"Hi, I´m Kurt Hummel and I´ll be auditioning for the role of ... NYADA Student" THAT REFERENCE was way too much for me!!!!!!!!

Beautiful slap in the face from Kurt here to Carmen - "Oh you didn't think I had depth? Bitch, let me sing one of the three songs you mentioned you hear too many times and let me SLAY IT better than anyone you've ever heard"

One of his best solos, if not the best.

Anybody remember "hello I'm Kurt Hummel and I'll be auditioning for the role of kicker ". Lol. Who wants to bet that he's thinking about Blaine when singing this song.

One word, underrated.

Glee introduced me to sooo many broadway songs. And I think Kurt's voice was truly made for broadway. Love this performance. His singing was so effortless. Chris Colfer should make a broadway cover album.

Hi I'm Kurt Hummel and I am auditioning for the role of... NYADA student. Awwww Kurt!

It's even better if you remember the fact that Carmen said before Kurt's first audition that she heard "being alive" way to much during her castings for NYADA just like " music of the night" . And yet Kurt managed it to put in so much emotion that he got accepted at NYADA. Definetly one of the best solos in the whole show!

still think is crazy how he KILLED his first audition and even Carmen said it was great, but he didn't get into NYADA. While Rachel choke and messed up his audition, cried and begged to her, but she did got in. That I'll never forgive. Chris made me cry with this song btw

"hi im kurt hummel and I'll be auditioning for the role of... nyada student" ok kurt is adorable

I love his lower register, but this... wow. Kurt deserved all the applause.

This is on gods playlist

As much bs it is that Kurt didn’t get in with his original audition, that dumb plot point did get us this amazing performance, so it’s not all bad

What really gets me is Kurt's shock at the applause he receives. Like he's so surprised that they recognize his talent.

Said it before, I'll say it again, again and again his vibrato gives me goosebumps. The fullness, richness of his highs and lows are hard to comprehend let alone duplicate. BEAUTIFUL!

he's so beautiful, i wanna cry

Seeing his overwhelmed tears at the end made me tear up! One of Kurt’s best performances

Wow just wow Chris Colfer

Wow and he didn't even prepare anything and he still blew it away! I love you kurt!!!!!💖💖😍 (Chris I love you!!!)

From a scared young teen singing Mr. Cellophane to THIS!!!!! Fabulous.

He killed this! I’m glad he got to sing this because the emotion that Chris gave makes me burst out crying, but let’s be real...he should’ve been accepted into NYADA with the first audition.

Kurt Before singing: Super akward and nervous Singing: Powerful and Confident After singing: Shy and adorable

I have said it once a few years ago and I will say it again his performance was amazing here I was literally shaking and crying in my seat during this performance it was just so beautiful and when he hit the high note I just wow so many memories for this! Chris is not only attractive and an adorable little bean but he is so very talented

The whole performance is amazing but that last note gave me chills

I love his chest voice.... Simply amazing. This is my favorite Kurt solo. Blows me away every time. That vibrato wow

this is by far one of if not his best performance on the whole show, he doesn't sing in his head voice which is the one that people make fun of, he uses his chest voice which I love. such an underrated performance.

Kurt has the voice of an angel😇. His voice is just so beautiful and breathe-taking😍.

My favorite Kurt performance ever, soooo special and powerful. It always gives me goosebumps. Chris is amazing.

I am in love with this song. His voice is so beautiful. I also really love the instrumention in this song.

This is the best performance of this song that I have ever seen or heard. He just gets to you. Inside your heart. Wow! If I was a Broadway director, I'd star Chris in a big musical!

I was just watching the latest episode of Drag Race and Chris is a judge. It made me nostalgic so I had to rewatch this performance (for the 100th time). He's amazing.

Beautiful 2:45...voice rasping a little, eyes glistening with the unshed tears that have collected throught the song, finally completely rolling back into his head, shutting as if the world didnt exist. Long note, roaring applause, suddenly he is back, scared, shy, emotional, raw, exposed, the whole room full of strangers who root for him. He licks his lips, his breathing quivers, he smiles self consciously, and a single tear rolls down his soft, alabaster cheek. This, ladies and gentlemen, is one of the reasons why Kurt hauntigly beautiful, sublime even 😍😍😍

I loved when Chris Colfer sings really powerful voice of his performance "Being Alive" it kills me with that song it is really amazing that was and i loved it so so much you are a superstar Chris Colfer and i love you it doesn't matter what you are and i think you are very special ? And that was fantastic performance i never seen ? And someday Chris Colfer and i will do a duet together with that song Being Alive i really love that !!!

Nobody understands how much I love this number it’s literally 2am rn and I am laying on the floor crying

Nobody: My friend during Marriage story: Why does this feel like a Kurt Hummel performance?

His voice is so unique and this song bbn is a perfect match for it! This is in my opinion Kurt's best solo of.the entire series.

This. Now this is art.

His adorable penguin walk before he sings aww

Love this performance, but doesn’t this give off a weird message? He auditions for NYADA with “Not the Boy Next Door” because it’s something fresh, original, and true to Kurt. And he doesn’t get in. But then he sings this song “Being Alive” even though Carmen Tipadeaux said this and his original audition, Music Of the Night, song were the most common and overdone songs. And Kurt gets accepted.

I LOVE this performance so much!!damn chris.

someone to hold you too close someone to hurt you too deep someone to sit in your chair to ruin your sleep someone to crowd you with love someone to force you to care someone to make you come through who always be there as frightened as you of being alive being alive. somebody hold me too close somebody hurt me too deep somebody sit in my chair and ruin my sleep and make me aware of being alive make me alive make me confused mock me with praise let me be used vary my days but alone is alone not alive. somebody crowd me with love somebody force me to care somebody let me come through I'll always be there as frightened as you to help us survive being alive being alive being alive!

This is by far my favourite version of Being Alive out there and it is in my Top 3 favourite Glee songs. The vocals are amazing and the performance is powerful. I can't just listen to it once and then leave I have to keep listening. I love Kurt in Glee so much and I love Chris Colfer. I cannot get over how brilliant this song is. Phenomenal.

Being Alive is such a challenging song, and Chris Colfer Nailed. It. (I mean, he nails all of his songs)

Have never posted on here before but if Chris is reading I wanted to say thankyou for your beautiful voice and performances which often moved me to tears. It is a great shame I think that we no longer hear your exquiste voice. Much sadness has passed from this show, but I do hope to see and hear you perform again.

This performance was beautiful

Literally one of the best solos I’ve ever heard him sing!!!

I have *chills* all over

Imagine kurt calling blaine to calm him down before performing

literally gives me chills every time i watch it

This was his moment, say nothing less.

This is one of Stephen Sondheim's most iconic songs in musical theater and it introduced me to the music of this great composer, I hope I'm not the only one and he has done the same to new generations.

Love this version, such perfection and commitment...!

this performance is beautiful God I love kurt

Hello I'm Kurt Hummel and I'll be auditioning for the role of kicker 😂😂❤️❤️😍😍✌️

I’d love to just watch Chris belt this beautiful song out without a cut every 5 seconds

This made me cry!!! He is so talented

His voice still wrecks me.

The fact that Carmen said she heard this song a lot when Kurt first auditioned but this was the song that got him in to NYADA is such crap. Amazing song though!!

Oh that ending note was so beautiful

I always loved his simpler performances, i mean i loved all his performances, but especially the ones like this one

My favorite version of this song. Period

The way he ate this song keeps me up at night. Keeps me alive ;-;

Let me get this straight...Carmen said in Choke that this was one of the oversung NYADA auditioned songs then Kurt sang and performed something original with Not The Boy Next Door from the Boy From Oz...and THIS is what gets him in?

my friend and i saw that being alive was a song our choir teacher bought for us, and i said “i love being alive. there are so many versions idk which i like best.” she said “why do i feel like they sang this on glee?” i said “probably because they did.”

this performance makes me emotional i was just rewatching s1 and kurt grew up so much wth- I MISS GLEE

His belts in this song are amzing

what Kurt sang and Rachel sang both started with the song "Being" hahaha

who's here from charlie's performance in marriage story

Someone to hold you too close, Someone to hurt you too deep, Someone to sit in your chair, To ruin your sleep. Someone to need you too much, Someone to know you too well, Someone to pull you up short To put you through hell. Someone you have to let in, Someone whose feelings you spare, Someone who, like it or not, Will want you to share A little, a lot.Someone to crowd you with love, Someone to force you to care, Someone to make you come through, Who'll always be there, As frightened as you of being alive, Being alive, Being alive, Being alive. Somebody, hold me too close, Somebody, hurt me too deep, Somebody, sit in my chair And ruin my sleep And make me aware Of being alive, Being alive. Somebody, need me too much, Somebody, know me too well, Somebody, pull me up short And put me through hell And give me support For being alive, Make me alive, Make me alive, Make me confused, Mock me with praise, Let me be used, Vary my days. But alone is alone, not alive. Somebody, crowd me with love, Somebody, force me to care, Somebody, let me come through, I'll always be there, As frightened as you, To help us survive Being alive, Being alive, Being alive!

i love this performance sm

Did anyone else have a major flashback when he said and I’m auditions for the role of kicker Kurt has come so far

So fantastic! He's like a young Neil Patrick Harris. Maybe even did it better. While many have done this song well, Chris' voice is so pure in a way that even Bernadette didn't do. Vocally, this guy is crisp and solid. Not a single warble.

Love his voice!

i love this performance, definitely one of my favorites in the show, and it made me tear up

Darren Criss just sung this on the Rosie O’Donnell show live stream and now I’m crying🥺

One of my favorite performances by Kurt!

Chris Colfer and Aaron Tveit. My two favorite singers of this song!!

Stephen Sondheim is cheering you on, Chris. Beautiful tribute to the great late lyricist!

My man’s go the lightest voice

Thank you, Stephen Sondheim.

This is breathtaking

This is my favourite version of this song. Crazy for a Glee version - especially a Broadway cover. Chris killed this.

Absolutely amazing!

But alone, is alone... Love you Kurt

*tears streaming down face*

Anyone else just helplessly simping for Kurt?

He is a great voice, generally I see comments about Glee, that is a TV show for women or gay people, I don't agree, and it makes me angry! I'm 100% straight but I really enjoy the show because I like music, and I like listen to talented people who can sing great! and I'm disappointed about some videos or else, if we are here we are fan of glee and sexuality or gender we don't care about this just we enjoy great performances!

I like how this was one of the songs she mentioned she heard a lot of during his original audition.

Hermosa voz

Honestly this is probably my favorite Kurt solo. Though it's hard to pick. Chris Colfer is SO talented and especially shines on Broadway songs!

BRAVO 👌👏 NUTHIN NEED MORE BE SAID PERIOD . AMEN PURRRRRRRFECTION GLORIOUS GORGEOUS 🥰 FOR MY BKLYN NY FIREMAN FREDDY

This is for all the people you really truly love who can often be a real pain but you know you wouldn't want it any other way.

The absolute best.

Who’s here after watching marriage story?

Best performance from Kurt😍😍😍

Kurt Hummel you are talented singer beautiful voice make me feel a rose 🌹

God damnit he was thinking of Blaine

He did a very good job on this. And if you liked this version, you should listen to Raul Esparza's version from the PBS production of Company.

My absolute favourite

It was good. It felt a little safe. I think it was the arrangement. I wish he'd let loose a little more. I love his C.C.'s voice. I think he's way talented. I just wanted more.