That was what we call in arabic “ourab” and some call it “irab” and every arab singer does them. Even if u’re not trained or anything of that sort if u can sing u can do it but ofc each person have their own way of singing and they sound different , what she does is really hard though . Her voice and range are INSANE i love how she mixes these techniques that come from different cultures and makes them sound so beautiful. I hope we can see more of her on this channel . Love you alex ❤️❤️❤️
thank you so much!!! I was hoping someone would teach me the terms :) she's amazing and I'm so in. She's everything I want to be. I'm just. agh. Love you and thanks for your knowledge and fan girling with me
@@alexray_music eyyy love u too and I recommend her “mountain” acoustic ver. It was one of her first videos to go viral and it was what introduced alot of us to her i’m pretty sure u’ll love it also”born without a heart” and “tears of gold” stripped versions and “bad dreams” are gr8 . i really wanna recommend all her discography lol everything she puts out is great u won’t be disappointed i promise . And btw u’re gorgeous like u’re very very VERY beautiful and i feel like u’re just so real and easy going . Everything abt u gives off such good/positive vibes . i hope u know how amazing u are and just appreciate yourself and give urself enough credit for the great job you’re doing ❤️❤️❤️
I think Tears of Gold is the best song she’s released to date. Not my favorite Faouzia song to date, but it is so complete and balanced. Most days, “Bad Dreams” is my fav. Or “Exothermic”. Or “Born Without a Heart”. Or “Hearts Grave”. Or “Anybody Else”. You?
Welcome to the world of Faouzia. She is awesome. I have heard her live once and met her twice. She is talented beyond belief and extremely humble. Side note Faouzia wrote this, it's her song.
LOL this whole moment was GOLD! Is it a yodel?! 😅and of course we got the “how is she f*cking me….” Sound clip haha. She is amazing and wonderfully talented. Thanks for bringing her to my playlist!! 💜
Duuudddeee... she is hands down the best vocalist I've EVER heard. So beautifully unique & exotic. She is my favorite artist of all time. Her voice literally brings me to tears!! ❤🔥🔥♥️💯😍😭
Welcome to the club! Ever since I discovered Faouzia she instantly became my favorite artist. It’s a crime she’s not known and appreciated all over the whole world! I can’t wait to see her breakthrough in the very near future and I’m excited about the ride :)!
Me too. She’s worked so hard since she and Matt won ISC, and I expect she’s learned a lot of good lessons that will carry her through a lifetime of success.
So she grew up in a small, I would even say a tiny central Canadian prairietown (where she learned to be fluent in French and English and by her parents, Arabic) - in a climate like Siberia. So thanks to her parents for letting her pursue her passion, and maybe the endless weeks hiding inside to avoid freezing her patooties off helped her to refine her talents😎
Moroccans tend to be fluent in French and English as well, mostly French there’s a ton of French everywhere its very much standardised due to colonisation so she would have already gotten French from her parents as well, and English follows wherever the British has step foot so there’s that, that went on, so going to Canada for people of French backgrounds tend to be convenient, idk if she knows Spanish but that’s another popular language in Morocco more on the northern parts closer to Andalusia since Morrocans (moors) used to rule over Spain, so most if not all, moroccans tend to be fluent in 4-5 languages 3 being the very minimum (standard Arabic, Darija, French, is necessary), they are amazigh so while standard Arabic is known, they natively speak Darija which mixes in Arabic with amazigh languages, so other Arabic speakers don’t understand them very well compared to other dialects. Darija stands as it’s own language as well as a form of dialect from Arabic due to how much it’s influenced. Although not as insanely cold as Canada gets, winter seasons do get snowy cold in Morocco.
She is self taught. She took piano and violin lessons but never took vocal lessons. Plays piano, violin, guitar, cello, percussion. Speaks English, French, Arabic. She is a university student. She is 22. In this video she is 19. She's Moroccan (Africa) not middle eastern. U should react to: Tears of Gold STRIPPED Elon (u can find it at the end od her stripped concert) Bad dreams Exhotermic Covers: Blue Desert rose (Abu Dhabi Concert) Paparazzi Crazy (Abu Dhabi Concert)
This is what I call a pure soul reaction. Thank you. Faouzia sings directly to people that have a soul that can recognize beauty, divine, and excellence. We are all gifted with something, little or big, but when someone like Faouzia appears, we do recognize that our souls were looking for something like that. We get tears, we feel disarmed, we fall in love, and we feel joy. There maybe many suggestions about her from fans, but try the stripped versions. "Elon" is an epic master piece in terms of lyrics and music. "Tears of Gold" an outstanding piece of art very difficult to perform, and it will be a classic to teach in schools for higher performance. "This Mountain" is a knock out, and so on.... And if you want to see how she transforms others' people song to gold, try her reaction "Remake - Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) ", or "Middle child" of J.Cole. Welcome to the world of Faouzia, a world of beauty, divine and excellence.
I LOVE her trills! Faouzia is a legendary unique singer that rivals legends like mariah, whitney celine not with just her talent but with her multicolor background, having 3 musical cultures. Although she can play several instruments, she NEVER had any vocal training! She was I think 18/19 in this video. Next,I HIGHLY recommend listening to "Bad Dreams", "Desert Rose", "Tears of gold stripped", etc. Usually when she releases a song she also releases a "strip[ped" version of that song where it's just her and a piano...
FOH-ZEE-AH that's how you pronounce this fabulously talented singer-songwriter from Canada ! Moroccan born and raised in Canada Faouzia is the real deal ! Speaks three languages, plays three instruments and is just completing her engineering degree at University ! Beauty, brains and talent are a trio of truths that we know as Faouzia ! Powerful singer who can seamlessly access all her vocal registers so effortlessly plus her arabic vibrato make her so unique to listen to ! Great lyrical writer whose songs resonate and relate with her audience ! Just completed her first successful tour of Europe and North America last year ! Although she played in smaller venues her following is starting to gain tremendous recognition ! Sadly in her own country of Canada she is not too well known ! But she is on the rise to stardom ,there's too much talent and it's just a matter of time for sure ! I'm so very happy you and your listeners enjoyed this great performance ! Faouzia's stripped down versions of her music are the backbone of her amazing talent ! Just a piano and her voice is about all you need to witness her talent ! She has quite a few songs on You Tube and her channel ! Her videos are really upscale and visually and musically fantastic too ! I would suggest her song "Tears of Gold " stripped version not her pandemic concert version ; both are great but I prefer the sit down version with her and piano backing ! It's a mind blowing and riveting performance ! Thank you for the tremendous reaction and I hope you react to many more of Faouzia's music you will not be disappointed for sure ! Sending you much thanks and love from Canada ! 👍🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️
@@itzel1735 I saw in Toronto last fall. It was a small venue with about a thousand people but everybody was rocking and rolling and singing with every song she sang. She is the real deal. Her live performance was unbelievable and her vocals were just as good as her videos. She can really sing. A vocal powerhouse and a very humble and beautiful soul. She interacted with the audience so well and I know she was a bit nervous being backed in Canada again. But if you get a chance to see her, go see her. You will not regret it. Thank you for asking. 👍👍
@@rongotwalt4487 It was the first wintry weather we had had when I saw her last fall. Windy, hard cold rain freezing when it landed. But the crowd was warm to both to Lana del Ray and Faouzia. I expect the next opportunity I have to go to see Faouzia in concert, it will be more of a challenge to get tickets. So I’m glad we both had the opportunity now.
Probably one of my favorite Faouzia reactions ever...please give us more! There are at least 40 Fouzia videos like this worth watching and I'm here to help you find them all!! To start just look for more of these "Stripped" versions of her songs: "Bad Dreams", "How It All Works Out", "Tears of Gold", "Born Without a Heart". Subscribed and excited for your next video!
Ok from the other comments it sounds like you've already done a deep dive! Let me give you my full list so you can see if you've missed anything...and please if you have, do a reaction video! :) From Citizens: I Know (lyric video - there are a few live performances but audio quality is mediocre) Don't Tell Me I'm Pretty (music video or amazon/twitch live stream performance - I really prefer the live version) So Lie (also the live performance on the Amazon/Twitch stream) Anybody Else Thick and Thin RIP Love From Stripped - choose “Stripped” versions for vocals: Bad Dreams Tears of Gold Born Without a Heart You Don’t Even Know Me How It All Works Out 100 Band-Aids Other: Minefields (Duet with John Legend) This Mountain (Acoustic (great!) or Live at Abu Dhabi (almost as good and live/playing piano)) My Heart's Grave (Official Video) Puppet (Official Video - don’t miss the Work in Progress version either) Habibi (Lyric Video) Exothermic (Official Video) Dust to Diamonds (Lyric video with rapper Rapsody) Best Live Single Performances: Secrets (Live "Home Performance") Wake Me When It's Over (Live One Take) Paparazzi (Live "Cover Nation" Lady Gaga Cover) Hero (Live One Take - good to hear it live - very different than the pop-y music video) Elon (after the credits of the “Stripped” concert) Live Concerts (high quality - in order of my preference): Abu Dhabi (best overall b/c she plays the piano) Arab Heritage (best vocally - just singing alongside a piano) Amazon/Twitch Live Stream (awesome - though quality is not as good and is very casual) Stripped Live in Concert (still great just none of my favorite versions of her songs are in this performance other than Elon, which is only found there) Covers (she does amazing covers - really makes them her own): Set Fire to the Rain (Adele cover) Hello (Adele cover - she's only like 14!) Slow Dancing in a Burning Room (John Mayer cover) Crazy (Gnarls Barkley cover - my favorite version is Live for Arab Heritage but the best vocally is the Deezer Home Session with no video) Middle Child (J Cole Cover) Desert Rose (Sting cover - favorite version: Arab Heritage mini-concert) Blue (Eiffel 65 Cover) Hung Up (Madonna Cover) Loneliness (Birdy Cover) Starboy (The Weekend Cover) Ne Me Quitte Pas (French Cover) When The Party's Over (Billie Eilish mini cover, two versions, one without a video but both different parts of the song) LaLaLa (Mini Cover (you could do a few mini covers in one video) - for one more short I'd watch her Puppet Work in Progress video (not a cover but short)
@@hamza-sky Seems they always have to get past the 30 day dispute. (I’m working on Marc Daniel Patrick and Madeline Stern next) Someone’s first reaction, much like Alex’s here, is always the most fun.
The forced flips are part of her signature, together with her huge range, fast vibrato and very agile voice. Loved your reaction, I had the same when I first heard this song. I'd highly recommend listening to the stripped version of Tears of Gold, you'll love it. 😍
I discovered Faouzia like 4 years ago with "Tears of Gold" and I rly need to search for new ppl reactions literally 2-3 times month, cause i saw them all, and just for share the admiration faces while hearing her. Her voice feels like soaking up the sun. 🥴
I lost my shit over her. sigh, Power to the altos! Someone needs to get her in touch with our Jin. Can you not just hear their voices together? Armys would be dropping like flies.
Is this what always happens? You're a normal fan of Faouzia then one day you realize you've only listened to her music for a month ;) Thanks so much!!!
She is amazing! SO glad you reacted to her, have you done any more of her songs since this? If you have, please upload them to RUclips, I would love to hear your reactions to any of her songs, even her covers... seriously ANYTHING she has done! Keep Enjoying!!
I'm SO glad you 'enjoyed' this... Faouzia is absolutely phenomenal! Go down the rabbit hole and see all of her songs, she does many covers, but has a number of ep's of her own songs as well, including this one. This one was written after someone told her people were talking about her at school, people she didn't know and they didn't know her, Bad Dreams was written when she was 14 after having some bad dreams. Exothermic was written after a chemistry class on the subject and Wake Me When It's over was written at the beginning of the pandemic... Oh, and definitely check out Minefields ft. John Legend, she wrote this and her team told her a male voice would sound good with it, she suggested him with not a hope that it would happen and then it did! Run down this rabbit hole, she is amazing!! Enjoy!!
Well, I started following because of bts. And now you're reacting to this lovely young woman from my province in Central Canada . My daughter styled her for a music video ( pre pandemic). Your reaction is priceless. 🫰🏼👵🏼
So this song was inspired by people who judged her without knowing her when she first started university I love this song to death as I can relate to it myself
OMG YES YES YES!!! I found your channel through BTS a couple months ago And I think I even recommended faouzia to you a few times But they probably got lost in army comments😅 So HAPPY that you finally discovered her Just a heads up, she writes majority of her stuff on her own and they are often times inspired by her real life experiences I came across her back in 2017-18 Her entire discography are literal pieces of vocal heaven😭 Looking forward to see more BORAHAE💜💜💜
Thank you for doing more Faouzia, I have to say I come back to this reaction every so often, b/c I literally think this is the best reaction I have ever seen, I am literally smiling through the whole video. Would love the stripped down version of ELON, and Tears of Gold, --- ☺
Middle Eastern and North African singers are on a whole different level than Western ones in my opinion. They are more flexible, have greater range and can sing for hours and hours uninterrupted. Oum Kaltoum, for example, is one of the greatest, and she could sing one-hour-long song after the other. Her writing was poetry. Arab music in general is such a treat, and it's not very popular in the western world. It's not for everyone, but no one can deny that the ballads are otherworldly and haunting. Also, you've never heard a love song until you've heard an Arab love song. Here are some examples: "I will go where your breath leads me, In the countries of ivory and ebony I will erase your tears, your sorrows Nothing is too exquisite for a girl so beautiful." "Pour me and lets drink on love's ruins, and tell of me as long as the tears are running How that love became past and another tale among the sorrowful stories" etc...
Faouzia is actually a Soprano! Her lower range is just VERYYYYYY strong. She hits G#5’s in her mix like they’re nothing and that’s something no mezzo, much less a contralto, could do. But to me, that just makes her lower registers even more impressive. I recommend u listen to How It All Works Out, Anybody Else, and Born Without A Heart - Stripped! Edit: I also wanted to add that she has had absolutely NO vocal training! She’s doing all of this on her natural born talent and the hard work she puts into practicing and polishing her instrument.
"How is she f*cking me and m*rdering me with her eyes at the same time?" Is an apt description of a first time experience of this artist 🤣🤣🤣 Loved this reaction!
Easily one of, if not my favorite Faouzia reaction and I've been a fan for like 3 years now. Please do more reactions to her like her song "Tears Of Gold" stripped please 🙏.
By the way, will we see more reactions to her here on YT? Not all of us go to other streaming services... just sayin'. And... she just dropped a new lyric video called Fur Elise... SOOOOOOO good!!!! Would LOVE to see your reaction to it!! ☺
Holy shit! This is stunning! I just watched her singing with Kelly Clarkson on her song I Dare You in Arabic & then found you had a video of this! My mind is blown too! What a talent! ❤
Love your reaction from a moroccan 🇲🇦 living in France 🇫🇷 , I'd love to see your reaction/analysis to the stripped version of : "Tears of gold" and "How It All Works Out"
What a great reaction !!!! Welcome to the world of Faouzia.. if you like alto voices, you should definitly react to her amaaaaazing song " born whitout a heart" stripped version
First time I ran across her was a cover of Sting’s Desert Rose which she sings portions of in Arabic. Amazing! She has some great “stripped” songs but not a big fan of her “pop” songs. Can’t wait to see you react to her other songs
For Faouzia, if you would like to post other reactions, I would suggest to watch her concert from the Burton Cummings theatre that she posted on her RUclips channel, song by song, leaving the song after the credits called Elon for last, as this one has the serious risk of breaking your brain. The entire concert is just her and her pianist singing all the songs that she composed herself. Other great female singer in all genres: Floor Jansen from Nightwish (to me the most versatile female singer right now) Nightwish - Ghost Love Score (WACKEN 2013) ruclips.net/video/47e_961OQWE/видео.html Brittney Slayes from Unleash The Archer (My second favorite singer) Queen of the Reich Karaoke - Edinburgh ruclips.net/video/280DRqoGyLw/видео.html Anneke van Giesbergen - The Gathering - On Most Surfaces ruclips.net/video/gX9nHYj95gw/видео.html Lara Fabian - You're Not From Here ruclips.net/video/w-CzCgsdBeA/видео.html Morissette Amon - Never Enough (The Greatest Showman OST) LIVE on Wish 107.5 Bus ruclips.net/video/fjn7X6ywq90/видео.html Park Ki-Young - Yeonan Pier [Immortal Songs 2 / 2017.02.04] ruclips.net/video/1GM6AEiLiUs/видео.html So Hyang (Korean gospel singer) Bridge Over Troubled Water ruclips.net/video/C6iHh4yBxCo/видео.html Tori Kelly - Crazy Seal Cover Live @ SiriusXM ruclips.net/video/70VN2-c9fCM/видео.html Yebba - My Mind | Sofar NYC ruclips.net/video/RXwE1G7_U9M/видео.html
Her name Faouzia she is morroccan canadien Queen Singer songwriter piano player and she is ingeniere. Her fast run is du to her arabic quater note. Her range is mindblowing. Stay safe
@@alexray_music also there are videos of her concerts in Northern America and Europe. She’s insanely amazing. what is amazing also her personality and her innocent soul.
@@alexray_music Not everything is on Spotify. And she pulled a lot of her drops from Instagram. The video of her singing “Say Something” at 13 has disappeared again. “The Sound” is the song she and Matt Epp won the 2016 International Songwriting Competition with is hard to find too. Several songs she did at Montreux on her 19th birthday in 2019 have vanished. “Knock on My Door” might still be available on streaming. It’s worth a go. And the version she did of “I Fly” she did at home is so much better than the full-on Galantis version from the movie soundtrack is still on YT and she’s so cute. I listen once a week.
Just in case ypu haven't heard yet, (I can't really imagine I actually believe that at all, but she has a new song based on Beethoven's history like who the heck was Elise, but also enoying Faouzia at some of her best.
She's actually Moroccan from my country. And she actually blew my mind ,never knew I would hear a voice like hers.truly amazing
She is Moroccan/Canadian. She left Morocco when she was 1 year old. Lived in Canada 🇨🇦 since.
Im actually obsessed with this song
I've listened to it a ridiculous amount of times
Me too
That was what we call in arabic “ourab” and some call it “irab” and every arab singer does them. Even if u’re not trained or anything of that sort if u can sing u can do it but ofc each person have their own way of singing and they sound different , what she does is really hard though . Her voice and range are INSANE i love how she mixes these techniques that come from different cultures and makes them sound so beautiful. I hope we can see more of her on this channel . Love you alex ❤️❤️❤️
thank you so much!!! I was hoping someone would teach me the terms :) she's amazing and I'm so in. She's everything I want to be. I'm just. agh. Love you and thanks for your knowledge and fan girling with me
@@alexray_music eyyy love u too and I recommend her “mountain” acoustic ver. It was one of her first videos to go viral and it was what introduced alot of us to her i’m pretty sure u’ll love it also”born without a heart” and “tears of gold” stripped versions and “bad dreams” are gr8 . i really wanna recommend all her discography lol everything she puts out is great u won’t be disappointed i promise .
And btw u’re gorgeous like u’re very very VERY beautiful and i feel like u’re just so real and easy going . Everything abt u gives off such good/positive vibes . i hope u know how amazing u are and just appreciate yourself and give urself enough credit for the great job you’re doing ❤️❤️❤️
@@alexray_music "ourab" means "riffs"
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her name is pronounced like faw ziaa she's great her song with john legend minefields is so so good and tears of gold literally perfection.
I think Tears of Gold is the best song she’s released to date. Not my favorite Faouzia song to date, but it is so complete and balanced.
Most days, “Bad Dreams” is my fav.
Or “Exothermic”.
Or “Born Without a Heart”.
Or “Hearts Grave”.
Or “Anybody Else”.
You?
Exothermic, bad dreams, and tears of gold are my faves (this week)
@@itzel1735 i love born without a heart so much 😩
@@alexray_music can you pls post your reaction of these songs??
@@alexray_musicplease react to Faouzias song Born without a heart the Stripped Version it will blow you away
Everyone is welcome. All hail Faouzia.
ALL HAIL
Welcome to the world of Faouzia. She is awesome. I have heard her live once and met her twice. She is talented beyond belief and extremely humble. Side note Faouzia wrote this, it's her song.
LOL this whole moment was GOLD! Is it a yodel?! 😅and of course we got the “how is she f*cking me….” Sound clip haha. She is amazing and wonderfully talented. Thanks for bringing her to my playlist!! 💜
lolol the iconic sound clip - thanks to Cesege for culturing us all. I love her so much, thanks for watching, babe
Duuudddeee... she is hands down the best vocalist I've EVER heard. So beautifully unique & exotic. She is my favorite artist of all time. Her voice literally brings me to tears!!
❤🔥🔥♥️💯😍😭
Have waited lifetimes for finished compositions like this, and never will there be another like you, Fofo... I love this so much ❤
I haven’t even whatched the whole reaction but I know for sure it’s gonna be perfect
she's perfect, i've exclusively listened to her music for like 3 weeks now I'm SMITTEN
Her deep tone got me right away, i love tones like this
Welcome to the club! Ever since I discovered Faouzia she instantly became my favorite artist. It’s a crime she’s not known and appreciated all over the whole world! I can’t wait to see her breakthrough in the very near future and I’m excited about the ride :)!
Me too. She’s worked so hard since she and Matt won ISC, and I expect she’s learned a lot of good lessons that will carry her through a lifetime of success.
So she grew up in a small, I would even say a tiny central Canadian prairietown (where she learned to be fluent in French and English and by her parents, Arabic) - in a climate like Siberia. So thanks to her parents for letting her pursue her passion, and maybe the endless weeks hiding inside to avoid freezing her patooties off helped her to refine her talents😎
Moroccans tend to be fluent in French and English as well, mostly French there’s a ton of French everywhere its very much standardised due to colonisation so she would have already gotten French from her parents as well, and English follows wherever the British has step foot so there’s that, that went on, so going to Canada for people of French backgrounds tend to be convenient, idk if she knows Spanish but that’s another popular language in Morocco more on the northern parts closer to Andalusia since Morrocans (moors) used to rule over Spain, so most if not all, moroccans tend to be fluent in 4-5 languages 3 being the very minimum (standard Arabic, Darija, French, is necessary), they are amazigh so while standard Arabic is known, they natively speak Darija which mixes in Arabic with amazigh languages, so other Arabic speakers don’t understand them very well compared to other dialects. Darija stands as it’s own language as well as a form of dialect from Arabic due to how much it’s influenced. Although not as insanely cold as Canada gets, winter seasons do get snowy cold in Morocco.
She is self taught. She took piano and violin lessons but never took vocal lessons.
Plays piano, violin, guitar, cello, percussion.
Speaks English, French, Arabic.
She is a university student.
She is 22. In this video she is 19.
She's Moroccan (Africa) not middle eastern.
U should react to:
Tears of Gold STRIPPED
Elon (u can find it at the end od her stripped concert)
Bad dreams
Exhotermic
Covers:
Blue
Desert rose (Abu Dhabi Concert)
Paparazzi
Crazy (Abu Dhabi Concert)
This is what I call a pure soul reaction. Thank you. Faouzia sings directly to people that have a soul that can recognize beauty, divine, and excellence. We are all gifted with something, little or big, but when someone like Faouzia appears, we do recognize that our souls were looking for something like that. We get tears, we feel disarmed, we fall in love, and we feel joy. There maybe many suggestions about her from fans, but try the stripped versions. "Elon" is an epic master piece in terms of lyrics and music. "Tears of Gold" an outstanding piece of art very difficult to perform, and it will be a classic to teach in schools for higher performance. "This Mountain" is a knock out, and so on.... And if you want to see how she transforms others' people song to gold, try her reaction "Remake - Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) ", or "Middle child" of J.Cole.
Welcome to the world of Faouzia, a world of beauty, divine and excellence.
her voice is all natural as well
I LOVE her trills! Faouzia is a legendary unique singer that rivals legends like mariah, whitney celine not with just her talent but with her multicolor background, having 3 musical cultures. Although she can play several instruments, she NEVER had any vocal training! She was I think 18/19 in this video.
Next,I HIGHLY recommend listening to "Bad Dreams", "Desert Rose", "Tears of gold stripped", etc. Usually when she releases a song she also releases a "strip[ped" version of that song where it's just her and a piano...
The comments on the screen are making me giggle so much. Yep that’s Faouzia for you!
We all simultaneously passed away 😅
She she reaches in, grabs your heart and soul and holds it tight.
FOH-ZEE-AH that's how you pronounce this fabulously talented singer-songwriter from Canada ! Moroccan born and raised in Canada Faouzia is the real deal ! Speaks three languages, plays three instruments and is just completing her engineering degree at University ! Beauty, brains and talent are a trio of truths that we know as Faouzia ! Powerful singer who can seamlessly access all her vocal registers so effortlessly plus her arabic vibrato make her so unique to listen to ! Great lyrical writer whose songs resonate and relate with her audience ! Just completed her first successful tour of Europe and North America last year ! Although she played in smaller venues her following is starting to gain tremendous recognition ! Sadly in her own country of Canada she is not too well known ! But she is on the rise to stardom ,there's too much talent and it's just a matter of time for sure ! I'm so very happy you and your listeners enjoyed this great performance ! Faouzia's stripped down versions of her music are the backbone of her amazing talent ! Just a piano and her voice is about all you need to witness her talent ! She has quite a few songs on You Tube and her channel ! Her videos are really upscale and visually and musically fantastic too ! I would suggest her song "Tears of Gold " stripped version not her pandemic concert version ; both are great but I prefer the sit down version with her and piano backing ! It's a mind blowing and riveting performance ! Thank you for the tremendous reaction and I hope you react to many more of Faouzia's music you will not be disappointed for sure ! Sending you much thanks and love from Canada ! 👍🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️
Hi Ron. Have you seen a concert in person? I was lucky enough to see one of the Citizens stops. Very fun.
@@itzel1735 I saw in Toronto last fall. It was a small venue with about a thousand people but everybody was rocking and rolling and singing with every song she sang. She is the real deal. Her live performance was unbelievable and her vocals were just as good as her videos. She can really sing. A vocal powerhouse and a very humble and beautiful soul. She interacted with the audience so well and I know she was a bit nervous being backed in Canada again. But if you get a chance to see her, go see her. You will not regret it. Thank you for asking. 👍👍
@@rongotwalt4487 It was the first wintry weather we had had when I saw her last fall. Windy, hard cold rain freezing when it landed. But the crowd was warm to both to Lana del Ray and Faouzia. I expect the next opportunity I have to go to see Faouzia in concert, it will be more of a challenge to get tickets. So I’m glad we both had the opportunity now.
Probably one of my favorite Faouzia reactions ever...please give us more! There are at least 40 Fouzia videos like this worth watching and I'm here to help you find them all!! To start just look for more of these "Stripped" versions of her songs: "Bad Dreams", "How It All Works Out", "Tears of Gold", "Born Without a Heart". Subscribed and excited for your next video!
Ok from the other comments it sounds like you've already done a deep dive! Let me give you my full list so you can see if you've missed anything...and please if you have, do a reaction video! :)
From Citizens:
I Know (lyric video - there are a few live performances but audio quality is mediocre)
Don't Tell Me I'm Pretty (music video or amazon/twitch live stream performance - I really prefer the live version)
So Lie (also the live performance on the Amazon/Twitch stream)
Anybody Else
Thick and Thin
RIP Love
From Stripped - choose “Stripped” versions for vocals:
Bad Dreams
Tears of Gold
Born Without a Heart
You Don’t Even Know Me
How It All Works Out
100 Band-Aids
Other:
Minefields (Duet with John Legend)
This Mountain (Acoustic (great!) or Live at Abu Dhabi (almost as good and live/playing piano))
My Heart's Grave (Official Video)
Puppet (Official Video - don’t miss the Work in Progress version either)
Habibi (Lyric Video)
Exothermic (Official Video)
Dust to Diamonds (Lyric video with rapper Rapsody)
Best Live Single Performances:
Secrets (Live "Home Performance")
Wake Me When It's Over (Live One Take)
Paparazzi (Live "Cover Nation" Lady Gaga Cover)
Hero (Live One Take - good to hear it live - very different than the pop-y music video)
Elon (after the credits of the “Stripped” concert)
Live Concerts (high quality - in order of my preference):
Abu Dhabi (best overall b/c she plays the piano)
Arab Heritage (best vocally - just singing alongside a piano)
Amazon/Twitch Live Stream (awesome - though quality is not as good and is very casual)
Stripped Live in Concert (still great just none of my favorite versions of her songs are in this performance other than Elon, which is only found there)
Covers (she does amazing covers - really makes them her own):
Set Fire to the Rain (Adele cover)
Hello (Adele cover - she's only like 14!)
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room (John Mayer cover)
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley cover - my favorite version is Live for Arab Heritage but the best vocally is the Deezer Home Session with no video)
Middle Child (J Cole Cover)
Desert Rose (Sting cover - favorite version: Arab Heritage mini-concert)
Blue (Eiffel 65 Cover)
Hung Up (Madonna Cover)
Loneliness (Birdy Cover)
Starboy (The Weekend Cover)
Ne Me Quitte Pas (French Cover)
When The Party's Over (Billie Eilish mini cover, two versions, one without a video but both different parts of the song)
LaLaLa (Mini Cover (you could do a few mini covers in one video) - for one more short I'd watch her Puppet Work in Progress video (not a cover but short)
@@jeff.howard
Hey Jeff. Nice to see you here. I’ve been jonesing for somebody, anybody, to drop a Faouzia reaction, and Alex was SO much fun here!
yes we want to turn this into a faouzia fan account 😭
Hey, good to see you here. There haven’t been many Faouzia reactions recently. But this one really hit the spot. 😂
@@itzel1735 lol yessss i miss these reactions 😂😂 glad to see you as well
@@hamza-sky Seems they always have to get past the 30 day dispute. (I’m working on Marc Daniel Patrick and Madeline Stern next) Someone’s first reaction, much like Alex’s here, is always the most fun.
@@itzel1735 you're a mastermind 😭🤍
@@hamza-sky Marc’s promised to do 3 Faouzia reactions soon. Probably on his non YT account.
😂😂😂😂 you're reaction was priceless. Been following her career since day one. I'm glad that you did this 👏
She had a FOgasm 😂at the end omgoodness. Lmao 😆 I hope you got your piano 🎹 now.
omg there's a name for it a FOGASM
Loved your reaction. Hope you do more Faouzia in the future. I’ve been following her for years and she is phenomenal.
The forced flips are part of her signature, together with her huge range, fast vibrato and very agile voice.
Loved your reaction, I had the same when I first heard this song. I'd highly recommend listening to the stripped version of Tears of Gold, you'll love it. 😍
the best reaction of the song
This is hands down one of the best reaction videos to anything ever, this gets a sub from me, hope to see more Faouzia reactions.
“There’s a vibrato in that run”
There’s a vibrato inside her vibrato. It’s amazing
Lolol god you really explained what I was trying to say so well. She is vibrato. She invented vibrato.
I can listen to her forever,what a voice !!!!!!
>-Faouzia-> 💘 Beautiful loud clear voice!!! WOW🎶 This girl can sing🎵she makes it look so easy, just beautiful, I >-Love-> her!!!
I discovered Faouzia like 4 years ago with "Tears of Gold" and I rly need to search for new ppl reactions literally 2-3 times month, cause i saw them all, and just for share the admiration faces while hearing her. Her voice feels like soaking up the sun. 🥴
The first whaaaat 😅, not just you
You ain't kidding.😁
I lost my shit over her. sigh, Power to the altos! Someone needs to get her in touch with our Jin. Can you not just hear their voices together? Armys would be dropping like flies.
#AltoSupremecy !!!
Faouzia is a rare, deep tone rich talent we don't see much in the World. SHE IS AMAZING IN EVERY WAY!
She is amazing ..wow wow wow
Oh I love your reaction. I am glad to see that you’re just a normal fan. Who happens to be musically knowledgeable. Those are often the best reactors.
Is this what always happens? You're a normal fan of Faouzia then one day you realize you've only listened to her music for a month ;) Thanks so much!!!
She is amazing! SO glad you reacted to her, have you done any more of her songs since this? If you have, please upload them to RUclips, I would love to hear your reactions to any of her songs, even her covers... seriously ANYTHING she has done! Keep Enjoying!!
we need another reaction of faouzia nowww!!!👽
I'm SO glad you 'enjoyed' this... Faouzia is absolutely phenomenal! Go down the rabbit hole and see all of her songs, she does many covers, but has a number of ep's of her own songs as well, including this one. This one was written after someone told her people were talking about her at school, people she didn't know and they didn't know her, Bad Dreams was written when she was 14 after having some bad dreams. Exothermic was written after a chemistry class on the subject and Wake Me When It's over was written at the beginning of the pandemic... Oh, and definitely check out Minefields ft. John Legend, she wrote this and her team told her a male voice would sound good with it, she suggested him with not a hope that it would happen and then it did! Run down this rabbit hole, she is amazing!! Enjoy!!
Well, I started following because of bts. And now you're reacting to this lovely young woman from my province in Central Canada . My daughter styled her for a music video ( pre pandemic). Your reaction is priceless. 🫰🏼👵🏼
So this song was inspired by people who judged her without knowing her when she first started university
I love this song to death as I can relate to it myself
OMG YES YES YES!!!
I found your channel through BTS a couple months ago
And I think I even recommended faouzia to you a few times
But they probably got lost in army comments😅
So HAPPY that you finally discovered her
Just a heads up, she writes majority of her stuff on her own and they are often times inspired by her real life experiences
I came across her back in 2017-18
Her entire discography are literal pieces of vocal heaven😭
Looking forward to see more
BORAHAE💜💜💜
Hello Alex, I loved your reaction, I'll be really courious to see you react to another song of this lady. All her Stripped version songs are awsome.
She is phenomenal ,i can listen to this young lady forever.. .And by the way your reaction was priceless.😁❤
I love love love watching people react to her cause we all make crazy faces hahaha. She's amazing!!
Here this song. Born without a heart. My heart grave. Rip love. The sound by faouzia. She is a queen 💮💮
Gosh I love you so much
0:51 is the exact reaction I'm kinda used to see and wait for from new reactioners 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for doing more Faouzia, I have to say I come back to this reaction every so often, b/c I literally think this is the best reaction I have ever seen, I am literally smiling through the whole video. Would love the stripped down version of ELON, and Tears of Gold, --- ☺
Awww thank you!! And I’ll have to check out Elon!
Middle Eastern and North African singers are on a whole different level than Western ones in my opinion. They are more flexible, have greater range and can sing for hours and hours uninterrupted. Oum Kaltoum, for example, is one of the greatest, and she could sing one-hour-long song after the other. Her writing was poetry. Arab music in general is such a treat, and it's not very popular in the western world. It's not for everyone, but no one can deny that the ballads are otherworldly and haunting.
Also, you've never heard a love song until you've heard an Arab love song. Here are some examples:
"I will go where your breath leads me,
In the countries of ivory and ebony
I will erase your tears, your sorrows
Nothing is too exquisite for a girl so beautiful."
"Pour me and lets drink on love's ruins, and tell of me as long as the tears are running
How that love became past and another tale among the sorrowful stories"
etc...
She just dropped 2 new songs... Plastic Therapy and Don't Call Me... Worth a listen!!
Her voice....my oh my I can't get over it no. shit
That was awesome, yeah 😮😊😊👋🏻👏🏼👍🏻🫶
Thank you for this reaction, faouzia is a Mezzo-Soprano and she has a extraordinary voice!
Love her so much
This is absolutely immense 😅😅😅
Faouzia is actually a Soprano! Her lower range is just VERYYYYYY strong. She hits G#5’s in her mix like they’re nothing and that’s something no mezzo, much less a contralto, could do. But to me, that just makes her lower registers even more impressive. I recommend u listen to How It All Works Out, Anybody Else, and Born Without A Heart - Stripped!
Edit: I also wanted to add that she has had absolutely NO vocal training! She’s doing all of this on her natural born talent and the hard work she puts into practicing and polishing her instrument.
No one sings like Faouzia. She should be a super star.
OMG ALEX REACTED TO FAOUZIA AND I MISSED IT SUBDWJBCHENDH PLEASE PLEASE U NEED TO DO ALL HER THINGS YOU ARE LITERALLY NIT READY
You should react more to her and stripped version of songs
I am on my 4th time watching this now. How ... how....God she is gorgeous wow and the voice and oh my god.
The defeated “I can’t sing” 😂😂😂
Loved the reaction ❤️plz drop the other reactions of her songs
"How is she f*cking me and m*rdering me with her eyes at the same time?" Is an apt description of a first time experience of this artist 🤣🤣🤣
Loved this reaction!
The universal Faouzia reaction 😉
One of my favorite songs of hers is 100 Bandaids
Soooooo good
I am in love ,this young lady is out of this world,what a voice !!!!!
RIP Ears & headphones. Thanks to your screaming in our ears for a bloody note!
please react to more from her...I love your reactions!!!
Posting a reaction to LaLaLa today!
😊Our fooziii.. Is a gem 💎.. 👍🏼 Thank you for reaction. ❤
Easily one of, if not my favorite Faouzia reaction and I've been a fan for like 3 years now. Please do more reactions to her like her song "Tears Of Gold" stripped please 🙏.
My fav song of her is Tears of Gold especially the Live version
By the way, will we see more reactions to her here on YT? Not all of us go to other streaming services... just sayin'. And... she just dropped a new lyric video called Fur Elise... SOOOOOOO good!!!! Would LOVE to see your reaction to it!! ☺
I've come back to this video at least ten times.
She's fricken amazing!! Love love love this song!!! ❤️
Holy shit! This is stunning! I just watched her singing with Kelly Clarkson on her song I Dare You in Arabic & then found you had a video of this! My mind is blown too! What a talent! ❤
She’s phenomenalllllll and yes I love the collab with Kelly!!
Women world over should celebrate the person and the talent Faouzia has!
I loved your musical breakdown reaction of this song . Faouzia is hard to follow vocally 😅 but you tried. ❤
She is a Canadian Treasure, I am so amazed by all her stripped versions, please do more 😩
please more reaction vids to her!
Been trying to get Blake to react to her. I think the official music video of “Hero” would be a good one for him to do.
we watched that music video last stream, it was so cute!!
@@alexray_music Anywhere I can see?
Love your reaction from a moroccan 🇲🇦 living in France 🇫🇷 , I'd love to see your reaction/analysis to the stripped version of : "Tears of gold" and "How It All Works Out"
What a great reaction !!!! Welcome to the world of Faouzia.. if you like alto voices, you should definitly react to her amaaaaazing song " born whitout a heart" stripped version
I (offline) have listened to everything this woman has ever done and she has me in such a chokehold :')
She's half Moroccan I think.....check out 'Tears of Gold' (stripped) live......amazing
we watched it last stream!! I listen to it regularly ( I have a Faouzia (stripped) playlist) and we watched the video tuesday) it's insane
@@alexray_music please drop the reaction here on RUclips I would love to watch it!
She was born in Morocco.
Love your reactions! They’re priceless! You’re so pretty too!🥰
First time I ran across her was a cover of Sting’s Desert Rose which she sings portions of in Arabic. Amazing! She has some great “stripped” songs but not a big fan of her “pop” songs. Can’t wait to see you react to her other songs
You should react to how it all works out stripped by faouzia, love your energy 😍⚡
You should see Tears of Gold (stripped) to be even more blown away. Thanks for the reaction!
This is my favorite reaction to faouzia ever 🔥 Greetings from Egypt ❤️
That’s so nice 🥹 thank you !!
@@alexray_music you are more than welcome alex ❤️waiting your reactions to faouzia soon.. Also you are amazing educated singer keep rising 🔥👏
She's a brilliant brilliant Young up and comer!
CAN YOU RESCT TO BORN WITHOUT A HEART PLEASEEE I NEED YOU TO RESCT TO THAT SONG YOURE GONNA BE MORE MIND BLOWING THAN THIS PLEASEEEE
I first heard her when she sang with KELLY CLARKSON on her song “I dare you” back in 2020! When Kelly did her song in 7 diff languages
I love Faouzia ❤️ Kisses from Italy 😘
She's actually a mezzo!
For Faouzia, if you would like to post other reactions, I would suggest to watch her concert from the Burton Cummings theatre that she posted on her RUclips channel, song by song, leaving the song after the credits called Elon for last, as this one has the serious risk of breaking your brain. The entire concert is just her and her pianist singing all the songs that she composed herself.
Other great female singer in all genres:
Floor Jansen from Nightwish (to me the most versatile female singer right now) Nightwish - Ghost Love Score (WACKEN 2013) ruclips.net/video/47e_961OQWE/видео.html
Brittney Slayes from Unleash The Archer (My second favorite singer) Queen of the Reich Karaoke - Edinburgh ruclips.net/video/280DRqoGyLw/видео.html
Anneke van Giesbergen - The Gathering - On Most Surfaces ruclips.net/video/gX9nHYj95gw/видео.html
Lara Fabian - You're Not From Here ruclips.net/video/w-CzCgsdBeA/видео.html
Morissette Amon - Never Enough (The Greatest Showman OST) LIVE on Wish 107.5 Bus ruclips.net/video/fjn7X6ywq90/видео.html
Park Ki-Young - Yeonan Pier [Immortal Songs 2 / 2017.02.04] ruclips.net/video/1GM6AEiLiUs/видео.html
So Hyang (Korean gospel singer) Bridge Over Troubled Water ruclips.net/video/C6iHh4yBxCo/видео.html
Tori Kelly - Crazy Seal Cover Live @ SiriusXM ruclips.net/video/70VN2-c9fCM/видео.html
Yebba - My Mind | Sofar NYC ruclips.net/video/RXwE1G7_U9M/видео.html
Her name Faouzia she is morroccan canadien Queen Singer songwriter piano player and she is ingeniere. Her fast run is du to her arabic quater note. Her range is mindblowing. Stay safe
I'm blue dabade dabada
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WE WATCHED THIS COVER THE OTHER NIGHT SO GOOD
You know what? It’s just the beginning! Faouzia makes me confused about what song should i recommend to you
I literally have listened to every song this woman has on streaming services at this point - she is pretty much my vocal coach now lolol I'm so in
@@alexray_music also there are videos of her concerts in Northern America and Europe. She’s insanely amazing. what is amazing also her personality and her innocent soul.
@@alexray_music Not everything is on Spotify.
And she pulled a lot of her drops from Instagram.
The video of her singing “Say Something” at 13 has disappeared again.
“The Sound” is the song she and Matt Epp won the 2016 International Songwriting Competition with is hard to find too.
Several songs she did at Montreux on her 19th birthday in 2019 have vanished.
“Knock on My Door” might still be available on streaming.
It’s worth a go.
And the version she did of “I Fly” she did at home is so much better than the full-on Galantis version from the movie soundtrack is still on YT and she’s so cute. I listen once a week.
Faouiza is magnificent I know and memorized all songs specially stripped versions, and I like to watch first reactions 😅
Also that vibratos are spesific arabic runs ❤
Arabic melisma. So extraordinary.
THANK YIU FOR THE NAME 🥰🤍
Just in case ypu haven't heard yet, (I can't really imagine I actually believe that at all, but she has a new song based on Beethoven's history like who the heck was Elise, but also enoying Faouzia at some of her best.
You should listen to Tears Of Gold & Don't tell me I'm pretty