Kevin playing cello and beat boxing at the same time is amazing.

Loved them both. Feels like Pentatonix took the emotional intensity up to 11.

Lady Gaga is this generations Cher (not that Cher is done with the world yet). I didn't listen to her back in the Monster Mother day and only found her when she started more classical music. Pentatonix is … well they're Pentatonix... They could cover Twinkle Twinkle little star and win a Grammy. I refuse to choose between. They both bring tears to me.

In this song Kirstin went from "best supporting" to "star".

I prefer the Pentatonix version, myself. Loved Kirstin in this more than Lady Gaga.

I haven't seen the movie either, but have heard from friends that Cooper and Lady Gaga were excellent in it, and the song (apparently as done in the movie) was great. Love the PTX interpretation as well. I've noticed that Kirstin has really been rocking her lower register lately, and when she belted out the higher part it gave me the goosebumps. :)

whoooo, scott killed that verse with his grit and his growl. and mitch with the power on that bridge.. man but kirstie. kirstie just killed me. ripped my heart to shreds. and both scott and kirstie have that natural texas twang that comes out from time to time. loved your reaction and i love this comparison series. keep doing them! have a good day!

So glad that you did a comparison video on this because it really shows Kirstie’s talent. She at least matched, and in my view surpassed, Lady Gaga’s performance. Incredible. She has come such a long way since the Sing Off days. I think her stint on Broadway really boosted her confidence and she is starting to tap into her true potential now. It is still a marvel to me that these supremely talented artists all came together in one group. What great good fortune for them and for us.

I did the VIP thing and in the Q&A before the show in Orlando this past Saturday, Kirstie said this was her favorite song to sing right now. You can tell she loves it because she is FIRE. Loved that Mitch got the perfect part for him. And Scott, wow. Matt and Kevin can do no wrong. Meat & Potatoes make the meal! Have I told you how much I love these comparison videos? Yes, I know. I'm a broken record but they are FABULOUS! Thank you, Jerod.

1st, let me say that both vids were great...2nd, to say that Scott outsang Bradley Cooper was always pretty much a given, even tho as you commented, I had no idea that Bradley could sing like that...BUT...when Kirsten outshined Gaga (which I thought she did) that’s HUGE!!! Gaga is an immense talent! I think you are correct, Kirstie has barely scratched the surface of where she’s going!!! That being said, pretty much can be said of PTX as a whole AND individually 🧨

Kevin playing the Cello and beat boxing at the same time is everything!! I like Pentatonix’s version better than the original!

I'd never heard the original before today, and its good. However the PTX version... man, I don't know. I was listening, and it was decent, Scott was throwing a killer vocal down and it was fine, then Kirsten came in and just... Man, that half yodel thing on "Sha-hallow" and just how strong her voice was... Mind blown. Took the song from pretty good to "holy crap, did you hear that?!".

This version of PTX was so much more passionate and emotional than Lady Gaga version!

The high point of this song towards the end was another one of those "wall of sound" moments like the end of Imagine, where there is so many beautiful sounds perfectly built up and blended until you think you can't take any more beauty. Kevin's skill on the cello added so much and the arrangement was flawlessly gorgeous. I had the same astounded expression you did listening to this. I agree with everything you said about Kirsten too. She has become a force of nature, maybe she always was one. What a song! Thanks for the Cooper/Gaga version too. I always enjoy your comparisons :)

I like both but i like the pentatonix better. Felt like it had more feelings to it

You are correct. After Kevin played his solo with the cello, they went right into this song. I saw them 3 days ago. I met them last year but not this year because it was a last minute decision to go. And I absolutely LOVE the song from the movie and did not know PTX was gonna sing it and as soon as I heard Scott singing it, I started to cry...I was so excited, then they dropped the video the next day. And I agree, Kirstin is just scratching the surface. I think that ever since she was in Kinky Boots, she has gained so much more conidence in herself and her talent. And Scott...killing it as always!

I love both! But I cry to PTX’s. So I like PTX’s slightly better.

I was absolutely blown away by Pentatonix’ version of this song. What each of them brings in their musical talent to this group really blended well into a beautiful composition with this song. Each of the members in this group has an incredible voice all on their own, but when they come together on a piece they are just simply a force to be reckoned with. And the music that they have released this year shows that in every single song. I can’t wait until the rest of the album is released! Jerad, great job as always. Glad you got to see them when they were here in San Antonio. I bet it was a great concert. Have a great day!

Pentatonix killed this better than original imo. Kirsten Scott! My goodness Kevin is a beast. Love Matt and Mitch

Thanks for another comparison. I really like hearing what PTX does vs. the original. As usual, they killed it.

To me, this song is all Kistin. It really is A Star Is Born moment with her as she steps into center stage. I have been watching the PTX tour videos and Kirstie seems genuinely happy. She is like Mitch in that when she is happy and On, you can't take your eyes off her. In the past, she has seemed content with being in the background, but in the last year, it feels like she is stepping out as a leading lady. I really love it.

Great react and comparison. Enjoyed it alot. Both are great, but PTX brings the arrangement and intensity up to a 12/10. Thanks for sharing.

I love Kirstie.. Lady Gaga is under rated. She is an awesome singer. What a treat comparison.

Just watch this. Thanks for doing this. Kirstin killed it!

I really love both versions but I always lean more towards pentatonix being my favourite but I do really love Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s version too. I really loved the movie. To me Scott kind of sounded like Bradley a bit and Kirstin has really grown as a singer. Mitch sometimes sounds like Lady Gaga especially when he sings her songs

So love that you do comparisons. That said, I've yet to hear a cover from PTX in which they didn't take possession of the song forever in my mind.

Kirstin killed it!

The movie A Star is Born came out in 1976 and the stars were Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, haven't seen the remake yet, but the older movie was great. Kirsten in this song just blew me away, she just keeps getting better and better. To be fair there were two that came out before 1976, one in 1937 and one in 1954 but never have checked those out at all.

I loved the choice to film this in black & white, with bits of gold hinting at color. I feel weirdly connected to the ORIGINAL movie watching this video in the color choices. It's a bleak, utterly depressed place that the male lead has his head in.. with the bits of joy breaking it up by the female lead who not only does he discover, encourage and mentor... but loves as well. His world is void of color.. she shines and it does put tiny bits of warm, sunny gold in his life.. some peace and joy. Kirstin has really took the bull by the horns when she was on Broadway! She found her confidence and self-image! She said she has never felt so much like her real self as she did in the present when she was doing her 2nd stint of "Kinkyboots" Her vocals have always been so sweet and powerfully emotional when appropriate. I love her voice, and it's just getting better. I'm really proud of her and happy for her! I loved hearing what you had to say about meeting her. 😊 That's awesome.! Scott knew how to sing this one. I knew he would! I'm talking too much.. just two more things. I promise! I felt that the music video with Bradley Cooper and Gaga didn't have the vocal emotions that Gaga had excellent acting for what that character was doing right then. And it was really good acting , but unless you see the movie, you don't realize that it's not really an emotional song at that part of the movie. It's more of a break the ice and get the guts to get up there moment. And I definitely got that from her acting whereas Scott and Kirsten took me to the emotional warzone that was going on in that movie. I knew this song when I heard Pentatonix singing it in concert. And I knew where it came from because I saw the original movie when it came out starring Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand. It was an absolutely Epic Movie! And can you imagine the vocals?! It was just a killer soundtrack. But that movie ripped my heart out and made me cry. LOL it really affected me for quite a long time after seeing the show. Kind of like how everybody was affected by Titanic. all I know is when I heard Pentatonix singing it somehow I knew how the words went and was singing along. And then when they said it was from A Star is Born I was like that must be why I know it because I love the music in that movie. I really don't want to watch the new one because the original was such an emotional trauma. But like the 70s, in this present time in America we have the same issues that people are battling so the movie is appropriate for modern times. It's too bad that it's appropriate again. I guess we just don't learn our lessons do we? Okay now that I depressed everybody I'm going to say good night. 😂!

Cooper was on an episode a few years back of "Inside the Actor's Studio" where he was interviewed by acting teacher James Lipton, in which they discussed the number of musicals he did in high school and college. The song (and Gaga) also received an Oscar for the best song of the year. And Kirstie is freaking amazing!

Every song Pentatonix releases is better than the last, and every time I think they have reached the top of their game, they exceed it. That cello was a sixth voice, Kirstin surpasses Lady Gaga, and I love Lady Gaga. If I had to chose just one group to listen to for the rest of my life, it would be Pentatonix.

I love both versions so much! They are so uniquely different they are almost like 2 different songs. 2 beautiful versions of the same rose. Great reaction Jerod, thank you for this one!

The BEST cover ever...

Thanks for the comparison video. I've heard the original a few times and loved it. But when I saw PTX had released the audio for this video on Thursday night I think I had it on repeat for at least 2 hrs. Since the official video came out I've kept it open in a separate tab and I can't count the number of times I've listened to it. I think even my neighbors should know the lyrics by now. I love how they video was in black and white with the accents of gold. It was interesting but enabled you to focus on their voices which blew me away.

I hadn't seen the movie or the first video either, so it was nice to watch your reaction. Never knew Bradley Cooper could sing either. But there was something about the emotion in the second video on all sides that blew it out of the water for me. And Kevin's cello is so amazing!

Beautiful, both. Pentatonix adds more heart to it with Kevin on cello, beatboxing. Their voices and harmony kicks butt. It makes the film version sound cookie cutter. Sorry Gaga!

Mitch’s part hits me every time ❤️

If you look back at the older videos when Avi was with them, she was very quiet and shy. She had a fiance that was taking advantage of her that she finally dumped. And I believe that may have been one of the many factors for the way she has just become a force to be reckoned with all on her own now

There was so much more emotion in this than there was in the movie...

Love both of them,😍 Nice comparison Video Jerod M.☺

Thank you thank you thank you. I don't know why, Mitch has got a beautiful talented voice, but when I hear all of these people who say they wanted to hear more of him in this song, it somehow just got to me. This is a couple song basically, Kirsty absolutely killed it, in fact better than Lady Gaga in my opinion. Kirsty was singing her lower register, and then came up with her power notes, she is so strong with her power notes and her belting, her power her breathing her technique, and her heart her feeling she puts into her music, just means I can't help but love to hear her sing the female parts naturally.

I prefer the PTX version. I think Scott has a much richer voice and Kirstin has much more emotion in her voice. She really let it rip! Also the addition of Mitch's "for change" just adds so much more depth to the song and he really nailed the harmonic run with so much more emotion and a much cleaner richer tone with a growl punch at the end of his part. This brings tears to my eyes every time. SO, so good. There is so much more energy and intensity with PTX. Definitely an UPGRADE.

This video left you speechless, I was too. It's so powerful. Loved it.

Both are beautiful. Ptx is better album wise, cooper and gaga sounds more fit for their movie. Love both.

I LIKE PTX BETTER AS FAR AS THE VIDEO. VERY INGENIOUS WITH THE TOUCHES OF GOLD IN A BLACK AND WHITE VIDEO. ACTUALLY, I PREFER PTX VERSION BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT IT TO A HIGHER LEVEL WITH THE CELLO AND THE HARMONIES WHICH WERE BEAUTIFUL, ALONG WITH THE EMOTIONAL ASPECT.

I love pentatonix Good vídeo I love Mitch ❤️❤️😍

I prefer the version of PTX. I don't really line the tone of Bradley Cooper. But still both versions are good

I've said it before--Kirstin's singing has been outstanding from the start but she has grown SO much, dating more or less from her stint on Broadway. Coincidence? I admire Lady Gaga, but Kirstin's performance here doesn't lack one iota in comparison. This track is awesome, and I don't use that word lightly.

Kirstin has always been an incredible singer. Since her stint on Broadway, though, she seems to have...I don't know, grown into it? I don't know how to describe it but she's on a whole new level. I don't fangirl Lady Gaga but I'm a serious admirer of her singing. I'm accustomed to saying about Gaga, "Now listen to a REAL singer." I honestly can't say that Kirstin's performance suffers at all by comparison. (And Scott--well, HE's the "real singer" to Bradley Cooper, even though Cooper did very well.) Sorry for all the rambling; it's 3:56 am.

The greatest compliment that can be given is when someone tries to sing what you sang, what you have already done. But, do it as well as if not different, but still kept the faith of the original. Well done to both songs!!!!!

love me some kirstin solos

Honestly i think they where both amazing, can’t choose cause I’m obsessed with lady gaga and ptx!! So I loved both ❤️💙

i think lady gaga and Kirstin have very different personality and i love them both. I can not tell you who is better because the emotions they put in the song when they sing are different too. To me ptx version make me feel good (more than original version)

Kristie’s voice just kills it! For me Pentatonix just upgrades the song to an entirely new level .

I prefer Pentatonix version too, i just don´t like the tone of Gagas voice, everybody is saying how great she is but i just don´t hear it, she has nothing on Kirstin.

Mitch auditioned from the best friend role in the movie but was unsuccessful- their lost as the PTX version is out of this world

all the music from A Star Is Born was sang live. not recorded in a studio.

Lady Gaga wrote this song for the movie so their version shows more the intent behind the song with the movie scenes. They are both excellent versions.

It's great you hadn't heard them both before (or didn't remember), because they promoted the Star is Born's version to death before the Academy Awards. Watch the movie, but bring a box of kleenex!! Pentatonix is perfection so not sure I want to pick a favourite... both awesome.

The winner is...PENTATONIX!

Lol i was the same way when they uploaded, like never heard this, but why is this so familiar, oh yeah it was the one they did at the concert! but at the concert i was like don't know it but love it either way.

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Can you do a comparison of waving through a window from Ben platt and then ptx? I know you’ve seen both but I think seeing them together would be cool!!

Personally love the original. Also Bradley Cooper learned to play guitar and sing for the movie. but he is pretty legit. Should also watch the live version from the Oscars.

Huh that's interesting, I went to the Huntsville concert and they didn't sing this song; however they did sing an upcoming original song that I couldn't tell the title of.

Yes, Scott put the group together for the "sing off".

Nice reaction.

she also has her own song.. I think it's called naked. Avi has some of his solo music too. Change on the rise and the other side are amazing!

I just have not had an opportunity to see you for a while. I have missed you.

It sounds like Lady Gaga struggles to get the power out while Kristin did it effortlessly. I hated the song when it was popular because I just didn't think Lady Gaga pulled it off. It just wasn't pleasant to listen to. Then I heard Pentatonix sing it and it was amazing

I like PTX version better than the original.

how do you get to meet them?

I truly believe Kirstin is the most naturally gifted. Followed by Mitch then Scott. Matt is a wonderful addition and Kevin is a monster💕

Seeing(later) that you are an Acapop Fan, their versions of Bohemian Rhapsody and Shallow should be appended to the pentatonix/original comparisons. As you probably know Scott has a hand in their work and it would be interesting to see how you see his influence in their work. And how children(and their voices) are worked to "reimagine" the same song.

Kirsten killed it

Please listen to Brian Justin Crums version. You'll be glad you did. IMO he did it best

Pentatonix; hands down. Other was good; especially for actors.

Hands down...

how do they sound so full with only a cello ?

Just 😮

I love PTX's version more than the original honestly - I've heard way too much on the radio. Also, Kirstin definitely killed it but I'm a bit disappointed that you only talked about her and kinda skipped the others - they were also killing it

You need to think about comparing 'Mad World'. Pentatonix released it 9/16/20 and Tears for Fears did it years ago.

She did the song justice, but there was to much involvement with the rest of the group. This song was personal between 2 people. For that reason I still like the original with Gaga and Cooper.

PTX blows that song away! Diff styles of the song but PTX was far better doing it

If you end up listening to the song again pay close attention to the chorus after mitch's solo. :)

I like Pentatonix better.

Love the emotion of Brad and LG version, Second version had great depth with Mitch...

Pentatonix all the way!!!!

I love Scott and Kirstin in this song, would be great to heard just them with the amazing KO on the cello 💘

Pentatonix biggest fanboy is the creator of vid

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Pentatonix wins hands down!

Gaga/Cooper..... hands down.

The movie wasn't great in my opinion. Great music and Gaga was great but the script was full of clunkers. Scott is a much better singer than Bradley so the comparison is kind of unfair there. Gaga is a singer and wrote the song but I much preferred Kirstin's vocal here. Of the three versions of this movie I put this one last. The Judy Garland version is my favorite and I like the Barbra Streisand version better too. The Streisand version had Kris Kristofferson as the male lead and he was far and away the best singer in the male role.

Pentatonix wins this one

Havana. Pentatonix owns that cover

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I'd rather listen to Kirstie sing a muffin recipe than Lady Gaga sing anything.

I am not saying that Kristen is better than Lady Gaga, but in this song I like Kristin better, and I hear the Pentatonix first, I didnt saw the movie, didnt hear the song with Lady Gaga, I didnt after hearing the Pentatonix song, so maybe beacuse that I lika that version better, I am not sayng that the Lady Gaga and Cooper is bad, I just like it more, is a beautiful song

My second fav of PTX. Lady G. is this generations Madonna, marginally talented, puts herself over with flash. Bradley Cooper???? C'mon. He probably worked with a voice coach for weeks for this garage-level performance. Gaga and Cooper also had the emotional punch of the movie working for them. For pure musical talent, PTX exists in another universe than these pikers who need to sit down, shut up, and go home.