‘Glee’ Star Alex Newell Shares Favorite Moments as Wade ‘Unique’ Adams | TODAY Originals

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  • Alex Newell, who played Wade “Unique" Adams on “Glee,” discusses his character’s best performances and how much the show has resonated with fans. Newell currently stars in “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” on NBC.
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  • @neilfeigeles8944
    @neilfeigeles8944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    I will never forget Alex Newell's heartbreakingly brilliant 'If I was a Boy' on GLEE one of a number of songs on the series that made me cry like a baby… congrats on all your well deserved and earned success.

    • @Torontopia
      @Torontopia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      YES! It still brings tears to my eyes.

  • @jimmybaker9996
    @jimmybaker9996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Boogie Shoes ....one of my top Glee performances.

  • @spokeforhours
    @spokeforhours 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    I remember watching him on the glee project and I am amazed at how he's matured. Great to see him still out there breaking all the rules and doing it so fabulously.

    • @another_useless
      @another_useless 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Her

    • @geekyheadquarters
      @geekyheadquarters 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      cuakhead the TH-cam's Actually spokeforhours used the right pronoun. Alex Newell identifies as gender nonconforming and he does use he/him pronouns.

    • @derrickelliott3874
      @derrickelliott3874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When Ryan Murphy was going to send him home and asked could he do anything other than "that". Referring to him and drag which they put him in once and he did for his elimination. Then wrote a non-binary trans performer on the show and cast him. ICONIC

  • @AkmallRazlan
    @AkmallRazlan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    ‘If I were a boy’ was one of the best renditions ever! The best version after Beyonce’s. Alex’s voice is darn good! Love!

  • @Torontopia
    @Torontopia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I wish Glee was back on the air. I miss it so much!

  • @nahuelma97
    @nahuelma97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I just love how much more down to earth he (they?) seem these days. Back when Glee was airing I remember thinking there was a bit too much arrogance, but maybe it was just him being so young and not knowing how to balance a private life with the public persona. Also, as he said, his character was historic in a way, since it was one of the first ones to be given such a huge platform and be so widely presented to an audience

  • @marshajanulis6092
    @marshajanulis6092 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I love her/him on zoey's extraordinary playlist

    • @justingutierrez233
      @justingutierrez233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's him

    • @another_useless
      @another_useless 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Her

    • @krsxedits5862
      @krsxedits5862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      cuakhead the TH-cam's HIM. HE SAID IN AN INTERVIEW HE WANTED TO BE IDENTIFIED AS A “HIM”

    • @manny3383
      @manny3383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I Think He Use's The Pronouns He/Him

    • @justmike1201
      @justmike1201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      If you don't know you can always use they/them. Even if person doesn't use they/them it's not misgendering.

  • @manuneculnir4600
    @manuneculnir4600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Unique! I love you Alex! Such an incredible artist ❤️

  • @robertwilson33
    @robertwilson33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Alex is a true super star may his fabulous light shine forever.💫⭐🌟

  • @sekicoco
    @sekicoco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those songs still give me chills. What a voice. I miss this show.

  • @RainbowStarFire
    @RainbowStarFire 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Alex Newell you captivated me on glee! You played this part & you played it as a star! ⭐️ you shine so bright & i wasn’t aware you weren’t supposed to be on glee for more than 2 episodes, this is even more amazing! I am such a huge fan!! ❤

  • @LucasSilva-it3lz
    @LucasSilva-it3lz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I miss glee so much, Unique was amazing 💕

  • @beauhunnk
    @beauhunnk ปีที่แล้ว

    So much respect for Alex…! More than words can a accurately express…!

  • @maxmartinez5930
    @maxmartinez5930 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Her performances are phenomenal. An exceptional talent!

  • @liz5946
    @liz5946 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love Alex Newell! They were Amazing!

  • @bluetorcher01
    @bluetorcher01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good to know she’s well and continued to be a real DIVA!!! Love her

  • @bigmass4792
    @bigmass4792 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Yeesss love him in once on this island

  • @christianbolze2441
    @christianbolze2441 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved Alex even on Glee Project.

  • @barbieonbarbecue
    @barbieonbarbecue ปีที่แล้ว

    The talent Alex Newell you're amazing 🤩🤩🤩🤩❤❤❤❤

  • @KennyVert
    @KennyVert ปีที่แล้ว

    Alex really interviews well. What a journey. Way to go, Alex!!! ❤❤❤

  • @totallynotahuman9933
    @totallynotahuman9933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Boogie shoes is the best glee cover in my book

  • @elizabethhirst9419
    @elizabethhirst9419 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with Alex. Boogie Shoes really did make Alex a star on Glee.

  • @ronaldmejia893
    @ronaldmejia893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love Alex so much

  • @roeg48
    @roeg48 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved this character (and Ms Newell so stinkin much!

  • @trevortrevatrevortreva1520
    @trevortrevatrevortreva1520 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this video and interview

  • @lindsayclark8976
    @lindsayclark8976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You sound so mature!!! I love it

  • @Phenom0420
    @Phenom0420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Just a correction - Rosa Parks wasn't tired, and that's why she didn't give up her seat. That's a myth our education system attempted to propogate. Facts! She was Intentional in her protest, and she also wasn't the first or only person to protest in this manner.

  • @alexaldana2240
    @alexaldana2240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alex Newell said he was on glee for 43 episodes but he was actually on the show for 36 episodes

  • @coverboyjojo
    @coverboyjojo ปีที่แล้ว

    If I were a boy made my life

  • @rodrigorodruddy2628
    @rodrigorodruddy2628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    AMOOOOO!!!

  • @beatnickblanket
    @beatnickblanket 5 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    Who is the homophobe who didn't blend Alex's makeup down into their neck?!

    • @Diego_Ferrari
      @Diego_Ferrari 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think is the chain cause it looks silver

    • @benwalker4305
      @benwalker4305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Why did that make them a homophobe

    • @sandra-jones
      @sandra-jones 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@benwalker4305 it was a joke I believe....

    • @JH-qy3br
      @JH-qy3br 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sandra-jones i believe he's saying that because she's not a homosexual to begin with

    • @sandra-jones
      @sandra-jones 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@JH-qy3br I don't think that's the correct interpretation of the comment. It was a joke.

  • @jaywilliammoreno2777
    @jaywilliammoreno2777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm a fan 😍😍😍🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈. Love from the Philippines

  • @karengerber8390
    @karengerber8390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    💖

  • @carlabeatriz3860
    @carlabeatriz3860 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👏👏👏👏👏

  • @dmarmartin
    @dmarmartin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Katy...one of the many things I still can't forgive Glee for

    • @benwalker4305
      @benwalker4305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Huh?

    • @mangoccoi1103
      @mangoccoi1103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@benwalker4305 Katy was the girl Ryder was talking to for a few weeks and was soon revealed that Ryder was being catfished by Unique. It kind of gives a negative rep. to the LGBT and the general audience will think that these people are fishing out straights. They should of gave Unique a more positive storyline to represent them much better...

    • @benwalker4305
      @benwalker4305 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mangoccoi1103 oh yeah

  • @anthonymorris6473
    @anthonymorris6473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am not trans or nonbinary. This song affects me every time I hear it. I do not know what I am. It makes me want to protect everyone who is hurt. Makes me want to be a real man.

  • @springgreengoober
    @springgreengoober 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Can we stop dead naming unique :))) would be nice

  • @vincenzodangelo7274
    @vincenzodangelo7274 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🏆👆👑🌟

  • @wonkat.v.7427
    @wonkat.v.7427 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here we are in 2023 and they have just become the first person ever non binary person in tony history to get the award Congrats on the tony Alex it’s very much deserved!!!

  • @stephanies3281
    @stephanies3281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not a fan of this being posted with the characters deadname in the title. Her name is Unique Adams PERIOD

  • @adelucas4824
    @adelucas4824 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ryan has this habit of making wonderful shows then screwing them up. Glee was wonderful, but it also did the most awful things and by the end had lost any kind of focus. Alex was one of the good things though. He's just an extraordinary talent who would have gone unnoticed without the show,

  • @justice4all352
    @justice4all352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He sound like a guy just on a very light tenor spectrum of the tenor but he does uses breathy quality to sound feminine . He trying to sound intermediate between a very light bright tenor and a low Contralto woman

  • @Daleylife
    @Daleylife 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I struggle with Alex. He wasn't exactly a good guy on the glee project. Seemed very into himself.

    • @DubbleQ
      @DubbleQ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That came out 9 years ago 😒

    • @stephanies3281
      @stephanies3281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That was very heavily edited to make it more dramatic and interesting. They did the same thing to Lindsay Pearce.

  • @jolinalee3887
    @jolinalee3887 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Someone please Hand him some Powder.

  • @salvadorrobledojr9545
    @salvadorrobledojr9545 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok I got a question was she always trans at first or just Gender-Fluid?

    • @fabraygrande
      @fabraygrande 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      he uses he/him pronouns and is gender non confirming im pretty sure

  • @Thedeepesttruth
    @Thedeepesttruth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hun, that dark ring around you neck needs to go. Especially with a lighter foundation tone. Either bring down the foundation. Or try to loose some weight and use a toner cleanser and lotion that area more. You should be using more lotion on your creases your elbows and knees between the weight and the dry skin issues with black skin. I have the same issues though I don’t where make up so it’s not as noticeable. And I was able to make it lighter with a better cleaning and lotion regimen.

    • @trevortrevatrevortreva1520
      @trevortrevatrevortreva1520 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seriously is that your only comment. Alex is a trailblazer not a hater and looks fierce full stop

    • @biancarosealinaseraphim
      @biancarosealinaseraphim 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I noticed that to lol

    • @biancarosealinaseraphim
      @biancarosealinaseraphim 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol well they r right its very dark atound her necn​@@trevortrevatrevortreva1520

  • @xanlyladybug3
    @xanlyladybug3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Is this a Trans person?

    • @TrentvsTheWorld
      @TrentvsTheWorld 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      XANLY watch glee you’ll know or look it up

    • @lewi0176
      @lewi0176 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Last I heard Alex identifies as a non-binary

    • @xanlyladybug3
      @xanlyladybug3 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's non-binary? And I think I remember glee I DONT remember her though

    • @haziqiman5576
      @haziqiman5576 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xanlyladybug3 she was on season 4

    • @beatnickblanket
      @beatnickblanket 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@xanlyladybug3 I'm wary because I feel like if you really wanted to know the answer you would simply look it up, and it's also not our responsibility to school you, but I'm feeling generous so:
      Gender has for a long time in modern culture been split into a binary: men/boys and women/girls.
      A person who is non-binary has a gender identity that does not fit neatly into those pre-defined boxes. They are somewhere in-between, or a combination, or sometimes they feel as though they do not have any gender at all.
      Non-binary literally means "does not fit into the binary."
      Alex was on Glee for over 40 episodes so it seems pretty difficult to imagine you would somehow completely not remember them on the show.

  • @Nikkithirty4
    @Nikkithirty4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love her, but she's really full of herself.

    • @deathtrapp3395
      @deathtrapp3395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      As she should be!

    • @pedroheilel130
      @pedroheilel130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He/She can, with all that talent. Most of these mainstream artists nowadays are just empty anyways.

    • @Nikkithirty4
      @Nikkithirty4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pedroheilel130 i agree not very many talented people now a days. But just because they're talented doesn't mean that they're better than the rest of us. Actors singers etc have it all the fame and money isn't enough they have to also win an award for it?? What about local heroes?? Nurses, doctors, firemen, police, environmental tech services etc.... Where's their fame and glory for actually helping everyone compared to a talented singer? Ya know.

    • @krsxedits5862
      @krsxedits5862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He*

    • @krsxedits5862
      @krsxedits5862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      deathtrapp he* :))

  • @xanlyladybug3
    @xanlyladybug3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wait I'm confused it's a man?

    • @creamelover5533
      @creamelover5533 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      XANLY yes. His name is Alex. But a whole man... an amazing Man!

    • @xanlyladybug3
      @xanlyladybug3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh cool my name has Alex in it

    • @hamzabenabdeslam
      @hamzabenabdeslam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It.... Really ?

    • @t.s3994
      @t.s3994 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, but he likes says he’s non conforming and likes drag

    • @springgreengoober
      @springgreengoober 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ok transphobe

  • @tatat73
    @tatat73 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️