- Oh god, that's Katy Perry Welcome back to another daily video, Singing Geniuses. It's me, another fellow Singing Genius and today we're gonna be looking at famous singers before
they were famous vs now. Did they get better? Did they get worse? Probably better, but who knows? So, this all started when
I came across this video. "Me singing Skyscraper by Demi Lovato" and it is by Camilla Cabello. And I thought it was interesting. Funny thing is that since
Camilla Cabello is such a like, new artist, this is
not actually that long ago. This was uploaded in 2011. And this is her old channel, karlacabello. "Hi guys, this songs makes
me cry every time I hear it. It's amazing, and Demi Lovato's
voice, she's incredible." Let's listen to her sing and then compare it to her singing something today. ♪ No ♪ - Already a vocal run, two seconds in ♪ You can take everything I have ♪ ♪ You can break everything I
am, like I'm made of glass ♪ (laughs) ♪ Like I'm made of paper ♪ ♪ No. Go on and try to tear me down ♪ ♪ I will be ♪ - Vocal run on every phrase ♪ Rising from the ground
like a skyscraper ♪ - That's funny, like
that's so just over the top Just vocal runs all the time. It was good, it was pretty good. I know that she's a lot
better nowadays though, so let's compare it. ♪ He took me back to East
Atlanta na-na-na babe ♪ ♪ Oh, but my heart is in Havana ♪ ♪ There's somethin'
about his manners, yeah ♪ - Nice. ♪ Got me feeling like ooh ♪ ♪ And then I had to tell him I had to go ♪ ♪ Oh na, na, na, na, na ♪ - That's so dope, oh
god okay I loved that. She's amazing now, like so confident. It's a joy to see, really. Great job. Camilla Cabello got better
between 2011 and 2017. Six years, and you improved. You get a thumbs up from me. By the way, please like this
video if you haven't already. Next. Okay so this is Adele in 2007 playing live in Lancaster Library, Adele. That's insane. It shouldn't be a weird thing, that a famous artist, at one
point played in a library, but for some reason my brain's like whoa! She played in a library? That's crazy. I'm stupid, okay? ♪ Who adds some spice to
the rhythm of life, oh ♪ ♪ Welcome sunrise with morning glory ♪ - She sounds very much the same. ♪ I've changed my mind,
there is no simple ♪ ♪ I thought of me, I want to see ♪ - So good. ♪ I want to feel my heartbeat, yeah ♪ ♪ Painting pictures ♪ - Nice! Okay so it might have
been the bad audio quality a little bit, but I did feel like she's
a little bit jazzier here. Like it sounds a little bit
more like a jazz singer, a little bit less like the
kinda more like soul-y singer that I felt like she's
been during her pop years. Even though a lot of the qualities that she has as a pop singer
obviously shine through here. Like the pronunciation is very similar. The big vowels sound very
similar when she really belts. But yeah, man this library
thing is killing me. This is really funny. Fun! Next, here's a little compilation called Famous Singer: Singing
as Child/Teenage Years. Let's have a look. ♪ When you think you'd had enough ♪ ♪ When the goin' gets too rough ♪ ♪ When the goin' gets too tough ♪ - Wait, what is that Fergie? No, she looks so different, that's crazy. Oh my god! ♪ When you've had enough ♪ ♪ Go for it, oh, go for it ♪ (laughs) - I don't know why I
think that's so funny, and then like it becomes
this weird music later. ♪ How come every time I come around ♪ ♪ My London, London bridge wanna go down ♪ ♪ You're lyin' so low into the weeds ♪ ♪ And I bet you're gonna ambush me ♪ ♪ You got me down, down,
down, down, on my knees ♪ - Honestly, she's not bad,
now that I look at it. It's like yeah, she's fine. She's pretty good. She was good as a kid too though. I can't choose my favorite between tiny Fergie and older Fergie, okay? Oh, Shakira. God, she looks different. Yeah, you can hear the Shakira in there. Let's be real though, Shakira was never known for
her amazing singing voice. She's like a great stage
personality and whatever. I watched the Super Bowl performance, and you know it was fine and everything. It's amazing that she can
do all those dance moves when she's older.
(laughs) But however, she still lip
synced the whole thing. No question about it. It was full on lip synced throughout. Hey, if you're not subscribed yet, please subscribe and
turn on notifications. Okay, next. Wait, did she sing "Donald
Duck" in the very end? ♪ Donald Duck ♪ ♪ I'll ask myself, I'll ask myself ♪ - Oh god, Ke$ha. She looks totally different too. What's happening? The band's amazing too. They're just sitting there
so stiff, like (groans) ♪ For one minute there, I'll ask myself ♪ - You can kinda hear the starts of the Ke$ha type twangy singing there. That's pretty cool. And, you know, Ke$ha's amazing now. We looked at that the other video. She did some high whistle notes. (whistle notes) Okay, I mean I can't do it. Anyway, she's good. Let's continue. ♪ Around the world, walk around with- ♪ - Oh god, that's Katy Perry. ♪ Many people of the world
try to feel at home with- ♪ - She looks so much like Draco
Malfoy from Harry Potter. Oh my god, Katy Perry without
makeup is Draco Malfoy. That's crazy, dawg. ♪ Christ compelled and
died for you and me ♪ ♪ I now live because Christ died, ♪ ♪ and though he has suffered, ♪ ♪ he suffered it all for me ♪ - Katy Perry's old live
stuff is just funny because she did like only Christian music. It's so weird that she went
fully from Christian music to like, stuff when she
wore like no clothes and just went totally pop. It's crazy. I think Katy Perry's a competent singer. I know a lot of people give her flack, but I saw her live, and
I thought it was good. Especially the acoustic parts
she did as part of her set. Let's see. Man, again just going
from like a small setting to a massive crowd of people. Celebrities, they're like us. It's true. ♪ You were the one who
was spending the night ♪ ♪ Oh, I wish that I
was looking into your ♪ ♪ Eyes, eyes ♪ - That was nice. Maybe not the best example
of Katy's current vocals. She goes a lot more powerful in stuff too. But yeah, it was good. ♪ That star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ - Oh god, Taylor Swift
singing Star-Spangled Banner as a kid, that's crazy. ♪ O'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ And the home of the brave ♪ - It's fascinating how
kids just look like kids. Like you can see some
things that this will end up to be Taylor Swift, but it doesn't look like Taylor Swift. The lips maybe you can see a little bit or like the overall face structure but it just looks like a kid. Kids don't look like people! Okay so here's a rare, rare
video that maybe isn't that rare but I'm gonna pretend it's very rare. It's Billie Eilish singing
with Finneas, her brother before their fame. And Finneas has very long hair here, very different from now. Let's have a listen. This can't be that long ago. ♪ Do you think about me still ♪ ♪ Do you, do you ♪ ♪ Do you not think so far ahead ♪ - That's beautiful ♪ 'Cuz I've been thinking about forever ♪ - So yeah, it sounds pretty similar to how Billie sings nowadays. It's very low volume, very controlled, kinda like falsetto like tonal quality. It sounds really nice though. One of the comments said something that "people who think she can't
sing and just whispers into the mic should totally
watch videos like this" Maybe there's some more
belt-y stuff in here. Let's see. Okay so here she is singing
in what looks like a church. A lot a good musicians come from churches. Not calling myself an
amazing musician or anything, but I did a lot of musician
stuff in the church, and I have a lot of friends who did too. I think growing up during
the time that I did, the church was one of the best places to learn how to play music. Nowadays it's probably the
brony fandom or something. I don't know. ♪ I ♪ ♪ should know ♪ - Yeah you don't hear her
sing like that a lot anymore. So yeah, I mean it's a little
bit of a different thing. It wasn't like a big voice per se. But it was a little bit more belt-y than the other stuff I've
heard from Billie at least. To be fair though, I'm not the biggest
Billie expert out there. Maybe some people can
tell me in the comments. Just link me to the strongest,
most powerful Billie vocals and I'll check that
out in some video soon. This is Billie Eilish nowadays. Let's have a listen. ♪ Tore my shirt to stop you bleedin' ♪ ♪ But nothing ever stops you leavin' ♪ ♪ Quiet when I'm coming
home and I'm on my own ♪ - Super good I think, like hits
the notes really perfectly. Very nice vibe and little
vibratos on different notes stuff. Good feel. Some of the high notes
became just whispers, but that almost just made it a bit cooler or better I thought. Click here for more music reaction videos, and click here for Roomie's greatest hits, which also has stuff like
me singing or whatever. Stupid stuff like that. I'll see you in tomorrow's daily video. Bye.
