Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo - "Defying Gravity" Oscars Performance

You don’t 😭. It was a good performance but super powers were in play.

Kaydance P

And yes, context matters with this song. It’d bring you to tears, if you ever decide to watch the movie.

Clitminaj

Sup Dee! This is kind of a random question but what’s your favorite “Dee Shanell compilation” that you’ve watched?

Azu Ben

This performance was amazing. I lost count of how many times I watched it.

Rainbow

It wasss

Daviiii

I had no idea she could blow like that!

Dee Shanell

Kinda wanna see that movie now

Dee Shanell

😭 it was a lovely performance

Dee Shanell

this reminds me dee, if you end up watching the substance (demi moore’s movie) let us know what you thought about it cause it’s a wild movie! but very good

aerih

Wow, I almost cried 😂😭

Daviiii

Their voices are so unique on their own, but blend so well together ughh i can’t wait for part 2😂

Cameron Brown

Cynthia played harriet tubman!!

Hugo

Cynthia is mainly a actress on broadway i beiieve in Harriet, The Color Purple, and is just an Oscar away from an EGOT, she was robbed at the Oscars tbh

rllypetty

Aww 🥲 I appreciate you sharing this Amenra, so happy you enjoy this community. I love it here also and am very grateful for every last one of you here. Thank you so much for helping make this a safe space and bringing good vibes. Much love to you ❤️❤️

Dee Shanell

As a singer myself, I stay watching vocal coaches react to and analyze singers! And Cynthia is covered and favored by many an accredited vocal coach. Vocals for days~

Devron Love

So Cynthia is a singer and has a musical theater background and her voice is just amazing, acting came later. She got her big break when she played Celie in the Broadway production of The Color Purple. Listening to that woman sing brings me to tears pretty often, honestly. This song is good and all but her vocals on emotional songs are just..next level chile lmao

Devron Love

Dee I’m very grateful for this community and grateful for your vids. Especially knowing how much effort and time this probably takes from you. I have very bad anxiety and this community and your videos are what helps me get by and is very therapeutic for me. The laughs, everything about this community you’ve built and your videos. So I just want to say thank you for what you do and I really appreciate everything that you do for us. Much love 🙂

Amenra Malone

Yeah I said they’re tattoos lol they’re inspired by henna. But yeah I don’t personally like them either but hey, it’s her hand, she gotta look at that everyday 😂

Dee Shanell

Girl Why is that NOT henna… thats Ariana’s tattoos they just ugly LOL

Hugo

All I know about Cynthia is that she sung Stand Up and that's where my knowledge starts and ends

CeCe

Thank you for uploading on your patreon ❤️🥰 Lawwrd this week has been super draining.

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Louis

The lies you tell

Myshawn McCoy

What Danny said!!! You better delete that part real quick😂👀

clarence.

CHILLS and goosebumps every time Cynthia sings. 🔥🤌🏾✨ Also I REALLY dont get how people can compare Doja Cat's performance to this. They sang a different song??? Are you dumb??? make it make sense please😂😂😂😂 Also Doja sounded ''meh'' she even said it herself on her insta. Why even comment if you are talking about a totally different subject🤡

clarence.

Yes, I was obsessed with those type of videos!😅 They still happen nowadays but there not generally as popular as they were back a few years ago!

Josh Middleton

lisa wasn’t singing live, and doja sounded a mess.. how?

kevoxx

defying gravity is also considered to be one of the hardest songs to sing on broadway (though cynthia said it was not the hardest song she’s ever sung but she’s obviously very talented😭)

fry

I feel like their performance wasn’t even that good, Doja and Lisa did better

4ft.b

sounds like a request to me sis

Danny You

I’m so glad you reacted to this. I didn’t know if this would be your thing because I know you’re not into musicals that much. Their voices blend soo well together

Tom

🤣 that’s wassup, glad the vocal coach critiques lead you here 🤗 lol

Dee Shanell

That’s actually how I discovered you. I was watching a video some pop girl and you appeared in the recommended. It was in your « Dee in heaven era » when you had that blanket with that white background. 🤣🤣

Samantha Desruisseaux

I do it all the time because I wanted to be a singer when I was younger. I love music and vocal related things

Vocal Queen Yuju

“Why can she sing this well” LMAO

Vocal Queen Yuju

Oh man I used the binge watch the hell out of those. I wanted to improve my vocals so they helped a lot 😂

Shelby

Shittt I thought I was the only one

Vocal Queen Yuju

I’m surprised she didn’t 🤣

Dee Shanell

Shelby

Yall was watching vocal coaches react to singing videos? Lmaoo didn’t even know that was a thing 😂

Dee Shanell

SAME lmao

Nick

“She about to cry again” 😂

Christian

lol paused the YouTube video to come here

Headships

I knew nothing about wicked prior to the movie coming out so I have no connection to defying gravity as far as growing up with it but there's something about Cynthia and Ariana singing it whether it be this performance or the movie it makes me tear up a bit😂. It's sad neither one of them one their Oscars, I definitely think they should have it would have been well deserved.

Justine

Dee’s comments remind me of the era in YouTube when every time someone would drop a song, some « vocal coach » would always be reacting to it talking about breath control and voice range. 🤣

Samantha Desruisseaux

I agree with the henna tattoos. I understand when it’s for a cultural event (weddings, Eid, etc…) and the person is West African and all the other cultures that call for it but otherwise I just think it’s very odd. 😭

Samantha Desruisseaux

Unfortunately is crazy

Myshawn McCoy

Dee, as you said, this performance holds a lot of weight and meaning for those of us who grew up watching the Wizard of OZ/The Wiz and have seen Wicked both on stage and on film. As you said, the songs themselves are very much musical theatre showtunes. The Disney song 'LET IT GO' was based o Defying Gravity. Idina Menzel sang both. So that's where the Disney feel comes from. Also really loved the way Ari looked at Cynthia.

BNH

Such a beautiful performance! Made me tear up a bit!

Josh Middleton

😂 it’s ginormous! They definitely see it, people just like to play in my face which is why I’m showing no mercy with the block lol

Dee Shanell

Explained it much better than I did.

Chet Kincaid

This was thee moment of the entire show. Cynthia was in the Broadway version of “The Color Purple” then moved onto onscreen acting.

Chet Kincaid

Their vocals brought me to tears it was sooo good!! You definitely have to have seen the musical to really enjoy the song but this was a great performance

Imani Anderson

dee i’ll provide some context for you lmaoo 😭 the first song was “somewhere over the rainbow” from the original wizard of oz. the second song was “home” from the wiz. essentially they were paying homage to the films that came before wicked. cynthia actually rose to fame in the theater community before this for playing celie in the color purple on broadway, where she won a tony, a grammy, and an emmy for that performance alone. there are actually performances of it on youtube its insane. if she would’ve won at the oscars, she would be an EGOT. she was actually a superstar in the broadway community before this, so the film has actually exposed her to a whole new audience. wicked itself is also a massively popular broadway play that has been playing for many years, well over 20 i believe, which is why so many people were geeked about the film. if you made it to the end of this then congratulations 😭

JoJo

The mixture of oz adaptations>>>>

Kendall

Hey if she like it, I love it 😂 I don’t understand wanting the permanent henna though lol

Dee Shanell

Unrelated but I just can’t help but think do people really not see that big ass paragraph right next to your head in every video? 😂 But yeah that Cynthia is something else

Shervier

Oh right! That’s where I remember her from. I didn’t see the movie but I recall her from the trailers

Dee Shanell

Thank you! It’s a struggle sometimes but can’t leave yall hanging for too long lol

Dee Shanell

SHES ready for her mind reading🤣

Blue vfx

Heyy thanks babes. Indeed they were!

Dee Shanell

She was on the movie Harriet playing Harriet Tubman and singing the theme "Stand up"

sam

😂

Dee Shanell

Those tattoos on Ari are real unfortunately 😭🙏🏽

Jay

Cynthia played Harriet in the Harriet movie. She really showed her vocal ability in her song “Stand Up”. That lady can BLOW‼️

Trevion

The Natalie pfp is taking me OUT 🤣💀

Mr. Squidward

we appreciate you keeping the content going even out the country seriously!!

Yusuf

Musicals are usually hit or misses for me but I really enjoyed Wicked and I’m excited for part 2!! It’s definitely in my top 3 movies of 2024 along with the Substance with Demi and Smile 2 with Naomi. And the 2 songs they sang in the beginning were songs from the wizard of oz and the wiz.

Mr. Squidward

The first two songs aren’t from wicked 😭

Donnie

Hi Dee, looking good as usual. They were serving vocals!

Cam.

Dee sitting on a whole ass throne looks just right 😭

Gian Luca