AURORA Runaway (acoustic video) -- first time reaction

[@seban678]

I'm pretty sure Aurora is just some sort of mythical creature, and when she sets up a microphone and hangs up a rug behind her the universe goes "ok this shouldn't really work, but we'll bend the rules a little."

[@steveogreact]

Haha yes #15! That must be what happens.

[@vincentmb238]

:)

[@maxsteiner1964]

That was really funny, and you are probably right too.

[@thehonestcritic6577]

Once again another great reaction from you , no over the top excitement or stupid comments just you watching and taking it all in and making valid comments . God i wish some of the other reactors would take a leaf out of your book . Fantastic , a pleasure to watch.

[@steveogreact]

Thanks for this, means a lot to hear this feedback.

[@bjornarsimonsen7592]

Loving this Aurora week. Let's make it an Aurora year :)

[@steveogreact]

😅

[@Geralt26]

I even see her Sheeellllfff there - She talked about her new shelf in one of interviews ;) = it is in her home:). It almost looks like they meet and just casually made it there:).

[@simonturner138]

Sheeellllfff

[@timgrodesky4694]

Almost a "busking" style. Imagine if she set up in a subway platform-and how many people would miss their train. She is amazing no matter what environment, Awesome as always

[@fredk3710]

This video was actually filmed at home, in her own apartment in Bergen, Norway

[@hatai]

In her bedroom.. that’s the famous Shhhhhheeeeeeelf to the right 😆

[@TheVirtualWatcher]

"Hei! Silja, Fredrik, can you pop round and help me make a KZbin video?"

[@staffankarlsson1428]

When she sings about the "farthest place on my shelf" in this song, she actually hold her hand in front of the shelf, and on the farthest place :)

[@lillm6874]

@@hatai It’s not THE Sheeeelfff😉

[@TheVirtualWatcher]

@@staffankarlsson1428 Whilst the idea is fun, the shelf came long after the song was written 😊

[@Tarkus_]

Coincidentally, your reaction to Murder Song at the Nobel Peace Prize concert just came back up in my recommendations. I believe that was your first time seeing an Aurora live performance. I saw your reaction back in the day, but it was interesting watching it again, at the end of Aurora week, to see how it all started. Cool to have experienced this journey with you. 🤟

[@steveogreact]

Yeah! Quite right! That was the first time I saw her perform live. Unreal. Rabbit hole since then haha.

[@petraljungberg]

Beautiful! ☺️

[@X_ch4ng3]

😊👍

[@Einyen]

It is a beautiful performance, and I think this was the 3rd last performance/song with "Silja Sol" before she left to pursue her own career. After this she was in 1 song (The Seed) for National Geographic Earth Day in April 2021, and 1 more performance of Runaway in May 2021 on Aurora's main channel as well. During this time Feb to May 2021 Aurora's management was pushing her to release lots of "Runaway" content on youtube and tiktok (like 16 videos and at least 1 live stream with at least parts of the song), because Runaway was going viral due to a tiktok meme. Runaway entered top20 world wide on Spotify's list as a 6 year old song, and hit like 2.7 million streams per day at the peak. The Runaway music video just passed 500M views like yesterday or a few days ago 🙂

[@petraljungberg]

I find that version of The seed very beautiful! My favourite live version.

[@i_am_m3384]

I'm pretty sure, that the Management didn't forced Aurora to release so many 'Runaway' versions on KZbin, because Aurora does not publish anything on her channel herself. It's all done by her management and most of these publications are simply copies of the original audio with different thumbnails (that's maybe one of the reasons, why so many of these 'uploads' had deactivated comment sections and not many views) and I have my doubt, that Aurora even noticed, that they exist. There are only a few 'Runaway' versions, Aurora made herself ( like this acoustic version) for this occasion. Also 'her' comments on the 'community tab' of her channel are (as far as I've seen) copies from other 'social media' and most of them are focused on the 'business side'. I couldn't blame her or even her management for that, because today it's practically impossible to be active on all these different platforms and have a real (private and professional) life beside this at the same time.

[@i_am_m3384]

@@petraljungberg Maybe you should take a look at the video, you're reacting to! 'Runaway' and 'The Seed' are very different.

[@Einyen]

@@i_am_m3384 Maybe you should read the comment she is responding to? 🙂 She was talking about "The Seed" version I mentioned. Check out this podcast about how Runaway went viral with Eng Subs: youtu . be / SJSiidpwbuw I don't think she was "forced", but heavily encouraged / pushed to do it. Most of her tiktok videos from that period have snippets of Runaway in them. And on her youtube channel they released this acoustic performance Feb 11th, then on Apr 16: Runway Guitar version + Runaway piano version + Runaway audio, and then on May 7th: Runaway Lvl.2 audio + "Runaway TikTok fan edition", and then May 18th another Runaway live performance, the last song "Silja Sol" was in. They would not release that many videos of a 6 year old song, if they were not trying to push that already started viral hit.

[@petraljungberg]

@@i_am_m3384 I sure looked at the video and responded to it in my own comment 🙂 Here I responded to the text above mentioning a live version of The seed which I love. But you’re right, they are very different songs.

[@afrisv]

"Runaway" didn't make much of an impression when first released, but years later it won me over. Watching her perform it live just added something extra. A little bit depressing I could have watched her at festivals back in the day, but chose other bands. Oh well, I was probably drunk and had fun 😉 I really like the acoustic/stripped versions of her songs. The Tiny Desk Concert is one that I often go back to, and the Red Bull Sessions version of "Warrior" as well. One of my favorites from her last album is "A Dangerous Thing", and I've watched the PNC Live Studio version of that more than once. The harmonies...

[@steveogreact]

I’ve missed plenty of great artists at festivals because I hadn’t hear of them at the time. It’s hard to look back on haha.

[@lillm6874]

This is such a beautiful unplugged performance😍 And it’s in her own home in Bergen, so I’m pretty sure it’s something she wanted to do👍❤️ And I guess they’re using the same mic that she uses when she makes videos for TikTok…. Could you please react to: “Soft Universe” live at Nidarosdomen 🙏😍😍

[@steveogreact]

Thanks for the suggestion. I believe it’s on my list. Some day. Some day.

[@TheAkal]

Yes and her famous book shelf to the right.

[@panchiolarranaga1616]

I'm just watching all your last week reactions, and that's because I had a tough week but it's Sunday fucking morning and off course, I adore this beautiful woman Aurora is like you said at spome point, not in this one, i could even be unfair she is so freaking good.........she drives me nuts, and she's coming to play in my country holy fucking cow.....I can't wait

[@steveogreact]

Sorry to hear you had a tough week Panchio. I hope things are getting at least a little bit better for you ❤️ Really pleased that you've been enjoying some distraction via these videos. Find your inner strength if you can and take each hour of each day as it comes. You got this.

[@vincentmb238]

I am very happy to have seen this wonderful reaction. I got all five A's in a row. I can't wait to see the next two to come. You know, I think you easily seem to spend 6 months on all her videos. Especially if you're doubling up on different versions. At this point, why don't you do a reac on her HAIK live concert? It's almost an hour, but you did the KEXP concert, right? :) :) And I promise you'll love it. But if you do this live concert, you should watch the report that precedes it. I know it's totally outside the scope of this channel and I imagine your time is more than precious. However, I think it's a great introduction to the concert. Very informative, and touching too.

[@antxoncarbonero]

This could have just been at a typical Norwegian vorspiel, drinking some beers at home before heading out. And then one of them saying "lets do Runaway"! And then, magic.

[@steveogreact]

I love this theory

[@lesmann8387]

Hi Steve great reaction please do Across the universe cover it will blow your mind. She is a very special human and artist.

[@brendapace3541]

This version is wonderful, i can't believe but AURORA never fail.. React to "Touch of the Divine".

[@maciejbroda8485]

I don't think there ever was this track AURORA - Cure For Me (Official Video), great track, video etc... please don't forget, you'll have fun with it.

[@steveogreact]

Added to my to do list now. Thanks!

[@lillia5333]

Aurora week!! Love it :)

[@BK_ZERO]

Love watching your Aurora reactions! You need to watch the live NRK performance of A Different Kind Of Human. It's a beautiful performance and one of my favourites of hers but it seems to get neglected by most reaction channels. It's particularly emotional as Silja Sol's (the back up vocalist that was in this video) mum died not long before it and you can see Aurora get a bit choked up at one point. I hope you react to it someday :)

[@simonturner138]

This video was recorded in her living room. I think it was during the pandemic.

[@paulkossak7761]

I think deep down Aroura is a folk singer and story teller. I know she loves Bob Dylan and Lenard Cohen.

[@maxsteiner1964]

I think this was recorded in Aurora's living room.

[@joskogeler6421]

Aurora suggestion for tomorrow? Alone in the night (about dementia)

[@steveogreact]

I’ve already got the the rest the week’s reactions recorded and queued. Perhaps in future!

[@rolfjamne8922]

Ceck out her short version of The women I am. She is alone in her apartment singing and playing Lute.❤

[@justjulie37]

I know you've done other reactions to Aurora in the past. Are you going to move those over to this channel, so you have them all together? It would be nice to have them all in one place, so I know what you've already reacted to of hers. Nice to see a whole Aurora week. She has so many great performances and they are all so different.

[@steveogreact]

I've now combined all my Aurora reactions in one playlist, and it's linked in my channel's home page. Unfortunately, I can't move the actual videos over in a transfer. Perhaps KZbin might add this functionality in future, but it's currently not possible.

[@stayblink2482]

Pleaseeeeee react "GIVING INTO THE LOVE"

[@steveogreact]

Not heard that one before, added to the list ✅

[@fayebeaumont]

I love this. My favorite acoustic performance of hers is Queendom at Loustic Sessions. It's soothing, and stunning, just as this one was. I do recommend watching that, even if you don't record it. :]

[@GhostlyEcheveria]

I absolutely adore Aurora, but I think Silja stole the show a bit in this performance. A lot of time Silja vocals are set further back in the mix, but here they are more prominent. Their voices are so perfect together. I hope they still collaborate occasionally in the future.

[@joskogeler6421]

Corona recording at home

[@kentsolgule5362]

She seemed bored to death in this performance. Auto pilot singing. I think she was told to do this performance by her labels just because Runaway got a second life on that Chinese government controled spy social media during the pandemic. In general most of her performances during the pandemic don't reach up to her normal capacity. She doesn't like to sing or practice singing without a live audience that needs her music.

[@Geralt26]

Where do you see bored Aurora there? She is so expressive (including this performance :) ).