ANGELINA JORDAN - I'M A FOOL TO WANT YOU - REACTION

[@thomshin2460]

Welcome to Army of Angels, the Princess is the best ever.

[@rickandrews43]

As a 60 yr old Sabbath, Slayer, Slipknot fan I gotta tell ya, this girl dominates my Playlist. She's soul candy. I'm addicted.

[@wisehiker]

I think this is my favorite.....Thanks....

[@rickandrews43]

This is straight magic.

[@pattijanssen8404]

Love your analytics and your imparting of them and appreciate your expression..im singer too and I'm amazed... analyzing AJ is a voice study.. I just love it.

[@claudiazanon3400]

Perfection

[@tomcarson8854]

How cool to watch HER think she nailed it! The way she wields all her weapons is just astounding from the outside, but the intricacies of what goes on in her mind as she's performing.... No words.

[@lutobravodaniel2189]

Është e çmendur!!!!!! Absolutisht!!!! E ikur nga mendtë!!! Absolut !!!!!!!!!

[@gtir300hp]

I think this is the song she sang in TV program lilly hammer.

[@itomendoza4315]

Bel your analysis on Angie's style is beyond compare thanks bro.

[@osovagabundo1]

It must be a treat for the engineers to get it in one or two takes. I'm sure the producers and family are full of ideas that she may like to do. Are a life of learning a new song and then popping into Republic records and knocking it out during lunch😆

[@claudiazanon3400]

❤️❤️❤️

[@squidkid2]

She and that mic need to get a room! She's making love to that mic.

[@ibeetellingya5683]

Great comment narration to a remarkable cover.

[@Hey_Jamie]

Yes yes yes yes woooooo!!

[@flyingspaghetti369]

Angelina could easily switch from a (very) professional singer to a child, instantly.

[@onaleearredondo1232]

This was one of her original auditions at 7. no backup music

[@royjohansen7472]

❤️ Angelina is the best female singer ever 👍🥰, only waiting for her family and her record company letting her go and be the next superstar that she is already 👍🥰🇳🇴❤️

[@lengould9262]

Id drop the "female" bit.

[@dianedove1000]

She sang this at eleven and it was put on her first album, It’s Magic. That was her grandmother she was gesturing to during the song and at the end.

[@lengould9262]

11 years old! Amazing!

[@BarrySowder]

Jess, the first time Angelina was happily nodding her head "yes" to her grandmother behind the camera, you were seriously shaking your head "no" in disbelief at what she was pulling off. The contrast was hilarious!

[@Beldvlmnt]

Im glad the head shakes come across correctly 😂 hope youre doing well

[@brunodemarchi908]

@@Beldvlmnt Hi Dear BEL. check, never enough, performed by Morissette on Wish 107.5 FM Radio. this performance is a practical example of how he does not need to breathe to sing, two diaphragms and 4 lungs.🤭

[@jannrhoads5836]

Every now and then I run across a different version of a song. This is one of them. Very nice.! Thank you for this reaction.

[@davidcochran6291]

@@Beldvlmnt Hey Jess, it's a year later and I listen to her and I think, how can an 11 year old sing like she's been through this?!! I mean between Angelina, Daneliya Tuleshova and Diana Ankudinova, who is only a couple years older, the bases for the next gen singers are pretty much covered. They all are able to sing with such emotional honesty that you believe the story they are telling. Thanks for the best nerd outs going. Where others lose me after a couple sentences, you have me listening learning and sometimes laughing with your explanations. They call that poly-phonic, it is like Diana Ankudinova 'special voice'.

[@kentovewagenes1141]

I would love to be a fly on the wall when Angelina works on her music ❤️ That would be awesome 👍

[@alberttenfoot]

Hi! Are you aware of Mery Zamani's KZbin channel "Angelina Jordan Fanclub Mosarz"? There are many rehearsals and more personal videos on there for your enjoyment. Here is the link: Angelina Jordan Fanclub Mosarz: kzbin.info/door/hM_lpT4shdnsez93QMJPig

[@averteddisasterbarely2339]

This is a frank Sinatra composition from 1951 ! Billie covered it later !!! He was having an affair and knew it was destroying his marriage so he co-write this song about the struggle it created!!

[@davidcrockett4589]

You should watch "Million Miles" it is an original song that she wrote. It is about her grand father that died. She was very close to him. What a well written song!

[@thumpervv]

i want more!!!!

[@beachbumseaglass]

Nice review bruh.👍

[@jamesbuam8816]

AJ proving she can sing in a coquettish manner when she wants, it's Amazing!!!!!!!

[@jimdonaldson3277]

She makes so many wonderful choices because she can always pull them off. Good show and very insightful on your part.

[@tedheiden6357]

AJ will one day soon break the Grammys

[@SteveAckerman-ly3qg]

I'm guessing: Jan 2024. New Performer of the Year. Song of the Year. Maybe even Album of the Year. And this all without hearing anything off her first album yet! This is based on: The combination of her musicality, vocal artistry, emotional connection, arranging ability, with the Republic Records publicity and marketing machine and their apparent willingness to grant her significant creative license in song selection, PLUS working with one or more great producers and songwriters.

[@stevenhambek846]

@@SteveAckerman-ly3qgdidn’t age well Steve. But hey, 2025 or 2026 who cares? As long as she doesn’t cave in to the establishment and continues to be authentic and herself. You and James are doing wonderful work. Please keep up the great work. I’m waiting for that one BIG HIT!!!!!! Everything will come natural from that moment on. LETS GO BABY.!!!!

[@SteveAckerman-ly3qg]

@@stevenhambek846 You're right of course about not aging well 🙂. So much for my predictive skills! at least on the timing front...but I agree she's going to burst into broad public acclaim. It's just a matter of when. And thank you - the work I do on her behalf is done with joy, love and awe for her artistry AND humanity.

[@stevenhambek846]

@@SteveAckerman-ly3qg like to help someday, someway. Love to get on of your shirts. I’m going to have to say today that I’m comfortable saying big things will be happening this year. I’ve got a 🙏feeling that the wheels are already rolling.🙏

[@poolhallshark]

Great reaction 🙂

[@cazziefores2183]

You would describe that as AWESOME.. lolxx 👌👍😘🇬🇧

[@angelightification]

Angelina ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@mrstlu4838]

Love your enthusiasm and respect for Angelina, great reaction, as always!

[@tommonsen965]

Great reaction Buddy ...she did this one a capella , at NGT at age 7/8 ..that is amazing , ...u should listen to it to compare hehe ; ) have a good one take care an stay safe ; )

[@ainoah68]

This child is a true prodigy. Pretty sure Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Amy Winehouse and Elvis Presley have been coaching her since birth!

[@larrypifer1103]

She is in complete control of the vocals, and you as a listener. She holds you from the first note and does not let go until the finish that you don't want to happen.

[@LuisGarcia-ry5yk]

It's a recording, or pre-recording for her album "It's Magic", in which there is a song that you should listen to, "It's a man's world".

[@charlespeterson7502]

All I can say is you can never go wrong on any performance from Angelina jordan.

[@phoebelewis2788]

so correct

[@gertwestblad9052]

Not many musicians are so good at their instrument at that age as she is with her instrument, her voice.. it is as if she hears the tone in her head an can make it sound exactly that way ..

[@ronraskind]

I always enjoy your commentary! This is one of my favorite Angelina videos as unlike some of the others, it really demonstrates her personality and confidence in the studio. She is serious when she needs to be but she is also having fun. For 11 years old to be doing what she is doing here she is a genius. Thank you again for your continued support of Angelina and her career!

[@AXZ9340MB]

Another masterpiece.... at her young age Angelina Jordan has always excel all the expectations with her renditions, Her unique voice makes her uncomparable and as I said before Only Angelina can beat Angelina. God bless her. And Thanks for your words you always accurate.... and to acknow a true artist

[@dojoswitzer]

I am so grateful to get comments from someone who can hear and describe many of the techniques and nuances in Angelina’s performances. Did I miss your more extensive demo of Angelina’s microphone?

[@Beldvlmnt]

Not yet, but I bought it yesterday so…

[@michinawi22able]

Fabulosa Angelina!⭐️

[@ClandOp]

Your reactions are outstanding. You're picking up vocal techniques that I've never considered in AJ's performances. Excellent analysis.

[@mldkenny]

Billie Holiday was so wonderfully unique and so stylish , one of a kind .....and here we have little Angelina sounding the same but so more innocent which for me makes it so special , truly outstanding performance, how exciting the future will be when she writes more of her own material and if what she has done so far is anything to go by !!!!

[@katherandefy]

Billie was also innocent 💟 that woman was really something

[@LeNaInLoVe]

It's Magic is ANGELina's "first" album, yes. Its a collab with the Norwegian Army Brass Band marking their 200th jubilee.

[@markkleckner3060]

Fantastic reaction, nice ro see you get blown away more than usual, God Bless!

[@leonardbellinger5223]

Did you know that Angelina plays piano, guitar, flute, and violin also she paints?

[@andyschnell58]

I like to believe, Angelina can hear the song in her head, exactly as she wants to sing it. At any age, she does remarkably well singing it as she wants but I think, up to now, it has been practice and she always wants to improve.

[@charlesallison6385]

I think that a phrase that could be used to describe her is that she is a human vocal synthesizer. She can bend the words to any shape that she wants with ease !!!!!

[@stevecheung6033]

Totally agree.

[@bills5268]

Great analysis again...you sure know your stuff! Thanks for supporting Angelina Jordan.

[@murtheblur]

She's 11 years old here.

[@curieusechine]

Great reaction ... as always !. I like your enthousiam and the respect you have for this young talented singer. I'm always impressed by Angelina and her delivery with so many nuances and delicate ornaments . it's grazy for me and very difficult to explain how I feel when I listen to her. Of course, I need and we need more Angelina's reaction from you 🎤🙏😉 Gilles from France 🇲🇫

[@johnvasi]

Sometimes people compare young Angelina with older Angelina. I don’t think anyone should do that because her younger performances are absolutely astonishing and stand on their own. Of course her voice keeps getting stronger and better, but her performances as a very young child are the best we have ever heard. So-after this beautiful performance, take a moment to listen to 7 year old Angelina audition for Norway’s Got Talent with her a cappella version of this same song. She does not miss a note. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gonOn3-QedSFjLM Also, other singers seem to use vocal ornaments as embellishments to their songs. With Angelina, her vocal fry is really just another musical choice from her bottomless vocal toolbox. It flows into and out of her straight tones seamlessly, as do the textures and vocal dynamics that are woven so perfectly into her songs. This video shows how effortlessly she can dip into that toolbox.

[@103mrg]

john This was not her audition for NGT; it was her second performance ----- "the judge's cut". She was 8.

[@johnvasi]

@@103mrg I have looked for a timeline of her NGT performances and never found one. I know this was her second performance before the judges, but I could never find any dates. Can you supply a source for that?

[@103mrg]

@@johnvasi Sorry, I don't keep the source or a link for all the info I've gathered about Angelina over the years. I do, however, have the dates of her performances on NGT: Audition (Gloomy Sunday) recorded Nov. 24/13; judge's cut (I'm A Fool) recorded Feb.7/14; Semi-finals (Bang Bang) live Apr. 11/14; Finals (Summertime) live May 23/14. That's the best I can do for you.

[@OscarMinera]

Estoy disfrutando muchos tus reacciones de Angelina. Gracias 👍

[@lengould9262]

AND with the Donald Duck sweater shirt. Unbelievable! Your knowledge of technique and technical issues fascinates me endlessly. More!

[@pietersbart]

I really enjoy all your technical analysis: very interesting! She wiggles her head, feels the music, crawls into the microphone and off she goes. She snaps in and out of performance mode in the blink of an eye and she can even read lyrics while in performance mode. It is truly fascinating how she does it. She sang the same song when she was 7 at Norway got Talent. She sang it a capella and keeps her pitch and pace perfectly: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gonOn3-QedSFjLM

[@kevingood4644]

I just love that head wiggle!

[@pietersbart]

In the black and white video of 'I put a spell on you', she wiggles her nose during the sax solo and it sort of predicts the little sax riffing following immediately after. Lovely little details :-)

[@103mrg]

bart Sang I'm A Fool at age 8 on NGT.

[@danahiggins957]

@@103mrg no she sang it at age 6 first time in a studio.

[@103mrg]

@@danahiggins957 Would you have a link for that claim? Are you sure you're not referring to "I Who Have Nothing?"

[@olejensen3125]

🥰

[@lindakayjohnson9434]

You're so enthusiastic and really quite knowledgeable about your craft and joyful when other artists show they are too. That makes you a real delight to watch and listen to. Thankyou for sharing what you do..in plain English, so I can start to understand that which I love. Maybe react to her singing this at age 7..It'll bring tears to your eyes!

[@sardave]

Man, so glad to find your channel… finally someone who truly knows music,,, Angelina is one amazing artist and man her future is limitless…. Great review…

[@Beldvlmnt]

Thanks for watching 🙏 my buddy Matt is gonna pop by tomorrow, he’s a session musician and I’m sure will have some great input as well!

[@sardave]

@@Beldvlmnt you might want to take a listen to Sara James, recent golden buzzer winner on AGT 14 and very good, her father has a music background and has been coaching her..

[@TheBjornwilly]

Loved hearing your AJ ramblings :) You clearly know a thing or three about singing! Angelina was already a full blown pro at 10, and I can't wait to hear what she's got in store for her. I know there's another brand new video surfacing soon, can't wait to see what she's got for us this time!

[@jamesbuam8816]

I think you would really appreciate this one it's a mash-up with AJ( 15)

[@colinpate3059]

Oh how Billie is smiling.

[@lutobravodaniel2189]

ABSOLUTE!!!!!!! But perhaps She is INSANE!!!!!! It's impossible THIS SOUND!!!!! MAGICAL VOICE!!!!!!

[@kerrythomas6220]

She sounds more like Billie Holliday than Billie Holliday Lol! YOUNG LEGEND strikes again!

[@danahiggins957]

I made a comment to someone a minute ago I got the songs confused yes she sang this Acapello on ngt my bad

[@derzuurzala]

Notice that she is often reading the lyrics while singing

[@ridgemanron]

When Angelina says she wouldn't be the singer she is if not for Billie Holiday, this is a good illustration of that. She's singing here for her grandmother who also adored Billie and I'm sure Angelina was intent on bringing as much of the essence of Billie to this presentation. As a huge fan of Billie, all I can say is that Angelina is 'spot on' with capturing the true Billie.

[@joeseay2883]

She sounds almost exactly like Billie Holiday.!

[@ridgemanron]

@@joeseay2883 What you say is eerily true and goes back to her first audition, at 7, when she sang Billie's 'Gloomy Sunday'. That was when all the talk about Billie being reincarnated into Angelina, for if you listen to both singers, it sounds as if one singer performed both renditions. Her being acclaimed a 'vocal chameleon' really was reinforced shortly after she turned 8 and sang Dinah Washington's iconic version of 'What A Difference A Day Makes'. Angelina can replicate the sound of so many A-list artists that it's mind boggling. Even on the 'pop' side (You don't Own Me by Leslie Gore) and country side with Patsy Cline's legendary song 'Crazy, just to name a few others..

[@royperkins9176]

Loved your reaction and analysis. Her professionalism and combination with little antics make this so special to watch. The vocals are so pure and great and stand on their own but so happy she shared the video as well. Thanks

[@josephstimpfl4594]

Keep up your informed analysis. In her presentations she is often experiments with various approaches until she gets to a point where she is satisfied. And we don't recognize that she is a perfectionist who works literally for years until she gets what she wants. The problem is that it appears effortless. And it is anything but that...

[@capstan50g]

The original audio version is available from the Angelina Jordan Fanclub Mozars channel, which is her grandmother's channel. This is the audio from her album, which was a different performance and maybe from a different mic. I like the original.

[@DonaldLancon]

The last half of this take we are watching her record, from the point where the album cover slides away from her face up to (but not including) the last line, was used on the album. The other parts (first half and the last line) were taken from one or more other takes. I agree that it's preferable to hear the original audio (i.e., the ambient sound recorded in the booth) if someone is going to watch this performance. But it's even better when you compare the two (album track vs. sound in the booth), because it reveals how little processing they did on her vocal for the album (just a little added reverb/"presence", like she did in her own recordings at home with "the good mic", but nothing beyond that). And just for the record, she actually sang this with the band playing live in the adjacent room(s). Some of the musicians can be seen through the windows as the camera pans around at the end. (They're even more obvious in some other videos recorded during the same sessions. Unfortunately, none of the other videos where she's singing contain any vocals heard on the album, so they were all from alternate or rehearsal-only takes.)

[@capstan50g]

@@DonaldLancon Hi Donald! I just went back and listened to the audio from both videos and I think you may be wrong. There are very subtle differences, as well as a left out or changed word. In the album audio, she sings, "But then WOULD come the time..." whereas in the Fanclub Mozars video she sings, "But then COMES the time...". Also, the downward run on the end of the word "time" is a little more pronounced in the Fanclub Mozars recording and always gives me goosebumps. The two performances are very similar during the section you mention, but being able to reproduce a vocal performance is a standard recording skill that's used to get the best doubled sound. I'm sure Angelina, with her great lip-syncing abilities(another essential skill for a modern pop vocalist so that music videos look their best) can easily perform two almost identical takes. If you have some inside knowledge from the engineer or producer, I beg your pardon.

[@DonaldLancon]

@@capstan50g Yeah, I usually say "almost all" of the last half of the song when I talk about this, because you are correct that that one line is different. But otherwise everything else I'm referring to is *exactly* identical. If you listen to the two audio recordings synced up together (played simultaneously), you will find that the line just before the one you referenced (namely, "Time and time again, I went away" - the one that she seems so impressed with after she sings it) is the first point in the song where the two vocals sync up perfectly. Getting the sync right is _very_ difficult at first, because the vocal takes are not the same in the first half of the song. But I tried doing that again just now, before typing this reply, just to be sure of what I'm saying, and I happened to nail the sync _perfectly_ at the beginning of the song. So perfectly, in fact, that there wasn't even an "echo" or "reverb" effect when the two vocals snapped into sync. It literally sounded like one track was being played, not two. (To be specific, I was using the audio I personally ripped from the CD for the "album audio", and, of course, the Fanclub Mosarz video for the "booth audio".) Anyway, after the line that is different again ("But then would come the time…"), everything from "And once again…" to the second to last "Without you" is perfectly in sync again. Then, finally, like I said, the last line ("I can't give it up without you") is different. Playing the two tracks in sync makes it absolutely, 100% clear that it's the same vocal take for those portions. I wish I could record what I am talking about and post it somewhere, but I can't. (I would probably need to import both tracks into an audio editor to get the sync as perfect through the whole song as I just lucked into doing "manually" just now.) You'll just have to do the experiment yourself.

[@capstan50g]

@@DonaldLancon Thx for the reply and all the info, Donald! I've played around with home recording myself and also like to nerd out about Angelina. I really love the Fanclub Mosarz version that highlights her voice and use of dynamics. Looks like it's time to break out my copy of Audacity to better appreciate her wonderful arrangement of this classic!

[@lengould9262]

Strikes me is, as technical this track is and how important to her the technicalities are, she still has a reputation among recording engineers shes worked with for being the "one-take wonder". I would think she would demand dozens or hundreds of takes before she does one to her standard but no, she knocks it out the park on first or second take.

[@CarlosCastillo-ue9cz]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@elmarwinkler6335]

Jess, here she channels Billie Holliday, it is uncanny. As Billie is her biggest idol (she said: No Billie Holliday, no Angelina). She listened thousands times to Billie and the other Greats. You friend, stay safe and sound. German Greetings (GG)

[@js33412]

Since April of 2018 she used a TLM-102, but I see that in the last 6 months or so she has upgraded to the 103 for her non-studio recordings. I am sure she got a whopping signing bonus from Republic Records... Here the audio was the finished audio from the album, not the one videoed, but who cares. Absolutely beautiful and very Billie Holidayish.

[@colinhuggins268]

Seriously, is it not about her gift? You can let Angelina use any microphone, better yet, no microphone? Angelina is "MUSIC".

[@suelubin6867]

Watch her sing it at age 7 on Norway's got talent.

[@103mrg]

sue She was 8.

[@edwardsullivan5481]

You turned into an angel some time ago there fella. You have been fully absorbed into her Borg Collective. Isn't it great?

[@heatherjames7063]

It's kinda a form of overtone. A clear example of an amazing artist who has perfected overtone is former bass singer for Pentatonix Avi Kaplan. He has went on to have a solo career. If you're interested in listening to some of his solo work I suggest "Chain On the Rise" truly awesome!!!!

[@rickrack4812]

This is one of those songs where you should do a match up performance I've performance of her doing it at age 7 acapella for Norway has talent.... And I'm this twelve-year-old version in studio. But there are 3 versions of this in studio, there is a cell phone shot version audio version, which is the most realistic writ errors too, but Is worst audio...but is grand in content. This version is the cellphone video but with the album track audio synced in and corrected....

[@DonaldLancon]

Small correction: the recording sessions for the album were in November 2017 (according to the CD liner notes, and corroborated by an article published in December 2017), so she was still 11.

[@Hundhammer]

[@maryboylan3093]

Check out a million years ago.

[@flyingspaghetti369]

The sound from the original video was not good (not balanced) because it was recorded with a handheld camera. A fans dub the sound with the sound from the CD (final result). This is the original video m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWrXfmCJpcilZ7M

[@flyingspaghetti369]

There's also a bit video editing because Angelina did some small mistake (wrong lyrics).

[@TheBlaster54]

Bel, I challenge you to react to your next Angelina performance by shutting down the uber analytical and tech geek right side of your brain and just use your creative and emotional left side to critique the performance. Buy the way, I say this with a smile on my face.

[@Beldvlmnt]

I appreciate the touch about the smile - I’ll do a video about my process and also give this a spin 😄

[@103mrg]

blaster You've got your brain hemispheres reversed.

[@angelightification]

Do you think she knows about playing with the notes or it’s just natural ❓

[@Beldvlmnt]

I think it probably started mostly natural and then was worked on through mentors and other pros, but I’m sure anyone who would have helped just fast tracked what would have come later

[@ros8737]

Maybe it’s a warble in lack of better words? Not just as a vocalist with delicate pitch, rhythmically those phrase are also well placed and that’s when I think the hands comes in, conducting herself through subdivisions.

[@dougcampbell7898]

Here's the original rehearsal video kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWrXfmCJpcilZ7M from Grandma Mery's channel "Angelina Jordan Fanclub Mosarz". The audio is raw and unedited from the camera. It feels and sounds better than the studio edited audio. She also messes up some of the lyrics. (What! she's not perfect!)

[@JOHNhug-zh9wl]

You make me laugh, Your so hung up on the microphone, I could care less. You do give a good critique of her singing though, so i'll let you slide.

[@melsmith2888]

Overtone?

[@mghJD]

A 1 take wonder

[@howardbsmith289]

The 10 second channel

[@osovagabundo1]

When you get a chance, Paste magazine has studio sessions with a nice 10k ribbon mic i think. Heres some early Grace Vanderwaal on that mic. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3PYeIZ7ndGjbac