really show what Angelina is able to do with her voice. I know you will enjoy anything you choose to listen to because there really are no wrong choices with this young talent. thx for your great reaction.
Carlie thanks for this beautiful reaction with this unreal Angelina's cover, this song is a important step to understand the uniqueness of Angelina's talent and her incredible passion and understanding for music. She is absolutely out of the ordinary, but she is also so tremendously charming that she captivates and amazes you every time, she is surely the only 9 year old girl who has the courage and the ability to take this song from Screaming' Jay and rearrange it according to her sensibility and musical vision. I think sincerely that this is perhaps the most beautiful version of this song made, in more than 50 years since it was written. 💛🧡❤
Always a pleasure seeing reactors discover Miss Jordan =)
Yes, the video that has people talking about spirit channeling, reincarnation, and little girls from outer space. Happy Birthday, Angelina! Looking forward to a year of new music, concerts and an album of Tik Tok videos of Angelina singing into her cell phone in a parking garage! (she's got enough to do one) Seriously, her Tik Toks are great. Go Angelina Go!
It is rare for Angelina to go into beast mode, but she can. Something totally different is her cover of How great thou art. It will give you an idea of her low registers.
Angelina has been doing her own arrangements since she was 8 including this one
She is incredible! Love your reaction!
ur great shea thanks...
*Treasure this "I Put a Spell on You" forever because it will never happen again, ever. She still sings this song from time to time, but not in that high of note. Because, it's hard on the vocal cords. Even for someone as experience as Angelina. I was going to recommend this one to you, so you can imagine my surprise when I checked to see what else was in your treasure chest, and only a few hours later you're already here! No doubt because of all her Angels insisting that you hear this one. I'm glad you did. I've listen to this song, no less than some 200 times and counting. It's the same reason people would download music or buy CDs, Records, etc... so that they can hear it over and over again. Apparently people are doing the same with reaction videos. It's special in the this way, because it's like we get to share our favorite song with another person and seeing how they react so something we love or like. Everyone loves to share what they like with others. So Shea, thank you for sharing your reaction with all of us Angel fans. It was a pleasure. And, you're only, just, getting started with Angelina Jordan!*
The man on the candle is Screaming Jay Hawkings. He is the original artist who sang this song.
I love this girl. She is so good. It's completely ridiculous.
Awesome reaction and go to Wikipedia and read her bio! She just turned 17 and hasn't even hit the Mainstream yet to have such an impressive bio. She to me is The Female Elvis of our time, enjoy, God Bless!
Great reaction Carlie! Her fans call her The Barefoot Princess. She always performs with no shoes when she sings. Why? The reason is very special. When she was 6 years old, she was traveling with her family in Iran where she met a shoeless homeless girl in the streets that was about her age. She made money by weighing people. After speaking with her for a few minutes, Angelina noticed the scars on the girl's feet and asked the girl what her dream is. The girl said she wanted to be a doctor but she couldn't because she had to make money for her family. Angelina did what came natural to her, she gave the little girl her shoes and told her to not give up on her dreams. Since then, Angelina has performed barefoot in honor of that little girl and to those who are less fortunate around the world. She keeps this promise to this day. One of the reasons why we love her so much!
Angelina sings effortlessly and makes you smile. Keep em coming
Fun Fact: Angelina wrote a book about why she performs barefoot, and is the youngest best selling author in Norway's history...
At the time that her book was published she was the youngest published author in Norway (not just "best selling" author but, any author).
Shock Rock, Angelina certainly got this tribute to Screaming Jay Hawkins right. Its shocking that a 9 year old can put on such a good performance with a song like this, its hard for the mind to fathom how Angelina does this , i regard this along with Elvis Presley's In the Ghetto my favourite songs of all time. Great reaction, i will be subscribing so i can watch your journey with Angelina.
Welcome to the Angelina's Angels Club, your one of us now Girl 😇
Una delle sue cover strabiliante Grandissima Angelina Jordan. Oggi compie 17 di grandissimo talento
She is 9 years and 2 months and as far as being seasond,, well she has been in the studio since 6years old auditioned on TV at age 7, won the NGT show at 8, went to the USA and went on American TV at 8, then did this at 9, at 10 years old she did "I Feel Good" in a concert, then went home from school and sang a Disco song "I Will Survive" and also poped off a leaked song that the original singer Baby fuzZ had just reliesed and days later she had done her own AJ version of "I'm Still Holdimg Out For You" ... then Frank Sinatras "My Way" then went did many many from 11-15 and out all are unbelievable and out did it her way only a few were just covers. Almost all she does are her own version of a cover and all are arranged by her and out all are done in one take. And please look up the reasons of her bare feet,,,, it's just unbelievable of her commitment to children's charity's and helping raise money for causes,even at 8 years old and at 17 still singing barefoot for her cause
Angelina was only two months into her 9th year here, so yes, you were close on the age! This is the first song I heard from her three years ago when I first discovered her, and she put her spell on me! I've been lost in this deep rabbit hole ever since. Someone lowers me down some milk and cookies (an occasional slice of pizza) every now and then -- and I'm content!
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She was in Iran with her mother and came across a poor girl with no shoes. Angelina gave the girl her shoes and the girl said she would pray for her and her career. So she always goes barefoot to never forget the little girl. She also wrote a children's book about her experience and got top children's book in Norway. She is also known as the Barefoot Princess.
Angelina is known as the girl with a thousand voices because she can choose and create the perfect voice for whatever she’s singing. Her talent is immense-as a singer, arranger, and musician. She’s actually 9 in this video, and she arranged this version herself, manipulated her voice to give us that low tone, the sass, the rasp, the growls-because it is essential for the genre of I Put a Spell on You. And the even better news for you is that Angelina sings beautifully, as you heard yesterday, in so many different styles. You’ve got so much ahead of you. Angelina is once in a lifetime.
She needs someone who write original songs for her. its pretty impossibly to get world famous to be a cover singer.
She’s writing her own originals and the latest is already burning up the charts!
And she’s just 17!!
She has an Old Soul, To be that seasoned!!!❤
The perfect visual reaction. Million Miles Studio version followed by the 2022 live version is HEAVEN in a song, also an original tribute to her late Grandfather....a Classic!
I agree, go for these two for sure! I love them.
Check out her when she was 7 on norways got talent. she has been singing since she was 2
Shea, Angelina at 10 singing I'm still holding out for you, a song that you have probably never heard, will astonish you.
Hey there, Carlie! Yep - everyone stares astonished, mouth gaping at this performance the first time. Welcome to the Angels' family! 🤗✨ You're gonna continue to want to experience more and more of Angelina as you progress down this rabbit hole. And, you'll have so much fun along the way, and so will we!! 🥰 Your reaction to her is perfect! Keep reading comments so you can get a feel for what to do next. AJ was barely 9 in this one (she arranged this version herself by the way). I would suggest you keep reacting to her early songs for a while (before you move to more current things she's done). They are all so impressive. Maybe next, try one of her Norway's Got Talent performances (there are 4 of them). Find ones with subtitles so you can read the judges' reactions (unless you're fluent in Norwegian of course). Lee C wrote a comment here with a great synopsis of why AJ performs barefoot. She also wrote a book about the experience Lee C describes, and became Norway's youngest published author. She's even a better human being than a musical artist (imo). Thanks again for supporting AJ! Happy 17th Birthday, Angelina!! Hugs! xo
Thank you for another fine reaction to Angelina. She is well worth every nanosecond you spend on her. I have watched and listened to her in awe since she released her first video on UA-cam, and what has been evident to me from the start is that she sings with total conviction, despite the fact that she is far too young to have experienced the events suggested in the lyrics of the song she has chosen to sing. But it is not only that, for strange as it may seem is the even more remarkable fact that she can convey the appropriate emotions within those lyrics to her listener.
Angelina was 9 years and 2 months old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, who wrote and performed the song in 1956 (50 years before Angelina was born). She based her arrangement on his original performance, although she discarded all the theatrics and allowed her voice and body language to tell the story. The song has been covered by many singers over the years, but to my knowledge, Angelina is the only one who has sung in the same style as the original.
There are many things I found particularly worthy of note in this video. Some I recognised immediately and those I missed were brought to my attention by the more observant Angelina fans (her Angels) and I thank them for letting me know what I had missed.
(a) Angelina finishing writing last minute changes she wanted and handing them to the Music Director, who smiled.
(b) A brief glimpse of Mery Zamani, Angelina's maternal grandmother, a well known and respected Iranian Artist and poet who was also a child prodigy. She was the person who recognised Angelina's talent at an early age and exposed her to all the old time jazz singers.
(c) The candle with an image of Screamin' Jay Hawkins on it.
(d) The smile on the face of the Bass player.
(e) How she rose on to her toes on the last occasion she sang "...because you're mine"
(f) The fact she occasionally refers to her written notes on the music stand. Possibly to remind herself of the last minute changes she wanted.
(g) Her unwavering passion throughout the performance. Evidenced by her facial expressions and the way she uses her hands and body to emphasise the direction of the song.
(h) The way she takes a breath just before she starts the last phrase (I don't care.....) and that breath lasts the whole of that sustained note. A child of that age should not have the ability to hold a note for that length of time.
(i) At the end, when she sings I Doooont Caaaaare, she employs TWO separate and distinct vibratos to the word care, a wide one to start the word and a tighter one to close the word
(j) The instant transformation from "performance" mode to that of a pensive child, possibly wondering whether she could have done better. I comment on the "pensive" child because Angelina has an incredible work ethic and seeks to perform every song in a way she considers will bring out all the emotions within the lyrics and melody.
(k) Perhaps the most remarkable is that despite her tender years, she sings with such total conviction that her authenticity is never in doubt. It is easy to believe that she has experienced the events described in the lyrics. It is not only her voice that is mesmerising, it is also her facial expressions, and the way she uses her hands and body. Her stage presence is electrifying.
Angelina has been referred to as the "Queen of Jazz", "The Barefoot Princess", "The girl with a thousand voices". All of them are true, but I prefer the nickname I gave her after listening to about six of her performances. For me, she is "The Chameleon of Song", for as a chameleon is able to change its colour to match its surroundings, so Angelina is able to change the "colour" of her voice to accurately match the needs of the song to reveal the emotions within the lyrics and melody. Even more remarkable is her innate ability to communicate those same emotions to her listeners.
As you travel through Angelina’s works consider that there is video of her singing at eighteen months of age. At three she tells her Mother she wants to sing on that Simon show. Enters school at four and is studying music theory at five. Speaks Norwegian, Persian and English fluently by six and is reading English lyrics at five. No vocal lessons, just pure ability. See her in sound booth at six where she records four songs Rolling In The Deep, Hurt, Sky Fall and most notable I Who Have Nothing which is well worth reacting to. No child singer has ever done what she has done what three year old falls in love with Jazz.
She has had training. It is just from the artists themselves. There is another young sing who basically learned to sing Opera from youtube. Her name is Laura Bretan. Back to Angelina, you've seen her adopt vocal characteristics of other singers. Then after a certain time with each she will use a form of those characteristics to keep as tools for whatever song she thinks would be a addition to the music. She has done this 3 times and has developed a sound that you can recognize immediately.
@@davidcochran6291 She lets the song be what it was meant to be, God Bless!
Ten! She was ten yrs here!
@@bubamaranovichok4901 9 years and 2 months. The video was made available when she was ten.
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Angelina was 9 years old in this performance - This song was not arranged for her - she wrote the arrangement based on listening to the original Screamin' Jay Hawkins version - in fact, at the beginning of the video you see Angelina writing down some last-minute changes and it is read by the bandleader. You also notice that her own handwritten notes are on the music stand in front of her as she sings. For more insight into how Angelina works, here is a rehearsal video with the same band at the same age (9 yrs old) - You will see that she is aware of what each musician is doing and gives them some instructions. There are English subtitles as the spoken language is Norwegian: ua-cam.com/video/SAkZDAXJA4E/v-deo.html
seems the video is gone, damn....
@@C00ltronix Here is the video without English subtitles - here is the basic translation: The first thing she says is that she wants to start, followed by her saying she wants to start over, later she tells the pianist that the key is too low and that she wants to raise it a half-tone, then at the end of the song she changes the ending on the fly. The spoken language is Norwegian: ua-cam.com/video/80f3t3dmBbk/v-deo.html
Well, there are videos of her singing at 1.5 yrs, and she won Norway Got Talent at 7.
In my opinion, when you take into account that she was 9 years old, This is the most impressive performance EVER! Well at least until she covered Elvis "Suspicious Minds" this past summer. The first 3 or 4 seconds of it is possibly the most beautiful singing that I've ever heard.
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This, in my opinion, is the most remarkable recording performance I have ever seen, and Angelina is the most spellbinding artist to emerge this century. Enjoy exploring this girl's expansive catalogue to understand why. I say that. I recommend watching her Norway's Got Talent performances when she was 7-8; then, there are about 160 videos to choose from. I can guarantee you won't be disappointed. 😎
Many stars have come and gone, but E1vis is the whole universe and the big bang💥The GOAT. THe king👑
Carlie, I have seen a LOT of reactions to this otherworldly performance, but I don't think I've seen anyone as stunned and dumbfounded and unable to process as you. 😁 Fantastic reaction to this unbelievable performance!
She was 9 years old in i put a spell on u here are some songs to get u down the rabbit hole 1 GLOOMY SUNDAY 7YEARS OLD
2 SHIELD ORIGINAL SONG AT 12 YEARS OLD
3 FELLING GOOD AT 8YEARS OLD SHE HAD A COLD WHEN SHE PERFORMED IT
4 I RATHER GO BLIND AT 13 YEARS OLD
5 ABOVE THE WATER WAS WRITTEN BY TRXD FOR HER TO SING IT IS EDM SONG
6 STILL HOLDING OUT FOR YOU AGE 10
7 7TH HEAVEN AGE 14 OR 15
8 BANG BANG NORWAY'S GOT TALENT AGE 8
9 EASY ON ME 15 YEARS OLD
10 HOW GREAT THOU ART 12 YEARS OLD
I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU SHE STARTED SINGING AT 1 AND A HALF SHE STARTED ARRANGING HER OWN MUSIC AT 8 YEARS OLD THE BAREFOOT PRINCESS OR QUEEN OF JAZZ OR WHAT I REFER TO HER AS
GOD'S ANGEL OF MUSIC GOOD LUCK I LOVE YOUR REACTIONS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
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Many listeners don't realize Angelina speaks several languages because of her living arrangements with a multi ethnic background on the maternal side her grandmother is Iranian and speaks Farsi and Japanese and her grandfather was Japanese (he was who she wrote Million Miles for) they all moved to Norway before AJ was born with her mothers father who is Swedish. Also most Nowegians start learning English in grade school.
Slight glitch: It is Angelina's father that is Swedish (her mother's husband, one presumes).
It all begin abaut singing at Norway,s got talent at seven years old in 2014..
steinar Her audition (Gloomy Sunday) was in 2013. Her next 3 performances were in 2014 when she was 8.
A 9 year old in beastmode ❤️ And also an incredible arrangement of the original from Screamin Jay Hawkins 😳❤️ She made that arrangement at 9... 😳❤️ Soulful voice at 9... insane 😳 Absolutely amazing this kid, now today turned 17 ❤️ Happy Birthday to AJ 🎉🎂
Enjoyed your reaction 👍
Rabbit hole .. she has something like 108+ covers .. plus a handful of originals. Her first full length album is due out this year .. she is signed with Republic Records as of 2020
You're right, no 8-year-old can sing like this. She was 9. I love hearing people respond to Angelina, especially when they are as enthusiastic as you are. I subscribed so I can hear more of your reactions to the famous Barefoot Angel.
lol, as if being just nine is so far off from eight! I think it’s amazing for anyone at any age, esp so young.
I love watching someone see this for the first time and recognize the level of mental dissonance created between what we see and what we hear. I still get chills watching this after hundreds of times. She arranged this piece and we even see the band director reading her last minute changes. The band refers to her as The Boss. She knows what she wants and isn't shy about asking for it from the band in the sweetest way. Good reaction.
If you want to see a croggled musician, react to "Back to black" by Angelina; there's a string player behind her in some shots... she is awesome, and commenters before me have told you most of the key points... blessed be!
AJ is a gift to the world! ❤❤❤
Thanks for the reactions.❤
9 years old here... It's the song, Screamin' Jay Hawkins got his nick name from, and it's worth noting that her performance is closer to the original than all well known covers. Here is a performance from later in his career, which contains most of the elements she based her arrangement on: m.ua-cam.com/video/orNpH6iyokI/v-deo.html
Enjoy your adventure down the Angelina Jordan rabbit hole. Amazing reaction as always
As a musician, pay close attention to her musical arrangements. If you notice how good the musicians sound, it’s because during rehearsal she makes sure that everyone plays accordingly, hence her nickname “Boss” given to her by musicians at a very young age. This child is able to hear if any of the players miss a stroke by half a note, and very, very respectfully she’s able to correct them. Absolutely incredible. Thanks for the reactions.❤
Yeah, also throws out little change ideas a few times in the rehearsal videos on her grandma's channel. Quite on top of things. Or they'll ask her as well. That's absolutely messed up. It already made no sense a kid knew what she wanted to be and enjoyed real music from 3 years old. But there she is existing in real life somehow. Mastering it like she has thirty years of experience by the time she was 9. Understanding it like that by the time she was 7.
I wonder if she knows she's an example of what humans can be, and what that means. Inspiration personified. To get that close to potential isn't human really, at least not yet.
These are some of Norway's finest musicians. Make no mistake about it. The pianist for instance, is a pure genius!
@@ragnarkisten Yeah we'd have to assume those around her, her family and musicians have been a massive help. There to help her learn, there to just be a part of it. Not a lot of selfishness, ego's turned off as best they can. The credit she receives is a testament to all of them, all credit to her, means loads of it to them too. A kid is never this good, this confident and experienced. Clearly she is special, and everyone, including other special people, found their best to give to her. Normally us humans would really struggle to even let a kid be this good at anything. Life is too complicated and so many are involved. Someone miss steps somewhere you would think, hampering her love for it and development here and there, even meaning well. I hope all her musician friends take some personal pride in her and what they were a part of. The most important part of her life probably, and the world will soon fall for her like few before in all likelihood.
@@ryanjacob3338 I heard a lot of credit goes to her grandma, helping her all the ways possible.
May I ask you for your specific qualifications to make you a musician? Not being offensive, but it's not exactly super defined anymore.
The Bare Foot Princess. Anything she does, you will LOVE.
Great reaction as always!
You should check out her covers of "All of Me" or "Stay"! Those are probably 2 of my very favorites of Angelina's.
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Shea, she sang since she was age 1,5 (there is a short video). Discovering Jazz at age 2, she started practicing singing for 36 hours a week at age 3. She entered the academy of music and performing arts in Oslo at age 4 and is now at the academy in LA.
My co-commentors tell you other facts.
Ifyou don´t believe me, ask Robert Silva, Andy Schnell, Poolhallshark, Ole or others about me.
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Great reaction! I truly enjoy watching reactors react to this song for the first time. The "spooky" man on the candle she's holding at the beginning is her way of paying homage to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, the man who wrote and recorded this song in 1956! His stage act included him wearing a fake bone in his nose while holding a cigarette-smoking skull on a stick. I actually remember hearing it on a Detroit radio station when it was first released!
Wow, and I’d like to know what you thought of the two versions when you first heard them! What an amazing experience on both counts.
@@louisegogel7973 I was 8 years old when Screamin' Jay's version was released in 1956; There were no videos then, but I liked the song and remember thinking, "Well, THAT was different!" A few months after that, ANOTHER "different" artist, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, released, "Ain't Got No Home". I had a birthday between Screamin' Jay's song and "Frogman's," so I thought, "Well, Screamin' Jay's song is still getting played on the radio, so I guess that the "Frogman" decided to release HIS unconventional song, too! His frog-like, AND falsetto, voice was also a hit! Angellna simply blew me away so much that I literally TIMED how long she held that last note (13 seconds), and she did it without straining her voice at all!
@@muchkneaded thank you, that’s such a wonderful journey with those songs. Thank you so much for sharing!
Oh Carly it is best not to try and understand Angelina, only to experience the what the Creator took his time with before bestowing humanity with such a gift.
She was performing for some disadvantage kids and noticed they didn't have or own any shoes so she gave her shoes to them and performes shoeless in support of them. She is Amazing!!!
This is the "wildest" version of this song, we think she was warned against abusing her chords. Original the song is from Mr. "Screaming" Jay Hawkins (you saw him on the candle). Angelina brought a song from 1957 into more modern times. Mr. Hawkings is seen as the grandpa of ShockRock.
Awesome reaction!!😮 at some point you may want to react to “ I’m still holding out for you “ she was 10! It’s a masterpiece!!
You've got to listen to Aurora through the eyes of a child the live version from the noble awards or striped version by vevo. Another musical genius from Norway with a stunning voice and she writes all her own songs stunning singer and beautiful soul.
This Angelina’s arrangement too. She is nine years and two months old in this performance. She is the youngest Norwegian citizen to have written a book and had it published. She was nine years old when she wrote her book.
It is so cool watching someone for the first time hearing this :)
This performance might be unique in her catalog, in terms of the "shout-singing" style she was using (not to mention all the growling, etc.) and just how hard she was going on the vocal, overall, but it is not at all unique in terms of being "jaw-dropping". For someone who is so young, she has an _astonishing_ number of absolutely *incredible* performances. Of all kinds. My own favorites happen to be the really subtle ones. Those usually take a while for reacters to get around to, since most early recommendations are for the "barnburners", like this one. For the record, though, one of top my favorites is her live rendition of Adele's "When We Were Young" at Prøysenhuset, in Norway, in 2019 (a few months before she went on AGT), on Boris Palenovski's channel. It's easy enough to find with a search, I think. (There are actually two versions on his channel, the original with 1.1M views and a lesser-known "a/v enhanced" version with 36K views that has louder, clearer audio.)
This is AJ's version of the Screamin' Jay Hawkins 1956 song. BTW, that is him on the candle at the beginning. AJ arranged this... at 9 years old.
Happy Birthday Angelina!
Another spell was cast by 9yo Angelina.
Let’s analyze the video:
1st you see how small and cute she is.
2nd you see she is barefoot (story below)
3rd You see her making her “Wish List” of suggested changes to the song.
4th the band leader taking note of the changes.
5th Angelina is holding a candle with “Screemin’ Jay Hawkin’s (original artist 1956) picture on it.
6th the old soul in her voice.
She is the youngest published author in Norway. Angelina wrote and her Grandmother illustrated a book about why she sings barefoot. She was on a trip to Iran where her grandmother is from and met a street girl weighing people for money. Angelina sat and talked with the girl. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, a doctor but that it could never happen. Angelina told her to never give up hope. The girl complimented Angelina on her shoes and Angelina noticed her scarred bare feet so she gave them to her, and the little girl told Angelina she would pray for her every day. Angelina sings barefoot to this day to remind herself (and the world) that there are still children in need. All book proceeds go to charity.
*Why Angelina always performs barefoot*
At age 6, while traveling in the Middle East with her mother and grandmother, Angelina noticed a girl around her age standing on the side of the road, asking people to step on her bathroom scale to be weighed in hopes of getting some money. Angelina took off her shoes so as to not get the scale dirty and stepped on the scale many times to make the girl feel better.
Angelina befriends the girl who was not wearing shoes and has scars on her feet, and learns she is an orphan. The orphan girl tells Angelina how beautiful she thinks her shoes are. Angelina says her shoes don’t fit her well and she wants to give her shoes to the orphan girl who thanks Angelina for giving her the shoes.
Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, “I want to become a doctor, but that will never happen since I have no parents and I have siblings so I have to do whatever is necessary for us to survive.” Angelina told the girl to never give up on her dreams. The poor girl asked Angelina what she wanted to be when she grew up and Angelina replied that she wanted to sing for the whole world. The poor girl said she would pray every day so Angelina’s dream would come true.
Angelina still says she thinks of that homeless girl every day and has always performed barefoot to remind her of all the children who are less fortunate. At age 9, she became the youngest published author in Norway’s history by writing a book about this encounter in the Middle East.
Please go to Angelina's official website to purchase her book.
Thanks Andy. So many people get this wrong. They are, in a way, putting an undue burden and expectation on AJ for something she never claimed.
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Not quite J. D, Chk this interview she give AGT before singing Bohemian Rhapsody. Angelina tells the story on her AGT pre-show interview... Never once did she say she dusted her feet not to dirty the scale... He embellished some, which is disrespectful to Angelina... Her fans need to be accurate. I requested the link to the video where she states it, but never provided it.. this time around, omitted what I pointed out.
I can provide you another video he claims she said something and it's just not true... I believe this contributes to much misinformation provided to reactors who then pass it on... I respect that we are anxious to be very well informed and pass it on... But we should be cognizant of it's validity. Peace to you both. Thnx and HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGELINA 🎂🎉🎶👏🏻🎊🎉🎶💕🎹🎵🎷🎤🎼
@@gottabeemee Andy’s description closely follows the story in her book. In her book, based on her diary entries from that day, she says she removed her shoes and stepped on the scale several times. Just as Andy indicated. As a matter of fact I think some of Andy’s narrative is taken, or paraphrased, straight from the book.
Have you read her book? Because I have. That’s how I know Andy’s explanation so closely resembles what she herself wrote. If not I would highly recommend it if you want to be well informed. You can get it on her website and all profits go to charity.
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Thnx John...just doesn't make sense to paraphrase when it's proper writing to put quotation marks around anything being documented from the source. I've always seen that some folks actually say in the comments quote or excerpt from the book and at the bottom put helpful info on purchasing it, which he did do. I appreciate your comment, PEACE Fellow Angel!
@@gottabeemee That may be. It’s been many years since I studied composition. But Andy, I think, is just trying to be as accurate as possible while at the same time condensing a few pages out of a book into a digestible comment. He seems to care a lot about AJ and righting all the rumors that are replete on YT.
Phenomenal.. never heard or seen her before that's unreal!! 😳👍😎🏴🇬🇧
She arranged this performance with the band. She does it all
Angelina jordan astar is definitly the goddess of music and vocal and she is the boss from this arrangement, with 9 years old, and her voice is crazy, absolutly under control, low and high, ruspy..of sure talented, but she is always hard working on her voice and music, since she is on earth. She have so much disciplin, and this is importent, not much humens have such a disciplin. She is the new DIVA ever 👑♥️🌹💫
Second time watching you lady react to Angelina and I have subscribed. Excited to watch you on this journey and lots more jawdropping to come.
I'm so ready to see you react to everything she has!!
Hello... I'm subscribing to your channel just because of our Princess ❤️ Angelina Jordan
Very nice reaction. 👍
Your hair is beautiful.
Great reaction..thank you!
Great reaction. Try It's a man's world when she was 11 years old next
Great reaction to this performance! You are witnessing what many consider to be the greatest vocal performance ever by 9-year-old. And, it is only a preview of things to come.
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