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On 10/28/2023 at 9:17 AM, dirActing said:
Okay, so I wanted first to get home and hear Kaylee vs. Elizabeth on a better set of headphones than the ones for my phone, before formulating my thoughts. Now that I've heard the performance optimally about a dozen or so times, yeah, like many others, this is now my favorite battle of the season. I've so far only thumbed up 3 S24 battles on YT: 1. Kaylee/Elizabeth 2. Tanner/Lennon 3. BIAS/Jacquie. Those are as of now my 3 favs, in that order. Some thoughts on this battle then:
- Since no one mentioned this: Niall straight up dissed Olivia by declaring the battle version the best he'd heard of the song, bar none. I disagree! After hearing the battle X # of times, I went back to Olivia's version to better understand the composition of the original, and to compare how the girls chose to map the song vs. the songwriter. In doing so, I actually gained a ton of respect for the original. IMO (and this may be unpop), the original is still far and away the best version of the song. Also, compositionally, the song is deceptively complex. And for the record, no, I'm not an Olivia stan.
- Based on the BAs, Kaylee and Elizabeth were both in my Top 5. I thought Kaylee delivered one of the most technically accomplished BAs of the season, along with Chechi. Elizabeth I felt was more of an unpolished gem, but tone, power and potential was evident. But more than that, I think her Paramore song choice was my fav BA song choice of the season = taste. Perfectly matched her aesthetic too = taste! I don't think any other early contestant this season had a clearer artistic vision coming in than Elizabeth.
- "Traitor" is very much Olivia channeling Paramore. It's sort of Paramore-light, if you will. Therefore, it wouldn't be a stretch to conclude the song choice favored Elizabeth. Perhaps, but if anything, I feel John was simply giving Elizabeth a fighting chance, given Kaylee's technical superiority. On the plus side, I think having a relatively current popular hit under their respective belts is a boon for both contestants.
- As for the battle, I agree with most of you that Elizabeth shaded it (stronger emotional connection/more tonal color/more standout moments) for about the first 70% or so of the performance, but that they were both strong throughout, almost neck to neck as it were, with Kaylee finally pulling out the stops and emerging the stronger on the backend.
- Elizabeth's highlight for me was the lilting scoop on "even" during her first verse, which earned the first audible applause of the battle. That for me was her artistry encapsulated in one perfect moment.
- Kaylee's for me was her resounding glory note (noticeably stronger than Elizabeth's prior) at 2:08 thereabouts, expertly resolved with an exquisite little run. That was her vocal mastery encapsulated in one perfect moment in this battle.
- Maybe unpop, but I reckon Elizabeth just about won this, by a tick (will the app meter agree?). I feel the song was a solid choice, and fit both voices well enough. I just think Elizabeth mapped the song better, just a little more to my liking. For more of the song, she did more with the song. I needed a little more of what Kaylee did at the end, earlier. I think the battle was hers to lose, so maybe she played it a little too safe for the most part? Unlike many of you though, I thought her opening lines were unfortunately the weakest part of her performance. Her enunciation was a tad off, and it blunted the opening rhyme: "eyes and" // "lies yeah", which she sang as "eyes an" // "lies yah". This may sound nitpicky, but it kind of bothered me enough that I had to refer to the original for comparison, and there was enough of an appreciable difference in enjoyment of the lyric and the rhyme scheme between the two for me. Just to highlight that I'm not picking on an isolated occurrence, it happens again the next line, when she sings "I play dum" (in Southeast Asia, this is an actual board game, akin to checkers) instead of "I played dumb", and then a little later in the pre-chorus, she sings what to me sounds like "caught id quits" instead of "called it quits". All this is easily correctable of course, she just needs to punch up her ending consonants a little more, and to better differentiate between her plosive "D"s and "T"s ("duh!" vs.""tuh!"). John Legend is an English major, but I'm not sure how much these types of enunciation issues actually bother him. I did not notice similar issues in her BA (or at least they were not nearly as pronounced; I'll need to re-listen), so I'm assuming someone corrected her in the past, perhaps a vocal coach. I just hope this does not turn out to be a factor in the next round.
Omg the essay
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Kayleee ateee thattt like I loved the attitude she had and her control… AND SHE LOOKED TF GOOD wait… I like her better than Azan idk
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5 hours ago, Hamza Tufail said:
Wth was wrong with the battles? The only thing I liked was Lila's snippet. Everything else was so meh.
Chechi's head voice, falsetto, and whistles are pleasant, but her tone in the belting register bleeds my ears.
5 hours ago, Hamza Tufail said:Can't call anyone a snowflake yet. I like a lot of contestants this season (Noah, Kaylee, Mara, Nini, etc...), but Rudi, Lila, and Ruby are the ones that intrigue me the most.
It’s the way I don’t even know who Noah is… says a lot. Also same can be said for Nini especially her rasp or whatever she calls that definitely isn’t a pleasant sound
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Just now, kclarkson1323 said:
Mac's granny won't be watching Reba anymore
Well his granny need to teach him about being humble
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Yes he’s definitely cocky
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Just now, nytsch said:
Rachele's tone is just working better for me here, Mac sounds too lazy
This he sounded lousy and lazy af
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Nobody was exciting Mac seems a lil cocky idk I don’t like his vibe so for that reason I would go with Rachel
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57 minutes ago, FloorWax said:
tbh that Chechi vs Calla battle could have been montaged because…..
aht she already going home next round I need ALL of her I can get
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2 minutes ago, QueenCami said:
them not showing any Jarae solos enrages me tbh
Bcuz that arrangement wasn’t for her they played her bad
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Pulling up to HQ rn cuz what was that arrangement for Jarae ? That was clearly made for Lila I’m disgusted.
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Chehci is definitely stronger in her falsetto but I still loved everything she did I lived But damn whoever that other girl is poor her
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Just now, allistr said:
@AliXRose @Angelbright @erik g we won!
But Jarae tho
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After watching that a second time I still liked Sophia better.
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35 minutes ago, thevoiceisthetop said:
JaRae Womack vs Lila Forde - Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack
Girl what how Jarae lost ? LMFAOOO that’s like 100% her wheelhouse and shouldn’t destroyed Lila on that song
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How the two best blind auditions are possible montages
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26 minutes ago, thevoiceisthetop said:
AZAN capitalized tonight to tune into battles
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It's looking Like
J- Azan vs Taylor
J - Caleb vs Talakai
J - Lila vs JaRae
G - Calla vs Chechi
N - Nini vs Sophia
R - Rachele vs Mac
No way are they doing Jarae dirty like this AND John’s twin omg.
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43 minutes ago, Dany said:
Why Sophia tore Nini like that tho…
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Ms.Monet finally arrived and I’m living for her I can’t stop replaying her battle and it’s enjoyable bcuz Corii was good too.
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Ohhhhhh Ms.Monet ateeee that where have she been
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Clear winner here
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Stee is already better
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I like Olivia’s tone better
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The Voice 🟦 S24 🟦 Spoilers/News/Updates Reba, John, Gwen, Niall
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Im gonna need them to spill I live for the drama