Memory (Jennifer Hudson) | Cats (2019) | TUNE

Jennifer Hudson sings a stunning rendition of Memory as she stars as Grizabella.
Cats (2019) Tom Hoopers breathtaking screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's stage phenomenon. An abandoned cat discovers a new life after stumbling into the world of the Jellicles. The tribe competes annually to determine the Jellicle Choice who would journey to Heaviside Layer and be reborn.
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[@darlenelipuma7769]

The words to this song make me cry every time. Any time I see a beat up cat, afraid of humans, weary, I think of the words to this song and imagine how different that cat's life could be if someone would just "touch her". Excellent performance by Jennifer.

[@MisssKayy]

😂

[@toddlight3193]

Idk what yall are talking about, she killz it. I get chillz Everytime hudson comes in. 😮

[@joshuawaldorf9559]

This is the only thing you'd ever remember from this film.

[@nyarlathotep4389]

you will remember everything from this movie. in your nightmares!

[@Weiyingloveseveryday]

This is the only thing everyone remembers from this movie

[@k.s5889]

I cry a river 😢

[@theprousteffect9717]

There were so many cringey parts, so I remember most of it, unfortunately.

[@Inoyam1]

The only thing I remember about this scene when I saw it in theatres was I was so excited to hear this song from Jennifer. But at the crescendo her voice was overshadowed by the orchestra. It was the part that she was going to really belt it out ‘TOUCH ME’ and the freakin’ trumpets / drums/ violin or whatever decided to BLLAAAAMM 🎺 🎺 🎻 🥁 🎻 at the same time

[@narkedandafraid]

Cats was not a fantastic movie. However, I think Jennifer Hudson killed it with this rendition of Memory. I wasn't familiar with the film or the broadway show when I watched this version of Cats, so when she sang, "Touch me, it's so easy to leave me," it brought tears to my eyes. I just wasn't expecting it, something so raw and vulnerable. You could truly feel her giving it her all.

[@MaguireGOAT4Ever]

She literally sings: ,, TOUCH ME, it's so easy to leave me..." After she got touched 🤣🤣🤣

[@rs9111]

She wanted acceptance. The others to touch and accept her the way Victoria did

[@MaguireGOAT4Ever]

@@rs9111 ok so you really didn't watch cats the musical, did you?

[@FuzaketeSatsugai]

RIGHT? IT LEGIT BREAKS THE WHOLE POINT. also where tf is Jemima? Like I get Victoria is the one to touch her AFTER GRISABELLA IS DONE SINGING, but Jemima is super important. She helps Grisabella get back into the Jellical cats and sings the part of memory that encourages Grisabella is belt out singing “touch me, it’s so easy to leave me”. Like bro did director never watch CATs 😭

[@StephKN1]

From Elaine Paige to Sara Brighton and Jennifer Hudson they have all brought to light the heart and soul of this amazing character. Each was amazing and exactly as they should be. I myself humbly say thank you to all of them for this song that has held my heart since I was 15 years old.

[@slobodangrasic5649]

Indeed?

[@scotthix2297]

Betty Buckley set the bar high to start with.

[@anatoliyspirov1755]

Elaine Paige - The best performance. As well as 1998 it is the best in terms of singers and way of singing.

[@sumperson6246]

The whole point of memory is that grizabella wants to be touched and accepted back into the jellicles; yet victoria literally touches her multiple times

[@jeremyshelman9716]

shhhhh. you're not supposed to notice that.

[@soniapedder87]

Victoria wasn't a jellicle at that point. She was welcomed into them at the end after Grizabella had moved on to be reborn again

[@sharonvicknair2689]

I love the movie, cats and Jennifer Hudson. I love you when you sing that song I cried like a little baby you are beautiful and talented.

[@heart2154]

out whole movie these are the only words i can remember. Jennifer hudson blew it out of the water with this song, and the emotion she brought. Splendid ^_^ truely it was amazing!

[@zhamiram6578]

She did fantastic! To think this wasn’t cast as good as they cast on broadway is puzzling though.

[@elizabethgari4909]

While i adore Jennifer Hudson, i think she sang it a bit too rough for want of a better expression, through the song. Take a look at the version with Elaine Paige. Just the look in her eyes brought me to tears. Jennifer Hudson is one of my favorite artists ever but I liked the Elaine Paige version WAY better.

[@user-jy8ub2xf6d]

I Love the cat move i Love the songs they sing.

[@moderatelyamusing94]

Honestly, Jennifer Hudson and Jason Derulo were great - their vocals are to notch. Had they actually embraced the spiri of the original (no CGI, make it a stage-esque show, NO Corden or Rebel) this could've been better.

[@burburchacha]

5:59 not sure why this cracked me up LOL LOL But have to say JHudson's singing is so awesome!

[@elizabethgari4909]

I think she totally over sang it.

[@edudh5723]

Director: Quién puede poner sentimiento en ésta canción? Jennifer Hudson: Sostén mi Óscar un momento.

[@Annahg78]

Since they already changed up the story from the original anyway, I would have thought this part more endearing if Victoria had gotten in front of Grizabella and hissed at all the cats hissing at her warning them to back off.

[@yuhgetintoit3190]

so true wow

[@PeachyFairyFox]

I can see where you are coming from. I think the reason that they didn't is because Victoria is meant to represent innocence and purity, and aggression, even when used to defend, may break this narrative.

[@chrisbetsy898]

Masterful.

[@suzannebenz8928]

Bravo, Jennifer!!

[@upj2516]

音程は一切乱れないのに、グリザベラの情感と悲痛な心はよく表れているように感じました。 サビの声量と迫力、感情の爆発は圧倒されます。 私も音程など基礎的な練習を大事にしながら、感情も込められるように練習します。 いつも感情を込めることが先走ってしまうので、まずは基礎を徹底致します。 Thank you so much.

[@Willy2000ization]

Legit made me shed tears

[@dbro7756]

its the greatest Jen Hudson work ever. It seems she is dressed and looks like Aretha, obviously preparing for a biopic :)

[@giorgiabracchi7931]

simply beautiful, amazing, grand performance. Thank you!!

[@MilagrosPlanas-be5fp]

I LOVE Jennifer H, ❤❤

[@phills1570]

Absolutely amazing stunning performance

[@ghostrider-ek8gu]

Jennifer Hudson does a great job .. with a great voice and interpretation. Beautifully done!

[@user-gb3yy1gv7n]

凄い❗感動しました👏👏👏👏👏

[@pixelpix0098]

this song gives me chills

[@valeriadealmeida1]

Perfect...❤

[@marthainesvillauribe1098]

Qué belleza !!!

[@elmojon909]

this song is one of my favorites is better than the others

[@BarbaraatQueensAvenueTarot]

That was brilliant!

[@karikikariki2973]

この歌を大画面と大音響で聴けただけでこの映画を見てよかったも思う

[@tigranmikayelyan3963]

This is a qualitatively new interpretation: some new perspective is definitely added to the initial message! A unique and stunning musical intonation! BravA!

[@ashleydeangelis2436]

So talented

[@LauraVIGNON-zn3vo]

Sixième chanson préférée 😊

[@starmythgurl8580]

Wow

[@TAndrackeH]

no words

[@fetB]

Imagine those gorgeous people with proper make up. Such a waste of a great cast

[@nicoleo5962]

I have to say, I LOVE Jhud, she’s hands down one of the best vocalists of my generation. That being said, growing up obsessing over the broadway performance I would watch on VHS over and over and over again, I absolutely HATE everything about this movie. I hate the creepy humanoid CGI cat people. I hate the vocals of the girl singing with her. I hate 95% of her performance of this song. I don’t ever want to see/hear this again.

[@elizabethgari4909]

I TOTALLY AGREE. They murdered this beautiful song.

[@Mushr00m_Fr0gZ]

"TOUCH ME!!" she literly just did

[@harperfein3191]

love

[@alma_moral1974]

U love it and im 18

[@joemoe7191]

Jennifer Hudson community please tiny desk

[@katiehickey4539]

I'll bet if both Jemima and Syllabub were in Cats the Musical on Broadway, they'd be best friends with each other and Victoria.

[@JoshuaOrro-MustangPrinceOR-YTB]

as a Stage Musical Fan, The Marvels brought me here

[@juanmanuelhernandezalvarez533]

Having Barbra Streisand, Sarah Brightman, Elaine Paige, Celine Dion singing this song, it doesn't make any sense having this Jennifer Hudson shouting in the movie.

[@sazisongcobo1012]

The best

[@bishopcruz]

"I was beautiful then." ? She looks just fine in this version, in the stage play her coat, her makeup her hair, all gave the impression of a cat who was barely hanging on to life, either due to surviving an accident or whatever. Here, the lyrics just don't work.

[@tbn22]

Unpopular opinion, but I didn’t feel the Elaine Paige version at all. She can sing for sure, but it felt routine. This version sounds desperate, terrifying, lonely, melancholic.. Especially how she almost cries while singing it. This is my favorite version of the character.

[@bboop200]

THIS is how this song was to be interpreted and emoted. Not the yelling/showy stereotypical “Broadway” voices of the ‘80’s (minus Buckley). It’s perfect with the one “belt” that Jennifer does here. Perfect.

[@teamfol]

Not bad, she's no Elaine Page though.

[@zhamiram6578]

Yeah Elaine page was everything on this song!

[@zhamiram6578]

Paige ***

[@BodhiChimp]

You’re right, she’s better

[@serapho]

I lost 10 bucks because of this. She's on key, but like the rest of the movie, it's not good enough.

[@HCaulfield115]

Who’s the other singer? She’s fantastic also

[@glenharris2773]

I get it, she was going for a different interpretation, but this does not hold a candle to Elaine Paige's classic version.

[@EP-yd7vz]

No kidding. She kind of screams it.

[@rosssallee9790]

It feels more in line with Betty Buckley's version, I just wished we could have heard her belt it out more like that version because she has that power house voice.

[@irenevilla3857]

Barbara Streisand, did a good Job, But Elaine Paige, "Owned" it. Jennifer Hudson is Not an Opera Singer.

[@irenevilla3857]

I totally agree.

[@isimpleythebest]

Hello Sir Zimitius, Paris with love so far ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sylvani1]

where is jemima ?

[@Tayeirand6]

Precious

[@MyThingol]

Это так плохо, что даже хорошо....

[@sarahheri7027]

ok. but when rebel wilson delivered a square 1, and steven mcrea a 10 in skimbleshanks, then jennifer hudson did a solid 8.5 to me. it's a movie-version, it's okay that she's not doing perfect, but rather a little rough, and emotional(ly unstable), it's just the style the movie was going for, and that's... you know, not great, but OKAY. so, to me jennifer hudson did a good job here, and i like her version. it's good enough to distract me from the overall design (but not good enough to distract from the lacking plot here, because they butchered the story a little, especially concerning her)

[@NPC19191]

That was terrifying

[@heyheyhey40]

I feel like the makeup artist were rough around the edges.

[@lukepevensie]

jennifer did a fantastic job, we want Elaine Paige back for a remake

[@odbierzvatpit2172]

Jenny .. You great btw . . so beautiful .. but This is Elaine's part..

[@tonykernighan9175]

is that judi dench?????

[@SG-dh8wy]

Not bad (6.5/10), the faces may not align sometimes, but the singings not bad.

[@Martin-es8mb]

Taylor Swift was one of the cats yes the pop star was part of the cast of the film version.

[@TheOrientalNightFish]

Why is she so impossibly and finally sad?

[@jeremyshelman9716]

A real show stopper. No really, stop it, please.

[@user-zg5by7fs4r]

Насколько велик вариант 1998,настолько омерзителен этот

[@s.g.7572]

That growl on "All alone" is fantastic. It's a great vocal performance, but for some reason I don't feel the emotion. Her acting is sort of generically sad, with no specificity.

[@susanroos7625]

Sorry but original version is Betty Buckley- No one could perform better

[@user-zm2fw9vb3m]

The negative backlash against a wonderful Tom Hooper's film and its subsequent box office failure is reminiscent of mass insanity and a total misunderstanding of the difference between cinema and theater. And this scene is great. Better than Jennifer Hudson, no one sang this great song.

[@haroldgray457]

Nor does it come to betty buckleus version

[@katiehickey4539]

Victoria; Poor Grizabella. She must have had the worst time of being being neglected, disowned, and abandoned that I did.

[@ConkerKing]

Christ !!

[@thomasmiles340]

This is more of a theatrical experience. It just doesn't work on film. If you really want to hear this song sung right, watch Elaine Page or Betty Buckley do it. Cheers.

[@toivoronk3286]

Not bad, not bad, but Elaine Paige is better. You can compare.

[@pavolbogdan2422]

Elaine sang it 100 times better

[@starelise1387]

Lies

[@sergioypaolamoya7244]

And You?

[@mandyeosphantasmas1202]

I hate how they just took my girl Jemima out of her rightfull place

[@mecbranleur7879]

It's not just the movie that is bad; Cats is Andrew Lloyd Webber's worst musical by a long shot. When I saw the Broadway show, I literally nearly fell asleep in the theater. When it was over I left shaking my head, wondering how this show got so many accolades and had so many people clamoring to see it. I'm a huge Andrew Lloyd Webber fan... but this one was downright boring. "Memory" wasn't even intended to be in the original play, but it was included at the last minute because the show needed something more focused. And as we know now, it turned out to be the only part of the play that anyone remembers. JHud really killed it in this movie version; I've never heard anyone else come even close to singing Memory with this much feeling and passion.

[@ZalemMoon]

I find it interesting when people say that the musical is so boring. I actually think most musicals in general are incredibly boring, but Cats is one of the few that I find incredibly interesting and really beautiful. It does something different while also having fun creatively with it. I think people don't like it because it is more abstract and concept/dance driven. It's the same reason why people find ballets boring, there's a lot of ballet elements in Cats.

[@jimaugie4993]

Sorry. There is NOTHING special about this.

[@starelise1387]

She sang it better than Helen

[@odbierzvatpit2172]

No ..!! Elaine .. only Elaine ..

[@starelise1387]

Compared to Jennifer Helen sucked

[@OtisRobinson-np3id]

Just dreadful . How this ever got made is beyond me

[@PopTheKitty22]

The only good cover in the movie

[@alfredolopez4092]

movie sucked

[@stevedania]

I love, love, love Jennifer. But boy, I think this was terrible acting and staging. I blame the director. Jennifer needed help. Watch Betty Buckley. Everything Betty did was cat-like--movements, emotion, posture. Nothing about Jennifer's performance resembled a cat other than the costume and make-up--and even those resembled a nondescript stuffed animal more than a cat. Not trying to be funny but Jennifer seemed more like a needy old dog than a once-glorious and now sad and abandoned cat.

[@antonioamicucci8217]

This is horrible. I came in expecting so much, especially after reading comments. This is sad, sad, sad! You know they lowered the key on this? Shes singing about an octave lower, and the fake opera voice? Not her fault, this was all on the director. But a sad excuse for a performance on this song.

[@riomedboy]

I think comparing this rendition to that of Elaine’s is dumb af.

[@leeannturner494]

I prefer Elaine Page & the musical. This movie is a monstrosity & the human faces digitally put on cat bodies is scary. This movie is unnatural & unnecessary

[@anuujinodontsetseg3199]

4дуу❤жукж

[@MrHlopin]

Ужас конечно.

[@estebanquinones5918]

I'm sorry but this was not a good performance. Nothing against Jenny over here but they did not give her the proper direction for the song. They took away crucial moments away from the song. SHES LITERALLY OFF BEAT THE WHOLE ENTIRE SONG . AND THEB VICTORIA TOUCHING HER BEFORE SAYING TOUCH ME WHY?!?!? its literally the point of the song. And this "speak-singing" thing hooper does is just so stupid.

[@michelleaguirre6382]

Yikes she looks scary

[@jimaugie4993]

Jennifer Hudson BUTCHERED what should have been the crown song of this play. If their plan was to jump from Beauty to Beast, they succeeded.

[@StopBeingLiedTo]

meh... Betty Buckley still reigns supreme! I don't think jennifer hudson actually got what she was singing.

[@KalystaQuasar]

This is so sad. They really don't look like real cats, as in their faces. Still look fully human than cats. It's the worst movie of 2019.

[@havehope646]

Jesus loves you and he wants you to repent and to spread the gospel

[@kimberly9864]

yo momma

[@havehope646]

@@kimberly9864 Jesus loves you ❤️

[@thesecretlifeofbuns4336]

Are you ok

[@RonaldReaganRocks1]

This movie looks real bad. Way too much cgi. Hollywood needs to learn to shoot things real.

[@daveku99]

terrible with a side of creepy. Jennifer Hudson with a hairy chest? She just does not have the 'it' as she did in Dream Girls... and she knows it.

[@markalbrecht4074]

Definitely not the best

[@peinero6797]

エレイン・ペイジを聴いた時には涙が止まらなかったけど、ジェニファー・ハドソンのはうまいけど心に響かなかったな。

[@user-jz8bv7dh7k]

Yuck

[@havehope646]

spread the gospel jesus DIED for us so repent and spread the word of God