Elizabeth, This note is just for you. I don't know what it is, but you are looking quite stunning recently. I certainly have always appreciated, first and foremost, your knowledge and all the amazing information that you are able to share concerning what a voice is actully doing, and what makes it do the things it does. But, aside from that, I been noticing that you yourself have blossomed and become so much more beautiful than I noticed before. Your openess, honestly and willingness to share your childlike enthusiasm with us certainly adds to your beauty, of the last there was never a doubt. But it just seems that your hair is more lustrous, your eyes more beautiful, your skin glowing and everything about you seems to be radiating in abundance recently. I don't know if it's the lighting, you've been meditating, doing yoga or I'm just falling under some kind of spell, but whatever it is, keep it up. All the best. A
I loved your latest Aurora reaction....for Exist for Love. If you love how cozy and warm and literally loving that song sounds....I hope you check out her collab with fellow Bergen native Sondre Lerche called Alone in the Night. They made a music video for it...and it's one of THE most soothing comforting gorgeous things I've ever heard. Much like Exist for Love in tone and timbre as well!
Same here. Gojira whom Aurora is a big fan of, is releasing their new album Fortitude on 4/30/21. My wish would be that Aurora got her desire to collaborate with Gojira and feature on one of their new songs coming up. I find it rather doubtful but one can dream.
"Don´t you speak over "MY VOICE"". It is, as if she is demanding back a piece of her own ground, respect - demanding the attention she deserves. It´s like she is fighting back in that moment, just to lose a second later. It´s so deep and personal. I wish, I could get a glimpse in her mind. She is in her world - in her domain.
This, to me, is a masterpiece of counterpoint. The first time you hear it the imagery draws you in as if its a wonderful scene of gentle love. But then there are hints of something darker and on the last line it becomes clear something terrible happened and you need to go back over each line and piece it together. This is my interpretation: "Eyes blue and hollow" The eyes of a lover turned murderer trying not to have feelings or even be fully aware of what he is doing "As it rains against their will" But of course, he does know and he is crying "Feathers falling out of a pillow - As if time's standing still" Sounds so light and magical - an ultimate counterpoint to the violence of the reality. The violence that causes the feathers to come out of the pillow. But you don't question this at first. "I can't remember much more. But I know it happened quiet. So quiet " Trauma blanks out her consciousness but she knows he is being careful, secretive, trying to hide - even from himself. "Words falling out through the window. All that remains is a silent call. Is the earth colored red? As I land like a flower on the meadow. Love is wild " Again, as a counter point, using this distant or other worldly view of the violent scene to make it sound, at first hearing, like something beautiful is happening. But he threw her out of the window and she lands outside in her own blood. "You fell apart, Like a stone can be broken into sand, All thousand pieces* Spread across a crying land" Once he realized what he's done his sanity completely breaks down into tiny pieces. "And you can't remember that day. But you know it happened quiet. So quiet" So now he feels the trauma and blanks it out himself. *** Here the spooky singing - oooooo's announce the return of her spirit ** "Are your dreams as dead as they seem? Are your dreams as dead as they seem? " So now her voice, from out of death, asks him to face what he did, destroyed what he loved "Don't you speak over my voice. I will return from the shadows. And I'll bleed in your bed, Turn it red, Like the ground outside your window. Love is wild" She tells him not to try and talk or think his way out of it. Threatening to return from death and bleed right in his bed! Defining, with the last lines, what the red was outside his window and therefore what really happened that day.
The Aurora performance I love the most is the live performance of "The Murder Song" from the 2015 Nobel Prize Concert. Although having said that, I do have to say that picking her best performance is very, very hard, because she lays her soul bare with every song. She is just so impressive!
Every time i listen to this specific recording of the song i ugly cry. It's almost unfair how beautiful it is that the message is so dark, but at the same time it's perfection.
Aurora, is not from this planet. The fact that she came here, to share her voice and her words, almost brings me to my knees. She is a true treasure, and should be protected, and embraced, at all cost.
Her head voice after the belting of “don’t you speak over my voice” sounds almost menacing. Before it mostly sounds vulnerable. It’s amazing how she can create this effect.
Us fans often say Aurora needs to be protected. This song adds to that comment. She is something very unique and both strong but very fragile. In all the time i have followed her online, i don't think i have ever seen a disrespectful comment on her clips, which these days is a near impossibility. Hope it lasts. ❤
I simply adore Aurora and have seen hundreds of reactions to her videos. Still haven't seen any negative comments about her. It would be the same as dissing the sun, simply pointless. Saw her live in Oslo in 2019, simply the best concert I've ever been to. ❤️
@@TheCharismaticVoiceYES. Oh gosh, between the HAIK Concert in the woods (more intimate and upbeat) and the Nidarosdomen concert (some of the most beautiful performances with an orchestral support) I can't choose! I suppose you'll just have to do both one day ;). EDIT :HAIK is my favourite
Never heard of this girl before but she's got a great voice. As a self proclaimed metal head I've gotta say, never trap yourself down in just one style or genre. Keep your ears open because there's so much great music and talent out there.
From what I can see a lot of metalheads love Aurora, so do I. There's something very metal about her, like the purest core of everything we love in music and in people.
Miss Zharoff, I wanted to thank you for introducing me to Aurora. She’s not someone that would normally pop up on my radar as a metal head. Your reaction to Jinjer’s Pisces is what made you pop up on my radar, and I’m so very glad that it did. I’ve been blown away by your knowledge & perspective not only pertaining to music, but to human emotion as well. In Aurora, thanks to you, I’ve found such depth of beauty in her sound & words. Her voice brings me to tears in many songs. I don’t mean that in a negative way in the slightest. Music is therapy, and the emotions in us are meant to be expressed, even the ones that may be considered “bad.” Music is a healthy way to process and release some of those heavy emotions, whether as the creator or as the listener. So again, thank you! Your channel is good medicine. Wishing you all the best. Sincerely, a scruffy, old metal head. God bless.
Yes that is what Radiohead does for me and it satisfies my love for complicated intricate musicand it does it with songs that are 5 minutes long usually although I still like prog.
Aurora is a metal head herself, she talked about it one of her recent streams on her channel. I find it really interesting that so many people who are into metal are surprised to find they like Aurora as well. Even though her music seems so different, there is clearly a connection, perhaps the level of raw emotion in her music...
Aurora has stated that she writes songs as a form of therapy, so her work is based on experiences she's had. She doesn't reveal the full meanings of her songs but it's speculated that this song is related to two of her other songs, Murder Song, and I Went Too Far. Both of which tell a story of a tragic love. About Murder Song she said "It's a tragic love story. Very tragic. The saddest thing is that he really loves her.", implying that it's likely not about her directly but someone she knows. This is further reinforced by I Went Too Far, where she stated "When I was 9 I wrote most of this song. I watched someone brave and kind not demanding the respect and love they deserved." All of the songs deal with abusive relationships so as unfortunate as it is she likely witnessed an abusive relationship when she was a child and wrote these songs as a way to make sense of it all and endure it. Purely speculation, it was likely a man, who was vying for the affection of a woman who would take everything and give nothing in return. He likely broke off the relationship in Murder Song, and it ended badly. This song likely deals with the emotional pain afterwards. The lines "Eyes blue and hollow, As it rains against their will, Feathers falling out of a pillow, As if time's standing still." are likely a reference to Murder Song, and the man after he's "killed" the woman, hence the hollow eyes, and coming to terms with what he's done. Just some thoughts, it's all very deep, but she intentionally leaves it vague so you can come up with your own meaning.
It's very difficult to say where she got the inspiration to these songs from. She grew up in a very safe surroundings with a beloving family. But she has got many losses of close relations in family and her close boyfriend was killed at the Utøya massacre in 2011 (Little Boy in the Grass). But she has a great imagination and is very emotive and has the ability to understand others feelings in a way few other have.
If I am remembering correctly, I heard her say in an interview one time, that "I went too far" had to do with her dealing with bully/friends that she tried to hard to get their approval. She gave up herself in order to fit in and be accepted by them, but realized that it wasn't right and eventually let those people go.
I thought Murder Song was written after she read about a man who killed his wife for mercy because she was terminally ill. The perspective was from the woman’s point of view which is why she says “I’m dead” and “I know he did it for mercy “
@@debbiegarnica603 I personally read into Murder Song as being written from the perspective of a domestic abuse victim that is still within the thrall (for lack of a better word) of the abuser, and making excuses for him. Maybe because I also get almost a Where the Wild Roses Grow type feel from it. The song is very different, but there’s that twisted love aspect. Where the murderer is very mentally ill, and is doing what he thinks is right, almost “protecting” Eliza’s beauty by killing her at the height of her beauty. That entire album (Murder Ballads) lives rent free in my head, and has since I was 10, when it came out. I do not regret giving it that free brain space. Also, I personally think that Kylie in that video is the most beautiful any woman has ever been, and I blame that specific video for me still falling for pale redheads. Also, there’s not much Kylie I’m into. There’s Confide in Me, and the Impossible Princess era, and this song. All within a few years of each other. The rest is a little too poppy for me. But mid 90s Kylie was perfection! And who doesn’t love Nick Cave? But maybe that gives a bit of insight (as well as completely going off topic, my apologies), as to why I read that song the way I do. I also still remember the four years where I wasn’t in contact with my best friend (who I’ve loved as a sister for over 20 years now) because she was in a highly abusive relationship, and he had forbidden her from contact with me. She eventually divorced him, and got back in contact with me, and she’s much happier and healthier now, with kids, in a great relationship with a wonderful man- but it’s still hard to remember, that feeling of watching her slip away, and being completely powerless to stop it. And that likely also plays into how I read that song. I see this song as the abused slowly “waking up” from the thrall. At the end, she’s saying not to speak over her, that she will return, but the beginning is still rather blameless, much like Murder Song.
Appreciate the insights in Aurora's body language, most people just call her quirky and leave it at that. What you've noted really adds to the understanding of the song, a performance I have seen many times and only really noticed the changes in strength of her voice for some lines.
YES. So happy to see Aurora back on the channel! She's magical. And I hope you'll find your way back to Eivør again soon. These two are the ethereal voices of elvendom❤
Elizabeth, more Aurora please. Her performances are pure visual and emotional magic. Pure, honest, real, and uncompromising. As with ALL of her creations, its the story thats important, and we can't get enough. Please react to 'A Diff Kind of human' and its outro ' Mothership' . Love the way you pay so much intense attention to these artists, thank you for your clever insight.
While I think the version of this song that Aurora performed at Nidarosdomen is better (or at least more impressive, as I love both performances), I'm glad to finally see Aurora make a return on this channel - she's my favourite artist ever, and this channel has some of the best insights
I checked out the Nidarosdomen version after I filmed this. Kirk and Paolo did review those versions, but I feel the emotion in this version is just so chilling.
@@TheCharismaticVoice That's an excellent point, and I agree that this version has its own special magic; and in fact it highlights one of the things I love so much about Aurora - none of her performances are ever exactly alike. Her and her band are always able to infuse each individual performance with its own unique identity, and they're always mesmerising. As always, I can't wait to watch your reaction!
@@TheCharismaticVoice As much as I love Aurora and as beautiful the Nidaros concert is, I get the feeling that she has a harder time, voice- and breath-wise in (at least part of) that concert, than in anything else I think I have seen her do. I've only dabbled in singing, so I'm might be way off, but I have a theory that maybe the accoustics of the church might have something to do with it? Or maybe she was just having an off day, voice wise. It just seems everything takes more effort on her part there than usual. (I realize I might be stepping on some "Warriors & Weird"-toes here, so apologies for that.) But YES! Very happy that you are doing more Aurora!
I want to cry when I hear “I can’t remember much more but I know it’s happened quite, so quite”. It’s literally what I can to say about my trauma. I can’t remember, but I know it’s happened quite. It’s so amazing
This will make my day ! Anything from Aurora is always an excellent choice. I'm very glad that Aurora gets the honoring attention by someone competent and sensitive like Elizabeth is on this channel. As someone in another comment said well: She is the fifth element. She must be protected at all cost.
The primal compulsion to "protect" her I understand, especially in today's world. I feel like she is as vulnerable as finely spun glass, but I also think she is as strong as high carbon steel. In the urge to "protect" her it is a fine line between that and limiting or caging her, personally or professionally. In the end we have to trust her instinct, heart and intellengence in surrounding herself with people who understand and love her. She is not lacking in any of those qualities, and has said one has to experience life in order to write about it.
It's so interesting to see people reacting to Aurora, they start to even comment and analyzing in a very calm, soft and almost whispering way. That's when you know she got you
I've never heard of nor have I heard her sing before now, but holy cow I am absolutely blown away. I need more of this. Thank you for sharing this gem.
What strikes me watching Aurora perform is that she’s also a good actor: being able to dredge up authentic emotion for a performance is clearly one of her specialties. Also: Wow..imagine being tasked with singing high harmony for Aurora. 😳
The fact that she can't talk after aurora's performance, that's why I love Aurora, her work, her words, her voice, her effort and talent, she is just art ❤️
Love is pain, in a sense. Love is allowing someone into your heart knowing that one day, inevitably, someone will be hurt. Even a perfect relationship that lasts 50 years ends in heartbreak when one of the partners passes on. Real love is knowing one day, you either will be hurt, or will hurt someone else, or youll hurt each other. The beauty in love is finding the person youre willing to suffer that pain for, and cherishing them every moment theyre with you. Love truly is wild 😊
Finally. I have been waiting for this. While I think Runaway from the Nobel Price award show is great, it is not even in my top twenty. So I have been hoping you would get back to a more mature version of Aurora. The first video has the feel of a child being put on a stage to sing, but in this version you get to see Aurora at work at her craft and how much in control of her music she is. I think it is the best version for your purpose. While the Nidarosdomen version is a more emotional satisfying experience, I actually think you need to listen to at least three versions of her songs before you have heard it, since she always changes it up. Now, I only wish you wouldn't start you premieres on the exact minute I get off work, since I always arrive ten minutes late :)
Aurora just takes your breath away, and, remember, she writes all of these things. She had already done quite a bit of work by the age of twelve. Whatever analysis you throw at it you have to read the lyrics and know her history to put it all in perspective. One thing I have learned in this pandemic is that you not only hear with your voice but with your vision as well. With that mask on it is often very difficult to hear what someone says without seeing their face. Aurora takes it well beyond that. Her performance is not only what you hear but what you see. It is in her hands, her eyes, the movement of her body. It is all these things and more. As a senior, I feel fortunate she has come this way and that I found her. Excellent reaction too!
I can not get over the talent Aurora has. Her lyrics, her musicality and her voice - which is both power and silk. In my opinion nobody expresses a message in such an indirectly way as Aurora, and her poetry of lyrics makes me listen to her songs over and over again in order to grasp the total meaning. With these skills she absolutely stands out from the crowd :)
The contradiction of her voice and subject is fantastic in this song. It just hits harder, and brings home the more the subject, makes you confront the result of violence in relationships
Wow. I can't wait! And i hope to see more Aurora reactions. I would recommend Murder Song live Nobel peace prize 💜 is from the same storyline as this song ( aurora's said, the 1st part) and its magical.
When I was in my 20's Laurie Anderson blew my mind. Now I'm 62 and I find myself once again having my mind totally blown apart, this time by Aurora. I feel very fortunate and humbled.
Jin R. . . . I experienced the exact same feeling two years ago . . . . and it has never left me. It might be a very long ride and we should prepare ourselves. Aurora is only going to pull in more and more people to her orbit as time goes on . . {-.-}
"Are your dreams as dead as they seem?" How can two voices make sounds together that sound unearthly beautiful, like a glimpse into an etheral fairy realm. >shivers in a good way
this is artistry. really taking the time to listen and hear is so....profoundly appreciating, the expression and storytelling deeply well done and simultaneously destroying.
This React is very different from many others. And that's good. You, Elizabeth, analyze this song so deeply. You see every movement and hear every tonal emphasis. You're the first to go into that particular part of this song ... Don't speek over "MY VOICE". Strong words but ignored by many. Your React is honest, with heart and soul. I love it!
Such a hauntingly sad, and beautiful song. So hard to get through without tearing up especially when you also watch her expressions. I absolutely love their two voices together.
Silja's choirs shake even more ... Two angels singing on earth. Who does not get excited about something like that is not of this world. The song ends and AURORA's voice still dances in the air. Amazing song! One of his best compositions for me
would love to see you do more AURORA videos, you are REALLY good in analyzing her. Not just her voice but her body language which is a huge part of her performance !
I love that you picked up on that little shiver and the bouncing for comfort. She really does become completely immersed in the emotion of the story in her music. In fact, we regularly see her needing to 'shake it off' at the end of her more emotional songs like she needs to do it to come back from wherever it is she goes while she's performing. Aurora live is almost a spiritual experience! It must be time for another Aurora reaction? How about 'Through the eyes of a child' live at Nidarosdomen?
Aurora's lyrics are poetic in a unique way: Eyes blue and hollow As it rains against their will Feathers falling out of a pillow As if time's standing still I can’t remember much more But I know it happened quiet So quiet Words falling out through the window All that remains is a silent call Is the Earth colored red? As I land like a flower on the meadow Love is wild You fell apart Like a stone can be broken into sand A thousand pieces Spread across a crying land And you can’t remember that day But you know it happened quiet So quiet Words falling out through the window All that remains is a silent call Is the Earth colored red? As I land like a flower on the meadow Love is wild Are your dreams as dead as they seem? Are your dreams as dead as they seem? Don’t you speak over my voice I will return from the shadows And I’ll bleed in your bed Turn it red Like the ground outside your window Love is wild Love is wild Love is wild Love is wild
I love your empathetic respectful analysis of this song. I find it very nice that you also include Silja so gracefully, her guitar playing, her voice. Wonderful.
Everything Aurora does is intricate and beautiful because she wants to infuse that beauty and purity into her music. She lives through her music and almost in reverse, her music lives through her. She’s a musician and an artist. Sometimes both at the same time and sometimes separate.
The 20 hour wait was worth it lol. You breaking this song down made me tear up. I love how beautifully and eloquently you react to music. It’s as moving as the song. I see you feel and experience to music and I love that. From heavy metal to soft indie I swear I always see you feeling it. I appreciate that more than someone just gushing over a song. So that I you for being authentic.
I have my favorites of singers over all my years. But, to be perfectly honest. Nobody I've heard can bring it like Aurora. She is magical, expressive & angelic.
🥳🥳🥳🥳Yes finally 😊 you and Julia Nilon brought me to Aurora, and I can't stop listening to it. She touched my soul, and to see you react to it gives me so much joy (and a tear🤫) there goes my credibility of metalhead haha
She is the 8th wonder of the world.... I first heard her when you covered helvegen and I'm completely enamored with her voice. Simply amazing experience to hear...
One of the greatest singers (artists) that I have ever listened to during my current time in this world. She is so pure. I cannot really even express it with words how much of a blessing she is and how lucky I am to share this same current lifetime as her. Her music has moved me in ways other artists have never done before. She sings with a voice directly from her soul and it reaches deep into everyone else’s soul. Breathe taking. ♥️
She is an amazing young vocalist. It is riveting. You cannot look way. She holds you with her presence and her movements and her voice is so ethereal. She emotionally draws you in with the expression in her voice and actions. There are no words to describe what a special person she is. Her music is spiritual and comes from within her
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ua-cam.com/video/Q45yicposyI/v-deo.html Broken Peach - Tainted Love (Halloween Special) this is amazing
you should really listen to the "home" aurora singed
Elizabeth,
This note is just for you. I don't know what it is, but you are looking quite stunning recently. I certainly have always appreciated, first and foremost, your knowledge and all the amazing information that you are able to share concerning what a voice is actully doing, and what makes it do the things it does. But, aside from that, I been noticing that you yourself have blossomed and become so much more beautiful than I noticed before. Your openess, honestly and willingness to share your childlike enthusiasm with us certainly adds to your beauty, of the last there was never a doubt. But it just seems that your hair is more lustrous, your eyes more beautiful, your skin glowing and everything about you seems to be radiating in abundance recently. I don't know if it's the lighting, you've been meditating, doing yoga or I'm just falling under some kind of spell, but whatever it is, keep it up.
All the best.
A
I loved your latest Aurora reaction....for Exist for Love.
If you love how cozy and warm and literally loving that song sounds....I hope you check out her collab with fellow Bergen native Sondre Lerche called Alone in the Night. They made a music video for it...and it's one of THE most soothing comforting gorgeous things I've ever heard. Much like Exist for Love in tone and timbre as well!
You are obviously very intelligent, sensitive, and beutiful. Are you married?
I'll say it again. Aurora is The Fifth Element...She must be protected at all cost.
YESSSSS! Multi-pass.
She knows exactly who she is and what she is doing.
Came back to check for this comment again. On. Point.
I literally keep saying that in My head the first time you commented that XD
Return of the king🙏
Aurora isn't a singer, Aurora is art.
She's a literal goddess
Yes, she is incredible!
her last name literally means goddess :))
@@faith7610 bruh hahahaha
🥺❤️
The metalhead in me just melted when I heard Aurora for the first time a couple of years ago. She is something unique.
I agree very unique
Same here. Gojira whom Aurora is a big fan of, is releasing their new album Fortitude on 4/30/21. My wish would be that Aurora got her desire to collaborate with Gojira and feature on one of their new songs coming up. I find it rather doubtful but one can dream.
Same here
@@RG56538 Oh MY GOODNESS you are really amazing, you are really a fan of this, you knew the date of releasing the new album , you amazed me
Same here!
Let's all take a bow and acknowledge Silja Sol for her amazing backing vocals and guitar play
Sad that she already left the band...
Best is when they are together. Shouldn't be apart and she should also get more attention. I mean. Its teamwork.
How dare you notice someone other than the main singer? The Emperor is wearing clothes. Don't forget that.
Absolutely. Aurora is not easy to keep up with. But with Silja they sound like soul sisters.
Absolutely, her singing and playing were both fantastic.
When Aurora sings, it sounds so effortless. But when i tried singing one of her songs, i sound like a dying horse 😂
SAME
True😂 me to
Me too
yeaaaahhhh my version was not beautiful LOL
Wow !! I am surprised to see more MEs here . One more ME here 🙂👍
I cannot listen to aurora and NOT cry. Happy, sad, love, overwhelmed- whatever the emotion, it's so intense that every song strikes me in my core.
I held back tears during this analysis. It was not easy!
same
Tears,every time
@@TheCharismaticVoice the whole time I was like “wow, this is really choking her up”.
Man I love music and what it does to us.
same...
"Don´t you speak over "MY VOICE"". It is, as if she is demanding back a piece of her own ground, respect - demanding the attention she deserves. It´s like she is fighting back in that moment, just to lose a second later. It´s so deep and personal. I wish, I could get a glimpse in her mind. She is in her world - in her domain.
This, to me, is a masterpiece of counterpoint. The first time you hear it the imagery draws you in as if its a wonderful scene of gentle love. But then there are hints of something darker and on the last line it becomes clear something terrible happened and you need to go back over each line and piece it together. This is my interpretation:
"Eyes blue and hollow" The eyes of a lover turned murderer trying not to have feelings or even be fully aware of what he is doing
"As it rains against their will" But of course, he does know and he is crying
"Feathers falling out of a pillow - As if time's standing still" Sounds so light and magical - an ultimate counterpoint to the violence of the reality. The violence that causes the feathers to come out of the pillow. But you don't question this at first.
"I can't remember much more. But I know it happened quiet. So quiet " Trauma blanks out her consciousness but she knows he is being careful, secretive, trying to hide - even from himself.
"Words falling out through the window. All that remains is a silent call. Is the earth colored red? As I land like a flower on the meadow. Love is wild " Again, as a counter point, using this distant or other worldly view of the violent scene to make it sound, at first hearing, like something beautiful is happening. But he threw her out of the window and she lands outside in her own blood.
"You fell apart, Like a stone can be broken into sand, All thousand pieces* Spread across a crying land" Once he realized what he's done his sanity completely breaks down into tiny pieces.
"And you can't remember that day. But you know it happened quiet. So quiet" So now he feels the trauma and blanks it out himself.
*** Here the spooky singing - oooooo's announce the return of her spirit **
"Are your dreams as dead as they seem? Are your dreams as dead as they seem? " So now her voice, from out of death, asks him to face what he did, destroyed what he loved
"Don't you speak over my voice. I will return from the shadows. And I'll bleed in your bed, Turn it red, Like the ground outside your window. Love is wild" She tells him not to try and talk or think his way out of it. Threatening to return from death and bleed right in his bed! Defining, with the last lines, what the red was outside his window and therefore what really happened that day.
I feel like this is the prelude to You're Gunna Listen by In This Moment.
@@halerelic5169❤
this song is soft like a feather, but hits like a truck.
Indeed.
Also, Nic Endo ftw :) (avatar pic if someone catches this out of place comment later)
wow, yes
damn great comment and agree
The Aurora performance I love the most is the live performance of "The Murder Song" from the 2015 Nobel Prize Concert.
Although having said that, I do have to say that picking her best performance is very, very hard, because she lays her soul bare with every song.
She is just so impressive!
This next please ! Dennis is right :)
Agreed. The best IMHO.
Ageed here also
Yes i agree. Quite haunting
Yes!!
Only person that can make the word "pillow" sounds angelic.
Every time i listen to this specific recording of the song i ugly cry. It's almost unfair how beautiful it is that the message is so dark, but at the same time it's perfection.
She rips you open and heals you at the same time!
I can't agree more. It's just full of emotion.
i've never heard her sing before, but am just minutes into this and all tears and snot
Aurora, is not from this planet. The fact that she came here, to share her voice and her words, almost brings me to my knees. She is a true treasure, and should be protected, and embraced, at all cost.
No, she is from Bergen
Which is it's own special little world, & the home of many talented musicians.
That's what I thought, she is from the another realm.
Her head voice after the belting of “don’t you speak over my voice” sounds almost menacing. Before it mostly sounds vulnerable. It’s amazing how she can create this effect.
Total metal guy here, heard her perform "Conqueror" on The Tonight Show years ago was totally blown away. Such an incredible performance.
It doesn't matter what music one listens to, Aurora makes anyone with some semblance of emotion *feel*.
Exactly the same here!
Us fans often say Aurora needs to be protected. This song adds to that comment. She is something very unique and both strong but very fragile. In all the time i have followed her online, i don't think i have ever seen a disrespectful comment on her clips, which these days is a near impossibility. Hope it lasts. ❤
I simply adore Aurora and have seen hundreds of reactions to her videos. Still haven't seen any negative comments about her. It would be the same as dissing the sun, simply pointless. Saw her live in Oslo in 2019, simply the best concert I've ever been to. ❤️
@@theuniversewithin2065 awesome, i still want to see her live some day.
I’m an elderly Norwegian man, and I was very moved by your reaction to what I mean is one of Aurora’s best songs.
Her song The Seed is just so much epic fun with a powerful message. Through the Eyes of A child at Nidarosdomen is just beautiful...
I've heard I need to listen to that whole concert.
@@TheCharismaticVoiceYES. Oh gosh, between the HAIK Concert in the woods (more intimate and upbeat) and the Nidarosdomen concert (some of the most beautiful performances with an orchestral support) I can't choose! I suppose you'll just have to do both one day ;). EDIT :HAIK is my favourite
I really liked "Running With The Wolves" acoustic version :3
@@TheCharismaticVoice and did you listen to it? 😋
Through the Eyes of A child at Nidarosdomen for the win!
Never heard of this girl before but she's got a great voice. As a self proclaimed metal head I've gotta say, never trap yourself down in just one style or genre. Keep your ears open because there's so much great music and talent out there.
Aurora attracts a lot of metalheads. Must be because she is one herself 😊
Aurora is into metal and rave dances.
Well said :)
Good music is anything that makes you feel something. Good songs are like photographs for emotion.
From what I can see a lot of metalheads love Aurora, so do I. There's something very metal about her, like the purest core of everything we love in music and in people.
Yes this is so true. I love hearing all those emotions in her pure voice
The way she says piilllooww... I could listen to that on repeat. 🤣🤣🤣
Her live versions of songs always seem so much better than her studio recordings. There’s something about the presence of her organic energy...
"Wow"...."Wow...."...."Wow"......"Wow".....exactly, just WOW, Aurora is on another level, she's breathtaking.
This one is beautiful! Aurora and Silja's harmonies are so good!
Miss Zharoff, I wanted to thank you for introducing me to Aurora. She’s not someone that would normally pop up on my radar as a metal head. Your reaction to Jinjer’s Pisces is what made you pop up on my radar, and I’m so very glad that it did. I’ve been blown away by your knowledge & perspective not only pertaining to music, but to human emotion as well. In Aurora, thanks to you, I’ve found such depth of beauty in her sound & words. Her voice brings me to tears in many songs. I don’t mean that in a negative way in the slightest. Music is therapy, and the emotions in us are meant to be expressed, even the ones that may be considered “bad.” Music is a healthy way to process and release some of those heavy emotions, whether as the creator or as the listener. So again, thank you! Your channel is good medicine. Wishing you all the best. Sincerely, a scruffy, old metal head. God bless.
Wow. Same! Came for Jinjer and now obsessed with Aurora 😂😂
Well said 👏
Seeing someone in a metal band wearing a Bjork shirt got me into her and now she is a favourite artist for similar reasons.
Yes that is what Radiohead does for me and it satisfies my love for complicated intricate musicand it does it with songs that are 5 minutes long usually although I still like prog.
Aurora is a metal head herself, she talked about it one of her recent streams on her channel. I find it really interesting that so many people who are into metal are surprised to find they like Aurora as well. Even though her music seems so different, there is clearly a connection, perhaps the level of raw emotion in her music...
Aurora has stated that she writes songs as a form of therapy, so her work is based on experiences she's had. She doesn't reveal the full meanings of her songs but it's speculated that this song is related to two of her other songs, Murder Song, and I Went Too Far. Both of which tell a story of a tragic love. About Murder Song she said "It's a tragic love story. Very tragic. The saddest thing is that he really loves her.", implying that it's likely not about her directly but someone she knows. This is further reinforced by I Went Too Far, where she stated "When I was 9 I wrote most of this song. I watched someone brave and kind not demanding the respect and love they deserved."
All of the songs deal with abusive relationships so as unfortunate as it is she likely witnessed an abusive relationship when she was a child and wrote these songs as a way to make sense of it all and endure it. Purely speculation, it was likely a man, who was vying for the affection of a woman who would take everything and give nothing in return. He likely broke off the relationship in Murder Song, and it ended badly. This song likely deals with the emotional pain afterwards. The lines "Eyes blue and hollow, As it rains against their will, Feathers falling out of a pillow, As if time's standing still." are likely a reference to Murder Song, and the man after he's "killed" the woman, hence the hollow eyes, and coming to terms with what he's done.
Just some thoughts, it's all very deep, but she intentionally leaves it vague so you can come up with your own meaning.
It's very difficult to say where she got the inspiration to these songs from. She grew up in a very safe surroundings with a beloving family. But she has got many losses of close relations in family and her close boyfriend was killed at the Utøya massacre in 2011 (Little Boy in the Grass). But she has a great imagination and is very emotive and has the ability to understand others feelings in a way few other have.
If I am remembering correctly, I heard her say in an interview one time, that "I went too far" had to do with her dealing with bully/friends that she tried to hard to get their approval. She gave up herself in order to fit in and be accepted by them, but realized that it wasn't right and eventually let those people go.
I thought Murder Song was written after she read about a man who killed his wife for mercy because she was terminally ill. The perspective was from the woman’s point of view which is why she says “I’m dead” and “I know he did it for mercy “
@@debbiegarnica603 I personally read into Murder Song as being written from the perspective of a domestic abuse victim that is still within the thrall (for lack of a better word) of the abuser, and making excuses for him.
Maybe because I also get almost a Where the Wild Roses Grow type feel from it. The song is very different, but there’s that twisted love aspect. Where the murderer is very mentally ill, and is doing what he thinks is right, almost “protecting” Eliza’s beauty by killing her at the height of her beauty.
That entire album (Murder Ballads) lives rent free in my head, and has since I was 10, when it came out. I do not regret giving it that free brain space. Also, I personally think that Kylie in that video is the most beautiful any woman has ever been, and I blame that specific video for me still falling for pale redheads. Also, there’s not much Kylie I’m into. There’s Confide in Me, and the Impossible Princess era, and this song. All within a few years of each other. The rest is a little too poppy for me. But mid 90s Kylie was perfection! And who doesn’t love Nick Cave?
But maybe that gives a bit of insight (as well as completely going off topic, my apologies), as to why I read that song the way I do. I also still remember the four years where I wasn’t in contact with my best friend (who I’ve loved as a sister for over 20 years now) because she was in a highly abusive relationship, and he had forbidden her from contact with me. She eventually divorced him, and got back in contact with me, and she’s much happier and healthier now, with kids, in a great relationship with a wonderful man- but it’s still hard to remember, that feeling of watching her slip away, and being completely powerless to stop it. And that likely also plays into how I read that song. I see this song as the abused slowly “waking up” from the thrall. At the end, she’s saying not to speak over her, that she will return, but the beginning is still rather blameless, much like Murder Song.
Her sister also has bipolar disorder too so I think some of her songs she tries to see the world from her sisters perspective
Appreciate the insights in Aurora's body language, most people just call her quirky and leave it at that.
What you've noted really adds to the understanding of the song, a performance I have seen many times and only really noticed the changes in strength of her voice for some lines.
100% yes!
I am betting it's muscle memory and relation to the body keeping score.
I maintain that only Mick Jagger is as physical a singer as her. There, I said it.
@@HughCorbyCruick Freddie Mercury.
Love this version of this song. Silja Sol is an often unheralded gem.
She is the facet around the gem,
The frame around the painting…
The hash browns with the egg mcmuffin.
@@Perktube1 "The hash browns with the egg mcmuffin" I love that!
She is an incredible melody writer. Her note choices are so satisfying and memorable
YES. So happy to see Aurora back on the channel! She's magical. And I hope you'll find your way back to Eivør again soon. These two are the ethereal voices of elvendom❤
Eivor is on my list for soonish? lol
@@TheCharismaticVoice That is good news. I hope it will be Falling Free, live at Torshavn.
@@seanmurphy637 Yeah, can't recommend that song enough. Goddamn.
@@TheCharismaticVoice
Eivor-Boxes live
@@TheCharismaticVoice Yes, the "Falling Free, live at Torshavn performance - holy wow!!
Elizabeth, more Aurora please. Her performances are pure visual and emotional magic. Pure, honest, real, and uncompromising. As with ALL of her creations, its the story thats important, and we can't get enough. Please react to 'A Diff Kind of human' and its outro ' Mothership' . Love the way you pay so much intense attention to these artists, thank you for your clever insight.
While I think the version of this song that Aurora performed at Nidarosdomen is better (or at least more impressive, as I love both performances), I'm glad to finally see Aurora make a return on this channel - she's my favourite artist ever, and this channel has some of the best insights
I checked out the Nidarosdomen version after I filmed this. Kirk and Paolo did review those versions, but I feel the emotion in this version is just so chilling.
@@TheCharismaticVoice That's an excellent point, and I agree that this version has its own special magic; and in fact it highlights one of the things I love so much about Aurora - none of her performances are ever exactly alike. Her and her band are always able to infuse each individual performance with its own unique identity, and they're always mesmerising. As always, I can't wait to watch your reaction!
@@jordanmclaren7833 Such a good point yourself! YES! Every performance is unique in its way. I love it.
I actually prefer this one, I think in the Nidarosdomen performance she pushes it a bit too far for my liking. Gets to the edge of some shrillness.
@@TheCharismaticVoice As much as I love Aurora and as beautiful the Nidaros concert is, I get the feeling that she has a harder time, voice- and breath-wise in (at least part of) that concert, than in anything else I think I have seen her do. I've only dabbled in singing, so I'm might be way off, but I have a theory that maybe the accoustics of the church might have something to do with it? Or maybe she was just having an off day, voice wise. It just seems everything takes more effort on her part there than usual. (I realize I might be stepping on some "Warriors & Weird"-toes here, so apologies for that.)
But YES! Very happy that you are doing more Aurora!
I want to cry when I hear “I can’t remember much more but I know it’s happened quite, so quite”. It’s literally what I can to say about my trauma. I can’t remember, but I know it’s happened quite. It’s so amazing
I'm so glad you appreciate AURORA's talent, I'm 62 and have never ever heard a voice like that... I am in awe
I actually recorded this performance. It was a pretty great day.
Omg, really?? ❤
Aurora has an ability to slice through me. leaves me a bit broken and more humble every time.
There’s definitely a sacred, and ancient, Nordic spiritual quality to this song, and all of Aurora’s music. She speaks deeply to me, and to many.
a wonderfully honest breakdown. being a 6 ft hairy metal dude even I teared up when I saw Aurora live… stunning music!
I honestly have never heard of Aurora before clicking on your video. I am completely floored by her voice and expressions of her God given talents.
That is now a week away … how far have you come friend? :)
This will make my day ! Anything from Aurora is always an excellent choice.
I'm very glad that Aurora gets the honoring attention by someone competent and sensitive like Elizabeth is on this channel.
As someone in another comment said well: She is the fifth element. She must be protected at all cost.
Thank you, Yubo! She truly is the Fifth Element!
The primal compulsion to "protect" her I understand, especially in today's world. I feel like she is as vulnerable as finely spun glass, but I also think she is as strong as high carbon steel. In the urge to "protect" her it is a fine line between that and limiting or caging her, personally or professionally. In the end we have to trust her instinct, heart and intellengence in surrounding herself with people who understand and love her. She is not lacking in any of those qualities, and has said one has to experience life in order to write about it.
Love hove you "dissect" the song. How you go back n'forth to listen to the different elements. Very good. You have some insight girl.
Thank you, Max.
You should do a video on aurora’s song Murder Song [5,4,3,2,1]!!
@Michi S Exact same here.
YESSSS
I love how you not only analyse her voice but her poise too.
It's so interesting to see people reacting to Aurora, they start to even comment and analyzing in a very calm, soft and almost whispering way. That's when you know she got you
Im a grown man. But I cried like a baby first time hearing this. Amazing
Premieres in 20 hours?! This is unacceptable. I want it now! ...
Okay I’ll wait patiently *selects reminder button*
Yes, me too, sigh, waiting patiently..
Stern voice over an obscure loudspeaker: Your turn will come when your number is called.
I've never heard of nor have I heard her sing before now, but holy cow I am absolutely blown away. I need more of this. Thank you for sharing this gem.
What strikes me watching Aurora perform is that she’s also a good actor: being able to dredge up authentic emotion for a performance is clearly one of her specialties.
Also: Wow..imagine being tasked with singing high harmony for Aurora. 😳
I literally can't listen to this song without crying my eyes out. Her voice has so much emotion, I can't.
I ADORE this, but it Breaks my heart EVERY time I hear it...
The fact that she can't talk after aurora's performance, that's why I love Aurora, her work, her words, her voice, her effort and talent, she is just art ❤️
I had never heard of Aurora.
She has the voice of a perfect faerie.
Thank You for introducing me to her!
Ive went thru all her videos she hasnt done through the eyes of a child in the chapel yet has she? Omg its so good.
I highly recommend "Murder Song (5,4,3,2,1)" from the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.
It makes you realize what an amazing artist she truly is.
Wow! This girl is amazing. Definitely has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard.
I swear Aurora isnt the artist, she is the art
Love is pain, in a sense. Love is allowing someone into your heart knowing that one day, inevitably, someone will be hurt. Even a perfect relationship that lasts 50 years ends in heartbreak when one of the partners passes on. Real love is knowing one day, you either will be hurt, or will hurt someone else, or youll hurt each other. The beauty in love is finding the person youre willing to suffer that pain for, and cherishing them every moment theyre with you. Love truly is wild 😊
Finally. I have been waiting for this. While I think Runaway from the Nobel Price award show is great, it is not even in my top twenty. So I have been hoping you would get back to a more mature version of Aurora. The first video has the feel of a child being put on a stage to sing, but in this version you get to see Aurora at work at her craft and how much in control of her music she is. I think it is the best version for your purpose. While the Nidarosdomen version is a more emotional satisfying experience, I actually think you need to listen to at least three versions of her songs before you have heard it, since she always changes it up. Now, I only wish you wouldn't start you premieres on the exact minute I get off work, since I always arrive ten minutes late :)
Aurora just takes your breath away, and, remember, she writes all of these things. She had already done quite a bit of work by the age of twelve. Whatever analysis you throw at it you have to read the lyrics and know her history to put it all in perspective. One thing I have learned in this pandemic is that you not only hear with your voice but with your vision as well. With that mask on it is often very difficult to hear what someone says without seeing their face. Aurora takes it well beyond that. Her performance is not only what you hear but what you see. It is in her hands, her eyes, the movement of her body. It is all these things and more. As a senior, I feel fortunate she has come this way and that I found her. Excellent reaction too!
I can not get over the talent Aurora has. Her lyrics, her musicality and her voice - which is both power and silk. In my opinion nobody expresses a message in such an indirectly way as Aurora, and her poetry of lyrics makes me listen to her songs over and over again in order to grasp the total meaning. With these skills she absolutely stands out from the crowd :)
The contradiction of her voice and subject is fantastic in this song. It just hits harder, and brings home the more the subject, makes you confront the result of violence in relationships
Wow. I can't wait! And i hope to see more Aurora reactions. I would recommend Murder Song live Nobel peace prize 💜 is from the same storyline as this song ( aurora's said, the 1st part) and its magical.
When I was in my 20's Laurie Anderson blew my mind. Now I'm 62 and I find myself once again having my mind totally blown apart, this time by Aurora. I feel very fortunate and humbled.
I saw her on tv,singing, I instantly became a fan. She's so hauntingly beautiful... It didn't fail to make me cry. She's so beautiful.
Jin R. . . . I experienced the exact same feeling two years ago . . . . and it has never left
me. It might be a very long ride and we should prepare ourselves. Aurora is only
going to pull in more and more people to her orbit as time goes on . . {-.-}
"Are your dreams as dead as they seem?" How can two voices make sounds together that sound unearthly beautiful, like a glimpse into an etheral fairy realm. >shivers in a good way
When I listen to Aurora, I feel I am in the presence of greatness, she paints with her voice, as surely as an artist paints with his brush.
You're such a sensitive, intelligent and knowledgeable person. Thank you for these videos.
this is artistry. really taking the time to listen and hear is so....profoundly appreciating, the expression and storytelling deeply well done and simultaneously destroying.
She has the purist voice I have ever heard.
This React is very different from many others. And that's good.
You, Elizabeth, analyze this song so deeply. You see every movement and hear every tonal emphasis.
You're the first to go into that particular part of this song ... Don't speek over "MY VOICE". Strong words but ignored by many.
Your React is honest, with heart and soul. I love it!
I LOVE Auroras diction, as in 'QuieT'.... so beautiful
Yay, another Aurora reaction :) She is one of the most original artists in recent years, she really brings hope for music's future.
Such a hauntingly sad, and beautiful song. So hard to get through without tearing up especially when you also watch her expressions. I absolutely love their two voices together.
Silja's choirs shake even more ... Two angels singing on earth. Who does not get excited about something like that is not of this world. The song ends and AURORA's voice still dances in the air. Amazing song! One of his best compositions for me
would love to see you do more AURORA videos, you are REALLY good in analyzing her. Not just her voice but her body language which is a huge part of her performance !
Aurora's music resonates so well with the INFP Meyers-Briggs type. It gives me chills and I love it!
i'm an enfj and i love it too! :)
Oh my goodness, I LOVE the Meyers-Briggs analyses. I can see her as an INFP, totally!
Agreed. I find her so empowering
When she performed this in a cathedral - the acoustics are just unbelievable and always sends shivers down my spine...check it out!
Good. My chills got chills already
You got to listen to the studio version. The vocal harmonies are stunning!
Wow, shes acting and singing at the same time! Shes really putting character into the words
The chills right? My standing hairs get standing hairs when I listen to this
First time listening to Aurora! Nice. She looks and sounds as a little fairy
I love that you picked up on that little shiver and the bouncing for comfort. She really does become completely immersed in the emotion of the story in her music. In fact, we regularly see her needing to 'shake it off' at the end of her more emotional songs like she needs to do it to come back from wherever it is she goes while she's performing.
Aurora live is almost a spiritual experience!
It must be time for another Aurora reaction? How about 'Through the eyes of a child' live at Nidarosdomen?
Aurora's lyrics are poetic in a unique way:
Eyes blue and hollow
As it rains against their will
Feathers falling out of a pillow
As if time's standing still
I can’t remember much more
But I know it happened quiet
So quiet
Words falling out through the window
All that remains is a silent call
Is the Earth colored red?
As I land like a flower on the meadow
Love is wild
You fell apart
Like a stone can be broken into sand
A thousand pieces
Spread across a crying land
And you can’t remember that day
But you know it happened quiet
So quiet
Words falling out through the window
All that remains is a silent call
Is the Earth colored red?
As I land like a flower on the meadow
Love is wild
Are your dreams as dead as they seem?
Are your dreams as dead as they seem?
Don’t you speak over my voice
I will return from the shadows
And I’ll bleed in your bed
Turn it red
Like the ground outside your window
Love is wild
Love is wild
Love is wild
Love is wild
Ohh, God... all her inner self is crying....
Sounds like he killed her & she's going to come back to haunt him.
Masterpiece. Plain and simple.
she is an incredibly 'old soul'.. I just hope she stays with us.
I love your empathetic respectful analysis of this song. I find it very nice that you also include Silja so gracefully, her guitar playing, her voice. Wonderful.
Aurora is just an absolute amazing singer and performer all around. I love her style of music and everything she does.
Everything Aurora does is intricate and beautiful because she wants to infuse that beauty and purity into her music. She lives through her music and almost in reverse, her music lives through her. She’s a musician and an artist. Sometimes both at the same time and sometimes separate.
The 20 hour wait was worth it lol. You breaking this song down made me tear up. I love how beautifully and eloquently you react to music. It’s as moving as the song. I see you feel and experience to music and I love that. From heavy metal to soft indie I swear I always see you feeling it. I appreciate that more than someone just gushing over a song. So that I you for being authentic.
Sheeeeesh.....what a heavy song..im gonna go cry now
I had a big smile when it popped on my UA-cam wall.
I have my favorites of singers over all my years. But, to be perfectly honest. Nobody I've heard can bring it like Aurora. She is magical, expressive & angelic.
🥳🥳🥳🥳Yes finally 😊 you and Julia Nilon brought me to Aurora, and I can't stop listening to it. She touched my soul, and to see you react to it gives me so much joy (and a tear🤫) there goes my credibility of metalhead haha
Julia Nilon is just so amazing! I cherish her.
@@TheCharismaticVoice yes she absolutely is, you both are... ❤️!
Aurora is a longtime heavy metal fan, so maybe you're picking up on some of that energy coming through.
She is the 8th wonder of the world.... I first heard her when you covered helvegen and I'm completely enamored with her voice. Simply amazing experience to hear...
One of the greatest singers (artists) that I have ever listened to during my current time in this world. She is so pure. I cannot really even express it with words how much of a blessing she is and how lucky I am to share this same current lifetime as her. Her music has moved me in ways other artists have never done before. She sings with a voice directly from her soul and it reaches deep into everyone else’s soul. Breathe taking. ♥️
Aroura is LIGHT AND LOVE🌞❤
She is an amazing young vocalist. It is riveting. You cannot look way. She holds you with her presence and her movements and her voice is so ethereal. She emotionally draws you in with the expression in her voice and actions. There are no words to describe what a special person she is. Her music is spiritual and comes from within her
This might just be my favorite reaction to an Aurora song.
You said you are four foot three. Is that high, were you are from?
Love your balancing of music theory - and just reacting on a very emotional level. And yes, Silja is AMAZING, amazing, amazing too.