Music of the future and past! The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (Live) Vocal Coach reaction / analysis

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Vocal Coach reacts to reaction to analyses analyzes analysis of breaks down The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (Live On The 2020 MTV VMAs)
Original Video without interruption: • The Weeknd - Blinding ...
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In this video, we delve into the intricate details of The Weeknd’s vocal techniques and influences. Beth shares a personal story of discovering the complexity of one of his songs during a lesson with a pupil. The discussion highlights The Weeknd's vocal range, effortless high notes, and the blend of various stylistic influences including 80s electro, Michael Jackson, and Ethiopian music. The breakdown includes technical commentary on his vocal techniques such as mixing, falsetto, vibrato, and control over transitions between registers. Beth also touches on The Weeknd's rise to fame from anonymous releases to global success.
00:00 Introduction to the Song's Complexity
01:18 Analyzing Vocal Influences
03:09 Technical Vocal Techniques
04:29 Live Performance Elements
08:50 The Weeknd's Rise to Fame
Songwriter: Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Quenneville, Max Martin, Oscar Holter
Producers: Max Martin, Oscar Holter, The Weeknd
Genre: Synth-pop, new wave, synthwave, electropop
Origin: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Performed by The Weeknd
Date and Location
The 2020 MTV VMAs (August 30, 2020)
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  • @BethRoars
    @BethRoars2 ай бұрын

    🎵 Book a Lesson with Beth email beth@bethroars.com 📖 Get your signed copy of my album Fable here: www.bethroars.com/shop ☀ Find me on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1W0He1MTuQoG0Yt2ccmhyL?si=b5qm82DmSRip8L4abe2-nw 🥁 Become a Patreon Supporter: www.patreon.com/bethroars

  • @essammohamed1568

    @essammohamed1568

    Ай бұрын

    Would you react for "Desert Rose" by Sting ft. Cheb Mami, please

  • @AlbertZonneveld

    @AlbertZonneveld

    Ай бұрын

    Would you react to Calm after the Storm by the Common Linnets (country song/eurovision song)

  • @dhiaoshaish
    @dhiaoshaishАй бұрын

    this is a generational song, you come across a song like this once every 20 years. for me this has been my favorite song of all time. I'm glad it got the recognition it deserves.

  • @irenee6064
    @irenee606429 күн бұрын

    As an Ethiopian XO, this video made me happy. i love that u did research on Ethiopian music and his roots in general. Thank you for reacting to this!

  • @Hogtownboy1
    @Hogtownboy1Ай бұрын

    He lives across the road from me. So much coming and going. Nicest guy

  • @Photo_doctor

    @Photo_doctor

    Ай бұрын

    Legend.. ❤

  • @chrisgoudy1954
    @chrisgoudy1954Ай бұрын

    I’m a metal and hard rock fan, but I really enjoy The Weeknd. His extraordinary vocal talent along with his melodic and instrumentation choices are just so great to listen to. Thank you for the video.

  • @ogdavid9141

    @ogdavid9141

    27 күн бұрын

    Damn that’s cool haha

  • @davidoffsal
    @davidoffsal3 күн бұрын

    I saw him live and I must say this was the best concert ever, his sound, his presence, his voice absolutely out of this world.

  • @opethdan2408
    @opethdan2408Ай бұрын

    The Weeknd's voice is so amazing. I used to be one of the purists who only raved about his early trilogy mixtapes but his more poppy later phase grew on me. I appreciate both sounds now.

  • @THEMARCKNIGHT
    @THEMARCKNIGHTАй бұрын

    Even tough I am a metalhead, I enjoy this song and 80s synthy songs

  • @Photo_doctor
    @Photo_doctorАй бұрын

    Man, Beth truly knows it like a library

  • @warpig4942
    @warpig4942Ай бұрын

    I remember when this came out, summer of 1985, great year.

  • @dougel4709
    @dougel4709Ай бұрын

    Great song! Great voice! ...and apparently super popular too. I must be living under a rock 'cause I never heard this. Thanks for the introduction!

  • @pubbiehive
    @pubbiehive2 күн бұрын

    The production on this track is so on point, fantastic.

  • @infolover_68
    @infolover_68Ай бұрын

    My heart and mind jump everytime I hear this song!!

  • @Hibbs4Prez
    @Hibbs4PrezАй бұрын

    This is perhaps the best reaction to this performance. Great job.

  • @yuh-fv7ds
    @yuh-fv7dsАй бұрын

    Check out “In the Night” as well. Even higher. Even more MJ vibes.

  • @deLLaSpoRte
    @deLLaSpoRte4 күн бұрын

    My lady ... It's just as great a reaction video as the song. I loved watching it, thank you. 🔥🤟🏻

  • @EchoesDaBear
    @EchoesDaBearАй бұрын

    GREAT reaction/analysis Beth!! I'm typically a rock, metal, prog guy, but I love anything that can make me move - and this song epitomizes that (much like MJ's Billie Jean!). This song immediately grabbed my attention - the groove and his voice - WOW! I first got into The Weeknd from his collaboration with Daft Punk on Starboy (would be good for a reaction!). I love the music he creates - and it doesn't hurt that he's a fellow Canadian! Cheers!

  • @oscararzate7956
    @oscararzate7956Ай бұрын

    Me gustan tus reacciones asía la música retro me ponen de buen humor no se que disfruto más si escuchar esta bonita música o ver tu bellos ojos bien Beth 👏👏 🍀🍀

  • @patricialehrke7688
    @patricialehrke7688Ай бұрын

    Everything about this blows me away.

  • @JAY-pe3or
    @JAY-pe3orКүн бұрын

    nice research

  • @SlendermanXXI
    @SlendermanXXI13 күн бұрын

    He's a generational talent, closest we've got to MJ expect Abel even takes it to greater heights with the world's and the stories he create, especially with the trilogy that we're currently waiting for the final part!

  • @daw7563
    @daw7563Ай бұрын

    Lets not forget that this is produced by the legendary Max Martin, he deserves credit for this megahit.

  • @Hibbs4Prez

    @Hibbs4Prez

    Ай бұрын

    Get a grip. Martin's team did most of the leg work. Martin likely spent little time on this compared to The Weeknd and the rest. Stop trying bro take away credit from The Weeknd because what you wrote can be applied to virtually every artist with a hit song. And this video is about The Weeknd's singing delivery. Did Martin have anything to do with that?

  • @themidnightchoir

    @themidnightchoir

    Ай бұрын

    @@Hibbs4Prezcalm down, freak.

  • @natts
    @nattsАй бұрын

    Wish you had analysed his Superbowl medley! (if you haven't already?)

  • @BlackChef
    @BlackChefАй бұрын

    Great review hope you do alone again live version by the weeknd

  • @antivanti
    @antivantiАй бұрын

    He was pretty good in the show The Idol as well so he can act as well

  • @vlcccapt
    @vlcccaptАй бұрын

    Another great Canadian Artist! He joins many- Hank Snow, Gordon Lightfoot, Denny Doherty, Myles Goodwyn, Anne Murray, Sara McLoughlin, ...

  • @matthiaschrist
    @matthiaschristАй бұрын

    Dammit your Hair... 😍 Besides your music knowledge of course ☝️

  • @SparkimusPrime
    @SparkimusPrimeАй бұрын

    XO 🖤

  • @user-de7ke4gx5z
    @user-de7ke4gx5zАй бұрын

    You can hear Aster Awoke in his voice every time, her influence in his carrier is amazing

  • @dougf94912
    @dougf94912Ай бұрын

    I may be doing him a dis-service, I'd always assumed there was some AutoTune in there... Thanks for choosing the VMA performance for this review, it's an impressive piece of staging!

  • @miltoncosten2632
    @miltoncosten2632Ай бұрын

    Try the Dells The love we had stays on my mind . There are a couple of videos of them doing it love.

  • @user-fz4yr3mv8k
    @user-fz4yr3mv8kАй бұрын

    Please react more of his live performance, save your tears, scared to live, in your eyes, faith, or alone again

  • @TheHanson61
    @TheHanson61Ай бұрын

    KK's Priest Rocks 'Victim Of Changes' at Bloodstock 2023: A Must-See Performance

  • @TheHanson61
    @TheHanson61Ай бұрын

    KK's Priest - Sermons of the Sinner Live at Bloodstock 2023 | Epic Performance

  • @JGE_DK
    @JGE_DKАй бұрын

    The first time (and SEVERAL times after that!!) I heard one of The Weeknd's other songs "I feel it coming", I seriously was convinced, that it was a previously unreleased song by Michael Jackson!! 😳 😅

  • @neo700crisvj

    @neo700crisvj

    Ай бұрын

    thought the same with "I can´t feel my face" lol

  • @kytfrksci8961
    @kytfrksci8961Ай бұрын

    Please do paramore all I wanted live, they never used to perform it much because I Hayley Williams wasn’t confident performing it live, but I’m so glad that’s not the case anymore

  • @thevilifyingforce
    @thevilifyingforceАй бұрын

    El Estepario Siberiano did a drum cover of this that brings it to another level imo.

  • @Nemanja_P.
    @Nemanja_P.26 күн бұрын

    All that just to say that synth pop is cool :)

  • @veraguindos2684
    @veraguindos2684Ай бұрын

    First time I heard this song I was super confused, like it was very 80's but not completely, it also sounded modern at the same time. I have not heard it before so I was sure it was not 80's hit but it sounded too 80 to be new... I had to google it and was shocked when found out it was a new song.

  • @birkinater1139
    @birkinater113928 күн бұрын

    🤩😍❤️😎🎉

  • @user-ji7kw6fe7k
    @user-ji7kw6fe7kАй бұрын

    💌💝💗💓

  • @shredvenom
    @shredvenomАй бұрын

    I love The Weekend, great review!!! Please review Quicksand Jesus by Skid Row/Sebastian Bach!!!

  • @gerardomr8231
    @gerardomr8231Ай бұрын

    HELLO BEAUTIFUL BETH ROARS ❤😍💋

  • @radarstag
    @radarstagАй бұрын

    Don't know if you've reacted lately to Lucy Thomas but she's recently dropped a cover of Unchained Melody you might want to have a listen to, she also has 3 live videos on her channel from her very first Concert that took place in Manchester.

  • @whiteeulogianraven7995
    @whiteeulogianraven7995Ай бұрын

    What about some "No Scotland, No party" 😅, Let's go Scotts!!

  • @slap_A_flamingo
    @slap_A_flamingoАй бұрын

    Please please please check out La Roux - Bulletproof. Would love to see your take on her.

  • @Photo_doctor
    @Photo_doctorАй бұрын

    Please react to Wicked game by Weeknd too. ❤❤

  • @paulosergioalmeida1000
    @paulosergioalmeida1000Ай бұрын

    #GabrielHenrique ❤❤ I suggest for your reaction the talented Gabriel Henrique covering I HAVE NOTTING

  • @deeprose115
    @deeprose115Ай бұрын

    Think you ought to react to anything by Brook Benton (pref. Hotel Happiness); he's said to be a, "singer's singer"

  • @timcarder2170
    @timcarder2170Ай бұрын

    Also...something that niggles at my brainstem when I watch a reaction/analysis video, is when the host refers to certain segments of a song, an *"ad lib"* Can something truly be considered an, *ad lib* if it is used in studio AND regularly on stage?

  • @carolmartin4413
    @carolmartin4413Ай бұрын

    Loved this song when it came out...upbeat, nice voice, good visuals, clever audio, etc. Yeah...there's autotune+ but that's today's music....don't mind it if it adds to the experience.

  • @12Paulo18
    @12Paulo18Ай бұрын

    Aphrodite's Child - Spring Summer Winter and Fall

  • @priscila01001
    @priscila01001Ай бұрын

    This guy is Michael jackson … Clonaid . It is impressive .

  • @sphinx3r
    @sphinx3rАй бұрын

    I saw the explanation of who Michael Jackson is pop up on the screen, and felt extremely old.

  • @SotonyaAcckaya
    @SotonyaAcckayaАй бұрын

    I'm so accustomed to listening Raynich's cover of this song so original alnost sounds somewhar off to me

  • @joeswampdawghenry
    @joeswampdawghenryАй бұрын

    Poooot

  • @AgenteusaRR
    @AgenteusaRRАй бұрын

    don't get me wrong i like some of "his" songs. But in the singing spectrum who the hell is he??? I quoted his because we know most artists don't even write their songs. Same with most singers today. Who is Taylor Swift? I'll give away Lady Gaga, i think she's good, but in the last 20 years who has come up (i'm not mentioning Dimash's and those like him who don't have representation in global sales) that can be considered a singer that will always be remembered???? yep.........

  • @timcarder2170
    @timcarder2170Ай бұрын

    I dunno. Never understood the popularity of this song. It just sounds so, for the lack of a better word, redundant. I keep feeling like it's filled with major parts of other songs from the mid 70s or mid 80s, but cant put a finger on which? The familiarity is maddening. And not a fan of that tinny (almost vocoder) sounding type of vocalizations. **edit** Couldn't tell you what other songs he has..I almost never listen to pop radio stations anymore. And the few times I do, the lack of originality between songs usually sends me to the tuner, or the off switch.

  • @triXXar
    @triXXarАй бұрын

    Something is wrong with your audio, every time you pause and talk there is like a thumping noise for a couple of seconds. Horrible to listen to on headphones

  • @MichaelTaylor-qp8hy

    @MichaelTaylor-qp8hy

    Ай бұрын

    It's Friday. Thumping is bound to happen.

  • @joeswampdawghenry
    @joeswampdawghenryАй бұрын

    Auto tune.. Reverb.. Delay...

  • @MichaelTaylor-qp8hy

    @MichaelTaylor-qp8hy

    Ай бұрын

    Thank You!!!

  • @nealm6764
    @nealm6764Ай бұрын

    Voice is full of electronic manipulation. Pass.

  • @neo700crisvj
    @neo700crisvjАй бұрын

    He truly is a generational talent, you have to check the “Alone Again” VEVO Live Performance that one is great, my mom and I would really love to see more of him in your channel, my mom has a disease that’s affecting his memory, so she’s learning English (we’re Mexicans) she loves music and vocal education so she really loves your content and it also helps her with her classes to get involved in something she loves with your beautiful accent ✨ thank you so much for the joy your content brings to this home🫶🏼 Ps. The live performance of Save your tears with Ariana Grande is also great to coach about voice greatness

  • @Snailblazermrkl
    @Snailblazermrkl27 күн бұрын

    Steven Suptic ruined this song for me

  • @MichaelTaylor-qp8hy
    @MichaelTaylor-qp8hyАй бұрын

    To do a vocal analysis of this performance, praise the *difficulty* of it, and just completely ignore the obvious use of autotune (and other effects) throughout the entire number, is disappointing and makes the analysis not credible at all. These tools make it profoundly EASIER to sound great and eliminate so much of the skill truly "great" singers need. And the reasons these tools are used is because he is NOT actually a great singer. Sorry, just reporting the truth here.

  • @Sir_Fenity

    @Sir_Fenity

    Ай бұрын

    I'm sorry but this just isn't true. Whether he is using autotune or not here I can't say, but there are plenty of videos of him singing acoustically and he sounds amazing. Adding vocal effects is not the same as autotune

  • @dinosaurgamer8791

    @dinosaurgamer8791

    Ай бұрын

    Say what you want about him but he is a great singer just because he uses auto tune very small amounts if not any in some cases shows how great he truly is.