American Reacts to Lara Fabian Je suis malade French and English subtitles

[@ericsicard910]

More information on Lara Fabian: Lara is recognized as one of the best vocalist ever seen on earth and all professionals list her in the top vocalist tier with Barbra, Whitney, Mariah, Celine, Aretha, Shirley Bassey, Lisa Fischer, .... David Foster said about her that she is "top of the heap of the world great voices (...) a voice from another planet or something". In my personal opinion, she is even the best. There are a few vocal characteristics that are her signature: her famous resonance for instance that allows her to sing acapella without mic in venues with 10,000+ attendees. Her nickname in the singing world is "the ring" due to this. I would also list her amazing phrasing, breath management and her pleasant tone even when belting in her upper register. So she is one of the best vocalist ever, but on top of that, she adds a few things that make her an absolute package with no equivalence: • she speaks 2 languages natively (french, italian), and 2 others fluently (english, spanish), can speak a bit of dutch (and sicilian), and understand quite well russian and portuguese. She has sung in 12 languages in total • she is an amazing songwriter and wrote lyrics for 200+ songs, in the 4 languages she speaks fluently. She often co-composes the music, and is at the source of the melodic line. • she acts and performs on stage as nobody else, she colors and reveals the meaning of every single word in the songs, and her ability to emote, to draw you in is second to none • she is the sweetest soul on earth, very humble, down to earth and benevolent. She likes to meet others, and her fans are always pleasantly surprised when this happens. A quick background on her and her career: She is belgian, her father is flemish and grand mother on father side is dutch, but she also has italian roots (her mother is from sicilia) and American roots ( the father of her mother is from Detroit). She had been raised in Sicilia first for 7 years then in Belgium so she speaks both italian and french as native languages. She has been classically trained on vocal, piano and songs composition for 10 years ( from 8 to 18) in the Brussels Royal Conservatory. She is still having vocal lessons and training several times a week today. She only moved away from opera to pop because she is first and foremost a songwriter. After her Eurovision participation in 1988 (4th), she really started her career in Canada in the early 90s, more precisely in Quebec, the french-speaking part of Canada. She had been living for years in Montreal and has also Canadian citizenship. She moved to Sicilia end of 2022. She became very famous in Quebec in the early 90s with several double platine records and then conquered France in 1996/1997 (she topped charts there and some of her songs such as "Je t'aime" or "Tout" became classics of the french music). In 2000, she was about to penetrate the US Market, with a lot of media initial interest. Her first english song (I will love again), a pop dance song, stayed number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for 58 weeks in a row and was number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her Album ("Lara Fabian") was about to become a massive hit, and the concert "From Lara With Love" was recorded to be broadcasted everywhere in the US. This concert is legendary, packed with masterpieces (covered by many great vocalists later on). But a dispute with Sony on artistry directions, and the will from Celine Dion's staff to block her progress in the US, completely broke this plan. She thus refocused back on Europe and made huge success there, extending her reach to Eastern Europe and Central Asia where she became an absolute superstar through her collaboration with Igor Krutoy during several years. She is absolutely massive in Russia for instance. She is also a star in Brazil as her song "Love By Grace", used as the soundtrack for a very famous soap opera, topped the charts for months and become a recurrent in the local singing contests since then. Many of her songs became classics and were covered by the other singing legends: Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Josh Groban (they are friends and he told she is a role model for him), Linda Eder, … With her success in Europe, Brazil and part of Asia, she is the inspiration of the new generation of vocalists: most of them are coming from there. Thru their covers of Lara Fabian songs, USA and many other countries are now rediscovering her. She is Dimash's idol: • I’ve read somewhere that, when he was a child, he was listening her songs every night to get asleep. • He covered many of her songs, most of these were composed by Igor Krutoy and written by by Lara. Out of my mind I can list: ○ Adagio (She wrote it and is the original performer), ○ Mademoiselle Hyde (she wrote it and is the original performer), ○ Love of Tired Swans (she wrote the song in French under the title "Je t'aime encore" and was the original performer of the french then the russian versions, Dimash covered the russian version) ○ Ascolta La Voce / Vocalize (this was a pure vocalization and she was the original performer, then lyrics were added for Dimash and it was rebranded as "Know") • She also wrote the lyrics of Dimash's song "Your Love". • And she covered "Love is like a dream" before him (song from Igor Krutoy originally performed by Alla Pugacheva). • Finally, they also performed "Ti Amo Cosi" together, in trio with Aida Garafulina: this is a song that she performed originally with Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Sumi Jo then again later with Dmitri and Alina Yarovaya, before this new trio with Dimash and Aida. Dimash is now also working with Igor Krutoy: Igor and Dimash connected after his Adagio cover, also endorsed by Lara. Igor came back from retirement and composed severals songs for him after it. Many other top vocalists from the current generation covered her songs, some have Lara as a role model and big inspiration (singers from every region in the world: from China and Taiwan, to Philippines, Indonesia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Netherlands, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Italy, France, Belgium, Norway, UK, USA, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Central Africa, …) ○ Floor Jansen (Adagio), ○ Polina Gagarina (Adagio, Je t’aime), ○ Diana Ankudinova (Tomorrow is a lie), ○ Morissette Amon (Broken Vow), ○ Gabriel Henrique (Love by Grace), ○ Cakra Khan (Broken Vow), ○ Charice Penpengco (Adagio), ○ Katrina Velarde (Broken Vow), ○ Regine Velasquez (Broken Vow), ○ Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Adagio), ○ Giulia Falcone (Adagio, Caruso, Je suis malade, Je t'aime), ○ Forestella (Je suis Malade), ○ Almira (from 4th Impact band) (Broken Vow), ○ Gigi de Lana (Broken Vow) ○ Emily Linge (Adagio) ○ Julie Anne san Jose (Adagio, Broken Vow), ○ Rimar ( Adagio, Broken Vow, Know), ○ Il Divo (Adagio) ○ Daria Bentsa (I guess I loved you), ○ Sarah Geronimo (Broken Vow) ○ Laura Bretan ( Adagio, Caruso), ○ Jackie Evancho (Je t’aime, Caruso and Broken Vow, BV rewritten as « Imaginer » by Lara for Jackie), ○ Harrison Craig (Broken Vow), ○ Amir (Je t’aime), ○ Pauline Aguirre (Adagio)), ○ George Peris (Broken Vow, Humana), ○ Vitas (Adagio), ○ Wanessa Camargo (Love by Grace), ○ Anastasia Luna (Adagio), ○ Jeck (Je T’Aime), ○ Evgenia Fanfara (Adagio), ○ Anne Sila (pas sans toi, Tu es mon autre), ○ The Canadian Tenors (Adagio), ○ Anna Eriksson (Je suis malade), ○ Choi Sung Hoon (Je suis malade), ○ Soprano Turetsky band (Adagio), ○ Sarah Naura Irbah (Mademoiselle Hyde), ○ Elisabetta Rinaldi (Adagio), ○ Alyona Yarushina (Adagio), ○ Marie Payet (Pas sans toi), ○ Laurh (Immortelle), ○ Inger Lise Hope (Adagio), ○ Håkon Sønsterud Tollefsrød (Broken Vow), ○ Flora Tandi (Bambina), ○ Cindy Chao (Yeliel My Angel), ○ Majda Roumi (Adagio), ○ Abraham Mateo (Adagio), ○ Petra Berger (Adagio, Broken Vow), ○ Russel Watson (Adagio), ○ Katerina Maslova (Je t’aime, I guess I loved you) ○ Annointed (Love by Grace), ○ Sevara Nazarkhan (Je t’aime) ○ .... NB: Lara did cover Caruso , Je suis malade, and Love by grace, these are not her originals, but I mention these here as the related artists were attracted to cover it again after listening to Lara’s version. Today, Lara still has an amazing voice and tone and can still reach the 5th octave with resonance ; she still offers these emotive renditions that are her unique signature. In June 2022, she had a very successful tour in Canada and Europe. I attended a concert from this tour. It was packed and she was spectacular as always. On April, May, June 2023 she had again some wonderful concerts in Tbilissi, Georgia, then in Ouzbekhistan, Kazakhstan, Romania. She is about to release a new album and just completed another popular tour in eastern europe (Czech Republic, Moldavia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkiye, Hungary) and in Canada in april-june 2024. She also appeared as a guest in some big events such as Hauser’s concert in Royal Albert Hall (May 9th 2024). Then, after some rest and a few TV Shows, she will tour again in Europe and France in 2025. She just late November a brand new album, "Je suis là" (I’m here), a pure gem, packed with beautiful songs with deep moving lyrics. She just released her new album titled "Je suis là" on November 29, 2024 The first song released of this new album (titled "Ta Peine" - Your Sorrow) was delivered late January 2024 and has been a success in France. The second “Je t’ai cherché”(I looked for you) was released early october 2024, another success! I also recommend "Je suis de toi" and "une fleur à la bouche". Sorry if I was long, but I hope this gives some context on Lara.

[@Anthony-mi7ob]

What a voice, topped up with incredible stage presence. Not just talent but huge emotion, hard work and attention to detail. Live performances mean perfecting your craft, so much more interesting that much of today's technofiller.

[@dirkvoorspoels-o5o]

This is the enormously beautiful, very strong but always velvety voice of Lara Fabian in her entire 4.2 octave range. Always seems to sing so effortlessly. An endless breath control, clear singing, little or no vibrations in her voice, no vibrato. Emotional and expressive performance And a pleasure to listen to and watch the whole day ... The Belgian powerhouse....Liquit gold for the ear ....

[@BonjourCharlie]

is she Belgian?

[@first-dooblette6911]

​@@BonjourCharliebelgian and Canadian 😉

[@gingin51]

@@BonjourCharlieFlemish and italian

[@dirkvoorspoels-o5o]

@@gingin51 Not Flemish, Belgian of the french speaking part of Belgium ....Ruisbroeck, later Warerloo near Brussels...

[@KyrilPG]

Oh she does vibrato, but only when she decides to put some in her voice, or some breath. She really has impressive control over her voice and can completely change the feeling of a song by just changing the way her vocal cords act while keeping the exact same note and tenpo.

[@micael_araya]

Not bad is not enough, Lara is a geme in music, the best singer for decades, yet so underrated. No one can compare to her

[@first-dooblette6911]

CHARLIE, all over the world French songs are known for having real deep and meaningful lyrics. In France we don't make songs to make songs, we make them to tell, to tell their story🇨🇵 PS: I love it the thumbnail👍

[@cassebonbon8925]

My favorite singer ❤

[@PatrickGiraud]

You just saw one of the best live performance ever !

[@ildefonsobenitez6624]

Lara the Ring, The Queen !

[@charbelgebrael]

Lara ❤

[@ericsicard910]

“Je suis Malade”, now a french classic, was written by famous French singer & songwriter Serge Lama together with composer/singer Alice Dona in 1973. This is based on his own experience and he was the original performer, hence some lyrics are a bit male-oriented (eg my mother leaves me, whiskies, I pour my blood in your body, …). When Serge Lama had a dinner with Alice Dona and told her about his obsessive love that was leading to a road block, she came back home and composed the music in a couple of hours. The morning after, she presented him the music and he wrote the lyrics in … 20 minutes. Serge Lama was the original performer in 1973, it started to be promoted on the radio, and the song was brought to fame only when, a few months after, Dalida covered it. She was an absolute mega star in France, another emotional powerhouse, and this song resonated very much with her own feelings. Her success with this song transformed it into a french classic, and started to make it famous abroad. But it is Lara Fabian that really made this song a very popular song in many countries with her cover in the mid 90s. At that time Dalida had already passed away, but Serge Lama was (and is) still alive. Dalida and Serge were two inspirations for Lara, so she sent an audio copy to Serge of her version. She was unknown at that time in France but he was so impressed with her vocal skills and her emotions rendering that he invited her in France to sing it as a duet during his own Paris concert in January 1995. It was a triumph. So he sat in a front row seat and asked her to sing it again alone. Lara also had made some subtle changes to the song that gave it even more power. Serge and Lara became good friends and performed several other duets later on. The 1999 version ("From Lara with Love" Concert in Montreal) kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3m2qp5qiKynq7s is legendary internationally and has attracted many artists to do a cover, even from non french-speaking countries. The most recent ones I am aware of are from italian singer Giulia Falcone, from the korean singer Choi Sung Hoon or from the korean band Forestella. Lara is used to perform the song very differently in each of her tour and for instance the En Toute Intimité, 2003, Paris Olympia version is even more dramatic kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaqsfZeIdrSGbpo

[@PBWaWa]

She is the real beast live. Her performances from the same concert as this song are insane! "Adagio" --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKLShGCBhLGJlZY "You're not from here" --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKebiXmOgL2Fgqs "Perdere l'Amore" in Italian --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5TQmXacfZ6CnLM "Caruso" --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIGVfKGCmtKHbZo "Quédate" in Spanish --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYmTdIOad7tqa6c

[@NáyadeNúñez-y9d]

Sublime Lara ❤❤❤

[@beatabarchwic8843]

Amazing, wonderful Lara ❤❤❤

[@prouvencau6343]

She's Belgian but we could invade this area just to make her French

[@robertsirois8341]

Welcome to the wonderful world of the Top Female vocaliste in the world, major star in Europe, speaks 4 languages, (Italian, French, English, Spanish) also partly Russian and Portugese. More than 30millions album sold world wide and almost unknown in the USA, i will let others explain her story, she is now 54 yo and just finished a world Tour in june 2024. You now have the Lara-virus, no vaccin, no medication, she sings from her soul to yours....best rabbit hole of KZbin

[@BonjourCharlie]

how old was she in this performance?

[@ericsicard910]

@@BonjourCharlie She will be 55 in 2 days. She was 30 yo during this recording.

[@TTKingsman66]

@@ericsicard910 29! 29 years old Eric. 😁😁

[@ericsicard910]

@TTKingsman66 there are some contradictory sources about when it was recorded: End of 1999 or Early 2000. Most sources said late 1999 with a 2000 CD/VHS release but a couple people claimed they attended the recording session and it was early 2000. Given the fact that Lara is 55 today exactly, in the second case, she would have been 30 😀 But yes 29 is possible too…

[@marieadriansen2925]

The song was composed and sung by a French singer in 1973. Lara Fabien has covered it, she sings it wonderfully well with a lot of emotion!

[@SandraMiserez-me2zd]

Lara Fabian from Belgium

[@AlanMccarthy-ks3qg]

thanks love lara love from england

[@floyd-ej5zp]

Not bad-BRO 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TTKingsman66]

Well, it's about time you to react Lara. For your knowledge, she sings also in english. 😁She is multilingual, speaks fluently four languages. And sings at least in six languages. All the info about her is found here in Eric's comments. Our data bank. Lara is probably the most talented, warm hearted, most accurate live vocal artist and performer in our time. With the most gorgeous voice. At least in my opinion. But hey, i might be wrong. No i'm not. But you should dig more into her music. This whole concert is a good place to start... 😎TTKing

[@rbrown5580]

What he said!

[@gingin51]

more LARA, please!!!

[@first-dooblette6911]

bien-sûr,ça devrait ce faire 😉

[@syllb7234]

You just scrapped the top of the iceberg....so many hits from this queen...just dig more with her ,you will not regret...

[@helenemartin9535]

The best version is by Serge Lama the creator and the writer of this song.

[@gegemec]

Something to notice about French music, as opposed to English songs, is that you can hear and understand the words (if you speak French). the French adore their own language and songs for the most part are poetry put into song form, rather than the mess I hear in a lot of American music, which I can seldom understand.

[@sylviest-arnaud8161]

NOT BAD!!!??? That's it? She's the most beautiful female voice on earth. Unfortunately, she's not well known. She can sing in French, English, Spanish and Italian.

[@adamzeggai5506]

great video you should check out jacques brel i mean he is belgian but he is one of the best lyricists in french to ever sing on stage

[@studiorxfm673]

Some news from Lara: 1• A new LP album is available since 2024/11/29! Here are the ten French songs all available on YT kzbin.info/aero/OLAK5uy_kaRMPTumb67T_jjnfbVUl8V_xMPAFEXoM&si=BjrRaiKoVOcs4B8A 2• Lara Fabian was invited by Stjepan Hauser to sing Adagio and Caruso at Royal Albert Hall, accompanied by the London Philharmonie Orchestra on May 9th 2024: Hauser and Lara Fabian - Adagio and Caruso LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5y6oYKAiZmsb8ksi=-YnnPhnJHd_RchCF kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGfGe6Rmf8-sr5osi=pYvMQHj8o6c7jjD3 3• After Royal Albert Hall, Lara did a concert in an tiny hall (Le Bikini) on May 27th 2024. Lara Fabian at RFM Music Live (Toulouse, France) Full concert in French kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2eUmXpsd697nMksi=hXskPnNr4s3WYySib Enjoy!

[@gabrielgaulier2902]

If you want more of that kind of music, try to listen to "Tous le cris les SOS" by Daniel Balavoine, genuinely one of the best song I've listened to in my life

[@first-dooblette6911]

t'inquiètes ça va venir, patience 😉

[@NanouPeb-vy3ug]

❤❤❤❤

[@kingvii7250]

LOL... "not bad"?!?! 😂

[@Kyllian024]

Hi, you should react to the parade of the French armies for the national holiday on July 14th.

[@spartanrolv4553]

Hey Charlie ! Check this, a very emotional live in Paris with Lara Fabian : Lara Fabian - Je t'aime - Live in Paris, 2001 - HQ || Emotional Performance kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4rRd6qLl6hsd5osi=cloI3SihfqWZq40i

[@AraliciaMoran]

I also can't recommend it enough. It's a very unusual but very striking performance.

[@The_Eristoff]

In french there often has finals letters that you don’t pronounce. Je suis = je sui

[@fabriziomateo34]

More than perfecte 👌 ❤

[@MartinWeng]

Love Lara ❤ Love from Denmark ❤

[@Parodix]

1:45 you falling in love haha !

[@pierreraymond5202]

I really like your reactions. If you want to hear another side of his immense talent and voice, you have to listen to REQUIEM POUR UN FOU with Johnny Halliday, an incredible performance. MORE THAN 30 MILLION VIEWS. Thank you from Montreal. I put the link in the comments.

[@pierreraymond5202]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnnaenlsn9KCebs

[@lefeuvreraphael6651]

/ʒø sɥi malad/

[@jplanghoor-beitia]

She sings in French but she is not French… She is the opposite of a typical French singer!!! Much more humble… She is Belgian, from Brussels. She is now also Canadian. For French people, when you sing in French, they “forget” the real nationality of the singer…

[@vincjob7173]

Ah, je crois que l'on a une dent contre les français ici :p ! C'est exacte pour ses nationalités et son origine... Et oui, souvent les gens parlent de chanteur ou chanteuse " française ", c'est effectivement faux dans ce cas ! Mais je pense que la raison est plus dû à une sorte de raccourci pour dire " francophone ", ou bien si ce n'est pas ce cas là, tout simplement une erreur par méconnaissance. Mais en aucun cas, pour s'accaparer les talents d'autre pays. Par contre c'est assez petit de dire qu'elle est à l'opposé d'une chanteuse française typique car beaucoup plus humble ... c'est faire une généralité, et je trouve ça tout simplement nul et malhonnête ! Être humble, n'est pas lié à une nationalité, mais à la personnalité de chacun ... d’où tu viens !

[@legitor513]

Et aussi bien plus expressive

[@kerouac2]

Belgian-Canadian singer.

[@lucabaroni7715]

Italian-Belgian born, Canadian citizen. Her mother tongue is italian, litterally.

[@monikadear3594]

Not bad? Interesting. This reaction was the most indifferent and unemotional one I've seen to this performance. What a pity, you miss a lot.

[@2FORJOY1]

Why french flag?? She is half canadian half belgian.....

[@raquelra5878]

🤎👸🏼🤎

[@rhdrhd3255]

What you think of this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqCqYX97otaHq5Y Or that one kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3SUmJyro9SHn7M

[@guymarcbravoso1341]

Beautiful song by Lara, very little known, wrongly so. "Alfonsira d'y el mar music.kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3fMd36YndSWp9E&si=pe06lyy-YCKT0IIm

[@Okoshooooooooooo]

Listen to Nekfeu ! A great French artist, he wrote beautiful deep songs, some are masterpieces ! Listen to Ciel Noir from him (unfortunately you’ll have trouble finding the full version on KZbin)