I hope everyone enjoys the tropical feel of this medley as much as I did! 🥰

The gentleman on the right who sang Maui's part is Earl Elkins, who sadly left the group for undisclosed personal reasons back in 2020. His final video with VoicePlay was their massive Covid collaboration Just Sing, and their first without him was the deeply moving The Heart of Life. Earl sings an astounding high tenor which isn't showcased in this particular video as well as it is in some of VP's others. ETA: Hei Hei had no singing parts in the movie; I think they just tagged Layne with his name because they needed a character for him and they share a certain off-the-wall zaniness.

Eli's name is pronounced L E it rhymes with belly. Earl. He is amazing as well as everyone that has ever been a part of Voiceplay.

I don't remember if I've already recommended these but, "If I Was A Rich Man/Girl" featuring Ashley Diane, and "Just Sing" which is a HUGE collaboration with MANY other a capella artists. If/when you do that one, be sure to turn on the captions. They included information about who everyone is, as well as a few snarky remarks.

Thanks for this. This movie was such a joy to watch and when VoicePlay chose to do a medly of the sound track I knew it was going to be good. Another one that I think you might enjoy and will put a smile on your face is VoicePlay "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Featuring J.None.

Eli (pronounced El-lee) is "singing bass" during Geoff solo. 😮 (Sometimes in live performance, they will either double track Geoff or Eli actually sings bass.) If you ever check out any of their minis, their cover of "I'm Too Sexy" he actually DOES sing bass for the first part of the song.

I so enjoy and look forward to your VoicePlay reactions! This is such a wonderful, enjoyable medley; I think Geoff's voice makes a lot of people happy 😄 Stay warm up there in the snowlands!

Layne learned the water drop sound on a school bus in high school

Valhalla Calling and Dragonborn Come are some of my favs from VoicePlay

Kayne and Geoff do about half each of the arrnagements, with a few by Eli (his name rhymes with jelly) .The guy on the right is ex member Earl Elkin Jnr who was a founder member but left in 2020. And they always leave you wanting more. :)

Earl is one of the original members since before they even called themselves VoicePlay. He, Layne and Geoff met in Middle School and sang together in Chorus class since then. They began as a group in 1997 right out of school and Earl was there until 2020. He did not say why he was leaving, but it certainly appeared to be amicable. It COULD have had something to do with his having a medical emergency while on tour. He apparently came down with appendicitis away from home. And 2020 and Covid might also have had something to do with it. We just don't know. I also suggest "Queen in 5 Minutes" for a great example of his range and very unique 'tone'. Another one he really shines in was "Panic in 4 Minutes" (in 2 parts with "Trapped" as a prequel). Geoff has called it Earl's laser voice.

Thank you for reacting to this one, I love it! Even though I'm an old guy, I only watched the movie recently (as I love animated films!), the section where Rachel is singing 'You Know Who You Are', when Moana goes to return the Heart Of The Ocean made me quite emotional! Thank you for all you do, and your lovely reply to Aurora, your reactions always cheer me up! ❤

Until now, Layne and Geoff have split arrangements pretty close to 50/50. Until recently, Layne did most of the medleys. Going forward, Eli is joining the team and taking on full responsibility for every third arrangement/video (more or less.) I know that you think of this as a mental health break, but you showing up tonight was a mental health break for me. Tomorrow our hospice vet will be doing a final visit with my nearly 18 yr old Bichon Frise, and I am an absolute mess. Just seeing you helped calm me, and I thank you.

So glad you enjoyed this medley. Another, would be the Frozen II medley. Other songs you might like are their Viking songs (Valhalla Calling and My Mother Told Me), Sea Shanties (Drunken Sailor & Hoist the Colors), Gaming covers (Skyrim's Dragonborn Comes & Halo), and Disney's Hell Fire from the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Enjoy!

This is their most watched video which always surprised me although it is fantastic! ❤

I enjoy your reactions so much, although I have to confess, I only watch the ones for Voiceplay and Geoff. I just read your response to Aurora; what a kind and loving person you are. I have a couple of suggestions. You commented on the ending - with Voiceplay you are never quite sure they are done. Try their version of Drunken Sailor. You might think it's over twice before it really is. And if you want to hear Layne sing a full verse of something (he has the sweetest baritone), try their version of The Lion Sleeps Tonight. And I just realized how much more you will enjoy it because of the (computer generated) animals.

Happy to have you hear ma'am, Voiceplay is a good choice for some mental health break, cause i use their videos for some cheering up. Also a little tidbit here, Eli's name is pronounced 'El+E' and not 'El+Eye'. Lots of people get that wrong, i still get that wrong. If you want to watch something with Earl in it ma'am, i recommend their "The Death of a Bachelor" video that they did, its just Him and Geoff by themselves, they dis it as a request from the fans years ago but it showcases a lot of whay they both can do

Geoff and Layne have been trading off the project jobs. Eli recently did another project in Creep and he will be added to the rotation. Earl is Maui, an original member before they had changed the name from <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="242">4:2</a>:Five (1997) to VoicePlay (2010). VoicePlay did ask Rachel to join them several yrs ago but she was on her way to Nashville. Hear her and Tony (baritone a while back) in VP's Phantom of the Opera, she is also in Wicked and Greatest Showman, also Attention doesn't get the attention it deserves.

Great job l love these guys

For some of Earl's best, check out Queen in 5 Minutes! It's fabulous.

Earl Elkins Jr was a founding member of Voiceplay back when they were still known as <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="242">4:2</a>:five. He Layne and Geoff meet in Jr High and became fast friends. Unfortunately, he decided to leave for personal reasons (don't know what they were but there have been speculation that it had something to do with his health). You'll see him in the older videos. You've actually already seen him, but he had a beard in Oogie Boogie Song.

Another VoicePlay video featuring Rachel Potter that doesn't get enough people reacting to it (IMO) is Phantom of the Opera. It has yet another version of VoicePlay, when they still had a full 5-member group, and would introduce to you Tony Wakim, who is partners with Layne in Pattycake Productions, the studio where many of VoicePlay's (and Geoff's) videos are filmed. The song really shows off Rachel's high range, and it was the start of VoicePlay becoming more theatrical in their presentations.

With VoicePlay videos, let the credits play out. Sometimes there are extras, and often the background music is from the karaoke track (which they release to their Patreons).

Eli prononce elee like jelly !