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This song was written so that no human could sing it. Well, this human just NAILED it.
If you’ve seen The Fifth Element — and really, who hasn’t seen The Fifth Element — you’ll no doubt recall one of its truly iconic moments.
The curtains open on an intergalactic opera house, as a very non-human songstress gingerly steps towards the packed house.
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Soothing stings and flutes set up the tune, which progresses from melodic operetta to some combination of alien funk rock opera.
It’s in that second movement where things really start to feel out of this world — surely no human could sing like that. The track is actually heavily edited to make it seem like a voice is producing the sound.
You can hear that version below:
Enter Jane Zahng, who by all accounts just did the impossible (OK, maybe minor a few notes but still) and nailed the Diva Dance.
The whole thing is wildly impressive, but the real action gets going around the 3:30 mark:
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