During the VMAs, Ariana and Jessie J began singing the same verse of Bang Bang... however due to backtracks, crowd reactions, and Jessie J strange vocal delivery it was almost impossible to tell who was actually delivering the more powerful vocal...until now.
If you skip to 5:30 in the video below you'll get the direct mic feed of when the two go head-to-head
Here is exactly what occurs from 5:30—5:36
- Jessie J attempts to come for Ariana by changing key
- Ariana realizing Jessie J's attempt and builds from the lower register
- Jessie J gets ready to start belting
- Ariana quickly lets out a note that erases Jessie's voice.
After Nicki's rap, an embarrassed Jessie J begins shouting lyrics into her microphone around 6:09, realizing she had made a terrible mistake.
She might have let you hold her hand to school, but Ariana's gonna show you how to graduate.
Ariana is a great vocalist, there's no denying that. But she doesn't destroy Jessie J, sorry, they're equally talented. However, Jessie's vocals at the end of Bang Bang's bridge >>>>>>>>>>
I'm sorry, Ariana might have good range, but to me, she's a pretty bad singer. Her technique is terrible. Her annoying crutch of saying "babayyy" in a "sultry" voice, after every damn line is beyond played out, and she sounds completely bored and lifeless during Break Free - and that was the beginning!
The only thing she does do well is belting, but we already had Christina for that kind of stuff, thank you
jessie j slayed her