Aretha Franklin - "Natural Woman" Live at The Kennedy Center (REACTION)

The Queen Of Soul! 👑

[@sunnygolightly9996]

The fur and the purse, she done look like she's gonna catch a plane to Paris right after this performance, which makes it even more legendary.

[@marisagettas]

Love this! I 100% agree

[@obiwanjakobe9814]

or the casino like my grandma haha

[@gooffgoff89]

Aretha was 73 and battling pancreatic cancer when she sang that night and I am so grateful that I was able to see this performance. She was pure gold: at 73, that voice was in full rang…the night was electrifying, w/Aretha bringing the full force of the electricity. RIP Aretha 🙏🏽👌🏽💐❤️and thank you Carole King for writing such a beautiful song. ❤️

[@lex1945]

She sang her heart out, knowing she was already sick.. She gave it all.

[@davidroyston1918]

She was 73 when she performed this, always a powerhouse and incredible woman!

[@sheroderickjohnson]

Her voice never left her. She was sick at this time. One of her last great live performances. Forever the Queen of Soul

[@cflo1023]

She had quit smoking and I was SO glad! Her voice restored (and mid range high's came back). She had been ill but doing well at this point. Her natural hair done, face and wardrobe...fur and purse....Aretha Louise Franklin brought the house to their feet!!!!! Hey, hey Sheroderick!

[@MPardo-cx6jj]

BABEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! You ain't NEVER lied!!! Aretha had a phenomenal career and life! A career that a singer/musician or any person, could only hope and pray for! God was very merciful to Aretha. Very few people get to live 8 years with advanced Pancreatic Cancer! ARETHA FRANKLIN: THE G.O.A.T.!!!

[@NIPPYxMIMI]

There can't be many people that received (and deserved) more standing ovations in their lifetime. Everybody stood up for this woman.

[@TheDivayenta]

Carol wrote the perfect song for Ree.

[@TyHarrellShow]

I remember when this aired. I stood up in my living room and applauded like I was there!!!! The Queen!!!!!!!

[@donovanrobinson1843]

Her last great ode to the stage. That voice came and served her well for the last time.

[@princestory26]

ms aretha CAUGHT THE HOLY GHOST! an undeniable legendary vocalist. we miss her

[@cflo1023]

Her entrance, fur coat and purse was the set up, lol...THEN onto the piano.....and it's over!!! lol.....up from the piano, then Richard Gibbs takes the piano(he's Inez Andrews' son) The coat removal and everything follows! COME ON LADY SOUL!!!! Her most amazing performance before her passing........(that killer background vocal from Fonzi Thornton, Brenda, Brenda White-King, Vaneese Thomas (Carla Thomas' sister, their father was Rufus Thomas! ) CAROLE KING's reaction is everything!!!!!!

[@iss_iam809]

That voice stood the test of time. The Queen Supreme

[@dusroots]

I cried like a baby when I first saw it on TV! Lol. No shame! She looked so regal, her voice was so strong , and this is without the world knowing that she had stage 4 pancreatic cancer! Blows me away even more.

[@DD-ol1pq]

I cried too! And just cried watching it this time too. I think this video and the opera song, Nessa Dorma (with no rehearsal with the orchestra) are the 2 most legendary music videos to ever exist!

[@jonahncstate]

There will never be another Aretha The Queen - Her Emotional voice Always bring the Audience to their Feet - God's Gift To The World....!!!!

[@vm7497]

Exactly!

[@karlatkinson4397]

I love Aretha's voice, from the moment I first discovered her to the moment she passed. And I still love her and her music. She is incomparable. An interpreter of song unparalleled. She made my life richer and more pleasurable than it would've otherwise been.

[@gregorygreer8983]

In her 70's and was still letting us have it.

[@shaunbailey9272]

have you ever seen any performer get a standing ovation before the song is even over. brilliant

[@singingmanmd]

This performance was epic. Ms Aretha served us with this one especially this was her iconic performance b4 her illness completely took over!!! She reminded us one more time why she is queen of soul. The legends like her, Ms. Dionne, Ms. Tina Ms. Patti, Ms. Gladys, etc. Will never let us down!!! ❤ No matter what!!

[@marisagettas]

The fur!!! And when she drops it 🔥🔥🔥 THE QUEEN WAS HOLDING COURT.

[@denymkhol]

She genuinely gave her all!

[@wiltonferguson5040]

OMG! THE QUEEN TORE THE HOUSE DOWN WITH THAT PERFORMANCE!!! You know you bad when you bring the President of the United States to tears. A legendary performance. ALL HAIL THE QUEEN!!!

[@jaquen1977]

One of THE great performances. Proof you don't need all kinds riffs, runs and vocal tricks to truly produce an unbelievable performance. The tone, the interpretation, the phrasing, just unbeatable.

[@vankf5164]

I always want to cry while watching this performance. I wish I could go to her concert. she's the greatest singer of all-time to me.

[@Nonrelatable_t]

I definitely agree. It's to much proof to why she's the greatest.👑

[@deborahhalbert3372]

I have seen this many times and my reaction is always the same - tears, joy, thanks. How lucky are we to have this?

[@carlosprimus952]

There was only one Aretha Franklin. She was in her 70’s when she gave this iconic performance!

[@jaebee9308]

I mean come ON! I just feel sorry for anyone who didn't grow up listening to the Queen. LOL Amazing to the very end.

[@lutherwilliams8429]

SIMPLY AMAZING VOICE!!! i CAN'T BELEIVE ANYONE CAN SING LIKE THAT, AT THAT AGE!!!!😍

[@leahrobling]

She's what we call a musician!! Amazing, I almost cried🙌 bless her, wherever she is

[@tylerhackner9731]

The legendary queen of soul herself

[@fawaka5006]

Given the context you have sketched, this performance has to be one of THEE greatest. And I do not like to use that superlative but here it is appropriate. A national treasure! Queen!

[@mussaqlover1]

Simply Aretha!!!

[@donidoni11]

Exactly hahaha when I first watched this I thought she was late like literally just walked in and sat down. Purse and all.. Queen

[@OPedroVilaNova]

Definitely legendary in all its bold lyrics, the only voice I can compare, that can surpass in terms of power, resonance, historical echo and intensity is Patti LaBelle. But Aretha did this performance giving her all and it was unforgettable, how can someone stricken with cancer, very debilitated, do all that? It's because music runs in her blood, I think she thought about her struggles, the road that took her there and that was the result, ECO!

[@janetwhite3373]

Yes! BEAUTIFUL!💕

[@noreneal7252]

With cancer and all the Queen delivered!!! 🐐🔥💯 You know she had to put that stank at the end lol 🙌🏾 Another outstanding performance in her old age is singing “A Change Gonna Come” as a tribute to Nelson Mandela!!! 🔥🔥🔥 She dropped her fur there too!

[@Hexcaliblur83]

Now THAT'S why she is The Queen of Soul.. She was 73 when she performed this, sadly passed 3yrs later 🙏 Greatness honouring Greatness ❤️

[@faznout]

Please review Aretha singing Amazing Grace live in 1972.

[@t.lucalake8963]

FANTASTIC/ENTHUSIASTIC/AWESOME reaction and analysis. You are SPEAKING THE TRUTH!!

[@cohenbeyers5912]

At that age to sound sooo good First of all she walked out and looked like a million bucks And deliverdt❤️💯💯💯

[@MCMNasty2]

No one is ever going to walk out on a stage with a fur and a purse again like that… wow wow wow.

[@leonardomartins343]

Aretha ❤❤❤

[@christhomas5761]

Great performance by Aretha even in failing health......Please react to Aretha`s official video of `Pride A Deeper Love`!!!

[@cflo1023]

she's in good health here......this is the BEST in her latter years. BEST!

[@jillk368]

Carole King looks verklempt. I saw Aretha at Carnegie Hall when I was a kid. The row half under the stage was empty so during intermission, my friends and I sneaked down from the balcony and watched the second half of the show from right at Aretha's feet. Our heads were sticking out just enough to see the stage. Our legs were under the lip of the stage. It was such a great night. I'll never forget it. She was so cool.

[@chancebrown106]

I can’t remember what year or when I met prospective mates for life. I recall the night of Aretha closing the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors.

[@lepearl8555]

How she came in with her "pocketbook" and sat it on down like she just happened to be in the neighborhood, and just going to sing a little something...

[@valbrooks2699]

One the best!! Love her so much!💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@Joker-sy4xr]

The very best

[@josephbostick1966]

Like I said Her prowness you never saw it coming

[@qwerty7573]

Epic. Legendary. Under the word "music"

[@theblueangel28]

Like only she can Everybody wants to..but its Aretha

[@wiggion]

Kennedy Center Honors is the best like Arts& Entertainment "Hall of Fame" we have. This the best of that I've seen on Kennedy Centers . The Heart cover of Stairway to Heaven is close second.

[@LUckybones25]

Top 3 best of all time up there with Celine. 💯

[@LUckybones25]

The legend! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Downfall1990]

Surely you know this performance, it was a triumphant viral hit in her final years

[@elfuegohumano]

The OG QUEEN! 🙌🏼

[@elizabethwhite1068]

Such an amazing moment in time!

[@MrGetoDac]

legend

[@faznout]

It took him some YEARS to react and review this one. But I'm glad he finally did. Also is he watching the silly backwards video that someone posted or is it just the way his camera is set up like Instagram videos were everything is flipped around backwards.

[@lindasmalley5864]

🤯

[@JahleeyahKalonji]

Please review Wendy Moten, she is slept on, she has a song called "Come in Out of the Rain" and "Hear the Angels Cry" plus many more. Thank me later, she's on the voice this season but she's been in the business for 35 years.

[@jamalsanford0729]

Please react her performance of The Gift from The Real Daytime. There's two versions of The Gift (English) and Mi Regalo Eres Tu (Spanish for The Gift) Adrienne and Israel wrote the song. Both of the version are from her Christmas album "New Tradiciones she released in November 17,2017.

[@nasimaali9646]

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[@drunkriah8693]

Is this performance new?? love this reaction!

[@BJN1253]

No. It's from 2015. Aretha Franklin died in 2018.

[@drunkriah8693]

@@BJN1253 omg

[@DreamSevenLifeASMR]

New? You’re joking right? 😒

[@matthewdamazio382]

YOU NEED TO REACT J HUD SINGING NESSU DORMA FROM PAVAROTTI IS UNBELIEVABLE

[@briandouglas4418]

Listen to Tori Kelly and Jojo's version of this song, it's amazing