Analyzing JEREMY JORDAN's "Losing My Mind"

[@janw491]

New musical yet to be put on stage: Into the light. “Her embrace”is one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard

[@Gabriela-rg2mq]

Fun fact: before this performance, Jeremy explained that, when first asked to sing this song at an event, he wasn't familiar with it, so at first sight he thought it was a "happy", head-over-heels, love song. To him, it made sense, since he had just started going out with his now wife back then. So he sang it from that point of view. Only afterwards he found Losing My Mind to be the famous heartbreak song that it is. So in the video his intention was to sing it to the audience the way he did it the first time: as a boy madly in love. I feel like that explains a lot of his choices. (there's a full video on youtube where he explains everything)

[@netashtein7165]

You should see the video of him telling the story of how he saved the production of the greatest showman and sings all the songs in the movie

[@trb7153]

great point. that was done at a place in NYC called 65 Below, and it is hysterical.

[@robbriner9575]

Losing My Mind is all anyone needs to know about the heartbreak of loving another person. Juxtaposing Jeremy Jordan's version with perhaps the best known version, by Bernadette Peters, shows significantly different interpretations: Belt vs. conversational. I'm up for conversational. Lyrics are the poor man's poetry, where music lifts words. This analysis is definitely a deep dive, illuminating, but what about the context and meaning of the song. Ultimately that's where the gold is. Nancy Wilson owned Guess Who I Saw Today by her overall interpretation, not scoops, fries, and bending notes.

[@trb7153]

You might want to check out the double CD (available digitally online I think) of the musical review done I think in London called Side by Side by Sondheim. Came out in 1976. It's amazing

[@trb7153]

LOVE your channel! Keep up the good work. Btw, Jeremy J was ALSO in the brief series Smash.

[@sc-ml8oj]

Would love to see you analyze Ben Fankhauser! (He was Davey in Newsies with Jeremy Jordan)

[@EdwardTonai]

Why don't I remember seeing this amazing video before about JEREMY JORDAN? Why are there so few likes? Why are there so few view.... OH, it was just released. (I just woke up, so it took me a minute to figure this out)

[@surejack5]

Brilliant

[@larrycippola7506]

By the way, you have a beautiful voice.

[@hannahlynn8028]

thank you!

[@mjewan9920]

IMO The choice for the vocal fry is jerjor's morning voice/just woke up in bed voice and probably daydreaming voice 4:57 there's a ghost lol

[@kayatchley8528]

FYI Per internet source avg American male height-5’9” in 2016 or there about. So you need to get your comments straight. Of course none of this has anything to do with Jeremy Jordan immense TALENT.

[@rasp5327]

Jeremy Jordan’s 5’10

[@_sofie]

Are you ftm?

[@kayatchley8528]

Jeremy Jordan is 5’9 1/2 not 5’7. Maybe do your research. His talent has nothing to do with height. Height comment a cheap shot.

[@coastercraziness]

I mean Mateo is shorter than 5’7, I highly doubt it was supposed to be a shot at him

[@evyn9978]

Really enjoy your analyses. Found Jeremy J’s performance sad, not in a good way. Like, if you dump enough extras into a tub of ice cream, there’s no room left for ice cream. The singer’s equivalent isn’t adding up to anything heartfelt here.