She was singing in Italian. This song was adopted from Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor, Eccola (the mad scene). Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballe and many famous sopranos had sung it in the original aria.
So they can hear themselves. Sometimes between the acoustics and other noise its hard to focus on a note. Ear pieces block out those noises but sometimes singers with high voices only wear one or take them off because the highness of the note hurts their ears.
also, generally speaking we (people) hear our own voice differently from how others hear us, it's to do with how the sound travels along the bone structure rather than through air. the earpiece allows singers to ehar what their audience is hearing from them rather than what they normally hear. - this is also why some people absolutely despise hearing their own voice recorded, it doesn't sound anything like the voice they're used to.
I just want to write something. I have heard this song MULTIPLE times. After watching this video I was stunned. I have sensitive ears. After watching this, I went and looking for other people that also sang this song. Few things I've noticed. No one else puts their full weight into the note. What I mean is you ever notice someone sing a song they clearly can't hit all the notes so they compensate somehow? This girl puts her full vocal into that note. She hits it higher and stronger than anyone else I have seen and I've searched for 30mins looking at video after video. Even the Danish whomever singer that people suggest in the comments. She might not be an opera singer but I am legitimately amazed by the talent. Thank you Jane Zhang thank you so very much for sharing your talent with the world.
Agreed! An example: At 4:09-4:10 is probably one of the hardest passages in the song. The notes in the original, if I got it right, are: Ab -> Ab(low) -> Db -> Ab(low) -> B -> Ab(low) Jane sings: Ab -> Ab(low) -> Ab -> /paus/ -> Db -> Ab Hard to tell if it's a mistake or if she meant to sing it that way. Maybe she meant to sing like the original but hit the Ab instead of the high Db (which btw is incredibly hard to hit, the interval stretches 1oct + a 4th), took a breathe and squeezed in those last Db and Ab instead - but if so that is some split-second decision making for sure! Either that or it was rehearsed this way, to make sure it was possible to sing at all in other words :) Either case, the notes she sings are straight on so we can hardly gives any thumbs down at all. It's a... strange piece of music, but an incredible performance right here! I took a moment to look at other covers on youtube and this one is by far one of the best. I would argue THE best. While many others kind of gets the high notes right they miss out on the lower ones or some specific notes (such as the end note at 3:48, no idea why though). All the notes that Jane sets out to sing - she hits them. And the fast run at 4:17-4:19, sure she slows down the tempo a bit but still... She hits every single note. That's some impressive stuff :)
The impossible because when this song was created they used computers to generate notes that would be impossible for humans to sing and make it more alienish-godish sound.
Just to be that one annoying guy, I think it's wrong to say that it's impossible for a human to sing all these notes. In fact, in this video Jane shows that she can hit all the notes - she hits the highest ones cleanly as well as the lowest ones. So she is absolutely capable of hitting the notes per definition. The issue here is the speed and the large intervals - which is the reason the computer remix-thing was introduced in the first place :)
I think this is probably the best natural rendition of the piece, but regardless, it is still impossible to sing the piece exactly the same as the movie.. But there is nothing wrong with that since in the movie, an Alien with 2 sets of Vocal Chords was singing and it was computerized at that one famous part to make it sound more Alien.. This was the whole intent of the composer to make it impossible for a Human to sing lol.. Great job though. It is still amazingly done, regardless whether you are an Alien or a Human lol
Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! Ah, quella voce M'è qui nel cor discesa! Edgardo! Io ti son resa. Edgardo! Ah! Edgardo, mio! Si, ti son resa fuggita io son da' tuoi nemici. Ah nemici! Un gelo mi serpeggia nel sen! Trema ogni fibra! Vacilla il piè! Presso la fonte meco t'assidi alquanto. Si, presso la fonte meco t'assidi.
Amateurs worship whoever can sing higher because they equate whoever can hit the highest notes as the best. Contrary to Vitas and Jane, Dimash is all about flamboyance and there is zero emotion in his performance. If I want to listen to a male singer who can reach the highest octave Adam Lopez who hold the world record would be the one.
Jane is the consummate performer - outstanding vocals, lovely personality and a true professional.Opera and the like is not really my thing, but I appreciate true talent when I see and hear it. Would nearly have to be the most versatile performer in the world today - having the ability to perform all musical genre will equal and amazing skill.
4:04 when those two musicians behind her look at each other, like "What the fuck, did you hear that?" after the first time she breaks the law of physics, with her voice. 😂
No disrespect to the whole song but 3:10 till the end is just pure awesome, wish it was longer. I can try to repeat some parts but can't promise how it will turn out. If I come up with anything good I'll upload it.
She is amazing! I thought that no one could do that performance because after all, they did make it to where humans shouldn't be able to mimic it. But Jane Zhang did a flawless job and it gave me goosebumps. #beautiful ❤️🌹🌹🌹
4:16 is real! I didn't think it were humanly possible after having watched the film some 20 years ago. There are two other live versions by other people on youtube but I think one of those (Evgenia Laguna) replaced this part with synthesized voice and the other (disneydiva7) was incomplete and had the original track playing in the background so it was difficult to judge how good the real voice was. This version is the most complete and 100% live and real! A rare case where the cover is better than the original.
+William Zhang.. Its still not the same notes in the same speed as the movie, as they are impossible to achieve by a human, but it is a nice alteration to the movie.. It is not a knock on her to say she cannot do something physically impossible lol.. and that was the intention of the Composer to make it sound inhuman and alien-like..
im here after hearing her English-language debut. holy moly this girl is so damn talented, charismatic and absolutely gorgeous
She was singing in Italian. This song was adopted from Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor, Eccola (the mad scene). Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballe and many famous sopranos had sung it in the original aria.
Holy Moly
a true diva indeed
Yes I wish that more american singers would be this good
Arianna.. Such a beautiful name :)
The secret to her voice are the 4 element stones hidden inside her body.
Yesss
Lmao love this!
Hahaha xd
These notes are higher than my grades lol
This is a sound of nature
It got real when she removed her earpiece .... i love her
You know the gloves are off when the musician pulls their ear piece in a live show. lol
BigHeadClan i read this as soon as she did it
malak hamad same wth
BigHeadClan what is the use of the ear piece?
So they can hear themselves. Sometimes between the acoustics and other noise its hard to focus on a note. Ear pieces block out those noises but sometimes singers with high voices only wear one or take them off because the highness of the note hurts their ears.
also, generally speaking we (people) hear our own voice differently from how others hear us, it's to do with how the sound travels along the bone structure rather than through air.
the earpiece allows singers to ehar what their audience is hearing from them rather than what they normally hear.
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this is also why some people absolutely despise hearing their own voice recorded, it doesn't sound anything like the voice they're used to.
Very beautiful lady and music
I just want to write something. I have heard this song MULTIPLE times. After watching this video I was stunned. I have sensitive ears. After watching this, I went and looking for other people that also sang this song. Few things I've noticed. No one else puts their full weight into the note. What I mean is you ever notice someone sing a song they clearly can't hit all the notes so they compensate somehow? This girl puts her full vocal into that note. She hits it higher and stronger than anyone else I have seen and I've searched for 30mins looking at video after video. Even the Danish whomever singer that people suggest in the comments. She might not be an opera singer but I am legitimately amazed by the talent. Thank you Jane Zhang thank you so very much for sharing your talent with the world.
Impressive AF
Perfect .. beautiful voice ..beautiful girl !!!
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better voice :)
"This song is impossibe for a human to sing!" - actual fact.
"WATCH ME" - Jane Zhang
Agreed! An example:
At 4:09-4:10 is probably one of the hardest passages in the song. The notes in the original, if I got it right, are:
Ab -> Ab(low) -> Db -> Ab(low) -> B -> Ab(low)
Jane sings:
Ab -> Ab(low) -> Ab -> /paus/ -> Db -> Ab
Hard to tell if it's a mistake or if she meant to sing it that way. Maybe she meant to sing like the original but hit the Ab instead of the high Db (which btw is incredibly hard to hit, the interval stretches 1oct + a 4th), took a breathe and squeezed in those last Db and Ab instead - but if so that is some split-second decision making for sure! Either that or it was rehearsed this way, to make sure it was possible to sing at all in other words :) Either case, the notes she sings are straight on so we can hardly gives any thumbs down at all. It's a... strange piece of music, but an incredible performance right here!
I took a moment to look at other covers on youtube and this one is by far one of the best. I would argue THE best. While many others kind of gets the high notes right they miss out on the lower ones or some specific notes (such as the end note at 3:48, no idea why though). All the notes that Jane sets out to sing - she hits them. And the fast run at 4:17-4:19, sure she slows down the tempo a bit but still... She hits every single note. That's some impressive stuff :)
Grzesuav94 I don't get it. why is it impossible?
jay rod have you not seen the movie some of the notes aren't humanly possible
The impossible because when this song was created they used computers to generate notes that would be impossible for humans to sing and make it more alienish-godish sound.
Just to be that one annoying guy, I think it's wrong to say that it's impossible for a human to sing all these notes. In fact, in this video Jane shows that she can hit all the notes - she hits the highest ones cleanly as well as the lowest ones. So she is absolutely capable of hitting the notes per definition. The issue here is the speed and the large intervals - which is the reason the computer remix-thing was introduced in the first place :)
I have never heard such a magnificent voice before
I am in heaven
Glad this video didn't end like the movie scene
haha! guns are not allowed in china./
SoaD Style Milla Jovovich kicking someone's ass is always nice.
I agree with you 200%...
SoaD Style
Ecks dee same
SoaD Style that's very funny
Jane, you are so talented !
Jane Zheng, true diva indeed. I was convinced that no human being could ever sing like the diva from The Fifth Element, boy was I wrong lol.
聽了所有國內國外的人唱
張靓穎真的是最厲害的
每個音的精緻度 每個高低階
高音的舒適度 全都100%
I think this is probably the best natural rendition of the piece, but regardless, it is still impossible to sing the piece exactly the same as the movie.. But there is nothing wrong with that since in the movie, an Alien with 2 sets of Vocal Chords was singing and it was computerized at that one famous part to make it sound more Alien.. This was the whole intent of the composer to make it impossible for a Human to sing lol.. Great job though. It is still amazingly done, regardless whether you are an Alien or a Human lol
incredible
wow...I cant get enough of her hahaha she sing this song as if nothing...I mean..shes so freaking calm..!!
D Block it's most likely because of months of practice
It’s called being a professional singer
Sal Villa try years of training .., like an athlete takes years for muscles to be perfectly conditioned
D Block listen from Dimash its totally amazing tho.
Patinho i know ay ita effoetless.. delicate wirhout sounding forced
Excellent!
When the synths came in you can tell she was getting into it and wanted to dance along with the music! Superb performance Jane really nailed this!
Holy shit she did it!!!
I have found a flaw in this!
There was no mike drop
Man I loved this song when I was younger. I never thought I'd actually see a person perform it live. Amazing.
I'm in love with girl and her voice, amazingly beautiful rendition indeed. Thank you Jane
If this doesn't reach the depths of your soul - nothing will. Beautifull.
this is too amazing....
Beautifully done, no autotune required for that tricky part at 4:17... Excellent!
Exept its legato when it shouldnt be.
一直很爱张靓颖。Love you~ Jane~
Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce!
Ah, quella voce
M'è qui nel cor discesa!
Edgardo! Io ti son resa. Edgardo!
Ah! Edgardo, mio!
Si, ti son resa fuggita io son da' tuoi nemici.
Ah nemici!
Un gelo mi serpeggia nel sen!
Trema ogni fibra!
Vacilla il piè!
Presso la fonte meco t'assidi alquanto.
Si, presso la fonte meco t'assidi.
i like how she sings it with an asian accent!
能唱出這首完整的我看地球上不會超過100人！真的是太利害了
當代最努力最認真最有天賦的女歌手
天生歌者 真的覺得是天使的聲音
以前每次有教堂場景的電影 都是這種感覺
在寧靜的環境聽靚穎唱歌 會感覺很引人入勝
瞬間被帶入了另一個空間的感覺❤️💛💚💙💜
Love Jane Zhang. A true Diva at home with any genre.( pretty easy on the eye as well !! )
第一個喜歡的大陸歌星，真的好有才華又美麗
Esther Chu
推荐李建，朴树，许巍
闫峥 是李健😄。年轻一代的还有梁博，张碧晨，和华晨宇，他们也不错噢⊙▽⊙
J.Q. W. 你说的三个我都不喜欢
J.Q. W. 我还是喜欢老一辈的歌手，王杰是我最喜欢的
闫峥 我喜歡朴樹 平凡之路
Woooow, she's so good.
张靓颖太帅啦！声音不仅高还特别柔和 听得很舒服
Song: IM 100% IMPOSSIBLE TO SING ONLY A MACHINE COULD SING ME
Jane Zhang: Hold my beer
Dimash is nothing compared to Jane or Vitas.
He can sing several octaves higher than Vitas on his own song Opera 2.
Amateurs worship whoever can sing higher because they equate whoever can hit the highest notes as the best. Contrary to Vitas and Jane, Dimash is all about flamboyance and there is zero emotion in his performance. If I want to listen to a male singer who can reach the highest octave Adam Lopez who hold the world record would be the one.
What was with that feeble applause, she fucking killed it I would have been clamping the shit out of my hands.
I'm obsessed with your voice, the part starting at 3;33 is just unbelievable , such a mysthical voice.
Always loved the film and that song so much, I always wished it was longer.
This was phenomenal.
Fantastic performance.
years later and I still get chills from watching this.
Amazingly beautifully sung...beautiful singer..she is the best!
Dear Jane Zhang, this is an amazing performance. You just made the Diva Dance reborn again. Thank you!
Such a great voice .A great performance.
Totally awesome amazing omg! You go girl I have to keep watching this video truly amazing
Simply Incredible! Her singing gave me goosebumps. Her range and talent is a gift from God!
Absolutly breath taking! 50 thumbs up!
She gave me tears!! Beyond being a good singer, she is beautiful !
Jane is the consummate performer - outstanding vocals, lovely personality and a true professional.Opera and the like is not really my thing, but I appreciate true talent when I see and hear it. Would nearly have to be the most versatile performer in the world today - having the ability to perform all musical genre will equal and amazing skill.
Her new English album will be released in October in America.
best version imo, she is incredible!
4:04 when those two musicians behind her look at each other, like "What the fuck, did you hear that?" after the first time she breaks the law of physics, with her voice. 😂
2:50 - 2:59 always makes my nose tingle, and eyes blurry...
No disrespect to the whole song but 3:10 till the end is just pure awesome, wish it was longer. I can try to repeat some parts but can't promise how it will turn out. If I come up with anything good I'll upload it.
Splendid !!!! I'm HUGE fan of The Fifth Element and now of Jane. :D Thank's you to everybody !
out of everyone that has attempted this song. this is the only version that is just on point if not better than the movie version itself.
Such an angelic voice
This is just amazing
Just found this version, it really touched me, amazing!!!
Stunning voice, wow, and the range... gorgeous!!
Amazing vocals! I would pay a lot of money to see her play Cio-Cio San.
Her vocals move me to tears each and every time. Very beautiful.
THAT VOCAL IS AMAIZING!!! Great job done there!!!
Astonishing performance - truly heaven sent!!
Is she an angel? :) :)
Best singer of China
Stunningly beautiful and simply flawless!
Mind blown! What divine talent! Absolutely incredible!
i watched this with the original in the other screen. PERFECTLY TIMED and unreal
This girl is absoloutely perfect. She's beautiful and has the most peaceful yet sassy voice. 'Knowhatimsayin'?
I just compared this with the original movie track. Wow, I can say it is really close to the original. Almost on par. Truly impressive
Incredible
decian que ningun humano podia cantar esta cancion y miren que maravilla!!
I keep getting goosebumps every time she hits the high note damnn
Incredible Vibrato
Her voice is so hypnotic... I'm impressed!
One of the most amazing live performances! Bravo Jane.
老張這是赤裸裸的炫技啊。
i just discovered this and it is so amazing!
She is amazing! I thought that no one could do that performance because after all, they did make it to where humans shouldn't be able to mimic it. But Jane Zhang did a flawless job and it gave me goosebumps. #beautiful ❤️🌹🌹🌹
She killed it. Only human I've heard not needing to be computer generated to nail this song. So happy 🤗
She's a real Lady, besides her singinging her soul shines through, lovely . . .
Wow beautiful woman and beautiful voice
nailed it
best cover I have heard (& saw) till date... without enhancing digitally, this level of performance is quite a feat!!!...
Listening on my headphones and I feel the humanity swimming round my brain. Thank you, Jane.
4:16 is real! I didn't think it were humanly possible after having watched the film some 20 years ago. There are two other live versions by other people on youtube but I think one of those (Evgenia Laguna) replaced this part with synthesized voice and the other (disneydiva7) was incomplete and had the original track playing in the background so it was difficult to judge how good the real voice was. This version is the most complete and 100% live and real! A rare case where the cover is better than the original.
William Zhang u
Agree
+William Zhang.. Its still not the same notes in the same speed as the movie, as they are impossible to achieve by a human, but it is a nice alteration to the movie.. It is not a knock on her to say she cannot do something physically impossible lol.. and that was the intention of the Composer to make it sound inhuman and alien-like..
She is a siren amazing voice and positively amazingly beautiful.
I tried doing it once, and the result was a tv covered in phlegm...
Wow. Beautiful and an amazing voice. Someone somewhere is a very lucky person.
這魅力 美呆了
真是喜歡
Her control throughout her range is beyond compare. Amazing!
她的声音好神奇啊 👍👍👍
她好強 我已經起雞皮疙瘩………………
Super!!!!! ++++ from France!!! Amazing performance!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
the conductor nodding in the background at 4:10 gets me every time
Damn... perfect
Omg que hermoso dios gracias por estas personas