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The City 🎼 This City is about the trials and tribulations of young love, yet it is so much more than this. The City is a rant against betrayal and deception, themes Grace VanderWaal first visited in Gossip Girl. The music is personal, and laced throughout with a growing anger and sarcasm. Grace takes the negative energy and seamlessly weaves it into her music. The result is a song which, when performed by the artist, transcends the pop music genre. ~ The song tells the story of a young woman, not unlike the artist herself, waiting for a call which never comes. “one of the boys... i’ll be chill... i’ll keep my cool... but don’t play me for the fool ... don’t be so cruel... ‘cause i can fake it that i’m happy... but this time you can see... you try to make a good memory... ‘cause you like my jealousy... but you’re out in the city... with your friends... oh so pretty... plastic little hard shells... in their gucci shoes and wigs and noses... i know i’m being dramatic...” so go and build your reality with images from your house of mirrors... she is waiting for you... in the shards of glass... “just blow out the candle... oh little boy... when will you learn... you don’t play with fire... unless you wanna get burned....” gv “you don’t tug on superman’s cape... you don’t spit into the wind... you don’t pull the masks off the ol’ lone ranger... and your don’t mess around with slim...” jc
I won't ask you to react to another Grace song because The City is so powerful and emotive, it brings goose bumps. This is my favorite Grace Vanderwaal song. My heart yields to the pain she expresses in her face and her voice at the end. She totally had me mesmerized. This is my favorite reaction.
Right from the beginning, in the songs she's written she's favored two signature techniques. She likes tempo changes and The Big Finish, and often combines them. Good reaction! Thanks! Can't wait to experience what she's doing in ten years, but I'm in no hurry to get that much older. Did you notice in the end just how far off the Mic she was singing? That's real vocal power.
Yes, good point. The Big Finish was stretched out incredibly when she did this song live in Los Angeles last August. Awesome: th-cam.com/video/DZj28HaclQg/w-d-xo.html
She has this talent of making us hang on those pauses almost breathless, as if we need her to resume so we can procede to the next breath too...thats the only way i can explain that with words, i mean, since i stumbled upon her music in 2017 i must have hone throught all my known vocabulary and its never enough to explain how amazing this young woman is, she will sure leave her mark in the music, the way she creates and interprets her thoughts, even everyones life things like this song of a relationship one knows wont ever work as the other one is just selfish and all he/she cares is their friends and to have fun but not with the person they claim to love and how we one day just have to accept the fact it wont work and just let it go...yet the way she interprets it just makes it so soulfull, heart and soul piercing even id dare to say. She allways loves to take us on these musical rollercoasters that are her songs, never flat as she allways loves these pace changes and has an affection to culminate them on those high notes that simply give you chills and then she drops it and you land right back on your chair and cant help to wonder what just happened? What have i jist witnessed?...and she is still just 16...now give her a few more years and you sure will see a music icon, one of those that stick in your memory and that you cant talk music without bringing out her name. "This girl is special"...oh Simon was so right on that! She has this gift to make us feel the music...very few artists can do this. But ok here i am talking way too much again lol...awesome on point reaction as allways man! Thanks for it. Stay cool, stay safe and have an amaeing weekend!
Armando Ribeiro - Beautiful insights. And there’s also a dark streak in her music, starting with Moonlight and running through Darkness Chases Me, Clearly and Stray. There’s even a bit of it in this song. Her struggles with her personal demons allows her to add texture and dimension to her work, without which her music would be incomplete. The most important singer-songwriter of her generation.
@@BobbyU808 and the best of it is she grasps all those deep feelings and struggles without necessarely having lived throught all of that (only she knows the real answer to that) but she renders it in such a soulfull way that it sure pierces our soul and leaves us wondering how can she get it so deeply at her young age? Also, some like Darkness Keeps Chasing Me, as you so well pointed out, have a kinda dark theme to it, that permanent struggle with our inner fears, emotions and anxiety that we all gone throught in a way or another and can relate to it, but its a healing anthem...try to listen to it when you're down and you'll see what i mean...its like she understands what you go throught in that precise time and that has sure an healing effect, she can grasp so much of all that in a "simple" song, imo thats for sure a Grammy worth one (shame she didnt had the exposure for that when the song was eligible for it and that the academy is rotten from within as is most of the industry)
@@BobbyU808 talking about River, her cover of Leon Bridges's "River" is a really good example of her talent as a singer...so much so that it even shaddows the original (with all due respect to Leon, he is an awesome artist for sure) but to render such a deep gospel in her unique way and making us feel every single word of it its a feat not many can.
Armando Ribeiro - I’ve heard her cover of River many times. An impossible performance for a 13-year-old girl. Grace’s covers are often better than the originals, as you know. Have you heard her rendition of Moon River at the Beanrunner Cafe? I would have never thought anyone could top Audrey Hepburn’s iconic rendition of it but imo Grace did. ~ How ru holding up? If not for music in general and Grace’s music in particular, I’d be “crawling in my skin.” Another great cover! 😀
One other thing to mention. Have you noticed how amazing Grace is at creating vocal hooks? When I first discovered Grace (AGT), I found myself singing her choruses - specifically the “hooks” for days after - even after one listen. Typically I don’t get a song stuck in my head until I have more exposure to them. There is just a quirkiness about them that immediately hook in your ear.
Pure and perfect reaction ! Grace quotes tempo and melody chances as in well-known epic songs about this sad issue ("... here comes my baby ... with another guy ..."), but in her own poetic way, switching to speech melody and piano, backwards to high notes and forte, it's always on point ... "Wenn meine Liebste Hochzeit hat, ist für mich ein Trauertag" is 200 y.o. german version of this "born for bad luck" theme ... and there are similar french and spanish a-capella songs also switching to minor in every second part of the sentence ... but Grace and "City" is truely a class of her own.
Outstanding Reaction! IMO Grace's EP Letters Vol 1 is an artistic masterpiece. She crosses moods while exploring the aspects of relationships. With each song she seems to pinpoint the right mood with the stage she's talking about in the song. She said in an interview in the last year or so, that she starts a song sometimes from something that occurred or an emotion she felt, but by the end of writing it it has morphed into "almost a lie." You are right about her creativity, but she has another very prominent quality, Empathy. Somehow, even though she hasn't experienced something herself, she knows how it feels, what it's like, and writes the song. Then she leaves the lyrics open ended enough that we all say "Exactly! What she said!" She is simply brilliant. BTW It's all good man, keep doin' what you hafta do.
Love the new look Fable, been waiting for another reaction but totally understand with all this shit going on at the moment, but the wait was worth it, great reaction as always. amazing song, so deep.
Love is great......Grace's love is tempered because it comes through the filter of pain. Her music is honest, no b.s. She is universal; the young folks are old and the old folks are young in the enigmatic world of Grace Vanderwaal. She is as lovely as her voice. Fable, you wonderfully unraveled are mystery girl. Good job man, God bless. OLD PETER U S A thanks!
Fable, Fable, Fable. You have become my favorite reactor. I'm a fan of Grace's, but I'd not heard this song yet. I really enjoyed experiencing it with your reaction, your ear catches little nuances that mine would have missed on the first listening. Your pointing them out and sharing your perspective really adds to the experience. Grace really is a special person, she has that 'something' that most of us mere mortals just weren't born with. Her ability to convey complex and powerful thoughts and emotions with such raw elegance is the genius that is her signature style. Once you've heard her voice and vocal uniqueness you will always be able to recognize it, even if you're hearing something for the first time. It is the mark of a truly great performer, to speak or sing just a word or phrase and you know exactly who it is. Think Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury. (I just realized two things; First, four of those five are dead, and second, Grace is the only female artist I can think of that has this ability.) I just hope I'm still here in 20 years to see and hear what Grace will grace us with. Her parents really could not have chosen a more perfect name for her. BTW, I like the new look. Just hang in there, keep doing what you're doing. So long as we keep moving ahead, this will eventually be behind us. Cheers and thank you.
Love love your reactions to Grace. I couldn’t wait for this one in particular!!! Grace changed me, she moves me, and she taught me what confidence looks like....i am so beyond grateful for her gift as it saved me! Thank you for your honest words and emotions when you hear Grace, she is the realest deal and like you, i look forward to each moment in time as her growth and maturity is going to show in absolutely everything!!! Keep up the great Grace reactions.... i look forward to them All!!!
This is one of my favorite songs, “They all are” lol but this one really is very good. This is in my happy wheelhouse. What a voice, what a talent! Nuff said! Great reaction as usual!
You're so right that everyone can relate to this situation. Who hasn't felt that anxiety of wanting more than what you're getting from a relationship, even leading to anger or anguish (which comes across in the buildup to her final cries at the end). You could call it the needy, or "getting weird" stage of a relationship, but it's hard to avoid, and it's often a make-or-break moment.
I keep coming back to this performance over and over again.. along with her performance of U R So Beautiful at the Trevor Project.. I can never get tired of them.
Yes I clicked the like too. I was looking forward to this ty. Check out the studio of the city. Next level production. ALL of her songs are mind blowing. Ty. You are my fav Grace reactor. Pink floyd use to be my fav group until Grace P.s ..ty for the "white light backround"
So happy to see that you have done a reaction on a Grace's song and as usual with your heart, sensibility and passion, awesome ♥️ I follow Grace's career since AGT and she touch my heart since then. I Love her voice, her creativity, she simply is herself and stay herself, an Artist and it is a real pleasure to see her evolve.
It’s impossible to pick a favorite or best song by a Grace, but this might just be it. Thanks to all of your videos, I finally bought the rest of Grace’s catalog (I had her most recent EP already).
My favorite Grace Vanderwaal song? Apparently through some magical means it tends to be the one I’m listening to at the moment. 😬 Especially if it is one I haven’t heard for a while and then I go, “Wow! I had forgotten how much I love this song.”
Hey Fabs - great reaction again. Add to your list Grace’s live performance of Ur So Beautiful at the Trevor Project charity event/dinner - Grace experimenting with her style - it’s very good. 🙏
I loaded the audio of this performance into Audacity along with the studio version so I could play them simultaneously. There is very little difference between the vocals on the two. At a couple of points you can hear they are slightly different, but mostly they are exactly the same down to a millisecond. It's freakish. I don't know how a person could have that much control over their voice.
Love the new intro.......and the new positive white space.....she filmed three videos in this setting....all are wonderful. This is her band.....hope they stay together forever.....Melissa Dougherty(guitar, vocals), Ben Masters(drums, vocals(?😂 ), Nolan Frank, (key board, horn and vocals and lots of stuff)..I really do not know of another artist that puts as much emotion in their work....she is just sooooooooooooooooo good. BTW I watch many of your other reactions.....but Grace is my thing and where I will comment.
As a songwriter (15) you have to think of what these words mean. She was 15 and some of her friends are older. It's what impresses me how she says and doesn't say things.
Another thing came to me that apparently you didn't realize about her music videos. They are all her ideas. She says she sees them in her head when she finishes her songs. Her video director just puts Graces visions to video.
I wish all reactors had your ear. She always pokes fun of her inner self and when she trivialized her vocal coaches lessons in the past, it's because it's the same fault she has with learning piano. It takes great effort and concentration but Grace is the type that wants to draw it but she isn't interested in learning the color scale to paint it. Where Harrison and McCartney use a uke to write songs then take it to a studio Grace just wants to sing her songs whether there's instruments involved or not. I really believe Grace could go a whole career as an acapella singer. The other day a guy told Grace there were other things you can do on a recording computer program she was using while she was live, Grace said she wasn't interested. With Grace I think there is a time to learn and then there's a time to do and Grace was in the middle of doing. Another good example I think is when everyone learns to ride a bike then graduates to motorcycles and cars Grace keeps riding her bike and wins the Tour de France. I think she talked to her then boyfriend and told him to not worry, it's just a song, they are still friends
There's a hint of the backstory Grace was imagining in the lyric: "Have a ball at the Whitney With your friends, all so pretty" Go to www.whitney.org and imagine Grace tripping out on all that creativity, but also noticing the people so impressed with how pretty they are! That gives context for her fear, and anger, about being called boring. All with one word. Poetry. And your new look? Fableous!!
About her pauses... she was 12 on AGT. Her second song was "beautiful thing" that we all know she wrote for her sister. She starts the song with a statement "you think that you know my heart"... then pauses and starts with a whole new tempo. No one does that at any age. That is completely new. Then she sprinkles dramatic pauses throughout. She has an almost magical way with pauses and dynamics and in this early video you can really see her without production th-cam.com/video/IfciQKQBT0s/w-d-xo.html. Then a year later at 13, she transformed "look what you made me do" th-cam.com/video/LmVJfPggUzk/w-d-xo.html. around 2:30 in that video she is singing to silence and just a few notes... She can pull a room into her by singing softly with almost no music behind her... Her use of dynamics, pauses, changes of tempo and emotional vocal effects is so natural and so amazing ... one just need sit back and go on the journey.
Another great reaction and great song of Grace's , I was there the night she dropped this in Nashville TN , you have to watch the ending of that night , it actually does make this one almost seem boring , at 3;25 to the end , she doesn't hold back. th-cam.com/video/5EzGiBtjz5M/w-d-xo.html
I think you've now heard everything from her latest EP. If you're looking for something new from Grace (ie. during the current crisis), you should check out her cover of Jason Mraz's " Live High", that she did for a Billboard fundraiser. Yet another direction musically, and playing electric guitar as well. th-cam.com/video/3gQbp--4OsY/w-d-xo.html
You also should check out the Instagram Live she did this week (it's been posted on TH-cam) where she played some new music she has been working on during the COVID shutdown: th-cam.com/video/47RZm1gEKWU/w-d-xo.html
This is so much better than the original. I can hear the instruments & the words clearly, for sure! Great review, too. Hope they do more with this room. It's a good thing! --don
She starts speaking of rejection oh so calmly, and you sensed that it wouldn't last. Her emotions have their own plans. She has said she's trying to learn how to get emotions across with words & music. This is a step toward that.
@@Paul-D-Hoff I know , I'm saying I want her to do it while the hair is pink ,cause who knows when the next tour will be and what color her hair will at that time . I can't wait till she's big enough to do what ever her daily whim is with her hair , without people freaking out like they do now . She's been doing that anyway though .
This song, from what Grace has told in her posts, is the first in which she completed the instrumental scoring before it went into production. She has recently posted several examples of works that she was producing at home with Garage Band software. This may be her first published work from those efforts; An historical footnote. You may find it interesting to react to the studio release for those very reasons. The instrumentation is brilliant, complex, and has so well a concordance with the story as Grace herself. It is also the first production that has her band members playing on the tracks: Melissa Dougherty on guitar, and Nolan Franks on trumpet. Been enjoying the analysis in all your reactions. Haven't hit any clams.
I love Grace she is a great singer writer and I have all her songs on iTunes also great the next year after Grace was Angelica Hale as well please react to her too. I promise you won’t regret it. 😀
All I can Tell you is artist like Grace , will use words to slam you and at first seems so nice and forgiving until they feel they are that whale stuff on the bottom of the sea , and the Look of disrespect she had at the last of that trac they can see that they are whale stuff :) Great reaction my friend Fable , Keep The Faith brother , The Texas Gent
My favorite Grace song. And so much better than the album version. Features Grace and not so much instrumentation. Love, love, love this song, this version, especially the end. It's cucumber.
Regarding Grace “hanging in the air” during her pauses. This is spot on. It is the uniqueness of her voice that has the ability to carry an emotional charge that is rarely found in a singer - especially one so young. This is why her best live recordings are her “unplugged” versions or just her with her uke. The recent three song “concert” she did from her bedroom for the Billboard fundraiser is incredible because it is just Grace, her uke, and her voice. She is hilarious in her rambling between songs and then she sends chills down your spine with her vocals. There is something interesting to point out about Mellisa’s background vocals as well. Mellisa has a sweet refined tone. The polish of it in contrast to Grace’s blunt-object-wrapped-in-satin tone (which I originally described way back in 2016 as “the ripping of angel wings 😬) creates yet another very cool aspect. You can really see this on Grace’s NPR’s Tiny Desk performance when it is just Grace and Mellisa. (By the way, that has her best version of Darkness on the Internet.)
@@neilmikesell6075 I can't remember what I said to you on Maunalee's video. I removed my comment from her videos because she referred to everyone's comments as hateful
Cal You mentioned "Burned" in one comment. But in the second you said we needed to watch Angelina. All I would say is that while she has a beautiful voice, I like Grace as a complete singer/songwriter/performer better. For me, Grace is number 1 in my lifetime, even better than the people I mentioned I had grown up with.
First of all, congratulations on your "new" intro !! Of course you are right, if you want to "hear" and "lead" Grace Vanderwaal, you can only do this in a "relaxed atmosphere" !! I hope that it's not just me BUT when I see your "enthusiasm" "amazement" and honest "admiration" for Grace, I feel like a "proud father" who realizes how far his "little girl" has gone !!! I'm not sure you understand that, but I've seen Grace grow up (if you will) and it has become an "important" part of my life !! (Gosh ... I hope Dave doesn't read this!) 😰😬 Anyway, in any case you did a great job "again" and please, please don't let us wait that long again !! 🙏😅😂 One more thing, I got your video of "House of Gold" Seen Twenty One Pilots !! You may be interested to know that Grace "covered" this song when she was 12 years old !! Check it out, it will blow your mind !! 🤯😂 Stay safe, stay at home! James T 🇩🇪
Every time I hear this; I hear darts in the crescendo ‘have-fun's at the end. (Like "you better have fun, ‘cause you know it’s gonna cost your sorry 🍑.")
Btw, as a fan of twentyone pilots, did you know she was a big fan of them too, when she was twelve? Went to concerts and covered them. Here’s a cover during her free concert at the Lafayette Theatre, after her audition but before doing the live shows on AGT: she’s already a performer who can own a stage and the audience. th-cam.com/video/Plo2pznYK3k/w-d-xo.html
This song is so representative of when us women say, when we're p*ssed off, and are asked "what's wrong?" and we answer "nothing" and it's never nothing. Or "is it ok if I go out with the guys even though it's our anniversary?" and we answer "go on, I don't care" and we care.. a lot.. and you better not go... lol
Best reactions of people in an audience who had no idea about that which they were in for. You can hear audience being blown away. Oh, great, that little girl that won agt. I can imagine what they were thinking before she performed. She rocked that place. They knew it. She knew it. Jackass James even knew it. Grace is magical.
Love your reaction to one of my fav Grace tracks , love that end , have you heard Grace song she just shared , she wrote and produced it in quarantine , song is called Faults - www.dropbox.com/s/wvjm5x5vv5q2s4j/Faults_4.m4a?dl=0
All the songs on Letters vol. 1 seem to be about the same relationship. Grace totally enamoured of a guy who is so beautiful but whom she'll gladly waste time with even if the relationship has no future, who takes her for granted and only dates her to show her off to his friends(Poser), and spends more time with his friends than he does with her in the city. And now she can't stand being with him even though she irrationally still loves him. (I Don't Like You) Well, at least Grace got some inspiration for brilliant songs out of it. Love your reactions; passionate--like Grace.
Grace has a problem. Years from now, someone will ask her to put together an album called "The Best of Grace VanderWaal". That's all she has ever done. Their are no flip side songs or "b" side of a 45. I love this live performance of "the City. The "letters Vol 2" will be 180 degrees from the Vol 1. Be ready for a big change, very soon. Hey you got rid of the echo, and nice background too. Almost clinical.
Fable, If everyone could individually conceive Grace the way you have, and to a certain extinct, myself, We would realize that the crap in our lives might be healed by some kind of Gra.....
Hi Fable Is Fable your real name? I have so many Grace "cucumbers" in my head that I can't pick one for you to react. I don't know if you've ever come across an interview or a casual talk from Grace on You Tube. I would be more than happy if you reacted to this in particular th-cam.com/video/slG6Z_jS7Y8/w-d-xo.html which highlights her personality more than anything else. If you can't or don't choose to (maybe it doesn't pay for audience reasons) okay anyway but look at it if nothing else just for your knowledge. A greeting Enrico
LOL its called metabolic instability, slightly crazy a little insane or how about just a diverse human being with emotional baggage and no positive stress relief to be had.
th-cam.com/video/zC3UJA0uXk4/w-d-xo.html a little glimpse of possibilities in her compositions in the future LOL probably not, but contemporary bluues or jazz maybe,
I have always loved Grace’s voice but found it hard to connect with her songs. They always seem juvenile...and yes I know how young she is. I kept saying give her a few more years to experience life and grow into her beautiful voice. THIS song is the first one that really touches me and makes me so excited for this Album and her future music. 😁
Greg Cadman First: I never said her lyrics were juvenile, I said I couldn’t connect with her music because her music overall was juvenile. It’s just I feeling I get when listening. Second: No, opinions don’t need to be “backed up”. That’s why they are opinions and personal to each person. Facts need to be backed up. Third: In my opinion this conversation has gotten juvenile so I am done with it. 😂
Shaking your head while she's singing destroys her video cuz you can't listen while you're looking at someone shaking their head very distracting like I said I guess it's about you not Grace her screen is so small and your screen is so big you shaking your head really distract you from the music especially when her screen is small very annoying I guess maybe you're a Capricorn the annoying type
Some things are so beautiful that they appear on someones face as pained expression. Very easy to adjust to. Notice the pain expressed by Grace at the end of this song that goes from "Have Fun in the City" puzzled to "Have Fun in the City" despair.
You're so distracting against the video it's like you want all the fame instead of the singer Grace I guess the video is about you not her very unfortunate you're like 12 different patterns in one room distracting you from the object you came for it's kind of like baking soda with acid one wipes the other one completely out so is this video about Grace are you
I can't wait for Volume 2.
This person is my soul in music. Ever since AGT she is the only singer I crave to listen to.
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The City 🎼
This City is about the trials and tribulations of young love, yet it is so much more than this. The City is a rant against betrayal and deception, themes Grace VanderWaal first visited in Gossip Girl. The music is personal, and laced throughout with a growing anger and sarcasm. Grace takes the negative energy and seamlessly weaves it into her music. The result is a song which, when performed by the artist, transcends the pop music genre. ~ The song tells the story of a young woman, not unlike the artist herself, waiting for a call which never comes. “one of the boys... i’ll be chill... i’ll keep my cool... but don’t play me for the fool ... don’t be so cruel... ‘cause i can fake it that i’m happy... but this time you can see... you try to make a good memory... ‘cause you like my jealousy... but you’re out in the city... with your friends... oh so pretty... plastic little hard shells... in their gucci shoes and wigs and noses... i know i’m being dramatic...” so go and build your reality with images from your house of mirrors... she is waiting for you... in the shards of glass...
“just blow out the candle... oh little boy... when will you learn... you don’t play with fire... unless you wanna get burned....” gv
“you don’t tug on superman’s cape... you don’t spit into the wind... you don’t pull the masks off the ol’ lone ranger... and your don’t mess around with slim...” jc
Possibly your best reaction to Grace, Ever. Thanks again and so-much for posting. Peace
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I won't ask you to react to another Grace song because The City is so powerful and emotive, it brings goose bumps. This is my favorite Grace Vanderwaal song. My heart yields to the pain she expresses in her face and her voice at the end. She totally had me mesmerized. This is my favorite reaction.
Right from the beginning, in the songs she's written she's favored two signature techniques. She likes tempo changes and The Big Finish, and often combines them. Good reaction! Thanks! Can't wait to experience what she's doing in ten years, but I'm in no hurry to get that much older. Did you notice in the end just how far off the Mic she was singing? That's real vocal power.
Yes, good point. The Big Finish was stretched out incredibly when she did this song live in Los Angeles last August. Awesome: th-cam.com/video/DZj28HaclQg/w-d-xo.html
@@oscresson Pretty well done on the EP as well.
She has this talent of making us hang on those pauses almost breathless, as if we need her to resume so we can procede to the next breath too...thats the only way i can explain that with words, i mean, since i stumbled upon her music in 2017 i must have hone throught all my known vocabulary and its never enough to explain how amazing this young woman is, she will sure leave her mark in the music, the way she creates and interprets her thoughts, even everyones life things like this song of a relationship one knows wont ever work as the other one is just selfish and all he/she cares is their friends and to have fun but not with the person they claim to love and how we one day just have to accept the fact it wont work and just let it go...yet the way she interprets it just makes it so soulfull, heart and soul piercing even id dare to say.
She allways loves to take us on these musical rollercoasters that are her songs, never flat as she allways loves these pace changes and has an affection to culminate them on those high notes that simply give you chills and then she drops it and you land right back on your chair and cant help to wonder what just happened? What have i jist witnessed?...and she is still just 16...now give her a few more years and you sure will see a music icon, one of those that stick in your memory and that you cant talk music without bringing out her name. "This girl is special"...oh Simon was so right on that! She has this gift to make us feel the music...very few artists can do this.
But ok here i am talking way too much again lol...awesome on point reaction as allways man! Thanks for it. Stay cool, stay safe and have an amaeing weekend!
Armando Ribeiro - Beautiful insights. And there’s also a dark streak in her music, starting with Moonlight and running through Darkness Chases Me, Clearly and Stray. There’s even a bit of it in this song. Her struggles with her personal demons allows her to add texture and dimension to her work, without which her music would be incomplete. The most important singer-songwriter of her generation.
@@BobbyU808 and the best of it is she grasps all those deep feelings and struggles without necessarely having lived throught all of that (only she knows the real answer to that) but she renders it in such a soulfull way that it sure pierces our soul and leaves us wondering how can she get it so deeply at her young age? Also, some like Darkness Keeps Chasing Me, as you so well pointed out, have a kinda dark theme to it, that permanent struggle with our inner fears, emotions and anxiety that we all gone throught in a way or another and can relate to it, but its a healing anthem...try to listen to it when you're down and you'll see what i mean...its like she understands what you go throught in that precise time and that has sure an healing effect, she can grasp so much of all that in a "simple" song, imo thats for sure a Grammy worth one (shame she didnt had the exposure for that when the song was eligible for it and that the academy is rotten from within as is most of the industry)
Armando Ribeiro - True, only she knows how deep the river runs.
@@BobbyU808 talking about River, her cover of Leon Bridges's "River" is a really good example of her talent as a singer...so much so that it even shaddows the original (with all due respect to Leon, he is an awesome artist for sure) but to render such a deep gospel in her unique way and making us feel every single word of it its a feat not many can.
Armando Ribeiro - I’ve heard her cover of River many times. An impossible performance for a 13-year-old girl. Grace’s covers are often better than the originals, as you know. Have you heard her rendition of Moon River at the Beanrunner Cafe? I would have never thought anyone could top Audrey Hepburn’s iconic rendition of it but imo Grace did. ~ How ru holding up? If not for music in general and Grace’s music in particular, I’d be “crawling in my skin.” Another great cover! 😀
One other thing to mention. Have you noticed how amazing Grace is at creating vocal hooks? When I first discovered Grace (AGT), I found myself singing her choruses - specifically the “hooks” for days after - even after one listen. Typically I don’t get a song stuck in my head until I have more exposure to them. There is just a quirkiness about them that immediately hook in your ear.
Pure and perfect reaction ! Grace quotes tempo and melody chances as in well-known epic songs about this sad issue ("... here comes my baby ... with another guy ..."), but in her own poetic way, switching to speech melody and piano, backwards to high notes and forte, it's always on point ... "Wenn meine Liebste Hochzeit hat, ist für mich ein Trauertag" is 200 y.o. german version of this "born for bad luck" theme ... and there are similar french and spanish a-capella songs also switching to minor in every second part of the sentence ... but Grace and "City" is truely a class of her own.
Fable you sound like Grace. Thank you for saying exactly what I was thinking no way is she boring..
Thanx for sharing your "Cucumber salad" Fil. Another gr8 react! :D
Outstanding Reaction! IMO Grace's EP Letters Vol 1 is an artistic masterpiece. She crosses moods while exploring the aspects of relationships. With each song she seems to pinpoint the right mood with the stage she's talking about in the song. She said in an interview in the last year or so, that she starts a song sometimes from something that occurred or an emotion she felt, but by the end of writing it it has morphed into "almost a lie." You are right about her creativity, but she has another very prominent quality, Empathy. Somehow, even though she hasn't experienced something herself, she knows how it feels, what it's like, and writes the song. Then she leaves the lyrics open ended enough that we all say "Exactly! What she said!" She is simply brilliant.
BTW It's all good man, keep doin' what you hafta do.
Love the new look Fable, been waiting for another reaction but totally understand with all this shit going on at the moment, but the wait was worth it, great reaction as always. amazing song, so deep.
Love is great......Grace's love is tempered because it comes through the filter of pain. Her music is honest, no b.s. She is universal; the young folks are old and the old folks are young in the enigmatic world of Grace Vanderwaal. She is as lovely as her voice. Fable, you wonderfully unraveled are mystery girl. Good job man, God bless. OLD PETER U S A thanks!
Fable, Fable, Fable. You have become my favorite reactor. I'm a fan of Grace's, but I'd not heard this song yet. I really enjoyed experiencing it with your reaction, your ear catches little nuances that mine would have missed on the first listening. Your pointing them out and sharing your perspective really adds to the experience.
Grace really is a special person, she has that 'something' that most of us mere mortals just weren't born with. Her ability to convey complex and powerful thoughts and emotions with such raw elegance is the genius that is her signature style.
Once you've heard her voice and vocal uniqueness you will always be able to recognize it, even if you're hearing something for the first time. It is the mark of a truly great performer, to speak or sing just a word or phrase and you know exactly who it is. Think Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury. (I just realized two things; First, four of those five are dead, and second, Grace is the only female artist I can think of that has this ability.)
I just hope I'm still here in 20 years to see and hear what Grace will grace us with. Her parents really could not have chosen a more perfect name for her.
BTW, I like the new look. Just hang in there, keep doing what you're doing. So long as we keep moving ahead, this will eventually be behind us.
Cheers and thank you.
Well said!
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Love love your reactions to Grace. I couldn’t wait for this one in particular!!! Grace changed me, she moves me, and she taught me what confidence looks like....i am so beyond grateful for her gift as it saved me! Thank you for your honest words and emotions when you hear Grace, she is the realest deal and like you, i look forward to each moment in time as her growth and maturity is going to show in absolutely everything!!! Keep up the great Grace reactions.... i look forward to them All!!!
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This is one of my favorite songs, “They all are” lol but this one really is very good. This is in my happy wheelhouse. What a voice, what a talent! Nuff said! Great reaction as usual!
She sings her songs like she’s just telling you a story. And more often than not, the story is also about us. Cucumber...yeah!
Keep cranking the reactions man. You do you. No worries here.
You're so right that everyone can relate to this situation. Who hasn't felt that anxiety of wanting more than what you're getting from a relationship, even leading to anger or anguish (which comes across in the buildup to her final cries at the end). You could call it the needy, or "getting weird" stage of a relationship, but it's hard to avoid, and it's often a make-or-break moment.
I keep coming back to this performance over and over again.. along with her performance of U R So Beautiful at the Trevor Project.. I can never get tired of them.
Ohh hell yea,haven’t even watched and already liked.♥️
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Yes I clicked the like too. I was looking forward to this ty. Check out the studio of the city. Next level production. ALL of her songs are mind blowing. Ty. You are my fav Grace reactor. Pink floyd use to be my fav group until Grace P.s ..ty for the "white light backround"
So happy to see that you have done a reaction on a Grace's song and as usual with your heart, sensibility and passion, awesome ♥️
I follow Grace's career since AGT and she touch my heart since then. I Love her voice, her creativity, she simply is herself and stay herself, an Artist and it is a real pleasure to see her evolve.
Thanks for another compelling reaction.
The word you're looking for is TRANSCENDENT!
It’s impossible to pick a favorite or best song by a Grace, but this might just be it. Thanks to all of your videos, I finally bought the rest of Grace’s catalog (I had her most recent EP already).
My favorite Grace Vanderwaal song? Apparently through some magical means it tends to be the one I’m listening to at the moment. 😬 Especially if it is one I haven’t heard for a while and then I go, “Wow! I had forgotten how much I love this song.”
Hey Fabs - great reaction again. Add to your list Grace’s live performance of Ur So Beautiful at the Trevor Project charity event/dinner - Grace experimenting with her style - it’s very good. 🙏
I loaded the audio of this performance into Audacity along with the studio version so I could play them simultaneously. There is very little difference between the vocals on the two. At a couple of points you can hear they are slightly different, but mostly they are exactly the same down to a millisecond. It's freakish. I don't know how a person could have that much control over their voice.
@Jovan Mccuan In case anyone reads these last two bozos (Jovan Mccuan & Hank Billy), this is a well known scam. Stay away from it.
Love the new intro.......and the new positive white space.....she filmed three videos in this setting....all are wonderful. This is her band.....hope they stay together forever.....Melissa Dougherty(guitar, vocals), Ben Masters(drums, vocals(?😂 ), Nolan Frank, (key board, horn and vocals and lots of stuff)..I really do not know of another artist that puts as much emotion in their work....she is just sooooooooooooooooo good. BTW I watch many of your other reactions.....but Grace is my thing and where I will comment.
BTW, your reactions are cucumber.....seedless of course.
What a beautiful voice. We appreciate your content, no matter how sporadic or the amount. Take care.
Grace has become the sound track to my life these days.....
Needed this today. Thanks man.
As a songwriter (15) you have to think of what these words mean. She was 15 and some of her friends are older. It's what impresses me how she says and doesn't say things.
Grace VanderWaal Rocks!!!😎💜💜💜
Another thing came to me that apparently you didn't realize about her music videos. They are all her ideas. She says she sees them in her head when she finishes her songs. Her video director just puts Graces visions to video.
I wish all reactors had your ear. She always pokes fun of her inner self and when she trivialized her vocal coaches lessons in the past, it's because it's the same fault she has with learning piano. It takes great effort and concentration but Grace is the type that wants to draw it but she isn't interested in learning the color scale to paint it. Where Harrison and McCartney use a uke to write songs then take it to a studio Grace just wants to sing her songs whether there's instruments involved or not. I really believe Grace could go a whole career as an acapella singer. The other day a guy told Grace there were other things you can do on a recording computer program she was using while she was live, Grace said she wasn't interested. With Grace I think there is a time to learn and then there's a time to do and Grace was in the middle of doing. Another good example I think is when everyone learns to ride a bike then graduates to motorcycles and cars Grace keeps riding her bike and wins the Tour de France.
I think she talked to her then boyfriend and told him to not worry, it's just a song, they are still friends
my heart crashed after read she has a bf
@@isaacalexisrivera3157 had, the key word was had
There's a hint of the backstory Grace was imagining in the lyric:
"Have a ball at the Whitney
With your friends, all so pretty"
Go to www.whitney.org and imagine Grace tripping out on all that creativity, but also noticing the people so impressed with how pretty they are! That gives context for her fear, and anger, about being called boring. All with one word. Poetry.
And your new look? Fableous!!
About her pauses... she was 12 on AGT. Her second song was "beautiful thing" that we all know she wrote for her sister. She starts the song with a statement "you think that you know my heart"... then pauses and starts with a whole new tempo. No one does that at any age. That is completely new. Then she sprinkles dramatic pauses throughout. She has an almost magical way with pauses and dynamics and in this early video you can really see her without production th-cam.com/video/IfciQKQBT0s/w-d-xo.html. Then a year later at 13, she transformed "look what you made me do" th-cam.com/video/LmVJfPggUzk/w-d-xo.html. around 2:30 in that video she is singing to silence and just a few notes... She can pull a room into her by singing softly with almost no music behind her... Her use of dynamics, pauses, changes of tempo and emotional vocal effects is so natural and so amazing ... one just need sit back and go on the journey.
Well said!
Some day if you have the time watch the whole set of the first weekend of the ACL concert best live show I've ever seen you won't regret it
Yay another grave review let’s gooo
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Another great reaction and great song of Grace's , I was there the night she dropped this in Nashville TN , you have to watch the ending of that night , it actually does make this one almost seem boring , at 3;25 to the end , she doesn't hold back. th-cam.com/video/5EzGiBtjz5M/w-d-xo.html
sometimes you need to take a little step back like you did and realize the situation and that helps you cope with everything
Just keep in mind Grace says she's write a songs sometimes from other peoples points of view. Not necessarily her own experience.
There is only one word that describes Grace perfectly ........ MUSE.
watch grace sing Better life at Austin city limits live concert and do a reaction on it. enjoy.
noel cristobal thank you for this. I will do that ☺️❤️
@@traktician On Facebook just search Sam Borgman and u can watch from there as the sound quality is much better. Enjoy watching. thanks.
@@trakticianits her best live performance of bl. Better then the studio :)
sadly i only discovered Grace about 3 weeks ago. but WOW!
Yess maan instant like.
Great new look
I think you've now heard everything from her latest EP. If you're looking for something new from Grace (ie. during the current crisis), you should check out her cover of Jason Mraz's " Live High", that she did for a Billboard fundraiser. Yet another direction musically, and playing electric guitar as well. th-cam.com/video/3gQbp--4OsY/w-d-xo.html
Agreed, this was a wonderful performance.
You also should check out the Instagram Live she did this week (it's been posted on TH-cam) where she played some new music she has been working on during the COVID shutdown: th-cam.com/video/47RZm1gEKWU/w-d-xo.html
This is so much better than the original. I can hear the instruments & the words clearly, for sure! Great review, too. Hope they do more with this room. It's a good thing! --don
Definite cucumber magic going on... wow, she let that one smoulder for a while, until it ignited there at the end...
Great reaction Fil,now you need to do "Ur So Beautiful" then you have done all of Letters Vol1,Trevor project live is a awesome version of it
Your so beautifull=einstein cucumber
She starts speaking of rejection oh so calmly, and you sensed that it wouldn't last. Her emotions have their own plans. She has said she's trying to learn how to get emotions across with words & music. This is a step toward that.
Grace has just said that so far she plans to have the long braids again. Her hair is pink now.
I wonder if a change in hairstyle coincides with a change in music. I really like this one. --don
@@donaldmoon All I know is she said that the long braids will be back, maybe it was in her next tour.
@@Paul-D-Hoff I hope she does try the braids with the pink hair .
@@chmtopforever2177 She did say that so far she plans to wear them again on tour.
@@Paul-D-Hoff I know , I'm saying I want her to do it while the hair is pink ,cause who knows when the next tour will be and what color her hair will at that time . I can't wait till she's big enough to do what ever her daily whim is with her hair , without people freaking out like they do now . She's been doing that anyway though .
This song, from what Grace has told in her posts, is the first in which she completed the instrumental scoring before it went into production. She has recently posted several examples of works that she was producing at home with Garage Band software. This may be her first published work from those efforts; An historical footnote. You may find it interesting to react to the studio release for those very reasons. The instrumentation is brilliant, complex, and has so well a concordance with the story as Grace herself. It is also the first production that has her band members playing on the tracks: Melissa Dougherty on guitar, and Nolan Franks on trumpet. Been enjoying the analysis in all your reactions. Haven't hit any clams.
I love Grace she is a great singer writer and I have all her songs on iTunes also great the next year after Grace was Angelica Hale as well please react to her too. I promise you won’t regret it. 😀
All I can Tell you is artist like Grace , will use words to slam you and at first seems so nice and forgiving until they feel they are that whale stuff on the bottom of the sea , and the Look of disrespect she had at the last of that trac they can see that they are whale stuff :) Great reaction my friend Fable , Keep The Faith brother , The Texas Gent
she reminds me of simon and garfunkel in aesthetic, so glad she exists
My favorite Grace song. And so much better than the album version. Features Grace and not so much instrumentation. Love, love, love this song, this version, especially the end. It's cucumber.
Regarding Grace “hanging in the air” during her pauses. This is spot on. It is the uniqueness of her voice that has the ability to carry an emotional charge that is rarely found in a singer - especially one so young. This is why her best live recordings are her “unplugged” versions or just her with her uke. The recent three song “concert” she did from her bedroom for the Billboard fundraiser is incredible because it is just Grace, her uke, and her voice. She is hilarious in her rambling between songs and then she sends chills down your spine with her vocals.
There is something interesting to point out about Mellisa’s background vocals as well. Mellisa has a sweet refined tone. The polish of it in contrast to Grace’s blunt-object-wrapped-in-satin tone (which I originally described way back in 2016 as “the ripping of angel wings 😬) creates yet another very cool aspect. You can really see this on Grace’s NPR’s Tiny Desk performance when it is just Grace and Mellisa. (By the way, that has her best version of Darkness on the Internet.)
What you said!
@@neilmikesell6075 I can't remember what I said to you on Maunalee's video. I removed my comment from her videos because she referred to everyone's comments as hateful
Cal You mentioned "Burned" in one comment. But in the second you said we needed to watch Angelina. All I would say is that while she has a beautiful voice, I like Grace as a complete singer/songwriter/performer better. For me, Grace is number 1 in my lifetime, even better than the people I mentioned I had grown up with.
@@neilmikesell6075 the Angelina comment I was being sarcastic, Maunalee said on a Angelina video that she liked Angelina better than Grace
First of all, congratulations on your "new" intro !!
Of course you are right, if you want to "hear" and "lead" Grace Vanderwaal, you can only do this in a "relaxed atmosphere" !!
I hope that it's not just me
BUT when I see your "enthusiasm" "amazement" and honest "admiration" for Grace, I feel like a "proud father" who realizes how far his "little girl" has gone !!!
I'm not sure you understand that, but I've seen Grace grow up (if you will) and it has become an "important" part of my life !!
(Gosh ... I hope Dave doesn't read this!) 😰😬
Anyway, in any case you did a great job "again" and please, please don't let us wait that long again !! 🙏😅😂
One more thing, I got your video of "House of Gold"
Seen Twenty One Pilots !!
You may be interested to know that Grace "covered" this song when she was 12 years old !!
Check it out, it will blow your mind !! 🤯😂
Stay safe, stay at home! James T 🇩🇪
Every time I hear this; I hear darts in the crescendo ‘have-fun's at the end. (Like "you better have fun, ‘cause you know it’s gonna cost your sorry 🍑.")
Btw, as a fan of twentyone pilots, did you know she was a big fan of them too, when she was twelve? Went to concerts and covered them. Here’s a cover during her free concert at the Lafayette Theatre, after her audition but before doing the live shows on AGT: she’s already a performer who can own a stage and the audience. th-cam.com/video/Plo2pznYK3k/w-d-xo.html
Twenty one pilots using the ukulele was one of the things that originally attracted Grace to that particular instrument.
Cucumber!!!!!
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This song is so representative of when us women say, when we're p*ssed off, and are asked "what's wrong?" and we answer "nothing" and it's never nothing. Or "is it ok if I go out with the guys even though it's our anniversary?" and we answer "go on, I don't care" and we care.. a lot.. and you better not go... lol
Have you reacted to escape my mind by grace because if you haven’t that’s a fantastic song
The James corden live performance of Emm is mindblowing
Best reactions of people in an audience who had no idea about that which they were in for.
You can hear audience being blown away.
Oh, great, that little girl that won agt. I can imagine what they were thinking before she performed.
She rocked that place. They knew it. She knew it. Jackass James even knew it.
Grace is magical.
Pure Cucumber:)
Love your reaction to one of my fav Grace tracks , love that end , have you heard Grace song she just shared , she wrote and produced it in quarantine , song is called Faults - www.dropbox.com/s/wvjm5x5vv5q2s4j/Faults_4.m4a?dl=0
All the songs on Letters vol. 1 seem to be about the same relationship. Grace totally enamoured of a guy who is so beautiful but whom she'll gladly waste time with even if the relationship has no future, who takes her for granted and only dates her to show her off to his friends(Poser), and spends more time with his friends than he does with her in the city. And now she can't stand being with him even though she irrationally still loves him. (I Don't Like You) Well, at least Grace got some inspiration for brilliant songs out of it. Love your reactions; passionate--like Grace.
Grace has a problem. Years from now, someone will ask her to put together an album called "The Best of Grace VanderWaal". That's all she has ever done. Their are no flip side songs or "b" side of a 45. I love this live performance of "the City. The "letters Vol 2" will be 180 degrees from the Vol 1. Be ready for a big change, very soon.
Hey you got rid of the echo, and nice background too. Almost clinical.
You should listen and watch the music vid to How could you leave us by NF. Complete real art and raw emotion.
Done already ☺️☺️ check my NF playlist ☺️☺️❤️
Fable, If everyone could individually conceive Grace the way you have, and to a certain extinct, myself, We would realize that the crap in our lives might be healed by some kind of Gra.....
_Rambling_ about creativity? Seriously? Fil, you did an _ad hoc_ essay on the topic, A+ grade.
Cool new design, btw.
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Hi Fable
Is Fable your real name?
I have so many Grace "cucumbers" in my head that I can't pick one for you to react.
I don't know if you've ever come across an interview or a casual talk from Grace on You Tube.
I would be more than happy if you reacted to this in particular
th-cam.com/video/slG6Z_jS7Y8/w-d-xo.html
which highlights her personality more than anything else.
If you can't or don't choose to (maybe it doesn't pay for audience reasons)
okay anyway but look at it if nothing else just for your knowledge.
A greeting
Enrico
Filipe is my real name but you can call me Fil ☺️❤️ thanks so much for this I will absolutely react it this for you ☺️
Bitch you took sooooo long! Yes!
PS. Sorry to hear about that tho. Be strong and keep fighting! Su su na!
LOL its called metabolic instability, slightly crazy a little insane or how about just a diverse human being with emotional baggage and no positive stress relief to be had.
th-cam.com/video/zC3UJA0uXk4/w-d-xo.html a little glimpse of possibilities in her compositions in the future LOL probably not, but contemporary bluues or jazz maybe,
I have always loved Grace’s voice but found it hard to connect with her songs. They always seem juvenile...and yes I know how young she is. I kept saying give her a few more years to experience life and grow into her beautiful voice. THIS song is the first one that really touches me and makes me so excited for this Album and her future music. 😁
Darkness keeps chasing me, Beautiful Thing, 12 Stars , Miss You, Burned, Stray, Poser and many more are by no means Juvenile
Greg Cadman ...and you’re welcome to your opinion. 😁
@@cinacole7084 point out where Darkness keeps chasing me or Stray is juvenile , opinions only matter if they can be backed up
Greg Cadman
First: I never said her lyrics were juvenile, I said I couldn’t connect with her music because her music overall was juvenile. It’s just I feeling I get when listening. Second: No, opinions don’t need to be “backed up”. That’s why they are opinions and personal to each person. Facts need to be backed up.
Third: In my opinion this conversation has gotten juvenile so I am done with it. 😂
@@cinacole7084 so you basically have an opinion her music is juvenile based on your opinion , contrary to the facts , got it
Shaking your head while she's singing destroys her video cuz you can't listen while you're looking at someone shaking their head very distracting like I said I guess it's about you not Grace her screen is so small and your screen is so big you shaking your head really distract you from the music especially when her screen is small very annoying I guess maybe you're a Capricorn the annoying type
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Some things are so beautiful that they appear on someones face as pained expression. Very easy to adjust to. Notice the pain expressed by Grace at the end of this song that goes from "Have Fun in the City" puzzled to "Have Fun in the City" despair.
You're so distracting against the video it's like you want all the fame instead of the singer Grace I guess the video is about you not her very unfortunate you're like 12 different patterns in one room distracting you from the object you came for it's kind of like baking soda with acid one wipes the other one completely out so is this video about Grace are you
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