If you're not a singer or musically inclined, you wouldn't get it! What she did was amazing! Some people can't hit ONE note on key. Let alone two.

I had this happen ONCE with my vocals and it never happened again. I wish I can be constant like this Queen!

That's how angels sing....producing layered harmonies in one breath

If you can't sing or digest music with your ears ... you will never know the joy of hearing and or learning how to do this!!!

The technic she does with her voice is known as polyphonic overtone singing. Some people also call it dual or double voice. I saw her do it in snarky puppy "something" and had to investigate.She could be singing with some of the top musicians and even they understand it for its greatness.

For those who missed it, it's the brief moment at 0:12.

This lady is awesome on her own merits. Love what she does when she performs.❤

She is just ridiculous!🥰🥰🥰🥰 She does that with such ease!

me trying to do this is like chubakka singing the national anthem

She is Amazing. Lalah Hathaway!!!

OMGosh her scatting blesses me everytime I hear it. *Takes more notes* Thank you Lalah😁

This Woman Is Very Talented...

So I never heard of this before, I thought the video was about that last part which was amazing, I had assumed that my headphones or the audio was just fucked up or something, but that does not sound like a sound a human should be able to make, I’m convinced her voice is a portal from another world

I've only heard such a note (2 notes at once) from an instrument (sousaphone). The way Lalah uses her instrument (her voice) to do that is amazing.

9 years later and still as impressive

I absolutely love Lalah. I have always been a fan ❤❤❤❤❤

bruh shes so cool with it too 😂❤🎉

So cooool sounding. This kind of overtone singing is so different from all the other varieties of it I know of. I can do many styles but this one eludes me - once in a great while I can get it, but not consistently.

Watch Lalah perform the same amazing vocal trick repeatedly in the video of her 2014 Grammy-winning performance, "Something" with the fusion group Snarky Puppy.

Damn that startled me😅That was beautiful

😮Wow!!

wooooow. doing those chords is hard enough, she still managed add vibrato

I would love to watch her live- the regular singing was just as incredible- what control and beauty!!! Wow

This beautiful Queen is absolutely amazing. She is a treasure and a gem. I wish she get her flowers rightfully. I mean people who Know good music knows she’s one of the best but I want her to get so much more accolades and praise. She sends me into a trance every time I hear/see her. It makes no damn sense how someone can be this damn gifted, beautiful and amazing ❤❤❤❤❤. Love this woman

Omg she’s amazing

Lala Hathaway is Music old school Show Business ❤❤❤

really!!!! this is the first Ive heard of this and Ive been playing guitar for 40 years! I've never been into vocals that much, but this just blew me away!!

I do this all the time when i have a cold

R.I.P People that are using HEADPHONES

WOWWWWWWW

how is that possible????? woooooo

If you ever get a chance to see her perform GO. Go with friends or family or alone. She gives her all every time.

Most polyphonic vocalists aren't necessarily great singers. Lalah is definitely an exception. So are Kim Burrell and Dorinda Clark, both of whom also have demonstrated this mindblowing skill in various songs.

Amazing

I just loved this vibe it was cute. Love her ans the band/back up singers

Whaaat?! How is that even possible 😮

Love her voice

mind=blown.

The licc!!!🎊🎊🎊

ARE U FCKIN' KIDDING ME?? THAT'S INHUMAN!!!

I remember being able to do this as a kid. Didn't think it was special 😕

Everyone should look at/listen to her performance with Snarky Puppy when she did this and freaked out the background singers and Snarky Puppy band members, especially the drummer. She's not just harmonizing with herself she's producing three "voices"!

Amazing Voice

untouchable

sounds like she is breathing her soul out

I AM IN AWE!

omg love when she overtone sings

That’s insane

I was able to do 3 when I had the flu....people were really annoying by it, they thought a duck was dying but I pull it off!!!

Omg just discovered there is a label for what I have been able to do since I was a child. I can hold a whole Convo doing it or singing. 😮

I did this by accident before... she does it at will!!!

I do this all the the by accident I didnt know this was a thing

I used to do it when I was really little like 5 or 6 it happened a few times but stopped

She lowkey hit 3 notes ❤❤❤❤❤❤

seven swans are swimming WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOW DO YOU DO THAT!

The Hathaway Legacy continues

It's really amazing what she does with her voice. Just freaking unbelievable.

Wow. Imagine you’re watching someone sing and you hear a harmony but there’s only one person performing.

I saw her do this live at Essence Festival before

Wow

woah!!!!!!!

Still trying to figure out how she does this years later

why am i just finding out about something like this, now!

I've had this happen to me by accident. I can't do it on command like her though.

She really said: 👻 🎵 🎶

HOW did she do that!

SHOOK

People kept telling me this is humanly impossible I can do this and I'm 15 idk how but it happens

I can only do this when I'm congested 😂 it's the gunk

There's many neo soul instrumentalists who get high off this.

howwww does she do it

I tried it for the first time in my life and I got 3 notes first try.

I can barely do it on command but she seems to have a lot of control over it :0

WAIT HOW TF

DAMN I’ve always wanted to learn how to do this:( even though I can sing really good, clearly I sUcK at learning other singing shite:(

BRUHHH WTFFF!!!

I just wish she could do it on another note that just this one

this is not an overtone. this is a different vocal technique involving the cooperation of your vocal chords and throat.

How???

Good lord. All these years later and people are still arguing over something they can't even replicate lol Most people are right though. It's NOT overtone singing which is done with manipulating your mouth. This is done strictly with her vocal chords. Either way, people are arguing over nothing. Not many people can perform EITHER technique with ease and both are mind blowing when done by someone that knows what they're doing. Just enjoy the vibe and the talent

Me after smoking 2 packs of cigarettes tryna cough..

How do we not keep her under secret service protection or behind bomb proof glass with airholes? Ah shit thats right, we suck. 🙇🏾‍♀️

👀👀👀👽

This isn't overtone singing. The smallest interval that can be sung using the overtone series is an octave, whereas she is singing with significantly smaller intervals like thirds.

sounds like practicing to me. lm Good with the Rustic Overtones

What kind of illuminatism...

from what I've found, im not sure this is overtone singing, its something else

Is this really overtone singing? I manipulate overtones with my voice very well, but it doesn’t sound exactly like this.

Yeah this isnt overtone singing. It's multiphonic singing and though its very neat, it has a lot of room for improvement compared to most people who have learnes actual polyphonic overtone singing

Is this where some people can throw their voice a little bit, making it delayed in our ears?

How even ?!?

Most people can make it sound like a screaming concert lol all you how to do is scream and let nothing but hot breath come out lol joking but it’s true so I guess most of us can sound like more then one person 😂😂😂😂😂🤷🏾‍♀️💯💯

She just does the same one

did she mean to do that

0:36 The Lick

What is this called?

i can do this. idk how its impressive tho unless u can do it like ana maria hefele

I hear her dad was a pretty decent singer as well.

is that even possible?