EMMA KOK sings Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" - a unique and beautiful rendition!

So beautifu! She has such control, and her arrangements suit her voice and style so well that her performances are a pure pleasure to listen to. I love Emma Kok!

I think she owned it. All the changes that were made sounded awesome. Her hallelujahs were awesome!!!

I enjoy most, reaction videos from people who know what they are talking about, and who can breakdown a vocal performance in a way that allows me, a layman, to understand the technical aspects of singing well. You and the young lady from Bliss Music Academy are, I think, the very best at doing this, and I have learned so much from the two of you. By the way, she also brought up the 'breaking up of words to catch a breath' issue in her reaction to this performance. I have always loved this performance of 'Hallelujah' from Emma. Despite the flaw that you pointed out, it is still a very beautiful performance by a 15 year old girl who is blessed with enormous talent and ability. I'm willing to give her a pass here. She is young, and still learning and perfecting her style and techniques. She seems to me to be getting better with every performance I see. If she keeps on as she has been, can you imagine how good she will be when she has fully matured? Already I think she has to be considered a top-tier vocal artist. Thanks for this wonderful and enlightening reaction. All the best.

Thanks again for your honest and sincere reaction. Andre in an interview recently also mentioned that he has no problem at all letting her take the lead in performances and him conduct the ochestra to follow her, because she is so very professional. I think that is a huge compliment to her.

She is accompanied, guided and guarded by professional musicians and that shows. She is limited in her possibilities but she makes the best of it. She is a Grand Little Lady.

Thanks for the nice reaction. I like Emma very much. She's a darling. Very much respect for what she does. If you are reacting to Hallelujah you can't miss 2 versions of Lucy Thomas. The studio version when she was 16, with 48M views (keep looking at her expression) and the live version, an encore from her first public concert (Manchester, March 5th this year, age 20) both on YouTube channel Lucy Thomas Music. I promise you won't regret it. Enjoy (this or any of her other ~70 gems).

7:00 "I am very firm on this......If I'm gonna sing somebody else's song....I'm gonna make 100% sure that I have the words correct...unless you change it up deliberately" This reminds me of an interview with Paul McCartney where he took a dig at Elvis when Elvis covered "Yesterday". Elvis in one of his performances sung "I musta have done something wrong now I long for yesterday" when Paul's original lyrics are "I said something wrong now I long for yesterday". Paul said Elvis wasn't owning up to his wrongdoing and was mildly annoyed and then added it must've been during his flaky years. George Harrison who wrote and sung "Something" had similar problems with Frank Sinatra who OFTEN change up lyrics written by the original songwriters when performing live playing with words by changing some sparringly or even an entire line as Sinatra was famous for his phrasing chops. The line Sinatra changed was "you stick around, now it may show" which was turned into "you stick around Jack, she might show". I think it was this song that prompted the songwriter to complain in a letter to Frank to which the reply was "what are you complaining about if you're still receiving the paycheck royalties in the mail". I also often change lyrics up for either personal reasons befitting to my own personal circumstances or just because as far as phrasing goes the altered lyrics fit the song better either rhytmically or rhymingly or simply just because I get a good feeling about it. When this happens it is usually because the performer is making the song his/her own claiming ownership of the song as if the performer had written the song himself/herself. Sinatra and Elvis would quote this old adage in their defence "good artists copy, great ones steal".

Thanks for your PRO reaction

14:12 She actually did sing "outdrew" but the first part of the word was very soft. Great reaction! I agree with your points btw, ignore the sycophants who believe that their favorite artist can do no wrong.

I am 100% with you, Johan, Hallelujah is one of my all time favorite songs. I am looking forward to your upcoming reviews of the same song. I will go to Karisma and subscribe and LISTEN to your Hallelujah!! See you over there!

YOUR VOICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OHOH YOUR SOOOO GOOD

Merci pour cette belle réaction , je prie pour que Dieu facilite la vie à Emma ainsi que la vôtre à vous qui me lisez , paix et amour , bonne continuation à vous. Amen

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I don't always find 'breathing in the middle of the word' annoying or bothersome. It often gives more air to the words. I've asked others about this too, and they didn't even notice. If you listen to a song and it 'grabs' you, then it's exactly what it's meant to be. I see a lot of reactions, including reactions to other artists, and people often have something to say. But when music 'grabs' people, that technique is much less interesting. For me, music does not come from technology, but rather how that music touches you. And if it affects me, I don't care about the technique. Many sing technically perfectly, and it doesn't bother me at all.

Try listening to the version of Hallelujah by Angie Vasquez on Youtube. My favorite.

I expected you to say that about the breath taking in the middle and the ´not connecting´of the words. She does that (not connecting) too in het newest ´Dancing on the stars´, gorgeously sung by her but with this separating of the words. It´s just a pity and I wonder if she has a vocal coach (André Rieu?) to discuss that with her. Her voice grabs me by the throath every time but changing this would it make even better.

Tommy J did a cover of this so my guess he is one of the two :-)

This was sang a long time ago?

I love your comments and analyses, but would like to make a comment of my own on your slight “disapproval” of Emma’s singing the word “halleluja” with a break before the last syllable. She is, in fact, perhaps closer to the real original as halleluja is rather inept anglicization of a hebrew hyphenated two word phrase 😊 (thanks, Mr Wikipedia).Sorry, but I couldn’t resist it. 😊

Her version is way better than yours.. you need someone correct you 😂