I’m 67 and I felt the same way. I literally felt like I went down a time tunnel and I was 15 again. What an incredible thing this is, she gave us such a gift.

I have heard a few covers by different ladies. Each were close to sounding like Karen, but Tori is the real deal. The first time I heard this great singer doing this hit, my eyes started sweating. I let my grandson listen to Karen, and then played Tori's cover, and he thought it was Karen again.

Absolutely right these are big shoes to fill and she has definitely done it!!! 😊

she records and masters in her house. amazing woman and singer at 21.

This is Tori's voice, not an imitation of Karen's. This young lady is about 21 years old. I gave her "95" on her similarity to Karen.

I had the exact same reaction as you when I first heard this. It is her real voice -- no pitch correction or auto tune. It brought back so many memories for me when I was younger. This girl has brought back that wonderful feeling that Karen imparted to everyone when she sang.

Hello Maria! This young woman impressed me so so much like I can realize on your face too.. She has a smooth voice like Karen and I ve got big eyes and ears whèn I first listened. Love always your reactions very much. Take care und God bless you...Greetings from 🇩🇪❤

and a real credit to the production - he did a fantastic job!

This brings me to tears Every time I hear it.

The first time I heard Tori sing, I was so amazed that I thought she had to be lip-synching but it's all her, even the backing vocals.

Maria! You almost cried? I cry every time I hear this, and that's already been two-dozen times at least. Tori's a big admirer of Karen and has incorporated nuances of Karen's singing into her own style. But that's not all. If you go to her site, she has myriad covers of not only the Carpenters, but many other artists. One that's really striking is her cover of an Olivia Newton-John song. Olivia had a soprano range, as opposed to Karen's contralto. Tori effects a breathier, lighter sound to her voice and pulls off a really good doppelganger of Olivia's voice. Know what else? Before she teamed with Jim to do this, she created, on her own, many of the covers at her site (which comprised overdubbed parts) on multitrack recording decks and pro-level sequencing software. But back to her voice, the thing that has me gobsmacked on her is her on-pitch singing and her seemingly endless vibrato. Most singers I've heard can't do that. She's incredible.

Hi Maria, I was considering requesting this as I had discovered Tori about 4 months ago. But I'm glad Joe got to it quickly. Tori I think is a generational talent. The only way I can describe her voice is timeless. The Carpenters performances are impactful as you just witnessed, but she does cover other artists and even has an original on her KZfaq page. Her voice is outstanding and she claims that she will never replace Karen Carpenter and is not trying to. There are nuances of her voice that are different but if you weren't listening closely you may not notice. What you heard here was not an imitation but her natural voice and tone. This particular performance is the masterpiece it is because of collaboration with Jim wilkas, a genius audio engineer and producer. He coordinated all of the audio, video, instrumentation, and backup harmonies that created this work of art. As you can see, he is a master of authenticity. I really enjoyed your reaction to Tori and I agree with you. It was probably the most profound reaction from you I've ever seen and I loved it.

If you want more detailed analysis on Torrey Holub. Check out another Channel called Wings of Pegasus. They do a voice analysis. Tori did not use autotune or pitch correction. And to respond to the comment above. She did a performance at a jazz club in St Paul called Crooners a couple months ago. She's sang this song with piano accompaniment only. Apparently it was the first time she sang in front of anybody. It's also on KZfaq.

Can't add much more to what those who have already commented, other than that I thoroughly enjoyed your genuine and heartfelt reaction to the wonderful gift that Tori is sharing. I would only emphasize that as much as she has similar vocal qualities with Karen, their voices are actually rather distinct. Tori herself has adamantly stated that there will never be anyone else like Karen, but as you and many others have observed, Tori herself is incredibly special in her own way. And I would wholeheartedly agree.

According to close friends of Karen,her mother,who was a perfectionist and made it obvious that Richard was her favorite child,took Karen to a weight loss doctor when she was just 17. Karen lost weight and liked the way she looked,but then the eating disorder kicked in. When asked about her later on in interviews,Richard and his mother would “circle the wagons”,shoot down any questions/concerns about her weight loss,and claim the family had it under control. Karen was literally starving for her mother’s love. Makes my heart hurt to think of how much emotional pain she must’ve been in.

Ive must have watched people react to Tori singing this a gazillion times and I'm close to tears every time i see that initial reaction, Your was perfect 😄

KZfaq search Wings of Pegasus. There is a guy named Fil who has a reaction channel and he has this software where he feeds the song or just the vocal through it and it shows the singer's voice on a moving graph---sort of looks like the lines you see on an EKG but for the voice instead of for the heart. He ran Karen singing this song and then fed Tori singing it. It was nearly spot on...almost identical. I thought Tori sounded so close to Karen that she was lip-syncing, but she wasn't. It's really Tori. It's kind of eery.

Tori and Jim do a great cover of the Burt Bacharach & Hal David medley - which The Carpenters did on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1970 outdoors at The Walter Reed Hospital. Dan Wesley posted a Tori video of the "It's Impossible" (Perry Como) about 2 weeks ago. Tori's channel has many short covers of The Carpenters songs. Checkout Tori's "Merry Christmas, Darling (audio only) and Georgia On My Mind (audio only).

There was a biopic that said Karen started her anorexia when a music critic called her "pudgy", but it is a very complicated psychological disorder that may or may not have a trigger. Tori has shorts, original "Carpenters" songs, and tributes to other great ladies on her website. She claims to not be a singer, but an audio engineer. Could have fooled me

Out on all platforms now, her original, Something To Believe In, but Karens voice is still there.

What a great reaction to Tori’s cover! Thank you!

What a great reaction, probably the best to date from any reactor, to this phenomenal cover by twenty year old Tori. These musicians have collaborated to this masterpiece from all over the globe and put together by the genius Jim Wilkas. Tori has a lot of shorts on KZfaq but well worth a look. If I were being picky about Tori's voice in this video, she's taken away the sharpness that Karen's voice portrayed in the 1970's original and somehow smoothed out the pitch, which I find pleasing to the ear. If you didn't know, you would be forgiven for thinking this was actually the Carpenters.

Remarkable resemblance to Karen Carpenter, who I am sure is smiling in heaven. 20 year old Tori Holub also has a couple originals. Thanks to Joe, I learned about Tori when she only had 3.4k subscribers to her channel. I encourage everyone to subscribe to Tori and also to Maria's channel. It is FREE to subscribe so please support your favorite content creators.

As great as her Carpenters covers are, I think the recently released version of the old Perry Como song It's Impossible is even better. Absolutely stunning.

Hi Maria, yes, I do my best not to give it away. At over 300k views it’s more difficult but not impossible. I was algorithm’d Tori back last October. It’s been an adventure. She is so much more than just a Karen “clone” she has a magical voice. Tori is 20 and that is synergy to Karen who was 20 for WOJB and the 2nd album. If I told you Tori can do supreme justice to Olivia songs, you’d be surprised, too. I’ll leave a link to her most recent short cover of “Sam” down below. She is also a multi-instrumentalist; guitar, piano and yes a little drums. But guitar is her main skill. She has a small library of full length videos and audios. The vast majority are the short vertical format. There’s a whole story surrounding WOJB and the amazing Jim Wilkas who put this all together. Maybe he will impart that, if not I’ll fill you in. I’ll also get you more caffeinated with a special song. In April, Tori was invited as one of 8 acts, to the Carpenters 55th Anniversary Celebration. I was there too. Tori sang two songs on that night. It was a 4 night event in Downey, CA. Night 2 was The Acoustic Concert. The first song she sang and also the ONLY non-Carpenters song of the night, it was “Something In Your Eyes.” Richard C. and Cynthia Weil wrote it for Karen but she died before even hearing it. The concert was held in the church where Karen had her funeral and Richard married Mary. A very connected and historic church. But churches have weird acoustics and there was crowd noise, coughing etc. The official recording made by Chip for the 55th was dodgy at best, but Tori sounded fantastic. She wasn’t happy and when she got home to her studio, she re-recorded it with a clean piano track from Drew Jansen the piano for that night. She basically created the Carpenters song that never was. It was originally sung by Dusty Springfield w/Richard for his Time, solo album in 1987, a beautiful rendition but, not exactly what we all wanted. I will warn you on this one, have tissues at the ready, depending on your level of Carpenters love. It seems strong, this hits hard. I’m so glad you enjoyed this, it is to me also, the best cover of ANY song I’ve ever seen and as a Carpenters cover, insanely difficult to pull off. Hat’s off the Jim and the international crew and Tori ❤. Joe Tori: Sam by ON-J (Short) kzfaq.infoWzrpXaZKT7Y?si=ZBVxtc9D0KNWv2Xt Tori: Something In Your Eyes (Studio Version) Produced by Tori Holub kzfaq.info/get/bejne/abCAbKZ_2J-9hmg.htmlsi=mBdzhcbUW551ykBN . Edit: Coffee bought. Enjoy! Oh and ‘Ha Lubb’

As soon as I saw this I knew you were going to be astonished. She sounds so much like Karen Carpenter. Her's is one of those voices that you can't forget, once you have heard it.

Leonid and Friends do a fabulous version of "Superstar" if you want to hear Karen II.

Karen Carpenter is my second favorite voice of all time (Lucy Thomas took top tier), but Tori is so close to Karen it's like a reincarnation has happened. I listened to everything Karen sang and my estimate is Tori overlaps Karen voicewise by about 90%.

I don't hear her as a "reincarnation". She has similarities. Nice video tho.

Close, but not Karen's distinctive voice.

This is a good cover but don't sound just like her to me she can't get the low pitch like karen but some parts sound like her, but she is a very good singer though, but I've always been biased for the originals anyway very few ppl can do better than the original singers

I honestly don't get it. Beautiful voice but I've never heard and still haven't anyone who sounds like Karen.

Not quite like Karen.

Karen was pure soul, this girl is karaoke karen at best. Not knocking her, it might be nice hearing her in a bar after a few drinks.