💗💗💗 *Only Angelina Jordan, can take an amazing song, from a phenomenal artist, & make it her own* 💗💗💗 I have often been lost for words, when trying to describe Angelina Jordan's unique vocals, & I still cannot express, or even come to terms, with what my ears are hearing, most times, but one thing I absolutely do know, is that, when I hear her voice, it always touches my soul, & can make me feel things I didn't even know existed!!! To me, that is her gift, & what makes her, not only a singer, but an incredible soulful artist 💝 *SHE TRULY IS A GIFT* 💝
I love it when the stagehand asks Angelina; "Can you just come up to the mic like you are going to be singing?" AJ has been on stage since she was 6 years old just look at her composure.
To be fair, she was nearly 14 when she performed this. She has recently turned 16. She has over 150 videos on UA-cam, and most of them will blow you away, even - many would say especially - the early ones from Norway's Got Talent. Do continue to follow Angelina. You'll find a great response from us army of Angelina fans.
Chris, welcome to the wonderful world of Angelina Jordan! She just turned 16 on January 10th and if you choose to stay with her you will definitely enjoy the journey you are about to join us on. The more times you listen to this MASTERPIECE the better it gets. Many of us have listened to it well over 1000 times. I believe it's on its way to over one billion views. Even though you have just listened to her for the first time I have a feeling you've read some comments about her so you didn't go into this cold turkey. I strongly suggest you read the comments for this video because it will give you an indication of how we have embraced her to a degree we treat her as family. You heard the conversation before the song and particularly the part about her winning Norway's Got Talent (she entered the Show at 7 and turned 8 before the Show ended). I think it's important for you to see where this began. Chris, do not think for a second you will be listening to a 7 and 8 year older singing. She sang 4 songs and there are video's of each one and there is one which has all 4 video's together and it's about 10 or 11 minutes long. Chills? Stay tuned. I know lots of people will suggest you listen to her sing 'I Put A Spell On You' (at 9 years old) but I would go with Norway's Got Talent first. Just subscribed and I hope I hear more reactions to Angelina from you. Thanks for this terrific reaction!
She auditioned for Norway's Got Talent at 7 she was 8 by the final show. Watch all the performances and switch on Subtitles in english you will be astounded. The producers worried she might be too young but when in a large meeting she indicated to the accompanist when he should come in and how they realised they were dealing with a musical intelligence far beyond her years. she was not just parroting the songs she wished to control her performance.She had written 2 songs by the age of 12 and the lyrics show an insight beyond her years though completely age appropriate.
You need to see her performance of "I Put a Spell on You" in studio - when she was 9 years old!!! Also - because you noticed - she makes her own clothes. and she wears no shoes when she performs - but that's another story. Great Reaction!!!!
Unexpected wasn't it? Angelina , at the age of 6, was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up - she answered - Artist, she wanted to sing for the whole world! Well, this young lady has dedicated her life to art - the outfit she wore was derived from paintings that her grandma painted to illustrate Angelina's book that was published in 2015 (age 9), the two of them stitched it themselves. I really hope that you enjoy reading long comments - it's the price to pay when you react to Angelina! Hey - you don't even have 10K subs yet - don't worry - they will come - a multitude of Angels...
'I Put A Spell On You' at 9 years is a complete opposite of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and how she is so versatile. She also had a hand in the lyrics and arrangement of this studio version. Am subscribing. She has over some 130 videos on her UA-cam Channel. From the cradle to now at only 16, doing Adele covers and quick TicToc clips.
The biggest surprise is that you haven’t heard Angelina before. This bluesy style, coupled with her unique arrangement, is just one of the genres where Angelina will stun you with her talent. Just start listening. For all new Angelina reactors, her cover of I Put a Spell on You at age 9 is a great place to start. It is easily one of the most amazing performances you have ever seen. Watch Angelina give us authentic old school blues with a great live jazz band behind her. It’s not just a terrific performance for a 9 year old. If you close your eyes, it’s a seasoned blues singer with extraordinary vocal ability and style. It’s pretty much indescribable in words, but it will astonish you more than Bohemian Rhapsody.
At around the age of 1 1/2 years old, her grandmother exposed her to jazz music and she immediately fell in love with it. She has many influences, such as Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Amy Winehouse, Adele, and many others. Also, whenever she performs, she is barefoot. When Angelina was 6 years old, she met a homeless girl around her age in Iran. (Her grandmother is Iranian artist Mery Zamani.) The girl did not have any shoes, and Angelina says her feet were scarred. Angelina gave the girl her own shoes. Angelina then “vowed never to appear on stage again wearing shoes until all the world’s children had them.” She keeps that promise to this day, as she says that little girl “is always in my heart,” Hence earning her the name by her fans The Barefoot Princess of Jazz. She has also helped raised millions of dollars for children's charities around the world. Her heart is as big as her singing talent! Please keep reacting to her videos and God bless!
rw You have quoted Angelina as saying she: "vowed never to appear on stage again wearing shoes until all the world’s children had them.” I have researched this claim exhaustively and have been unable to find the origin. Could you please provide me with a source for your quote?
@@creativecrewfam , I always enjoy your Angelina reactions! She just turned 16 on January 10th (born 2006). It didn't show Heidi Klum's comments where she playfully tells the other judges she's been waiting for them to stop "jibber-jabbering," then she leaps out of her seat, and hits the Golden Buzzer for Angelina. Just a beautiful, sweet, well-deserved moment for our Barefoot Queen! By the way, the gorgeous outfit was designed and made by her artistic grandmother Meri Zamani and Angelina herself. I think it's actually on the merch page of her website. Her grandmother is the one who first stands up at the end of the song with a standing ovation. Angelina's grandmom, mom Sarah, little sister Juliette, and uncle/manager Michael Astar are shown a few times in this video. Angelina's full name is actually Angelina Jordan ASTAR (and she is!) ;)
Chris thank you for your wonderful reaction and analysis. Angelina has always created her own arrangements, seemingly from birth and was likely singing in the womb. I will post the biography I compiled for her once I get my internet back. Born Angelina Jordan Astar on January 10, 2006 in Oslo, Norway to her Norwegian mother, Sara Astar and her Swedish father, Gerry Christian Slattman, who has chosen to keep his life private. Angelina started singing around 18 months of age after listening to Whitney Houston on UA-cam. She quickly became obsessed with listening to music videos and her maternal grandmother, Mery Zamani got Angelina interested in classic jazz. Mery Zamani is Iranian and was considered a prodigy as an artist and poet and married a Japanese man who passed away in 2019. Angelina speaks Norwegian, Farsi, English, Japanese and Swedish. Angelina attended the Oslo Waldorf School and participated in the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program, where she received vocal training starting around age 4. Angelina plays the piano, violin, guitar and flute and also paints. More recently she along with her grandmother have designed and made the clothing she wears on stage. Why Angelina always performs barefoot At age 6, while traveling in the Middle East with her mother and grandmother, Angelina noticed a girl around her age standing on the side of the road asking people to step on her bathroom scale to be weighed in hopes of getting some money. Angelina took off her shoes so as to not get the scale dirty and stepped on the scale many times to make the girl feel better. Angelina befriends the girl who was not wearing shoes and has scars on her feet, and learns she is an orphan. The orphan girl tells Angelina how beautiful she thinks her shoes are. Angelina says her shoes don’t fit her well and she wants to give her shoes to the orphan girl who thanks Angelina for giving her the shoes. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, “I want to become a doctor, but that will never happen since I have no parents and I have siblings so I have to do whatever is necessary for us to survive.” Angelina told the girl to never give up on her dreams. The poor girl asked Angelina what she wanted to be when she grew up and Angelina replied that she wanted to sing for the whole world. The poor girl said she would pray every day so Angelina’s dream would come true. Angelina still says she thinks of that homeless girl every day and has always performed barefoot to remind her of all the children who are less fortunate. At age 9, she became the youngest published author in Norway’s history by writing a book about this encounter in the Middle East. Angelina at age 6 and 7 did record a few songs in a recording studio, most notably “I Who Have Nothing”, a truly remarkable performance for a 6 or 7 year old. Angelina is blessed with a deep voice with a beautiful rich tone and has always made her sound much older than her age. Many compare her voice to that of Amy Winehouse. Her voice is highly emotional which is very rare for a young girl and some people can’t accept that such a soulful voice can come from someone who has not had enough life experience. One vocal coach on UA-cam recently said, “If you have a song and want to have more emotion added to that song, have Angelina sing it.” At age 8, (please refer to replies by erik to a comment I made on JHTreacts video on 6/7/21 who provides proof Angelina had already turned 8) Angelina’s audition on NGT was a cover of Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday”, a song which was banned by a number of European countries during World War II because authorities worried the song would increase the suicide rate. Truly bizarre that this is the song to launch the career of a child musical prodigy. One of the judges on NGT cried. The next performance on NGT was her cover of Billie Holiday’s “I’m a Fool to Want You” singing acapella which was required by NGT unless the singer also played an instrument while singing. This was the Judge’s cut round of the competition and was not performed in front of an audience. In the Semi Final round of NGT, Angelina sang “Bang Bang” which was written by Sonny Bono and was first performed by his wife Cher but is best known sung by Nancy Sinatra. The improvement in each performance is incredible even though there were only a couple months between them. In the Finals, Angelina did a cover of George Gershwin’s, “Summertime” and won the contest, capturing 46% of the votes from the ten finalists. Angelina had become a star in her native Norway and her videos on UA-cam went viral. She gave a few concerts during the summer of 2014 while 8 years old. On June 27, 2018 Jordan performed “Fly Me to the Moon” for Quincy Jones in The O2 Arena in London. Angelina performed on America’s Got Talent The Champions which aired in January 2020. She earned the Golden Buzzer for her performance of her unique arrangement of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. She sang her cover of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in the Finals but didn’t make it into the final 5 contestants. There is much debate over how and why Angelina was eliminated. Angelina has covered more than 130 songs from 80 different artists, all of which are available on UA-cam. Angelina has always made changes to each song she covers and often her version is preferred over the original. On UA-cam, search on The Complete Works of Angelina Jordan as a fan put all songs in one file and has a complete playlist in the description of that video. In August 2020, her manager and uncle Michael Astar announced Angelina has signed with Republic Records as their highest priority new artist. On 11/6/20 her first single on Republic Records, Million Miles written by Angelina, was released. She dedicated it to anyone who has lost a loved one. Her 2nd single, 7th Heaven is a jazzy, upbeat, inspirational song and was also written by Angelina. Angelina’s family requested Republic Records to allow her to have as normal a childhood as possible. This is why Republic Records has not promoted her first two singles. Angelina Jordan is a humble, compassionate young lady of very few words when she is not singing. She is on videos saying she wants to sing for the entire world and also that she wants to improve the quality of life for all the children on Earth. She has helped to raise millions of dollars for children’s charities and environmental causes. Musicians who have worked with her have been quoted saying Angelina is among the most talented musicians they have worked with and she is the boss in the room when rehearsing. Remarkable for a girl of few words when not singing. For Angelina, it is all about the music and not her. Personally, I find Angelina’s voice the most soulful and emotional voice of my lifetime. Angelina as a person, inspires me to be a better person and live longer to listen to her sing for as long as I can.
Angelina turned 16 on January 10th. Shortly after The Champions aired Angelina signed a contract at 14 with Republic Records. The Barefoot Princess of Jazz, Angel of Norway and the Queen of Song!
It's always fun to watch people that understand the mechanics of singing listen to Angelina. The complexity of what she is doing can be easily missed in what may seem like a 'simple' arrangement on the surface. Having followed her (more like studied her) for a years now, I know it can take me many listens to any given piece before I can start to pick out all the little twists and turns she takes in the song. When she was on NGT at 7, one of the judges said, "Angelina IS music", I would take it even further... Angelina IS art.
The remaining members of Queen were so impressed they allowed Angelina to copyright her version - She recorded it under her copyright and it is available on several streaming services such as Spotify and Amazon Music - along with several other songs she has performed. BTW: Angelina has been writing her own vocal arrangements or has had the final say for them since she was 7-8 years old.
In this song Angelina resembles a mature housecat in a sunny morning kitchen. She stalks in on tiptoes, tail straight up, ignoring the old hound still sleeping on his mat by the door. Takes a detour to stay in her sunbeam rather than walk through the shadow of the island countertop, glances once at the table where a plate of bacon smells delicious but such theft is beneath her dignity and pauses at the food dishes, where she delicately collects two kibble from the dogs dish before making a graceful leap to her favorite sunny windowledge to rest and recover from the exertion of the walk.
Enjoyed your reaction! As the saying goes, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" She has a very large catalog of songs available on you tube. at last count I think it's at about 162. So you only have 161 left to react to, better get busy! Lol, truthfully though, you have already gotten some great suggestions. Whichever you pick next, she will not disappoint!
Great reaction to a vocal tour-de-force! Somebody forgot to warn you what was ahead! You've done it now. You have fallen into the vortex of Angelina Jordan who arguably brings the most confident, versatile, seemingly effortless, and fearless vocal artistry found today (whether measured across artists, genres, or decades). You may think this an exaggeration but listen to a few more of her many performances (135+ covers plus original songs - all on YT) and you will see! She has been performing at a high level all over the world since age 7/8 when she won Norway's Got Talent singing Billie Holiday, Nancy Sinatra, and Gershwin. It is the rare singer that can, as Angelina has done, go from Queen to "Screamin" Jay Hawkins to Adele to Elvis to Whitney Houston to Michael Jackson to Etta James to James Brown to Amy Winehouse (and many others in between) and do them all justice! If you want to hear music, listen to anyone. If you want to feel music, listen to Angelina. She will stagger you with her ability to find and bring forth the 'essence', the emotional message of nearly any song. You have far to go with Angelina. She is equally comfortable and equally able to impact us whether singing a cappella, accompanied only by a piano or guitar, in front of professional studio musicians or a 40 piece military band. With her immense vocal toolkit, arranging ability (yeah, that too, since about 8yo or so) and the work ethic to make what she does only 'seem' effortless, she will hopefully be touching hearts for a long time to come. Wait until you find out why she performs barefooted! Why God has performed the miracle of touching the world with one of such talent, musical IQ, commitment, and generosity as Angelina we can wonder but we must all marvel. Welcome aboard the AJ train! Please react to more of her impressive library.
When Angelina Jordan was 7, she auditioned for Norway's Got Talent, with Billie Holiday's "Gloomy Sunday". Seriously! And she didn't just audition, she somehow channelled Billie Holiday. At 7! I hope you'll check it out. Recently she covered Adele's "Easy On Me", and she blows it out of the stratosphere. Another one to check out. Loved this reaction!
Chris, outstanding reaction to Angelina's version of "Rhapsody" understanding how she can make a classic song hers by changing the tone and lyrics to the song. Chris, please go back to the "Norway Has Talent" Show 2014 season when Angelina Jordan was introduced to the World. Check out all four songs she sang to win the show and the hearts of all of her Angels.
Rather similar reaction to mine. My reaction to this was, wow and wow, and chills and goosebumps... and to describe it, I would say it was the most mesmerizing performance I have ever seen and heard on a talent show ❤ Have a nice day 👍
Great reaction Chris - and welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan. There are upwards of 140 video performances out there ranging from old classics to her own songs. I think that you need to see how amazing she was even at the age of seven (Gloomy Sunday, Bang Bang, and Summertime on Norway's Got Talent); then outdoor concert age 8 "What a Difference a Day Makes"; then her tribute to Screaming Jay Hawkins at age 9y 2m will blow your mind - be sure to watch the black & white studio version of her own arrangement of "I Put a Spell on You". That'll get you to first base - and have fun from there.
No matter how many vocal coaches reacted to it, there's always a new aspect that can be discovered. Thats really amazing. So much going on in that performance.
Some Milestones for Angelina Jordan: At 7-8 years old she won "Norways Got Talent" ua-cam.com/video/O2bX15tYFVk/v-deo.html At 9 years old her own arangement of "I put a spell on you" ua-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/v-deo.html At 10 years old “I’m still am holding out for you” (demo): ua-cam.com/video/Dv8mjCh5iiE/v-deo.html. It was recorded one week before she turning 11. Some consider it to represent one of Angelina's best vocal performances. At 12 years old her cover of "It's a man's world" by James Brown ua-cam.com/video/HEm7tGrjIKk/v-deo.html At 12 years old, her original " Shield" ua-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/v-deo.html (she has 4 more originals) At 13 years old her own arrangement of "Bohemian Rhapsody" : ua-cam.com/video/7gQljxeaNuM/v-deo.html. "QUEEN" reacted in their Twitter account: "Wow. What a rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody!". At 14 and 15 years old her originals "Million Miles" ua-cam.com/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/v-deo.html and 7h Heaven ua-cam.com/video/9rLiWvwzbCA/v-deo.html At 15 years old her incredible covers of "All i ask" ua-cam.com/video/8gJuprckBxI/v-deo.html and "Easy on Me" ua-cam.com/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/v-deo.html by Adele (she has more than 150 covers performed between 6-15 years old)
You said (I'm paraphrasing) that what you saw here explained how she was able to win _Norway's Got Talent_ at such a young age (8 for most of the competition, actually). I would say exactly the opposite: her run on NGT at 7 and 8 explains (to some degree, anwyay) how she could be so good in this performance at 13. Because she was already _amazingly_ good back then. And not good in a typical "child singer on a TV talent show" way (for example, she sang not a single belted note in the entire competition), but good in the way a seasoned adult singer would be good. (In fact, come to think of it… good in the way that she herself was good in this AGT performance, 5½ years later: mature, assured, genuine.) After her audition, the first judge to speak called her "an old soul who has lived many lives". That kind of says it all. Please consider reacting to all of her NGT performances. The best video to start with, IMO, is called "Angelina Jordan - Gloomy Sunday audition - Norway's Got Talent- english subtitles", uploaded to the Song and Heart channel. After that, you can either continue with "Angelina Jordan - I'm A Fool To Want You - Norske Talenter - 2014" (uploaded by pa1189j), or switch to a single compilation video called "Angelina Jordan - sings 7 songs" (also on the Song and Heart channel) which contains, in just over 14 minutes, everything she sang on NGT (no judges' comments, though) plus a handful of her other vocal performances that aired on TV during that time.
Welcome to Angelina’s music world and thanks for reacting to this awesome and emotional performance by Angelina, the barefoot angel. Also, thanks to Angelina for reminding us about the legend Freddie Mercury (RIP) with her own rendition of this iconic song. Angelina has about 160 cover, rehearsal, and original YT videos, and she signed a contract with Republic Records in 2020 at 14 years old. As soon as she finishes high school, per her family’s desire, RR will introduce her worldwide to the people who appreciated pure music.
Heidi Klum actually ended up giving her the golden buzzer to go straight to the live shows after she commented ❤️ love that you’re getting into her! Check out her version of Elton John’s “Yellow Brick Road” and Eta James’s “I’d Rather Go Blind”, as well as her “I Put a Spell On You” when she was 9..incredible 👌🏼
agreed, !add to this : It's a man's world ua-cam.com/video/HEm7tGrjIKk/v-deo.html How great thou art ua-cam.com/video/WLAEy1LIHrc/v-deo.html Her Norway got talent performances : ua-cam.com/video/O2bX15tYFVk/v-deo.html As for I put a spell on you this is the version everyone talks about : ua-cam.com/video/HEm7tGrjIKk/v-deo.html
Hi Chris, that was a wonderful reaction. So, a 13 -year-old stands on stage and begins a cappella of an iconic song which is arguably one of the hardest songs in the world to sing and does it in front of her hero (Simon), a full house, and millions watching on TV and is totally relaxed (or she wouldn't be able to do some of the playful voice thingys). Now some may say that she had one song and she made it extraordinary - like a half-court basketball shot, but what you will find is that she has essentially done this sort of half-court shot since she was 6 years old. I hope you continue with reactions to Angelina because for me, it is a double enjoyment - you reacting to Angelina.
Angelina wanted to impress Simon and got the highest praise from the remaining members of the legendary Queen. Queen are enthusiastic about Angelina's arrangement. Queen shared Angelina's performance on their official Twitter account with the words "WOW, what a rendition". 💯 *AJ* 💯 BTW, Angelina released her version of Bohemian Rhapsody on January 24th, 2020 under her own record label ANGELINA JORDAN INC. 🤗
Angelina is a true artist. One of my favorite vocalist. Raised on the great jazz female singers, she as so many colors in her voice. My favorite is her version of Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind" when she was 10 or 11. Soooo goood!
Thank you, Chris, for your great first reaction to Angelina. Oh, my friend, you are in for the ride of your life! It won’t be long before you will be inundated with other comments here that will give you excellent information about Angelina, her prodigious talent and her huge humanitarian heart. We all know your main purpose is to react to the performers (and you do it very well) but, let me just say, the more reactions you do to her, the more you will see your subscriptions, likes, views and comments go through the roof. Just know that Angelina’s millions of fans around the world are very, VERY loyal and will follow you to the ends of the Earth for as long as you continue to react to her!
You have entered into the world of probably the greatest vocal artist of the 21st century - an artist who has made herself available for all to see since she was 7. In the proceeding years, she has bewildered, baffled, astonished, and moved me to tears countless times. All she has to do is stand there (or sit) and sing and I'm transported. I'm only sad for those who don't' get it because it's been one of the greatest gifts of my life. Angelina has been a star since she was 7 and has continued to impress ever since. Her voice is heaven-sent and her vocal skillset seemingly endless. 😎
Angelina’s voice and her total being is like an ocean wave or soft summer breeze that takes you in and rushes you to places you have rarely experienced. Your heart rate increases, you find it difficult to catch your breath, chills and shells engulf you. You are now addicted to Angelina Jordan the finest story telling vocalist I have ever experienced.
Norwegian-born Angelina Jordan is a music prodigy she started singing at age of 1.5 years and more than that she started with Billy Holiday Jazz. Here are a few details I picked up along the Angelina experience, Angelina speaks and sings in 3 languages, designs her own clothes, and has written a highly popular book published in 2015 called Mellon to jheter (Between two Hearts), and like her name she truly is an angel with a heart of gold. Angelina won Norway's got talent when she was 7 years old (video worth watching) Her younger years before age 13 she was watched over by her mother (Sara) and her Uncle/manager who just wanted her to grow up normal. Her mother and uncle Turned down almost 90% of all requests for her to perform but even so from age 7 years to 12 years old or so, she has been all over the world (Mother never more than a breath away) Angelina has produced over 150 covers, and she makes all of them her own, all of which will astound you. New people to Angelina get sucked down this road of experience not believing what they're hearing her excellent vocals and unique way of singing, Angelina is a master at music structure her ability to show absolute recognition to a cover while she makes it her own. Angelina writes her own music and produces it. Angelina's mother "Sara" is Norwegian, her father is from Sweeden The grandmother( Artist Mary Zamani) on her mother's side is from Iran and her grandfather (recently deceased) is from Japan both grandparents are very involved with Angelina's growing up, Angelina's song a million miles is about losing her grandfather. Shortly after her performance on Americas got talent show she was signed by Republic Music and has produced Million Miles (song for her recently deceased grandfather), Seventh Heaven, Heal The World it's her start at the world market and that I'm sure she'll dominate
From Iowa, USA; OK, WOW ❗🤗🌹Loved your reaction❗ 1. An important thing to remember about AJ is that she refused to sign for a record deal through AGT and they relented and invited her to sing anyway. 2. AJ is currently signed with Republic Records. 3. AJ began singing at 18 months. Her grandmother was a jazz/blues fan and played that genre of music for AJ. She fell in love with it very early on and has even arranged most if not all that she sings from age 8. What an incredible talent. 4. Currently in 2022 she is in her mid-teenage years, stands 6 foot tall and still performs barefoot. The backstory of her encounter with the homeless girl she met while she traveled with her family through Iran at age 6 includes the weather damaged bare feet of the child she gave her own shoes to. 5. The reason she performs barefoot is to bring awareness to her public of the children worldwide who can't afford shoes of their own. She has raised millions of dollars for clothing including shoes for those unfortunate children. 6. AJ sews her own clothes, (the cloth is designed by her grandmother). 7. We all hope to enjoy her performances for many years to come. 8. BTW I'm 80 and have been involved privately in music since my age of 7. 9. Here's AJ, probably 10 or 11 years old, singing an old Cole Porter classic. "Every Time We Say Goodbye" ua-cam.com/video/KRSI8HmTHJA/v-deo.html
I knew you would like Angelina's voice 😁 She's always so smooth on the ears. Nobody who ever reacted to this rendition of the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' ever got disappointed. Even the band Queen themselves complimented her for this rendition.
Do you like having that open-mouthed feeling of disbelief, only more so? Check out Angelina's black & white video where she covers Screamin' Jay Hawkins' song I Put A Spell On You at age 9.
Nice reaction, Chris. I see others have filled you in on a lot of Angelina information, so I'll just mention that there was some clever editing in the backstage interview at the start. It was made to look as though Angelina was pretty emotional about being on the show and about her desire to win it. There are a couple of videos of that backstage interview that show why she was emotional. It was right after she had been talking about wishing her late grandfather could be there to see her perform.
gary What is never mentioned is that at the time of her AGT appearance, Angelina's maternal grandfather was in the hospital, in great pain, dying. He passed away a couple of weeks later. This explains why many thought her to be emotionless, stuck up or sad after watching her perform.
Well.... You and me bro! She is amazing! This version is so jazzy and soulfull. Love, love, love it. Check out her cover of "I put a spell on you". That one knocked my socks of!
New subscriber - thanks to your great reaction to Angelina's masterful reinterpretation & performance of Queen's epic song. Looking forward to more of your Angelina reactions. Highly recommend going back to all 4 of her Norway Got Talent performances (Gloomy Sunday, I'm A Fool To Want you, Bang Bang & Summertime). And/or - to really appreciate her raw talent - you need to check out her black & white performance of I Put A Spell On You which she arranged at age 9. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
Bonsoir depuis les Vosges,je suis contente de vous retrouver avec Angelina,je l’ai découverte depuis 2 ans en même temps que Dimash,elle est comme lui, différente,merveilleuse !🌹🙏🌹
Thank you Chris for the nice reaction. I give new Angie reactors a welcome pack, please read. She chooses all her own songs & does all her own arrangements ever since she was very young, even when she did Screaming Jay Hawkins “I put a spell on you” the B&W version, ua-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/v-deo.html at barely 9, even at 7 & 8 on NGT (Norway’s Got Talent). On AGT-C Angie made her outfit from silkscreen patterns of her grandma's art work when she was 13 back in Norway. She makes several of her other outfits for shows & concerts too. She also paints great, plays 5 instruments & speaks & sings 4+ languages, English being her 3rd. Angie turned 16 on 1-10-22. Angie is a very kind, giving, loving, respectful, humble & a big hearted Christian girl. She always sings barefoot when performing & she wrote a book about it at 9 called “Between Two Worlds” & she was/is the youngest to be published in Norway. (Why does Angie performs barefoot. Angelina gives a short little interview explaining why she performs barefoot. ua-cam.com/video/-cCLDY0CSZ8/v-deo.html) Angie has arranged over 150 covers & written 5 songs & had 2 written for her also & she’s mastered over 10 genre’s already. One of her nicknames is “The barefoot princess of a 1000 voices with a Mona Lisa smile” Angie never sings a song the same way twice, so you could say they’ll all be 1st time reactions.
So much for you to discover - welcome to AJ!!!! I have been following her career since she was 7 because of her vocals, her poise and how amazed I am at her every performance.
You have just discovered a true gem. I hope you continue to follow this incredible artist. She has an incredible ability to communicate emotion through her singing. If you choose to react to more of her performances, I suggest you go back to her earlier performances when she was 7-10. Here are a few suggestions: What a Difference a Day Makes (age 8) ua-cam.com/video/ZSfgCIGd7k4/v-deo.html Feeling Good (age 10) ua-cam.com/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/v-deo.html Summertime (age 8) ua-cam.com/video/443pBSpx5B4/v-deo.html Bang Bang (age 8) ua-cam.com/video/HCaDyiqs7Wg/v-deo.html
Welcome to Angelina's Rabbit Hole, over 135 covers all rearranged by her and 5 originals written and composed by her from age 6 to present age 16 as of the 10th of this month. English is her 3rd language, she knows 4 for sure but familiar with a 5th. She has acted, wrote a book and was Published when she was 9, about true experience when she was 6. She sews her own clothes, paints, designs is getting into Modeling with Heidi Klum. She also plays 4 instruments, but I must say, she has no ambition, LOL, God Bless!
Thanks for the beautiful and professional first reaction, Chris. Angelina from a very young age she has grasped the essence of music and is a sensational performer. This cover of her is simply unique, for her ability to reread the song and for the beauty of the interpretation, at only 13 years. She is a very particular artist if not unique, she has a musical background that will amaze you. All of her arrangements of her dozens of covers (and which covers!) And of her beautiful original songs are created by her, from the age of 6 she has the ability to absorb and reconstruct all kinds of songs and genres she likes. In addition to her incredible musical talent, musical sensitivity, independence of judgment and vocal autonomy are other fantastic qualities of her, which make hers results even more surreal, regardless of her age. 💛 🧡 ❤️
Her Stage presence is fearless, powerful and fascinating since her first time on stage. Please react to the 7y old Girl, her first Song on NGT. She turns the suicide song Gloomy Sunday to a beautiful artwork that makes your eyes wet
There is only one version that could possibly be counted as "better" than this one. It is also performed by Angelina. Unfortunately, there is no link to it as she performed it on her Christmas 2021 live stream. I don't have the musical knowledge to describe how much difference two years have made. It almost brings me to tears to think what 10 years will bring to the world. She sings "What a Difference a Day Makes" and my mind says "the difference is you." Believe it!
You are right, a new powerful Version with the backing famous musicians. Her power increased more and more. It's time for her to be back on Stage with a large audience 💓💯🙏🎷
Maybe not better, but certainly different - Angelina's voice was just right for the time and place - she crafted the performance using the voice she had, it worked so well and in such a high pressure environment. Yes the Christmas concert version was amazing, no in ear monitors, starting with perfect pitch - but how can you improve on the perfect - just another style of perfect!
@@lesgray8709 I agree with you. It was certainly "different" and I would put it below the performance on AGT-TC. It came across as too aggressive for my linking.
Congratulations! You just discovered the best Vocal Artist on the Planet! IMO ♥👣👸🏻 This opinion is quickly being reinforced as her career is finally starting to I believe explode. I'm surprised there are still many who know nothing about her but again I think that is going to change.If you want to hear music listen to anyone. If you want to feel it listen to Angelina. You have a lot of catching up to do if you decide to follow this girl and it would be a mistake in my opinion not to. Not just a great artist but an even greater Human Being! Hang on. Her angels will soon fill you in on her incredible journey accomplishments. Regarding your recent reaction to Bohemian Rhapsody Did you notice during her performance they highlighted audience members in the front row. That is Angelina's Family. From left to right Her uncle and manager Michael Astar, her little sister Juliette, her mother Sarah Astar and her grandmother Mery Zamani. Notice her little sister crossing her fingers as the performance starts and later her mother wipe tears from her eyes. Also remember she said she had waited 10 years to sing for Simon. When she was 3 years old she was begging her mother to go on 'that Simon show'. A child prodigy who started singing Whitney Houston at 1 & 1/2, Won Norways Got Talent at 8 yrs old singing Billy Holiday's 'Gloomy Sunday', 'I'm a Fool to Want You', 'Bang, Bang' by Nancy Sinatra and 'Summertime' by George Gershwin! She fulfilled one of her childhood wishes when she sang for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert at 8, her second wish that you just watched was to sing for that 'Simon Show" that she expressed at 3 yrs old when she sang on America's Got Talent 'The Champions' at 13 yrs old singing the most beautiful rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody ever created! She has sung for Quincy Jones & Barak Obama among many others and raised millions for Children Charities and Climate Change! No theatrics here, simply the most soulful interpretation of a song and an ability to convey that emotion right down to your very soul! She has made many grown men cry! Buckle up, you're going to need it! She is 15 as of Jan 10th this year and has just released her second original with Republic Records after being protected to allow her to grow up and when they got a deal that gave her 100 % control over her art. The true GOAT in my opinion! She was 9 when singing a song by Screamin Jay Hawkins on the candle from 1956. ua-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/v-deo.html She started studying all the Greats of Jazz at 3yrs old on u-tube. What little girl studies Jazz at that age? The one & only Angelina Jordan, The Velvet Voice of the Barefoot princess of Jazz! I would love to see you start with one of her most recent. Her cover of 'When You Believe' by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carie. Watch the studio version first if you haven't seen it. One of her Best! Never one to show off this simple beautiful rendition shows her mindset in approaching her music. Nothing theatrical, just soft Velvet perfection! ua-cam.com/video/uAlVzI8-5hQ/v-deo.html. Then watch this rendition set as the soundtrack of the animated Movie 'The Prince of Egypt' using clips from the "Prince of Egypt" singing 'When You Believe' ! ua-cam.com/video/RgsPM2BEsqk/v-deo.html Who ever put that video together did a masterful job. Absolutely Beautiful! Also if you loved Amy Winehouse, Check out one of my favorites 'Valerie' with her having fun with her sister Juliet on Venice Beach. ua-cam.com/video/sqmJLkgk2Ik/v-deo.html Perfect again! After that I'ld use Rusty Schackelford's Chronological playlist and jump around to those you are familiar with. ua-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/v-deo.html You can't go wrong with anyone of them. And you can see her journey knowing her age at the time she sang it and where she was at that point in her and our journey. Another must view is 'Fly My to the Moon' on 'The View' at 8 yrs old & was my favorite among her half dozen versions because of the shear cuteness and her masterful phrasing! ua-cam.com/video/nBGMQ9Kx9iI/v-deo.html Rusty's playlist starts with her first visit to the studio at 6yrs old! Her first song was Whitney Houston 'I Will Always Love You'? at 18 months. Angelina is the Grand Master of Jazz! She could teach a Master Class at 8 years old. 'Easy On Me' Adele. ua-cam.com/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/v-deo.html 1 week ago. MUST SEE! SummerTime' George Gershwin ua-cam.com/video/bnpFsCNKzFg/v-deo.html 8 yrs old Winning performance on Norways Got Talent. MUST SEE! Michael Jacksons 'Billie Jean' ua-cam.com/video/xp67k9wk2Mw/v-deo.html Today 15 yrs old. MUST SEE! 'What a Difference a Day Makes' ua-cam.com/video/ZSfgCIGd7k4/v-deo.html. 8 yrs old after having won Norways Got Talent. My Fav of all performances when she was young. MUST SEE! 'Fly Me to the Moon' on the View ua-cam.com/video/nBGMQ9Kx9iI/v-deo.html. 8 yrs old My Fav of her half dozen performances MUST SEE! ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. ua-cam.com/video/qF0JV28vgLw/v-deo.html. 13 yrs old Queen responded "Wow, What a rendition" and gave her the rights to the song! MUST SEE! 'I Put a Spell on You' Screamin Jay Hawkins 1956 Angelina 9 yrs old goes Beast Mode! ua-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/v-deo.html Amy Winehouse 'Back to Black' Improvised lyrics. ua-cam.com/video/LbXUKzOxACU/v-deo.html She finished rewriting the song on the way to the recording for kids MUST SEE! 'Valerie'. ua-cam.com/video/sqmJLkgk2Ik/v-deo.html on Venice beach with little sister backup dancer! MUST SEE! Miley Cyrus 'Nothing Breaks Like a Heart'. ua-cam.com/video/LbXUKzOxACU/v-deo.html Like I said she can sing anything like this little Country Ballad! '7th Heaven' ua-cam.com/video/bM8DzMRbiIc/v-deo.html. 2nd release from Republic Records original studio version 15 yrs old. This year. Any one of them will blow you away! Guaranteed!
Welcome to Angelina's world! Hopefully, you will check out some more of the 150+ videos she has out there. Rabbit hole or train...jump in or jump on...the journey is more than amazing. The force is strong with this one!
Nice reaction! Welcome down the Angelina rabbit hole. May I suggest you continue your jaw-dropping amazement of Angelina by reacting to her version of Screamin’ Jay Hawkin’s “I Put a Spell on You”. She performed this masterpiece (both Screamin’ Jay’s and now HERS) when she was only NINE years old. Make sure you react to the B&W version. ❤️👣
Angelina has amazing flexibility as can be witnessed by the following four songs: ---- Shield [as 12-year old, Angelina wrote song. As 12-year old, sung on very popular Scandinavian talk show Skavlan (2.5 to 3 million viewers per show): ua-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/v-deo.html] [In interview (changes to English at about 0:36 mark) before Angelina sung, paraphrasing, she said that when she sings she goes into endless other world that is full of happiness. She said that song is about someone you love and whose strong love protects you wherever you are. Angelina said song's sound was inspired by Bond films. Her favorite Bond film songs are Diamonds Are Forever and Goldfinger. She sings few bars of Diamonds Are Forever a cappella. She said that highlight of her career was singing for Quincy Jones' 85th birthday concert in London. When asked if she feels like she is 12 years old, Angelina says she only does when she looks at her passport: ua-cam.com/video/97hjWg4ToRQ/v-deo.html] [as 13-year old, sung in artistic video directed by her maternal grandmother Mery Zamani: ua-cam.com/video/m8OCbAlr_48/v-deo.html] ---- Above The Water [as 13-year old, Angelina shows incredible cross genre abilities. Collaborated with Norwegian EDM (Electronic Dance Music) duo TRXD and recorded vocals for song. TRXD is Truls Dyrstad and David Atarodiyan where TRXD represents their names (TRuls X David). In 2020, song was released officially as audio only track and has almost 3.5 million plays on Spotify. However, amazing unofficial video was created that added some footage of shuffle dancers doing variations of Melbourne shuffle (rave dance from 1980s): ua-cam.com/video/y6SilwnR2Zc/v-deo.html] ---- I Will Survive [as 10-year old, Angelina again hits it out of the park, in another new music genre: disco! This is only disco song to win Grammy. In 2016, Library of Congress deemed Gloria Gaynor's original recording to be "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" and selected it for preservation in National Recording Registry: ua-cam.com/video/ma7sa_n7k-8/v-deo.html] ---- Song For A [as 13-year old, Angelina sung with music by modern classical composer Nico Cartosio. It can be described as musical poetry. Lyrics come from poem by Robert Burns. Song was written specifically for Angelina as part of mostly instrumentals album Melting (8 instrumentals plus Song For A). Album was recorded at famous Abbey Road studio and released in April 2019: ua-cam.com/video/Bo3mhxPM-uA/v-deo.html]
It worry’s me that someone so young with so much talent will be used up by the music industry until she can’t handle the pressure adults around her will put on her. She’s amazing.
Hi Chris, welcome to Angelinas world. Hope you react to more of hers about 160 songs on You Tube. First recordet singing a Whitney Houston song at 1 1/2 years old ( it is on You Tube ). First recordet in studio when she was 6 yo. Had to wait to she was 7 yo before she was allowed to sing at Norway got talent, won aftern turn 8 yo during the competition. When she was 9 yo she showed what potensial she had with a cover of "I Put a Spell on You" that is just to god to be done by a child from eart. Angelina is one of the very very few artist that most of the time only needs 1 take recording. She is known as the jazz princess but she is fantastic in every genre ( dont know about opera but some day she may show that she can do that to ).
Her earliest performances age 7 winning Norway Has Talent are phenomenal and today as a teenager, writing her own songs, she is still amazing. Try her more recent version of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean, done in her beloved jazz style. Every cover she has done adds her own special magic to the original. Another one she did for that show was Yellow Brick Road, by Elton John, and it is also a stunner. Incidentally she does all her own arrangements. And remember she is singing not in her original language, she speaks quite a few, and plays a few instruments too.
christine Billie Jean is done in a jazz style. (Read the title of the video!!) And her rendition of Yellow Brick Road was based on Sara Bareilles' arrangement, not her own.
@@christinestromberg4057 Honey, most of us here are of an advanced age. We've learned not to just trust our memory and check our facts so as not to waste people's time.
Great reaction, Absolutely love your excitement over our "Barefoot Princess of Jazz" she will blow your mind no matter what genre she takes on. Angelina is an Atomic bomb of emotional content, no one but a heartless person can resist her voice. Looking forward to more of your reactions to the 'New Barefoot Queen of Song' as well as her awesome jazz. She is now 16 (as of 1/10/2022 ) years old and stands over 6 feet tall. After turning down every other major record producer and even Disney World, She has just recently been signed with Republic Records and she has just released her first self written single with republic Records entitled "Million Miles " , this is the link to that one ( ua-cam.com/video/NhKRh5ZtuWk/v-deo.html ) plus a new release this month April of '7 th Heaven" link: ua-cam.com/video/bM8DzMRbiIc/v-deo.html She is a rare special God sent gift to the world!!! , Angelina is at level of vocal artistry seldom if ever seen for a young singer , besides her other talents , She is Norway's youngest published author at around 9 to 10 years old, she plays , piano, violin, flute, and guitar . Angelina does her musical arrangements and has been often observed directing professional musicians playing for her as to what she wants in a song. she is always in command when she performs is very humble respectful manner to band members. Angelina is like no other I heave ever witnessed in her many abilities for one so young .she touches one right down to their heart and soul when she sings. :To bring you up to date on her background: (Angelina a short history ); Angelina has been singing since she was 1.5 years old (18 months started singing a Whitney Huston song , video on you tube of this here is the linkua-cam.com/video/VJjG68Dfr-8/v-deo.html at 1:55 on this video is her at 1.5 years old ) later she was taken by jazz and started singing jazz classics as her grandmother introduced her to jazz tunes. Her singing is her life and her passion . her mother tried to get her to sing nursery songs and she just flat out refused to involve her self in that nonsense. She is her own driving force no one dictates to her what she does in her singing or preparations, it is all her 110%. the following are her own songs . Won Norway's got talent at 7 to 8 years old has over 125 videos on line plus three of her own compositions (not including the one she just released from Republic Records) and two that were written for her to sing , the first 3 she wrote and arranged herself, the last two were written for her to sing 1, Shield ,, ua-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/v-deo.html 2. Oslo,, ua-cam.com/video/6PsVu4iNmX0/v-deo.html ( A song dedicated to her home town Oslo , Norway) 3. What Is Life,, .ua-cam.com/video/Bv0r77KN7RA/v-deo.html 4. Above the water,, ua-cam.com/video/SC3F0bKKk3U/v-deo.html 5. Song for A ("A" standing for Angelina) ,, ua-cam.com/video/Bo3mhxPM-uA/v-deo.html ( plus a few more recent originals from her not listed here) Angelina had over 500 million views of her singing videos before her performance on AGT The Champions now her views are in the billions . Angelina has been well known all over the world except in America not so much up until her AGT Champions mini concert. When performed her own arrangements of " Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Yellow brick Road". She sings bare foot since she was 6 years old to honor a bare foot orphan he met girl around her own age around 6 years old whom had no shoes and had scars on her feet, she weighing people on a bathroom scale to support her and her siblings. Angelina at six years old took her shoes off and gave them to this poor girl, and Angelina has performed on stage in honor of the pledge she made to her not to sing on stage with shoes on form then on . Angelina has honored that pledge for last 8 years . Angelina takes on a different voice for each song she covers to give homage to the song, and never tries to show off her vocal abilities but always gives each song its due respect. Angelina has a 5 octave range and her low note ability is just mind blowing for a pre-teen or now at just a mere 15 years as of Jan. 10 ,2021. Angelina can sing any genre and excel at it many times better than the original artist. Enjoy this 9th wonder of the musical world in song..
You just entered the most astonishing rabbit hole you will ever find. Enjoy your journey. You are in for a treat. You should go back to her Norway's Got Talent audition of Billie Holidays' Gloomy Sunday when she was 7.
Well Chris welcome to Angelina Jordan’s world a.k.a. the barefoot princess I’m 54 years old and been following her for about nine years she is absolutely Angel Sent from heaven. Nine years old black-and-white version of I put a spell on you 1950s version of screaming Jay Hawkins. She did arrangement herself do it and you’ll see that she is a child prodigy
Her outfit is cloth made from her artist grandma Mery Zamani's paintings. Grandma Mery depicts Angelina's life and experiences in her art, on some of Angelina's videos and on merch they sell. On the other AGT performance of Yellow Brick Road Angelina wears a tshirt with her toothless singing self from Norway's Got Talent.
The "musical liberties" (soft consonants, breathy & raspy tone, intimate & soulful sound, etc.) are all hallmarks of a seriously good jazz singer. And that's something you don't see much anymore, because (a) it's hard to do, (b) it requires mastery of many different vocal techniques, and (c) it's not a very popular genre among today's "pop-music-streaming" generation. Yet here you have a 13-year-old who owned a complete jazz sound from age 6 (or earlier) -- including a beautiful vibrato and amazing vocal control. Angelina has since developed her skills and can cover any genre of vocal music except opera. To help you explore more of her, I suggest Rusty Shackleford's chronological playlist of about 100 Angelina YT videos: ua-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/v-deo.html
Hmm - "except opera"? ... I don't know: She covered "Summertime" from Gershwin (and this is an opera) in several different versions - she sung "Song for A".. not an opera but "modern clasic" I would say... So I think if she want's to she could cover also opera in an absolut unique and beautiful style 😎
@@itschmitt "Summertime" is as atypical of opera as anything I can name (being a fusion of folk, gospel and jazz). So while Gershwin called Porgy & Bess an opera, it's unlike anything else known as opera. Remember that The Who called "Tommy" a "rock opera" (which I guess it is). So while Angelina can sing "modern classic" songs, I suggest listening to more opera before suggesting Angelina has, or would even want to, sing classical opera. Because opera requires the exact opposite of all her talents & skills (which lean heavily toward jazz). The last thing an opera singer needs is soft consonants, dropped phrase endings, vowel modification, raspy voice, vocal fry, breathy voice, trailing vibrato, etc. A diva strives for clean, pure, sustained sounds, with closed vocal cords and a wide, consistent vibrato throughout (not to mention the power to fill a large opera house without a microphone). Could Angelina do it? Maybe, but it's easy to find others her age who would do it better. For example, watch 17-year-old Amira Willighagen (ua-cam.com/video/IiH1MPfV5nA/v-deo.html) and try to imagine Angelina getting comfortable in that genre. I say all this as an instrumentalist who has accompanied many singers (in both jazz and pit orchestras) over the last 50 years. I find it pretty easy to tell who has "classical" (i.e., opera) training, and who is a better jazz/blues (or pop) singer. In short, I love Angelina and her work but opera is pretty far out of her "lane."
@@bygeorge100 : You'r absolutely right with your description - I only wanted to say "... if she want's to, she could cover also opera in an absolut unique and beautiful style ..." - may be not in the common opera style but in her style. And may be she doesn't want it - and Amira Willighagen is an outstanding singer of opera - no doubt... If Angelina WANT to sing opera, at the end it would be a matter of taste. And as long as she didn't do it we can't judge it ;-) (as you said, "Summertime" is atypical...)
At last you've discover the "Angel Queen "..this sis the tip of the "iceberg", welcome to the AJ journey...you are on for quite a trip my friend. Where to begin, hard to say , may be "Gloomy Sunday" age seven and from there.."Bang Bang"..."Sumertime"....etc etc. ..But don't wait to listen to the one and only "I put a spell on you" age 9..Some original composition age 10 "Shield", "Oslo", "What is life" From certainly the most natural talent, genius of the day...welcome to the "Rabbit Hole"!
Its best if one doesnt try to understand her way of singing. They will still be studying that 50-100 yrs from now as she is resurrecting music and redefining singing as we know it. Some consider her a mezo contralto.
💗💗💗 *Only Angelina Jordan, can take an amazing song, from a phenomenal artist, & make it her own* 💗💗💗 I have often been lost for words, when trying to describe Angelina Jordan's unique vocals, & I still cannot express, or even come to terms, with what my ears are hearing, most times, but one thing I absolutely do know, is that, when I hear her voice, it always touches my soul, & can make me feel things I didn't even know existed!!! To me, that is her gift, & what makes her, not only a singer, but an incredible soulful artist 💝 *SHE TRULY IS A GIFT* 💝
I love it when the stagehand asks Angelina; "Can you just come up to the mic like you are going to be singing?" AJ has been on stage since she was 6 years old just look at her composure.
larry What the stagehand actually said was: "Just come up to the mic like you're going to eat it." (referring to the sensitivity of the microphone).
To be fair, she was nearly 14 when she performed this. She has recently turned 16. She has over 150 videos on UA-cam, and most of them will blow you away, even - many would say especially - the early ones from Norway's Got Talent. Do continue to follow Angelina. You'll find a great response from us army of Angelina fans.
Chris, welcome to the wonderful world of Angelina Jordan! She just turned 16 on January 10th and if you choose to stay with her you will definitely enjoy the journey you are about to join us on. The more times you listen to this MASTERPIECE the better it gets. Many of us have listened to it well over 1000 times. I believe it's on its way to over one billion views.
Even though you have just listened to her for the first time I have a feeling you've read some comments about her so you didn't go into this cold turkey. I strongly suggest you read the comments for this video because it will give you an indication of how we have embraced her to a degree we treat her as family.
You heard the conversation before the song and particularly the part about her winning Norway's Got Talent (she entered the Show at 7 and turned 8 before the Show ended). I think it's important for you to see where this began. Chris, do not think for a second you will be listening to a 7 and 8 year older singing. She sang 4 songs and there are video's of each one and there is one which has all 4 video's together and it's about 10 or 11 minutes long.
Chills? Stay tuned. I know lots of people will suggest you listen to her sing 'I Put A Spell On You' (at 9 years old) but I would go with Norway's Got Talent first.
Just subscribed and I hope I hear more reactions to Angelina from you. Thanks for this terrific reaction!
No other singer even comes close to having the impact that Angelina has on me. She is the greatest I've ever heard.
Sadly I agree...I am addicted now for the past 18 months....
@@kimacronym2521 no reason to be sad, it's a healthy addiction 🙂
She auditioned for Norway's Got Talent at 7 she was 8 by the final show. Watch all the performances and switch on Subtitles in english you will be astounded. The producers worried she might be too young but when in a large meeting she indicated to the accompanist when he should come in and how they realised they were dealing with a musical intelligence far beyond her years. she was not just parroting the songs she wished to control her performance.She had written 2 songs by the age of 12 and the lyrics show an insight beyond her years though completely age appropriate.
You need to see her performance of "I Put a Spell on You" in studio - when she was 9 years old!!! Also - because you noticed - she makes her own clothes. and she wears no shoes when she performs - but that's another story. Great Reaction!!!!
Unexpected wasn't it? Angelina , at the age of 6, was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up - she answered - Artist, she wanted to sing for the whole world! Well, this young lady has dedicated her life to art - the outfit she wore was derived from paintings that her grandma painted to illustrate Angelina's book that was published in 2015 (age 9), the two of them stitched it themselves. I really hope that you enjoy reading long comments - it's the price to pay when you react to Angelina! Hey - you don't even have 10K subs yet - don't worry - they will come - a multitude of Angels...
'I Put A Spell On You' at 9 years is a complete opposite of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and how she is so versatile. She also had a hand in the lyrics and arrangement of this studio version. Am subscribing. She has over some 130 videos on her UA-cam Channel. From the cradle to now at only 16, doing Adele covers and quick TicToc clips.
The biggest surprise is that you haven’t heard Angelina before. This bluesy style, coupled with her unique arrangement, is just one of the genres where Angelina will stun you with her talent. Just start listening. For all new Angelina reactors, her cover of I Put a Spell on You at age 9 is a great place to start. It is easily one of the most amazing performances you have ever seen. Watch Angelina give us authentic old school blues with a great live jazz band behind her. It’s not just a terrific performance for a 9 year old. If you close your eyes, it’s a seasoned blues singer with extraordinary vocal ability and style. It’s pretty much indescribable in words, but it will astonish you more than Bohemian Rhapsody.
At around the age of 1 1/2 years old, her grandmother exposed her to jazz music and she immediately fell in love with it. She has many influences, such as Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Amy Winehouse, Adele, and many others. Also, whenever she performs, she is barefoot. When Angelina was 6 years old, she met a homeless girl around her age in Iran. (Her grandmother is Iranian artist Mery Zamani.) The girl did not have any shoes, and Angelina says her feet were scarred. Angelina gave the girl her own shoes. Angelina then “vowed never to appear on stage again wearing shoes until all the world’s children had them.” She keeps that promise to this day, as she says that little girl “is always in my heart,” Hence earning her the name by her fans The Barefoot Princess of Jazz. She has also helped raised millions of dollars for children's charities around the world. Her heart is as big as her singing talent! Please keep reacting to her videos and God bless!
Wow!!!! That's beautiful!
rw You have quoted Angelina as saying she: "vowed never to appear on stage again wearing shoes until all the world’s children had them.” I have researched this claim exhaustively and have been unable to find the origin. Could you please provide me with a source for your quote?
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@@jantanner9458 What is your point? There's nothing she said about a vow to perform barefoot.
@@creativecrewfam , I always enjoy your Angelina reactions! She just turned 16 on January 10th (born 2006). It didn't show Heidi Klum's comments where she playfully tells the other judges she's been waiting for them to stop "jibber-jabbering," then she leaps out of her seat, and hits the Golden Buzzer for Angelina. Just a beautiful, sweet, well-deserved moment for our Barefoot Queen! By the way, the gorgeous outfit was designed and made by her artistic grandmother Meri Zamani and Angelina herself. I think it's actually on the merch page of her website. Her grandmother is the one who first stands up at the end of the song with a standing ovation. Angelina's grandmom, mom Sarah, little sister Juliette, and uncle/manager Michael Astar are shown a few times in this video. Angelina's full name is actually Angelina Jordan ASTAR (and she is!) ;)
Chris thank you for your wonderful reaction and analysis. Angelina has always created her own arrangements, seemingly from birth and was likely singing in the womb. I will post the biography I compiled for her once I get my internet back.
Born Angelina Jordan Astar on January 10, 2006 in Oslo, Norway to her Norwegian mother, Sara Astar and her Swedish father, Gerry Christian Slattman, who has chosen to keep his life private.
Angelina started singing around 18 months of age after listening to Whitney Houston on UA-cam. She quickly became obsessed with listening to music videos and her maternal grandmother, Mery Zamani got Angelina interested in classic jazz. Mery Zamani is Iranian and was considered a prodigy as an artist and poet and married a Japanese man who passed away in 2019.
Angelina speaks Norwegian, Farsi, English, Japanese and Swedish.
Angelina attended the Oslo Waldorf School and participated in the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program, where she received vocal training starting around age 4. Angelina plays the piano, violin, guitar and flute and also paints. More recently she along with her grandmother have designed and made the clothing she wears on stage.
Why Angelina always performs barefoot
At age 6, while traveling in the Middle East with her mother and grandmother, Angelina noticed a girl around her age standing on the side of the road asking people to step on her bathroom scale to be weighed in hopes of getting some money. Angelina took off her shoes so as to not get the scale dirty and stepped on the scale many times to make the girl feel better. Angelina befriends the girl who was not wearing shoes and has scars on her feet, and learns she is an orphan. The orphan girl tells Angelina how beautiful she thinks her shoes are. Angelina says her shoes don’t fit her well and she wants to give her shoes to the orphan girl who thanks Angelina for giving her the shoes. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, “I want to become a doctor, but that will never happen since I have no parents and I have siblings so I have to do whatever is necessary for us to survive.” Angelina told the girl to never give up on her dreams. The poor girl asked Angelina what she wanted to be when she grew up and Angelina replied that she wanted to sing for the whole world. The poor girl said she would pray every day so Angelina’s dream would come true.
Angelina still says she thinks of that homeless girl every day and has always performed barefoot to remind her of all the children who are less fortunate. At age 9, she became the youngest published author in Norway’s history by writing a book about this encounter in the Middle East.
Angelina at age 6 and 7 did record a few songs in a recording studio, most notably “I Who Have Nothing”, a truly remarkable performance for a 6 or 7 year old.
Angelina is blessed with a deep voice with a beautiful rich tone and has always made her sound much older than her age. Many compare her voice to that of Amy Winehouse. Her voice is highly emotional which is very rare for a young girl and some people can’t accept that such a soulful voice can come from someone who has not had enough life experience. One vocal coach on UA-cam recently said, “If you have a song and want to have more emotion added to that song, have Angelina sing it.”
At age 8, (please refer to replies by erik to a comment I made on JHTreacts video on 6/7/21 who provides proof Angelina had already turned 8) Angelina’s audition on NGT was a cover of Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday”, a song which was banned by a number of European countries during World War II because authorities worried the song would increase the suicide rate. Truly bizarre that this is the song to launch the career of a child musical prodigy. One of the judges on NGT cried.
The next performance on NGT was her cover of Billie Holiday’s “I’m a Fool to Want You” singing acapella which was required by NGT unless the singer also played an instrument while singing. This was the Judge’s cut round of the competition and was not performed in front of an audience.
In the Semi Final round of NGT, Angelina sang “Bang Bang” which was written by Sonny Bono and was first performed by his wife Cher but is best known sung by Nancy Sinatra. The improvement in each performance is incredible even though there were only a couple months between them.
In the Finals, Angelina did a cover of George Gershwin’s, “Summertime” and won the contest, capturing 46% of the votes from the ten finalists.
Angelina had become a star in her native Norway and her videos on UA-cam went viral. She gave a few concerts during the summer of 2014 while 8 years old.
On June 27, 2018 Jordan performed “Fly Me to the Moon” for Quincy Jones in The O2 Arena in London.
Angelina performed on America’s Got Talent The Champions which aired in January 2020. She earned the Golden Buzzer for her performance of her unique arrangement of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. She sang her cover of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in the Finals but didn’t make it into the final 5 contestants. There is much debate over how and why Angelina was eliminated.
Angelina has covered more than 130 songs from 80 different artists, all of which are available on UA-cam. Angelina has always made changes to each song she covers and often her version is preferred over the original. On UA-cam, search on The Complete Works of Angelina Jordan as a fan put all songs in one file and has a complete playlist in the description of that video.
In August 2020, her manager and uncle Michael Astar announced Angelina has signed with Republic Records as their highest priority new artist. On 11/6/20 her first single on Republic Records, Million Miles written by Angelina, was released. She dedicated it to anyone who has lost a loved one. Her 2nd single, 7th Heaven is a jazzy, upbeat, inspirational song and was also written by Angelina. Angelina’s family requested Republic Records to allow her to have as normal a childhood as possible. This is why Republic Records has not promoted her first two singles.
Angelina Jordan is a humble, compassionate young lady of very few words when she is not singing. She is on videos saying she wants to sing for the entire world and also that she wants to improve the quality of life for all the children on Earth. She has helped to raise millions of dollars for children’s charities and environmental causes.
Musicians who have worked with her have been quoted saying Angelina is among the most talented musicians they have worked with and she is the boss in the room when rehearsing. Remarkable for a girl of few words when not singing. For Angelina, it is all about the music and not her.
Personally, I find Angelina’s voice the most soulful and emotional voice of my lifetime. Angelina as a person, inspires me to be a better person and live longer to listen to her sing for as long as I can.
Angelina turned 16 on January 10th. Shortly after The Champions aired Angelina signed a contract at 14 with Republic Records. The Barefoot Princess of Jazz, Angel of Norway and the Queen of Song!
It's always fun to watch people that understand the mechanics of singing listen to Angelina. The complexity of what she is doing can be easily missed in what may seem like a 'simple' arrangement on the surface. Having followed her (more like studied her) for a years now, I know it can take me many listens to any given piece before I can start to pick out all the little twists and turns she takes in the song. When she was on NGT at 7, one of the judges said, "Angelina IS music", I would take it even further... Angelina IS art.
You are so right Rusty.......
Rusty don't we watch people that never heard her to see them reaction?
Once again ...🙏🏽
The remaining members of Queen were so impressed they allowed Angelina to copyright her version - She recorded it under her copyright and it is available on several streaming services such as Spotify and Amazon Music - along with several other songs she has performed. BTW: Angelina has been writing her own vocal arrangements or has had the final say for them since she was 7-8 years old.
Looking forward to your reaction to my favourite singer ever.
In this song Angelina resembles a mature housecat in a sunny morning kitchen. She stalks in on tiptoes, tail straight up, ignoring the old hound still sleeping on his mat by the door. Takes a detour to stay in her sunbeam rather than walk through the shadow of the island countertop, glances once at the table where a plate of bacon smells delicious but such theft is beneath her dignity and pauses at the food dishes, where she delicately collects two kibble from the dogs dish before making a graceful leap to her favorite sunny windowledge to rest and recover from the exertion of the walk.
Enjoyed your reaction! As the saying goes, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" She has a very large catalog of songs available on you tube. at last count I think it's at about 162. So you only have 161 left to react to, better get busy! Lol, truthfully though, you have already gotten some great suggestions. Whichever you pick next, she will not disappoint!
Great reaction to a vocal tour-de-force! Somebody forgot to warn you what was ahead! You've done it now. You have fallen into the vortex of Angelina Jordan who arguably brings the most confident, versatile, seemingly effortless, and fearless vocal artistry found today (whether measured across artists, genres, or decades). You may think this an exaggeration but listen to a few more of her many performances (135+ covers plus original songs - all on YT) and you will see! She has been performing at a high level all over the world since age 7/8 when she won Norway's Got Talent singing Billie Holiday, Nancy Sinatra, and Gershwin. It is the rare singer that can, as Angelina has done, go from Queen to "Screamin" Jay Hawkins to Adele to Elvis to Whitney Houston to Michael Jackson to Etta James to James Brown to Amy Winehouse (and many others in between) and do them all justice!
If you want to hear music, listen to anyone. If you want to feel music, listen to Angelina. She will stagger you with her ability to find and bring forth the 'essence', the emotional message of nearly any song. You have far to go with Angelina. She is equally comfortable and equally able to impact us whether singing a cappella, accompanied only by a piano or guitar, in front of professional studio musicians or a 40 piece military band. With her immense vocal toolkit, arranging ability (yeah, that too, since about 8yo or so) and the work ethic to make what she does only 'seem' effortless, she will hopefully be touching hearts for a long time to come. Wait until you find out why she performs barefooted!
Why God has performed the miracle of touching the world with one of such talent, musical IQ, commitment, and generosity as Angelina we can wonder but we must all marvel. Welcome aboard the AJ train! Please react to more of her impressive library.
No one like her on the planet. Will end up as one of the greatest of all time
When Angelina Jordan was 7, she auditioned for Norway's Got Talent, with Billie Holiday's "Gloomy Sunday". Seriously! And she didn't just audition, she somehow channelled Billie Holiday. At 7! I hope you'll check it out. Recently she covered Adele's "Easy On Me", and she blows it out of the stratosphere. Another one to check out. Loved this reaction!
Angelina is the real deal. A beautiful person and a magnificent artist.
Chris, outstanding reaction to Angelina's version of "Rhapsody" understanding how she can make a classic song hers by changing the tone and lyrics to the song. Chris, please go back to the "Norway Has Talent" Show 2014 season when Angelina Jordan was introduced to the World. Check out all four songs she sang to win the show and the hearts of all of her Angels.
Rather similar reaction to mine. My reaction to this was, wow and wow, and chills and goosebumps... and to describe it, I would say it was the most mesmerizing performance I have ever seen and heard on a talent show ❤ Have a nice day 👍
Great reaction Chris - and welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan. There are upwards of 140 video performances out there ranging from old classics to her own songs. I think that you need to see how amazing she was even at the age of seven (Gloomy Sunday, Bang Bang, and Summertime on Norway's Got Talent); then outdoor concert age 8 "What a Difference a Day Makes"; then her tribute to Screaming Jay Hawkins at age 9y 2m will blow your mind - be sure to watch the black & white studio version of her own arrangement of "I Put a Spell on You". That'll get you to first base - and have fun from there.
No matter how many vocal coaches reacted to it, there's always a new aspect that can be discovered. Thats really amazing. So much going on in that performance.
Some Milestones for Angelina Jordan:
At 7-8 years old she won "Norways Got Talent" ua-cam.com/video/O2bX15tYFVk/v-deo.html
At 9 years old her own arangement of "I put a spell on you" ua-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/v-deo.html
At 10 years old “I’m still am holding out for you” (demo): ua-cam.com/video/Dv8mjCh5iiE/v-deo.html. It was recorded one week before she turning 11. Some consider it to represent one of Angelina's best vocal performances.
At 12 years old her cover of "It's a man's world" by James Brown ua-cam.com/video/HEm7tGrjIKk/v-deo.html
At 12 years old, her original " Shield" ua-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/v-deo.html (she has 4 more originals)
At 13 years old her own arrangement of "Bohemian Rhapsody" : ua-cam.com/video/7gQljxeaNuM/v-deo.html. "QUEEN" reacted in their Twitter account: "Wow. What a rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody!".
At 14 and 15 years old her originals "Million Miles" ua-cam.com/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/v-deo.html and 7h Heaven ua-cam.com/video/9rLiWvwzbCA/v-deo.html
At 15 years old her incredible covers of "All i ask" ua-cam.com/video/8gJuprckBxI/v-deo.html and "Easy on Me" ua-cam.com/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/v-deo.html by Adele (she has more than 150 covers performed between 6-15 years old)
You said (I'm paraphrasing) that what you saw here explained how she was able to win _Norway's Got Talent_ at such a young age (8 for most of the competition, actually). I would say exactly the opposite: her run on NGT at 7 and 8 explains (to some degree, anwyay) how she could be so good in this performance at 13. Because she was already _amazingly_ good back then. And not good in a typical "child singer on a TV talent show" way (for example, she sang not a single belted note in the entire competition), but good in the way a seasoned adult singer would be good. (In fact, come to think of it… good in the way that she herself was good in this AGT performance, 5½ years later: mature, assured, genuine.) After her audition, the first judge to speak called her "an old soul who has lived many lives". That kind of says it all.
Please consider reacting to all of her NGT performances. The best video to start with, IMO, is called "Angelina Jordan - Gloomy Sunday audition - Norway's Got Talent- english subtitles", uploaded to the Song and Heart channel. After that, you can either continue with "Angelina Jordan - I'm A Fool To Want You - Norske Talenter - 2014" (uploaded by pa1189j), or switch to a single compilation video called "Angelina Jordan - sings 7 songs" (also on the Song and Heart channel) which contains, in just over 14 minutes, everything she sang on NGT (no judges' comments, though) plus a handful of her other vocal performances that aired on TV during that time.
Welcome to Angelina’s music world and thanks for reacting to this awesome and emotional performance by Angelina, the barefoot angel.
Also, thanks to Angelina for reminding us about the legend Freddie Mercury (RIP) with her own rendition of this iconic song.
Angelina has about 160 cover, rehearsal, and original YT videos, and she signed a contract with Republic Records in 2020 at 14 years old. As soon as she finishes high school, per her family’s desire, RR will introduce her worldwide to the people who appreciated pure music.
The next judge gave her the golden buzzer! Great reaction. 🇺🇸👍🔥💯⭐
Heidi Klum actually ended up giving her the golden buzzer to go straight to the live shows after she commented ❤️ love that you’re getting into her! Check out her version of Elton John’s “Yellow Brick Road” and Eta James’s “I’d Rather Go Blind”, as well as her “I Put a Spell On You” when she was 9..incredible 👌🏼
agreed, !add to this :
It's a man's world ua-cam.com/video/HEm7tGrjIKk/v-deo.html
How great thou art ua-cam.com/video/WLAEy1LIHrc/v-deo.html
Her Norway got talent performances : ua-cam.com/video/O2bX15tYFVk/v-deo.html
As for I put a spell on you this is the version everyone talks about : ua-cam.com/video/HEm7tGrjIKk/v-deo.html
Hi Chris, that was a wonderful reaction. So, a 13 -year-old stands on stage and begins a cappella of an iconic song which is arguably one of the hardest songs in the world to sing and does it in front of her hero (Simon), a full house, and millions watching on TV and is totally relaxed (or she wouldn't be able to do some of the playful voice thingys). Now some may say that she had one song and she made it extraordinary - like a half-court basketball shot, but what you will find is that she has essentially done this sort of half-court shot since she was 6 years old. I hope you continue with reactions to Angelina because for me, it is a double enjoyment - you reacting to Angelina.
My favorite singer she turned 16 on the 10th of January
Check out her entire life… Her music is simply genius
The outfit is designed by Angelina and her Grandma. The material is printed with the art of her grandma.
music And it was sewed by Angelina.
Angelina wanted to impress Simon and got the highest praise from the remaining members of the legendary Queen. Queen are enthusiastic about Angelina's arrangement. Queen shared Angelina's performance on their official Twitter account with the words "WOW, what a rendition". 💯 *AJ* 💯 BTW, Angelina released her version of Bohemian Rhapsody on January 24th, 2020 under her own record label ANGELINA JORDAN INC. 🤗
Angelina is IMHO the most amazing singer on the planet. I look forward to your next Angelina reaction.
Angelina is a true artist. One of my favorite vocalist. Raised on the great jazz female singers, she as so many colors in her voice. My favorite is her version of Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind" when she was 10 or 11. Soooo goood!
Thank you, Chris, for your great first reaction to Angelina. Oh, my friend, you are in for the ride of your life! It won’t be long before you will be inundated with other comments here that will give you excellent information about Angelina, her prodigious talent and her huge humanitarian heart. We all know your main purpose is to react to the performers (and you do it very well) but, let me just say, the more reactions you do to her, the more you will see your subscriptions, likes, views and comments go through the roof. Just know that Angelina’s millions of fans around the world are very, VERY loyal and will follow you to the ends of the Earth for as long as you continue to react to her!
And don't forget to promote her as well!
You have entered into the world of probably the greatest vocal artist of the 21st century - an artist who has made herself available for all to see since she was 7. In the proceeding years, she has bewildered, baffled, astonished, and moved me to tears countless times. All she has to do is stand there (or sit) and sing and I'm transported. I'm only sad for those who don't' get it because it's been one of the greatest gifts of my life.
Angelina has been a star since she was 7 and has continued to impress ever since. Her voice is heaven-sent and her vocal skillset seemingly endless. 😎
Angelina wrote the arrangement to this cover. She has been creating her own arrangements to the covers she sings since she was seven years old.
Angelina’s voice and her total being is like an ocean wave or soft summer breeze that takes you in and rushes you to places you have rarely experienced. Your heart rate increases, you find it difficult to catch your breath, chills and shells engulf you. You are now addicted to Angelina Jordan the finest story telling vocalist I have ever experienced.
Norwegian-born Angelina Jordan is a music prodigy she started singing at age of 1.5 years and more than that she started with Billy Holiday Jazz. Here are a few details I picked up along the Angelina experience, Angelina speaks and sings in 3 languages, designs her own clothes, and has written a highly popular book published in 2015 called Mellon to jheter (Between two Hearts), and like her name she truly is an angel with a heart of gold. Angelina won Norway's got talent when she was 7 years old (video worth watching) Her younger years before age 13 she was watched over by her mother (Sara) and her Uncle/manager who just wanted her to grow up normal. Her mother and uncle Turned down almost 90% of all requests for her to perform but even so from age 7 years to 12 years old or so, she has been all over the world (Mother never more than a breath away) Angelina has produced over 150 covers, and she makes all of them her own, all of which will astound you. New people to Angelina get sucked down this road of experience not believing what they're hearing her excellent vocals and unique way of singing, Angelina is a master at music structure her ability to show absolute recognition to a cover while she makes it her own. Angelina writes her own music and produces it. Angelina's mother "Sara" is Norwegian, her father is from Sweeden The grandmother( Artist Mary Zamani) on her mother's side is from Iran and her grandfather (recently deceased) is from Japan both grandparents are very involved with Angelina's growing up, Angelina's song a million miles is about losing her grandfather. Shortly after her performance on Americas got talent show she was signed by Republic Music and has produced Million Miles (song for her recently deceased grandfather), Seventh Heaven, Heal The World it's her start at the world market and that I'm sure she'll dominate
From Iowa, USA; OK, WOW ❗🤗🌹Loved your reaction❗
1. An important thing to remember about AJ is that she refused to sign for a record deal through AGT and they relented and invited her to sing anyway.
2. AJ is currently signed with Republic Records.
3. AJ began singing at 18 months. Her grandmother was a jazz/blues fan and played that genre of music for AJ. She fell in love with it very early on and has even arranged most if not all that she sings from age 8. What an incredible talent.
4. Currently in 2022 she is in her mid-teenage years, stands 6 foot tall and still performs barefoot. The backstory of her encounter with the homeless girl she met while she traveled with her family through Iran at age 6 includes the weather damaged bare feet of the child she gave her own shoes to.
5. The reason she performs barefoot is to bring awareness to her public of the children worldwide who can't afford shoes of their own. She has raised millions of dollars for clothing including shoes for those unfortunate children.
6. AJ sews her own clothes, (the cloth is designed by her grandmother).
7. We all hope to enjoy her performances for many years to come.
8. BTW I'm 80 and have been involved privately in music since my age of 7.
9. Here's AJ, probably 10 or 11 years old, singing an old Cole Porter classic. "Every Time We Say Goodbye" ua-cam.com/video/KRSI8HmTHJA/v-deo.html
I knew you would like Angelina's voice 😁 She's always so smooth on the ears.
Nobody who ever reacted to this rendition of the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' ever got disappointed. Even the band Queen themselves complimented her for this rendition.
Do you like having that open-mouthed feeling of disbelief, only more so? Check out Angelina's black & white video where she covers Screamin' Jay Hawkins' song I Put A Spell On You at age 9.
Nice reaction, Chris. I see others have filled you in on a lot of Angelina information, so I'll just mention that there was some clever editing in the backstage interview at the start. It was made to look as though Angelina was pretty emotional about being on the show and about her desire to win it. There are a couple of videos of that backstage interview that show why she was emotional. It was right after she had been talking about wishing her late grandfather could be there to see her perform.
gary What is never mentioned is that at the time of her AGT appearance, Angelina's maternal grandfather was in the hospital, in great pain, dying. He passed away a couple of weeks later. This explains why many thought her to be emotionless, stuck up or sad after watching her perform.
@@103mrg See ua-cam.com/video/t4LsdNMX_-0/v-deo.html
@@gary-white- I have seen this. What is your point?
@@103mrg No point. Just showing my original point about what she was emotional about.
Well.... You and me bro! She is amazing! This version is so jazzy and soulfull. Love, love, love it.
Check out her cover of "I put a spell on you". That one knocked my socks of!
B/W version...
Really enjoyed your commentary -- had never explicitly noticed that "soft consonant" aspect of her approach to this song...
You have found the genius of Angelina.
You have a great journey ahead. 👍😄
New subscriber - thanks to your great reaction to Angelina's masterful reinterpretation & performance of Queen's epic song. Looking forward to more of your Angelina reactions. Highly recommend going back to all 4 of her Norway Got Talent performances (Gloomy Sunday, I'm A Fool To Want you, Bang Bang & Summertime). And/or - to really appreciate her raw talent - you need to check out her black & white performance of I Put A Spell On You which she arranged at age 9. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
Thanks for the sub!
Thank you sir for your reaction to Angelina.... simply saying she's the best vocalist for me.......❤ subs to your channel for her....✌
Thanks for subbing!
Different is a good word describing Angelina. Can't wait to see your reaction, I think that I already know what awaits here.
Bonsoir depuis les Vosges,je suis contente de vous retrouver avec Angelina,je l’ai découverte depuis 2 ans en même temps que Dimash,elle est comme lui, différente,merveilleuse !🌹🙏🌹
Beautiful , Lovely , Lively AND talented.
Thank you Chris for the nice reaction. I give new Angie reactors a welcome pack, please read. She chooses all her own songs & does all her own arrangements ever since she was very young, even when she did Screaming Jay Hawkins “I put a spell on you” the B&W version, ua-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/v-deo.html at barely 9, even at 7 & 8 on NGT (Norway’s Got Talent). On AGT-C Angie made her outfit from silkscreen patterns of her grandma's art work when she was 13 back in Norway. She makes several of her other outfits for shows & concerts too. She also paints great, plays 5 instruments & speaks & sings 4+ languages, English being her 3rd. Angie turned 16 on 1-10-22. Angie is a very kind, giving, loving, respectful, humble & a big hearted Christian girl. She always sings barefoot when performing & she wrote a book about it at 9 called “Between Two Worlds” & she was/is the youngest to be published in Norway.
(Why does Angie performs barefoot. Angelina gives a short little interview explaining why she performs barefoot. ua-cam.com/video/-cCLDY0CSZ8/v-deo.html) Angie has arranged over 150 covers & written 5 songs & had 2 written for her also & she’s mastered over 10 genre’s already. One of her nicknames is “The barefoot princess of a 1000 voices with a Mona Lisa smile”
Angie never sings a song the same way twice, so you could say they’ll all be 1st time reactions.
So much for you to discover - welcome to AJ!!!! I have been following her career since she was 7 because of her vocals, her poise and how amazed I am at her every performance.
You have just discovered a true gem. I hope you continue to follow this incredible artist. She has an incredible ability to communicate emotion through her singing. If you choose to react to more of her performances, I suggest you go back to her earlier performances when she was 7-10. Here are a few suggestions:
What a Difference a Day Makes (age 8) ua-cam.com/video/ZSfgCIGd7k4/v-deo.html
Feeling Good (age 10) ua-cam.com/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/v-deo.html
Summertime (age 8) ua-cam.com/video/443pBSpx5B4/v-deo.html
Bang Bang (age 8) ua-cam.com/video/HCaDyiqs7Wg/v-deo.html
Welcome to Angelina's Rabbit Hole, over 135 covers all rearranged by her and 5 originals written and composed by her from age 6 to present age 16 as of the 10th of this month. English is her 3rd language, she knows 4 for sure but familiar with a 5th. She has acted, wrote a book and was Published when she was 9, about true experience when she was 6. She sews her own clothes, paints, designs is getting into Modeling with Heidi Klum. She also plays 4 instruments, but I must say, she has no ambition, LOL, God Bless!
Thanks for the beautiful and professional first reaction, Chris. Angelina from a very young age she has grasped the essence of music and is a sensational performer. This cover of her is simply unique, for her ability to reread the song and for the beauty of the interpretation, at only 13 years. She is a very particular artist if not unique, she has a musical background that will amaze you. All of her arrangements of her dozens of covers (and which covers!) And of her beautiful original songs are created by her, from the age of 6 she has the ability to absorb and reconstruct all kinds of songs and genres she likes. In addition to her incredible musical talent, musical sensitivity, independence of judgment and vocal autonomy are other fantastic qualities of her, which make hers results even more surreal, regardless of her age. 💛 🧡 ❤️
Her Stage presence is fearless, powerful and fascinating since her first time on stage.
Please react to the 7y old Girl, her first Song on NGT. She turns the suicide song Gloomy Sunday to a beautiful artwork that makes your eyes wet
There is only one version that could possibly be counted as "better" than this one. It is also performed by Angelina. Unfortunately, there is no link to it as she performed it on her Christmas 2021 live stream. I don't have the musical knowledge to describe how much difference two years have made. It almost brings me to tears to think what 10 years will bring to the world. She sings "What a Difference a Day Makes" and my mind says "the difference is you." Believe it!
You are right, a new powerful Version with the backing famous musicians. Her power increased more and more. It's time for her to be back on Stage with a large audience 💓💯🙏🎷
Maybe not better, but certainly different - Angelina's voice was just right for the time and place - she crafted the performance using the voice she had, it worked so well and in such a high pressure environment. Yes the Christmas concert version was amazing, no in ear monitors, starting with perfect pitch - but how can you improve on the perfect - just another style of perfect!
@@lesgray8709 I agree with you. It was certainly "different" and I would put it below the performance on AGT-TC. It came across as too aggressive for my linking.
Congratulations! You just discovered the best Vocal Artist on the Planet! IMO ♥👣👸🏻
This opinion is quickly being reinforced as her career is finally starting to I believe explode. I'm surprised there are still many who know nothing about her but again I think that is going to change.If you want to hear music listen to anyone. If you want to feel it listen to Angelina. You have a lot of catching up to do if you decide to follow this girl and it would be a mistake in my opinion not to. Not just a great artist but an even greater Human Being! Hang on. Her angels will soon fill you in on her incredible journey accomplishments.
Regarding your recent reaction to Bohemian Rhapsody Did you notice during her performance they highlighted audience members in the front row. That is Angelina's Family. From left to right Her uncle and manager Michael Astar, her little sister Juliette, her mother Sarah Astar and her grandmother Mery Zamani. Notice her little sister crossing her fingers as the performance starts and later her mother wipe tears from her eyes. Also remember she said she had waited 10 years to sing for Simon. When she was 3 years old she was begging her mother to go on 'that Simon show'. A child prodigy who started singing Whitney Houston at 1 & 1/2, Won Norways Got Talent at 8 yrs old singing Billy Holiday's 'Gloomy Sunday', 'I'm a Fool to Want You', 'Bang, Bang' by Nancy Sinatra and 'Summertime' by George Gershwin! She fulfilled one of her childhood wishes when she sang for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert at 8, her second wish that you just watched was to sing for that 'Simon Show" that she expressed at 3 yrs old when she sang on America's Got Talent 'The Champions' at 13 yrs old singing the most beautiful rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody ever created! She has sung for Quincy Jones & Barak Obama among many others and raised millions for Children Charities and Climate Change! No theatrics here, simply the most soulful interpretation of a song and an ability to convey that emotion right down to your very soul! She has made many grown men cry! Buckle up, you're going to need it! She is 15 as of Jan 10th this year and has just released her second original with Republic Records after being protected to allow her to grow up and when they got a deal that gave her 100 % control over her art. The true GOAT in my opinion! She was 9 when singing a song by Screamin Jay Hawkins on the candle from 1956. ua-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/v-deo.html She started studying all the Greats of Jazz at 3yrs old on u-tube. What little girl studies Jazz at that age? The one & only Angelina Jordan, The Velvet Voice of the Barefoot princess of Jazz! I would love to see you start with one of her most recent. Her cover of 'When You Believe' by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carie. Watch the studio version first if you haven't seen it. One of her Best! Never one to show off this simple beautiful rendition shows her mindset in approaching her music. Nothing theatrical, just soft Velvet perfection! ua-cam.com/video/uAlVzI8-5hQ/v-deo.html. Then watch this rendition set as the soundtrack of the animated Movie 'The Prince of Egypt' using clips from the "Prince of Egypt" singing 'When You Believe' ! ua-cam.com/video/RgsPM2BEsqk/v-deo.html Who ever put that video together did a masterful job. Absolutely Beautiful! Also if you loved Amy Winehouse, Check out one of my favorites 'Valerie' with her having fun with her sister Juliet on Venice Beach. ua-cam.com/video/sqmJLkgk2Ik/v-deo.html Perfect again! After that I'ld use Rusty Schackelford's Chronological playlist and jump around to those you are familiar with. ua-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/v-deo.html You can't go wrong with anyone of them. And you can see her journey knowing her age at the time she sang it and where she was at that point in her and our journey. Another must view is 'Fly My to the Moon' on 'The View' at 8 yrs old & was my favorite among her half dozen versions because of the shear cuteness and her masterful phrasing! ua-cam.com/video/nBGMQ9Kx9iI/v-deo.html Rusty's playlist starts with her first visit to the studio at 6yrs old!
Her first song was Whitney Houston 'I Will Always Love You'? at 18 months. Angelina is the Grand Master of Jazz! She could teach a Master Class at 8 years old.
'Easy On Me' Adele. ua-cam.com/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/v-deo.html 1 week ago. MUST SEE!
SummerTime' George Gershwin ua-cam.com/video/bnpFsCNKzFg/v-deo.html 8 yrs old Winning performance on Norways Got Talent. MUST SEE!
Michael Jacksons 'Billie Jean' ua-cam.com/video/xp67k9wk2Mw/v-deo.html Today 15 yrs old. MUST SEE!
'What a Difference a Day Makes' ua-cam.com/video/ZSfgCIGd7k4/v-deo.html. 8 yrs old after having won Norways Got Talent. My Fav of all performances when she was young. MUST SEE!
'Fly Me to the Moon' on the View ua-cam.com/video/nBGMQ9Kx9iI/v-deo.html. 8 yrs old My Fav of her half dozen performances MUST SEE!
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. ua-cam.com/video/qF0JV28vgLw/v-deo.html. 13 yrs old Queen responded "Wow, What a rendition" and gave her the rights to the song! MUST SEE!
'I Put a Spell on You' Screamin Jay Hawkins 1956 Angelina 9 yrs old goes Beast Mode! ua-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/v-deo.html
Amy Winehouse 'Back to Black' Improvised lyrics. ua-cam.com/video/LbXUKzOxACU/v-deo.html She finished rewriting the song on the way to the recording for kids MUST SEE!
'Valerie'. ua-cam.com/video/sqmJLkgk2Ik/v-deo.html on Venice beach with little sister backup dancer! MUST SEE!
Miley Cyrus 'Nothing Breaks Like a Heart'. ua-cam.com/video/LbXUKzOxACU/v-deo.html Like I said she can sing anything like this little Country Ballad!
'7th Heaven' ua-cam.com/video/bM8DzMRbiIc/v-deo.html. 2nd release from Republic Records original studio version 15 yrs old. This year.
Any one of them will blow you away! Guaranteed!
Chris, welcome into Angelina world of music, but I am telling you…you ain’t seen nothing yet. I love your reaction you’ve got a new subscriber.
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Great reaction. I am looking forward to you reacting to all her others....you will have your mind blown like the rest of us.
Welcome to Angelina's world! Hopefully, you will check out some more of the 150+ videos she has out there. Rabbit hole or train...jump in or jump on...the journey is more than amazing. The force is strong with this one!
Creativity - no doubt ☺ Her original "7th Heaven", another wonderful and enjoyable creation.
Thanks for a beautiful reaction! Now check out her AGT's Yellow Brick Road performance, or l Put a Spell on You (black and white version) next!
You need to explore more of Angelina! You will be astonished every time you listen to a new one with her. She can be every ting.
Nice reaction! Welcome down the Angelina rabbit hole. May I suggest you continue your jaw-dropping amazement of Angelina by reacting to her version of Screamin’ Jay Hawkin’s “I Put a Spell on You”. She performed this masterpiece (both Screamin’ Jay’s and now HERS) when she was only NINE years old. Make sure you react to the B&W version.
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No turning back now you have the next superstar!
You are listening to a musical genius.
Missed yesterday's live reaction I'm still in the hospital. It was an awesome reaction as usual!!! I can't wait for today's reaction
Angelina is a Vocal Goddess and mesmerizing.
Our Angel, Angelina.❤❤❤❤❤
#biscuits I can’t wait to see your reactions to her younger stuff!
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Great reaction! Now check her "l put a spell on you" (black and white version) next! Mindblowing!
Angelina has amazing flexibility as can be witnessed by the following four songs:
---- Shield [as 12-year old, Angelina wrote song. As 12-year old, sung on very popular Scandinavian talk show Skavlan (2.5 to 3 million viewers per show): ua-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/v-deo.html]
[In interview (changes to English at about 0:36 mark) before Angelina sung, paraphrasing, she said that when she sings she goes into endless other world that is full of happiness. She said that song is about someone you love and whose strong love protects you wherever you are. Angelina said song's sound was inspired by Bond films. Her favorite Bond film songs are Diamonds Are Forever and Goldfinger. She sings few bars of Diamonds Are Forever a cappella. She said that highlight of her career was singing for Quincy Jones' 85th birthday concert in London. When asked if she feels like she is 12 years old, Angelina says she only does when she looks at her passport: ua-cam.com/video/97hjWg4ToRQ/v-deo.html]
[as 13-year old, sung in artistic video directed by her maternal grandmother Mery Zamani: ua-cam.com/video/m8OCbAlr_48/v-deo.html]
---- Above The Water [as 13-year old, Angelina shows incredible cross genre abilities. Collaborated with Norwegian EDM (Electronic Dance Music) duo TRXD and recorded vocals for song. TRXD is Truls Dyrstad and David Atarodiyan where TRXD represents their names (TRuls X David). In 2020, song was released officially as audio only track and has almost 3.5 million plays on Spotify. However, amazing unofficial video was created that added some footage of shuffle dancers doing variations of Melbourne shuffle (rave dance from 1980s): ua-cam.com/video/y6SilwnR2Zc/v-deo.html]
---- I Will Survive [as 10-year old, Angelina again hits it out of the park, in another new music genre: disco! This is only disco song to win Grammy. In 2016, Library of Congress deemed Gloria Gaynor's original recording to be "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" and selected it for preservation in National Recording Registry: ua-cam.com/video/ma7sa_n7k-8/v-deo.html]
---- Song For A [as 13-year old, Angelina sung with music by modern classical composer Nico Cartosio. It can be described as musical poetry. Lyrics come from poem by Robert Burns. Song was written specifically for Angelina as part of mostly instrumentals album Melting (8 instrumentals plus Song For A). Album was recorded at famous Abbey Road studio and released in April 2019: ua-cam.com/video/Bo3mhxPM-uA/v-deo.html]
gracias por reaccionar a Angelina "el ángel de los pies descalzos "espero hagas más reacciones de ella 🤗🤗🤗🤗
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It worry’s me that someone so young with so much talent will be used up by the music industry until she can’t handle the pressure adults around her will put on her. She’s amazing.
Buckle up buddy for this ride!
Hi Chris, welcome to Angelinas world. Hope you react to more of hers about 160 songs on You Tube. First recordet singing a Whitney Houston song at 1 1/2 years old ( it is on You Tube ). First recordet in studio when she was 6 yo. Had to wait to she was 7 yo before she was allowed to sing at Norway got talent, won aftern turn 8 yo during the competition. When she was 9 yo she showed what potensial she had with a cover of "I Put a Spell on You" that is just to god to be done by a child from eart. Angelina is one of the very very few artist that most of the time only needs 1 take recording. She is known as the jazz princess but she is fantastic in every genre ( dont know about opera but some day she may show that she can do that to ).
Check out her cover of Adele's 'Easy on Me" then go into her playlist and go crazy, you will be amazed. Her vocal abilities are on another level..
Her earliest performances age 7 winning Norway Has Talent are phenomenal and today as a teenager, writing her own songs, she is still amazing. Try her more recent version of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean, done in her beloved jazz style. Every cover she has done adds her own special magic to the original. Another one she did for that show was Yellow Brick Road, by Elton John, and it is also a stunner. Incidentally she does all her own arrangements. And remember she is singing not in her original language, she speaks quite a few, and plays a few instruments too.
christine Billie Jean is done in a jazz style. (Read the title of the video!!) And her rendition of Yellow Brick Road was based on Sara Bareilles' arrangement, not her own.
@@103mrg Indeed. I did know that. It's my memory that's at fault. Put it down to my advanced age. :)
@@christinestromberg4057 Honey, most of us here are of an advanced age. We've learned not to just trust our memory and check our facts so as not to waste people's time.
@@103mrg How nice. But I'm not your honey. Are you always this rude or do you have to practise?
@@christinestromberg4057 Get over yourself babe.
If someone hasn’t said this already, please go back and watch all of her performances at Norway’s Got Talent. It’s amazing.
Thanks for a grate reaction. AJ is a gift to the world! ❤❤❤
Yes angelina is hypnotic 🥰
Great reaction, Absolutely love your excitement over our "Barefoot Princess of Jazz" she will blow your mind no matter what genre she takes on. Angelina is an Atomic bomb of emotional content, no one but a heartless person can resist her voice.
Looking forward to more of your reactions to the 'New Barefoot Queen of Song' as well as her awesome jazz.
She is now 16 (as of 1/10/2022 ) years old and stands over 6 feet tall. After turning down every other major record producer and even Disney World, She has just recently been signed with Republic Records and she has just released her first self written single with republic Records entitled "Million Miles " , this is the link to that one ( ua-cam.com/video/NhKRh5ZtuWk/v-deo.html ) plus a new release this month April of '7 th Heaven" link: ua-cam.com/video/bM8DzMRbiIc/v-deo.html
She is a rare special God sent gift to the world!!! , Angelina is at level of vocal artistry seldom if ever seen for a young singer , besides her other talents , She is Norway's youngest published author at around 9 to 10 years old, she plays , piano, violin, flute, and guitar . Angelina does her musical arrangements and has been often observed directing professional musicians playing for her as to what she wants in a song.
she is always in command when she performs is very humble respectful manner to band members. Angelina is like no other I heave ever witnessed in her many abilities for one so young .she touches one right down to their heart and soul when she sings. :To bring you up to date on her background:
(Angelina a short history ); Angelina has been singing since she was 1.5 years old (18 months started singing a Whitney Huston song , video on you tube of this here is the linkua-cam.com/video/VJjG68Dfr-8/v-deo.html at 1:55 on this video is her at 1.5 years old )
later she was taken by jazz and started singing jazz classics as her grandmother introduced her to jazz tunes. Her singing is her life and her passion . her mother tried to get her to sing nursery songs and she just flat out refused to involve her self in that nonsense.
She is her own driving force no one dictates to her what she does in her singing or preparations, it is all her 110%. the following are her own songs . Won Norway's got talent at 7 to 8 years old has over 125 videos on line plus three of her own compositions (not including the one she just released from Republic Records) and two that were written for her to sing , the first 3 she wrote and arranged herself, the last two were written for her to sing
1, Shield ,, ua-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/v-deo.html
2. Oslo,, ua-cam.com/video/6PsVu4iNmX0/v-deo.html ( A song dedicated to her home town Oslo , Norway)
3. What Is Life,, .ua-cam.com/video/Bv0r77KN7RA/v-deo.html
4. Above the water,, ua-cam.com/video/SC3F0bKKk3U/v-deo.html
5. Song for A ("A" standing for Angelina) ,, ua-cam.com/video/Bo3mhxPM-uA/v-deo.html
( plus a few more recent originals from her not listed here)
Angelina had over 500 million views of her singing videos before her performance on AGT The Champions now her views are in the billions . Angelina has been well known all over the world except in America not so much up until her AGT Champions mini concert.
When performed her own arrangements of " Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Yellow brick Road".
She sings bare foot since she was 6 years old to honor a bare foot orphan he met girl around her own age around 6 years old whom had no shoes and had scars on her feet, she weighing people on a bathroom scale to support her and her siblings. Angelina at six years old took her shoes off and gave them to this poor girl, and Angelina has performed on stage in honor of the pledge she made to her not to sing on stage with shoes on form then on . Angelina has honored that pledge for last 8 years .
Angelina takes on a different voice for each song she covers to give homage to the song, and never tries to show off her vocal abilities but always gives each song its due respect. Angelina has a 5 octave range and her low note ability is just mind blowing for a pre-teen or now at just a mere 15 years as of Jan. 10 ,2021.
Angelina can sing any genre and excel at it many times better than the original artist. Enjoy this 9th wonder of the musical world in song..
You just entered the most astonishing rabbit hole you will ever find. Enjoy your journey. You are in for a treat. You should go back to her Norway's Got Talent audition of Billie Holidays' Gloomy Sunday when she was 7.
Well Chris welcome to Angelina Jordan’s world a.k.a. the barefoot princess I’m 54 years old and been following her for about nine years she is absolutely Angel Sent from heaven. Nine years old black-and-white version of I put a spell on you 1950s version of screaming Jay Hawkins. She did arrangement herself do it and you’ll see that she is a child prodigy
Ya need to go back and see her in Norway Got Talent !!!! Mind Blowing
Her outfit is cloth made from her artist grandma Mery Zamani's paintings.
Grandma Mery depicts Angelina's life and experiences in her art, on some of Angelina's videos and on merch they sell.
On the other AGT performance of Yellow Brick Road Angelina wears a tshirt with her toothless singing self from Norway's Got Talent.
The "musical liberties" (soft consonants, breathy & raspy tone, intimate & soulful sound, etc.) are all hallmarks of a seriously good jazz singer. And that's something you don't see much anymore, because (a) it's hard to do, (b) it requires mastery of many different vocal techniques, and (c) it's not a very popular genre among today's "pop-music-streaming" generation. Yet here you have a 13-year-old who owned a complete jazz sound from age 6 (or earlier) -- including a beautiful vibrato and amazing vocal control. Angelina has since developed her skills and can cover any genre of vocal music except opera. To help you explore more of her, I suggest Rusty Shackleford's chronological playlist of about 100 Angelina YT videos:
ua-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/v-deo.html
Hmm - "except opera"? ... I don't know: She covered "Summertime" from Gershwin (and this is an opera) in several different versions - she sung "Song for A".. not an opera but "modern clasic" I would say...
So I think if she want's to she could cover also opera in an absolut unique and beautiful style 😎
@@itschmitt I agree. The ending of I Put a Spell on You gives us a glimpse of her opera voice.
Don't forget La Boheme (and "Bohemian Rhapsody" is from "A Night at the Opera").
@@itschmitt "Summertime" is as atypical of opera as anything I can name (being a fusion of folk, gospel and jazz). So while Gershwin called Porgy & Bess an opera, it's unlike anything else known as opera. Remember that The Who called "Tommy" a "rock opera" (which I guess it is). So while Angelina can sing "modern classic" songs, I suggest listening to more opera before suggesting Angelina has, or would even want to, sing classical opera. Because opera requires the exact opposite of all her talents & skills (which lean heavily toward jazz). The last thing an opera singer needs is soft consonants, dropped phrase endings, vowel modification, raspy voice, vocal fry, breathy voice, trailing vibrato, etc. A diva strives for clean, pure, sustained sounds, with closed vocal cords and a wide, consistent vibrato throughout (not to mention the power to fill a large opera house without a microphone). Could Angelina do it? Maybe, but it's easy to find others her age who would do it better. For example, watch 17-year-old Amira Willighagen (ua-cam.com/video/IiH1MPfV5nA/v-deo.html) and try to imagine Angelina getting comfortable in that genre.
I say all this as an instrumentalist who has accompanied many singers (in both jazz and pit orchestras) over the last 50 years. I find it pretty easy to tell who has "classical" (i.e., opera) training, and who is a better jazz/blues (or pop) singer. In short, I love Angelina and her work but opera is pretty far out of her "lane."
@@bygeorge100 : You'r absolutely right with your description - I only wanted to say "... if she want's to, she could cover also opera in an absolut unique and beautiful style ..." - may be not in the common opera style but in her style. And may be she doesn't want it - and Amira Willighagen is an outstanding singer of opera - no doubt... If Angelina WANT to sing opera, at the end it would be a matter of taste. And as long as she didn't do it we can't judge it ;-) (as you said, "Summertime" is atypical...)
Queen like this performance so much they put it on their website
Welcome to Angelina's World! Dive in.... (She's 16 yo now)
At last you've discover the "Angel Queen "..this sis the tip of the "iceberg", welcome to the AJ journey...you are on for quite a trip my friend. Where to begin, hard to say , may be "Gloomy Sunday"
age seven and from there.."Bang Bang"..."Sumertime"....etc etc. ..But don't wait to listen to the one and only "I put a spell on you" age 9..Some original composition age 10 "Shield", "Oslo", "What is life"
From certainly the most natural talent, genius of the day...welcome to the "Rabbit Hole"!
wow, hope you do more of Angelina........
Its best if one doesnt try to understand her way of singing. They will still be studying that 50-100 yrs from now as she is resurrecting music and redefining singing as we know it. Some consider her a mezo contralto.