- She changed one of my favorite lines and I like it.
♪ L.A. ♪
- But it's a personal riff.
- Oh, my God. Is that her watching it?
- I didn't know she was gonna be watching it. Girl!
- When I say I was this close to giving up on music...
- Monica is watching my video!
- Hi Glamour. I'm Monica.
And "You Sang My Song".
♪ Angel of mine ♪
♪ When I first saw you I already knew ♪
♪ There was something inside of you ♪
Wait a minute.
See, presentation means a lot.
What I'm watching is not your average "cover".
This is a full production. I love it.
♪ Something I thought that I would never find ♪
♪ Angel of mine ♪
♪ Every breath that I take ♪
♪ The love that we made [love that we made] ♪
The "every breath that I take,"
it grabs you and pulls you in.
This is a perfect, I mean, perfect set up for it all.
And the fact that they're on a beach, her hair is blowing,
they're color coordinated, this right here,
they stamped their names.
You will not forget this at all.
I won't forget it.
♪ Only share it with you ♪
- Oh, my God. Is that her watching it?
- Oh, my God!
- Yes!
[Luke chuckles]
Nah.
That was insane.
By all means, each of you are so incredibly talented.
The way your voices sound together.
It was actually unforgettable.
It was one of those things
that the first time I saw it online,
I actually played it for my mom
because this is one of her favorite songs.
And these types of visuals are exactly what excels people
to the next level so very quickly right now.
Luke, Isaiah, Nada, you guys are the absolute total package-
- Wow. - Together and separately.
Each of you aesthetically look dope,
but the fact that you sound even more incredible
is just insane.
If I was signing people, I'd be looking for y'all.
From the bottom of my heart, you did the song amazingly well
and did it far more justice than any artists could ever ask.
So thank you. Thank you so much.
- That's amazing.
- Oh, my God. - I did not expect that.
What?
- Nada and I work together all the time.
We like burn and churn, play a million gigs.
And sometimes, it feels like you're not cutting through.
But then when you see a reaction
from someone who owns the song
and she goes on, "Oh, I showed it to my mom."
and you know, and you go, "Oh, wow."
We are connecting through what we love doing, you know?
That's so, so incredible.
Monica, thank you so much
for just having the most incredible voice
and releasing the most incredible music.
- Yes.
Thank you much, Monica, for watching our video
and showing your mom.
That's just a whole another level.
And thank you for being a true artist
because it helps us, especially in these times,
to stay true to our music and ourselves.
So thank you so much for that.
♪ I'm so gone ♪
♪ What am I doing wrong ♪
♪ To make you stay out all night ♪
♪ And not think to call ♪
♪ What does she have over me ♪
♪ To make you think not to call ♪
- Yeah. [laughs]
♪ You make me feel ♪
♪ I'm so gone ♪
♪ So gone ♪
I love when somebody can actually create their own moment.
I'm a female, he's a male.
So of course, he changed the keys in different areas.
That's important 'cause you don't ever want to try to seem
out of your actual range to fit someone else's record.
He dropped it an octave
and did one of the main parts of the song.
♪ To make you think not to call ♪
- He made the record his own.
And that's what I love most about this video.
♪ You should've known better than to doubt me ♪
♪ I didn't ask to go with you to Mexico ♪
♪ I really didn't need the shopping sprees ♪
♪ In L.A. and Melrose ♪
- She changed one of my favorite lines and I like it.
♪ L.A. ♪
- She took it down. But it's a personal riff.
♪ Boy if you didn't know it, well now you know ♪
♪ I didn't need the furs or the jewelry ♪
♪ Because material things, they don't mean much to me ♪
I never was a girl that loves somebody
based on who they were or what they had,
but it didn't matter to me.
And singing the song like this one,
I sang it from a really passionate place.
I love that she sings it more with like a
"Didn't you understand that? You knew that already, right?"
And it's really a vibe that she is adding
different twists and turns in the record all on her own.
♪ You should've known better than to doubt me ♪
- Oh, my God!
- Ash, you are- - Oh, my God.
I cant believe this happening. - the type of artist that
record labels, people who are looking to sign and grow
and build, and partners with artists.
You're exactly what they look for
because you already know how to make something you.
That is something that you can't buy.
And it's actually something I don't think you can teach.
The ability to change that- - I'm gonna cry.
- So neat, but still have the song play
and be moving in tact.
It sounds so simple but it's so difficult.
Ash, you are killing it.
- Oh, my God.
That's just crazy to hear from, like, a legend, you know?
Like, I don't think people understand
how hard it is to like want to do music
and like work so hard towards it.
And, like, to hear that from freaking Monica...
What?
Thank you so much because
when I say I was this close to giving up on music,
I was this close to giving up on music.
And you did that. [chuckles]
I think that that gave me a little boost
to remind myself that I'm destined for this
and I'm gonna make it, somehow.
So thank you.
♪ Before you walk out my life ♪
♪ Well, I never meant to cause you no pain ♪
- Wait a minute. [giggles]
Did they just find a way to, like,
pop, lock, and drop it to "Before You Walk"?
Okay.
♪ Before you walk out of my life ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Remembering the good times ♪
They're stage-ready. They're show-ready.
They're beautiful girls,
but they all have their own individual thing.
And that's something, I think,
people don't realize is important.
When you're an artist, even if you're in a group,
you wanna have something special about you individually.
♪ Before you walk out my life ♪
♪ I'm sorry baby ♪
One of the best things that the girls did
with "Before You Walk" was they added harmonies. [claps]
They took the song.
They did not make it a completely different thing,
but they made it their thing.
And that's really what the key to my whole career was,
me making things my own.
♪ There was something inside of you ♪
♪ Something I thought that I would never find ♪
♪ Angel of mine ♪
♪ I looked at you looking at me ♪
♪ Now I know why they say the best things are free ♪
You know what? This is so perfectly done.
When you strip down a record and make it somewhat acoustic
and the fact that it's a male and a female singing,
it just touched my heart.
I actually saw this online and I put it in my stories
because it was one of my favorite renditions
of "Angel Of Mine".
♪ Boy you are so fine ♪
♪ Angel of mine ♪
This is a special song to me
because a lot of times when I sing it,
I think about the people that I've actually lost.
And "Angel" took on a completely different feel
than when I recorded it almost two decades ago.
So listening to this and listening to them singing it
so well but so subtle and not doing it too much
is really special because you get a chance
to hear the words and take in the meaning of the song.
The meaning of records sometimes get lost in the music
and the vocal acrobatics that a lot of people do sometimes.
This is, by all means, an incredible performance of the song
because you get a chance to actually hear
every word that each of them are speaking.
You have to handle certain records with care
and they did an incredible job with that.
♪ He belongs to me ♪
♪ That boy is mine ♪
- I just want to know do you know somebody named...
You know his name.
- Oh, yeah, definitely. I know his name.
♪ You can say what you wanna say ♪
♪ What we have you can't take ♪
♪ From the truth you can't escape ♪
♪ I can tell the real from the fake ♪
[Monica giggles]
- Melanie! Oh, my goodness.
Okay, so you took a song that was two people,
myself and legendary Brandy.
You took it and did it by yourself. That's huge.
Of course, very clearly, you can sing.
But I love the fact that you went all out
and really really took the opportunity
to play both positions
'cause I know that that wasn't easy.
And you made it all happen which means
you're very comfortable
in your voice and your vocal abilities
and the ability to sustain both people
and both of our parts was really really cool.
♪ Had about enough ♪
- Oh,
Snap!
Monica is watching my video!
- Melanie, I wish you- - Oh, my goodness.
- All the best in everything that you do.
Thank you for snagging one of my favorite songs.
When Brandy called me to do this record,
I was still a very young girl.
I had not collaborated very much.
So I kinda went in to it blind,
but with the understanding
that I wanted something great to happen.
And that is exactly what came of "The Boy Is Mine".
So for you to take this record,
two people, do it as one,
you're nothing short of a phenomenon.
Just keep going and doing
whatever you want to do in your life.
- Oh, my God!
That was crazy!
I didn't know she saw my video.
That was so... Oh, my God.
She said I'm a phenomenon.
Listen, I nearly died.
Like I said, I love Monica and I've always
looked up to her as a singer.
She's an Atlanta native. I mean, I live in Atlanta.
Everybody knows her here.
And her voice is like, is undeniable.
It's unmistakable.
Thank you so much for watching my video.
Your words of encouragement, it just boosted me.
You have no idea. I appreciate you.
Love you, girl. Thank you.
You made my year.
♪ For you I will ♪
♪ For you I will die ♪
♪ With every breath, with all my soul ♪
♪ I'll give my word, I'll give it all ♪
- Okay.
♪ Give it all ♪
- He put in his key. My key was way higher.
But what's dope about this
is that he actually made it for him
so that he could reach the notes every time.
Period, point blank,
"For You I Will" is a hard song to sing.
So this is incredible that he did it this way.
♪ And I'll do anything ♪
- Yay!
"For You I Will" was a record that I recorded
at about 16, 17 years old.
And before the recording, I caught the flu.
But I already knew that I had this incredible record
with Diane Warren and David Foster
and I refuse to miss that opportunity.
Coming from where I'm from,
you never know if it's gonna happen more than once.
When you listen to it, I was so in love
and so connected with the record and how it felt.
And the opportunity and everything
that that type of record would do for me to show people
that I could stretch myself to a different place,
I refuse to miss it.
And you didn't miss, Mark, on recreating it for yourself
because you stretched right into position
and you even sang that hardest part of the record.
[harp plays]
Hold on.
First off, anybody that's ever heard "The Boy Is Mine",
you hear that early instrumentation,
it is nothing more dope than the fact
that Madison, a young black woman is sitting here,
playing the harp and it sounds exactly like the original.
Wow.
[harp plays]
Excuse me, can I talk to you for a minute? [chuckles]
Great job, Madison. Listen.
That is such a soothing sound.
First of all, the harp really does embody
one of the key parts of this record.
And one of the most memorable parts of this record
sticks out to everyone like a sore thumb.
When you hear those chords in the beginning
and the fact that they played through the entire song,
it would actually be dope if ever we performed it
to actually have the harp played.
[harp plays]
Madison, the fact that this is such a huge instrument
that you take full control of
and you made it sound so close to the actual record,
that is just magical.
I am in awe of you.
I am in awe of what you're able to do with this instrument.
It actually made me wanna
just break out singing "The Boy Is Mine".
But you did an incredible job.
Thank you for this almost like instrumental interpretation
of one of our biggest records ever.
- Oh, that's super cool. [chuckles]
It's surreal. That's really amazing.
Thank you, Monica.
That made my whole week, my whole everything.
I never expected this song to actually be seen by you.
So that is amazing and thank you. I'm super appreciative.
I've listened to your music since I was very young
and I want to do a "So Gone" cover next
so we'll see how that one goes. [giggles]
♪ I'm different now, you helped me grow ♪
♪ You came into my life ♪
♪ You're sent from above ♪
♪ When I lost all hope ♪
♪ Girl, you showed me love ♪
- I love this production.
Aamir took this and made it, to me,
fit the current state of R&B.
♪ I'm checkin' for you baby ♪
♪ Girl, you're right on time ♪
♪ Angel of mine ♪
Something so subtle can be such a big deal.
He did it
♪ Right on time ♪
- The way you say something kinda changes the cadence
that you hear it in.
For us, the old way was
♪ Right on time ♪
- It was real smooth. It didn't have any separation.
His cadence
♪ Right on time ♪
- It separates it enough so that it's almost more of a bop
versus a flow, if that makes any sense.
But that's very dope.
♪ Is still on my mind ♪
♪ Angel of mine ♪
Aamir, you're musically gifted to take-
- Oh, thank you so much. - A song like that
when that's been the same way for so long,
and make it your own, spread it out like that.
To me, Aamir brought this song into a space,
a feeling more current.
This is absolutely one of my favorites.
Great job, Aamir.
- Awesome. Thank you so much, Monica.
[laughs] Appreciate that.
I'm so happy she liked it.
I'm actually really happy that she noticed
the production change that I did to it.
My version of the song pretty much represents
my sonic sounds that I wanted to take the song
which is amazing, like, it's an amazing melody and lyric
and just wanted to put my own twist on it.
The fact that she noticed the cadence changes
and the production change, like,
that means a lot to me.
I'm super honored that she liked it.
So I'm very happy. [chuckles]
♪ Baby please can we stay together, yeah ♪
♪ What she do, I do better ♪
♪ What she can to make you love her ♪
♪ Is it real or forever ♪
♪ Baby please can we stay together ♪
♪ Baby baby baby ♪
- Okay, I have never heard "So Gone"
in almost like this subdued, sexy, mild manner.
I love that she changed the feeling of it,
but not the words.
The words are the same, but her interpretation and her vibe
is completely her own.
Harmony is in the right place.
It was almost like this perfect build
as we listen to her sing.
♪ And I love to love you baby, yeah ♪
Alacia, wow. - Oh, sis.
- You are an artist on your own.
I love you. I love your voice.
I love that fact that you can
not only play and sing at the same time,
but you're able to actually give off
the whole vibe of what you're singing-
- Oh, my God. - In a completely
different way.
I was super mad when I sang this song.
But you gave it a, "It's good, but why?" type of vibe.
And Alacia, I loved it. [chuckles]
- I didn't know she was gonna be watching it.
Girl!
Girl, that made my whole day.
Oh, and now I'm mad.
I should've used better equipment. [laughs] Oh, God.
Wow, that's amazing.
It's really, you know, validating to have the actual artist
to watch it and say good things about it
and that she actually got the vibe I was trying to give.
So I'm just really honored about it, to tell you the truth.
Monica, you are such a vibe.
I'm a Georgia girl myself.
You're truly an icon for our generation.
So just thank you for you and Missy and everybody else
who helped write and create this song
for creating something that's just so classic.
So we appreciate you, sis. I stan you.
Thank you so much. [laughs]
- Thank you, Glamour. This has been incredibly fun.
"You Sang My Song" opened me up
to some incredibly, multi-talented, multi-faceted artists.
Each of you are so special in your right
and I wanna say to you,
thank you for loving me and for supporting me
and for covering my songs today.
You all did an incredible job,
but each of you are special in your own right.
And from my heart to yours, I pray that every dream of yours
and every aspiration of yours comes true.
Thank you guys so very much.