VOCAL COACH FIRST TIME REACTION Angelina Jordan - Bohemian Rhapsody - America's Got Talent

VOCAL COACH FIRST TIME REACTION Angelina Jordan - Bohemian Rhapsody - America's Got Talent

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0:00 Introduction
01:08 Reaction
06:04 First Impression
08:26 Detailed Analysis
12:38 Conclusion

[RobertDeMartin]

Dounia, "Welcome to the wonderful world of Angelina Jordan!" I hope you like to read because her fans (her 'angels') will be sending you all kinds of info (bio's and playlists) about her and most of your questions will be answered including why she sings barefoot. You will find out she is the whole package and the soulfulness you hear in her voice is genuine. Wait till you hear sing Adele songs. Or Elvis Presley, or Ella Fitzgerald, etc., Btw. she has several originals out there besides all her covers. She has a way of touching our hearts when she sings. Amazing!

[victoriasuthrland]

She started singing at one and a half years old and she started with jazz, and English is not her native language, , and she plays about four musical instruments and writes music, , her first studio recording was at six years old, , she wrote a book about why she sings barefoot, , the Documentary called(wrapped in a warm blanket) her youngest years) shows her singing at one and a half years old and it was a Whitney Houston song, Enjoy, you might want to start with her youngest years first, ❤

[charlesallison]

Noticing your eyes tearing up yeah you're going to do a lot of that... She was a masterclass vocalist at 10 yrs old if not before as you will soon learn...

[keithserafy]

In the 6 years since I discovered Angelina, I have watched thousands of reactions to her music & my favorite reactions are by vocal coaches because the more you know about music, the more you are impressed by this vocal master. You are one of many vocal coaches that were moved to tears the 1st time they heard her. She started out as a jazz artist, but has expanded her mastery of many genres of music over her decade of public performances. She started listening to music around 18 months on YT & is self taught, with no official vocal coach to date. Her main influence was Billie Holiday, followed by Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse & Adele. Now at 18, her vocal skills are up there with the best in the World, but where she leaves everyone else behind is her ability to emote the lyrics to where you believe & feel everything she sings. The way she re-arranges classic, iconic songs in a totally different way than the original version, like Bohemian Rhapsody, is a skill that blows my mind. I really look forward to more of your reactions to her music, so I have liked this video & have subscribed for future ones. Great job, Dounia!

[williamrust]

Your reaction was fabulous, Dounia. She is musical and plays violin, piano, and guitar. She is self taught. Her qualities are genuine and she graces the planet.

[larrypifer]

AJ is not just your average genius prodigy.
Angelina Jordan's musical talents extend beyond her captivating voice; she is also skilled in playing multiple instruments like the keyboard, flute, violin, and guitar. Her prolific songwriting has produced over 100 songs, including a special anthem for Oslo, which showcases her ability to compose and arrange music for an orchestra. Indeed, Angelina's multifaceted genius sets her apart as a unique and extraordinary artist in the world of music.

[SoundToyzAreUs]

Absolutely one of the best Angelina Jordan - Bohemian Rhapsody reaction Videos on the internet. Let the love flow!

[MikeEgypte]

Hi again, early in the video here, and I am not a big commenter, but what a fantastic choice for Angelina to come up on the 2nd of your videos that I watched. AJ is/has been one of my favorites ever since I first heard her sing--what was it 2006 I think. I'm sure you will be going back to see what you missed, and especially about the bare feet.

[wilfriedmatusch]

I’m 73 years old been watching her for 4/5 years it’s clear that music moves people she moved you and many others
Cheers from Australia 🦘🇦🇺

[kenscott]

Great reaction to a vocal tour-de-force! This history-making performance is as unnerving as it is magnificent!! 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 (170+ 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 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 to the Beatles (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.
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

[Mister.]

Your emotional reaction to her vocals is not unusual. She brings us to tears even after listening to her for years. Such an intricate, delicate, complex but simple vocal control that was mostly self taught with recordings of classic jazz and blues artists. Her singing voice is a true musical instrument. Thank you for your honest and knowledgeable reaction to this amazing artist's performance here.

[genobondo]

In this shortened version, Heidi was the one who gave her the golden buzzer. There was another version that included that, but maybe for copyright reasons, had to omit that last part, not sure. She is now 18 and doing her own songs.

[andrewshankman]

Just to reassure you, she did receive the golden buzzer from Heidi. The video cuts out just before that happens. Wonderful reaction, thank you.

[summaEngineer]

I knew INSTANTLY when you said you would be singing along that there would be none of that. Angelina's Voice captures you instantly; the thought process required to sing along is derailed and all you can do is Listen and take it all in. Your Journey with Angelina has begun... it is a deeply moving experience and you have MUCH to learn, which I will leave to the many others to take care of as I am Certain they will. I'll Catch you on the next one, which being an Angelina Newbie who wants to hear her go after a Jazzy song, should be I PUT SPELL ON YOU; I look forward to seeing you get your mind blown by the 9yo Angelina sing her own personal arrangement. 😇Jim

[robertbiron]

Don't worry about the tears, many of us we all have tears with most of her over 200 song recordings even if we have heard her sing this a thousand times, everything she sings is tear worthy. Thank you for this outstanding reaction, you are so right on with what you say with the exception of singing along lol, I knew you wouldn't be doing that. I'll give you a bit of info borrowed from a friend. -
Welcome to the birth of a legend. Here’s a little background info on Angelina.


“When I sing I go to another world. The world is endless. It's like, full of happiness. I love it. It's amazing. And when I am on stage, I don't want to go [leave the stage]. [laughing]. I just want to be on stage" A snippet of Skaylan’s interview of Angelina Jordan (age 12) on Norwegian TV – November 2018. ♥👣👸🏻🎷

What you will soon realize is that Angelina today at 18 Angelina is already the best Jazz singer on the Planet! IMO Soon to be one of the Best Vocalists of All Time. ♥👣👸🏻

Angelina won Norway's Got Talent when she was 8 yrs old after starting the competition at 7 yrs old. The youngest winner of any Got Talent show on the planet. She had to wait two years because you had to be 7 yrs old to enter. She started with a rendition of Billie Holiday's 'Gloomy Sunday' which she just infused with Billie's soul. She followed this by another Billie classic with a pitch perfect rendition of 'I'm a Fool to Want You' acapella. Her next performance was a beautiful rendition of 'Bang, Bang' by Sonny & Cher and performed most famously by Nancy Sinatra. She won the competition with what I consider her first Masterpiece performance of 'Summertime' by George Gershwin. Shortly after winning she was designated a National Treasure by the Norwegian people. ♥👣👸🏻

Her fans call her The Barefoot Princess. She always performs with no shoes when she sings. Why? The reason is very special. When she was 6 years old, she was traveling with her family in Iran where she met a poor shoeless girl in the streets that was about her age. She made money by weighing people. After speaking with her for a few minutes, Angelina noticed the scars on the girl's feet and asked the girl what her dream is. The girl said she wanted to be a doctor but she couldn't because she had to make money for her family. Angelina did what came natural to her, she gave the little girl her shoes and told her to not give up on her dreams. The girl then asked Angelina what her dreams were, Angelina answered that she wanted to sing for the whole world, and the girl said she would pray for her success. Since then, Angelina has performed barefoot in honor of that little girl and to those who are less fortunate around the world. She keeps this promise to this day. One of the reasons why we love her so much!


There is video of Angelina recorded by her mother Sarah Astar singing a couple of lines of "I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston when she was 18 months old. She started studying all the greats of Jazz soon after under the guidance of her Iranian Grandmother Mery Zamani a child prodigy in her own right as an artist and poet. English is Angelina's 3rd language behind Norwegian and Farsi along with Japanese and some German and perhaps more. She did this from 2 & 3 yrs old by scrolling thru YouTube of all their most Iconic performance. Angelina doesn't just mimic these greats, she reinterprets them and then simply sings them the way they were meant to be sung. She makes them her own.

Angelina was begging her mother to go on "that Simon show" when she was 3 yrs old. encouraged to sing children songs, she would have none of that. Angelina chooses her own songs and she is absolutely fearless. No song is too big and no artist is too Iconic. All the most Iconic songs by the most Iconic singers in music history. Angelina has said singing to her is as important to her as breathing. ♥👣👸🏻

She will sing anything Acapella at any time and often does. Her Tic-Toc is full of these impromptu performances wherever she might be whether in the car, walking around the neighborhood or in a parking Garage. Accompanied by most often a simple guitar or piano her performances are always incredible. Add a band or even a full orchestra as in her performance for Quincy Jones at his request singing his arrangement of 'Fly Me to the Moon'. The same arrangement he did for Frank Sinatra. This opened for his 85th birthday celebration at the 02 Arena in London. ♥👣👸🏻

She is well known worldwide in the industry. Her family and Angelina have been holding back turning down many of the biggest in the industry while she finishes school. Remember she just turned 18 January 10th. They finally signed with Republic Records about 4 years ago after getting a deal that gave her control of her artistic vision and has since released 2 originals, 'Million Miles' & '7th Heaven' plus the opening soundtrack for the New Movie "The Hating Game" with her song 'Mercy' performed most notably by Duffy. Republic has labeled her their Highest Priority and assigned a team to her including Rob Christy a multiple Grammy Winner, often on the piano in many of her performances and a whole team of equally qualified professionals. She has worked with some of the best musicians in the industry and always get exactly what she wants. Some call her the Boss and have immense respect for her. She recently dropped Her EP 'Old Enough' which includes 6 original tracks. She has been indicating she will be releasing another EP of originals by Christmas.

She has been diligently perfecting her craft since winning Norway's Got Talent singing all over the world, Germany, Japan, Korea as well as TV appearances such as The View, Little Big Shots and most notably America's Got Talent where she premiered her Iconic Performance of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' which Queen gave her the copyright for. Her version is available on iTunes and Spotify & is included on her Album 'Magic' which she released on her own along with a Christmas Song collection. After Heidi's golden buzzer for her audition of BR, Angelina went directly to the finals where she sang YBR. After the "secret voting", she placed 6th in the competition and was eliminated from the competition. After first refusing to sign with AGT because of contract demands, a re-worked contract was eventually signed which freed Angelina from any commitments or record deal if she performed.

She has also sung for Many Heads of State including Barack Obama and a couple of songs opening for Norah Jones in Korea. She also sang at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert at 8 yrs old for Malala and another recipient. Mostly she has sung for charities helping raise millions for children charities and climate change. The great part is that most of it has been well documented often by herself and her family. Her Grandmother who introduced her to Jazz at 3 & 4 yrs old is behind the camera more than anyone else. Love the reactions. Get ready for a deep dive. She is worth it! ♥👣👸🏻

[mostdot]

For anybody pretty new to Angelina, who wants to get to know her quickly, I created this playlist with 12 songs from age 7 to 18:

1. Gloomy Sunday, her 2013 audition to Norway's Got Talent, when she was 7, which was aired in 2014 and then immediatly went viral.
2. Fly Me to the Moon, live on The View, was her US debut later in 2014, and also went viral. It gathered more than 37 Million views on YouTube, and many more on Facebook.
3. I Put a Spell On You, the song where Screamin' Jay Hawkins got his nickname from, has 11 Million Views so far. Her cover is closer to his original than most well known covers of it. She was 9 years old here.
4. Feeling Good, in a version sung on TV late in 2016 while still being 10 years old, though she already started to perform the song in public about a year earlier.
5. A Million Years Ago, one of 13 Adele covers she did, as an impressive acoustic home studio recording.
6. Shield, from 2018, was the third original she relased that year at 12 years old. It is about the protection and support she gets from her family.
7. Bohemian Rhapsody, in her own stripped down arrangement on AGT the Champions Season 2, wowed everyone, including the group Queen themselves, who twittered "Wow, what a performance of Bohemian Rhapsody!"
8. Million Miles, which she wrote and produced together with Stargate, is about the loss of a close person (her grandfather), and was the first song she released 2020 with Republic Records.
9. 7th Heaven, her 2nd song with RR from 2021, is encouraging people to persue their dreams, like she did.
10. Suspicious Minds, done 2022, is an Elvis cover as unique as Bohemian Rhapsody was.
11. Love Don't Let Me Go, her third release with Republic Records, and the first new song on her recently released EP "Old Enough" of total 6 new original songs.
12. Bad Valentine, her latest, yet unreleased original as a live preview in a small venue.


She cites Billie Holiday as her biggest influence. And she covered more songs from Adele than by any other artist, followed by Amy Winehouse, Elvis, and Sam Smith.

[johndoe-gtgp]

In answer to your question regarding the first note; yes, she seems to have perfect pitch. There is a video of her at the age of barely 8 singing I’m A Fool To Want You by Billie Holiday a cappella for the Norway’s Got Talent contest. She crushes it. Perfect timing, perfect pitch on every note.
She’s a child prodigy. Her musical talent is otherworldly.

[rw]

Well, welcome to the AJ Rabbit Hole! You are going to be bombarded by her fans called Angels that will fill you in on this music prodigy with an old soul from Norway. She's basically been a star since she was 7 years old. First and foremost, she is a jazz singer but has the ability to sing any genre. She also does all of her own musical arrangements. Even though she has been compared by many to Amy Winehouse, her major influence is Billie Holiday. Other influences are Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Etta James, Whitney Houston, and Adele to name a few. Her love of jazz came from her grandmother playing jazz music around her when she was young. In 2014, she entered at age 7 and won Norway's Got Talent at the age of 8. With her new found fame, she used it to appear on many shows from abroad and help raise millions for the less fortunate children around the world. At age 13, she was invited to participate on America's Got Talent: The Champions in 2020. She shocked the audience and the judges with her rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. She received a standing ovation from all and got the Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum to go straight to the Finals. Her performance went viral and even the group Queen responded on Twitter by saying, "Wow, what a rendition!" For Queen to respond to someone covering one of their songs is quite a feat since they rarely react to anyone. She did not win, but her fan base grew and expanded her popularity.

Now 18 years old, living in Los Angeles, and currently signed with Republic Records, whose clients include Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, and Drake to name a few. Her family and Republic Records had agreed not to heavily promote her just yet so she can live as normal of a life as possible and finish her schooling. From what we know, she is finally done with school. She had a single that came out May 5th called Love Don't Let Me Go, a new EP called Old Enough that came out Friday, July 21st, 2023, a newly released video of her new song called Now I'm The Fool, and a new album of original music which will be coming out some time this year. Angelina released her new single, Our Time, and is fantastic! She returned back to Norway and performed at a number of sold out concerts in which fans from around the world came to see her. Many of the fans there said she sounded better live in person and was a once in a lifetime experience. On September 22, 2023, Angelina had her first U.S. concert that sold out in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On December 11, 2023, she was asked to come back and perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. She first performed at this prestigious event in 2014 when she was 8. On Feb.29th, 2024, she performed 2 shows on one night at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino. A film crew followed her and created a documentary of her called Angelina Jordan: 10 Years In The Making which premiered on her official YouTube channel on March 29th, 2024. Currently, she is working with 3 time Grammy winner songwriter/producer Toby Gad creating new original music for her to sing. Gad has co-wrote and produced such big hits like All Of Me by John Legend, Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie, If I Were A Boy by Beyonce, and Skyscraper by Demi Lovato and a number of others.

Her fans call her The Barefoot Princess. She always performs with no shoes when she sings. Why? The reason is very special. When she was 6 years old, she was traveling with her family in Iran where she met a poor shoeless girl in the streets that was about her age. She made money by weighing people. After speaking with her for a few minutes, Angelina noticed the scars on the girl's feet and asked the girl what her dream is. The girl said she wanted to be a doctor but she couldn't because she had to make money for her family. Angelina did what came natural to her, she gave the little girl her shoes and told her to not give up on her dreams. The girl then asked Angelina what her dreams were, Angelina answered that she wanted to sing for the whole world, and the girl said she would pray for her success. Since then, Angelina has performed barefoot in honor of that little girl and to those who are less fortunate around the world. She keeps this promise to this day. One of the reasons why we love her so much!

[itschmitt]

Hi Dounia,
even if you already got some comments with good information allow me sending you my "standard newbies comment" (SNC) - maybe you can find some for you new information in it ;-)

So, here is my SNC:
Welcome to the universe of Angelina Jordan and thanks a billion for this nice reaction to her - I'm sure to hear more reactions to her from you! ...because it is...
...too late!
From now on you are assimilated in Angelina's entourage! Resistance is futile...
Even if you won't believe it and if you are in denial about it: Only listen to one song sung by Angelina Jordan and you are hooked on listening her voice! Maybe you aren't aware of it yet... a legend says in rare cases there are humans who can resist.... but I can't believe it 😏

Every time it's a pleasure to watch people reacting to Angelina Jordan - especially when it is the first time - and I hope to see more of your reactions on Angelina Jordan... 😏

So a little Question:
or as Audio-Studio-Version:
At the beginning you see her something writing on a sheet and a man reading it and smiles than.. in an interview this man, who was the "bandleader", said, this were some "wishes" from Angelina (she was every time very polite he said) for changes of her arrangement for the piano 😃)
The candle you can see at about 0:12 shows a portrait of J. Hawkins - I think her grandma bought it at a concert in Tokyo 😏
At 0:26 you can see the bassist smiling - I can imagine that he smiles about the expectable reactions of the listeners in the moment, when Angelina starts to sing at 0:30 😏

Btw. I read somewhere that her grandma was in person at a concert of SJH in Japan (as she, AJs mother and uncle lived there some years - AJs grandpa is Japanese) and there AJs grandma bought this candle as a souvenir 😏
...I hope this story isn't a HOAX 😃

Maybe you wonder, what videos you should next react to 😏 ...
Furthermore there is a big pile of over 170 videos on YouTube with Angelina Jordans rehearsals, covers and originals... and each and every one is worth to listen and to react to - even the very early recordings when she was 6 yo!
Btw. her full name is Angelina Jordan Astar, but in most occasions she is introduced as Angelina Jordan - she herself answered in the audition of Norske Talenter her name is "Angelina Jordan"… 😏

First of all, here are the official channels of her and the most known fan club:

Some links from the big pile:
Here the short doku with her singing at 1, 5yo

(One of?) Her first "visit" to a recording studio at 6yo:

... here are some links to the clips of NGT:

… here in between NGT and AGT you will find a huge selection of videos with Angelina and each of it will blow your mind.

… her originals (before her latest EP "Old Enough"):
"7th Heaven" several Versions:
"Million Miles" several Versions:
"Shield" - several versions:
and songs which are especially written for her:

... here her "mini concert" from AGT the Champions (Watch out: With these videos other reactors have the most problems with copyright claims...):

In the meanwhile there are some more live versions of her originals and some cover songs from her summer 2022 concerts like in Kurbadhagen... 😏


In addition to school she got also vocal training at the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program (I read, that this school said, they couldn't teach her more stuff because she has all learned what she could learn in this school ;-) ) - and btw. she plays also grand piano, violin, flute and guitar, make her arrangements herself, wrote a book, sew clothes for herself (partly with art from her grandma like in her first AGT performance and in her music video "Shield").
So, she is a real all-rounder and I think all her fans are eager to see and hear what she is doing next...


Thanks a billion again for your reaction! … and see you soon with your next AJ reactions - with greetings from Berlin/Germany 😃 Best regards
Andreas
😎

[ewelinab]

Welcome to the world of Angelina. 😊love your reaction.
And we need more.🙏
New sub.
Greetings from Detroit. ❤