I think you might. My little girl was bringing me books on African history, highlighted and annotated passages she thought I would find interesting when only 10yo. She’s not so little anymore. Many of our kids are so bright and talented we just have to nurture them. The future will be bright when it's in their hands, we have to give them the tools for success.
WOW! She nailed this role. Check out the powerful performance of "Strange Fruit" by the amazing 3 MO' DIVAS on the Showbiz Stories channel! A very unique arrangement combined with the rarely heard haunting "Lament"!
To see Billy in this light is beautiful. I watched the movie with Diana Ross many times. And the focus was her drug addiction. Never knew it was more to the story to this extent!💖
@@Diamondintheruff247 right they only wanted everyone to see a portion yet the whole focus was on her singing this song that they still get paranoid with in this era everything offends them yet they were able to do such evil to our people and make us suffer she promised them that their grandchildren their own inheritance were gonna hear this song and the truth about her is more than what the world needed to know andra day taking her stand for billy holiday
I’m glad they didn’t make this too “beautiful” this needs to be as dirty and cruel as it sounds. She did it perfectly. Nothing to be romanticized here, not a song to show off or to make it sound more appropriate. Good job here
I am so sorry these evil things happen. Hatred and evil always walk hand in hand but love and kindness are and will always be stronger because these go with God and He will always defeat the evil ones.🙏🏻Amen I say to you, walk with God!
I will never ever ever live in the south.My son is African-American and Puerto Rican he probably wouldn’t stand a chance at living out there peacefully I’ll stay right in New York City
@@almaacosta781 I'm gonna tell you as a new Yorkers who moved to Florida, nyc is one of the worst cities for black men. We get brainwashed thinking the south is worse but nyc aggressive police tactics is tyranny against black people. I have never seen these practices in florida. I regularly grew up seeing the constant harassment and random aggressive traffic stops while the police try to create a crime. Thank God for cell phones.
Oh no no, and we can not and will not forget our Strange Fruit of Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina! Beautiful Rendition from our Sister, Andra Day.
Same wy I feel about the murder of 6 million Jews killed during WW II. We gotta stop hating, remember the pain, reach out and take care of each other regardless of race, colour or creed and start acting like human beings.
I Hold The Divided States Of A _____ Accountable For All The Hurt, Pain And Preventable Deaths From Pure Hate, P Brutality And Lynchings In This COUNTRY. Racism Is To Me Is Worst Than Any Virus or Plague Because It's A Thought An Emotion One Keeps Inside Fueling With Fire. Unlike A Virus It Can Be Treated With Hopes Of Recovering And Getting Back To Normalcy. "Hate" Hangs On, Often Until The Last Breath Of The Carrier Has Been Taken. WOW!
POWER FULL Lyrics: Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh Here is fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop
4,000 is sad and too many. But, it would be better to sing a song about the hundreds of millions that have died in concentration camps to socialism. Or the hundreds of millions more that have died to starvation under socialism. They also died more recently, so it's more relevant.
Kim Jones/del ham..... It is not Billie Holiday's song. It was written by a white Jewish Communist in the 30's. This version is a weak attempt at mimicking Billie's. I don't think anyone can hold a candle to her version and especially given what was going on at the time made it ever the more poignant, but Jeff Buckley does a pretty solid version.
As a child I remember Billie Holiday's version of this it made me weep as an adult I remembers Nina Simone version of this and it made me shed a tear and as a full Room older black African American man this version made me cry This young beautiful African Queen made a beautiful rendition of this thank you😔😔😔😔
I’m crying and shit I feel this spiritually that’s our people man hung us like decoration// we are the people of the land but to disrespect us in such a way is sick
Not only dat They did d lynching after Church to entertain themselves with their kids and sometimes they burned them while hanging on d trees . One time they lynched a woman with her 14 years of son at d bridge.....😭😭😭😭😭😭 Am not american but it pains me to my bones when I see and read how blacks r terrorized ..........🤮🤮🤮😠😠😠😭😭😭
Omg this is soo amazing! But can you imagine it over vinyl?! I'm getting goose bumps just thinking about it🤤 (well like more goosebumps on top of the ones I already have from listening)
Andra Day, thank you. I am forever changed from this day forward because of your voice and the message you've shared within these lyrics. I'm in awe and unable to adequately express the compassion I feel for families who have been forced to endure such horror because of their heritage, because of the color of their skin. I firmly agree that in order to heal you must first be able to tell the truth about your history of racial terror and injustice. God bless you on your journey. Thank you for helping me start mine. Steve Parkinson
Wow... I just finished watching this movie. . . I’m a Latina .. and I CRIED MY HEART OUT. I will never have the correct words to express how sorry I am ... how all of this angers me .. saddens me .. & for as long as I shall live I will speak up and defend our brothers and sisters. Billie would be so proud of this remake. Much love to everyone 🤍🤍
I had never heard this song until I watched the movie where she played Billie Holiday and I think it was so brave of her to keep singing this song. Everyone should listen to it.
Awesome movie glad Mrs Holiday is being honored in this way she has been overlooked for so long thank you Mrs Day for the amazing job you did you both are so beautiful and amazing singers 💜💜🌺🌺
It makes me wonder if that is what it would take to have healing in the nation... or would it just make things worse? We speak blessings or curses on each other. What we do more of and focus on will manifest for all of us. Beautiful Performance Andra Day.
The movie was awesome. Andra is impeccable in her performance. Her voice flawless as Billie. She left me in awe and so very proud. I add to the likes of Ms. Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Angela Bassett, Octavia Spencer, Keri Washington all of my melanin sistas who bear their souls to bring us greatness. Andra, you are extraordinary!
My high school jazz band was gonna play this during black history month and we weren't allowed to because it made them uncomfortable 😔but it's a history lesson within this music people need to remember
I am just now hearing this song and I absolutely LOVE IT... I just found her over the weekend and I have been listening to her songs for 3 days now... Its Monday!!!
Her instrument - her gift....Gives me chills! Andra's delivery of this message is nothing short of "Message"....She so reminds me of Billie Holiday's tonal sound...Simply beautiful.
I'm so glad to see her portray Billie Holiday. Cassandra Batie is Eleonora Fagan reincarnated. Never forget Lady Sings the Blues (1972). I'm sure some of you aren't old enough but it stars the incomparable Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams. Let's make it rise again as well.
I stumbled upon this video and i gotta say, your voice is amazing. I had to go back and listen to more of your music and i am a new and forever fan. Thank you for your voice and soul full uniqueness.
This video , this song . Shows the resilience of our people fir something soooo beautiful in the fork of music to come from such pain , hatred and inhumanity is astounding . Rise up ye mighty race! Accomplish what you will .
This song was written by a white Jewish Communist 80 years ago. Who makes up your "tribe"? I think there is a lot more out there that can actually be done besides covering a song to better the "tribe".
This song is very moving and empowering. You are right in order to heal from this we must tell the truth and no mater who it was. They were and are still important today because no one deserved the life they were forced into. These people died and their story needs to be told by someone. It is important to be thankful to the ones that ended slavery and the racial things that were happening because we could have been them.
This song is always raw but boy did Adra and production do an incredible job with this. The raw emotion, the pain, the trauma, the anger, the hurt.... They did INCREDIBLE.
This treatment that predates her stunning, award-winning performance is powerful in its own right. The snare and amorphous shimmering guitar complete the ghostlike immersive experience. All I can say is Andra DAY-AMMMMM!
Honestly this is my fav rendition, the instrumental fits so perfectly & her raspy jazzy tone & the small moments she does is very genius. I want to hear my girl Jazmine Sullivan sing this too!!
This was beautiful. And so was the message. A flower that grows from blood soaked earth is a powerful message. Remember these things & when done in the right way..all ears can hear..all hearts can feel. Find your moment..don’t ever forget the sufferings of the innocent. When done with civility..real tears on all eyes can fall.
I so wish there had never been any reason for such a song. I brought my 15 year old Son here and to Billie Holidays original to educate him on a history that isn’t talked about enough in UK schools and should be. This version still stirs and shocks your soul like Billie’s always has. An amazing version of a story that has to be told. 😘Xxx
Strange that you are using a song written by a white Jewish Communist to tell your story. I would think that it would be considered white washing or something like that cause it is a black thing and those white people just can't understand.
Robert M Remember back then black voices were silenced or ignored. The media was 90 something percent white. White voices (or Jewish one in this case) were not. Because of this people used whites to help get their message across to the masses.
An amazing woman, beautiful, and extremely talented. So proud of you beautiful queen so deserving of all your blessings, congratulations to you, Golden Globes: Andra Day, becomes "First Black Best Actress Winner in 35 Years!" Praise God!
Omlola Otekunrin I can’t stop. Looking at my three sons and thinking back to such a difficult time for my ancestors... Makes it all burn deeply in my soul.
Andra Day, u got me over the moon. You are just out of this world, Girl. too, what an important song. I am so sorry for what African Americans had to go through in the South. There are no words. I am sorry to anyone reading this who’s bloodline was negatively affected by that shameful time in history.
Thank you Andra Day for keeping this song alive and in our memories. Lynching continues today in many forms especially in police brutality. Someone needs to write and sing a ballad about those murders.
This song gives me chills and fear just comes all over me. It is so sad. But the original version makes me feel a lot sadder. Andra Day did great. The way she sung it didn't scare me as much.
What a wonderful way to grow!! God has blessed you and put it in your heart early on! Proud of you. Keep growing in love and Music!! You are a legend in the making! I speak an Oscar over your life sister!. Best Wishes! God Bless
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People be sleeping on Andra Day. Her voice is amazing. Chills all over.
yael8907 did you see her tiny desk concert ? 😩💜 omg it was perfect !
No i didn't see it yet. But I will watch it. Thanks!
Facts
She's amazing
I agree more than you know.
My nine yr old daughter just made me listen to Andra Day. I think I have the best little girl 👧🏽 in the universe.
I think you might. My little girl was bringing me books on African history, highlighted and annotated passages she thought I would find interesting when only 10yo. She’s not so little anymore. Many of our kids are so bright and talented we just have to nurture them. The future will be bright when it's in their hands, we have to give them the tools for success.
You do... cultivate that potential!
Aw i bet shes proud right now
Old soul
It means you raised your daughter to have an impeccable taste in music, and that's great!
She's about to make history doing the movie about Billie holiday can't wait to see it fr fr
WOW! She nailed this role. Check out the powerful performance of "Strange Fruit" by the amazing 3 MO' DIVAS on the Showbiz Stories channel! A very unique arrangement combined with the rarely heard haunting "Lament"!
To see Billy in this light is beautiful. I watched the movie with Diana Ross many times. And the focus was her drug addiction. Never knew it was more to the story to this extent!💖
And now,...she won 🏆 a Golden Globe Award for her role as Billie Holiday
@@showbizstories3586 wow i wanna check that out thank you soo much i appreciate you soo much i know it's electrifying
@@Diamondintheruff247 right they only wanted everyone to see a portion yet the whole focus was on her singing this song that they still get paranoid with in this era everything offends them yet they were able to do such evil to our people and make us suffer she promised them that their grandchildren their own inheritance were gonna hear this song and the truth about her is more than what the world needed to know andra day taking her stand for billy holiday
I’m glad they didn’t make this too “beautiful” this needs to be as dirty and cruel as it sounds. She did it perfectly. Nothing to be romanticized here, not a song to show off or to make it sound more appropriate.
Good job here
It's a little ominous and broken--perfect!
this version isn't on spotify :(
I hate this song in general 😐
@@briibrii1157 why
@@anonymousunknown6510 because of the history behind it
This is how my people were treated let the realness of these lyrics sink into your souls
Please, speak on it! We are the most hated, yet most emulated race on this earth.
@@leanonlene222 exactly and that is painful to think about
I learned to love Billi Holiday when I was a teenager, she was one of my favorites, Ms. Holiday passed away when I was a year old.
I am so sorry these evil things happen. Hatred and evil always walk hand in hand but love and kindness are and will always be stronger because these go with God and He will always defeat the evil ones.🙏🏻Amen I say to you, walk with God!
@@judymanuel4314 amen brother fr
The sound of the creaking rope destroyed me
I didn’t notice the creaking rope sounds at the beginning of the song until you mentioned it. Poignant
ME TOO!!!!! I GOT PAIN IN MY HEAD 😠😢😢😢😢😢🤧😢😢😢😢❣️😠
That is what it supposed to do ...
That stood out to me to the whole time
And they say we shouldn’t still be traumatized. The emotion that sound evoked shows that “blood trauma” exists. The pain is in our DNA. Period.
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD WINNER 🏆 congratulations Ms. Day
When i saw the tittle i screamed. RIP Billie Holiday and thank you so much for remaking such an important song.
preach sista
I will never ever ever live in the south.My son is African-American and Puerto Rican he probably wouldn’t stand a chance at living out there peacefully I’ll stay right in New York City
I heard in the news as of 2020, last year , this is still going on. I hope families get the truth.
@@almaacosta781 what part of the south
@@almaacosta781 I'm gonna tell you as a new Yorkers who moved to Florida, nyc is one of the worst cities for black men. We get brainwashed thinking the south is worse but nyc aggressive police tactics is tyranny against black people. I have never seen these practices in florida. I regularly grew up seeing the constant harassment and random aggressive traffic stops while the police try to create a crime. Thank God for cell phones.
So glad she got the main role in the film about Billie...
Oh no no, and we can not and will not forget our Strange Fruit of Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina! Beautiful Rendition from our Sister, Andra Day.
Same wy I feel about the murder of 6 million Jews killed during WW II. We gotta stop hating, remember the pain, reach out and take care of each other regardless of race, colour or creed and start acting like human beings.
Its always amazing to see the amounts of hate when we do anything to remember and honor the past. Great remake of an iconic song... Thank you.
Thank you for saying it!!!! It’s beyond ridiculous! But we still shine right through it like we always do 🙌🏾!
@@brimaelynn9557 Yeah but they have no problem memorializing the Houlocaust...which didn't even happen on American soil. 😒
@@rheeryder2524 Who's "they"?
Who’s listening to this in 2020 crying? I am.
I am!
MAKE THAT 2021 I'M CRYING !!!
I'm crying watching the movie, literally
I'm white non stop crying. There's 2 museums in Whitney plantation WALLACE in Louisiana and Montgomery Alabama. Today's lynchings are worst 2000-2021
2021
Anti-lynching law still isn't passed.
So sad.
I Hold The Divided States Of A _____
Accountable For All The Hurt, Pain
And Preventable Deaths From Pure
Hate, P Brutality And Lynchings In
This COUNTRY.
Racism Is To Me Is Worst Than Any
Virus or Plague Because It's A Thought
An Emotion One Keeps Inside Fueling
With Fire.
Unlike A Virus It Can Be Treated With
Hopes Of Recovering And Getting
Back To Normalcy.
"Hate" Hangs On, Often Until The
Last Breath Of The Carrier Has
Been Taken.
WOW!
I know they passed an anti Asian hate law tho 🐸☕
It’s a good thing they don’t need that law anymore then isn’t it?!
@@codyd.1415 People were still being lynched in 2020. Is this sarcasm?
I can't believe that!!
POWER FULL
Lyrics:
Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop
C Sing Thank you for writing the words out.
Brutal, brilliant and necessary.
C Sing thank you
Originally recorded in 1939 by Billie Holiday and written by a teacher Abel Meeropol (the son of Jewish Russian immigrants) in 1936.
4,000 is sad and too many. But, it would be better to sing a song about the hundreds of millions that have died in concentration camps to socialism. Or the hundreds of millions more that have died to starvation under socialism. They also died more recently, so it's more relevant.
She made this 3 years ago . Fast forward shes playing BILLIE HOLLIDAY . I DONT CARE THAT WAS DESTINY
And the lynchings continue....
Facts.
@@golden50snomad52 Exactly. Smdh
TOO coincidental!
ive watched the movie tho
Such a powerful song and hauntingly, beautifully sung by one of the best artists of our generation.
Kateri Cochran I get chills Everytime I hear this.
A great remake of Ms Billie Holiday’s song; the same haunting feeling of the evils that were taking place.
The original song is by Billie Holiday still very #DOPE
Ancestors testifying through our children.
Kim Jones/del ham..... It is not Billie Holiday's song. It was written by a white Jewish Communist in the 30's. This version is a weak attempt at mimicking Billie's. I don't think anyone can hold a candle to her version and especially given what was going on at the time made it ever the more poignant, but Jeff Buckley does a pretty solid version.
The pain, the trauma, stolen legacy...all in one. She performed so well.
The pain in her face and voice.. the rope creaking...chills.
The rope creaking gave me chills... And not in a good way. 😢
I heard this song years ago and didn’t notice the rope creaking. That makes it more ominous and dark.
As a child I remember Billie Holiday's version of this it made me weep as an adult I remembers Nina Simone version of this and it made me shed a tear and as a full Room older black African American man this version made me cry This young beautiful African Queen made a beautiful rendition of this thank you😔😔😔😔
NEVER AGAIN AND NEVER FORGET! Thank you for this. Rip Billie Holiday.
She has Holiday's voice -- that little catch when she tests her range. That's Billie all over.
Excited that she is playing Billie Holiday in her bio pic. She will do her justice
And she did.
Billie Holiday would be proud 💕💕
That’s a given 💯
I’m crying and shit I feel this spiritually that’s our people man hung us like decoration// we are the people of the land but to disrespect us in such a way is sick
Not only dat
They did d lynching after Church to entertain themselves with their kids and sometimes they burned them while hanging on d trees .
One time they lynched a woman with her 14 years of son at d bridge.....😭😭😭😭😭😭
Am not american but it pains me to my bones when I see and read how blacks r terrorized ..........🤮🤮🤮😠😠😠😭😭😭
I just love this old blues feeling like if you agree🙌😌
2021: SHE'S PLAYING MS. HOLIDAY
She sounds exactly like her presently.
They couldn’t have picked a more perfect soul...✨🥰
And I Can Not Wait 💯
So excited to see this film with her
Now i need hulu lol. I cant wait to see this movie.
This is simply the most magnificent thing I have witnessed this year. THIS is music. She slayed this amazing Billy song.
Omg this is soo amazing! But can you imagine it over vinyl?! I'm getting goose bumps just thinking about it🤤 (well like more goosebumps on top of the ones I already have from listening)
Andra Day, thank you. I am forever changed from this day forward because of your voice and the message you've shared within these lyrics. I'm in awe and unable to adequately express the compassion I feel for families who have been forced to endure such horror because of their heritage, because of the color of their skin. I firmly agree that in order to heal you must first be able to tell the truth about your history of racial terror and injustice.
God bless you on your journey. Thank you for helping me start mine.
Steve Parkinson
Agree with every word you said 1000% xxxx
Andra Day's voice makes my bones chill and tears to my eyes, I love her voice. Sang sis! Saaang
My mind just went blank and I said nothing and just stared nowhere for minutes after listening to this. This is truly breathtaking.
I'm grateful to God for giving Andra this gift. I'm even more appreciative that I am alive to appreciate seeing her use it!
Inspiring And Powerful!
Our history keeps us alive and foward to be better everyday, thank you Andra for sending this message to the world♥
Just by reading the opening credits i know it would be a meaningful song and that she would fucking slay me with those vocals of gold.
You do know its a cover right?
This is a Billie Holiday ORIGINAL :)
KOFI SAFORO Nina Simone did a GREAT version too...gets all in ya soul
Wow... I just finished watching this movie. . . I’m a Latina .. and I CRIED MY HEART OUT. I will never have the correct words to express how sorry I am ... how all of this angers me .. saddens me .. & for as long as I shall live I will speak up and defend our brothers and sisters. Billie would be so proud of this remake. Much love to everyone 🤍🤍
🫶🏾
It chills me to see the sites of these murders. So little has changed. In many ways.
Doris Barkler Trees tell stories of history.
this version is amazing. thanks to you Andra and all involved to help push forward this very much needed initiative.
LA_5333 More division? 😒
division of what?
Absolutely 👍👌👍👌💯
I had never heard this song until I watched the movie where she played Billie Holiday and I think it was so brave of her to keep singing this song. Everyone should listen to it.
Such a powerful and possessive song...Lord I'm feeling so spiritual right now
Bro she's way underrated!! Amazing song amazing voice amazing presence! .IN LOVE. 🔥
This is Ella, Nina and Billie in one person
Yes honey!!! I wanna hear her song four women by Nina
Awesome movie glad Mrs Holiday is being honored in this way she has been overlooked for so long thank you Mrs Day for the amazing job you did you both are so beautiful and amazing singers 💜💜🌺🌺
andra's voice is unmatched. 😭
your music reaches a part of my soul that no one else has dared to reach. thank you again andra
It makes me wonder if that is what it would take to have healing in the nation... or would it just make things worse? We speak blessings or curses on each other. What we do more of and focus on will manifest for all of us. Beautiful Performance Andra Day.
Cant wait to see her song this as Billie in the film.
I don't think anyone else could have portrayed THE LEGENDARY BILLIE HOLIDAY on film besides Andra....hats off & standing ovation from Memphis
So admirable and honorable. Thank you for being apart of the "truth telling" initiative.
I'm so glad Andra did indeed rework her vocal stylizing for the film. Andra, BRAVO!!!!! I hope she scores an Oscar for her for portraying Billie
I remember when I heard this song years ago, it totally broke me to pieces. Here I am sobbing again..
this showed up as a sponsored ad and I was immediately hooked...this is such a beautiful song...I still have goosebumps.
The sound, her voice, and the emotion are such a great ode to Billie. ❤ A favorite of mine since I was young. Thank you!
The movie was awesome. Andra is impeccable in her performance. Her voice flawless as Billie. She left me in awe and so very proud. I add to the likes of Ms. Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Angela Bassett, Octavia Spencer, Keri Washington all of my melanin sistas who bear their souls to bring us greatness.
Andra, you are extraordinary!
My high school jazz band was gonna play this during black history month and we weren't allowed to because it made them uncomfortable 😔but it's a history lesson within this music people need to remember
I am just now hearing this song and I absolutely LOVE IT... I just found her over the weekend and I have been listening to her songs for 3 days now... Its Monday!!!
I only thought Billie and Nina could do this hauntingly beautiful song justice and I stand proudly corrected.😳🥺This is immaculate!!❤️👑
Her instrument - her gift....Gives me chills! Andra's delivery of this message is nothing short of "Message"....She so reminds me of Billie Holiday's tonal sound...Simply beautiful.
I'm so glad to see her portray Billie Holiday. Cassandra Batie is Eleonora Fagan reincarnated.
Never forget Lady Sings the Blues (1972). I'm sure some of you aren't old enough but it stars the incomparable Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams. Let's make it rise again as well.
WATCHED! It was like Ms. Holiday was brought back to life! Ms. Day embodied that Role. Yes!! Grandchildren are singing this Song!!!
just so underrated, yet still on slay
Dorothy Blair Sadly, and somehow, this level of talent often is Dorothy. It's just too much for "everyone" to recognize
This was an ad which I ALWAYS skip. Probably the only ad I've ever enjoyed. This was so heart touching.
Billie holiday would’ve been so honored to see her work😩 she played her so well
I stumbled upon this video and i gotta say, your voice is amazing. I had to go back and listen to more of your music and i am a new and forever fan. Thank you for your voice and soul full uniqueness.
This video , this song . Shows the resilience of our people fir something soooo beautiful in the fork of music to come from such pain , hatred and inhumanity is astounding . Rise up ye mighty race! Accomplish what you will .
"Our" people?
There's just people mane.
Every nation, and every race, has done something horrible. Tribalism is the vehicle for dehumanization.
This song was written by a white Jewish Communist 80 years ago. Who makes up your "tribe"? I think there is a lot more out there that can actually be done besides covering a song to better the "tribe".
See how much hate these people STILL hold towards us? Ain't nothing gonna right this wrong but god.
The haunting beauty in her voice, the chains on her wrist, and the scenery all together bring about an emotion I can't explain. This is amazing.
This song makes me emotional every time I listen to it.
I got chills! My father raised us listening to the great Billy Holiday, Muddy waters, Miles Davis and many more! Thank you! I celebrate you everyday😊
This song is very moving and empowering. You are right in order to heal from this we must tell the truth and no mater who it was. They were and are still important today because no one deserved the life they were forced into. These people died and their story needs to be told by someone. It is important to be thankful to the ones that ended slavery and the racial things that were happening because we could have been them.
This song is always raw but boy did Adra and production do an incredible job with this. The raw emotion, the pain, the trauma, the anger, the hurt.... They did INCREDIBLE.
Her voice is Hauntingly beautiful. The song is powerful.
This treatment that predates her stunning, award-winning performance is powerful in its own right. The snare and amorphous shimmering guitar complete the ghostlike immersive experience. All I can say is Andra DAY-AMMMMM!
OH GOD, THIS IS REAL ART! ❤✊
Andra Day not to many words to describe her let’s just say she sang explain this in a way that will always make us tear up for Mrs. Holiday
Honestly this is my fav rendition, the instrumental fits so perfectly & her raspy jazzy tone & the small moments she does is very genius. I want to hear my girl Jazmine Sullivan sing this too!!
This was beautiful. And so was the message. A flower that grows from blood soaked earth is a powerful message. Remember these things & when done in the right way..all ears can hear..all hearts can feel. Find your moment..don’t ever forget the sufferings of the innocent. When done with civility..real tears on all eyes can fall.
Gave me chills love billie holiday
This poem and song literally changed my life at 11 years old and still does now at 31.
I was hoping someone did a cover of this song because it is needed this day in age
I so wish there had never been any reason for such a song. I brought my 15 year old Son here and to Billie Holidays original to educate him on a history that isn’t talked about enough in UK schools and should be. This version still stirs and shocks your soul like Billie’s always has. An amazing version of a story that has to be told. 😘Xxx
Beautiful ❤️ let us not forget our History 🙌🏾
Strange that you are using a song written by a white Jewish Communist to tell your story. I would think that it would be considered white washing or something like that cause it is a black thing and those white people just can't understand.
Robert M
Remember back then black voices were silenced or ignored. The media was 90 something percent white.
White voices (or Jewish one in this case) were not.
Because of this people used whites to help get their message across to the masses.
Thank you God for us having the opportunity to know about Billie Holiday, May god bless your soul R
I.P
now she'll be playing billie holiday in a movie 🥺
Just saw this in a google ad while watching a movie .. paused the movie and had to find it to share it ... super awesome!!!
Her voice reminds me of Erykah Badu at her prime.
JaDe Bay ...YES👏👏👏
Yes!
Sorry, Andra vocals are better
and stronger than Ms. Badu, but
both Queens, MATTERS PEOPLE
PEACE&LOVE
She won the BET Award winning 🏆🏆🏆 Congratulations Andra 🔥🔥🔥👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Y'all I'm crying 😩😭 goosebumps all over
The Queen has made her return🙏🏾✨
Who would know 4yrs later she would be REALLY performing this playing Billie Holiday & winning a Golden Globe! DESTINY!!!
a Heavy song, for a heavy situation. Well done-sung, felt. appropriate video, images also. Stand Up/against People. We shall Overcome.
An amazing woman, beautiful, and extremely talented. So proud of you beautiful queen so deserving of all your blessings, congratulations to you, Golden Globes: Andra Day, becomes "First Black Best Actress Winner in 35 Years!" Praise God!
This made me cry 😭
Omlola Otekunrin me too
I'm not sure how an emotionally functional human being could listen to such a beautiful and devastating song and not be brought to tears.
Omlola Otekunrin I can’t stop. Looking at my three sons and thinking back to such a difficult time for my ancestors... Makes it all burn deeply in my soul.
Billie Holiday did it best she seen those things happen to black people while she was on the road singing. lol history young people !!
Me too 😢
Andra Day, u got me over the moon. You are just out of this world, Girl.
too, what an important song. I am so sorry for what African Americans had to go through in the South. There are no words. I am sorry to anyone reading this who’s bloodline was negatively affected by that shameful time in history.
Thank you Andra Day for keeping this song alive and in our memories. Lynching continues today in many forms especially in police brutality. Someone needs to write and sing a ballad about those murders.
This song gives me chills and fear just comes all over me. It is so sad. But the original version makes me feel a lot sadder. Andra Day did great. The way she sung it didn't scare me as much.
I love her version and Jill Scott I'm downloading this now
Yes!!! I’ve loved Andra for years her voice is amazing - Rise up is brilliant but this is whole new level - bring on the movie 💯👊🏾❤️
Gotta use this for my tv show
In my opinion, there are just very few singers today that I feel are true singers. Andra Day is one of them.
I LOVE U SO MUCH MY QUEEN
What a wonderful way to grow!! God has blessed you and put it in your heart early on! Proud of you. Keep growing in love and Music!! You are a legend in the making! I speak an Oscar over your life sister!. Best Wishes! God Bless