Mum didn't want her to sing it because of the theme...Angelina rewrote some of the lyrics to appease her concerns....Original: "little white flowers could never awaken you - not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you" (very obviously pointed at suicide/death)...Angelina's lyric change: "little white flowers were never a waste on you - not where the black hole of sorrow has taken you" (very much more steered toward depression/sadness) Angelina has always made amendments to the lyrics of songs where the theme is not age appropriate for her in order to keep Sara happy...For a seven year old girl to take that upon herself is simply mind boggling

Angelina wears shoes often during rehearsals and of course, everyday life - but goes barefoot when she performs on stage for an audience.

Here is a quote from Angelina (7y) from an interview with TV2 after her auditions NTG 2014 regarding her selection of Gloomy Sunday. "The reason I chose this song is completely random. I love jazz, but" Gloomy Sunday "was random. It was a night I could not sleep and my mother was stressed that I was awake long after midnight. Then I borrowed my mom's iPad where I wanted to listen to jazz on KZfaq before I fell asleep. Then came a picture of a beautiful lady screaming at the sky with her eyes closed. I heard the song "Gloomy Sunday" that night and then I had to hear it every day. I love the melody. I understood well what the text was about because I know English well. Every time I sang it I felt something special about it, it's hard to explain in words. When I sang it for mom, she said that this song is nice, but that it was an incredibly sad song.

There are a lot of reactors with amazed effusive comments, and rightly so. Angelina is a once in a lifetime prodigy. What I appreciate about Aaron’s insightful comments is that he is knowledgeable and honest. He manages to “pull back the layers” just a bit to give us some depth and context. For me, Aaron makes my journey with this artist all the more compelling. Keep up the good work!

One thing about Angelina that's been true from the start, when she sings you feel it.

Been watching Angelina for about 5 years now. Went to Vegas to watch her concert, she never disappoints!

I always enjoy your reactions. I find myself listening to Angelina every day. Can't get enough 🙂

Angelina and her mother and Grandma made very conscious editorial desisions on her songs to make them more age appropriate. Angelina rewrote the lyrics to Amy Winehouse's Back in Black in the car on the way to the recording session to make the lyrics work better for a 10 year old. By the way, she sounds like Winehouse, and when she Covers Elvis' How Great Thou Art, she sings it in his key.

My Sundays are never gloomy when I listen to Angelina!

She broke the curse on this song.

In Angelina's documentary, 10 Years In The Making, she speaks of the consequences of this audition. She says that people were coming from as far as Los Angeles to see if she was real. For a time, she even stayed home rather than go to school because of this influx of these people.

I listend to Billie Holiday when I was in high school and my freshman year in college. I closed my eyes when I watched this video and could SWEAR I'd see "Lady Day" standing on that stage when I opened them. I also noticed that the judges were so blown away by what they just heard that they weren't quite ready to stand up after her performance. They were still processing their emotions! Her 2nd "performance" was during sort of an "elimination round" before the judges (no audience) where she sings another Billie Holiday song, "I'm a Fool to Want You" a cappella!

You are right no she did not know the complete meaning of the song. Did you notice how the final judge handled her answer so gently . He was very aware of her age and let it go at that.

Great, thanks! Angelina LOVES shoes but never wears them while performing.

Angelina was also singing with one missing front tooth!

She was interviewed and she feels the emotion in her songs, especially this one. If you listen to her second performance (acapella) which is another Billie Holiday song, timing and pitch are perfect. Again a couple fumbles with lyrics but otherwise spot on. A couple of fans have put it to original music and wow!

This is unusual because you’re hearing Angelina faithfully channeling another singer. And of course, it’s her favorite-Billie Holiday. She develops so fast that you immediately begin to hear Angelina’s spin and style from then on. Her next audition song is another Billie standard (I’m a Fool to Want You), but Angelina sings it a cappella. How a child, a non-English speaker, gets the phrasing and cadence so perfect is startling, as is her ability to stay on pitch and in tune with no music. But her next two NGT songs show such incredible development. We get two songs that we know (Bang, Bang and Summertime), but now we’re getting Angelina giving us her versions with her lyrical interpretation, her riffs, her phrasing. I’m old, and I loved both the Cher and Nancy Sinatra versions of Bang, Bang, but eight year old Angelina’s cover is my favorite. You’ll see as you move on that Angelina expresses melancholy so genuinely and authentically. She is stunning.

After 5 yeas and a couple of thousand views I still get cooked up watching this. Thank you for the background history. I knew most of it but always love more insight.

Generally in those early years AJ would scour YT videos of her favourite artists and other versions of the songs thay sang.Those songs that captured her emotionally she would cover in her own special way.This is the innocence of a child not needing to know the dark history of some of her choices,just knowing they made her feel sad.Her genius had it's expression and her family protected her from going too deep.

Thank you Aron. I love this audition I must have listened to this hundreds of times, she always gives me happy tears, she released any negativity surrounding this song and filled it with love , that's what she does with everything, She is a gift for the world when they need it most, Our beautiful AJ💜👣💎

A sad song, but she delivers happiness 😊 and we want always more diving deep into her music world 🌎 She said my music is bigger than me and inspired me to go on 🎉

Thanks for the in depth reaction, you’ll find as you listen to more of her covers she routinely changes lyrics when they lean negative or not age appropriate. Thanks man

Another insightful, heartfelt reaction. Thank you. I'm A Fool To Want You acapella next!

I've seen a lot of reactors who reacts to Angelina. Not many are honest, and not a lot of them has the knowledge to really understand what Angelina is doing. But you seem to understand everything. And by listening to you, I discover new things about Angelina that I've never had thought of before. She is by far my favorite artist in this world. Her voice and her singing is next level to me. Thank you for your reactions to Angelina, I will watch them all. Greetings from Norway.

On live performances, she'll close her eyes. A lot of reactors will say she's doing that from being nervous. The stage is Angelina's home, and she invites us in whenever she sings. She had an interview at 12 years old on a Scandinavian TV show, before performing her then new song Shield. She said when she's on stage and closes her eyes, she goes to another world, a very beautiful world.

I'm glad you were a little critical as most reactors are hesitant to critique a 7-year-old. She is so good an honest appraisal is just fine. As you mentioned she improved immensely during this competition. In the second song, all the words are clear and it is sung acapella with maybe a little bit of imperfection although hard to explain why I think that. The 3rd and 4th songs are sung with a level of perfection one would normally only expect from a seasoned professional.

She is barefoot when performing...this part was a interview....and why she did not have them on stage.

Thank you, and I enjoyed your insightful and genuine comments. You are becoming a true angel! Please continue to generously spread the love and kindness that Angelina exemplifies by providing her equal priority support on your channel. Since most viewers do not go to your description on their own, I suggest providing links, not only to the artist's original video, but also their official channels. More importantly, verbally encourage viewers to use those links to like, share, and comment for the artist, and to do the same for you! Your encouragement will lead viewers to the artist's links as well as your valuable information. If you are able, it is also helpful to link to the artists' social media and streaming services such as Spotify. Each artist provides us so much joy, and reactors have a platform which can help boost KZfaq analytics and exposure for you and all featured artists. Thank you for doing your part to enable Angelina to attain her inspirational goal of spreading love and peace throughout the world. Peace and love.

Another great reaction and analysis. Certainly on these talent shows, the contestant has limited time. Skipping the second verse was proper, given its context. I agree, it is truly amazing how Angelina is able to adapt her voice, as it continually changed, as she grew older. Had to be instinctual for her to know what her voice was capable of at any given age. I suppose, her perfect ear would lead her to make vocal choices which work. Her next performance on NGT is an a cappella version of "I'm a Fool to Want You" which was written by Frank Sinatra in 1951 but Billie Holiday had her last hit with it in 1958. Be sure to use the video which is 2:32 in length.

I hope one day you will end up on my Channel to see some of the Highest Quality Videos of Angelina in Las Vegas this past leap year, Feb 29th, 2024 - more about that at the Bottom below. But as much as I am impatient for that, I am even more impatient for you to attempt to do exactly as you are intending to do : just like Angelina's own career, DON'T RUSH IT, but at the same time, don't Take FOREVER, which could easily be the result if you take the time to react to more than say 20% of her most amazing performances. I imagine people have offered you lists of songs to react to - hopefully they are lists that will give you a representative cross section of her journey. I will offer my own eventually, but the start of it would be for you to finish the NGT performances, which will set you up very nicely for all that is to come afterward. GLOOMY SUNDAY was the first of 4 NGT performances - the other 3 are detailed next. The other 3 NGT performances : I'M A FOOL TO WANT YOU (2nd audition, sang A CAPELLA ! literally in front of her competitors, who were lined up / standing right behind her ), BANG BANG (semi final) & SUMMERTIME (winning performance). You already have 4 of her most Important performances under your belt - BOHEMIAN, SPELL, I WHO HAVE NOTHING and GLOOMY SUNDAY. I would like to offer to help guide you along your Journey. Is there any way for me to contact you directly? We could potentially use Instagram or TikTok or Facebook or Discord Direct Messaging, or email or... maybe you have a suggestion. Thank you very much. It is absolutely Awesome to have a person such as yourself with a strong Jazz background and musical knowledge reacting to Angelina - you have a unique Perspective that we ANGELs value GREATLY and you have the insight that that experience offers to see the true Genius that Miss Angelina Jordan posses... and over time, you will come to find out just how Deeply Profound that Genius actually is, both as an Artist and a Person. THANKS AGAIN - Your reactions are Truly Valuable to us ANGELs. sincerely, James Thiel, aka summaEngineer, aka 😇Jim _________________________________________________________________________________________________ In regards to the Las Vegas Shows . . . (Feb 29th, INTERNATIONAL THEATER [Elvis's 600+ sold-out shows], Westgate Resort, 7pm & 9:30pm): I was sitting Front Row Center and recorded quite a number of songs in 4K from probably 12 feet away; that video I recorded has been paired up with dozens of others recorded by at least a dozen other people (mostly strangers) who donated their videos to the cause of attempting to create the Highest Quality videos on KZfaq of Angelina's 20 songs performed that night. All of these donors either donated their video on their own without me personally even having to ask or did so immediately and without question upon my asking - that is a testament of the type of people that Angelina attracts as her most loyal fans (and I guess to a point the trust these strangers have in what I do for Angelina every day). Thanks again, 😇Jim _________________________________________________________________________________________________ by the way, I can with Certainty state that those will NOT BE YOUR LAST Angelina-Induced TEARS ! 😀😢

Another wonderful insightful reaction, thank you. Almost always tear up at this performance, even after 100+ viewings - it was the beginning of her public career. She clearly is emulating Billie Holiday here ... but develops her own voice so fast thereafter, influenced by Billie and so many other giants of jazz....it's just astonishing.

Yes she grows very fast in depth and style.She has developed this from greats like Billy Holiday.Her Mother would not let her sing anything that outright spoke of suicideShe has a very specific wobbly vibrato learned from Billy.You have to do the other songs to see how in the same contest she improves greatly This was her very first performance On TV and in front of an audience so nerves were there ven though she gets very serious when time t is perform Wait til you get to Summertime her last winning performance

Things are never gloomy when listening to your reactions! Angelina captured the essence of Billie Holiday in this performance as you so eloquently outlined. In addition to reacting to the remainder of the AGT performances, I would highly recommend you put on your list Angelina's version of I'm a fool to want You by Billie Holiday, when she is 11 in the studio. She does it acapella for her second AGT performance here at 7 years old. But, the 11-year-old version seems like fantasy it is so good! The emotion is palpable. These talent shows, the artists have only a limited amount of time to do their performance. It is common for singers to have to shorten songs and leave verses out to complete within the allotted time. It is also possible her family chose to leave the more sinister portions out of the song as they were not age appropriate. Peace out. By the way, I thought you would appreciate this mashup of Angelina singing duet with Billie Holiday kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fsVlkqSFxLSRoJs.htmlsi=FhmYDvZ-SkkxB-XJ

I appreciate your insight into the subtleties of her music. Thanks

Angelina is a force of nature and a living legend. Hearing Angelina sing is a life altering experience. This is the world according to Angelina. Her whole life, from the time she was eighteen months old, is documented. I know of no other artist who’s musical life is documented.

Congrats! You are one of very, very few to get it right this early in your trip with Angelina! Yes the blonde is her mother. the man holding her little sister (Juliette) is Gary Slattman, her father , and the older lady on the right side of the video is Mery, her Grandmother! This is one of the very few times her father has ever been seen (His choice).

I've been a fan (Angel) since "I Put A Spell On You" came out, and this performance was the second one I saw. All of her NGT performances were outstanding but, the most emotional one, for me, was "I'm A Fool To Want You" (acapella) which was her second performance done during the elimination round. Hopefully, that will be your next stop. I'm really enjoying your analysis and comments.

It got to you it does everybody that way hang on there's a lot more to come 💯 ❤❤🎉🎉

You noticed her mother wipe her eyes from behind the curtain. When asked later in an interview if they were tears of joy she responded they were both. They were of course tears of joy, but they were also tears of sadness because she realized in that moment that she was going to have to share her daughter with the world. After AJ won the competition her mother was asked "What's next for Angelina?" Her immdeiate response was 'school'. That AJ would of course be allowed to continue to sing, but the main thing focus would be to continue her schooling and do her singing when it fits into her school schedule and during the summer. Her family, God bless them, went to great lengths to shield and protect her from the wolves and pedos, in the entertainment industry that descended on them after this went viral. Including Disney, the worst of the bunch. This performance garnered 5 million views on YT within a few days of its airing. They turned down multi million dollar offers in order to protect her. And have continuted to do so until now. That's why she's not better known than she is. They deserve some kind of an award.

Yeah, now to Angelina's second song on Norway's Got Talent, "I'm a fool to want you" in the style of Billie Holliday, a cappella. Then right away jump to her studio version at 12.

The verse skipping could be related to her parents protecting her (more anon) or the competition insisting on s et timing for eacvh initial audition. Later in your journey you may listen to Angelina singing a demo song that she obtained from another artist. It was world class but was never released and this may also have indicated the parental control over some material. The song, "I'm Still Holding Out For You" appears under the heading "Leaked" and there are lyrics that could be consideered inappropriate because they hint at suicide. Other songs she has sung have had an adjustment to the lyrics because they were possibly too adult. As a seven year old, Angelina should not be held to the standards which we would apply to a full grown adult singer with a multi-decade career. Most children of this age would not be singing well enough to tackle this song or any jazz music.

Thankyou for not picking apart her entire song and they are only allowed a certain amount of time in the competition. By the way she is only seven and it would be good of you to base your picking apart her every word.

It is true that she muddled some of the lyrics, but if you actually have the lyrics in front of you, you will see that she did sing all of them, maybe not perfectly, but everything was there, and this was the only time during Norway’s Got Talent that she was not perfect. When she sang “I’m a Fool to Want You” a cappella, it was perfect, and she was unbelievable. Omar, the young judge, witnessed her working with musicians to accompany her for her songs, which she arranged for her performances on NGT, this was the first indication to them that she was a prodigy, no one was in doubt of her talent after that!

I suspect that Angelina is one of those people that are born with perfect pitch. It is also certain that she had listen to a lot of jazz from an early age. Most kids at seven sings “twinkle,twinkle “ or perhaps some popular pop songs. There is a clip where Angelina at the age of eighteen months try to sing a Whitney Houston song and that should tell you a lot about her. Every century there are born one or two persons that shows extremely skills even at a very young age. Mozart is one of them. I think Angelina is one of those from this century.

Definitely worth following through the competition to see her amazing growth vocally.

Now listen to the next 3 numbers on NGT. The second number she does acapella. You can hear how she has been working on her technique.

AngeLina is Known 4 immuLating the Artist of the Cover Songs She Does. & She Changes Some of the Words at Age 6 to Leave Out the VioLence 4a child to Sing This Song 👍🍾🍷

Congratulations. Excellent analysis. Being Jazz people, you could see one of AJ's best rehearsals. In this rehearsal of "Fly Me To The Moon" for Quincy Jones' 80th birthday in 2018, Angelina Jordan was accompanied by an orchestra composed of approximately 70 musicians including string, wind and percussion sections. As you can see, it was done in one take. At no point does she seem nervous, she got all the applause. You can see it at: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hbObqtKiurSym3k.htmlsi=lFk3I02uqh8sVGUQ

Thank you for yet another great reaction. 👣It is a well known fact that Angelina`s family is very conscious about not letting her sing lyrics that are all inappropriate for a young child to sing. Also for Angelina`s next performance, another BH cover, "I`m A Fool To Want You", she obviously skipped the word "devil" in that one, from the line; " - to share a kiss the devil has known". She (they) changed that. Later, as Angelina turned 10 and even at 12, the same goes for a couple of Amy Winehouse covers. In fact, Angelina mainly rewrote the song "Back to black," and also large parts of "Rehab". She has been writing her diary (or journal) at least since 6 yo, so she did quite well with her lyrics at 10 and 11/12 with those. She also recorded her first two own songs at 11, for the album "It`s Magic" (released in summer of 2018 as she was 12). BTW she also recorded a "new version of "I`m a Fool To Want You" for the album as well. Another great one to look forward to, that`s for sure 😊👍 Back to NGT now; - I think you will be amazed by her amount of development even from one performance to the next (4 songs) during those few months. Her is the link for her next one. It was performed in front of the judges only, besides all the other singing contestants. There was no comments at the time, as they should mainly after the full session, reduce the number of contestants for the quater-finals. Angelina will not dissapoint you in this one either. Billie Holiday`s "I`m A Fool o Want You" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gr6boa-LqdW2hoU.html 👣 🤗

Wait till you hear Bang Bang.....and Summertime!!!

The young judge Omer Batthi lived in Michael Jackson's house until his death and grew up with his children. His mother was The nanny of. Prince and there are rumors that she was Prince surrogate mother. In any case, Paris referred to Prince and Omer as her brothers because they grew up together. Since NGT he has been friends with AJ and her family. So he is one of the few people who personally knew the King of Pop and today the Queen of Jazz.

Great reaction A-Aron 😊👍 I no need say much , only that ur facial expression's in the beginning said it all my friend. Now ur an Angel , and you no gonna believe what she does at next performance my friend 😉😋 have agood one , take care an stay safe btw i like ur analytic take on her performances, is an refreshing take on it , nice to see u try to put words on Angelina's❤ performances. many have tried ..and still have no idea how shew does it . Just expect the unexpected 😉😋

The day Angelina was conceived, all the stars in the universe were aligned...Fate and Destiny...Her fate was sealed to become one of our greatest singer song writer of our time, something she can't escape, it was fate...She's now DESTINE to be a super star, bring love, compassion and beautiful music to the world. It's her destiny.. We are all so bless for it..Great reaction my friend. Cheers..

If you missen too more song Angelina covers, than you sud know Angelina change some words of every cover she sings! And she her fans love that! 👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍❤❤❤🙏

AngeLina Was a Baby & Was Not Supposed 2 Sing Jazz as a chiLd so She Changed the Lyrics HerseLf No One Arranged This 4Her jus incredible 👍🍾🍷

I find it interesting to go through her progression as a vocalist. I think you will be stunned at the leaps she makes from year to year as I have never seen anything like it. You will get to see how she handled her voice changing as she grew up. For her "sound errors" I like what some have said,"her imperfections are perfect" and another said she was a million shades of perfect. Two factors that make her seem almost perfect--she does make mistakes occasionally--is that she is a Jazz singer and she is at the least a generational talent so 1. she is real good at handling them 2. With Jazz she rarely sings a song the same every time 3. She sounds so good most of the time and one is so engaged that you never notice them. One last note---She sounds better sick then most singers do on their best day. What she did at the Asian Gala was stunning, esp. on "I Have Nothing".

Thank you for sharing the fruits of your hard work with us. 🙏

Great and careful reaction, thank you Aron. This was the first time I heard this little fairy sing, 10 years ago and I've been hooked ever since. In all these years by now I have listened to she thousands of times in hundreds of splendid interpretations and yet every time I see this first performance of hers at the age of 7, it makes me move again, like the first time, with that wonderful concentration of humility, simplicity, candor, intelligence, sympathy and talent. I love her wonderful sense of jazz musicianship from his very first performances. Regarding the lyrics, keep in mind that those talents have time limits for performances, usually within 2 minutes, so it is normal that (as she also did with Bohemian Rhapsody) the lyrics are cut, also the mother didn't want that she sang some words (it also will happens later in years with Amy Winehouse's songs) too strong for her age, so Angelina rearrange the lyrics. 💛🧡❤

Thank you for your awesome reaction you will be blown away through your journey with her shes 18 now and has over 200 covers and originals she is unbelievable i have listening to her since 2016 wild bill

By the way, I was in the fourth row center and then second row center in Vegas. My sweet experience still lingers on! I live on the Central Coast of California! Hi angels. 😇🌸👋

She could sing the ingredients off a can of spam and it would make me emotional. Perfect imperfection.

In her younger years Angelina and her family looked very closely at the lyrics of songs she wanted to sing. Changes to the script were made if some lyrics seemed totally inappropriate for her. She sings some Amy Winehouse songs whereby some lyrics had to be avoided, or 'modified'. I appreciate your in depth look at all the particulars that went into making this performance what is was but there is no denying, listening to her sing it was emotionally overwhelming. Most of the people in the audience, including those watching the video probably had no idea who Billie Holiday was and probably never heard her sing so what they were reacting to was listening to a 7 year old child sing with a tone of voice which reached into them and touched their hearts. And, my friend, this is where I'd like to point something out. Did you get the feeling she was singing 'for you' besides singing to you? That accounts for the fact she never appears nervous when she performs. Personal gratification? It takes a backseat to what she is doing. She wants us to feel joy, always have hope, and to feel the love in her heart. Applause to Angelina is an indication that all of those things occurred. It will become more evident as time goes on. Yes, the blonde woman who was crying backstage during the performance was her mom (Sara). Sara was once asked to explain how Angelina exhibits so much poise and confidence at such a young age. Sara's response was when Angelina was 8 years old she was already acting like a young adult. And, the story continues................I cannot wait till you hear her sing 'What A Difference A Day Makes' at 8 years old singing at an outdoor event with thousands in attendance. There is a short interview prior to her performance and although it is in Norwegian there are subtitles in English. If you take everything that is going on in the video it would probably take you well over an hour to explain to us your version of what is going on. And, when you are done with a critique lasting an hour and you look at the video again, you will find more 'stuff' that passed you by. only Angelina...

You got to remember there is a time limit on the performance and that her family wouldn't allow certain lyrics to be said. That is why she changed Back to Black. As a 7 year old little girl she did an amazing job. You need to watch the rest of her NGT performances.

Her pledge is only to always be barefoot on stage. Her mom would never let her sing about suicide. It has come up a few times since that AJ has had to change lyrics in her covers to make sure they were not too dark.

A-Aron Appreciate your detailed and informative reactions. I see where you are going.... all I can say you will see and experience her incredible and exponential development through 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12....

AngeLina Learned EngLish on Her Own & Was Singing n EngLish Since the Tender Age of 18 months as Seen on the Documentary 👍🍾🍷

Her grandmother is filming almost all the time. She's a very famous artist from Iran. Her name is Mary Zamani.

For various reasons throughout the years Angelina had chosen to change some words in some songs. She completely changed Amy's Back to Black to make it more suitable for a young girl to sing.

There is an interview in which Angelina tells us she couldn't sleep the night before the audition so she pulled out her ipad and found this song from Billie Holiday, it's likely her mother made Angelina take out some of the lyrics to make it more age appropriate as you will find out Sara (her mother) has required for many of the adult songs Angelina sing's in her early years. So NO she did not sing this 100 times, most likely only two or three times. This is the first and the last time you will ever see Angelina sing this song since after singing this she finds out what the song is about and decides she will never sing this song ever again. There is another song you will later hear about that she sang and she refused for it to go public because of the same theme and the writer was not willing to change the lyrics, but was later leaked onto KZfaq in a fan made video and allowed to stay. With each song she sings from here on you will notice a remarkable improvement in her skill level, you ain't seen nothing yet. Continue to use the links I provided in the last video, In her next song it is important what you don't hear. Thanks for this wonderful reaction.

She is my favorite singer.

Really good and honest reaction. I expect minor mistakes at age 7. Also, singing in a language not her own. Remakable.

Hi A-ARON my fellow Angelina Angel 😇 Angelina's performance at Norway's gotalent "Gloomy Sunday" audition at only 7 years old 😲🎙 our barefoot 👣Princess 👰‍♀️ sings a Billy Holiday song! So quite similar and heart❤️‍🔥and soul ✨️💫✨️touching I hade tears 🥲🥲 in my Eyes 👁! Incomprehensible to the mind 🤷‍♂️ this old soul ✨️ voice! Angelina said in an interview when she was about 8 years old! When I sing 👩😲🎙 I go to another world 🌍 this world 🌍 is endless and full of love ❤️! and when I sing on stage 👩😲🎙 I don't want to stop! Conclusion: Born to sing 😲 and perform👸on stage our Angel 😇! Angelina feels❤️‍🔥 every syllable she sings 👸😲🎙 in her old soul 💫✨️💫 and in her heart 💖 And that is the big difference to the other singers 😯!! Angelina embodies: Ella Fitzgerald,Amy Winehouse🥲Billie Holiday,Etta James,Whitney Houston🥲Elvis 🎸🕺🥲Michael Jackson🥲Adele,Lauryn Hill,Frank Sinatra,Queen,Freddy Mercury,Dinah Washington,Aretha Franklin,Dean Martin, all the old past and present great singers😲🎙! Angelina carries a 💯 year-old soul ✨️ inside her! As a music lover 💖🎸🎹 and singer 😲 for over 47 years now (67.5), I have never seen or heard a voice 😲🎙 like Angelina's! Angelina is so special, unique, and magical! I love 💖 you so much as a human being! A day without Angelina, our angel 😇, voice 😲 and emotions ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 is a lost music 🎶 day 🤪 for me! A day without healing therapy for the soul 🌟✨️ and the heart ♥️! My Queen 👸🎙😲 and beauty 💃 of my music 🎶 world 🌍 in my life! Thanks for sharing this video👍great emotional reaction and analysis A - ARON as always my fellow AJ Angel 😇 👍👌👏! Love 💖 and peace ✌ ☮️ and kindness 😀 from Switzerland 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭 👋🙋‍♂️😇👣👸😯🎙🎺🎷🎸 🎹 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️🔥💥🌍🌹💎! Spread Love 💖 all Day 😀! Thank you a thousand times for the support, my fellow angel 😇 from Angelina!! our jazz queen👸 and angel 😇!! on her two You Tube channels 🙏She deserves it a thousand times over😀!

About 2 years after this the judge who interviewed her, Omer Bhatti, while visiting his friends the Jackson's at Christmas time he introduced Michael's mother to AJ's singing.

True, she did some things not perfect, but it's like you can tell how she hears the right details in her head and heart! (except for some mistakes in the English). To sing such a difficult song in the even more difficult style of Billie Holiday, with the unique inflections and unpredictable timing, at the age of 7 is insane. Also the timing in the slow beat (without clear drum beats) is incredible. Kids usually can't deal with those slow rhythms. And than, she may not have understood the emotions of the lyrics completely the way adults do, but she certainly understood the emotions of the melody and the music. She has a natural melancholy in her voice and feel for music. If she did things differently than Billie it was still very special! Love this girl! Thanks for your detailed analysis!

Her mother actually tried to get Angelina to sing a different song. But Angelina was determined to sing this one.

Since you are doing very detail research you will probably be interested in this detail which you likely missed: Here is what she said about how she chose the song for NGT (she was 7) - The reason I chose this song is totally random. I love jazz, but " Gloomy Sunday " was accidental. It was a night I could not sleep and my mom was stressed that I was awake long after midnight. Then I borrowed mum's iPad where I would listen to jazz on KZfaq before I fell asleep. Then came a picture of a beautiful lady screaming at the sky and closed eyes. I am talking about jazz queen Billie Holiday, she said to the Norwegian television channel TV 2. I heard the song "Gloomy Sunday " that night and then I had to hear it every day. I love the melody. I understood very well what the text was about because I understand English. Every time I sang it, I felt something special about it, it's hard to explain in words. When I sang it for my mom, she said that this song is nice, but it was an incredibly sad song.

Her mother would not let her sing some of the lyrics . This is not the only song where it has happened ,she received a new song to do a demo for another songwriter . Her mother would not let her sing it after the first demo. Someone released it despite her mother.

Loved the background on this song. Angelina made me rediscover music in many ways. After listening to songs that were even before my time my appreciation grew immensely. Then I discovered who she is and has always been as a person. Now my role model for who I want be as a person is 45 years younger than me.

I thought I’d add to the list of Angelina’s universal popularity. I’ve been following Angelina closely since 2017. I saw her concert in Portsmouth and was pissed that I had to miss Las Vegas (but blessed that many of my newfound friends brilliantly recorded Vegas). I’m from the edge of NY state, six miles from the Vermont border.

If you think about it, she did this, Bohemian Rapsody and let's not forget I'm still holding out for you, which all had the element of suicide in them. But as you say, I hope she's just to young to understand it.

I have watched this audition a thousand times and once again I have tears in my eyes. It is almost spooky. You absolutely want to listen now to her rendering of I'm A Fool To Want You, which she sings next in the competition a cappella! Please make sure you listen to the FULL version, as they cut the middle section for timing reasons. I know that some people will carp at your criticisms, but I know that it is only by noticing the tiniest imperfections that one can work on them and become truly great. A true artist is never satisfied. Even at the end of I Put a Spell on You, her thoughtful expression seems to say, 'Not bad, but . . . ' I am thoroughly enjoying your reactions. Can't wait for the next one!

One thing you gotta understand about the Bedford princess. At that age the family was still involved, especially her mom of what she thought she should sing and what she shouldn’t sing. at the age of seven. She did a song that was sent to her by baby fuzz. to do a demo tape at the age of 10. It’s called still holding out for you and it was leaked. As far as I’m concerned that is one of the most awesome song she’s ever done. The reason it was leaked is after she did the demo her mom felt that she shouldn’t release it because it was about suicide. Go listen to that still holding out for you . after it was leaked the family. Let it stay out there.

Thank you for your reaction to this epic gloomy sunday with angelina on stage, sooooo amazing...i follow angelina since this moment and now with 18 she is for sure a superstar, the best ever 👑♥️🌹💫

As for lyrics, keep in mind Angelina already has the habit of altering words, phrases, timing, and pronunciation to suit her vocal needs, and needed to cut down the total time for a try-out. Of course I can't know which was a mistake or artistic choice.

Without having learned all the facts about this song in your introduction, I would be totally unaware of Angelina Jordan today. I had read all about the Hungarian Suicide Song legend for a piece I was writing 8 years ago and then, being familiar with Billie Holiday but not her rendition of the song, I decided to find it on KZfaq. I was immediately distracted by a thumbnail suggesting that a 7-year-old had covered a song I now knew had been banned by the BBC for most of the 20th century . . . for a prime-time talent show. I was not only curious to hear it, I was curious, based on what I had learned of the song’s reputation, which parents had exposed their 7-year-old to it for long enough to have learned it! I duly listened to Angelina and immediately knew how the Billie Holiday version would sound; so much so that I actually became engrossed in Angelina Jordan covers and forgot to listen to Billie Holiday altogether. Having done so a day or two later, I felt like Angelina sang it like Lady Day stylistically more than sounded like her, which was itself remarkable. Like you, I feel Angelina had listened to the song on repeat but she is a fast learner, so once she had ‘learned’ albeit the incorrect lyrics, actually studying the song in any more detail went out the window, especially since she herself indicated later on that auditioning with ‘Gloomy Sunday’ was a random decision. Clearly she sang what she knew and she does the same thing in her next NGT song, another Billie Holiday cover of which I’ll warn you there is a cut down and a full version including the bridge circulating on KZfaq. Later on at age 11, her grandmother filmed Angelina rehearsing that song, ‘I’m a Fool to Want You’, for her first album, ‘It’s Magic’. The KZfaq clip for that shows Angelina in the booth following the lyrics on her phone even though it had been part of her repertoire for the past five years. Why? I believe because she had encountered someone in the recording process who was the perfectionist that Angelina never was. When you get to her more intimate covers, often accompanied by a single guitar or piano, you’ll become as aware as she must be of several slip-ups but, unlike almost any other performer or, indeed, any young person doing anything, she is happy for her videos to be posted regardless of any imperfections. If, as I do, you regard Jazz as the most informal and improvisational of genres, childhood Angelina suited the role of Jazz singer perfectly.

Thanks A-Aron !! 👍♥️ Great as usual.

Thanks. There is another video of her singing this when she is a little older practicing in a studio. You can hear the differences.

Great reaction❤ It's gonna be SO, SO interesting to follow you on your Angelina journey. I have followed Angelina since this very audition, and she is still blowing my mind. There is no one like her or there I think. Love from Norway 🇸🇯❤️🇺🇸😇🎸

There is something very important that you left out when criticizing her performance. I know you really appreciate her, but what you left out, as a performer, she was unfazed by any miscues she may have made. I would never have mentioned that a seven year old made any language mistakes when singing, especially in a foreign language. It made you look harsh, even with all of the compliments you bestowed upon her. The pitch “mistakes” were your opinion as she made the song beautiful with the pitches she sang. I do think her diction was not her best, but when you hear her next three performances you will see her huge improvement. Her performance of “ Summertime” is so emotionally performed, that I always tear up. This was one professional musician to another.

A great and fascinating reaction indeed: her second song for NGT is one of her most amazing performances I think... I'm a Fool to Want You sung acapella - there is also a video on KZfaq of her singing put against the music and it is incredible how spot on she was... And and others have mentioned, her rendition of the same song for her album "It's Magic", when she was 11 or 12, is fantastic too - one her very best...

Nice react👍

If U Noticed From the Words on the Screen After She Sang GLoomy Sunday Her Singing Coach Asked Her Where Did She Get the Song Bcause AngeLina Changed Some Words n the Song So a chiLd Cud Sing it 👍🍾🍷

Thank for your reaction. ❤❤❤

I have noticed the differences in the lyrics and I think like you said she has listened to this many times and she is singing the words she knows that is as close to what she hears. In other words, words like numberless is probably not in her English vocabulary at this age.

Aron please read Roberts's comments properly which will provide answerrs to your concerns. She fully understood what the song was about. For age appropriateness she randomly selected verses. She pays tribute to Billie Holiday more than to imulate her. Surely Billie would have been very excited to listen to Angelina's rendition of Gloomy Sunday. I suggest you also listen to a mashup of Angelina & Billie as presented by pa1103. You will appreciate her more moreso She was Only 7 and sang Jazz. Who deed that at that age? Angel from South Africa.

Probably mentioned below but I'll mention it again her mother has always reviewed the lyrics and would have her leave out or rewrite the original lyrics to make them age-appropriate. 😇🌺

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You have to remember she was seven her mother didn't want her to sing those parts

She said she decided to pick that song the night before. What is ignored is that she has a repertoire of songs at age 7. Her timing, even back then was super.

You have to remember they only have 2 minutes to impress the judges which is why she cut out some parts of the song.