Angelina Jordan - Stay [FIRST LISTEN]

[@anacatarinamartins4762]

Absolutely insane!!!

[@roddiener]

Rhianna! Put your clothes back on, it didn't help. This 12yr old wearing a flannel shirt just crushed your song, one take, no post production, no bubbles, pure talent.

[@genevapriest6190]

Amen!!!

[@johnbattles1002]

Yes, amen to this!!!

[@FlameCold258]

New Angelina single called "7th Heaven" coming out this Friday

[@nathanlongwell]

Good to know!! 🔥🔥

[@devon7008]

@Michael Palmer No lie...

[@rogercarriere4756]

Angelina + Ivan Mendez on the guitar = Masterpiece, it’s just insane.

[@kevingood4644]

And according to Egil, unlikely to have been particularly heavily rehearsed! 🤯

[@bettyhayes270]

Always makes it her own! At 12 years old she’s just amazing!

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

Stay is one of my favorites from Angelina. Just as you said... the simplicity.. the pure, raw talent. The stripped back setting is perfect for Angelina. When it is just her and a single instrument playing quietly in the background, it becomes all about her voice and nothing else. It really allows you to hear all those beautiful little details she is putting in there. Also (as you pointed out), the little missed words here and there add even another layer of authenticity that would be totally lost with an artist that did a retake to get it all 'perfect'. Some of the little imperfections give so much life to her performances, and I love that she just leaves them in their organic state.

[@rogercarriere4756]

The problem Rusty it’s that each time I listen to one of her song, it’s always my favorite till the next one.

[@glenmorris135]

@@rogercarriere4756 - someone recently requested in a FB group your top 5 Angelina songs. Because I have Angelina playing most of the day as soon as I have tried to write a "5" the choices has changed. :-).

[@gary-white-]

Nice job, Nathan. Thanks for the reaction.

[@FlameCold258]

Thank you!

[@ridgemanron]

Not even Rhianna's great rendition can reach the inner depths of my soul like Angelina's version of this song.

[@lengould9262]

Her use of "m's" and "n's" to start and end phrases is uniquely creative and fascinating.

[@leechap3]

And 'h' if the phrase begins with a vowel. "Hi want you to staayay"

[@maritzagarro2758]

Authentic, pure heart! our beloved barefoot angel! Great reaction,

[@philip2344]

New Angelina single called "7th Heaven" coming out this Friday, March 19th!

[@thanarattakai2378]

i cant wait! it is tommorow. if good,next years "grammy" is hers.

[@nanp544]

Great reaction.👍🏼🎼🤗

[@michellelevesque4200]

I love your AJ REACTIONS,, you understand what I BELIEVE IS HER MESSAGE TO THE WORLD.

[@CarlosCastillo-ue9cz]

Great reaction... you should check out her rendition of Adel’s When we were young live in concert.

[@MrTombre]

as brazilian reactor named Emerson said, she should make a cover album and call it: Better than original😂

[@devon7008]

I don't think that Angelina would disrespect the original artists with that title. I think a better title would be Originals perfected.... :)

[@MrTombre]

@@devon7008 i agree, she would never put a title like that, but it was a bit funny the suggestion from the reactor =)

[@devon7008]

@@MrTombre Yes, I know it's just a bit of fun, as was my suggestion. But it's true, she does make the originals better....

[@103mrg]

@@devon7008 How about "The song-righter"?

[@devon7008]

@@103mrg More subtle and a good play on words.... :-)

[@kenvo343]

Yay, my number one Angelina performance. This is Rihanna's Stay. Listen to 3:58 and don't tell it's not the sweetest note you have ever heard. The best.

[@andyschnell58]

Impossible to miss something which never existed. Pop and ballads of recent decades did nothing for me so I continued to listen to the music of my youth. Along comes Angelina Jordan into my life and now those same, do nothing for me songs are now incredibly beautiful and filled with emotion. Angie is a once in forever musical artist.

[@alexanderholthoer8972]

I would love her to re-sing most of the stuff of this century......

[@nathanlongwell]

She brings something unique to the industry for sure!

[@briarmaster08]

It's great how Angelina music makes you scrunch your face, even though you've reviewed a boatload of her music on your channel. You just can't prepare at all for being impressed by Angelina every time.

[@nathanlongwell]

She truly has an incredible voice!

[@hans-georgschroter7887]

And she looks for the lyrics at her side from time to time without losing the beats, an other great interpretation on her way 👌❤️🎶

[@ridgemanron]

I've heard a rumor that she can cook an omelet while having a texting conversation, as she reads a song's lyrics and also computes the desired arrangement, then sings at the same time while keeping 'time' with the music.

[@ShanLiB]

@@ridgemanron Her only preparation for the performance is chopping the ingredients for the omelet. The orange juice is poured during the final melisma. It's, literally, child's play for her. 😂😂😊😊

[@johnvasi]

This is one of my absolute favorites from Angelina. It’s Angelina at her essence-that magical, mesmerizing voice with no filters, living the lyrics like no one else. It’s very simple. I never heard anyone better at interpreting music so personally, convincingly, and beautifully. And I react to this performance now just the way I did the first time I heard it a couple years ago. I listen to Angelina every day. I have no choice about that.

[@colinpate3059]

Pure heaven!

[@jacquespicotte8886]

So much maturity, music intelligence, poetic flair, vocal heart and soul and, oh, such a subtle ear that many singers whish they had. And I love Ivan so much! Look at him: as a musician an a singer himself, he is feeling it, and silently singing it so deeply in unison with his Angel friend. That is where lies the beauty of human artistic creations: breathing life and emotional inspiration over humans in their relationship with each other. Her second before last "stay" from the 5:26 mark to the 5:30 sums up what I just said.

[@danieljodrey8863]

What's not to love, eh? This is simply one of her best performances ever. The timing is 100% a choice. Google Frank Sinatra's timing. Soon they will have a picture of Angelina in the description, cause she has it. The two most distinctive, creative users of musical timing in recording history.

[@galaxynbla066]

I will buy her album with just guitar or piano or cello. Her voice touched so many emotionally and that is what we need in this time. Speechless.

[@improveourselves3929]

I love every tiny mod of her voice because it's pure and honest. Remember, English is her third language. The small pronunciation differences help make her unique, and i hope she embraces and keeps them because i love them! ❤

[@angelightification]

ANGELINA JORDAN - SPEAK SOFTLY LOVE

[@josephstimpfl4594]

People almost always say how young she is, ignoring tow things. First, her covers are simple and live. Second, she is not attempting to hide mistakes.

[@leechap3]

Her mistakes are better than most artists' non-mistakes.

[@kenscott8966]

For the last half hour my AJ favorite is Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" (the next half hour..who knows)! You should react to that. Another Angelina flag planted in a piece of iconic music!

[@lydiabentley3413]

A remarkable performance by Angelina who is always in command of all the notes. Top marks for control and emotion and Angelina sings with such purity and sincerity. Angelena has a wonderful ear for music. I enjoyed your reaction Nathan and thank you

[@CarlD70]

Nice reaction Nathan to one of Angelina's masterpieces. You refer to her timing or messed up words, but after listening to Angelina for years now everything she does is for the most part intentional. She is a master of "back phrasing", a timing thing, which comes from her love of Jazz music and also what vocal coaches refer to as Dipthongs which is stretching or extending vowel sounds on words which she is also a master at. Keep up the journey.

[@nathanlongwell]

Love that point on timing. She definitely has been influenced by jazz, and it shows 👌🏼👌🏼

[@RachelDacusAuthor]

Loved your reaction! So true, she's pure talent. Please consider reacting to her new single, coming out on Friday 3/19, 7th Heaven!!

[@angelinajordanfanclub-thes6275]

Thanks for the reaction, Nathan 😊 We certainly are in love with Angelina's voice! She announced that tomorrow she will release a new single "7th Heaven"!!! We're so excited to listen what she has in store for us, after her brilliant "Million Miles"! Can't wait 😍🎉

[@AXZ9340MB]

Such a talent only AJ can have...have you notice the guitar player Ivan, how he enjoys her singing.

[@9Ballr]

👩🏻🎤🎵🌎⭐️🇳🇴❤️ Angelina's talent is off the charts. She is in a class of her own.

[@Mercury6_]

Touches my soul every time

[@gentilcarol1941]

wow wow great so simple

[@rickwallace8747]

Nate Angelina has a new single being released on Friday the 19 7th Heaven This song is one of my favorites by her. The original is by Rhianna Great Reaction as always Stay Safe 😀

[@pkornbak]

Both impress me with this performance!

[@imawake.areyou4874]

Great reaction I’m not sure but have you checked out I’d rather go blind

[@nathanlongwell]

I haven’t! I’ll have to look!

[@dougmacdonald3678]

Yup, my reaction is about like yours. One of my favorites from Angelina, she just kills it. Next time you watch it watch the guitar player, sure looks to me as if she's just blowin' his mind too.

[@stevencuthbertson2756]

The comment below me is perfect iam still laughing.. And she sits there relaxed. No big production and does that . that was beautiful. Lets not forget the guitar guy good job ...Discovery Bay Calif

[@shirleyweis]

I've watched a lot of reaction videos and I love that you don't pause it a hundred times to comment, (your face is enough "comment"). You just let the song play and then comment. Great job!

[@alimatinbirtodaso1382]

Nathan I like your reaction....you down to earth.....ova hea (Kauai)...wen we eat ono(delicious) food I say taste like no nuff....when I listen to Angelina sing...I'd say sounds like not enough....mahalo's fo yo reaction....Kauai Hi...😎

[@nathanlongwell]

Thank you for your support!

[@ericdavison5434]

They played together for only months. He would come to her house after work and do single take recordings, often without a rehearsal or Ivan knowing the song ahead of time.

[@romainjordan105]

Angel.ina😇🙏❤

[@davidtouma4878]

This is such an underrated performance by Angelina Jordan. This song is about Rihanna’s on and off relationship with Chris Brown. The way Angelina performs this song with so much emotions you would think that she was in that relationship. Simple but masterful. Angelina with her Guitarist Ivan Mendez singing in a mic and glancing at the lyrics that probably she hasn’t memorized yet. No fancy studio equipment, no second takes, just raw and as real as they come. I honestly prefer Angelina’s performance over Rihanna’s. Thank you for your reaction and keep up the good work.

[@thanarattakai2378]

i guess angelina doesnt have such a complicated man&woman relation so far. however how & why she can sing with emotion like this.i am interested in 10years later how she sings this.

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

Agreed. I picked up on the glances to her left to check the score. Pure talent. Stripped down arrangements really suit her, they bring her voice to the front, where is shines.

[@stevek5332]

Since she listened to so much classic jazz and blues, it seems she learned it isn't necessary, even more interesting, NOT to sing on the beat. She comes in late on purpose a lot.

[@ShirleyHickman-oy7go]

Amazing 😻

[@norbertscheibner8334]

Look at guitarist! He must have had the best time.

[@dianedove1000]

She was also reading a lot of the lyrics!

[@williamarmstrong9008]

Angelina Jordan always pitch on

[@charlesbrown5433]

HE IS A BAND MEMBER OF HERS IN HER HOUSE SHE DOES SEVERAL IN HER HOME WITH HIM

[@yousurf374]

i do not like Rhianna much... or at all, nor her persona. BUT I LOVE this AJA performance. AND.. looks like she was just still learning the lyrics here , always looking over as she often does in such covers. Sometimes reading them off of her phone.

[@nathanlongwell]

I’m pretty much in the same boat haha

[@alanoakley3242]

Imagine what she could have done if she learned the song!!! I don't know the original and I have decided not to listen to it. This kid just read Rihanna's song off her phone and tore me up in a way the originator never could.

[@alberttenfoot]

I listened to Rihanna's version earlier this morning. It was entirely different. Obviously, as the original singer of the song, she chose what she felt was the right phrasing, etc., but it did nothing for me. I've listened to Angelina's performance on countless occasions and it still gets me emotionally.

[@alanoakley3242]

@@alberttenfoot I admit to having a bit of an aversion to Rihanna. The idea that she chooses phrasing stopped me in my tracks but I guess you're right - it's just not something that springs to mind. So it is with some bias that I say that I've heard enough of her to know that for her version to come close to Angelina's would require an upturn in form akin to Italy winning the rugby Six Nations. Skin-flick singers (as I've just decided to call them) do the artform a disservice IMHO. I hope I'm not being uncharitable to suggest, such is the emphasis today on the visual, that many singers of the past who went on to be regarded as legends would not get their foot in the door.

[@alberttenfoot]

@@alanoakley3242 I agree. Mediocrity and bare flesh are the "gold standard" to success these days. What I want from a performer is the constant ability to surprise the audience. Most singers these days "cover" a song by trying to be a perfect replica and fail miserably. However, one thing they invariably have in common is that they sound the same. So, in that respect one could say they are successful :-) You said: "akin to Italy winning the rugby Six Nations." or to bring it right up to date "Luna Rossa" (Italy) beating "Emirates New Zealand" in The America's Cup. They didn't

[@keithserafy]

Thanks Nathan for another sincere reaction to one of Angelina's most beautiful of her many masterpieces. This is a real Master Class in the Goldilocks use of vibrato, not too much & not too little, but just right & absolutely beautiful. I see you reacted to Diana Ankudinova's version of Wicked Games which is a highly produced TV show where she displays her amazing vocal skills & tone. Angelina as usual strips it down, slows it down with the genius use of negative space (silence) which only intensifies the emotion. It's just her at 12 yo singing into a mic while playing her keyboard in her "Music Corner" of her house. You won't even recognize them as the same song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3qkfnlqe6mZrZY

[@nathanlongwell]

I appreciate the feedback and suggestion!!

[@arceliedunn2022]

Wonderful comment " Goldilocks of vibrato " ... that's so clever and perfect description 😆✅

[@brianfagan3367]

Magnificent You should also check out the Allie Sherlock cover you wont be disappointed

[@quantockbeech]

:)

[@pkornbak]

Its Mikko Ekkos song!

[@itomendoza4315]

Nat better than the original rihhana who love your reaction thanks

[@theoxley]

Just a 12 year old trying to do what she loves.

[@janisbradley6117]

She is 12 years old

[@DonaldLancon]

If you want to see a somewhat more "challenging" raw performance (because it's a lot more "imperfect" than this one), check out this practice session she did at 9-almost-10, playing piano and singing Sam Smith's "Writing's on the Wall". kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6qqe6yMetCEabM She was clearly still learning the song (I can't tell whether she's reading only the lyrics or the sheet music also - I think maybe the latter), and it's also very obvious that she's not even _trying_ to play at a fixed tempo. She seems to be concentrating on just getting the notes right and, more importantly, getting the _feeling_ of the song right (which she does… oh, how she does!). This is one of her least perfect performances available to us, but it's one of my very favorite AJ videos, because her voice is *so friggin' fantastic* .

[@yousurf374]

you remind me of Glenn Beck when he was younger...

[@nathanlongwell]

Lol. In what way?

[@yousurf374]

@@nathanlongwell manorisms.... cadence... tone. do not know your humor delivery yet though.

[@nathanlongwell]

Interesting! I haven’t heard much of him.

[@yousurf374]

@@nathanlongwell Talk show host.... was once a non-serious alcoholic... changed.. got political... still is. Very good at it and the content.

[@pikeevans8559]

Just a girl and her guitarist.