Oh no, that's not joy, that's a mask of joy and a representation of vulnerability. Maddie delivers an incredible dramatic performance

I wouldn't say Maddie's dancing represented joy. She was showing frenzy, but the dance represents the craziness of the singer's anguish. Too bad there wasn't an old chandelier for her to swing from.

That kid is crazy talented. She should of got a Oscar award for this

This song, like others, is about her struggle with addiction and mental illness. But I suppose you're not wrong that it's an anthem of a sort. Personally, it makes me sad...it's deceptively joyful - kind of like when you're high. Eventually you come down. Be sure to check out "Elastic Heart", "The Greatest", and "Alive". While Sia is usually even more impressive in live performances, her music videos are basically art. So I recommend you don't skip the official videos. Plus...Maddie ❤❤

“Looks like they told her to go ham” And the choreography is extremely precise, difficult and, to me, genius

This song has brought tears to my eyes. More than once.

Definitely pay close attention to the lyrics when you revisit. It's a VERY powerful and relatable song. Absolutely do Elastic Heart as well. Love your videos and being a tiny part of your journey!

Loved your reaction! Sia is even better live than in the studio versions. I recommend her "Alive" performance at the Graham Norton Show or her "Chandelier" performance at C'Cauet sur NRJ (if you want to see her perform with Maddie, the "Chandelier" performance on The Ellen Show or the Grammys) 😊

Sia was working on a track for Rihanna. The title came from her book of song ideas: "When I saw a chandelier, I thought I could write a song about swinging from the chandelier. A party anthem of some sort. But as I was writing it, it turned into a song about my battles with addiction, inadvertently." But the moment she realized the personal significance of the song, Sia felt she "couldn’t give it away." I believe the song is much deeper. It is an existential anthem for all of us who feel trapped in the cycle of short-term gratification, lost in the maze of this absurd existence. Each dawn casting its relentless light on our darkest regrets of unfulfilled potential. It is about desperately trying to numb the pain of meaninglessness as we realize that happiness is nothing but a cruel joke. We're all swinging from The Chandelier, holding on for dear life in a precarious dance between hope and despair.

This is one of those life imitating art imitating life spirals. The song has tricked the listener in the same way that the alcohol has tricked Sia. It makes you feel good in the moment, but it hides the underlying sadness. I’ll reiterate here just how dark the song is. It’s not merely about addiction and its horrendous cycle. Sia makes pointed references to her life ending. We hear “live like tomorrow doesn’t exist,” but what she’s really saying is that tomorrow might not exist. For the addict, tomorrow might not exist. It’s not a hypothetical. So, the next time you’re dancing and getting pumped up by this song, and you think to yourself, I’m going to seize the day, remember what it’s really about. The song has managed to trick you in the same way that drugs trick millions of people.

I wouln't say that Maddie is representing fun in her performance. She is supposed to be a depiction of Sia's problems with alcohol and drugs. They both did an amazing job expressing It. Even thouugh the song seems a party song, It actually has a profound meaning behind. All of us who have struggle with It, we completely relate to the song. For me is a piece of art

her live performance of this song will blow u even more than music video!!

Maddie’s performance is so SUPREME, I think it sometimes does mask the pain (for new listeners) of the very ADULT and painful topics and lyrics faaar beyond Maddie’s years: “I’m just holding in for dear life. Won’t look down, won’t open my eyes. Keep my glass full until morning light. ‘Cause I’m just holding on for tonight.”

Sia is my favorite, along with Muse. If you’ve never heard Muse before, check out Knights of Cydonia, Plug In Baby or Hysteria, LIVE! They are EPIC live. I think you will appreciate their talent and their creativity.

Spot on Chris. I have seen this many times and the impact never fades. I believe this was Maddie's first co-operation with Sia. She was invited to dance but thought that she would be one of a troop, not the soloist. The combination of that music and Maddie's free form dance is a power house. Her power to weight ratio at that age gives an edge.

Seeing Sia and Maddie in concert is something I’ll never forget.

Not interpreted by Maddie. She had to learn the whole routine in 36 hours but she learned it in 18 hours. The whole thing. As absolutely brilliant as Sia is, Maddie distracts you from just how good Sia is because Maddie is floorless.

"Elastic Heart" next! Youll LOVE the interpretive storytelling dance with Maggie and Shia LeBouf! Its transcendent!

Sia is just such a good Singer. I can't imagine any Singer can sing that Song better.

This is my number 1 Sia song…chills every time!

I love Sia. My daughter is a big fan of this song she is 10 💙💙💙 nice review. Unstoppable is another big hit in my house that's played often .

That hoarseness really is great - it reminds me a bit of Jesse Rodriguez who’s another artist that Em’s made music with. Sia is an incredible talent - great song as well.

Alive by Sia is so amazing, one of my favorites of hers ❤

Great reaction to this amazing song!!!❤

“Elastic heart” by Sia is an amazing song and topic im sure you can appreciate

This makes me cry every time .

You may have figured this out already, but the dance was choreographed by a man named Ryan Heffington who has done the choreography for pretty much every Sia music video.

You got to see the greatest by Sia Its very good too

Ur reactions are the best

Sia covers her face to maintain privacy so when she goes out without the wig she is not recognized by fans or paparazzi and in addition to this the black and white wig is a great marketing tool and a sia trademark! Sia had a semi successful indie career before this and had 4 albums before chandelier. She hit rock bottom when she got addicted to drugs and alcohol and even decided to end her life twice . She was forced by her label to promote and tour her albums making her more dependent on drugs. She also recollected an instance where a friend was telling her about her cancer and she was constantly interrupted by fans for selfies. So she finally decided to end her solo career and only write songs for other artist. As of now she has written more than 300 songs for artists like rihanna, beyonce, celine dion, miley, demi, christina, shakira and soo many others… she wrote titanium for katy perry but david guetta liked her demo so much that he released sias demo without her permission! That song was a huge hit As per her record deal she was supposed to release one more album and that was 1000 forms of fear which had chandelier and it became her first number 1 album…As sia hates fame she decided she will not show her face anymore for her own serenity and privacy…some sia quotes relating to the wig: “I was at target and chandelier was playing on the radio and no one recognized me. I felt free” “I will keep covering my face until it works” “I am relying on people being lazy enough to not google my face” Shes and amazing human being and a complete powerhouse and now a multi millionaire pop star! I recommend sia’s carpool karaoke with james corden for next reaction for her awesome live vocals and personality

Elastic HEART. Maddie dances in a ton of Sia's vids, elastic heart is incredible so is The Greatest.

I Love Sia ❤

Definitely follow this up with Elastic Heart!!!!! Another really powerful song and brilliant performance from Maddie and Shia LaBeouf!

There is a version of this video which was filmed in one continuous take.

Elastic heart hits me hard personally- my favorite.

You should check out some of Adele’s work. She also has incredible vocals, emotional songs and a great catalog to choose from. A good starting point is when we were young, hello or someone like you. Love your reactions 😊

Go elastic heart ;) so deep and ofc amazing

please do sia - alive she's one of the most underrated voices in the last decade. you'll notice her purpose voice cracks on point in that above song and your mind will be blown with the lyrics too.

This is so deep meaning song and maddi's song as well, I'm disappointed that you didn't get it

Crazy how long ago this was! I think Maddie is 20 now!!

Sias entire catalog is worth a listen

Extraordinary talent. I am mother too, strange windows in all rooms, especially the second room. Is she playing "happy dolly " in some dark, isolated place. Bizarre dark place , which puts my mother heart in alert. The Super Girl, what she really wants to tell us ???

If you love the dancing YOU. WILL. LOVE the dancing from Maddie and Shia LaBeouf yes, Shia LaBeouf and Maddie together and with added greatness again it has Sia on the audio of their dance - it’s sooo amazing! Here’s the link to the music video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gb2KeqR23dCRlac.html

Yup Maddie's 21 now.

if you like the song i recommend you the Best Live performance : *Sia - Chandelier - Live - C’Cauet sur NRJ* _even better than studio_ !!

I feel this is one of those rare instances where the audio would’ve been best for the first listen, followed closely by the video but all in all such an amazing song & music video and reaction - all great things have come together in this

I loved your reaction it was so nice to see hahahaha it shows that you enjoyed the song. Sia is a great artist, she has so many good songs that I couldn't tell you where to start. I hope you continue to react to Sia, good luck and success!!

What a great end to my birthday. Thanks darlin🤗

Sia is just amazing ❤

I’ve seen your reactions to Puddle’s Pity Party and Post Modern Jukebox. Want to talk about Puddle’s dramatic performances, check out their version of the song!

Maddy began on the show dance moms then was picked up by sia! She appears on multiple sia music videos.... Also the song is about the struggle with alcohol addiction sia went through..... Or at least that's what I understand from what I've seen from interviews

Niceee. Great to see you getting into some Sia. She is in my favorite 5 artists across genres along with Em. Hope you Keep it going

As an alcoholic this is one of the saddest songs I know of. Don't be fooled by the pop anthem music.

go to the lyrics later when you have time, then it all comes together the song and the dance

Tanxs For Watching bruh❤

Love your reaction videos! You're saying, or your stepdad says, "if had that much energy I'd build something."that's the problem with baby boomers and even gen xers, it's all about material things. Sia and Maddy built something..a timeless piece of art.😊

Bruh, her voice is not cracky..she deliberately cracking her voice

Like others have said, this is actually a really sad song. Give it another listen and really pay attention to the lyrics.

Sia - Elastic Heart Please do this one. Great song and video

Sia is an amazing artist, love her. Another amazing artist you should go down the rabbit hole on is out is P!nk🔥🥰

you should do Elastic Heart next by Sia, has maddy again and Shia Lebeouf (big name Actor) dancing

The lyrics are tragic, all about her problem with drinking. Great reaction.

You have to react to Eye of the Needle and Dressed in Black. You'll love her vocals.

The song with Shia LaBeouf

Please do Sia Elastic Heart ❤️

You would love jessie reyez voice,i recommend 'good guy' with eminem!

Hey Larry, I love watching all of your HipHop reactions and I am also a huge Eminem and NF Stan! I was wondering whether or not we will see reactions to Childish Gambino anytime soon? He is one of the most talented HipHop Artists in this generation covering his clever lyrics, mad singing and rapping skills aswell as awesome musicvideos. Bonfire and 3005 is a very good place to start I think (Definitely get the lyrics up aswell, you're going to have fun discovering the double bars :) ).

PLEASE........please, please check out Tommy Johansson singing "You raise me up"

u should deffo react to sias song the greatest also staring maddie

I used to take dance classes in my younger years and had so much energy and could just dance all night long…now I’m old. Have had knee surgery and I got back problems and looking towards another knee surgery and I roll out of bed every morning and I groan and I’m like noooo! I don’t want to get up and adult anymore. 😂 #old people problems 😅

SIA is 100x better live!!! SNL or C'Cauet are freaking bangers!!

Good reaction, but worth a revisit for the actual lyrics

Elastic Heart is really good too!! Maddy is great in that too

the fact this was about suicide makes this song hit so different now that im older

You should do unstoppable

So glad you found this😊

Elastic heart would be amazing for you to do next!

Hi Chris! Just got back from a week in Hawaii but still watched your videos there! Good thing I had a good signal and didn’t have to leave early to watch! 😃😆

Do 'Elastic heart': Sia ft. The Weeknd

Also the relationship between Maddie and Sia is not all it’s cut out to be… kind of dark. She has basically used the poor girl as a security blanket.

The live version is a 1000 times better

Hi Chris, Sia is my favorite female artist, these are some of her songs that bring tears to my eyes. That's the SNL version of Chandelier, Bird set free and Soon we'll be found. I highly recommend to give them a listen. Love you're reactions keep them coming!

I think you're not appreciating the juxtaposition of sorrow in the lyrics and the visuals of the video. it's completely intentional. Good thing you're pretty. = )

Thank you for reacting to SIA! Isn't she amazing?? Plese react to the live version of Chandelier at NRJ - piano version, so powerful and emotional! And Maddie is an amazing dancer (now she is 20, with a beautiful career in dancing, acting an modelling). And she is so expressive, she managed at only 11 yo to express such deep emotions in Sia's song that are mostly about inner struggle, personal demons, addiction. By the way, the coreographi is made by a genius coreographer named Ryan Heffington - he is Sia's close friend and colaborator. It seems easy and an improvisation, but every move has a meaning and Maddie repeated the same moves in every Sia concert when she was on tour, in 2016. One of Sia's favourite mottos is 'Imperfection is beauty' - so the dance is imprefect, her voice is imperfect - full of cracks and grit - but she is perfectly imperfect! Sia came to pop mainstream muic from indie folk world, she was a jazz/folk indie singer for more the 15 years before reaching stardom, in her late 30s. Fun fact: Amy Winehouse was her fan and she was inspired by her music! That's it for now, I hope you'll react to more Sia!

Great reaction, Chris❤

Ok, waking up to see notification about new upload is nice but it's even better when you least expect it 🙂 Now... I know this song is kinda sad and all but your reaction made me laugh again, lol 😅 "she just crawled out of The Ring?" Haha 😂 made my day! I started giggling at 6:32, whenever I hear "Wicked, Wicked" it reminds me of the movie "Ali G Indahouse". It's parody kinda thing and it's so, soo dumb that I love it... "Wicked, Wicked" is how the theme song begins.

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Hi Cutie Sia is an amazing singer and Maddie incredible dancer so I understand why you missed the sadness in The lyrics. Plesse do her song elastic heart. Loved how much you enjoyed this. Loved your smile. Stay safe my fridend

This song is actually a sad story behind it

Amberry - Chandelier (Official Video) Reaction | what am I thinking?

PLEASE PLEASE WATCH SIA elastic heart 👍🏻

you should really check out Jessie Reyez Ft. Eminem - COFFIN great song!!

Please don't pause so much, you lose the feel of the next moment

How did I just find you?

Do j cole lost ones

I have a request if you would like some ideas on videos but one I like a lot is how do I say goodbye by dean Lewis if you haven’t listened to it already

This song is my guilty pleasure. It makes me feel some kind of way. I can't put my finger on it but it makes me emotional. Crazy coming from me. I like Tech N9ne, Hopsin, Harry Mack, Anilyst, and NF. More recently H Mack and NF based off their message.

Calafornia dreaming by Shia whenever you can Larry ,loved your reaction to Chandler 👍❤️

Eminem your never over it’s a song about proof

Love your vids I watch them a lot my favorites are any with Eminem 😊❤