One thing you have to think about is that everyone else in Vocal Adrenaline knew and went along with this. That kind of support makes this moment even more amazing!
well in the show, Unique talks about how they don’t want him to because of formalities and making the show as perfect as possible. however, i truly think his decision to go off the grid backfired highly in their favor.
Angie DonesRivera Alex Newell identify as a Male I'm not going to argue. Now his character is a she and yes she did slay So if that's what you're talking about I already knew that bitch.
unique sung just as well as some of the originals if not better but she was very underrated since she came in the later seasons and was overshadowed by marley in season 4
I got the feeling that once Unique was part of the main cast that the writers sort of thought "Oh... Well what do we actually want to do with this character now?" There were a few good stories and arcs, but they did tend to be short and not explored in particular depth.
I never understood that part tbh. Like WHAT is his plan seriously how will asking Wade to get off the stage help them win regionals XD even if the judges don't like drag queens, surely having a full performance is better than stopping halfway?!
@@juwuoen8060 I guess it's because of the fact that that Vocal Adrenaline were already losing their edge, so taking a huge risk like having your main vocalist running around on stage in full-on drag (I know that Unique is transgender, but to Jesse, she was just another crossdresser) might not be the best idea.
@@juwuoen8060 plus vocal adrenaline has always been very unison and in sync, for unique to come on stage pissed Jesse off because things were out of order without his knowledge.
thechocolatebae he's not playing as transsexual... that's who he is in reality... he's not transsexual or drag queen or anything else.. he's genderfluid
I think the fact that Unique was the lead vocalist of Vocal Adrenaline really says a lot. They've had some big powerhouses as their lead singer before like Jesse and Sunshine
crtclub30 .20 Higher does not mean stronger. Rachel did have power in her voice but Mercedes and uniques voice both have soul in theirs that Rachel didn’t have. Also you could argue between them if who could sing higher
1:16 Jesse can't deny he's loving this...I can tell when he's loving something but trying to hide it - that's how I knew he loved being with the New Directions, he looked genuinely happy in a lot of his scenes with them
Damian McGinty (Rory Flanagan) and Samuel Larsen (Joe Hart) won of the Glee project, while Alex Newell (Wade Adams/Unique) and Lindsay Pearce (Harmony) were runner ups. The winner was supposed to get a nine episode arc and the runner up to get a two episode one, so, while they kept that for Lindsay/Harmony, all the other three got their amount of episodes extended (Like, Damian/Rory for what remained of season three, Samuel/Joe all the way to "All Or Nothing" and Alex/Unique, well, a way longer amount)
@@escotiyaotl8869 - I loved the Glee Project! It's what led me to start watching Glee itself. I am so glad that I recorded all of the episodes as they came out. I did the same for Legally Blonde: Search for the Next Elle Woods. My biggest regret was not knowing about Grease: You're the One That I Want until it was partway through the series. I should've recorded what I could have.
"Pardon me. Excuse me. Move please." He says as he shoves everyone to the side to get to the stage. Love Unique she is one of the only season 4 ND newbies I can actually stand. Her introduction was fantastic and I loved Alex on the Glee project. To think this character came into existence because Alex performed his last chance performance for Ryan wearing a dress.
I love how the Vocal Adrenaline is so pro that let him in the stage just like that, if I were a member in one of this groups and saw him coming to stage in something that was not expected or rehearsed i would freak out. Like WTF man this was not planned...
@@dimentioo And become taller :D . And I would freak out if I saw someone who may not have any experience with high heels wanting to go on stage with those things and DANCE. Like... when we say "break a leg", we don't actually MEAN it :D
@@palm0607 IT'S REAL! 😂 I'm currently caught in a massive cyclone of a "Nothing But The 80's" playlist! *Currently playing:* The Police-- Every Breath You Take"!
To everyone that doesn’t understand Alex’s gender identity and Unique’s gender identity. Alex identifies as a gay, gender nonconforming man (but still a man). He also does like to dress in more ‘feminine’ clothing, which may be confusing. His pronouns are still he/him though. However, Unique is has a different gender identity than Alex. Unique is a transgender woman (male to female). When we’re first introduced to her, she hasn’t transitioned yet. As the series went on though, Unique did end up coming out as a transgender woman. If you have issues with anything I said, do a quick google search. It’s not that hard.
the botched that up by having beast transition randomly. could have been a much stronger storyline, but we couldn't have the actually trans character transition, we have to give that storyline to beast the person we specifically had several time state they wanted to be seen and treated like a women. they didn't ever give a backstory to it they just had sue find the hormone pills.
the verry first is saw the issue of transphobia explain in a tv show, that was Glee ! i'm proud now to live in a generation who fight the discriminations
Every generation has fought this fight. This generation benefits from the previous one. Main stream television has made this tolerable. Two documentaries of particular interest; Paris is Burning & the death and life of Marsha P. Johnson.
There's actually a cool story behind it. I don't know if it's 100 percent true, but it's said that the reason the disco theme from the pilot got cut because the network thought disco was to tranny (which, as you may know, is a transphobic slur). Now, the network couldn't do anything about Alex's casting due to his contract with glee and the glee project, so they couldn't prohibit anything Alex was doing on the show, and glee did its first (and luckily only) disco episode with a huge trans story. Boy, what a show.
"the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex." The dictionary definition, you pathetic excuse for a human. Calling them freaks is discrimination. Use YOUR fucking brain.
I play this version at parties and the dancefloor is JAM PACKED by the end of the song, and its not a long song either, so imagine the magic Alex still gives people in times of celebration through the delivery of this old skool jam.
This Is one of my favorite glee performances, I think this episode has the best covers tbh, not to mention one of the best episodes imo. Jesse's facial expressions kill me
okay i just had to come here and say I recently saw Alex Newell In SHUCKED, and I ABSOLUTELY loved them!!! they had an amazing stage presence, were funny and had a GREAT voice and got a standing ovation in the middle of the show!!!
that ep bothered me so much i hated every second of it. i mean, twerking? really? went in front of the whole school board too. it was so selfish of him and i felt awful for unique :(
Okay, Jesse looks surprised because Wade is dressed as Unique. However, considering the song, are we supposed to believe that they practiced that song while he was dressed as Wade? I mean picture it...he dresses as Wade and does everything in this performance during practice and then he dresses as Unique and Jesse is surprised. Really???
have to give him credit. Alex gets on my nerves but he can belt out a few tunes....
Choose a pronoun, doesn't matter which one....just it's demeaning to use both.
So, you're being hateful on purpose. That's cool.
I smell hate 🙄
Trey, in referring to the actor use 'he' but in referring to the character of Unique use 'she'. Hope this helps.
Seb Whitaker The actor is a girl. 😊
One thing you have to think about is that everyone else in Vocal Adrenaline knew and went along with this. That kind of support makes this moment even more amazing!
Imagine if Unique went out as Wade, this number would be so boring.
cuz they want win, only
Umm as I can remember they hated him for being different and they cared only about winning
Only cuz they don't want to loose lmao
That's a really lovely way of looking at it.
1:40 Unique’s proud parents: Kurt and Mercedes
😄
omg wait in glee project ryan murphy literally said alex could be the love child of kurt and mercedes
Just like in school of rock movie on the final battle
she resemble her mother, so Britney says!
@@panostheoharis8452 holy shit I loved tameka
Is it me or does Vocal Adrenaline actually look like they're enjoying this performance?
She definitely put them boogie shoes on and snatched everyone's weave.
in the words of Shelby Corcoran... I want a look that's so optimistic, it could cure cancer :)
They are...I think this is one of the few performances where they actually seem to enjoy it, actually
well in the show, Unique talks about how they don’t want him to because of formalities and making the show as perfect as possible. however, i truly think his decision to go off the grid backfired highly in their favor.
They seem way less robotic and like they really support Unique!
You can say what you want about Alex Newell, but hell - he can sing!
He gets on my nerves but I'll admit it...he/she can belt....
Trey he
Deon Abrams you mean she #Hater lol you jelly cause she slay you don't like boi bye
Angie DonesRivera Alex Newell identify as a Male I'm not going to argue. Now his character is a she and yes she did slay So if that's what you're talking about I already knew that bitch.
I Love Alex's character sp? Unique. He has so much energy and reminds me of Tina Turner
I love how Jesse is having a meltdown 😂
Kamara Pierre same
I loved how he didn't even notice Kurt and Mercedes, and they were right next to him
oh man if he'd noticed kurt and mercedes he would have actually blown his top off
@@4everbuffylover he did noticed them, before the competition. He thought they were spies
That was great
I honestly feel like Unique was such an underrated character. At least in my opinion. Alex sure can sing!! Slaaaaayyy!!
Nicole Stone and I agree with your opinion, because it is mine as well
unique sung just as well as some of the originals if not better but she was very underrated since she came in the later seasons and was overshadowed by marley in season 4
I got the feeling that once Unique was part of the main cast that the writers sort of thought "Oh... Well what do we actually want to do with this character now?" There were a few good stories and arcs, but they did tend to be short and not explored in particular depth.
He looks better than some woman lol 😂
First time i heard her was an experience i want to get to
WADE GET OFF THE STAGE NOW.
*He* *steps* *on* *stage* *almost* *losing* *them* *Regionals*
I never understood that part tbh. Like WHAT is his plan seriously how will asking Wade to get off the stage help them win regionals XD
even if the judges don't like drag queens, surely having a full performance is better than stopping halfway?!
What’s the context for him not living for unique?
@@juwuoen8060 I guess it's because of the fact that that Vocal Adrenaline were already losing their edge, so taking a huge risk like having your main vocalist running around on stage in full-on drag (I know that Unique is transgender, but to Jesse, she was just another crossdresser) might not be the best idea.
@@juwuoen8060 plus vocal adrenaline has always been very unison and in sync, for unique to come on stage pissed Jesse off because things were out of order without his knowledge.
🤯🤯
His range is insane!!
Not Really A Singer he's really a girl 😂
Ti Barrett no Alex is male, just playing as a transsexual in glee.
thechocolatebae he's not playing as transsexual... that's who he is in reality... he's not transsexual or drag queen or anything else.. he's genderfluid
Except Alex calls himself a gay man ...
When Alex sings he is a power house. He reminds me of Tina Turner
If I was his Mother I would be so proud. Baby be true to you because Unique is one fierce woman. 👍🏿
👍
yep
When Alex sings n dancers as Unique reminds me of Tina Turner
Her mother
+That narwhal um Alex very explicitly identifies as a man so you can stop with this
I think the fact that Unique was the lead vocalist of Vocal Adrenaline really says a lot. They've had some big powerhouses as their lead singer before like Jesse and Sunshine
Everyone on this show had really good voices. But I personally think that Unique and Mercedes had the strongest voice.
Hell yeah. I 100% agree.
Rachael had a higher voice
Rachael also sings higher than both.
crtclub30 .20 Higher does not mean stronger. Rachel did have power in her voice but Mercedes and uniques voice both have soul in theirs that Rachel didn’t have. Also you could argue between them if who could sing higher
@@LandonWhat you're so right lmao. clearly they are one of those poeple who only like one person and doesnt accept facts
I watched every season of Glee and this is still one of my favorite performances!
Amber C -this is one of my favorites of all time as well!
this is one of my favorites of all time as well!
The same with don't rain on my parade
Yea I think it's better than the original tbh, so much sass
Forget You
Bitch shoulda got an Emmy for this ...not a Glee watcher at all but always come back to this performance
In fact after Todrick Hall is finished they should be a shoe-in for Kinky Boots...
Ik I always come back to this performance especially 1:20 - 1:30
Alex guested in a funny Todrick Hall music video, actually more than one video.
You guys should watch his rendition of "I know where I've been" on the show with a bunch of Transgender people singing background. Shit was powerful
Jesse damn-near had a stroke when he saw Wade! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊
PRICELESS!
*Unique
@@nick4leader Ah yes! He was in full-on "Unique" mode while on stage.
And he ROCKED the house!
I LOVED IT! 😂😂😂
@@loveinspired7 she*
@@andreadh7913 I said he was in full-on "Unique" mode.
That didn't require a correction.
I chose my words carefully.
@@loveinspired7 Unique identified as a girl, so... those would be her correct pronouns...
I love Jesse expressions in this scene 😂❤
Zuz I love the fact that he's having a meltdown. 😍
Same😍😍😍
0:08 - that expression is priceless
Wade, get off the stage now!
#facecrack of the century, dawling!
That's the best😅😅😅
Best performance in my opinion from the whole franchise. Choreography and vocal performance top notch!.
not when Valerie exist.
1:16 Jesse can't deny he's loving this...I can tell when he's loving something but trying to hide it - that's how I knew he loved being with the New Directions, he looked genuinely happy in a lot of his scenes with them
Favorite Glee performance.
This is the best choreography in glee's history
no is starships
starships glee
Pedro Fernando Salgado Álvarez No Bohemian Rhapsody
Starships, Americano, and Bohemian Rhapsody were better
Bohemian Rhapsody, Americano, Starships, Cold Hearted, Four Minutes, Valerie, Nasty/Rhythm Nation
I find it hilarious that the winner of a competition to become the next character on Glee only lasted one season yet the runner up lasted for 3. 😂
Patrolin Aus who was the runner up?
@@analaurakuri6183 Unique (Alex), Damian won and just appear on season 3, Unique was on 3,4 and 5
@@sweetycollac8351 And six
Damian McGinty (Rory Flanagan) and Samuel Larsen (Joe Hart) won of the Glee project, while Alex Newell (Wade Adams/Unique) and Lindsay Pearce (Harmony) were runner ups.
The winner was supposed to get a nine episode arc and the runner up to get a two episode one, so, while they kept that for Lindsay/Harmony, all the other three got their amount of episodes extended (Like, Damian/Rory for what remained of season three, Samuel/Joe all the way to "All Or Nothing" and Alex/Unique, well, a way longer amount)
@@escotiyaotl8869 - I loved the Glee Project! It's what led me to start watching Glee itself. I am so glad that I recorded all of the episodes as they came out. I did the same for Legally Blonde: Search for the Next Elle Woods. My biggest regret was not knowing about Grease: You're the One That I Want until it was partway through the series. I should've recorded what I could have.
"Pardon me. Excuse me. Move please." He says as he shoves everyone to the side to get to the stage. Love Unique she is one of the only season 4 ND newbies I can actually stand. Her introduction was fantastic and I loved Alex on the Glee project. To think this character came into existence because Alex performed his last chance performance for Ryan wearing a dress.
This performance is easily Vocal Adrenaline's best, so much life and sass in this performance as opposed to their normal robotic routines.
I keep coming back to this. It's uplifting, joyful and such a delight to listen to. Thank you for sharing it with us.
imagine if wade and mercedes done a DIVA off OMG
Santana Fekete your eardrums would be simply shattered.
Diva level 1000000
Santana Fekete i dont see the reason, why they didn't do it ... I cant imagine where were their brains after this moment
Desmond Collins I Know right
Santana Fekete what about with Santana and Kurt blanie and Rachel
Jesse's face! hahahaha epic!
She really is Kurt and Mercades love child
I love how the Vocal Adrenaline is so pro that let him in the stage just like that, if I were a member in one of this groups and saw him coming to stage in something that was not expected or rehearsed i would freak out. Like WTF man this was not planned...
*her lmao learn proper pronouns, unique identifies as a woman-
all he did was change clothes literally changes nothing in the choreography lol
@@dimentioo And become taller :D . And I would freak out if I saw someone who may not have any experience with high heels wanting to go on stage with those things and DANCE. Like... when we say "break a leg", we don't actually MEAN it :D
Ha Jesse's reactions is my favorite part of this song and honestly he is my favorite person on glee too and his hair is on POINT🔥
he's just so upset. He's like WHY have you done this thing to me?
Still hate the fact Rachel married that asshole jesse
RT I love me some Jesse.
BACK OFF HES MINE
How does Glee manage to hate Disco so much, yet they revitalized the genre to feel so much more upbeat and lively?!!
She can dance in heels... I can't even look at heels with breaking something...
😂😂
Guys can walk jump and dance in heels so much better than some women. I kick my off after 5min. Lol
Before I was disabled I had some 7 inch glitter platforms like that and I always walked home from shows barefoot. I miss those days.
Rachel, Mercedes, and Unique have the strongest voices in glee history
Santana !
Santana as well😌
Queen naya❤️😔
Kurt santana rachel mercedes unique duh
@@josiahhernandez5988 sunshine too
All it takes is just ONE Glee video clip, and I'm on an uncontrollable Glee video binge for about a good two hours....
I'm just caught myself at 40 minutes just now 😅😭
@@palm0607 IT'S REAL! 😂
I'm currently caught in a massive cyclone of a "Nothing But The 80's" playlist!
*Currently playing:*
The Police-- Every Breath You Take"!
1:25 how can a that man hit such a effortless Bb5
He is an amazing singer
Still one of my favorite Glee performances every. Just found out Alex won a Tony and I'm so thrilled for them.
Have lost count of how many times I’ve watched this. Just love it. Puts a Boogie Smile on my face!!
I feel the energy in my chest when this comes on
Definition of SLAY
His vocal range and control is incredible!!!
To everyone that doesn’t understand Alex’s gender identity and Unique’s gender identity. Alex identifies as a gay, gender nonconforming man (but still a man). He also does like to dress in more ‘feminine’ clothing, which may be confusing. His pronouns are still he/him though. However, Unique is has a different gender identity than Alex. Unique is a transgender woman (male to female). When we’re first introduced to her, she hasn’t transitioned yet. As the series went on though, Unique did end up coming out as a transgender woman. If you have issues with anything I said, do a quick google search. It’s not that hard.
the botched that up by having beast transition randomly. could have been a much stronger storyline, but we couldn't have the actually trans character transition, we have to give that storyline to beast the person we specifically had several time state they wanted to be seen and treated like a women. they didn't ever give a backstory to it they just had sue find the hormone pills.
I love how Jessie at first is like "hmm, i don't remember this girl" and then is like *"WAIT-"*
No matter how many times I watch this the look on Jesse's face is priceless😂😂
You can say many things about this song but I gotta say Jesse's hair is on point ;)
I absolutely love alex. that voice thou is fucking amazing
Alex Newell is a star. He is gonna shine his whole damn life
they deserved this win🏆😍
loved Jesse face at The Start
What a HELL of a performance!
the verry first is saw the issue of transphobia explain in a tv show, that was Glee ! i'm proud now to live in a generation who fight the discriminations
Every generation has fought this fight. This generation benefits from the previous one. Main stream television has made this tolerable. Two documentaries of particular interest; Paris is Burning & the death and life of Marsha P. Johnson.
There's actually a cool story behind it. I don't know if it's 100 percent true, but it's said that the reason the disco theme from the pilot got cut because the network thought disco was to tranny (which, as you may know, is a transphobic slur). Now, the network couldn't do anything about Alex's casting due to his contract with glee and the glee project, so they couldn't prohibit anything Alex was doing on the show, and glee did its first (and luckily only) disco episode with a huge trans story. Boy, what a show.
"the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex." The dictionary definition, you pathetic excuse for a human. Calling them freaks is discrimination. Use YOUR fucking brain.
Degrassi also did this issue on tv and it was good
All generations have fought against discrimination, ask your parents
I play this version at parties and the dancefloor is JAM PACKED by the end of the song, and its not a long song either, so imagine the magic Alex still gives people in times of celebration through the delivery of this old skool jam.
alex newell is amazing i just saw him opening up for adam lambert last week.
+Mia Philippino saw him at terminal 5 in new york
I love this show Glee...
This Is one of my favorite glee performances, I think this episode has the best covers tbh, not to mention one of the best episodes imo.
Jesse's facial expressions kill me
2020 an still an ICONIC performance
jesse's realization face always makes me laugh hysterically lmaooo
okay i just had to come here and say I recently saw Alex Newell In SHUCKED,
and I ABSOLUTELY loved them!!! they had an amazing stage presence, were funny and had a GREAT voice and got a standing ovation in the middle of the show!!!
came here after knock at the cabin, i love unexpected connections
The Vocals of this performance is lit 🔥 the Energy is overflowing
She wasn’t listening when you called her wade Jesse cause that was all Unique!!!!
YES!!!!!!! gosh she was my favorite character.
Girl KILLED it! Kicked it out of the park and it went into the stratosphere!
Yeah, Jesse going onto the stage to tell Unique to come off... I thought you were "professional"
Like forealz
1:22 was my favorite part how she slayed the notes
yes!!
They did such a great job with this song 🎶
My favorite performance from Glee. Unique nails it!
Even though is a Vocal Adrenaline performance I will say that this is hands down one of the best numbers on the show
Hands down my favorite Glee performance!
Alex and ambers voices are rare its a voice that has range to a wide variety of notes and keys high and low
Both Alex and Amber can belt out a Bb5. That's one hard note to reach even by using head voice/falsetto - let alone BELT it.
matsuokei So Hyang can Sustain and is supported up to C#6, but I guess that’s kind of irrelevant
One of the show’s best performances and that belt at 1:22 !!!!! Holy mother-
Jonathan Groff's face is priceless at the beginning xD
Vocal adrenaline is actually having fun doing this performance nice to see that
0:13 “ThaAng” OMFG I LOVE IT
This dude is roxing those shoes OMG! but his TALENT when singing is on a whole new level just AMAZING 👏.
Glee 101 roxing da hause with this song!
No matter how many times I watch this 1:56 still gives me chills
the RAW TALENT. Unique is in my top 3 singers AT LEAST.
And that ladies and gentlemen is what is know as stage presence.
This is my fave Vocal Adrenaline performance!
God that run from 1:23-1:28 is so damn good. That perfect mixed voice belt just aughhh.
Alex Newell can BLOW
amazing talent look at those legs
Love Vocal Adrenaline doing this performance
The best performance glee had to offer! All damn day long!👍👍😎🤩
Alex just won a Tony Award!! congrats🎉❤
this is the most excited i ever get when a song comes on it's just the best time
i love jesse so muchhhh😍
She makes dancing in heels look so easy! I trip and fall just trying to put them on!
one of the best voices on Earth. never get tired of this performance.
YAAAAAS UNIQUE!!!! Those Bb5’s slayed
One of the best moments on Glee!
Mr Shue really said no to trans rights when he took away uniques private toilet just so the glee club could twerk
that ep bothered me so much i hated every second of it. i mean, twerking? really? went in front of the whole school board too. it was so selfish of him and i felt awful for unique :(
I was so angry that whole episode
Eh she was allowed to use the staff bathroom
Goat Gang CCNJ only after shue denied her of her own private bathroom
Wasn't the private bathroom in middle of their rehearsal room???? Who would want it there?
My favourite Glee song, EVER!!! x
Okay, Jesse looks surprised because Wade is dressed as Unique. However, considering the song, are we supposed to believe that they practiced that song while he was dressed as Wade? I mean picture it...he dresses as Wade and does everything in this performance during practice and then he dresses as Unique and Jesse is surprised. Really???
Jason Coleman - Too funny. Imagine how Wade would have looked in that dress. Probably not much different...
If you notice though unique still danced to all the male parts except for the solos parts and she also dressed in black like the males
0:08 Jesse’s expression lmao I can’t stop laughing still so damn iconic after these years
That was an iconic performance
Favorite Unique Solo
Wade Unique was the second coming of Mercedes honey them two definitely should’ve had some duets together
Unique deserves to be a super star. She has it all. That voice is the bomb!
When I tell you this bitch slayed my life
My fave Vocal Adereniline number they were enjoying it
QUEEN