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[galaxyseal]

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor
Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range: G♯2 - G♯5

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{Questionable Notes:}B♭2 ("Team" questionable identity or legitimacy)
G♯2 ("A World Alone" questionable identity or legitimacy)

Significant High Notes:

G♯5 ("Buzzcut Season")
G5 ("Hold No Grudge", "Liability (Reprise)", "Oceanic Feeling", "Stoned at the Nail Salon", "Sway")
F♯5 ("Helen of Troy", "Royals", "Solar Power", "White Teeth Teens")
F5 ("Buzzcut Season", "Easy (Switch Screens)", "Magnets", "Mood Ring", "The Path", "Supercut")
E5 ("Bravado", "California", "Good Fights" live San Francisco 2013, "Green Light", "Hard Feelings/Loveless", "Helen of Troy", "Hold No Grudge", "The Love Club", "Precious Metals" live Vancouver 2018, "Royals", "Solar Power", "Still Sane", "Supercut", "Sway")
E♭5 ("Biting Down", "Buzzcut Season", "Glory and Gore", "The Man With the Axe", "Sober", "Sober II (Melodrama)", "Writer in the Dark" live The Bowery Ballroom 2017, "Yellow Flicker Beat")
D5 ("400 Lux", "Bravado", "Flashing Lights" live Philadelphia 2014, "Good Fights" live San Francisco 2013, "Hold No Grudge", "Homemade Dynamite", "Leader of a New Regime", "Liability (Reprise)", "Lost Boys", "The Louvre", "Mood Ring", "Oceanic Feeling", "The Path", "Supercut", "Sway", "Writer in the Dark")
C♯5 ("Biting Down", "California", "Fallen Fruit", "Magnets", "The Man With the Axe", "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" live San Francisco 2017, "Perfect Places", "Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)", "Sober", "Sober II (Melodrama)", "Solar Power", "Team")
C5 ("Buzzcut Season", "Glory and Gore", "Hang With Me" live Webster Hall 2016, "Homemade Dynamite", "The Love Club", "Mood Ring", "The Path", "Precious Metals" live Vancouver 2018, "Tennis Court", "Writer in the Dark")
B4 ("Bravado", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", "Flashing Lights" live Philadelphia 2014, "Good Fights" live San Francisco 2013, "Helen of Troy", "In the Air Tonight" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2017, "Leader of a New Regime", "The Man With the Axe", "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" live San Francisco 2017, "Perfect Places", "Ribs", "Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)", "Stoned at the Nail Salon", "A World Alone")
B♭4 ("Liability", "Lost Boys", "Million Dollar Bills", "Mood Ring", "No Better", "Sober", "Team")
A4 ("400 Lux", "Are You Strong Enough to Be My Man?" live VH1 2013, "California", "Don't Tell 'Em" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2014, "Fallen Fruit", "Green Light", "Hang With Me" live Webster Hall 2016, "Ladder Song", "Leader of a New Regime", "Life on Mars" live Brit Awards 2016, "The Louvre", "No Better", "Oceanic Feeling", "Precious Metals" live Vancouver 2018, "Retrograde" live Sydney 2014, "Royals", "Still Sane", "White Teeth Teens")

Significant Low Notes:

A3 ("400 Lux", "#88" live Oakland 2014, "Break the Ice", "Fallen Fruit", "Flashing Lights" live Philadelphia 2014, "Good Fights" live San Francisco 2013, "Hang With Me" live Webster Hall 2016, "In the Air Tonight" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2017, "Ladder Song", "The Love Club", "Precious Metals" live Vancouver 2018, "Royals", "Somebody Else" live Paris 2017, "Supercut", "Tennis Court")
G♯3 ("Biting Down", "I'm on Fire" live Newark 2018, "Liability", "Lost Boys", "Runaway" live Rosemont 2018, "Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)", "Sober", "A World Alone", "Yellow Flicker Beat")
G3 ("#88" live Oakland 2014, "Big Star", "Dominoes", "Good Fights" live San Francisco 2013, "Hang With Me" live Webster Hall 2016, "Heavenly Father" live Milwaukee 2014, "Hold My Liquor" live iHeartRadio Concert 2013, "Hold No Grudge", "Homemade Dynamite", "In the Air Tonight" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2017, "Leader of a New Regime", "The Love Club", "Oceanic Feeling", "The Path", "Precious Metals" live Vancouver 2018, "Retrograde" live Sydney 2014, "Somebody Else" live Paris 2017, "Still Sane", "Sway", "Swingin' Party", "Tennis Court", "The Louvre", "Writer in the Dark")
F♯3 ("All Apologies" live Rock Hall of Fame 2014, "Bravado", "Break the Ice", "California", "Fallen Fruit", "Flashing Lights" live Philadelphia 2014, "Hard Feelings/Loveless", "Helen of Troy", "Ladder Song", "Life on Mars" live Brit Awards 2016, "Million Dollar Bills", "Perfect Places", "Royals", "Runaway" live Rosemont 2018, "Sober", "Sober II (Melodrama)", "Solar Power", "Team", "White Teeth Teens", "Yellow Flicker Beat")
F3 ("Buzzcut Season", "Don't Tell 'Em" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2014, "Glory and Gore", "Homemade Dynamite", "I'm on Fire" live Newark 2018, "Magnets", "Mood Ring", "No Better", "Oceanic Feeling", "The Path", "Swingin' Party")
E3 ("Break the Ice", "California", "Dominoes", "Easy (Switch Screens)", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", "Fallen Fruit", "Flashing Lights" live Philadelphia 2014, "Good Fights" live San Francisco 2013, "Green Light", "Helen of Troy", "Hold My Liquor" live iHeartRadio Concert 2013, "Hold No Grudge", "In the Air Tonight" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2017, "Ladder Song", "Leader of a New Regime", "Life on Mars" live Brit Awards 2016, "The Louvre", "The Man With the Axe", "The Path", "Ribs", "Sober", "Solo" live Vancouver 2018, "Stoned at the Nail Salon", "Supercut", "Sway", "Team", "White Teeth Teens", "A World Alone")
E♭3 ("Buzzcut Season", "Glory and Gore", "Hard Feelings/Loveless", "Liability", "Runaway" live Rosemont 2018, "Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)", "Solar Power", "Yellow Flicker Beat")
D3 ("400 Lux", "#88" live Oakland 2014, "All Apologies" live Rock Hall of Fame 2014, "Big Star", "Dominoes", "Easy (Switch Screens)", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", "Green Light", "Hold No Grudge", "Leader of a New Regime", "Liability (Reprise)", "Mood Ring", "No Better", "Stoned at the Nail Salon", "Sway", "Writer in the Dark")
C♯3 ("Hard Feelings/Loveless", "Liability", "The Man With the Axe", "Ribs", "Solo" live Vancouver 2018, "Team", "A World Alone")
C3 ("Big Star", "Liability (Reprise)", "The Louvre", "Oceanic Feeling", "Still Sane")
B2 ("The Man With the Axe", "Oceanic Feeling", "Perfect Places", "Ribs", "Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)", "Solar Power", "Stoned at the Nail Salon")
B♭2 ("Homemade Dynamite")
G♯2 ("Perfect Places")
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Bold marks particularly impressive notes (for the singer's standards).
Underlines marks background vocals or notes sung in harmonies.

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{Album Ranges:}Pure Heroine (2013): B2 - G♯5
Melodrama (2017): G♯2 - G5
Solar Power (2021): B2 - G5

[galaxyseal]

Oh yeah btw, bumping cause it's been updated with Solar Power (except for "Hold No Grudge", still need to find it somewhere) and some other stuff here and there. If anyone has any bold suggestions based off the new album or just in general, feel free to chip in

[darby]

youtu.be/e1S9HUNoI4k&t=19s

wouldnt mind the E♭3 here getting the bold treatment, pretty weighty/nice sounding even for her

[onlysee]

I won't discuss questionable notes from "Team" and "A World Alone" (they are probably pitch-shifted), but there is low harmony in Perfect Places, and for me it sounds like a natural G#2. There is also G#2 in "Liability" it may be also put in spoiler.

Also, I don't want to be rude, but link on E♭3 in "Yellow Flicker Beat" doesn't work

[galaxyseal]

Link should be fixed now! I actually mentioned that low note in Perfect Places before but people were generally against counting it (although I do hear the note myself), so I'll wait for some more opinions on it.

['S]

The Liability G♯2 reminds me of a glitched/pitched thing from a Black Eyes Peas record :shrug: and it's very brief too. The Perfect Places one I'd be okay with I think, there's a chance it's pitch-shifted but it's breathy and quiet enough that I can believe it lol

[Smitty.]

I 100% hear A G# there

[ama]

Same, I would 100% count the note in Perfect Places. Not in Liability though, sounds more like a vocal fry.

And… I’m still pretty sure that there are E5s in the Writer In The Dark live performance (I know I’ve been annoying you for years with that, so sorry haha). Throughout the performance, she hits some flat and sharp notes, but to me, it really seems like she also hits some more or less centered E5s

[galaxyseal]

Sept 7, 2021 13:54:16 GMT ama said:

Same, I would 100% count the note in Perfect Places. Not in Liability though, sounds more like a vocal fry.

And… I’m still pretty sure that there are E5s in the Writer In The Dark live performance (I know I’ve been annoying you for years with that, so sorry haha). Throughout the performance, she hits some flat and sharp notes, but to me, it really seems like she also hits some more or less centered E5s

Input is much appreciated! Currently at 6 yeses to count the note (so I probably will, unless anyone has any further objections)

Also, I still only hear E♭5 for the live performance oof

[ama]

Here’s what I hear based on this video: youtu.be/oZEROvivOmc
1:09: kinda sharp E flat
1:13: same
1:21: E5
1:25: E flat
2:26: sharp E flat
2:29: shaky E5
2:38: E flat
2:42: E flat

I would honestly completely understand if you decided to not change anything, she mostly hits E flat anyway, and it fits the key in which she sings it, one semi-tone higher, but I thought it might not matter too much on a live acapella version. Although I think that if I were you, I’d rather include in the thread notes that are on key, even when it’s acapella, so that’s why I’d be fine with the E5s not being included

[kaji]

I hear that G#2 too. And yeah at 1:21 that's an E5.

[galaxyseal]

The note at 1:20 sounds very in-betweeny but I'm still hearing it as closer to E♭5 than E5

also, gonna count the G♯2 since there's currently 7 people in favour of it and none against it

[1999]

I see what you guys mean but honestly, the note is like 1 nanosecond of almost pure air, I personally wouldn't count it.

[onlysee]

Sept 7, 2021 15:35:25 GMT ama said:

Here’s what I hear based on this video: youtu.be/oZEROvivOmc
1:09: kinda sharp E flat
1:13: same
1:21: E5
1:25: E flat
2:26: sharp E flat
2:29: shaky E5
2:38: E flat
2:42: E flat

I would honestly completely understand if you decided to not change anything, she mostly hits E flat anyway, and it fits the key in which she sings it, one semi-tone higher, but I thought it might not matter too much on a live acapella version. Although I think that if I were you, I’d rather include in the thread notes that are on key, even when it’s acapella, so that’s why I’d be fine with the E5s not being included

I know I'm kinda late for this discussion, but I clearly hear short E5 on 1:20, and it seems like on 1:25 she does even make a peak on F5 (I sure this one can't be counted in thread, just telling that it exists). On 2:29 and 2:38 there are short E5's too