SPIRITBOX AND TATIANA | Circle With Me Live Reaction - Scottish Singer Reacts

[@thorstenoerts]

I'll never grow tired of listening to this one. Courtney's cleans and Tatiana's growls sound absolutely fucking amazing together. 666/10.

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

Honestly top tier vocalists 😄💪

[@tho_she_be_but_litl]

Tati's harsh vocals have such a deep, gritty, absolutely unique quality. I could pick her out of a line up without hesitation. She's incredible.

[@eastcoastoverseer]

Chills. Every. Single. Time. Masters of their craft!

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

@@eastcoastoverseer i concur 💪

[@jasonnielsen9683]

Supposedly Tati said she was quite nervous about this performance as there was no rehearsal. So yeah, Tati is fucking amazing.❤

[@johncarpenter3751]

This colab melts faces. I bet the crowd had to sign a binding resolution in order to experience such awesomeness

[@sylbaryn]

Is it just me or did anyone else's socks vibrate off their feet when Tati came in with that first growl?

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

It was otherworldly 💪😄

[@frankhermansen243]

No disrespect intended, but It confirmed me in, Why I think Tati is the Greatest

[@MegaAlan54321]

I was there. And yes.

[@davidward9737]

No disrespect to Courtney at all. You can hear her girl come out on 2 parts. Tatiana...Hades said I want my voice back.

[@jimmyjohnson2611]

You are hilarious!! I absolutely loved watching you react to one of my favorites!! I'll be subscribing!!🤣🤙💙

[@thomaskellyjr6370]

Epic. Historic. Important

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

I concur 💪😄

[@scotthahn6666]

That kicked ass! I loved the vocals of both singers! I have a migraine and am going back to sleep. Keep up the great work My Fine Scottish Lady! ❤❤❤

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

@@scotthahn6666 feel better Scott 💜😄

[@actualamateur149]

If given the option, I would have given my soul to be at that show.

[@christerfurberg6538]

Spiritbox does have some songs with only harsh vocals (like Cellar Door). And some with none (like Constance). They don't like to stick to one formula. Love your reactions, and your style. Have a great 2025!

[@chriso6719]

Courtney and Tati sound great together. I really like near the end when Courtney was singing clean and Tati growling behind her. Lounder Than Life festival is in Louisville ,Kentucky, USA. They had another guest in this set. Poppy joined them for Spiritbox's new song "Soft Spine", which is all harsh vocals.

[@MrTinothemib]

I saw Jinjer live for the first time at the end of 2012 by chance at a festival! And this young, small, petite woman (when she stands next to me it always looks so funny and I'm not that tall at 192cm) But when Tatjana is on stage and starts doing her thing, she is gigantic with her voice, technique and stage presence, which really sets her apart from many others! I've been working in this whole concert, festival, stadium show & concert circus for decades! I've seen both acts live in various performance situations, that is, live on stage on tour, as a support act on tour for a headliner and at festivals... At the end of the day, I'm an "older 50-something" metal head who isn't into this pop metal from Spiritbox and all computer software-generated music and metal concerts controlled by countless laptops... I'm more on the craft metal musician side of the Ukrainians. And vocally, the two are completely different singers with such different types of harsh singing! I feel exactly as Melisa rightly said, I like the deeper, more powerful sound of it, whether it's the girls or the boys, much better than the high one! Courtney has a beautiful, clear singing voice, but as soon as she goes into harsh screaming mode, then I'm done for... she's just so high that I don't even hear her growling, it's a slightly deeper scream, but not quite that growling! And this form of harsh metal screaming like Courtney or Poppy or little 12-year-old Harper, I switch over or can just about get through a song and then have to leave because their shrieking, screaming singing technique really starts to lead to negative aggression over time, all this screaming. And Tatjana, in turn, has this very unusual depth as well as power, pressure that female singers do not have, and so she is the only one to create such clean, deep growls and her screams are also a little deeper, but with a certain pressure that others cannot master! I also know that during this song, performance at the festival, Tatjana's vocal sound was catastrophically bad for the audience most of the time... Sometimes the beginning, middle, etc. could not be heard at all, too quiet or otherwise constantly irregular! They obviously had a brutal struggle at the FOH and had no idea about the whole thing! You can also hear the difference in sound quality in the video, when Tatjana sings harshly into the microphone for the first time with full power, they had to really tinker at the end for the video to somehow get the sound tracks together! So it seems to me as if Tatjana's heavy, harsh vocals were always on the brakes and not at full speed! Funny stuff but next time please record everything better in the best quality so that you can really hear the best of both....😉🤘🏽🇨🇭🤗

[@regwilliams6952]

So funny when Tati points at Courtney as sings "all this could be yours". Such a great collab

[@glebivanov6323]

And before the first Cortney's growl. It's not just funny but vital part of great stage presence Tatiana always delivers. She's kinda commanding the stage and the crowd as well. It fits the music she performs pretty much.

[@davidjames6036]

Lol gr8 collab..... tati being a false chord harsh-clean switch beast as usual and courtney also doing gr8 job with her vocals. Jinjer - Audiotree From Nothing (Live Performance) Jinjer - Perennial (Live At Wacken 2019) Jinjer - Pit of Consciousness (Live in Kiev) Jinjer - On The Top (Live in Kiev) Jinjer - Who Is Gonna Be The One (Official Live) Jinjer - Judgement & Punishment (Tatiana One Take Vocal) Jinjer - Someone's Daughter (Official Video)

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

Thank you for this David 😄💪

[@MarStacey]

I got SO EXCITED when this video popped up ... All I wanted was to know that these beautiful & powerful women were friends.... And then they SANG together?!?! Seriously I nearly cried. Also I'm pretty sure that Courtney uses more of a "fry" scream & Tati uses a false-chord scream. Makes a lot of sense for the timbres 🤍✨

[@pauln0371]

As good as Courtney is , Tati is in another Universe..The Sceam Queen..We are not worthy...🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

I’m afraid I might agree 🥰

[@paulorovisco2108]

I agree Courtney is a Queen, but Tati is the Goddess

[@st421D]

The fact you feel the need to make this statement is strange...All these backhanded Courtney complemets in this comment section are sad to be honest.

[@hemlock399]

I think everyone who knows anything about both vocalists knew that Courtney and Tatiana would sound great together, and hoped to hear the proof someday - I'm so glad we finally got it! I also wish that Courtney and Tati had harmonized - the clean harmony you heard later in the song was provided by the bassist. My understanding is that Courtney & Tati did not rehearse this performance together, so they didn't really have a chance to plan or practice a harmony. It would be very cool to hear.

[@glebivanov6323]

It'd be cool and contribute to the hype if both bands will make cross-collab - one new song by Spiritbox featuring Tatiana and one song by Jinjer featuring Courtney (there're no any Jinjer's songs with featured artists, why not?).

[@PlugInKali]

Instead of listening to the original (studio) recording of Circle With Me, you should listen to her one take. It's really outstanding and in that final section she fully showcases her vocal ability.

[@one1lessreason]

Hey I was in that crowd. They had an amazing performance.

[@Schatje79]

If you're looking for a Spiritbox song that's just pure brutality without melodic fluff, please react to "Cellar Doors." I promise, you won't be disappointed.

[@darcystcorner2580]

This is the only version I listen to, wish they'd record this together

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

Honestly same 💪

[@josefgordon7712]

I CANNOT imagine being in that audience and seeing Tatiana come out on the second verse. I might have needed medical attention

[@jeffwellman2883]

Great reaction. Now you need to react to Tatiana's collaboration with 12 Foot Ninja on "Over and Out" (OMV). It would be a fun one. Anyway, have a great holiday season with those who you love and a successful and healthy 2025.

[@Fyrecide]

Two of the baddest women in music at the moment.

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

I concur 💪💜

[@SteveCoronado2]

Merry Christmas Mel and family!! 🤘🏻💥🔥🙏🏻💯

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

Merry Christmas to you Steve ❤️

[@scottfield5849]

Yep, no need for traffic shenanigans today. Rock onnnn, Melisa! 🤘😎👍

[@EmAllWasTaken]

In some interviews Tati has brought up a possibility for some side projects. I wouldn’t mind at all hearing you two having a duet someday.

[@JForrestFisher--76]

Heh I thought about recommending this but remembered you weren't a fan of Courtney's cleans. It puts such a big grin on my face every time I watch it or see someone discover it. :D

[@JesusSanchez-j1r]

The colab of the century

[@uncle_thulhu]

Spiritbox also did Soft Spine with Poppy at the same show. Brilliant footage. . Circle With Me is a very breathy song, for the most part. In fact, the one-take she did was even breathier, but somehow still better than the studio version. Still, if you want fully brutal Courtney, you want Holy Roller Cellar Door Angel Eyes Soft Spine All 100% brutality.

[@PowderedToastMan420]

All I want for Christmas is TOOL! 🤞✌️

[@nikkihayes5411]

Agree with Sunshaker....definitely Poppy time😈

[@Flesharrower]

Unfortunately, during the performance, the feed from Tati's mic wasn't getting further than the mixing/recording desk, so for the crowd, they heard Courtney, then silence whenever Tati sang. It's kind of the reason this performance was released as a video, because it was too fucken good for no one to hear it. It was the bass player from Spiritbox who remixed it for the video.

[@markus2380]

SPIRITBOX sounds SO SO good when Tati sings

[@andrebrodbeck3883]

Lol, but i agree. 😂

[@Bonzoso21]

Ever since Courtney did the 1 Take, I'm always a bit bummed when the album version of Circle With Me comes on because her awesome screams at the end are lower in the mix rather than the main vocal track. This duet with Tati and Courtney's 1 Take video are so much better!

[@josefgordon7712]

😳……so much awesomeness……

[@sunshaker01]

This is not the only collaboration that Spiritbox did that day, Spiritbox - Soft Spine ft. Poppy - Live at Louder Than Life 2024 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWK4fpahbNGYask (you do not seem to have done Poppy so maybe that would be a good introduction).

[@jasonconklin6702]

"ready for them to start fighting crime"!!! We need this TV series ;) Yeah! I'd definitely watch the shit out of that too!!! "the world is a whore"!!! you're funny and I like your reaction and this is an epic collab! So, I gotta check out what else you've done. did you see the collab with Poppy? And hoping you have a Sleep Token reaction ;)

[@MetalSamurai99]

I found the studio version of Circle With Me disappointing after hearing the version from "Spiritbox - Circle With Me - Courtney LaPlante live one take performance" kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH7Rl56NbrqNmZYsi=o0NO4ZR0OYrSvCYD (or even any of the live recordings out there). I think some odd decisions were made when recording it that they've since changed after performing it live.

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

That is 100% how I feel. The OG recording could be super compressed, I’m not sure but they don’t highlight how wonderful she actually is. Thanks for watching my dude 😄

[@aitchessanon4312]

Interestingly, in a recent interview, Courtney said that when you listen to the official studio version of any Spiritbox song, it’s the worst you’ll hear her perform it, because she hasn’t always yet figured out (through live performances of the song) what additional vocal techniques she can throw in to add more impact.

[@cat-o-matic]

I've got me knickers in a twist. It doesn't feel good. 😩

[@rgbenge7580]

I would love to have been at the rehearsals, "I'll sing soft here and you scream like a F#$%ing Demon here. What do you think?"

[@frankh9600]

This performance was unrehearsed. Josh Gilbert (bass, backing vocals clearly audible here) took the tracks from the soundboard recoding and remixed the stuff the following days after the event. Early footage on TT, YT, FB, Insta, evidences that Tatiana's vocals were barely listenable in the live sound mix 😢 Well decided, this concert clip will make it above 100mn views in less than one year and help to push Spiritbox' and Jinjer's stellar trajectory.

[@alanfoster6589]

Since she was first discovered, I've been waiting for Diana Ankudinova to attempt an Yma Sumac song. Herewith: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHK1qIpngdSoh7c

[@coder4liberty]

I think Courtney probably does the breathy vocals slightly different live because they don't project live the way she did them in the one take or the studio track.

[@antcopson8408]

Check out Courtney’s one take performance of this song🤟🤟🤘🤘

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

I might have seen it but I’ll have a look anyway! 😄

[@heyskipj]

So much great with these two. My damn ear hears Tati thinner in the melody and Courtney's voice richer. Then Tati's greowl comes from the lowest pits of hell that ripped the skin off my flesh. Tati def gets Boss Queen for that. Fave part was Courtney's melody over the demon growls. We should let them fight it out like T1 & T2 Terminator style. The future lies in the balance! And yeah! You've been sleeping on some Spiritbox. A lot of judgement off one song. Fair. But still only one song. FWIW, I think Spiritbox is more dimensional than a lot of prog-core bands. Cellar Door to Secret Garden to Rule of Nines. Put down the 'nog and get to it!🧟‍♀

[@Hlaford29]

Gosh, I thought it was my imagination... I also heard Courtney's voice somehow stronger, more interesting here than in the original track. And I really shared your opinion that she somehow lacked somehow in the "cleans". Now, after this collab, I've changed my opinion. But perhaps it's that their style as a band is mixing harsh with pop, that's why she has to sound like that, and here she was just doing what that crowd most wanted - "meat"... And Jinjer are more about progressive sound (more complex music, I mean), which is really heard in such songs as the famous "Pisces", or "I speak astronomy". This needs another vocal "colouring"

[@gtrsean2429]

Truth bothers some people.

[@wickedPrints3256]

I prefer Courtney's vocals but they do sound amazing together.

[@SubwaySweden]

I'm a lot of things.... intelligent is not one of them ;-)

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

@@SubwaySweden I would like to make the list of all the things you are 👹

[@satanictaffy]

Courtney's scream is 14 year old girl throwing a tantrum. Tatiana's is more manly and demonic. And then Tatiana's scream following Courtney's made Courtney's scream sound even more wimpy than it already does.

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

I have to disagree. Courtney’s tone is different but it’s as strong as Tati’s. I’m also willing to believe she’s got a stronger scream than you or me. Remember Tati literally said in an interview that she wasn’t developing a deeper timbre because women vox = bad. Avoid that boomer language, you must be better than that.

[@st421D]

What a moronic take

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

@@st421D Sorry who’s take it moronic and why?

[@st421D]

@@SoulSingerDiscovers The guy who made the origianl comment about Courtney "screaming like a 14 year old girl" (he clearly has some mommy complex for Tatiana).

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

Yeah my thoughts exactly. I want people to be better because I have some amazing commenters with a lot of heart and intelligence but these comments are just really baffling

[@oldmanjimh3165]

High vocals suck, to me.

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

@@oldmanjimh3165 we’ve all got a preference

[@GeekFurious]

When someone says something dumb, then blames a whole community for not understanding them... it's a sign you should stop coming to their channel.

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

I listened again and stand by it. Her vox sounded very dull compared to her wonderful distorted in the OG recording. If anything in that has made you not want to come back. Good. I need to be having chewy conversations with people who are intelligent and thoughtful, not super emotional

[@davelewis3775]

Personal opinion isn't dumb, slagg8ng off someone for a personal opinion that has nothing to do with liking or disliking a whole genre or and is just a personal preference is gatekeepers and just petty and dumb. I love metal, and all music, but personally think Dave Mustaine has one of the most annoying singing voices in the world. Does this affect whether I like metal or music? No. Does it mean I can't have an opinion on music? No. Does it mean your being an arse saying its a while community, when it's 1 or 2 people posting on a vid, and trying to flex cancel culture on someone expressing a personal view, most likely, but it's your view, however petry and misguided, and your welcome to it. Ipp make my own mind up and stay subscribed. 😉😘

[@baynuman]

@@SoulSingerDiscovers I came across this guy on a few youtube channels I folowed, also on Reddit. He has very rude responses to those who don't praise Spiritbox "enough" like himself. He especially gets angry if you say more complimentary things about Jinjer or Tatiana. I don't know what's wrong with him. Don't mind imo.

[@hemlock399]

@@davelewis3775 Agree overall...and Mustaine has an annoying personality as well as an annoying singing voice! Some great music, though.

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

@@baynuman at the risk of oversimplifying, he is being a right dobber. Being defensive of your fav band is completely fine but there’s a line, but that’s just my opinion so who cares I guess 😄