AURORA - A Soul With No King (Live Performance on VEVO) | Reaction

[@Robert-ez9wn]

Thanks!

[@ashlenamusic]

Thank you xx

[@Gwenhwyfar7]

Best Aurora song yet, I feel.

[@charlesgoodwin-k1x]

1:15 The Siren pulling us all in. Incredible!!

[@markryder8488]

a beautiful soul inside and out, The best performance by her yet

[@mistercointreau5247]

One of her very best for sure.

[@robertg.2022]

Exhale inhale is still my favorite vevo live performance but I definitely love this one for sure

[@Tarkus_]

I'm with you. Exhale Inhale will probably always be my favorite, but this is phenomenal.

[@mistercointreau5247]

That performance needs to go into the hall of fame or Leonard Cohen's tower of song. Just to add that this song would be a great soundtrack for a TV drama.

[@Tarkus_]

She just keeps getting better and better. I remember people were worried how her voice would mature as she got older, but she's such a better vocalist now. She can still do what she used to do, but now she has so many different styles and nuances in the way she sings, and she also uses her voice as an instrument more than ever. And she just switches stuff up on the fly, like it's no big deal, and it always sounds great. I don't think "Runaway" is going anywhere anytime soon, at least for full concerts, so I don't think you have anything to worry about. You're probably not getting "Lucky," though.

[@Tarkus_]

@@Dave-hb7lx She seems very excited about promoting and performing this album, so I think it will more than that. Of course, she'll probably change it up fairly often too, to get to more songs on the album.

[@ashlenamusic]

Maybe I’ll get “lucky” 🤣

[@dmwalker24]

She just keeps improving. Her vocal performance, and her skill on the keys.

[@paulkossak7761]

This women never fails to amaze me. She is totally invested in her art, 100% in every performance I've seen.

[@ashlenamusic]

Agreed!!

[@Josian-ps7fb]

Great words, which I can only agree with, obviously. Aurora the (emotional) singer is so exceptional that a minimal musical set up can only highlight her even more. But it is also true that this singing lady is also much more than "just" a singer... Anyway, I simply love (!) this live performance... as I write this comment I just feel the need to listen to it again (well, to get lost in it through my eyes and my ears, precisely)... Well, I wish you a new happy 28th birthday!🙃 Hum, I should really watch this VEVO video again, now, I almost tremble and barely have rational thougths...😀 Thanks for keeping reacting to Aurora, our beloved singing little Giant.🙂👍

[@ashlenamusic]

Of course xx

[@bjornarsimonsen7592]

Love this so much! ❤

[@MBella123]

I knew you would love this performance, it’s just perfect!! 💜

[@icarusandtherabbit]

The original version has the best thumping bass. Plus like 3 awesome moments. It’s such a good song.

[@johnarndt1501]

I like all the subtle composition choices she used like the looping of the breath, tonal changes etc. It was awesome

[@lillm6874]

You’re the best!❤️🥰🥰

[@ashlenamusic]

No you are xx

[@lillm6874]

@@ashlenamusic ❤️🥰

[@papa2bdj]

I agree, this is her best. As I said before, maturity is starting to come through, in her songwriting, in her voice, and in her appearance. You need to prepare yourself for the possibility that the upcoming concert in Chicago will mainly consist of songs from her new album. There are videos of recent concerts and those are the songs she performs, usually ending with Invisible Wounds. The audio is not great as I suspect it was recorded on someone's phone, but that's okay. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5aqYZaQmcmtpZosi=ww95krPDRlyfWy5a

[@stayblink2482]

Yes!!! Tenés que reaccionar a Butterflies de Aurora, nosé si ya lo habías reaccionado

[@memoiredutemps5763]

merveille absolue de la chanteuse dans cette version Vevo

[@stephenbarlow2493]

Great reaction, I agree 100% with all your points. This is perfection, one of the best things I've ever heard. The more I've listened to it, the better it gets. The other versions are good, but this is on a different level. She's a musical genius.

[@ashlenamusic]

Well said!

[@sksanglier6904]

Perfect

[@piscean5376]

Hi Ashlena, I 100% agree 👍 this performance is way better live. Wouldn't it be awsome if she released all of her Vevo sessions on vinyl ! Great reaction😊

[@ashlenamusic]

I totally agree!

[@yarsheets4572]

I really like the X Nature remix which was released a few weeks before the album. I love the album version differently - they each have elements the other doesn't. And now this VEVO version adds a third experience of the same song. And I love it too. Each version brings something to the song. The winner? The song!

[@devynbarat7777]

We are all the winners because we get three versions of a great song! I loved the Nature remix so much I was afraid I wasn't going to like the album version, but it's just as good in a different way! And we all know any stripped down/acoustic version is going to be beautiful!

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

Ashlena,, she does look out for her reactors. One who is a big fan went to a concert a couple of years ago and went back stage hoping for an autograph. She greeted him by name like an old friend, so watch out for December, she has a huge intellect.

[@ashlenamusic]

I saw that!!! So insane

[@jjmail1971]

I think it's her dear mother who keeps up with the reactors and gives Aurora the heads-up. She must be especially proud when watching people react to one of her precious daughters.

[@jamierobson8825]

Wow. She is such a performer - I love her dancing and playful facial expressions. That belted high note was electrifying. Her lyrics are outstanding and the video quality was amazing as well. I absolutely love all of her stripped down versions. The TO show is going to be amazing. Thanks, Ash.

[@ashlenamusic]

Can’t wait!!!

[@lennarthedlund9783]

She said in an interview this is Guilt that is speaking to us. Maybe she means that we are not in contact with our conscience.

[@ashlenamusic]

🤯

[@gustavonogueira6293]

It's so thoughtful of you to recognize the work of the people from Vevo. I myself didn't thought about what you've said and it's so true. They always capture her so well.

[@ashlenamusic]

They really do 🥰

[@papa2bdj]

It would be cool if, when you attend the concert, if someone had the ability to do a split screen showing Aurora singing, and of your facial expressions throughout the entire performance. I think it would be best to bring something with you to wipe the tears from your eyes. I envy you, Ashlena.

[@papa2bdj]

@Holgerdansk Once he gets her jaw off the ground, then she will have a huge smile for the rest of the concert.

[@ashlenamusic]

Aww unfortunately I am going myself but I can definitely film myself at points if I’m not bawling my eyes out

[@ashlenamusic]

Will do haha

[@dlbwoodbury]

Thanks Ashlena! As others have shared, I am also gobsmacked by her vocal agility and depth of feeling. When she stares into the camera it always feels like she is looking into my soul. Treasure that signed CD ! Great reaction !

[@ashlenamusic]

I definitely will 🥰

[@devynbarat7777]

I love every version of this song! And I love getting to see her play the piano a little more!

[@ashlenamusic]

Same! She’s so good even though she doesn’t think she is

[@arctic-1878]

Happy Aurora Tuesday! ❤ This version made me like this song, it's so good!

[@ashlenamusic]

I’m so glad!!!

[@papa2bdj]

I think that some will misinterpret, in A Soul With No King, the line "You speak of the devil like he's not your friend..." It can be better understood what the entire song is about if one looks up Aurora's explanation.

[@RommerskirchenFrank]

GREAT! she is a godess 💚💚💚💚💚

[@RommerskirchenFrank]

@Holgerdansk so why do you start it here again?

[@JJ-dr7im]

​@RommerskirchenFrank ehh??

[@AztecHusBone]

G' damn, she is soooo good!

[@mrmb380]

if only this version was on spotify, I would listened to it on repeat for a month. My Aurora packaged just arrive in Canada and currently in custom, can't wait. Happy early birthday :D

[@steinovemjeldheim5132]

Sadly, Spotify is all about the money,so they will not include performances like the VEVO's. These recordings are gifts to the fans, many of them might pop up as bonus tracks on her album releases. Like the new edition of All My Demons..

[@dlbwoodbury]

Thanks Ashlena! This is my favourite version of the song, also. Love to share it with you.

[@ashlenamusic]

Wonderful!

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

Those "Sung Yells" (I can't think of another way to describe them) hit me in the emotions. This album is the best but I said that about "Gods" when it came out. Ashlena, you know she always sings her music differently when live. The concert will be different as will the one in Manchester in October (I expect/hope)

[@ashlenamusic]

I hope so!

[@Toxicdemon2]

THe first version we got from "A soul with no king" ...the remix version. I wasn't feeling it too much. I mean it's nice, but the instrumental part was a bit overschadowing Aurora's voice in my opinion. Then the album version, I was like, yeas this is way better ! But then !!!! 😱 Then this live VEVO version dopped, and it just blew me away. Her hand movements, her interaction with the camerea (us actually), her short but o so beautiful piano intermezzo. And then her voice !!! How she held that high note..OMG !!! just amazed AGAIN by her. She is so awesome ❤❤❤

[@ashlenamusic]

TOTALLY AGREE!!!

[@Geralt26]

I love every version but on the very end I think live version is stunning and most amazing. I also love this shoty piano run - there are piano in album version too but behind other sounds and even not sure if it is the same, but in this live version just amazing :)). Ps. I also wander if this ending sound in the loop was made somehow during performance (I mean this breathing and then you still hear it in the loop like it was recorded [maybe seconds before] and put in the loop). Of course it could be prerecorded or someone off camera doing this sounds. Also later you can hear additional background piano keys. It does not matter so much but I am curious :)

[@devynbarat7777]

It's possible. Some performers who use foot pedals to loop sounds on their mic.

[@markstuartwakeley]

❤❤❤

[@Khukhri682]

Happy Aurora Tuesday ❤❤ Just release an acoustic VEVO album it would be fantastic. Thanks for the reaction ❤

[@ashlenamusic]

Totally agree!

[@SarahLittle-wk6oo]

She has matured so much in her music. Love her.

[@adriWHTTH]

7:59 mine too, I think the remix is my favorite version rn it's so dramatic and I like it, fits with the song :)

[@nerve60]

Wow, that is so cool! Really happy for you. I for one, always look forward to Aurora Tuesdays! I have watched Vikings, Vikings Valhalla, The Last Kingdom and I hear a lot of similarities to ancient Tribal Viking music in this song. Love the lower registry of Aurora's voice!

[@ashlenamusic]

Thank you!!!!

[@maxsteiner1964]

Its been such a journey to follow Aurora. From the first time I saw her at age 18. This tiny, shy girl. Standing there, plucking her skirt while singing with this unbelievable clear and light voice, to this much more mature, (not only in body but voice) and confident woman with a voice that now spans the whole registry. She has now confirmed that a metal album is coming. I believe there is nothing she can't do. I can't believe I'm saying this but I would actually loved to see her in a musical like Chess, Les Miserables or something. I think she would be fantastic on that stage. Love from Norway Ash.

[@taccamine8312]

I was doing some work with her manager around 2014. The band rehearsed in the studio for her first concerts. They didn't know if she was ready yet. At one point she got up from the piano and just sang. That moment...😲. It was not at all unusual to have extremely talented young prodigies in these circles. But I remember telling her guitarist OM, that they should take good care of her, because she was going places 🤩.

[@ashlenamusic]

😱

[@ashlenamusic]

Xx

[@timhutchinson8485]

A metal album? I would love to see what that would be. I know she has said she enjoys metal (and she is from Norway after all..)

[@afrisv]

That was great! She just slays with these stripped down live Vevo versions. One of my favorites from the album ( I really enjoy the drumming for some reason), but version is easily as good. Also she's always fun to watch. I believe she always plays Runaway live by the way. By far her most performed song. 🤞

[@garygreen1782]

That was awesome 🤯 can't wait to see her sing too 🤩

[@johnnyshih498]

Happy early birthday!!! I was hoping u’d check this performance out. And even better it’s this song as it was a standout in the album. To me she is now at the height of her powers. In years past she would often go high and then even higher but now she’s fully tapped into her lower register as well and it sounds just as good as her high which is incredible.

[@tx0h]

happy aurora tuesday. the signed cd story is so cool. the best are the on stage stripped versions from the last weeks. i hope they will stay stripped back in the upcoming concerts.

[@brianbowes1978]

Hi Ash! Congrats on 101 Aurora reactions. And happy birthday. And I just finished watchin your reaction to the HAIK documentary and it was wonderful! Thank you for all the great content and for your positive attitude.

[@ashlenamusic]

Thank you so much!!

[@halerelic5169]

If you've always known Gaia, then you knew her before you had "Wisdom" ( before the lies ) and if you have a soul with no "King" (male dominance) - aren't you like Aurora and the rest of her followers? and isn't giving water to the Devil the same as forgiving your enemies? Gaia is not the one in danger, she survived asteroids and ice ages. The human race is the one in peril! We need to start calling her name more than any other time in history.

[@ashlenamusic]

🤨

[@SO.CAL-D.Edwards]

This is awesome 💯% Great album..oh guess what? The Warning, on Jimmy Kimmel June 27th..yep🌎✌️

[@ashlenamusic]

So stoked

[@Oldperson-wt3ui]

Well Happy (early) Birthday to you! Hope you have a great day. I prefer this live to the other two versions, I just love how up front her vocals are here and that scream is epic. Thanks for making your 102 Aurora reaction 😍

[@ashlenamusic]

Thank you so much!!

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΠαπακωνσταντίνου-φ7μ]

Aurora giving led Zeppelin vibes what more can you ask?

[@johnytwo]

Oh, it's Tuesday :)

[@ashlenamusic]

It is!!

[@franZisPaOlo]

❤

[@StickyCatStudios]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@X_ch4ng3]

😊👍

[@nobodi817]

happy birthday postdated of course, I have been listening to Aurora since 2016 and the first time I saw her was on Fallon and it was conqueror, from that time till now I never tire of her voice and the same songs never get boring, I have never experienced this with any singer until her... hope you have a great Birthday

[@ashlenamusic]

Thank you xx

[@TheVirtualWatcher]

Coming back to watch this yet another time ... That yell she does ... when your eyes 'pop', must be really loud, when you see how far off the microphone she moved ...

[@FixNewsPlease]

This has Celtic elements.

[@ashlenamusic]

It does!

[@TheAkal]

I agree with this advertisement. Oh, sorry. Too many political ads on everything. What i meant to say is bravo, and i completely concur with your review. This might be my favorite song on this incredible album. Still not sure because they all have such high points to be appreciated. Thank you Ashlena for this review.

[@ashlenamusic]

lol

[@BurnTheNotice]

From the many versions of songs Aurora does, I'm always more drawn to the "toned down" ones, so to speak. Less instrumentation and such. The...what, mandolin/balalaika-esque guitar here fits just absolutely perfect, for example. I think high production is not necessary for her, at all, though not saying that it's detrimental. Considering you enjoy incredible singers, like Aurora here and so many others on your channel, and you say you're interested in vocals, I'd just like to at least have thrown out two names you could be interested in looking at, even if it's just for yourself (or your audience for themselves): Song Sohee (for example the song "Infodemics", or the most recent one "Dear My Lover") and Upiko ("Crow", or "Human Scramble")

[@staffankarlsson1428]

It's a mandola - which is like a mandolin but a little bigger.

[@BurnTheNotice]

@@staffankarlsson1428 Thank you!

[@jjmail1971]

I suggest one of her first performances from the Tiny Desk acoustic performance. A waifish, kind of nervous Aurora just absolutely slaying it. One of the first KZbin performances i ever saw of her that just kind of slid into my recommendation bar somehow 8 years ago or so. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6elmH-Nhtx0fKMsi=Fh2gw6XFMljipG3i

[@ashlenamusic]

Unfortunately a tiny desk reaction got my Channel flagged so I won’t be doing that again 😫

[@jjmail1971]

​@@ashlenamusic doh

[@HenryAusLuebeck]

[@Iamaurorassweirdo]

Pls do butterflies by Tom Odell featuring AURORA 🥹

[@srenaaen6410]

Is the song about Donald Trump?

[@ashlenamusic]

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