Angelina Jordan: A Million Years Ago | REACTION |

[@billeaton9562]

You worry about which song to pick but really if it's Angelina it does not matter, they are all great and the angels will love them all. Check out her Christmas song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for some stunning vocals when she was just shy of 16 in 2021. Thanks for this reaction to one of my favs.

[@rogercarriere4756]

The Tik Tok one is mesmerizing.

[@poolhallshark]

You're absolutely right. There are absolutely NO sub par performances by her. Give me another artist with 200+ songs that you can say the same about 😊

[@rickpallas2001]

The young man is Ivan Mendez. He would come over for dinner with AJ and her family. He and her would discuss possible songs to sing. Some of which they were both familiar with, some not. Per an interview with Ivan himself, he said the songs with him and her were recorded in one take. Note she is reading the lyrics, and still delivering a masterpiece! Here is the interview where he discusses the process. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKa0qqdoiZiUr6c

[@poolhallshark]

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[@jefftofte9419]

Yes, this is an Adele (A-dell) song, of course Angelina makes it her own the way she does with every song. For reference, anytime you see this guitarist (Ivan Mendez) with Angelina she is 12 years old. You can see that he gets lost in her music just like we do!

[@sulatlalaki]

Sounds like "uh-dell"

[@jeffjeff-j6t]

I senn this song performed by Adele on the news when she released it in 2015. I never got into Adele I never understood all the hype about her. when I heard her sing this on the news, I thought wow Thats a great song, Now I understand the hype. But that was when I was in my early forties, Now Im a 66 year old man and heard Angelina perfom it and I have tears in my eyes. Shes just on another level above Adele.At age 12. Angelina is the reason Adele retired, After Adel came out with her release of Easy on me after a 7 year drought angelina covered it a few days later. then months after that Adele announced her retirement. That has to be rather intimidating ya release a hit song and a 12 year old covers it days later and makes it better. Angelina has become the GOAT IMHO. This is my all time favorite song cover of any artist anywhere on the planet. shes a musical genius .

[@poolhallshark]

Great reaction! There are a LOT of recordings with these two. Ivan Mendez became her guitarist for one year after she moved to LA at age 12. Whenever you see them playing together, Angelina was ALWAYS 12 years old. Never 11, never 13. Their performances were never planned ahead, and almost all of these are one take recordings. If they indeed needed a second take, the blame was always on the guitarists. I say guitarists, because before Ivan there was another awesome guitarist who had been playing with her since she was 7. His name is Egil Clausen, and he is Norwegian. If you continue to react to her, you're absolutely bound to come across quite a few of their performances. She and Egil are still close, personal friends, and as late as this spring he went on a holiday to Jordan with her and her family. You can even find a few small clips of them playing together on that trip. Take care! Love from Norway ♥♥♥

[@ckh57]

With Angelina, that hat of Angelina you might pick from will only contain epic masterpieces.

[@ItsMe-cz1pi]

"Love is a game" is one of my favorite vocals from her.🎙🥰❤️‍🔥🇨🇦😇

[@rogercarriere4756]

Me too.

[@alanbeaumont6997]

Me too@@rogercarriere4756

[@poolhallshark]

Same here. But he will only find her version from her TikTok. But it has been uploaded by a few people, so he should be fine 🙂

[@ItsMe-cz1pi]

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[@ShanLiB]

I saw her TT short when she dropped it. It was one of Adele's' songs that I hoped Angelina would NOT cover, because I knew she would convince me that she was in real pain over it. Then, I watched the short and it was so beautiful I wished she would release a full cover of it. It would still hurt but it's worth the pain.

[@Thefunnyavery]

Gotta see Mary’s Boy before Christmas! Most amazing rendition of the song ever sung.

[@Jack-sd3vh]

Diamond 's are forever

[@CarlD70]

Ivan Mendez the guitarist in LA (she will be 12 when he plays) has said in an interview that he just follows Angelina's lead and sometimes simply gets lost in what he is hearing and witnessing. Can't be easy. Don't you just love how casually Angelina glances at the lyrics to her left on her laptop or Ipad while singing so beautifully and never missing a note...her talent has no ceiling. This is one of her Angels favorite covers of an Adele song, simply upgraded this from the original. Love the reactions. Merry Christmas.🥰🥰🎄🎄🎄🎄 BTW, the YT TROLL is here, goes by the name of "Jack"...many different ID's on YT but a very sad idiot that hangs around reactors for Angelina...maybe requesting a song but don't be fooled...a full on idiot. Block him if you wish....we love him, supports the YT algorithms, to dumb to know that. Cheers.

[@DQ_Mine]

Angelina finds such beautiful songs.❤

[@angelastant6554]

Yes, an Adele song. Ivan Mendez, a family friend on guitar. There are quite a few covers Angelina did accompanied by Ivan. She was 12 years old and her family had just moved to live in LA. Typically, they would chat about which song to do, Ivan would take a few minutes to learn the chords, Angelina would say “follow me”, and off they would go with Grandma Meri recording the whole thing for us all to enjoy. Ivan said in an interview that the only times they had to do it twice was when he messed up! Did you notice that while pulling off this brilliance, Angelina was reading the lyrics on her iPad?!!!

[@ridgemanron]

It never fails ! Each time she covers a heartfelt ballad by Adele, Angelina winds up owning it. Basically, the reason comes down to the fact that whereas Adele is a great 'Pop' singer, Angelina is a great 'Jazz' singer, and there is no way a 'Pop' singer, no matter how good, can match the emotion laden penetration that someone like Angelina achieves.

[@williamdunphe-bh2pu]

How great thou art is another top shelf done the Elvis way wild bill

[@mikeplott4817]

Great Reaction 👍🙏👣😎💯

[@alberttenfoot]

Hi! Thank you for another grand reaction to Angelina. I find it incredible that she can go from "performance" mode to being a young child, almost instantaneously and, of course, one so young should not be able to sing such emotional songs in the way she does. Our intellect and experience of young children tell us that at ages defined by their physical and emotional growth, children attain a level commensurate with that growth. It's not"rocket science" is it! Then Angelina appears on the scene, and we have to put to one side all our preconceptions and start again. 🙂 Others have commented that prior to moving to Los Angeles at the age of 12, Angelina's guitarist was Egil Clausen, who began accompanying her when she was 8. I won't go back that far but will be utterly selfish and recommend you consider resting to one of my favourite performances of her at age 11. Don't be put off that the title tells us it is a rehearsal. Age 11 - "I will always love you" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m57PZad_dtaKi7s Oh! One last request. Is it possible for Agnes to join you on a reaction, please?

[@fredneecher1746]

You can't fail with Angelina. I do have one suggestion, though, which is to just pick a song, any song you fancy, and it'll be a gem. Every time. Thank you for your reaction. They're always good to see.

[@sulatlalaki]

This tears me up every time. When she says "I miss my mother" it always brings me to tears.

[@williamdunphe-bh2pu]

Still holding out for you is one of her best covers Wild bill

[@poolhallshark]

It may even be considered to be somewhat of an original, as her performance was a demo recording of the song before it had been released. And Angelina was 10 years old, 1 week shy of 11 🙂

[@williamdunphe-bh2pu]

@@poolhallshark yes she is the best I never go to bed at night without listening to her wild bill

[@larsfrodelarsen6645]

Listening to the Angel of music !!!

[@sulatlalaki]

Angelina's low register and low volume vibrato are unequaled.

[@anitaherbert1037]

The first time I heard this I just thought ... how,? How can a child evoke the regret and loss. She completely embodied the emotionsbof this song ... again HOW? Please do NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Angelina does country pop.

[@elmarwinkler6335]

Sir, Angelina said a few times, that she is a BIG fan of Adele (british singer-song writer). The other way round, we (angels) know Adele is fully aware of Angelina and a rumor says that Adele feels honored to be covered by Angelina. As Adele knows the industry, maybe she knows what will come, when Miss Angelina is out into the world. As always, stay safe. Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches Jahr 2024. Elmar aus Deutschland

[@clones365]

You can be confident a suggestion to any Angelina performance will be good because she doesn't have any that are not! Just pick and go;) lol She has many vids in this kind of setting. It's basically impromptu, one take, two maybe on a bad day:P There is a vid out there with an interview (can send link if you like) with the guitarist that he talks about the process.

[@John-fk3rv]

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[@manuelmorante9465]

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[@Jack-sd3vh]

Diamond 's are forever

[@Jack-sd3vh]

Diamond 's are forever

[@poolhallshark]

Yup, she performed that one at Prøysenfestivalen here in Norway when she was 11. Another top performance, and another reason why a LOT of people think she will be on the soundtrack on one of the future James Bond movies, me included.

[@paulwagner9303]

Bond theme song (cover, 11 yo) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4Oqi4Wdbr57ac0 Bond theme song (application letter, 12 yo) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooLXhpWMgMdjrNU Bond theme song (Academy award ceremony, 2x yo) - tba 😉

[@poolhallshark]

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[@Jack-sd3vh]

Diamond 's are forever