It's a very difficult song to sing (in the original key)! One of the most in my opinion. I'm happy to see her singing it live and don't lipsync it. She's an impressive performer!
I don't know if it's because I'm a huge Katycat but I think her 2 performances were absolutely amazing, of course when she's performing in event like this, not just for Katycats, she's more nervous but she still nailed it 🤩I went to her Vegas residancy on April 15 and you can tell she's more relax in front of her Katycats, she was never out of breath even if she was dancing ,running and singing on moving object , she sounded so good,during greatest love of all, she sang a 16 seconds note. She always sings live and gives her 100% on stage and vocally she improved a lot since her witness era, she deserve so much respect for that. People shouldn't be so mean with her, she's incredible, Katycat forever 🤩🤩🤩
Well, she picked her 2 biggest songs live back to back, and she usually tends to strain herself. Roar is very taxing to sing live, especially when you do the ro o o o oar bits instead of allowing the back up vocalists or backing tracks pick up the slack. For Firework she always pushes herself because it's usually her closing song and sometimes you get carried away. Glad you were appreciative of her performance. The BBC never uploads everyone's full performances because they want everyone to watch from their iPlayer not RUclips
You should react to the whole presentation, she first sang Roar and she really did it very well and I think that caused tension and a little difficulty when she sang the second song which was firework.
She was very nervous. It was her first major performance since before Witness World Tour. And plus in front of the King. Yea she performed for Biden but there was no live audience. Roar was AMAZING! The way she ended Roar I got CHILLS!
Yeah . She was making singing adjustments to make her performance “coronation worthy”-a very important and historical event to a lot of people. I liked her performance .
She was 100% nervous and you could tell too it was pretty obvious. She kept flipping to head voice and she really didn’t know where to place her voice. She tried to do some tricks with some belts but it only resulted her in struggling to hit the note. She made some odd decisions in this performance unfortunately! I loved her Roar performance though, thought it was great!!
Can you imagine the adrenaline and nervous energy she had?! Give me a break ppl comments on criticizing her. Have you watched her sing firework at PLAY?
You're right , she was amazing as always,even with her adrenaline 😁 I went to her Vegas residancy on April 15 and her vocals were absolutely incredible , I post all the videos on my channel , she sang all the songs perfectly 🤩🤩🤩 There's so many haters who likes to criticize Katy , but in fact she is an amazing vocalist and she improved a lot since 2017, she's the best 🤩
That’s great advice, Georgina! Katy actually has a very good voice, she has proved that time and time again in her concerts and in many other performances. When she is nervous or tired she will typically be less consistent with technique, limiting her range. I think Roar was a better performance. But I just love her energy and even her vocal cries and flips, which are nice!
I loved this concert and my favorite part was katy. Everybody was jumping if she said that and the end notes of firework was absolutely beautiful. She made me cry haha
people are saying she was terrible? i have seen lives of her being terrible...this she smashed. if she was tense it's probably because she was afraid of screwing up or because she was too nervous. but the first time i saw this i was so happy for her cause she did amazing
I’m not remotely interested in learning to sing but LOVE listening to your reviews and deconstruction of artist’s vocal abilities and performances ❤ It might not be your personal interest but I’d love you to expand and explore more pop artists, maybe from the 80s and 90s. You’ve done classic 90s girlbands such as All Saints and Spice Girls but what about Take That, Boyzone, Another Level…and 80s, I’d love to hear your take on Bananarama’s signature unison style of singing. I honestly think you’ll get more of a following too (though it’s not just about that) xxx Edit: I’d also love you to cover who is the best singer out of Take That (as there are two very strong vocalists - Robbie and Gary). Please review their Coronation ‘Never Forget’ performance) x
One of your best videos yet! I totally agree as a massive fan of hers. This Firework was good but she’s done much better. Loved how much solid critique you put on her vowels and technique on some notes. Totally honest.
I am not a professional but I find Firework a really difficult song and I think it's unfair to expect her to nail it live every single time. At least she is singing live.
Katy sounded nice tho I didnt say many hate on her personally but the song is too hard & roar was before this and she was moving too much so I guess those 2 combined will cause some voice issues
Very nice and refreshing to see a Katy Perry reaction because I've seen you react to her in quite some time, but I might be mistaken LOL. I slept a lot since then! Absolutely adore you as always, Georgina❤😅
Honest hairdresser reacts- love the style. A more solid fuller fringe, maybe a couple of inches of the length, maybe bring the blonde up further, a copper/strawberry blonde tone would look really nice on you. Reaction to this performance was 100 and I learnt things I didn’t know, I’m not a singer but it’s still interesting to me xx
It was interesting and fun to watch. And there are recommended videos. Request BE:FIRST/Smile Again The First Taka version. The piano and string performances are wonderful, and BE:FIRST's astonishing and emotional singing voice should surprise you. I want you to see it.
I loved her performance, especially Roar. It was real and raw and not perfect, but so what. Imperfections give the performance charm. Can you react to a Sinead O'Connor performance, maybe her acoustic one of Danny Boy.
@@blahblog4322listen , singing songs like roar and firework back to back is not easy. Considering the vocal prowess and placement that they require, it’s harder than it looks.
yes i agree. it doesn´t sound me to that she went off .it seemed very controlled. maybe she sounded a bit lower than she wanted but it did look like she did it on purpose.
I don’t think it was an awful performance. To me she looked very nervous, and perhaps her nerves got the better of her. As for her dress, I think she looked like a princess. In my eyes she looked gorgeous.
I thought because it was a different arrangement from the original she had to change her vocal choices. It´s good but we are trying to compare it to the original version which is different
This wasn’t her best performance of firework but I don’t blame the lazy vocals. Jet lagged and performing firework her hardest song right after roar which was the best performance out of the two. She gave it her all in roar
This is laughable. She is singing in a massive stadium in a live setting with what appears to be hundreds of thousands of people with IEM’s, adrenaline and a hype crowd. This is not a bedroom a recording. Katy killed it
I totally agree. She reminds me of Mariah Carey when she first came out she was unable to reproduce the exact notes from her songs in live performances. Another similarity with Mariah and Katy, in this respect, is that they both have some really difficult songs to sing live to unfortunately.
I think you are too kind. I did not find this 8 out of 10 , it was all over the place and this song has to be sung with one plan in mind and attack every note that is coming. Maybe for Katy this is 8 out of 10 but in general this is not much better then a 5.
I acknowledge she sings alright technically most of the time here but as a listener, I really don't like how she sounds here - so strained and intense and so different than what's on the studio recording. There's no lightness to her singing. It feels like she's working hard to produce those notes.
She would not get the Golden Ticket. I have no idea why she feels able to critique singers when she is so bad at it herself. She can be really rude too. This is not the only version of her not being able to sing live.
How does Katy Perry get away with awful performances like this and then have the cheek to dole out critiques on American Idol. I have yet to see a live vocal by the woman that is halfway decent. Far too many pop stars get away with this. Somewhere along the line performance took the place of vocal ability. What makes it worse are those who make excuses for bad performances. Truth is she might be a good songwriter and have a talent for the visual concept but she is a below average singer at best.
You are spot on. I have to laugh at all the defense that it is a difficult song. Maybe true but she chose to sing it. And the fixes in the reaction are really the first things you learn in vocal coaching: breath support and vowel placement. In this performance the vowels lead to straining which lead to pitch problems. Something has happened to her voice in the last several years. I hope whatever is going on can be fixed and she finds her healthy voice again. I really wish we could go back to a time when pop singers could actually perform live with the support of autotune or in this case a backup choir.
Every singer has a bad night Katy has sang well many times actually she just lacks consistency and all of that can be fixed if she makes better decisions while performing and singing
She didnt sound good cause firework is in a high tone and her voice its not younger than when she had 20 years, its normal that she cant arrive correctly to the high notes
It still buffles me why was she even invited to sing at the coronation. She's not British nor classy, she's just a pop star from America. Such a weird choice.
Sorry to say this but mainly the reasons why people are so hard on her because of politics whoever is not on her side they just say not so nice things just to say them like I mean no harm there aren't many singers that are currently popular now that can sing as well as her and I don't see people saying the things they say they just make up excuses
If you saw how she used to sing this song is was just awful. Like she sang on X factor and she sounded worse than some of the bad contestants. She has improved but this song is a nightmare to sing for anyone
It was horrible my wife & I did not like the performance we wanted it to end meaning bye Katy Perry. We would not want to spend a fortune listening to her at a concert wrecking her own studio version autotuned version songs.😮😱👎 no no no
I'm not a singer, but I am a fashion stylist and I just wonder how everything Katy Perry wears looks so cheap! Fabrics always look low quality and construction is poor. Even the Vivienne Westwood she wore to the coronation ceremony was so bunched up and ill-fitting.
I've never thought Katy is very good vocally when singing live. Her voice isn't strong enough for this song. Sounds very strained. Lady Gaga would nail it.
She was nervous, tired, she sang two of her most famous songs one after other etc.. so what?! Other artist face the same obstacles and still manage nail it. I've Never heard Beyoncé, Celine Dion or Sia struggling live like Katy does regularly. She has a cool personality that helped her definitely to become famous but as classically trained singer I can also clearly hear a lot of tightness in her singing (as Giorgina mentioned) as well as a lack of proper head voice control which is a sign of lacking proper singing technique. It's not that she wouldn't have the money to pay for good vocal coaches. I wonder why she isn't improving her vocal abilities she would sound so much better.
It's a very difficult song to sing (in the original key)! One of the most in my opinion. I'm happy to see her singing it live and don't lipsync it. She's an impressive performer!
She never lip-synced a word
Yeah. She sung firework after ROAR which she went crazy on.
Yeah. She did better on ROAR
She gave it all on roar
I don't know if it's because I'm a huge Katycat but I think her 2 performances were absolutely amazing, of course when she's performing in event like this, not just for Katycats, she's more nervous but she still nailed it 🤩I went to her Vegas residancy on April 15 and you can tell she's more relax in front of her Katycats, she was never out of breath even if she was dancing ,running and singing on moving object , she sounded so good,during greatest love of all, she sang a 16 seconds note. She always sings live and gives her 100% on stage and vocally she improved a lot since her witness era, she deserve so much respect for that. People shouldn't be so mean with her, she's incredible, Katycat forever 🤩🤩🤩
Well, she picked her 2 biggest songs live back to back, and she usually tends to strain herself. Roar is very taxing to sing live, especially when you do the ro o o o oar bits instead of allowing the back up vocalists or backing tracks pick up the slack. For Firework she always pushes herself because it's usually her closing song and sometimes you get carried away. Glad you were appreciative of her performance. The BBC never uploads everyone's full performances because they want everyone to watch from their iPlayer not RUclips
Really liked this video! Love it when you very clearly show how people should have sung / adjusted. Really nice video.
There was a lot of adrenaline going on here. She did a great job!
You should react to the whole presentation, she first sang Roar and she really did it very well and I think that caused tension and a little difficulty when she sang the second song which was firework.
She was very nervous. It was her first major performance since before Witness World Tour. And plus in front of the King. Yea she performed for Biden but there was no live audience. Roar was AMAZING! The way she ended Roar I got CHILLS!
Makes sense.
Yeah . She was making singing adjustments to make her performance “coronation worthy”-a very important and historical event to a lot of people. I liked her performance .
Great analysis, thank you!
Thank you for defending Katy! Lovely and objective analysis
shes so legendary
She was 100% nervous and you could tell too it was pretty obvious. She kept flipping to head voice and she really didn’t know where to place her voice. She tried to do some tricks with some belts but it only resulted her in struggling to hit the note. She made some odd decisions in this performance unfortunately! I loved her Roar performance though, thought it was great!!
+ Firework is really difficult to sing. It’s one of the most vocally demanding song from her.
Can you imagine the adrenaline and nervous energy she had?! Give me a break ppl comments on criticizing her. Have you watched her sing firework at PLAY?
You're right , she was amazing as always,even with her adrenaline 😁 I went to her Vegas residancy on April 15 and her vocals were absolutely incredible , I post all the videos on my channel , she sang all the songs perfectly 🤩🤩🤩 There's so many haters who likes to criticize Katy , but in fact she is an amazing vocalist and she improved a lot since 2017, she's the best 🤩
There are videos of roar outside the bbc channel and roar was amazing really the finale was mind blowing
That’s great advice, Georgina! Katy actually has a very good voice, she has proved that time and time again in her concerts and in many other performances. When she is nervous or tired she will typically be less consistent with technique, limiting her range. I think Roar was a better performance. But I just love her energy and even her vocal cries and flips, which are nice!
I loved this concert and my favorite part was katy. Everybody was jumping if she said that and the end notes of firework was absolutely beautiful. She made me cry haha
OMG I can’t unsee the Quality Street sweet 😂
*We know that she can sing this very well but she was also under pressure after all this was the closing performance from the Coronation night*
*I MISS YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH! Kisses and love from Buenos Aires, YOU'RE THE BEEEEEST EVER.💚*
Legendary Katy Perry 👑
people are saying she was terrible? i have seen lives of her being terrible...this she smashed. if she was tense it's probably because she was afraid of screwing up or because she was too nervous. but the first time i saw this i was so happy for her cause she did amazing
We want a reaction To Roar❤️❤️it was megestic and i think it was just on point on every aspect
I always think her live performances are all over the place
oh i love your Katy Perry reactions!!❤😊
i like your videos... keep on!
Fireworks is not the easiest to sing and she did better with Roar. Overall I actually liked it. 😂
Loved this singing along with ypu !
Katy isssssss sooo good
She is a legend!!
hi georgina. I wanted to ask you why you don't make ASMR videos, your voice relaxes me a lot. could you make chili greetings ❤️🇨🇱❤️🇨🇱❤️🇨🇱🇨🇱
I’m not remotely interested in learning to sing but LOVE listening to your reviews and deconstruction of artist’s vocal abilities and performances ❤
It might not be your personal interest but I’d love you to expand and explore more pop artists, maybe from the 80s and 90s. You’ve done classic 90s girlbands such as All Saints and Spice Girls but what about Take That, Boyzone, Another Level…and 80s, I’d love to hear your take on Bananarama’s signature unison style of singing. I honestly think you’ll get more of a following too (though it’s not just about that) xxx
Edit: I’d also love you to cover who is the best singer out of Take That (as there are two very strong vocalists - Robbie and Gary). Please review their Coronation ‘Never Forget’ performance) x
One of your best videos yet! I totally agree as a massive fan of hers. This Firework was good but she’s done much better. Loved how much solid critique you put on her vowels and technique on some notes. Totally honest.
Also as a singer myself trying to sing Roar is tricky as you have to catch your breath quite quickly as it’s quite fast paced
A floating and singing toffee penny from a Quality Street tin! 😃
I am not a professional but I find Firework a really difficult song and I think it's unfair to expect her to nail it live every single time. At least she is singing live.
Katy sounded nice tho I didnt say many hate on her personally but the song is too hard & roar was before this and she was moving too much so I guess those 2 combined will cause some voice issues
Agree, that she sung better than Madonna at Eurovision Song Contest
Very nice and refreshing to see a Katy Perry reaction because I've seen you react to her in quite some time, but I might be mistaken LOL. I slept a lot since then! Absolutely adore you as always, Georgina❤😅
Honest hairdresser reacts- love the style. A more solid fuller fringe, maybe a couple of inches of the length, maybe bring the blonde up further, a copper/strawberry blonde tone would look really nice on you.
Reaction to this performance was 100 and I learnt things I didn’t know, I’m not a singer but it’s still interesting to me xx
Love u Katy❤
It was interesting and fun to watch. And there are recommended videos. Request BE:FIRST/Smile Again The First Taka version. The piano and string performances are wonderful, and BE:FIRST's astonishing and emotional singing voice should surprise you. I want you to see it.
I loved her performance, especially Roar. It was real and raw and not perfect, but so what. Imperfections give the performance charm. Can you react to a Sinead O'Connor performance, maybe her acoustic one of Danny Boy.
I think considering what she sang before firework it would be fair to assume she was very fatigued. Still a great performance overall!
Professional singers should be able to sing 2 songs in the same evening lol
@@blahblog4322listen , singing songs like roar and firework back to back is not easy. Considering the vocal prowess and placement that they require, it’s harder than it looks.
At 3:15 I’m pretty sure she meant to do that. Definitely sounded Intentional.
Also she sounds very nervous tbh.
yes i agree. it doesn´t sound me to that she went off .it seemed very controlled. maybe she sounded a bit lower than she wanted but it did look like she did it on purpose.
7:28 love how you did it way better tho😭
Really interesting thank you
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I don’t think it was an awful performance. To me she looked very nervous, and perhaps her nerves got the better of her. As for her dress, I think she looked like a princess. In my eyes she looked gorgeous.
Clearly nervous I could tell. But props to her
She was using a girdle/corset, that's why she can't use her full lungs and her air gets pulled out everytime she tries to catch her breath to sing.
I thought because it was a different arrangement from the original she had to change her vocal choices. It´s good but we are trying to compare it to the original version which is different
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag.. Speaking of iconic moments in pop.
This wasn’t her best performance of firework but I don’t blame the lazy vocals. Jet lagged and performing firework her hardest song right after roar which was the best performance out of the two. She gave it her all in roar
I was missing your reaction 😅
This is laughable. She is singing in a massive stadium in a live setting with what appears to be hundreds of thousands of people with IEM’s, adrenaline and a hype crowd. This is not a bedroom a recording. Katy killed it
Well she got her unusual signature sound out, but yea...the song is too high and challenging for her.
It’s high but her tone makes the song sound so much lower and darker
She definitely can sing it, she has before, and has during her Play residency. Her voice sounded tired and nervous here.
No, it's not. She sang a hard song before that and had to stop in the middle of American Idol to go to this affair
It's not too hard for her... she can even make it harder live, she was just too nervous
Oooooh do roar!
The issue is, her live vocal never matches the studio version. She’s a great entertainer though ❤
I totally agree. She reminds me of Mariah Carey when she first came out she was unable to reproduce the exact notes from her songs in live performances. Another similarity with Mariah and Katy, in this respect, is that they both have some really difficult songs to sing live to unfortunately.
What ! Why on earth wouldn’t you react to roar ,!!! She sang it before firework and it was spectacular! I’m so disappointed
I think she was little nervous
Do roar please
Sorry but Nicole Scherzinger was the queen of the night.
Not a fan of the Fireworks song she performed, bless her heart for her still putting on the performance.
I think you are too kind. I did not find this 8 out of 10 , it was all over the place and this song has to be sung with one plan in mind and attack every note that is coming. Maybe for Katy this is 8 out of 10 but in general this is not much better then a 5.
I don't usually like lip-synching, but for Katy it's a much better option.
I acknowledge she sings alright technically most of the time here but as a listener, I really don't like how she sounds here - so strained and intense and so different than what's on the studio recording. There's no lightness to her singing. It feels like she's working hard to produce those notes.
She would not get the Golden Ticket. I have no idea why she feels able to critique singers when she is so bad at it herself. She can be really rude too. This is not the only version of her not being able to sing live.
Saw this during the coronation and thought she was a bit shite. Nicole Scherzinger was really good 🥳🥰
You are very generous. I like her generally but this and Lionel were sub-par. I apologize on behalf of the Americans. 😂
The she is singing through her throat not singing naturally
How does Katy Perry get away with awful performances like this and then have the cheek to dole out critiques on American Idol. I have yet to see a live vocal by the woman that is halfway decent. Far too many pop stars get away with this. Somewhere along the line performance took the place of vocal ability. What makes it worse are those who make excuses for bad performances. Truth is she might be a good songwriter and have a talent for the visual concept but she is a below average singer at best.
You are spot on. I have to laugh at all the defense that it is a difficult song. Maybe true but she chose to sing it. And the fixes in the reaction are really the first things you learn in vocal coaching: breath support and vowel placement. In this performance the vowels lead to straining which lead to pitch problems. Something has happened to her voice in the last several years. I hope whatever is going on can be fixed and she finds her healthy voice again.
I really wish we could go back to a time when pop singers could actually perform live with the support of autotune or in this case a backup choir.
Every singer has a bad night Katy has sang well many times actually she just lacks consistency and all of that can be fixed if she makes better decisions while performing and singing
She didnt sound good cause firework is in a high tone and her voice its not younger than when she had 20 years, its normal that she cant arrive correctly to the high notes
It still buffles me why was she even invited to sing at the coronation. She's not British nor classy, she's just a pop star from America. Such a weird choice.
You did not watch the performance so stop that? There's a reason why she's invited and she said it before she performed.
Sorry to say this but mainly the reasons why people are so hard on her because of politics whoever is not on her side they just say not so nice things just to say them like I mean no harm there aren't many singers that are currently popular now that can sing as well as her and I don't see people saying the things they say they just make up excuses
The build up to the chorus sounds like a cat being strangled. Also she’s eating too much fat
8/10 is too high
Roar is singed better but yeah...🥲
Sorry, but I think she is an ok vocalist. I am sure she can make it work, but personally, I don't expect much from her.
Katy Had a good voice. This was not good.
I'm a KP fan, but she went downhill since Witness. She's had some fantastic performances since, but she may need to retraining.
It just didn't sound pleasant to my ears.
The whole performance is not great she needs to lower her tone she cant sing on high notes !
She’s literally a soprano. Sounds like she was just nervous tbh.
If you saw how she used to sing this song is was just awful. Like she sang on X factor and she sounded worse than some of the bad contestants. She has improved but this song is a nightmare to sing for anyone
She definitely can, she has before, and has during her Play residency. Her voice sounded tired here.
@@XMilesX123nah she’s like that on every performance. She’s not a good live singer and it shows.
She ruins her own song.
This is awful
She was terrible what the hell are you guys talking about it
Woman, let's play the recording a little longer and not interrupt it every 4-5 seconds
It was horrible my wife & I did not like the performance we wanted it to end meaning bye Katy Perry. We would not want to spend a fortune listening to her at a concert wrecking her own studio version autotuned version songs.😮😱👎 no no no
She's not good un live
not pretty at all. sorry... i didnt like it
She was terrible.
I'm not a singer, but I am a fashion stylist and I just wonder how everything Katy Perry wears looks so cheap! Fabrics always look low quality and construction is poor. Even the Vivienne Westwood she wore to the coronation ceremony was so bunched up and ill-fitting.
Expected. She really is a mediocre singer with some good moments here and there. Her old hits are gold tho.
Really not a good performance....TAKE THAT showed us how it's done!!
Sorry, not good.
can definitely understand that this song is in strange note for women to sing in.
Noooo you missed Roar it was amazingggg
I've never thought Katy is very good vocally when singing live. Her voice isn't strong enough for this song. Sounds very strained. Lady Gaga would nail it.
She was nervous, tired, she sang two of her most famous songs one after other etc.. so what?! Other artist face the same obstacles and still manage nail it. I've Never heard Beyoncé, Celine Dion or Sia struggling live like Katy does regularly. She has a cool personality that helped her definitely to become famous but as classically trained singer I can also clearly hear a lot of tightness in her singing (as Giorgina mentioned) as well as a lack of proper head voice control which is a sign of lacking proper singing technique. It's not that she wouldn't have the money to pay for good vocal coaches. I wonder why she isn't improving her vocal abilities she would sound so much better.