FIRST TIME REACTING TO | ANGELINA JORDAN "LOVE STORY (WHERE DO I BEGIN)" REACTION

[@larsfrodelarsen6645]

Her comforting voice !!!

[@steenagers7270]

Angelina is a storyteller 🏆

[@alanbeaumont6997]

A privilege indeed!

[@larrypifer1103]

I have experienced the best in the world perform this song and this is by far the best version ever, but it is Angelina Jordan the tunesmith genius, why should we expect less.

[@rogercarriere4756]

Only her voice ! Insane.

[@CarlD70]

Hi Britt, this song made famous from the 1970 Movie "Love Story" starring Ali McGraw and Ryan O'Neal. Angelina has a way of reviving many songs of the past and giving them a new meaning and beauty. She would be around 11 here sitting down with friend Egil Clausen as she has done many times and doing a song she likes. You mentioned her rolling her eyes back, pay careful attention as this is something Angelina does quite frequently when singing, she is totally immersed in what she is doing and goes to that "wonderful place" in her mind. Cheers, stay well.

[@TheBlaster54]

Ali McGraw’s line, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” in that move is one of the dumbest and nonsensical lines ever written.

[@ronjones1077]

Huge hit by Andy Williams!

[@larryward7380]

She touches my soul. Enjoy your comments that give me more understanding of her talent

[@todds693]

There are videos with each of her two guitarists. They would meet with her and discuss what songs to do. Most often one didn’t know the song. Most often one take with AJ looking at verses. It’s very surreal. Also reports from Norway sound checks were like with her guitarists. Her main direction “can we do it slower?”

[@larrypifer1103]

There is something so captivating about her voice and the way she draws you in, the words that comes to mind are storytelling signature voice genius. We are so lucky to be in this time and place where Angelina Jordan exists. It is stated that there are 8 wonders of the world, but now we know there are nine, Angelina Jordan.

[@robertwhite6248]

AJ and her guitarist will sit down and go threw the long lists of songs and they will pick one, the guitarist will play the music till he gets what he needs to know to be comfortable and he will say ok then she will look at the lyrics on her phone. Most of all this type of video are one take,, once they are done many times they will just go look for other songs,, and yes many many times you will see Angelina's eyes roll and she is really really into her craft, she wants you to feel her music not hear it ,, thank you For another AJ reaction ans keep them coming,, if you want to hear a Little known cover of hers look up "You SAY" it's just a black screen which makes me think it might be a leaked song but it's well worth hearing every note!!!

[@rogerwolstenholme2710]

On Skavlans TV Show Angie explains that she goes into a wonderful place where everything is wonderful and happy. I think that's where she keeps her talent. she was 12yo. she keeps the song arrangement in there too so that's why she rolls her eyes every thing is up there and is available whenever she wants, its simple really except, I dont know of anybody who can do that so well. She is incredible.

[@fredt7518]

She rolled her eyes at 8 in the live version of "what a difference a day makes"

[@lesgray8709]

Also in the NGT final in 2014 - Summertime... and not to forget cry me a river in 22017 - there must be a very long list...

[@derekmaddox7236]

I love these little sessions with Ivan and Egil. So intimate, not over rehearsed. It shows the close interaction between Angelina and her musicians. They really work together, support each other. There are dozens of these little videos and they are all fun to watch. And when Angelina closes her eyes, just hang on for something very special. She's off to her special, private world. But she takes us there with her!

[@RoguishlyHandsome]

She does that often with her eyes. Often she closes them not quite at the same time. She's adorable.

[@RobertDeMartin]

Britt, if you get a chance to see the movie, 'Love Story', Angelina's version of the song will bring you to tears. That's how good it was.

[@ovekkjlstad7703]

Waiting for "Lovin you", "Mont Everest" and "How great thou art". Those give you something new about Angelina that you havn't already experienced.

[@improveourselves3929]

About eyes back in the head, yes she explained in an interview or two, that when she sings she goes to another world so she's literally channeling what she's experiencing in her mind.

[@RoguishlyHandsome]

I have used the word majestic to describe Angelina many times. She used to be a tiny adorable princess, and now she's a tall majestic queen.

[@geoffreynorth9046]

The beauty of her singing here is simply unmatched, unmatchable, unsurpassable...

[@johnbattles1002]

When Angelina tosses her head back, or closes her eyes, or flips her hair back, fasten your seatbelts!

[@SuperLiorr]

Regarding Angelina's rolling eyes in every song, this happens to her, there is an interview of hers in which she herself says that while it happens to her, she feels an out-of-body experience where she goes to a place that is all good and from there she actually manages to convey to us this emotion that we all feel and get chills 🦶🦶👑🗣🎙🎷

[@iankings6405]

When Angelina rolls her eyes, she’s very often reaching for a big note. Many of her songs, more so when she was younger, you will find it.

[@boz352]

I could not agree with you more, it's a privilege to get to watch this young lady become what we all expect her to become, and to do it with so much grace.

[@Mister.315]

She has said, "When I sing I go into another world. In that world it's like endless, full of happiness, I love it, it's amazing." kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXm4go18iLV1hLM Good reaction. Another very underrated, or at least under reacted to, that has a similar dreamlike sound is "Song For A" kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKCWnpuuhbJgq6M . This is a 250 year old lyric written by Scottish poet Robert Burns. The music was composed by Russian composer Nico Cartosio who arranged the song specifically for A's voice. It's mesmerizing.

[@fidenemini111]

It's a privilige for all of us to live at the same time when this miracle is unfolding before our eyes!

[@lesgray8709]

Yet another of my favourite performances! When Angelina gets inside a song like this she goes into another world - the eyes rolling back happens in quite a few renditions. Here she does not change the gender of the song, I feel that in this case it's not required - this is not the "romantic" love, the inspiration for this emotional out pouring is right in front of her - the love for her grandma, (who is recording this on her camcorder). The emotions are her own, not manufactured for a song, just telling the story, letting it flow out naturally. That's why it's so authentic and just beautiful. Angelina works relentlessly to hone her craft, we are so lucky that she takes us on the journey - it's a long and winding road...

[@grahamkelsey1675]

Can you imagine the explosion in the view numbers of Angelina's back catalogue after her album is released later this year?

[@markkleckner3060]

Awesome reaction, just think the joy the family living in same house gets to listen to every day for hours! They are truly blessed, God Bless!

[@popeye747]

Hi Britt, There is a treasure in Angelina's rendition of "Born to Die". Well worth a listen.

[@bills5268]

You bring up a good point, Britt. If I were to be generous and say that each of her 200 or so videos on YT were 4 minutes long, that is 800 minutes, or a little over 13 hours. Over a period of 11years, 13 hours is nothing. I will bet that she puts far more time into practicing than we would think because the finished product is so good, so perfect, so beautiful, that it looks like it comes naturally.

[@zeljkoguber]

Here is a brief video about her dedication to practicing music kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJKYc3mqe8dje7c And since you mention rolling her eyes - yes you can see it often - You could see it in Feeling Good. I think this is the moment when she goes into a different world as she explains in this interview kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXm4go18iLV1hLM

[@ridgemanron]

She's so adept at singing in any environment and, to tell the truth, many of her casual renditions done at home with a friend playing guitar for her are better, to me, than the original artist's professionally engineered versions.

[@ClaudioMarcucci7756]

Thanks for another wonderful reaction Britt. Impossible not to love this concentrate of humility, simplicity, innocence, sympathy and talent. Angelina every time, with her voice, leaves you with a wonderful feeling of contentment and tenderness that accompanies you even after, I love her voice. This girl's passion and talent is just amazing and I love very much her stripped versions of the classic songs that she chooses, she always takes you to listen to almost forgotten songs, even if they are very beautiful.💛🧡❤

[@massimoseganti8687]

Thank you Britt for the review of this very famous soundtrack that Angelina covers, I am amazed every time I see Angelina consult her mobile phone so as not to miss the words and, at the same time, identify with the song itself in a poignant way.. how I do it is for me a mystery, if I think about the age ... I get the chills .. thanks again .... Massimo 🥰

[@juliochavez7161]

Britt, Jake Dee has the two interviews done that are a must watch to get insight to Angelina's gift. Thumbs up lady, appreciate your time.

[@gottabeemee]

No song or beautifully written lyrics will die .. if Angelina covers it. Her abilities included reviving something forgotten, and brought forward for many to enjoy for the 1st time. Very insightful reaction, Britt! So well done! PEACE 🎧🎵🎼💫🎶🔥🎹🎙️🔥🙏🏻

[@fredneecher1746]

Thank you so much for reacting to this. This is one of my favourite performances from Angelina. I really love these intimate, casual sessions she had with Egil. His haunting guitar sound and her passionate, delicate voice go together so well. And the way she sang "heart" just destroyed me. If this is practice, I'm not sure I can cope with the finished product!

[@jakedee3188]

i recommend you watch interviews with both her guitarists...this one is egil clausen and the other is ivan mendez, this will give you an insight into how Angelina works egil - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKCXgYOtfdFjbc0 ivan - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKa0qqdoiZiUr6c

[@ronjones1077]

Most of these sessions were done spur of the moment with one take. Same with her other guitarist Ivan age 12 in LA. He she is 10/11

[@tomevans7567]

Another great reaction. And of course as always AJ knocked this song out of the park. Just as a little bit of history the movie that this song comes from, that someone else already mentioned, has one of the most quoted lines ever said in a movie. That quote is "Love means never having to say you're sorry". A line that was kind of controversial which people either loved or hated depending on what people thought was the sentiment behind it.

[@marshawolfe2948]

Great reaction Britt but please react to Angelina's cover of All I Ask by Adele Angelina's cover of How Great Thou Art And Angelina's cover of Suspicious Minds you're going to be blown away by all 3 allright once again great reaction love your new hairstyle you're such a beautiful woman thanks again we love Angelina so much and we wish nothing but the best for her💜💜💜💜

[@marvinboswell6889]

I don't want you to think this is a made up story but her guitarist have said she just looks thru her phone, finds a song she likes then listen to in ,he plays it through then sits down, he plays ,she sings and grandmother records it ,these are not learned and rehearsed songs its just RAW talent

[@tomrogers1305]

A big fan interviewed the two guitarists (Egil in Norway, Ivan in the USA) who the family hired for these "after school concerts" to help her stay sharp working with live bands. They both explained that these are not rehearsals (or even rehearsed). The family sits around talking about music, then about specific songs they know. She downloads the lyric & reads thru them while the guitarist reviews the music. Then they perform the song to camera (if the guitarist isnt ready, she just instructs to follow her) . Usually the first take is what we see. That's why you see her looking at her phone. Note that Gigi does this also.

[@kenscott8966]

Great job Britt. I think Angelina likely does spend a lot of time in musical pursuits which we don't see. In addition to warming up, and playing an instrument, I guess that much of that is listening to music. This allows her to absorb the phrasing and emotional ebbs and flows of songs (like here) even when she doesn't yet have the lyrics fully. This allows her to read the lyrics and use them to populate the story she is ready to tell.

[@marshawolfe2948]

That song is from the movie love story I think it was back in the seventies the movie

[@Ambro_Rider]

Per San Valentino devi ascoltare 'My funny Valentine '. La versione del 2022 👏🏻😊🇮🇹👣

[@iangoodall7620]

Hi, Character Media have just released on KZbin the 2 live performances from American/Asian Awards Gala; 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'I Have Nothing' 🧡

[@robertwhite6248]

You have to here AJ cover called "You Say" there is no video and the one I found was just a black screen but WOW..... AJ could sing a phone book...

[@ros8737]

My favorite from those jam sessions with Egil is The First Time Ever I saw Your Face, by Roberta Flack.

[@mldkenny]

Stunning. Still loving your reactions

[@billweekley4077]

It has been stated that from age three or four to present she practices four to six hours per day six days per week.

[@chrisjohnson1599]

I love seeing the suggested videos when you're done reacting to the video and seeing my bud, MrLBoyd, on YT's suggested watches for YOU. Angelina has a great voice and I hope that she can become an even bigger star than she already is here on YT. Growing up as a child, I remember my great-grandmother had an acrylic-cased music box with butterflies going around in a circle which played this very song. Every time I hear this song, it brings back memories of being at their house.

[@anthony7400]

She is a both a born talent and works at her craft. That said both solo guitarists that accompanied her said she generally did these in one take, if there was more they said it was their fault. Angelina liked the challenge of doing these without rehearsals, something about being in the moment i imagine. Here are interviews with solo guitarists (done by Alan Papier) that worked with her in LA and Norway. These are a little long for reaction video, but i'm sure you will get insight and enjoyment out of viewing them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKa0qqdoiZiUr6c and kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6Cll6Fjmal1i6c

[@poolhallshark]

Great reaction and observations, Britt 🙂 Angelina was 11 years old here. You mentioned how she rolls her eyes, and this is nothing new per say. She has been doing it since she was VERY young, around the age of 10 it peaked, whereas nowadays we don't see it too often. She has said in interviews that when she closes her eyes (which I guess is a pre stage of rolling her eyes) she goes into a very special place of utter peace and love. Maybe she even rolls her eyes behind her eyelids. Kinda hard to see 😅 Love from Norway ♥♥♥

[@tomwhite4736]

Character media just dropped " bohemian rhapsody " and " I have nothing "

[@poolhallshark]

@@tomwhite4736 Thanks for the info! I will check it out! Asia is opening their eyes to her now. She may hit Asia BIG time I think♥♥♥

[@poolhallshark]

@@tomwhite4736 Wow. GREAT sound. And I can clearly hear that Angelina had a cold here. And still she performs in that manner. What an extremely professional 16 year old. She was still 16 at the time 🙂

[@tomwhite4736]

@@poolhallshark Yes saw your comments and another contributer picked that up also , I didn't spot that myself , colds don't seem to diminish her performances .

[@poolhallshark]

@@tomwhite4736 That's for sure. Smart to move our conversation over here :-)

[@ooshta]

Hello Britt and thanks for that sweet reaction to 11 Angelina. I remember this theme to the movie my sister and I watched when we were young back than and we cried. Nice sad movie. Angie really brings out the song's meaning and at 11. At this time she was practicing around 4-5 hrs a day. She does close her eyes and even rolls them back into head a bit. The following year at age 12 she would do a beautiful and respectful tribute to Aretha Franklin right after she died. "Natural woman". Check it out. 👍❤ (PS. Angie’s volume was great, your mic's volume was way to low. )

[@primordialsimilarity6262]

Britt please react to Angelina's cover of California Dreaming, it's another Masterpiece

[@HS-ol4zl]

Great reaction again! Since it's valentine day, you should react to Angelinas most adorable version of "My funny valentine" at age 10! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYuVZntqlpeahqs

[@jojow.2158]

second it - unbeliaveble marvelous sry out of words for that Performance at age 10

[@grahamkelsey1675]

Of the young ones, I prefer the live one at the HIV event when she was 9...just piano and sax accompaniment...the pianist is just free expressing the entire song and that means Angelina had never really heard what he was going to play...it is an insanely sophisticated jazz performance by a little wood nymph with purple flowers in her hair, swinging her little feet to the rhythm

[@CarlosCastillo-ue9cz]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@newtron9]

Very nice Britt as usual, thanks. Was wondering why Ivan was not accompanying her here on this one!

[@vickie5ft2]

💜💙❤

[@ItsMe-cz1pi]

She recently released a few TikTok videos of her and Egil together again. Great to see the OG team together again. "Lost on you." kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHi4f2irqsRqedU "When you believe." kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIvEfKRmedN7rtk

[@richardduffy3115]

I think that older people who are familiar with the older songs, and in this case the movie that it's from, can relate and appreciate her choice of music a little more. You should listen to Andy Williams version, or the original, by whom their name escapes me now. Anyway, nice reaction to an 11 year old's rendition that sounded absolutely fantastic.

[@bockviken]

Remember this is may be the first rehearsal. Alan Papier has an interview with this norweigan guitarist Egil Clausen how they worked together. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKCXgYOtfdFjbc0 And also an interview with her LA guitarist Ivan Mendez kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKa0qqdoiZiUr6c

[@maryboylan3093]

Please do I will always love you love aj ❤️ love your reactions.

[@mikeplott4817]

Great Reaction 👍🙏👣

[@mikeplott4817]

I always say she is the hardest worker in show business 👍

[@angelightification]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@larryclark4297]

Happy Valentine's day

[@reedhaley15]

Love your reactions especially to Bill Burr. I am constantly baffled, however, by how often reactors whose life centres around music, are unaware of some of the iconic songs and artists of the past. Yes, I am older than most of them are but I am only a casual consumer of music and I know all these number one songs of my youth and before. Do modern music lovers not listen to older music unless they are suggested by patrons?

[@bygeorge100]

It's not surprising Angelina is "not 100% comfortable with the lyrics" in this video, as she's most likely sight-reading. She sing this live, in a single take, with no rehearsal. This is typical of her recordings with Egil Claussen (in this video, done in Norway) as well as her recordings with Ivan Mendez (done in LA). They would pick a song to record, and immediately do it in one take. For more about this, see Egil's & Ivan's interviews with Alan Papier: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmbaiKuhasuMgJI (Egil) and kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKa0qqdoiZiUr6c (Ivan).

[@andreletourneau]

Actually she rolls her eyes quite often

[@quantockbeech]

Yes, it's been a priviledge :)

[@tadeostodullo4587]

😀😀😀😀😀

[@ThierryBenoitguerrini]

Bonjour Britt, belle réaction comme toujours pour moi Angelina est une très grande interprète elle chante avec son cœur , je t'envoie un lien pour confirmer tes propos, bonne continuation. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWrXfmCJpcilZ7M

[@sewthuis9659]

heej britt just a tip do an reaction 2 AMIRA WILLIGEHAGEN AUDITION