Vocal Coach Reacts I Dreamed A Dream - Les Miserables | WOW! She was...

[@SongsFromASuitcase]

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[@kimberly2310]

She's the only one who has sung this song like a battered, abandoned, hopeless, DYING woman. It was perfect.

[@ShawnMcKenzie-CP]

exactly

[@TheHalifornian]

It’s musical theatre 🎭 it’s raw!!

[@reaganmattiello7137]

If she had sung this song "vocally correct" or "perfect" it wouldn't have had nearly the same emotional effect. One of the things I love so much about this movie is that most of the songs are not sung with the intention of sounding beautiful but with the intention of showcasing the emotion.

[@applepie6832]

Her performance had Hugh crying on set

[@billizetti]

It was a very emotional story, so I agree the movie should be about emotions instead of technique.

[@cryofpaine]

This isn't a soundtrack that you listen to because the music is so amazing. But I love how this style added so much to the story. The clean singing always feels so out of place with the tragic nature of the story. Even Russel Crowe's performance is perfect for the character. Soulless, bland, and lacking any real emotion - just like Javert. (If it's not clear, I HATE that character so much!)

[@cryofpaine]

@@applepie6832 I have never cried as hard at any other piece of media as I did this movie, and this song in particular. I was sobbing, snot dripping, ugly crying. And I never would have had that response if she'd been the typical technically perfect musical style.

[@fionatanzer5270]

@@cryofpaine the same here! It was a powerful performance precisely because her singing reflected how broken she was. The close up rendered the depiction of her emotion overwhelming

[@jennifermiller1542]

It wasn't about vocal technique. It was about the emotion. And it was good enough to win her an Oscar.

[@alphaomega6365]

But the singing sucks

[@josiahmontgomeryofficial5062]

@@alphaomega6365 the singing only “sucks” because she’s also acting since it’s still a movie. She can definitely sing, but her job wasn’t to be vocally correct

[@alphaomega6365]

@@josiahmontgomeryofficial5062 Tell that to Hugh Jackman

[@RinDewmelon]

@@alphaomega6365 he cried

[@jotunfalls4026]

Both can coexist!! Plenty of great broadway performers delivered this song with both emotion and great technique.

[@lmhmd96]

She was acting, that was her main focus on this perfomance not the singing , that gave her an Oscar

[@QuikVidGuy]

but singing should be the focus in a... singing role

[@marcelabustamante2005]

I agree. The reviewer has missed the point completely.

[@beth0725]

I agree with the OP. This is a movie. AH prioritised acting through the song because the song is designed to make you feel the despair of the character and everything she's been through. If she had prioritised the vocals, it would have been vocally perfect but lacking some of the raw emotion from the voice breaks and delivery. If it was all about the vocals, she'd be singing in a recording studio. The song is all about telling the story of Fantine as it is essential to the story. In that sense, the music has a supporting role to the story of the movie. If the main focus should've been the singing/vocals, it would be an album not a movie.

[@QuikVidGuy]

@@beth0725 well I used to say the same, but hearing lea salonga makes me cry more than Anne Hathaway

[@kassiogomes8498]

@@QuikVidGuy no singing should be the focus if the person is a singer. If they are an actor they should be focus on acting.

[@bryancash9051]

This scene broke me. I had just had my teeth removed and my hair had fallen out during my battle with cancer due to both radiation and chemotherapy. I didn’t need at the time a perfect singer. I needed someone to sing the way I felt during that dark time in my life. I cried for the next six hours on my couch and afterwards I felt a weight had been lifted and that I could continue on. I’ve been in remission now for almost ten years now.

[@claudiestreveypanneton7409]

Dear Bryan I just stumbled on your post. It made me cry. I felt the same at some point during chemo too. You are totally right in every way. I’m so sorry you had to suffer that much. I hope with all my heart you are doing extraordinarily good today. Wish you the best ❤

[@curtismiller89]

I may not understand the pain you had to go through but I'm going to pray for you to get to the Pearly Gates Heaven when God calls you home. Just remember, Don't let the flame in your soul die out. For when you do that, Satan has you in his hands. Pray for salvation and protection from the evils seen and unseen and pray for God to rid your body of that illness and pray that you recover swiftly and surely.

[@bryancash9051]

@ bless your heart, and I mean that in THE most passive aggressive way possibly. God didn’t fix me, I fixed me, by going to doctors who believe in science. Next time you want to comment please take the time and actually read what someone says and think before you speak. Your god actually tells you too do this in the Bible if you read it. Now have a blessed day and go witness to someone else. My soul is just fine thank you for who are you to assume and judge

[@cathyeldridge4293]

This is why you are a vocal coach not acting coach. This was one of the greatest Oscar winning performances of all time.

[@archiethegardener5732]

LOUDER!!!

[@haejinkim888]

Why is not being a acting coach relevant? this is a singing reaction video not a acting reaction video

[@deviantmoore9744]

@@haejinkim888 Look at context in which the song exists, in a movie. The singing goes hand in hand with the acting, that's literally the point of musicals. You cannot judge the song on a singing bases only without acknowledging the acting equally.

[@haejinkim888]

@@deviantmoore9744 Her job is to judge solely on the song. Not how it fits according to the movie. And in this video she didn't not say Anne Hathaway did not give a winning performance. And people can have different reactions to the emotions. And my comment meant was that the above comment felt a bit condescending that was all. Hope I didn't affect anyone

[@jotunfalls4026]

This is a vocal performance, saying that the vocals dont matter (or alluding to that) is just wrong.

[@nancyfrolich3448]

Anne was definitely leaning into her emotions, it was sung live on set in front of the entire cast and made everyone misty-eyed. One thing I will say, is that in some of your Glee reactions to Naya and Lea, you mention how hard it is to cry and stay on key at the same time, and Anne did a great job at doing that, which you can't do without starting with an amazing voice. I know you had a bit of a bias going into this reaction, but this was one of the best performances in the movie to a lot of people. I'm a musical theatre kid, and this brought me to tears. Some things that you praise in others you didn't mention in this. She was heaving and still hitting her notes and her timing. I still love your reactions and will always come back for more, just giving you another perspective 💕

[@brittany_maireexx3777]

Exactly what I was about to comment I think her opinion would be different if she knew it was live on set and not pre recorded like the rest of the songs so I think her opinion on this is coming from the assumption that it’s a pre recorded song

[@Jaasau]

But this argument is based on the proposition that singing this well means people won’t cry or will cry less. I don’t accept that premise.

[@nancyfrolich3448]

@@Jaasau not at all what I meant. As a vocalist I know how hard it is to stay on pitch when you get emotional, I just wanted to point out that even the best singers go off key when they cry. It wasn't meant to say that if you aren't good you won't cry, just that when anyone at all cries it changes your tone and the placement of your vocals. I was just trying to give some constructive criticism based on when she said how impressive it was for other singers to cry and still hit the notes but didn't mention it when it came to Anne. It was purely based on her own statements in previous reactions. It is very hard to stay on key while crying, let alone while heaving and hyperventilating, that's all 🙂

[@CheG1224]

@@nancyfrolich3448 I agree, the reactor said herself that your vocal chords tightens up when you cry. The important thing is that she did hit the right notes. If she had opened her mouth more or sang like she was in a theater play she would seem like only acting. Which she isn't in here. She truly internalized with her role. She is an amazing actress who can really sing well.

[@sheaabutter]

is there an interview or something where they talked about the casts reaction ?

[@avelinolayug9929]

Imagine experiencing what Fantine experienced, can you still sing pretty after all of that?

[@jotunfalls4026]

On broadway she can

[@josiahmontgomeryofficial5062]

@@jotunfalls4026 broadway version sucks

[@elisabetta611]

Singing badly is necessary to convey emotion.

[@Ilikeflowers00]

I saw it in broadway a few months ago and it was absolutely amazing and so beautiful but heartbreaking. It was beautiful and emotional I cried and it sounded better and stronger, like her giving her last strength and keep in mind she dies fairly soon after.

[@beeppboopp]

​@@elisabetta611it makes me think of ugly crying versus like, pretty "movie crying." Sometimes movies will make people cry but look all beautiful, and peaceful while they do. Which is NO WHERE near as emotional as someone who is an actual wreck, ugly crying and face all red. They don't look pretty, sure, but that's not the point.

[@Derenze11]

This isn't just about singing tho. Anne's literally crying while slaying this song. And we all know how incredibly difficult it is to sing when you're crying. This is a masterpiece.

[@fernandomoreno6197]

Anne won an Oscar for this, and it was SOOO deserved 😍

[@RoxieRHeart]

The way she sung and acted this out was pure perfection, absolutely raw and emotional. She also sang this in one take. Most worthy Oscar nomination

[@586bomin]

Every note on this performance was deliberate, i personally think that this was a fantastic way of singing this song. Sometimes grandiose singing doesn't convey emotions, this did. Les Miserables is first and foremost a literary work and Anne here put Fantine's desperate situation out there for all to see.I never understood why would anyone sing this song smiling, this performance was perfect.

[@colleendarley9019]

Anne is a wonderful singer. This particular role they wanted the focus to be on her emotional acting, which she definitely brought to the table. I would love to see you react to her singing in Ella Enchanted.

[@anairsta6507]

I was going to suggest this toon. I love that movie.

[@invisiblegirl4151]

For me this song is an episode of emotionally vomiting, you can’t pretty that up, it is unpredictable and desperate and real. It is the heaviest deepest pain expressed and in that head space we ugly cry, scream, sob, and say and do anything else that comes up. It’s arguably the most emotional song in this movie. She is alone with no one to judge her and no one to impress, it’s resonates with some of our own experience.

[@ScardajMakeup]

Probably this is an unpopular opinion but I LOVE this performance 😍 I was sobbing after watching this at the movie theatre. Literally sobbing. I love all the “imperfections”. I m so glad she earned an Oscar for her performance in this movie. ❤

[@larynanntapp6333]

Scanning the comments, I don't think your opinion is wrong!

[@zhen3142]

Well she got an Oscar for it so not an unpopular opinion

[@anderslundin8976]

Yes, so unpopular it won her an oscar...

[@mikokennoob5032]

She was full on real crying and full on singing at the same time, its phenomenal in itself.

[@JVSfit23]

I find it’s hard to judge this based on broadway standards as this is a movie and this is more focused on the emotions as this isn’t preformed on a stage so it would be way too much to sing this in front of a camera as stage acting and movie acting are completely different

[@JVSfit23]

@Seductive Raven yes but a musical done in-front of a camera which involves different style of acting as it would be on stage. I personally love how this is done. Would it hold up on a stage? No. It’s too small an intimate. It would get lost on stage but here on film the way this is done is amazing and real and each small and tiny emotion can be easily seen by the viewer. Making it more intimate.

[@kevinbailey8827]

A lot of the choices made for this movie did not work for me, but Eddie R’s Empty Chairs at Empty Tables and Samantha B’s On My Own did work very well. And this. I saw this clip before the movie was released, and it blew me away. I thought Anne H deserved an Oscar for just this scene, and she won one.

[@thenjtsaid4681]

This is the first time you've pissed me off. I didn't think you could ever piss me off, lol.

[@artrojas4732]

I wish people who do these reactions could be more informed about the songs they are reacting to. This adaptation didn’t want to be a musical theater pro shot and they didn’t want to be the traditional “musical movie” where everything is pre recorded and having basically no emotions or flaws. This movie focused on the story and the acting, and how the characters would sing the songs in the situation they were in. And I gotta say, this scene moved me more than tons of versions of this song that are perfectly sung. Anne Hathaway did an excellent job, even though she’s not a professional singer.

[@lukevanni2987]

Fair enough. Personally I agree with the vocal coach and really disliked the approach this movie took. Each to their own I guess.

[@tamara7415]

Everyone has their own opinion, but... Thanks! That's exactly what I said too. I saw many theatrical interpretations of this song and nothing moved me. It's beautiful, of course. The artists always sing very well. But what Anne Hathaway did in this scene was show the despair and desolation of a woman who lost everything in life, including her dignity and hope. For this film, this scene had to be like this and the song had to be sung “torn” by crying. In theater it's one thing. In cinema and other things.

[@genellecurtis748]

I love it. She was supposed to be really upset so I wouldn't want it to have been to polished.

[@mjsiopongco7067]

In my humble opinion, Anne here is cinematic perfection, she embodies the song's tragedy, all of Fantine's emotional, psychological and physical abuse surfacing as she makes us feel her trauma, her panicked hopelessness and her fears for her child. It is important to note, that in the film version, I DREAMED A DREAM is placed after Fantine was fired, then sold her hair, her locket, her tooth and her body, that's why she looks and sounds sick for she's living a life of shame, pain and suffering. Unlike the stage version, I DREAMED A DREAM is right after she was fired from her job and Fantine is yet to experience the inhumanity of men and the violence of prostitution, that's why this song's rendition in the stage version is beautifully plaintive and not as shattered and gut-wrenching as the film version. Ruthie Henshall is my favorite Fantine on stage. Thanks so much for your reaction videos, I enjoy and learn from them a lot. More power to you.💗

[@thenjtsaid4681]

This was fucking perfection. Beautifully sang. Beautifully acted. Raw. Emotional. The fact that it isn't technically perfection makes it one of if not the best performances of anyone who has played this character. Period. Fucking flawless.

[@calibaby6913]

I see your points and honestly if they hadn't moved the song to after she loses everything and she still sang it this way I would agree a lot more, but I personally think the way she sings it in the film works perfectly. Her realizing any life or hope she had is gone and she just had sex for money she's having a breakdown and Anne played and sang that how it would sound. I love the moment at the end when she is having a slight panic attack and shes singing but gasping I would hate that if someone did it in the stage show but it works for me here.

[@michaelfowler606]

I’ve never felt an actors performance like I felt this when watching it. You literally see a man walk away from having his way with her “Don’t they know they’re making love to one already dead??!!” Its a movie and NOT theatre and should not be critiqued as such.

[@Kayjee17]

There are times when the best vocal approach needs to be sacrificed for the best acting choice. Anne has a fantastic voice and great technique in other roles, but she chose to make her voice as rough and broken as Fantine was by this point in the show. I always saw this song as her last bit of fire raging at the way the world was before she succumbed to the illness and died after Valjean found her. And it won her an Oscar, so it got the point across to the audience. I feel the same way about people who have problems with how Lin Manuel Miranda sings when Hamilton is crying. He presents Hamilton as a strong, smart, proud, and kinda cocky man through most of the show. A man like that would never want to cry, so when that finally broke through his control it would definitely come out with his voice very rough and choked, and that's what Lin's voice sounds like. It's not "Broadway pretty", but it suits the character very well.

[@aakla]

in my opinion, this song wasn't supposed to sound pretty, it was supposed to be her soul's death knell.

[@DennisekLP]

Anne said that she didn’t went for polished/rounded vocals, since she and the producer thought that this character wouldn’t sound polished in that situation.

[@heidicook2739]

I loved her version. It still takes my breath away.

[@toriacrouse2449]

it's not easy to act and sing at the same time so i think she did phenomenal job. She has to play this character who has had everything ripped out from under her. Not to mention they all sung live! Save the polished singing for studios. Also fun fact Anne said her mother was an understudy for the original broadway Fantine so it was very fitting for Anne to play the part and her mom helped her create her version of Fantine.

[@MattMuirhead]

This is a film adaptation - not a broadway musical. The woman had her heart broken, lost her job, thrown to the streets and was forced into prostitution.... she's at rock bottom and you're going on about how she's not rounding her vowles. Take a step back and see the performance with wider eyes.

[@Tarikkb]

It’s imperfect cuz she was singing live there , I like it tbh cuz she’s not just acting she’s literally living

[@meghanmonroe]

I know it's your literal profession and purpose for the channel, but I feel like maybe your hyperfocus on the vocal technique is grossly eclipsing her Oscar-winning performance lol This rendition is amazing because of her acting and emotion, her face and eyes, her body language. The singing is not the star here, despite the fact that it's a piece from an actual musical. The fact that she can sing the song passably is like icing on an Oscar-shaped cake 😂 But she's definitely not a Broadway performer by any means. Personally, I find this version much more captivating and moving than any other because the acting flavors the sauce so heavily. Also, I love your top. 🥰

[@tyroneloki5131]

This is why she is cringe af....to focused on techniques rather the art

[@meghanmonroe]

@@tyroneloki5131 Marc Daniel Patrick does the best reaction to this performance. ❤❤

[@JoyMarie201]

She's a classically trained opera singer and she actually has been on Broadway. As many of the other responses have stated that the directors wanted this to be emotional rather than the focus on the vocally correct techniques. Also her pitch for most of the notes is spot on. And as the vocal teacher has explained that it is indeed hard to sing while crying not only does it affect the vocal cords in tightening but also causes mucus production which can cause a film on the vocal cords. Either way this is still quite a vocally challenging and vocally technical piece. Is there parts that don't sound good sure... but it still would not be easy to reproduce this.

[@NOONE-cd4gu]

She is a vocal coach not a art coach or acting coach. She only judges the vocal abilities. Thats literally what her channel is for. Stop hating.

[@meghanmonroe]

@@NOONE-cd4gu Crawl out of my butt please. My first sentence acknowledges her area of expertise. Also, this was not an attack or hate on her. It was an opinion. It's what the internet was made for.

[@ronxdichoso]

It wasn’t about how it will be vocally perfect, it’s the emotion. She’s an actor on this movie. There’s a difference for the same song sang in the musical.

[@productioninquiry8937]

I think the total objective here was for the singing to be an expression of the emotion, not to overshadow or outweigh the emotion. This is acting with song, not singing while acting.

[@lumatasia98]

No, I am sorry but this isn't it. I do not care that this singing performance was technically imperfect. That was clearly the point. I sit here, even as you are tearing this to shreds, and am still absolutely captivated by her performance. The absolute rawness she brought to it... she has me crying right along with her. She played this part perfectly and deserved the oscar she received from it. Also you should definitely fix the typo in the title, it comes off as insensitive.

[@adiac4471]

Question: why do you expect a vocal coach to not critique the vocals in a performance she is reacting to?

[@adiac4471]

@@christianseibold3369 but why are we asking a vocal coach to not speak on vocals and deffer instead to acting? And as shr mentioned there have been many theatrical performances of les mis where the vocals AND the acting were both on point. Personally I go to musicals for a good sonic experience as well as storytelling. One doesn't have to be at the expense of the other.

[@lumatasia98]

@@adiac4471 cause it was a poor choice of video for this channel

[@lumatasia98]

@@adiac4471 kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2rFcqBnhbGjrKM&ab_channel=WorkingTitle skip to 3:30 in this video. It was a choice. One that works really well for the cinematic adaptation of the musical. She is not trying to be theatre level because everything, from the acting to the singing, has to be bigger in the theatre since the audience is so far away. Here the camera is right there and the audience is subjected to far more nuanced acting than you can get away with in theatre. A vocal coach should not be reacting to this video at all seeing as technical perfection of the vocal performance was not the point of the scene at all.

[@adiac4471]

@@lumatasia98 Hm. I'm going to meander, get a bit philosophical here I hope you don't mind, lol, but I guess this is where I come to have problems with many film adaptations of musicals specifically because I think the two mediums-theatre and film-have quite different goals to achieve and ways to achieve them. Too often I think that the difference in medium isn't taken into account but you're right, I don't believe that is the case here. However, I don't understand why there would be more value in a filmed musical that has messier vocals in the name of visceral performances than adaptations that still manage to hit you right in your chest because of harmonies and note placement and clean vowel shapes. After all, good musicals use music to convey emotions. Lyric, score, and vocals often do the heavy lifting in terms of emotional storytelling here. The musicality shouldn't be an afterthought. It was not an afterthought when the composer wrote it, or when the first actors workshopped it. And it certainly was not an afterthought in this film! So much work went into being able to record the music live (which came with it's own suite of problems...sideways has a wonderful video essay on it). For this youtuber, she found areas that could be improved! I don't think any of the suggestions she had in the video were overly drastic, nor would they have worsened Anne Hathaway's stellar performance. Besides-this is her channel! She can post what she wants! Often her videos (from what I can tell) are made for the purpose of education. She takes popular examples from musicals and uses what performers do well and what they don't do well (in her professional opinion) to give advice.

[@random7509]

I hate the fact that all these vocal coaches on YT have to say is that this vowel needs to be sung like this and this vowel needs to be sung like that. That's all I hear in all their reactions, and it doesn't make much of a difference let's be honest. Anne was acting her heart out here and not even a single emotion on your face while watching this, that's a real shame.

[@gonzalobalog6057]

for me this is the best version of this song, i literallu cry everytime i see it.

[@Thefaithmaria]

If she sung it the way you suggested, she probably wouldn’t have won as Oscar…

[@Normag8]

She was literally dying in the movie give her slack!

[@timn11.04]

I think acting-wise Anne's performed was phenomenal. But she was gasping for air a lot and crying which is not great for vocal chords while singing and they made all the actors sing live on set instead of prerecording the tracks. I also heard they made her lose weight before filming

[@astrologym1939]

she had vocal lessons to be able to cry and sing at the same time.

[@Thomasss-lq1ev]

@@astrologym1939 well but that obviously didn’t really work for her

[@astrologym1939]

@@Thomasss-lq1ev maybe but if the director was fine with it its because she did a great job. She said they recorded at least 6 times because she wanted to make it perfect.

[@boborambles]

I'm not sure if she was forced to loose weight for the role (I could be wrong). I think it was a choice made by Hathaway to loose the weight for authenticity, similar to Hugh Jackman at the beginning of the movie. This was also a movie where she (Hathaway) actually shaved her head for this role, like the star of "Stranger Things" did.

[@luisarmandomartinezmorales7230]

She's also much more an actress than a singer, even though she has done espectacular for instance Somebody to love y Ella Enchanted or the riffo-off she just had against Kelly Clarkson

[@turnipcrazy]

I think a lot of the lack of consistency or great quality that Anne can achieve is because, she either starved herself or didn't drink a lot of water from my knowledge, so that she would look like this for the role. The director wanted that and Anne agreed to do it. That and she focused more on movie acting rather than working to maintain her voice for the performance. I still love this version and I commend her for being able to produce a decent product considering everything. Plus she had to sing in that condition for about 6-8 hours. I think this was within the first few hours but still.

[@mikkikayee]

As an actress first myself, and a quite not good singer second (they made me the fiddler in FOTR) I love her performance. I love that her vocals are raw and gritty, I think it makes the emotional impact that much stronger.

[@Katarina-ds5mj]

She is acting out a sad, heartbreaking, emotional and gut wrenching scene. I feel her pain in my bones. Anne is perfection here. I don’t care that her concentration wasn’t on delivering her best vocal performance. That’s not what this scene is about.

[@RamblingRose08]

I have no problems with this performance in the confines of this movie. I would never have this on a playlist or playing in my car. But for this movie, it was a wonderful performance. I agree that with your constructive comments the singing could have been better, however I think that she didn't focus on the singing as much as the acting and I am happy that this rendition exists.

[@cryofpaine]

Exactly. The performance doesn't work as a stand-alone soundtrack. But in the context of the movie, it's great. It would have been cool to have them do a soundtrack that was a clean, polished version, just to hear the contrast.

[@yearofmornings]

Is putting “cringy” on your thumbnail is considered “constructive criticism” and “being nice” nowadays? All that you said is your opinion as a professional, yes. But it’s not objective as you take away very important factors out of the performance. It’s live, it’s for a movie not stage, it’s the director’s choice, Anne is an actress and it not Broadway. It’s obvious why they chose these or that. You always had a nice balance of being nice and still voicing your opinion. But that’s not the case here.

[@felidaunknown5923]

Yea, I agree with comment section, you don't get the emotions behind it, the polished would have cut the emotion of the song, I had the same problem with this vocal coach with "wait for it" she kept saying that the song was boring and so controlled and all I could do was say 'that is the point'. Same here, this character was stripped of her dignity, her child and her future, her whole life was destroyed, she was hungry, thirsty. This performance was amazing, singing and all. If I watch a theater version of this song, it doesn't get me crying. Maybe some movie songs should be left alone.

[@EmsCraftx]

It was all in one take with her singing acting and crying all at the same time. There are technical errors sure but there’s no denying how beautiful and haunting it is still ❤

[@BlaiddDrwg2009]

This is Anne Hathaway haha. Not “he”! This was an amazing performance. She got her hair cut short because as part of the story she sold her hair to earn money for her child. In fact I’m sure her crying in the movie was real because she hated the fact she was getting it cut off? Anyway, this song is amazing. So much emotion and passion. Makes me well up every time.

[@astrologym1939]

Anne has such a phenomenal voice. such a great singer. they all had vocal lessons to be able to perfom live while showing the emotions nedeed for the character

[@briannapinkney4966]

I’ve heard so many versions of I Dreamed a Dream and so many versions haven’t moved be as much as Anne’s performance. It’s actually so heartbreaking

[@trades1785]

So much respect for her performance. You can tell she’s actually going through the experience of what she’s talking about in her head hence the emotion, and to be able to control the voice and not crack is SO impressive!

[@alicequinnordonez10]

The facial acting...there she became one of my fav actresses

[@sheaabutter]

wow. i’ve never disagreed with someone more than i have in the past 9 minutes.

[@heyyyyyy2546]

There was so much that she had gone through so I wouldn’t expect for someone to be singing perfectly knowing what they’re going through. There’s a balance here because even if she were speaking this out it would sound the same. Missing her child, having to be defiled to earn money, a man that pretended to care for her and discarded her when she became pregnant is nothing easy to go through and her life was falling apart fast. “And he was gone when autumn came” and “I had a dream life would be so different from this hell im living” is gorgeous because you HEAR how much she’s going through. High emotions cause anyones voice to quiver, shake, and sound unfamiliar to us compared to a high bubbly person. I think she did great with the role and loved that the perfection wasn’t there with her voice like it was in Ella Enchanted. It made the role and the character much more believable during these times (esp since it’s a movie and not a Broadway show). Just giving my thoughts and love your channel.

[@christofferjohansson1930]

I don’t agree. Firstly because it’s a film and that is the reason the emotional side has to come first. Secondly because I love the movie… It’s my favourite film, and the best source for me to cry. I just search for the title and push play, ten seconds later I’m crying like a baby. ❤️😭 Then I’m not an expert in singing. But it does the job for me! ❤️

[@CraigGibbons-p4d]

She was so raw, and so emotional. It was perfect

[@awesomemalz199]

Realistically, I think it was sung good for the setting, like it made sense especially for her character and what she was going through. Idk, I thought the direction fit well with the emotion and with this being live just hits deeper, especially with the crying affecting her notes, just feels more real-no wonder Anne was recognized for her performance overall!

[@FabianMarSo]

You know nothing about interpretation. Honestly, everyone can sing or at least, reach some notes. BUT only a few can transport you with their interpretation and that’s what Anne did. Very Gracefully!

[@Levi_Parish]

I love these types of reactions. I love when I hear about the vocal techniques used (or not used.)

[@drluizpires]

That's your interpretation... she's just doing what the director told her to do

[@Buffy8Fan]

Showcasing the emotion was the preferred point over the beauty of the notes for this version.

[@pauloalmeidda9427]

There is a big difference between PERFORMING A SONG and telling a story to yourself. To reminisce your life in private (and that's what this movie is portraying here) is a quiet thing, with maybe an outburst here and there. She's not trying to be heard in a theater full of people. She's singing it to a camera right next to her face IN ONE SINGLE TAKE. It's raw, not perfect at all, and that's why it's so good!

[@pizzaroll3778]

Dude she’s literally crying while singing. Everytime I see this I cry. It’s amazing

[@Chonkycat411]

i understand what your point is and i agree. I think Anne is absolutely kicking a** with the emotions and it was acted beautifully, but I can see if she rounded the vowels and put that technique in with the emotion. It could’ve been even better than it was, because the push and pull is written in to the music already if you can just trust that. Also, as someone who loves this song, it doesn’t need to be demonstratively acted necessarily to have all the emotions. And i missed the song soaring and dipping in places. The emotions are right in the music as I’m saying Anne Hathaway did a beautiful job acting this, but I bet if she did all the things that you were saying and pulled back on the emotion like 10% everyone would see that as perfect too and she would still have won the oscar. There is no one way to do it, but there’s a way you could do a little more vocally, less emotionally and it would be even more powerful. I don’t think you were trying to be insulting. You were explaining how vocal technique in the way that it’s written satisfies more ‘acting’ than one would think.

[@jricci906]

You are a great vocal coach, but Anne is not Ruthie Henshall! She is an actress. Her main focus is on the performance first then the singing. I feel you know this as you did not include (maybe but did not comment on!) any of her ABSOLUTELY flat notes. She nailed the performance and won an Oscar!🎼🎼🎶

[@iainhenderson4065]

Ruthie Henshall is the one and only Fantine on stage

[@petrinajc]

Anne had to balance acting and singing. She isn't a trained theater actor or singer, but she sang and acted the heck out of that scene. You can feel all the emotions. and at the end of the day as a viewer that is what we want to feel it!

[@mackenziespeer5696]

I think the imperfection works so well in this specific song and performance. Usually I would have the exact same notes that you bring up but god I just love this performance.

[@raybrown8887]

where is your Oscar Coach? Have you made millions cry listening to you sing?

[@Vimildar]

This was a masterful performance that won her an oscar and a musical performance for the ages. It was intense, painful and angry, while also showing brief signs of past hopes, dreams and joy. Even if she wasn’t singing this alone would have been a tour de force of acting.

[@mustangspirit59]

Les Mis is such a well known and difficult musical to pull off. I feel like a lot of the comments are supper nitpicking. I see where you are coming from but I feel it was intentionally left a little raw with a few flaws in purpose. Anne is a phenomenal singer who was actually cast to play Christine in Phantom of the Opera but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

[@Crazy-vb9oz]

I would love to see anyone sing while literally sobbing and provide such a stellar performance. This will always be the most impactful version for me because she’s not here to belt it perfectly, she’s here to mentally break down about her life of suffering before she DIES. If her voice was pitched to be perfect it would lose a lot of character because people who are hurting that much aren’t in the state to focus on accuracy, their throat is closing up and wobbling and soar and HURTING and their breath is hyperventilating. It’s probably one of the single most emotionally heart wrenching performances I’ve seen in any media.

[@PurpleWillowArts]

I saw an interview with Anne and her singing the song “off” was a choice. She said it would not have the same emotional effect if she sang it “pretty”

[@dannyjorde2677]

And this is the difference between being a singer and being an actor.

[@bowenupholsterygroup8356]

I’m feeling what everyone else is saying. I’ve heard tons of people sing this song and they’re all beautiful. This version makes me feel the emotion.

[@pivicruz2931]

I give kudos to Ann for singing this song even if she’s not a singer by profession. And she did not break from the emotion that it called for.

[@ceceliam9014]

This might be a contrast between acting and singing. She's acting beautifully, and probably genuinely crying, not pretending to cry or effecting crying. So the authenticity of the acting likely impacted the vocal control of her singing voice. Stage vs film acting is also really going to be in contrast here, too. I was trained in theatre first, and then camera acting, and was told to "do nothing" in camera work, which basically meant just *feel* and don't ever try to *show* how you feel. When you saw it on stage that is a different medium that generally calls for, and allows for, a different type of vocal control. Not that it's impossible, and different actors have different strengths and styles, but I think her performance was beautiful, and I can see why she leaned more into the emotions over the vocal control.

[@sparkysikes8455]

The Oscar people would disagree with your assessment.

[@RosyCastillo_93]

Anne does have a beautiful voice but on this scene the real focus is her amazing acting, she moves me to tears each and every time! I definitely love this performance based on the emotions that she shows rather than her vocal technique.

[@bstyledevi]

Show me all the Oscars you won for your performances? Wait. You have none? Thats what i thought. Youre one of those people who would try to tell me how to feel about a painting. Anne Hathaway did this PERFECTLY. She absolutely embodied the pain, the sorrow, the desperation of Fantine, in a way that most other performers don't. Ruthie Henstall sang it, but Anne Hathaway LIVED it. Her imperfections made it perfect.

[@Hannah-gb9xx]

Tell me you missed the plot without telling me you missed the plot.. this was hands down the best performance of this song I have ever seen

[@modernarcheology2868]

I really respect reviewers who can understand when the performance is about the "perfection of pitch" vs something that is to be experienced. I put this into the latter column, and if you view it from that perspective, it is one of the greatest experiences you can have when listening to music.

[@arthurchermont4995]

This is a paradox to me. I fully understand all your criticism and I totally agree that all the adjustments you said it would result in a better vocal performance. But at the same time it would totally sacrifice the level of the performance. I mean, from a musical theatre point of view this is far from be one of the best renditions of the song, but this is not musical theatre, it's cinema, the audience isn't watching her from a long distance there's a camera right in front of her picking every little emotion. Anne can't sing this song like Marla Schaffel, Lea Salonga or Carrie Hope Fletcher, but no one of this performances with their amazing beltings and right placements could convey a woman who was abandoned, raped, abused and totally lost her soul like Anne (at least in my opinion) did

[@jessicablack9960]

The widened vowels made it sound more emotional. I love Eddie Redmaynes performance too. They had different ways of approaching their songs and both worked well. This reaction just came off as ignorant tbh.

[@kencoil5705]

You’re correct in your analysis of Anne Hathaway’s vocal performance of this song. There were times when she was not on pitch, her enunciation and pronunciation could have been better. However, this wasn’t like Lea Salonga’s performance where she was in a pretty dress, on stage, with an orchestra, singing this song, or even like Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent. Hathaway was acting, in character, at the same time singing live on set, no pre-recordings to work on pitches, accents and pronunciation/enunciation, filming in one take (out of how many?), no cuts, no edits. So, as a vocal coach, your focus on how an actor sang a particular song and how it could have done better, was spot on. As someone directing an actor in a movie, not so much. It’s vastly different on how well a song is performed on stage without consideration to storyline continuity and how that same song is performed in a scene in a movie as I described above.

[@MYKroe]

I appreciate your expertise as a vocal coach and honest opinion. As someone who admires the novel Les Miserables, believing it to be the most important work of fiction ever, I am afraid there are still too many Fantines in our world. I have heard I Dreamed a Dream sung by many vocalists, but to me Anne Hathaway emoted the desperation of the character that still brings tears to my eyes. The best vocal rendition, no, but in my opinion the best characterization of the torment that Fantine endured. Anne Hathaway deserved her Oscar.

[@asmrhawaii]

I am glad to hear your opinion about technique, but I bawled like a baby, not because she was technically perfect, but because it was so raw and I could feel and understand how she was at rock bottom. Not sure if she had been so balanced that it would have had the same affect.

[@adamlee3757]

I’m Finishing my 15th year teaching and I have so many broken students. This is the exact look I see in their eyes. She embodies their hurt so well. I would not change a thing.

[@itsfromcoi8631]

Its not the singing here, ita the emotion and the way she delivers it in one take is really captivating.. this is RAW its not a singing competition, she wants the audience to feel the pain of what life made her to be..

[@James-z2c7g]

With talent shows, auto tune, vocal coaches on KZbin, etc. There is way too much emphasis on perfection. This is why current music lacks character. If every singer was required to meet these standards we would have never had the beatles, Johnny cash, Elvis, Ray Charles or this beautiful performance.

[@angeljohnson2433]

She has the best version of the song I’ve ever heard! Finally someone sang it like the haunting gut wrenching thing it is. I’m so sick of people singing this song like it’s so pretty and a lullaby. It ain’t a lullaby! Sis did that!

[@NOONE-cd4gu]

Guys. Please stop being rude and judging her. She is *VOCAL* coach. Not an ACTING coach. She is not saying her acting is bad. She is only and only focusing and reviewing her vocal techniques. Not her acting side. Her channel is literally made so she could focus on vocals. So yes if she criticizes her vocal she has every right to

[@CaioGPL]

This scene is way more about the acting than about the singing

[@selmajabr3514]

Your right from a vocal perspective, but for the emotional aspect, which is the main thing Anne was going for for, it works. For me, I can look past singing imperfections because the emotions are there.

[@luizfelipesilveira964]

She's not a bad singer, though, as far as I can tell. She did put 80% of the performance into emotion, I guess that's what the moment asked for... in a movie and not at Broadway. She got an Oscar for her acting, and with so little screen time... but not for her singing technique. This channel is all about singing, and I love it. Your feedbacks are great and surely would've made a huge difference in the singing side of this amazing scene. Still, I can watch this 1, 10, 50 times and I always get emotional.

[@FranciscoBourquin]

The main goal was to be emotional and not vocally perfect... she wanted to show she was broken.... it's not ALL about technique at times.

[@JACCO20082012]

If I remember correctly, they filmed the movie with the intention of using the film and audio takes as they captured them instead of clean takes of each. That's why the singing isn't as clean is it would otherwise be. You can actually hear the rain falling in real time in the recording of On My Own because they used Samantha's actual singing for the take.

[@IngenuousSoprano]

There's so much here that isn't Anne's fault and other things that are. A really strong singer-actor can cry and sing this at the same time (gotta get a grip on that breath and jaw/tongue tension) and still have it be listenable without watching it. Definitely did not help that she was starving herself for this role (even though singing tough music is very athletic). Honestly, the only main-cast member that came out unscathed was Samantha Barks. Everyone else was doing their best but just could not reach that bar she set at their skill level. They just hadn't put sufficient time in for those proficiency points and it shows. They put that time into other things and that serves them well most of the time, just not a a heavy musical like this own. (If you're interested, Sideways has a great video on why the movie may be unsatisfactory on a second watch and all of the musical/blocking problems connected with that.)

[@izardk]

I get it that you are approaching this as a vocal coach, but rounding out your vowels and sounding more “British” is about artifice, and this instead was about realism. You’re right when you say that crying tightens your airway, but to sacrifice the emotion for a better sound is to lose something crucial in this performance. In short, this is NOT an AUDIO recording that I would choose to listen to for enjoyment, but it is HANDS DOWN my favorite version to WATCH. 😭

[@robertkeegan7215]

You are missing the point. It is as much as a dramatic performance as a musical. This is one of the best overall performabce ever. What have you done?