WaitT this song is old why is she performing it? Legend X needs to get back into the studio and deliver us more bops like Red Hot Kinda Jesus and Your Bible.
tbh, this is a career-redefining performance from her in my book. ATRL won't be able to say, "she lost her range," "she lost her relevance," "her personality is in the pits," etc. She came off as super sweet and humble in that interview. Really showed respect to the troops. I think she did really well!
That E5 was 100% lipped. She croaked on almost every fifth octave note in that performance up to that point. What makes you think she magically was able to sustain an E5 afterwards, especially when she was never able to sustain that note live when in a more healthy vocal state? Furthermore evidence is the intentional obscuring of her face while during the note.
Overall, a decent performance. The backup singers were too loud though. And Xtina lipped the big note, but did it convincingly, so maybe that's a good thing.