cover of Alan Menken & Howard Ashman's opening number from "Beauty and the Beast" sorry if you're a purist, but I had to cut out the dialogue and change a few things around to make it work.
I love how Darren is absolutely as humble and gentle-spirited as ever, even with all of his current success. He is just such a lovely man. I do miss the curls, though.
You know, Bieber fans always defend him saying to look at his work before he was even famous, on youtube. I have. I guess he's pretty good because he was able to play instruments and sing with some ability, but honestly, he didn't blow me away. And more importantly, I didn't feel anything when Bieber sang, which is the most important thing when I listen to music. He was devoid of emotion. Meanwhile, I have to say that when I heard Darren's work (I was a fan before he was famous on Glee), I was more than impressed. Not only does he sing these songs so well, but he has the right emotion, singing with just as much gusto as the original Disney version. I love how he isn't afraid to be these characters when he sings. He deserves to be more famous than he is. Or at the very least, more famous than Bieber.
The fact that Darren has 1000x more class and respect for people around him only makes this belief stronger, tbh. You wouldn't see Darren egging his neighbors or getting friends to take the fall for drugs in his house. Or treating his fans like shit. (There is a TON of stories about Darren being an angel to fans, in fact.) He's a good guy with a lot of talent.
twnyc2 even tho I’m a fan of glee I didn’t recognise him from glee so I saw him as a different person so I became a fan of him and then ppl pointed out he was on glee and I was like..wut-
i literally would never have thought in a thousand years that this would work, but he nailed it, man. this is beautiful and fun and heartfelt and silly and i honestly doubt that anyone but darren could have pulled it off. what an artist.
Can't believe it's been 11 years. I wish I had known about Darren earlier, but better late than never. Anyway, this cover is absolutely amazing!!! His voice is supermegafoxyawesomehot!
OH MY GOODNESS!!! I just found this after going through a stream of videos(I was originally watching A Very Potter Musical for the millionth time). I'm a HUGE Disney fan so mixing his voice and Disney songs. Perfection. Absolute perfection.
Wow this old TH-cam channel that I just found from the belle cover song led me to see that he became a huge success. That’s really cool how he played on TH-cam then went to playing bigger roles. Good for him 😄👏
I am 60 years old and would never have listened to these age group music, I was looking for the song Belle and clicked on this and I was impressed with this young man's talent; hope still springs eternal with talent like this young man. Must make his parents very proud.
I'm wondering if you check this account, Darren... Because people here still loving your past. Me, I think that I always end here because this cover is amazing and is my favourite Disney Movie. Btw, I love you and your work, you are such an inspiration (:
Darren and the lyrics a never ending story of which line comes next, cause Darren doesn't remember! Just adorable, and so amazing, can't stop watching his fingers on the guitar!!
Yesterday night I went to the cinema to see Beauty And Beast and when 'Belle' came out, your voice started to sing this song inside my head, it was very cool!
i think i watched the "oh he's so cute" part about a million times the look on his face is just priceless! i wonder if while making this Darren ever thought Alan Menken would know his name since he hosted an awards show in which Menken was awarded : )
Beautiful personality, beautiful music, beautiful voice, beautiful face...you're the package! (with a beautiful package? ...eh, maybe not the right word choice) Awesome job, none-the-less! Huge fan :)
So I'm a little in love with this. Okay more like a lot in love with this. "In the muggle world, I'm what's known as a douche... I make weird covers of Disney songs, who does that?"
This was actually the first video I discovered him on, shortly before I found AVPM, and I still love it. :) And I am a die-hard Beauty and the Beast fan (It's my all-time favorite Disney princess movie, followed closely by Mulan and Tangled) and I think that this is amazing.
5 years ago he was doing this.....& now he was JUST on broadway not too long ago....it gives me chilld . he's so damn amazing he deserves every little thing that he's been given . he's truly talented .
I'm at this video 5 minutes before its five year anniversary and I just think that its amazing how much things can change for a person in that amount of time. So proud of Darren and all he's done! Keep it up! You're going to go so far!!
I didn't know it was possible to love this guy any more than I already did. I was obsessed with learning these Disney songs growing up; writing all the lyrics down in hopes of memorizing them. Darren sounds so clear and beautiful, it just makes me feel all nostalgic.
I honestly love you. My heart swells up every time you sing and I can't help but sigh as I stare into your eyes and pretend that this song is just for me. It breaks my heart to know that you will never know I exist and even if you did I wouldn't be special enough for you! LOVE YOU DARREN!
I can barely even process that this was only 5 years ago, and now this random youtube guy making Disney covers just came off of Broadway. Darren is my idol and will inspire my every move.
Darren Criss, you are amazing! I always will love your music and will always be a fan! Whatever you sing, you make it sound so beautiful, you have such a great voice and are really amazing! Looking forward to the many things you will do in the coming years!
Darren Criss, Thank you so much for being everything you are and doing everything you do. You're a huge inspiration to me to pursue my music more, finally go for that drama club audition, and keep writing poetry until I have something worthy of a song. You're perfect, Darren. Please, don't you ever change. Sincerely, Me from the great AK
This is such a unique take on the song. No wonder he's doing so well now. Such raw talent even in his early videos. I wish I could play guitar like this, so much energy and animation when he performs. Very impressed :D
omg this is seriously one of my favorite songs from beauty and the beast. and i can relate to belle the most (out of all the disney princesses) because i love to read and almost always have my nose in a book. when i was younger there was a field of dandelions(which can look alot like sunflowers) near my grandparents house and i would go out in it and dance around imaging i was belle.
It makes me extremly happy to know im in a production currently of Beauty and the Beast, and Darren made a cover of the opening number. Extremly happy now, this made my day!
you know, i didn't think much of disney songs but now that Darren is singing them, I fallen in love! I think im falling in love, falling in love, falling in love! With DARREN FREAKING CRISS! It is sooo hard not to fall for him i mean come on he's an amazing singer he has an awesome guitar he can act! he is SUPERMEGAFOXYAWESOMEHOT AND! i bet he has an awesome personality and i wanna cry coz i'll never even get to meet him and that makes me so freaking jelous of the guy that won the glee project x
"His voice is beautiful!"
"He's so beautiful!"
"Everything about him is beautiful!"
Beautiful? Try supermegafoxyawesomehot!
Haha oh my gosh, just yes XD
oh my gosh yes, a very potter musical.
PupCake1025 omg yaaass
"Beautiful? What are you? Nuts? More like Supermegafoxyawesomehot!"
(Sorry, had to)
PupCake1025 Yes
I love how Darren is absolutely as humble and gentle-spirited as ever, even with all of his current success. He is just such a lovely man. I do miss the curls, though.
"sorry if you're a purist, but I had to cut out the dialogue and change a few things around to make it work." lmao
Wouldn't it be awesome if Darren put an album out with studio recordings of all these covers? I would love that!
"Oh he's so cute" *sassy eye roll*
THE GIGGLE AT 2:42 I CANT GET OVER IT FJFRKCDJFRJVD 😘😘❤️❤️😍😍❤️❤️😂😂
THE HAIR IS SO ADORABLE, LOVE YOU DARREN
i really love nostalgic darren marathons
brings me to tears every time
His guitar skills are SUPERB
You know, Bieber fans always defend him saying to look at his work before he was even famous, on youtube. I have. I guess he's pretty good because he was able to play instruments and sing with some ability, but honestly, he didn't blow me away. And more importantly, I didn't feel anything when Bieber sang, which is the most important thing when I listen to music. He was devoid of emotion. Meanwhile, I have to say that when I heard Darren's work (I was a fan before he was famous on Glee), I was more than impressed. Not only does he sing these songs so well, but he has the right emotion, singing with just as much gusto as the original Disney version. I love how he isn't afraid to be these characters when he sings. He deserves to be more famous than he is. Or at the very least, more famous than Bieber.
The fact that Darren has 1000x more class and respect for people around him only makes this belief stronger, tbh. You wouldn't see Darren egging his neighbors or getting friends to take the fall for drugs in his house. Or treating his fans like shit. (There is a TON of stories about Darren being an angel to fans, in fact.) He's a good guy with a lot of talent.
twnyc2 even tho I’m a fan of glee I didn’t recognise him from glee so I saw him as a different person so I became a fan of him and then ppl pointed out he was on glee and I was like..wut-
I dont really want him to reach that level, its too much
@@ninatheinkling5748 true but for his sake like he deserves it yk
8 years later and yes, Darren is now a star of stage and screen and I'm very proud of him for that... BUT HE'S NOT A DISNEY PRINCE! (yet) ;)
+María Luján Sarazola Santillán maybe he very secretly is!
callie chase Well, he's got what it takes
true! true! i would be first in the line for the tickets! :P ;) ;)
Heleana McBurney I KNOW! At the Hollywood Bowl production! PRINCE ERIC! HE FINALLY MADE IT!!
Can we talk about this dude winning an emmy, a golden globe, a SAG award and critic choice award. Yes this dude!
i literally would never have thought in a thousand years that this would work, but he nailed it, man. this is beautiful and fun and heartfelt and silly and i honestly doubt that anyone but darren could have pulled it off. what an artist.
"I said she's gorgeous and I fell" The line everygirl wishes Darren Criss to sing to them.
Every time I go on TH-cam I end up watching something related to b.g. Darren (before glee)
same here :'DD
i could listen to this over and over again! (which I have been doing for six years now! Wow 6 years!) Love the little giggle on the word "odd"
Can't believe it's been 11 years. I wish I had known about Darren earlier, but better late than never. Anyway, this cover is absolutely amazing!!! His voice is supermegafoxyawesomehot!
Watching him do Disney covers just makes me fall even more in love with him
OH MY GOODNESS!!! I just found this after going through a stream of videos(I was originally watching A Very Potter Musical for the millionth time). I'm a HUGE Disney fan so mixing his voice and Disney songs. Perfection. Absolute perfection.
Those are my thoughts exactly!!!!!
This is so beautiful! From Starkid to Glee, you are such an inspiration to me!
And to Broadway ;)
6 years...God! It's been a long way since then! So proud
Nobody is perfect....except for Darren Criss. Damn.
Wow this old TH-cam channel that I just found from the belle cover song led me to see that he became a huge success. That’s really cool how he played on TH-cam then went to playing bigger roles. Good for him 😄👏
I am 60 years old and would never have listened to these age group music, I was looking for the song Belle and clicked on this and I was impressed with this young man's talent; hope still springs eternal with talent like this young man. Must make his parents very proud.
I'm wondering if you check this account, Darren... Because people here still loving your past. Me, I think that I always end here because this cover is amazing and is my favourite Disney Movie. Btw, I love you and your work, you are such an inspiration (:
Darren and the lyrics a never ending story of which line comes next, cause Darren doesn't remember! Just adorable, and so amazing, can't stop watching his fingers on the guitar!!
Let's be real. He is adorable!
I love his french when he says "bonjour" :P
I'm a french-canadian and he akes me melt ;)
Yesterday night I went to the cinema to see Beauty And Beast and when 'Belle' came out, your voice started to sing this song inside my head, it was very cool!
I could listen to this over and over and over and over and over and over and never get tired of it.
oh wait...
his voice, there's no words.
The way he says 'gorgeous'. Man, that sends shivers down my spine.
I loved him before I knew he was a Disney fan ... Now I love him even more ❤️
10 years later and he cut off his curls so here I am watching fetus Darren and crying
One of my favorite songs from my favorite Disney movie. Absolutely loved the take on this. Just awesome!
Omg Darrens singing faces make me want to cry. With joy. I love this kid.
Darren Criss: the only guy who take a Disney opening song and make it sound like something else entirely.
That guitar though *_* almost as handsome as Darren himself!! I want them both
i think i watched the "oh he's so cute" part about a million times the look on his face is just priceless! i wonder if while making this Darren ever thought Alan Menken would know his name since he hosted an awards show in which Menken was awarded : )
Beautiful personality, beautiful music, beautiful voice, beautiful face...you're the package! (with a beautiful package? ...eh, maybe not the right word choice) Awesome job, none-the-less! Huge fan :)
I could watch this everyday for the rest of my life with no problems and no regrets
I just discovered these early ones. So not overproduced. So pure Darren.
So I'm a little in love with this.
Okay more like a lot in love with this.
"In the muggle world, I'm what's known as a douche... I make weird covers of Disney songs, who does that?"
you sir,
you're amazing
Okay I think I'm in love😍😍
This was actually the first video I discovered him on, shortly before I found AVPM, and I still love it. :) And I am a die-hard Beauty and the Beast fan (It's my all-time favorite Disney princess movie, followed closely by Mulan and Tangled) and I think that this is amazing.
5 years ago he was doing this.....& now he was JUST on broadway not too long ago....it gives me chilld . he's so damn amazing he deserves every little thing that he's been given . he's truly talented .
bluesy belle criss, welcome.
I came back here for this comment.
brb just melting at the thought of how many amazing Disney singalongs that lucky girl is going to have growing up :'D
Dude that was awesome. Any chance of you doing it again with some better audio recording equipment? Pleeeeease, I need this on all my playlists.
+Odysseus Lucifer
This cover is 9 years old. He's busy being famous now.
I just realised that my crush looks like Darren..
I just realized my crush is Darren
Same omg
This is by far my fave disney cover Darren has done...I just melt whenever I hear it :)
I'm at this video 5 minutes before its five year anniversary and I just think that its amazing how much things can change for a person in that amount of time. So proud of Darren and all he's done! Keep it up! You're going to go so far!!
Cast Darren as Prince Adam in the new Beauty and the Beast!!
"I make weird covers of Disney songs, who does that?"
Never forget TH-cam user iclemyer.
I didn't know it was possible to love this guy any more than I already did. I was obsessed with learning these Disney songs growing up; writing all the lyrics down in hopes of memorizing them. Darren sounds so clear and beautiful, it just makes me feel all nostalgic.
I'm french and I can't stop listening to this wonderful "bonjour" :)
I watch this video way too much
Same omg he is so perfect
i wonder if they ever do a genderswap... i can see him being belle
CUPCAKE
I cannot stand how amazing this is. I love Darren Criss so very much!!!!!
I honestly love you. My heart swells up every time you sing and I can't help but sigh as I stare into your eyes and pretend that this song is just for me. It breaks my heart to know that you will never know I exist and even if you did I wouldn't be special enough for you!
LOVE YOU DARREN!
Seriously, chords/tabs anyone???
ikr
It's weird to see a straight guy sing along to Disney princess showtunes. It's cool though.
Yeah, i think it's cool showing that guys can like disney too
Oh, my god... I just realised that Harry Potter is the guy from Glee...
Haha better late than never XD
I keep coming to this video over and over again. Darren is flawless:))
This is by far my favourite cover.Of anything. EVER.
Will you marry me? *.*
still defiantly my favorite darren cover. i'm melting.
I can barely even process that this was only 5 years ago, and now this random youtube guy making Disney covers just came off of Broadway. Darren is my idol and will inspire my every move.
this is like my favorite disney song... Darren makes this SOOOOO much better!
I think my perfect day would just be marathoning Disney movies with this guy and singing the songs at the top of our lung. That's it. Nothing more.
Darren Criss, you are amazing! I always will love your music and will always be a fan! Whatever you sing, you make it sound so beautiful, you have such a great voice and are really amazing! Looking forward to the many things you will do in the coming years!
coming back to these videos just to listen to his voice and falling in love all over again
Darren Criss,
Thank you so much for being everything you are and doing everything you do. You're a huge inspiration to me to pursue my music more, finally go for that drama club audition, and keep writing poetry until I have something worthy of a song. You're perfect, Darren. Please, don't you ever change.
Sincerely,
Me from the great AK
Perfection!!! We Love You Darren!!!! and have a Very Happy Birthday!!!!!!!
Wow... Making me fall in love with this over over and over again isn't fair
the fact that darren criss is singing all these disney songs means so much to me because disney movies are my life :)
It's always totally awesome since 2007 ! I love you so much Darren ! Kiss from France ❤
(hi I'm french too :))
This is such a unique take on the song. No wonder he's doing so well now. Such raw talent even in his early videos. I wish I could play guitar like this, so much energy and animation when he performs. Very impressed :D
This is one of my favorite songs in the world and the fact that Darren sang it made it all the better!
He needs to make an album of all his Disney covers, because I would buy it, love it, and listen to it all the time.
the way he looks at the camera when he says -its no 'wonder' that her name means beauty-!!!!! LOVE IT!
I must have watched this over a hundred times and it never gets old.LOVE HIM
This is my favorite Disney Movie and one of my favorite songs so his cover could not be more perfect!
i love how he made this song his own. beauty and the beast is my fav. disney movie and this just rocks!!!!!!
My name is Belle and needless to say, this absolutely made my day. It lasts for another 10 minutes or so, but my day is none-the-less completely made.
omg this is seriously one of my favorite songs from beauty and the beast. and i can relate to belle the most (out of all the disney princesses) because i love to read and almost always have my nose in a book. when i was younger there was a field of dandelions(which can look alot like sunflowers) near my grandparents house and i would go out in it and dance around imaging i was belle.
I think its so precious that he's reading it off and his eyes arent on the camera aw
I always get these proud mama feelings for Darren. Like ugh
It makes me extremly happy to know im in a production currently of Beauty and the Beast, and Darren made a cover of the opening number. Extremly happy now, this made my day!
This song gets stuck in my head for days. I love starkid potter and darren
you know, i didn't think much of disney songs but now that Darren is singing them, I fallen in love! I think im falling in love, falling in love, falling in love! With DARREN FREAKING CRISS! It is sooo hard not to fall for him i mean come on he's an amazing singer he has an awesome guitar he can act! he is SUPERMEGAFOXYAWESOMEHOT AND! i bet he has an awesome personality and i wanna cry coz i'll never even get to meet him and that makes me so freaking jelous of the guy that won the glee project x
Darren and Beauty and the Beast.. Two of my favorite things in the world.
Love all the voices!
This is how I remember Darren before Starkid and glee the adorable Darren. Love you darebear!
It's AMAZING! I love it and I love Darren! He's so adorable! And I love that song!
oh my god, i am melting when you are singing:,, bonjouur" !!!! ILOVE THAT SO MUCH!!!!
I love that all your covers are songs from disneyfilms. That's just so awesome.
You gave this song a new era wow! It's amazing
Great Job Darren! You have an amazing voice! You are amazing and i will always love you!
Love Starkids!
The parts you say "Bonjour" is the cutest thing. Your voice is beautiful !