He Used To Be Mine (LIVE Encore Performance)

Cornelius Versa's 'He Used To Be Mine' was recorded LIVE at Furaha Sound Studios in Hollywood, California as an encore to the recording of his debut Live EP. The Song, Originally 'She Used to Be Mine' was written by Sara Bareilles for the Broadway musical, Waitress.
Inspired by the timeless allure of classic rock, the twangy embrace of country, soul-lifting Motown melodies, and the epic power ballads of the 90s. Versa’s ‘Live at Furaha Sound’ EP, named after the studio in which it was recorded, pays tribute to these musical influences. The set features five songs that shaped Cornelius as an artist and sets the stage for what’s to come in his career.
More at
corneliusversa.com
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Video Credits
Director: Charlie Schwan
Editor: Charlie Schwan
Cinematography: Ryan Bender
Camera Operators Gabe Ovalle, Justin Wall, Hayden Luscombe
Colorist: Daniel Keefe
Music Credits
Piano: Cornelius Versa
Live Recording Engineer: Jan Christiansen
Mixing Engineer: David Michael Ott
#corneliusversa #live #newartistspotlight #sheusedtobemine
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  • @quentinbarrentine5114
    @quentinbarrentine51148 ай бұрын

    The line that always gets me and makes me misty-eyed: "She/He is hard on her/him self, She/He is broken and won't ask for help."

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    8 ай бұрын

    Honestly me too. It’s such an intensely profound song

  • @sabrielmoon
    @sabrielmoon5 күн бұрын

    I ugly cry to this every day 🙏

  • @calblue8694
    @calblue8694Ай бұрын

    Wow what a voice!

  • @d26820
    @d26820Ай бұрын

    To be honest, after i have watched this video first time i thought that this is one your less popular videos, i really hope you will become popular because youre amazing!!

  • @NachoReverte
    @NachoReverte8 ай бұрын

    When passion finds a voice through which it expresses itself... Bravo!

  • @jas_bataille
    @jas_bataille6 ай бұрын

    Someone. Give this man. A main. BROADWAY. ROLE. Sidenote I chose this for an audition because of this video and this is one of the hardest song you could ever imagine, the range it covers, the storytelling, it's written to make it sound like you're sad and stressed and chasing the edge of the broken note an incredible thrill!!! Recommend to any vocalist

  • @dennisly1951
    @dennisly19518 ай бұрын

    This performance gives me absolute goosebumps. So strong and emotional. I can’t wait for more music!

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much! I’m working on some new stuff now so hoping soon!

  • @chrisallen5905
    @chrisallen59052 ай бұрын

    Such a brilliant rendition of this lovely song. One of the things I loved most about it was your choice to present it simply with just the upright piano sound and your fantastic voice…the slight twang accent in your tone…it just speaks to a life lived that the song needs too. I really loved hearing it with a male voice. Really…well done Sir. 🙌🙌❤️❤️

  • @georgeamaya772
    @georgeamaya7727 ай бұрын

    THE SOUND OF A BROKEN HEART AND SOUL .

  • @jochem2029
    @jochem202920 күн бұрын

    This is SO GOOD!!!!!! Beautiful voice and you sung it amazing!!!

  • @user-xq8kl4ec5h
    @user-xq8kl4ec5h7 ай бұрын

    I'm literally crying😢😢😢😢

  • @mihaelamcrae8770
    @mihaelamcrae87702 ай бұрын

    We can actually make a song "ours", as in adapting it to our emotional needs. A bit of open-mindedness helps this world to be a better place

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    2 ай бұрын

  • @calblue8694
    @calblue8694Ай бұрын

    The raw emotion ij your voice lawd!

  • @celiaschow2587
    @celiaschow25877 ай бұрын

    I love absolutely everything about this performance! Your voice is something truly special and I’m so happy that you’re sharing it with the world in this fabulous way. ❤️

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    7 ай бұрын

    Celia, thank you so so much!

  • @MyCffDennis
    @MyCffDennisАй бұрын

    Omg, this voice. ❤

  • @user-gz2kw2pu7g
    @user-gz2kw2pu7g2 ай бұрын

    Stunned at the beauty of this.

  • @lauraposerini7949
    @lauraposerini794922 күн бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    21 күн бұрын

    Thank you Laura!

  • @melanygamos
    @melanygamos7 ай бұрын

    Beautiful!!! I can feel every word!!

  • @GastonBernstein
    @GastonBernstein7 ай бұрын

    Wonderful !!!

  • @charlie9539
    @charlie95392 ай бұрын

    Wow ! Your voice is incredible. I love this. This must be my favourite male version of this song.

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    2 ай бұрын

    Wow! That’s a high mark of praise - thank you so much 😍

  • @stellagasaparro9912
    @stellagasaparro99122 ай бұрын

    Gorgeous!

  • @jamesgraham9369
    @jamesgraham9369Ай бұрын

    Fabulous vocal very emotional

  • @gubba3831
    @gubba38318 ай бұрын

    AMAZING COVER!

  • @donytjandra8312
    @donytjandra83128 ай бұрын

    It's so beautiful ...

  • @DanteEDM1
    @DanteEDM16 ай бұрын

    Beautiful! Kudos!

  • @SafariVeridian
    @SafariVeridian6 күн бұрын

    a belt with a rasp?! oh just take my heart why don't you!

  • @turkmusik
    @turkmusik3 ай бұрын

    Really powerful. Thank you.

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    2 ай бұрын

    thank YOU 💕

  • @dalewilliams7026
    @dalewilliams70262 ай бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @fgwezfs
    @fgwezfs7 ай бұрын

    Made my day. Gorgeous rendition!!

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    7 ай бұрын

    That means a lot, thank you!

  • @vitrock1
    @vitrock12 ай бұрын

    Beautiful powerful cover! ❤

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    2 ай бұрын

    I really appreciate it! Thank you

  • @robertmullins5401
    @robertmullins54017 ай бұрын

    Incredible. Such emoting!

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    7 ай бұрын

  • @ashrafwilloughby9581
    @ashrafwilloughby95818 ай бұрын

    I felt that!!!! ❤🥺

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    8 ай бұрын

    🥹

  • @drtylillsecret
    @drtylillsecret7 ай бұрын

    WOW🔥❤‍🔥🔥

  • @manuel_schwirtz
    @manuel_schwirtz6 ай бұрын

    Amazing!!👏🏼

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @pacodelrey
    @pacodelrey7 ай бұрын

    Got so emotional after listening❤

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    7 ай бұрын

  • @graemebrennan3477
    @graemebrennan34777 ай бұрын

    Beautiful! It takes some proper talent to make a song your own, and you did it (I only got part way through Sara Bareille’s version…)🙂👍

  • @nicolaswright1449
    @nicolaswright14499 ай бұрын

    Wow 😊

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    9 ай бұрын

  • @kevinlewis6018
    @kevinlewis60188 ай бұрын

    What the what , that was so powerful and so precious , you made my life right there , you just magical , you made me cry 😂❤

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    8 ай бұрын

    😅 gosh you are too kind! It was such a release of emotion after spending months to make the evening happen / kind of an homage to all the times I almost gave up (haha I replaced the idea of pregnancy/ having a child w the idea of my experience performing) again thank you!

  • @RodRosemberg
    @RodRosemberg7 ай бұрын

    Isso ficou muito lindo.

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    7 ай бұрын

    muito obrigado

  • @dicksonwong3392
    @dicksonwong33929 ай бұрын

    Algorithm brought me here, I am glad. Truly amazing voice. :) Good luck !

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    9 ай бұрын

  • @johnanderson4132
    @johnanderson413210 күн бұрын

    What a time for country music! / and here I thought Orville Peck had the gay cowboy Elvis/ Roy Orbison angle all sewn up. I'm going to have to revisit that idea after hearing your BABY, YOU ALREADY WON. And I'll tell you why. I think he has a more melodramatic musical theater aspect to his voice whereas you seem to me to come by the drama in your voice more naturally. Either way, i wish you the greatest of success and since I have your attention i'd like to tip my hat to one who came before you, Mark Weigel.

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    7 күн бұрын

    Checking out Mark today! Thank you so much for taking the time to listen to lil ole me! OP has done so much incredible work - I’m honored to even be mentioned in the same sentence. 😍💕

  • @user-wd9cy8rh6x
    @user-wd9cy8rh6x9 ай бұрын

    IM IN TEARS! this is so raw and heartfelt. nice job such a beautiful voice

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    9 ай бұрын

    thank you

  • @marshallmanticore
    @marshallmanticore2 ай бұрын

    wig: snatched

  • @ajersongargar1157
    @ajersongargar11578 ай бұрын

    fuck! im not crying!

  • @blondelebanese9922

    @blondelebanese9922

    7 ай бұрын

    I’m crying. He’s doing it so well, I love his voice❤️🥰

  • @thannkimm60
    @thannkimm609 ай бұрын

    What was that "of a life that's inside him"? It doesn't make sense to me...

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    9 ай бұрын

    The original song/story is from the perspective of a woman being pregnant so she is literally referencing 'a life growing inside her' and all the dreams she was not able to achieve prior. For me and as I interpret into my POV...that "life" is really more that feeling of something inside you. Maybe you're reflecting on where you are and it's not really how you thought you would be. Your inner voice speaking out and reminding you to keep living and keep fighting. I guess kind of like an inner dialogue with yourself / soliloquy.

  • @user-vx9yc4hn6i
    @user-vx9yc4hn6iАй бұрын

    Okay, I know everyone else has already said how amazing his voice is, but it's so true!! I feel disrespectful discovering this 8 months late

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    Ай бұрын

    Not disrespectful at all; I’m so glad you found me! Thank you for the kind words

  • @patwallis4403
    @patwallis44039 ай бұрын

    that's f***ing Obi-Wan Kenobi'

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    9 ай бұрын

    I'm wheezing! haha I can't unsee it

  • @marfloress
    @marfloress5 ай бұрын

    Someone knows in what key is he playing this song?

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    5 ай бұрын

    C maj

  • @marfloress

    @marfloress

    5 ай бұрын

    thank u @@corneliusversa, it´s beautiful!! congrats!!

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @simchatamkin11
    @simchatamkin117 ай бұрын

    Is this just Ben Platt in a different accent?😂 either way I'm a fan lol

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    7 ай бұрын

    LOL! I cosplay as Ben on the weekends, how did you know? Thank you!

  • @britavega
    @britavega8 ай бұрын

    I don’t like that you changed the lyrics. It just didn’t fit. Nice try tho

  • @yosoynataraj

    @yosoynataraj

    6 ай бұрын

    He didn't change the lyrics, because the lyrics speaks about himself, so, if a male singer sing this it's correct to speak about a boy not a girl... Do you understand the lyrics?

  • @britavega

    @britavega

    5 ай бұрын

    @@yosoynatarajplenty of male vocalist have sang this song and they have not changed the lyrics. Only this one. It doesn’t fit. Sing the song like it should be.

  • @dalewilliams7026

    @dalewilliams7026

    2 ай бұрын

    My son has been struggling with a failed marriage and so much more. I sent this to him and he really liked it. So I’m praying that this song, these lyrics will be used in putting pieces back.

  • @beastboyjohnson

    @beastboyjohnson

    2 ай бұрын

    Ok brita

  • @spiritthingw

    @spiritthingw

    Ай бұрын

    ​@britavega he's making his own version, he not trying to do it the same as everyone else. I personally love it the way he sings it. It's perfect❤

  • @Jackieb1989
    @Jackieb19897 ай бұрын

    This is sara bareilles song im Sorry he doesn’t do it justice not even close.

  • @corneliusversa

    @corneliusversa

    7 ай бұрын

    Sorry to let you down

  • @MrYoutubikonto

    @MrYoutubikonto

    7 ай бұрын

    Dear C., I think there is no place or reason for searching apologies. You did great, and you knew it before that person took time to find debilitating reasons to compare. Thank you, thank you for the love. YOUR Love.

  • @NapsAreBetterThanSex
    @NapsAreBetterThanSex8 ай бұрын

    Fucking gorgeous.