Regina Reaction Baby Love (YALL SURE THIS AIN'T MADONNA CICCONE?!) | Empress Reacts 80s Pop Music
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"Baby Love" is a 1986 song by American singer Regina. The single hit number one on the dance charts for two weeks in mid-1986.[1] The single crossed over to the pop singles chart, where it peaked at #10 on Billboard's Hot 100, and at #30 on the Billboard Soul Singles chart. "Baby Love" would be her only single to chart on both the Pop and Soul Singles charts,[2] but several follow up singles charted on the dance chart.
The song was written by Stephen Bray, Regina Richards & Mary Kessler. Bray had written several hits for Madonna, and "Baby Love" was actually intended for her to record. After she declined, Regina recorded the vocal herself in late 1985, though with Bray's production it sounded similar to Madonna's other recordings of the time and was sometimes mistaken for one.[3]
Although recorded the same year, the first released version of the song was by Dutch girl group The Star Sisters, who released it on their 1985 album Danger."Vogue" is a song by American singer Madonna from her second soundtrack album I'm Breathless (1990). It was released as the first single from the album on March 27, 1990, by Sire Records.
So this begins the era when everyone wanted to be Madonna.
i see💯
I actually look after Regina nowadays 😊 I don’t know exactly where the rumor started that this was offered to Madonna. Other songs she and Steve had written were offered to her but Regina doesn’t recall this one. People seem to miss the fact that she co-wrote this and wasn’t just brought in off the street lol. She also had a band (called Regina Richards And Red Hot, who recorded an album) before Madonna was even an established artist, and in fact worked with Madonna on the demos that got her a deal with Sire. Regina is an incredibly talented and versatile artist in her own right (trust me!) and I’m sad this “copycat” thing persists 35 years after the fact. Listen to more of her material and check it out. 😋
WOW! Empress I remember this song and I am GUILTY! LOL! ALL these years I thought is was Madonna! LOL!
😂 believable
One person's garbage is another person's treasure, that's what this song is.
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If you think Regina was the only artist who was mistaken for Madonna. Listen to Alisha's "Baby Talk" and "Too Turned On. Or " All Night Pasion". All of them in one way or another worked with the same producers or writers. (I think his name was Stephen Bray)That's why they sounded so similar.
I saw her sing this at a disco in LA when this came out. Her vocal was live and she sounded good. You can't deny how much she sounds like Madonna. This happens a lot when a songwriter or producer like Stephen Bray has a recognizable style and sound for anyone he produces. I actually like this song a lot. I bought the 12" version.
Regina and Stephen Bray actually wrote the song and tried to sell it to Madonna but she declined it apparently. However, it’s said Regina actually helped Madonna back in the dayvwith harmonies. The record label decided then Regina herself should release it and it became a top 10 hit.
ah, now this is interesting! so regina was like an acquaintance that possibly help madonna improve her singing, so its possible madonna could have bit regina style? 😂
@@EmpressReacts I've listened to some of her music when she was Regina Richards and Red Hot and she sounds more Debbie Harry than Madonna but yours is still an astute hypothesis. This is why I like your channel. I appreciate your 3 dimensional thinking, Empress!
@@dannyabe6452 thank u!!! and hmmm this debbie harry sound thing has me curious. I ❤ her😁
They sound alike because this was the vibe back then. Check out Exposé “Let Me Be The One” or “Come Go With Me” for a similar sound.
Yes, you went there with Exposé! Their debut album had me forgetting about Madonna for a while. Gioia's voice melted me so easily!
wow! forgetting about madonna 👀 they must've been 🔥
Empress - they were, at one point in music history, the most successful female trio, overtaking The Supremes in chart success. But later girl groups like TLC and Destiny's Child took the crown. Gigi's is the dark-hair, Italian, Jeannette the Filipina, and Ann the blonde. Jeannette was lead on lots of their songs. They went thru some drama, Gioia left and was replaced by some other girl who I don't remember her name.
You are so wonderful Empress! your spirit is amazing
Thank you so much!
Hehe... so Madonna.. I always heard it in her voice and the rythym when this was released.👀👀👀
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You should listen to Stacey Q 2 of Hearts. This song too sounds like a Madonna song too.
Also in the Two Of Hearts video, she does the removing sunglasses like Madonna in Lucky Star. Love her debut album.
thanx for the recommendation❤✅
Stephen Bray wrote this and it was intended for Madonna, but she declined.
ah-ha! i figured it was a situation like that 😂 not sure how it would've changed/impacted madonna's trajectory, but i think she should've gave this song a shot...but que sera, que sera
Hope they're still on good terms.
AWESOME FACT!!! Thank You!!! I always thought that. Madonna would have KILLED IT. 💄💄💄🔥🔥🔥
It still went Hot 100 Top 10.
Not exactly true. And Regina co-wrote!
I always thought it was Madonna back in the day.
I can totally see how 😂
It has to be noted that Madonna and Stephen bray traded songwriting credits back in the day. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s Madonna in the background. We will never know.
@gerry owen Can you (or someone who knows) explain that to me? Trading songwriting credits? Why not list both as songwriters? Also, could that mean Madonna may have done some initial demo vocals and they were possibly kept as backing vocals when she ultimately turned down the song to have it “sound” like Madonna?
Tom Robinson hey, in the early days Madonna and Stephen bray wrote a lot of songs together but trading credits. Stephen had sole credit on ain’t no big deal in exchange for everybody which Madonna had sole credit. It is possible that she recorded it and they left her backing vocals on it just like ‘each time ‘.
interesting!
@@gerryowen4200 Great info. Thank you! Who released “Each Time?”
@@gerryowen4200 Ahhh... Each Time You Break My Heart by Nick Kamen. Just listened to it and those are definitely Madonna’s vocals in the background! She’s all over that song! 💡
We all thought it was Madonna when it came out.
😂i bet
This was an original song.The Supremes had a hit back in the '60s with a song with the same title but it is not the same song.Regina sounds incredibly like Madonna. When I first heard this back in 1986 I actually thought it was Madonna. I did not find out that it wasn't Madonna until I went to the record store looking for it and that is when I found out that it was by Regina and not Madonna. The reason why this song sounds like a Madonna song is because Stephen Bray co-wrote this song and he co-wrote a few of Madonna's early hits like "Into the Groove".He also dated Madonna before she became famous. The producers were looking for someone who sounded like Madonna to sing it so they found Regina. Stephen Bray was also part of a band called "Breakfast Club". " "Breakfast Club" was a group that Madonna was in and used to play drums for.She left to form a band called "Emmy and the Emmys" for which Bray became a member of. Bray eventually left "Emmy and the Emmys" to join the "Breakfast Club "group. Soon Madonna's career took off and Bray began focusing on writing and producing for Madonna so he left "Breakfast Club" in order to focus on that. He rejoined the group later after Madonna found success. The group went on to have a couple of minor hits one of their own one of them being "Right on Track" but they are generally considered to be one hit wonders.There a lot of Madonna clones around at that time trying to cash in on Madonna's success and sound.I remember a group called "Candi"(also known as "Candi and the Backbeat"). They were a music group of Italian-Canadians whose lead singer Candita "Candi" Pennella also sounded like Madonna when she sang. They only had a couple of hits in the U.S.: "Under Your Spell' and "Dancing Under a Latin Moon".In both these songs Candi sounds like Madonna ("Under Your Spell" in particular ). Both these songs by Candi I found on UA-cam. You can listen and judge for yourself. I liked the group well enough to buy their album because I like these two songs. I did not hold it against its lead singer,Candita "Candi" Pennella, that she sounded like Madonna I just enjoyed their music.
Wow thanks for the context!
Holy Crap, I've never heard this before. I'm shook at pure Madonna qualities. Madonna must have accidentally dropped one of her demo cassettes on the subway and this girl found it, lol.
😂right!!!
No, not true. If you do your research, you will find Madonna used to be friends with Regina. Also Regina is on backing vocals of some of her early tracks alongside Gary Burke from Breakfast Club around 1980 ( Her Emmy Drowning/No Time For Love era) Regina and her other bandmate Nez from "Regina Richards And Red Hot" alongside Stephen Bray producing, recorded and engineered her first demos that got Madonna signed to Sire Records.(Ain't No Big Deal/Everybody/Stay/Don't You Know) Regina had in 1980 already signed a record deal with A&M Records and under her band Regina Richards And Red Hot, released an album by 1981. Check it out here open.spotify.com/album/2ldkr8rfNr9aRElxchf0Rj. Baby Love/Love Time/Get On With The Nite and Shake And Tremble were written by Regina and Stephen Bray with Madonna in mind, and she didn't record them. So Regina recorded Baby Love herself and the rest is history.
@@antrich1980 wow, I had no clue. The Pre-madonna era is one of my weak spots
@@mikeysmusic Get revising :) I also know a lot as I am friends with Breakfast Club and I look after them online as well
It did sound like Madonna. It was a goot dance track too
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This crazy because Empress I was going to hit you with a message to let you know there was an artist that sounded like Madonna.😯 Regina's Baby Love was her only hit. So many people thought that Madonna who released that song. Baby Love get heavy rotation from me now!!
wow we're sooo vibin! isn't this the second time some psychic 💩 like this has happened 😂? and wow, she could never get from under that madonna wave she was riding
@@EmpressReacts Madonna fans clamped that down real quick. They felt like the music industry was trying to create another Madonna or find someone to capitalize on the Madonna "sound". The industry do mess like that. Madonna fans said hell to the no. By then, Madonna was huge. She was the Queen of Pop. Regina from no fault of her own never stood a chance. It's tough when someone comes 1st and that person becomes a phenom Babylove is still a great song! ❤Regina I'm sure was talented. There's definitely more to the story. Was it meant for Madonna? It has always been a mystery to me🤔
I thought it was Madonna till few weeks ago
Regina wasn't the only artist back then who was constantly mistaken for Madonna. Listen to Alisha's "Baby Talk" and "Too Turned On".
Regin's "success " wa mainly on the Dance charts. Baby Love" was basically her only crossover hit. She had oth we songs. Beat of Love, Head On, Extraordinary Love...
Man this is getting me so nostalgic, I remember this song. Now that you mention it, I think I actually thought back then that it was Madonna, it sounds just like her. I think it's the fact that I've never seen the music video so I legit thought it was Madonna when it was playing on the radio.
i bet! i would;ve def thought the same. uncanny😂
holy cow! I forgot about this song! Again you’re playing songs I haven’t heard on any other reaction videos or radio lol! Definitely going to put this in my 80s playlist 👍
it's 🔥🔥 right
Ohhh damn empress you digging up treasures 😂😂. Great song. Haven’t heard it in ages!! Almost forgot about that song yeah she does sound like Madonna for sure. Gurl I like your shovel! I bet is encrusted in Gold and diamonds. 😁💎
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Alisha was another one who took Madonna signature sounds of the time
👀 another one with 1 name❓😂 geez they were really copying! gonna have to give her song a lusten
oh wow! dang
Summer 1986. Great song. Great times.
This is a brilliant track and yeah I can hear a bit of Madge in those vocals!
right!🔥
Gurl. You make my day. Honestly. Thank You. Life is too real right now ... and you honestly make me Happy. 🌈🌈🌈
so glad i can be a source of 🌞
I remember as a kid I would get upset when I heard someone that sounded like Madonna and Janet 😂😂🤷🏻♂️
AKASHA🦇🦇🦇
who is akasha?😂
I cannot wait for the day I come to your channel and see you with 500k+ subscribers 💓🙏
Agree! I see huge numbers on a channel recently in the news. But I’ve never seen a better and more knowledgeable reactor than Empress.
oh wow, thank u!!!😍😍
thank u!!! that's really sweet❤
Regina had a couple of more bangers on her album. Sentimental Love was one of them
Dannii Minogue has a version too
👀kylie's sister?😆
Yep....Danni also used Madonna’s ‘Into The Groove’ as a sample in a remix of her song ‘Don’t Want To Lose This Groove/Feeling’
@@craigjohnson4819 😂 I guess the only thing left to add is the Disco Christmas Duet with Kylie ‘100 degrees’ I guess 37.8 degrees C doesn’t have the same ring too it.
I heard it on the radio...they played it a lot back in the day.
i bet they did! this song sounds perfect for radio😂🔥
Next try E.G. Daily (another Stephen Bray co-hort), especially Say It, Say It and Nick Kamen.
It sounds like a Stephen Bray track.....I think you’re right (like usual) it’s an unused Madonna track
gotta be, right😂
you're absolutely gorgeous !!!!!
Thank you!!
wow 😂😂😂😂😂..Madonna spirit on it!
The music reminds me a bit of get into the groove...the beginning
i haven't heard that song yet
I forgot about this song!
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I’ve never heard this before. I only know the Dannii Minogue version (Kylie’s sister!)
👀 gotta listen to kylie's sister version😂💯
I bought the 12' remix of Baby Love cause I liked the Stephen Bray production. But I've lost the record 😔
s/o regina 😂
Awwwwww Aaliyah 😭 “Are You That Somebody” is a tuuuuune!! Sleep, sleep, sleep 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 There will never be another!! 😇 OMG this was giving me major “Think Of Me” vibes 😲... I have a funny feeling that Dannii Minogue covered this song or sampled it very early on in her music career!?!? I may be wrong? This is a bop though 🤣🤣🤣
Madonna's gave Dannii permission to sample Into The Groove. Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling, I think that's the name of the song.
@@p6833 Oh yessss I absolutely loved “Don’t Wanna Lose This Feeling” and the Madonna sample version “Don’t Wanna Lose This Groove” 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻❤️❤️❤️ Amazing song! But Dannii defo cover or sampled Baby Love I’m certain of it... I think it was on an album from the early nineties but may be wrong!??
Ian Blake - not sure myself, but if you find out let me know😄
RIP Aaliyah🙏 and i gotta hear Kylie's sister version 😂😂
@@EmpressReacts managed to find it... I thought she had covered it but couldn’t be certain ua-cam.com/video/AJSwmFUFBNE/v-deo.html
What’s been so interesting about watching your reactions is having “light bulb moments” when you (and I) realize that (all) music is connected... that a singer, producer, songwriter or a DJ puts something out there and it creates ripples... literally sound waves that reappear in other works. I’ve always loved Madonna, but I’m truly impressed how she developed her “sound” over time, literally building on each collaboration (ahem relationship). Hearing Baby Love by Regina again (I have the CD somewhere) and discovering it was written by Stephen Bray for Madonna is one of those light bulb moments for me. Also seems like Madonna remained on good terms with all her exes.
Regina had another song that I really liked too Extraordinary Love I think it's called. The remix was so good.
so true! it's all connected. what's interesting about this, since I know who the songwriter is, i wonder how madonna felt hearing this clone written and produced by her friend who used to have benefits 😂😂 like i would've been done with him then. that's disloyal in my book because what if regina gave her a run for her money, but then from stephen perspective's i understand he needed 💰 too, but then its just still lame 😂
@@EmpressReacts True. I think that’s how most of us would feel. But I’m starting to see that Madonna was driven in a way few people are and I think her confidence was building at this point. Perhaps she understood that a songwriter needs an artist to record their song in order to make coin? And apparently from other comments here it seems Regina not only wrote the song with Stephen Bray with Madonna in mind, she also helped Madonna with harmonizing. So maybe M declined the song and was happy for Regina to record it?? Anyway, I sure would like to know what was going through Madonna’s mind when this song started to take off and then reached #1 on the dance chart...
@@tomrobinsondc right, did she feel like regina was a threat for a short time? 🤣 we'll never know. 💯
@@EmpressReacts And the name Regina does mean “Queen” and we all know there can only be one Queen... of Pop... M might’ve had to check her and be like “no more throwaway songs for you bish” 🤣
actually, the song was intended for madonna. but maddy declined to do the song. so, regina richard,one of the writer of this song together with steve bray, had decided to record it, and it reached no.10 on billboard hot 100.
Never heard it! It sounds a bit like 'spotlight' by Madonna.
ElGabriel - It's definitely that Stephen Bray production. You get the similar sound with Breakfast Club "Right OnTrack".
i haven't heard spotlight yet
@@EmpressReacts Spotlight is a bit later, 1987 on her 'You can Dance' Remix album. You'll get there!
@@EmpressReacts it was to be a released song but ended up being a promotional instead for her remix album You Can Dance. It was the most successful remix album until but dethroned by MJ Blood on the Dancefloor. This remix album came after the Like A Virgin album.
@@p6833 wow!!! learn something knew everyday🤣
Madonna spawned a lot of one named wananbes in the music scene when she hit it big, Every record company was quick to sign the next soundalike singer, Regina was one of them, along with Alisha, Shana, Tia, Myleka and Martika. Even Madonna's backup singer in her first album, Tina B, released an album. Needless to say guess who is still around making music and touring.....
so nobody had last names 😂 and before i started this journey i had only heard a handful of madonna songs, BUT i KNEW who she was. it just seems like i was born with the knowledge of her face😂 but these ladies, never heard of them
@@EmpressReacts , at the time Madonna was wearing her Boy Toy belt buckle and Tia, one of her imitators, actually have a single called "Boy Toy". Shana, on the other hand, even dressed like Madonna (although a bit more covered up). I mean, how obvious can you get? Only Alisha and Martika have some level of success that showed they are more than just Madonna wannabe singers.
@@PungiFungi 🤣wow! this is tew much
For some reason your reaction to this 80s banger made me want to recommend Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, I Wonder If I Take You Home
I feel like the sound is similar in many ways and you will love it.
coool! i'll add it to the list
Come to think of it, there's only one M. But you might appreciate The Bangles, Bana narama, and the Go Go's, 80's girl rock groups.
thanx for the recommendations ✅
I love this song! Still on my best songs to jam to. Also around the time Madonna released Into The Groove, another artist, Alisha, did a song called Baby Talk. The entire song sampled Madonna's Into The Groove. Or was it the other way around, I can't remember. You should listen to both and tell us which gets you Into The Groove (hint, hint)
Turns out Shep Pettibone produced both tracks... he’s legit big time. Another light bulb 💡
@@tomrobinsondc - truly! My most fave remixes of his are Stacy Q's Don't Make A Fool of Yourself, and Janet's Miss You Much.
dang the girls were coming for mAdonna😂 im def adding baby talk to the list✅
@@EmpressReacts - Yay! I know you run the show, Boss, but it would be interesting if you reacted to both videos/songs in one reaction video. If I've stepped out of line, please put me in my place.
I look AMAZING for 39. I’m not gonna say any different. I Totally ... I hear the MADONNA VOICE. That’s totally MADONNA.
and im totally gona agree with u 💯❤ u look amazing!!
Alisha’s sound was just like Madonna. Check out “Baby Talk” but not before you listen to Madonna’s “Into the Groove”. Side note, Alisha’s track “Too Turned On” is 💯
🤓noted
It's "Baby love. Just call it. Baby love. You are my. Baby love.
" I don't blame you. It's a very catchy song. Yes, she sounds a lot like Madonna. It's uncanny and the production on this song is very similar even though it was the 80s.
First time hearing the song i thought it was Madonna. From few comments, Madonna refuse the song & Regina got the song. Not sure why she pass on this one, Very good dance tune, sounds like a song that came out on Madonna 1983 cd. Another good song is Sidewalk Talk by Jellybean featuring Madonna.
agree! i also heard sidewalk talk. check out my reaction: ua-cam.com/video/LM5MwKyzidA/v-deo.html
Better voice than Madonna's, we are not deaf.
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Don’t shade the Queen!
You should also check out Donna Allen "Serious" from the same year (1986). I owned the 7" single and I remember they even put the words "The Black Madonna" on the cover.
It's actually a really good song that sounds nothing like Madonna.
"the black madonna"😂 yeah i def gotta hear this
I have never heard of this song and artist, but after your reaction and the strong resemblence to Madonna i had to look into this artist. So I listen to her song Hold On and no way does she sound like on this track. I see that Stephen Bray Madonnas producer and childhood friend is a producer and the song was given to Madonna and she recorded a DEMO. Once she rejected the song I got a strong feeling that Regina the writer of the song used sames of Madonnad Demo and recorded parts on her own. Th at Baby Love part has to be Madonna.
interesting!!!
SHE TRIED IT!!!!😂. BUT SHE SUCCEEDED. The whole song structure, the way she approached it vocally, & the backing vocals. I like the song though. You mos def tell this was for Madonna. Difference is she was in the the words of the Spice Girls a WANNABE.
To be fair, Regina does have songwriting credit with Stephan Bray. And this was a #1 dance hit.
@@tomrobinsondc I said that I liked it!!
😂😂she might've ate madonna on this! kinda how desiigner ate future on panda😂 dang he's a 1 hit wonder too🙄😂
@@EmpressReacts yeah just like him Regina got one plate and got excused from the table, the kiddie table at that
there was unfortunately so many knock offs and lawsuits. Rumors was the dirtiest and shadiest lawsuits back then. You should research the knockoffs 🤷🏻♂️😁👍
is that a madonna song i haven't heard yet?
Club Neuvueau got the song stolen from Timex Social Club. I don't know much of the details. Big HIT 1986
Jeez, same tone of voice forsure
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Gina was a boss on this track ❤️
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This isn't the Queen of Pop! For sure a throw away track from her that most likely would have charted just like this song. Empress this shows you the influence Madonna had made on the industry even at this point in her career.
i see💯
Have you listened to Elisa Fiorillo "Who found who" produced by Jellybean
Regina gets a pass. This song is awesome. Loved it in 1986 and love it now. Especially the extended version.
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That's a Madonna-sounding song sans Madonna! Thought it was her all these years.
wow! i can see how 💯
one of the many who tried to copy the early Madonna sound... :)
I remember this “cute” single. Regina was the Madonna rip off artist. She must have analyzed Madonna’s vocal styling and sound. One hit wonder. Great pop song.
yeah its 🔥
omg no. Fun Fact this song was written for Madonna and she didn't like it. Regina did all the backing vocals on madonnas demo and doubled her thin voice. She took the song and kept her recording.
This was the Madonna wannabe but she could sing
Check out
surface.closer than friends
Five star .let me be the one
Cover girls.show me
Nocera let's go
New Kids on the block.please don't go girl
There's some 80s madonna wannabes I like (Alisha and Stacie Q) but I could never get into this song tbh 😕
😂 dang u not feeling "baby looove"😂
Def before aaliyah lol timbaland must like this track or sumthin
😂 right! but i could see this being a bop that stuck in his mind. when i looked up the chart history this was on the r&b charts too
Shows you can have the song, the writers, the production etc but if you don't have IT, it ain't gonna work.
true! true! true! but i would've slipped regina some 💲 for this single 😂 its 🔥
Regina has her own voice. Madonna turned this song down if I’m not mistaken.
I don't think she should of done this song in the style of madonna. She has a good voice but get your own style
she was just trying to ride the wave😂
Dannii Minogue’s cover was better
wow, now i gotta checkout kylie's lil sis😂✅
@@EmpressReacts Dannii is an amazing artist in her own right, did you know she was actually famous in Australia before Kylie? For a long time Kylie was knows as Dannii’s sister, not the other way around
@@danielhennessey4282 🤯🤯🤯 what really?! 🤣 now i def gotta do a kylie journey. No clue
@@EmpressReacts yeah Dannii was the most popular member of a TV show called Young Talent Time in the 80’s was kind of an Aussie Mickey Mouse Club thing. She used to bring Kylie on it as a guest sometimes, they are on UA-cam. They did Sisters Are Doing it For Themselves. Dannii used to do Madonna songs all the time on it. She was actually one of the first celebs to have a clothing line, she was just a teenager. Then Kylie got on Neighbours and her star started to rise and she started singing and eclipsed Dannii, it was really right place right time, I always thought Dannii had a better voice and stage presence back then. The press used to call Kylie the singing budgie back then haha.
A couple of years back they did a duet of The Winner Takes it All, and also the Christmas song 1000 degrees, it’s hard to tell who is who they sound so similar now.
@@EmpressReacts ua-cam.com/video/HDZjaIqQ824/v-deo.html
Very much a copy of madonna. Kmart special
dang regina😂😂
Your STOPPING the video way to much 🤫