VOICE COACH REACTS | Floor Jansen.... SHALLOW. watch if you like having your feels grabbed.

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Today I'll be reacting to and breaking down the fabulous Floor Jansen's performance of Shallow. Join me in exploring some of the vocal decisions which contribute to truly touching storytelling and new feelings for a much-loved song. If you like this video and want more, join us by liking, subscribing and hitting the bell icon.

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[russellboynton]

She said girl because she is singing the song for Emma.

[marcelkats]

Floor sings this for Emma Heesters, thats why she sings twice girl.

[ryanhalien]

I don’t think I’ve ever heard such a full sound from such a soft place, she can literally do anything

[ConfessorEpicness]

Just the fact that Floor walked on this show with absolutely nobody knowing anything about her except that she was a metal singer and then watching her violate their emotions with everything she sang was awesome to watch.

[Sadistiq]

Floor breaks your heart and mends it in the next second.. her voice does things to me I can't even put into words. I couldn't do it justice.

[damon]

In my humble opinion, Floor is an incomparable vocalist. At times, when she's singing, I feel ready to charge into battle. And then there are times like this where her voice envelopes you like the softest of soft materials and whisks you away to heaven. She's enchanting. Thank you for another great video, Ms. Nilon.

[ericchapman]

If you watch the full episode with English subtitles, you will learn that the band suggested to Floor that she sing much of this in her head voice and keep is somewhat small because of the impact she can make doing it that way. You can learn a ton about Floor by watching the subtitled episodes of Beste Zangers in which she is either singing or being sung to. Also, I bet others have commented on this, but I believe Floor sang "girl" twice because she is singing to Emma.

[jonhorrocks]

Emma (sparkly red dress) was the centre of attention for this episode. She's famous in Holland for doing covers of songs on YouTube and she does them very well - she's a really good singer. One song she covered was Shallow in full Gaga mode. Floor decided to cover it for Emma but Floorify it. I see it as either a mother singing to her daughter or as the wise, experienced Floor passing on some guidance to the bright new talent before her. Hence "girl" twice in the lyric. I'm pretty sure this hit number one on the Dutch iTunes chart after the show aired.

[harryschonfeld]

The only flaw in this song is that it ends. One of the most beautiful performances I have heard in my 60+ years.

[Doppeldropper]

...worth checking out is also the "Winner" from the same show where she makes a lion cry 🤗

[johnlindquist]

Came to this reaction right after watching "7 Days to the Wolves" - hard to believe this is the same singer. What in incredibly versatile voice she has. She hits you in the feels every time. Every single time.

[katconley]

I dearly love when you close your eyes and just feel the music. And then you fine tune your attention to the voice you're attending to. That's why we love you.

[diosyntaxa]

One of the guys being completely blown away is Ruben, and I think you should react to when Floor sings an English version of his highly personal song back to him (same show, About Love I don't Know a Thing). She just blows his mind with her version and though I'm not quite certain about the subtitle (I don't know Dutch), which has him saying "It's absurd how you make everything better!", I clearly heard him say absurd, and she, humble as ever says something about how it's a beautiful song and how good of a story teller he is. It hit me right in the feels. And yes, Floor is amazing!

[kingbrutusxxvi]

That tape ripping you hear lightly in the background? Lady Gaga packing up her Oscar to ship to Floor. ;-)

[crabuki]

Thank you, Julia. This song makes me feel the vulnerability and, honestly, fear when you first fall head over heels in love. You know you're completely at someone else's mercy, but you've gone too far to turn back, so all you can do is throw yourself into the moment. This is the definitive version of Shallow to me.

[valeriududau]

She made no mistake - she's just singing to Emma....

[alanjurena]

There's a bunch of reasons I like watching your reaction videos, but I really appreciate how CRISP your own audio quality is. It doesn't distract from the source video and it allows us to enjoy both without losing audio quality on either.

[jasminwolf]

Floor is THE Queen! Love this Woman ❤️

[Gavrev]

How is it that Floor can strain and break my heart every time she sings? Phenomenal. Thanks for the reaction Julia!

[n.b.]

This version and Floor singing it makes me so emotional. Such an artist