Katy Perry - Firework - Live - The Ellen DeGeneres Show

[cherylslodier]

I cant help seeing how those 59 people hate lovely kate for her glamoiur, beauty, talent n all she's got.... For those haters out there... Your simply giving her more power

[coldundertow]

@laquiqajefferson To answer your question, I'm someone who believes in "freedom of speech", who believes everyone is entitled to their own opinions, who believes people are allowed to post their opinions on youtube, the comments box is there for a reason...Oh and if you are too ignorant to be aware of the "freedom of speech", I feel sorry for you. PS: There are 59 dislikes for a reason.

[natoshkaa]

I love this song and the recorded version. But this is tearing my ears. Next time, let Lea Michele sing it.

[coldundertow]

Another one who only sounds good on the radio :/

[omartalaat100]

there is 56 people don't understand music

[shanks751]

horrrrrrrrrrrrribbbbbbbbbbbbbb­bbbbbbbleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeee

[kwonzxzify]

No matter what you haters say, I still think that Katy is talented and she's a good singer

[Inspiredbythefire123]

Lol... She's goddamn terrible, why do people like her? I can assure you that she wouldn't even make it on to American Idol, she's terrible!

[ben19496]

@MrsAyniaxGaga

She was sick during this performance so shut it.

[PuddinPOP1239]

@ben19496 um, ive heard her sing this several times live, and everytime she sucked. She doesmt have the voice to go tht high

[Mrsshala2007]

A wonderful performance by and beautiful woman! Plus i love her outfit

[kpmylife]

if you dont like it why are you wasting your time watching it ? she obviously has talent or she wouldnt be signed and making millions with over 12 million katycats <3

[TheChaser998]

so different to her mv , but ... i prefer this one ! :)

[Anaiss818]

Random, but she should be wonder woman if they make a wonder woman movie! :P

[NatalyPerry]

she is the best :D

[NatalyPerry]

so many feels I love it :D

[MrsAyniaxGaga]

SHE SINGS SO BAD!! OMG! THIS IS PART OF THE TORTURE?

[ilovekatysomuch84]

everyone shut the fuck up..i dont see how this is bad. stop critiqing everything. NOBODY is perfect.i'd LOVE to see you guys up there doing that.and thats a really hard song for her to sing.

[SuperLalala321]

Hehe... 2:22 yah... she's doing it on purpose :) lol but it sounds bad. Probably got too caught up in the moment and passion

[SuperLalala321]

@SuperLalala321 she moved her head when she it like that. It shows she's doing it on purpose.

[MangoMaelstrom]

Pitch correction is what threw the first chorus off. It made her wrong notes sound really bad. Listen at :57. It's there.

[friedmanrc]

I can see what she was going for in the beginning, but it was too slow and that's a very hard note to hit without a lot of force.

[yurikwon14]

She's a good singer, she's also so pretty! = )

[KKdog768]

everybody quit bitching because she is amazing I LOVE YOU KATY

[IanSwift13]

I think the way she sang the chorus was beautiful. What you bitches fussing about?

[codyasjlb]

Beautiful -3

[dscutta1]

I don't see what the big deal is, i think she sounds good <3

[prof32]

Here's the thing.. Any song with Eb5s in full voice are going to be challenging for most Female vocalists. It's one of the reasons I wanted to see live clips of Katy performing this song. It's the only song I know of that she's done with a pretty high belt on the chorus (albeit I'm not really familiar with all of her songs). When vocalists record songs where there's a high part, I do wonder whether they'll be able to sustain it, without taking the keys down in a few years...

[xxKatyCat]

BEST PERFORMANCE EVER!

[JacksonEntertainment]

This song is hard to sing, I'd like to see you try and sing it on national television. Sit down.

[BrownEyesOO1]

Thank god for those backup singers

[TrinhTran23]

Just Cause You Cant Sing That Good..Dont Be Hating

[kidthatflies]

at some points she's pretty good, but other times my eyes literally start to water she's so off-key.

[MsMuFfInCaT]

Wtf is she wearing.... and why is she sin ging like that OMG I THINK THEY GOT JUSTIN BEIBER

[Uganda1996]

@MsMuFfInCaT What is she wearing? what kind of question is that? I'm glad to see her in something besides a skanky dress that reveals way too much cleavage. For once, she's actually wearing clothes...that cover her entire upper body.

[anskiiful]

3.18 horrible!

[pug6666]

@anskiiful She meant to sing it that way

[thinka1]

You guys are tone def. There is nothing wrong with the way she sung, this is one of her better performances of this song. This is a big song for her, but this was good. She has a really beautiful voice. Stop hating!

[tarapunter]

she is just amazing!! you are all cunts who say she is shit... lets see you do better and what you know about the directions of music!!

[GaGaDancer23]

Let's get real. The only good singers left are Lady Gaga. Beyonce & Christina Aguilera. & POSSIBLY a few others. This woman NOT being one of them. 221 people are tone def

[MssHugsAndKisses]

She doesn't sound that bad. She doesn't sing all the notes right but she's not THAT bad.

[TheHuntress144]

2:22....holy shit. awful!

[ShavanaSalas]

I knew that she said "You're gonna leave em all in awe." NOT "You're gonna leave em falling down."

[jennbeautyful123321]

Wow she really CANT sing she needs her backup singers to help her find the tone smh ....

[VegasAcer]

I got nervous when she first hit that chorus, that was awful, then she kicked into the regular key, thank god.

[abbydanbliss]

@VegasAcer agreed

[BwayPianist391]

@VegasAcer Sorry to break it to ya (and 17 others...) but the key never changed.

[BwayPianist391]

I really like this this video...however unfortunately, almost all the performances from Katy of this song I like are heavily auto-tuned (see: Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, which is even more altered).

[iPwnedyourmam]

@VegasAcer It's called a crescendo. Makes the verses not all sound the same - Dynamics, yo. This is the best performance of this song. EVER. Pitch Perfect. It's meant to be like that.

[pro194757]

@VegasAcer thats when the auto tune came on..heheheh..maybe?

[XInfinityXify]

@VegasAcer I don't know what your talking about lol It was awesome :P

[missSpecialDi]

@VegasAcer its the seventh video i see her perform this song!! and again she CANNOT sing it! Never record something you cannot sing live!

[17beki]

she is AWESOME!!!!

[farzaac]

She is so fucking sexy

[PradaJack13]

I LOVE HER!! And..some people are saying this is bad..well..this is a good live performance i mean..i saw live performance of her and there she song terrible this is way better..so..the ppl who call this bad are just jealous

[MegaHelizabeth]

i love her !

[rockchick12issa]

I like Katy Perry and I like her a lot.. She's very beautiful and she seems nice and fun.. But she's not as good on live.. :( She does have good points though.. But all in all she needs more training.. if she had more training, then she'd be really awesome then.. :D

[123cgymnast]

She is an amazing singer and has reall talent

[r77m2]

This performance is AMAZING!

The problem is that people don't appreciate her personnal talent.

[tookerhs]

She is a horrible singer, the song's alright tho

ironically, she made tons of money out of singing.

god, life sucks.

[pug6666]

@FreakyGleeky Slight off pitch is a big deal i didn't notice ay others than 0:58 1:01 1:05 1:07 1:09

[pug6666]

@FreakyGleeky I mean not a big deal.

[pug6666]

@FreakyGleeky Check that shes on key or only very slightly off at 0:20 and 0:30 and at 2:23 she to do that.

[pug6666]

@FreakyGleeky I made a typo she meant to sing 2:23 that way.

[1996ayana]

this is awefol !!!

[cittylawrence69]

is katy going country?

[Albiejpg]

She needs singing lessons. She could NOT hit her own high notes in this song!!

Okay, if she can't hit high notes, it's whatever.

But if you know you can't hit those high notes, why would you record songs that have high notes in it?

Her voice is so strained it's so awful.

Take some singing lessons or don't record such high noted songs.

That simple.

[spurs0920]

@Albiejpg no music in your brain at all. don't listen to any music anymore, if you cannot appreciate every singer's strategies in singing.

[LiveLifeDance1231]

:O

[randyha2o9]

umm.... 2:22-2:25, was that done on purpose?

[JudeSantana]

@randyha2o9 i think she was trying to do a run but it came out sloppy.

[marianburgers1]

I love her !

[xPenguinLover1258x]

And I thought she was bad with the auto-tuner, but live she's even worse..

[pug6666]

is she sick or something becuse she sounds strained and has almost no power she is always way better live

[temarisand]

HORRIBLE....MY EARS OH LORD :(

[garrardgirl]

@temarisand Why? Are You Sad Because You Are Deaf And Can't Hear Her Beautiful Singing?

[temarisand]

@garrardgirl Sorry but I don´t like how she sings........and I can hear very well.......and it was paintfull

[garrardgirl]

@temarisand Ohh, I See. You Are Jealous. Don't Worry, Everyone gets jealous now and then.(:

[temarisand]

@garrardgirl Jealous nah,....Actually I have girlfriends who are more beautiful than her and I don´t fell any jealous of them...Just because I don´t like the way she sings dosen´t mean that I have to be jealous of her.....nah jealousy is for losers....sorry my native language is not english I hope that you can understand my answer.

[temarisand]

@garrardgirl Jealous nah,....Actually I have girlfriends who are more beautiful than her and I don´t fell any jealous of them...Just because I don´t like the way she sings dosen´t mean that I have to be jealous of her.....nah jealousy is for losers....sorry my native language is not english I hope that you can understand my answer.

[garrardgirl]

@temarisand Girlfriends? Oh, I Didn't Know.

I Can Tell You Are Jealous, That Is Why You Are Being So Negative(:

(: I Understand Completely (:

[temarisand]

@garrardgirl girlfriends=friends.....whatev­er...how old are you????? :S

[garrardgirl]

@temarisand Why? Are You Gonna Stalk Me?

[temarisand]

@garrardgirl Nah is because you are so inmature...:S...that´s why

[garrardgirl]

@temarisand Ohh, Okay. I'm Immature. Suree. (:

[temarisand]

@garrardgirl Simple as that! :)

[garrardgirl]

@temarisand Woww. I don't know if you are smart enough to tell, but that was Sarcasm.

Maybe you are too young to know What sarcasm means. Let Me Put It In "Dumb Language" For You.

I WAS KIDDING.

Now That that Is Cleared Up, How Old Are You? 10? 11? 12?

Or Younger.

Because, You Act That Age.

[temarisand]

@garrardgirl -.- OMG! I was using sarcasm too (you idiot) ......if you want to discuss about the theme with me please try to use spanish..........if you can!

[garrardgirl]

@temarisand And I Couldn't Tell? Haha(: Oh, I Can Use Spanish.

Usted nunca respondió ¿Qué edad tenía. Creo que son nueve. (:

[temarisand]

@garrardgirl Nombres nueve tiene usted y hasta me da pereza responderle. En fin no entiendo por que me ataca si lo que estoy diciendo es que no me gusta como canta katy perry. O sea nunca dije que era fea o tonta o etc solo que canta espantoso...punto ahora por que tiene uno que estar celosa por eso? expliqueme

[garrardgirl]

@temarisand Okay.

[spurs0920]

@temarisand if you're not perfect then don't criticize others. especially famous people. okay?

[temarisand]

@spurs0920 Why I cannot criticize famous people?..they are famous becouse they need to have any talent? and if they don´t have it why are they famous!...maybe I´m not perfect and I know that I cannot sing! but she neither can .! well she sings better that I but she´s not a good entertainer like mmm Michael Jackson ,The beatles, Queen ..etc... she´s just another Britney Spears.

[sweetcaroline1313]

for an acoustic version and her voice being in the style of contralto (lowest singing voice), this really is good, im not gonna lie.

[JoelBlack67]

This was actually amazing. If you've ever tried to sing this song you'd know how hard it is. Katie was almost perfect here

[Xxkatyperry26xX]

OMG she's sounds SOOOOOOoooooooooo good!

[XElectroChaosX]

lol this is the worst one

[jakethom1]

Absolutely incredible performance....... Love you Katy! :D ♥

[MrChrisandkatyperry]

@Barfetta3000 your not perfect can you sing ! are u an artist you know what if your good try to get katy perry's position! fu** u

[BerfincanSing]

Lea Michele (from Glee) sing this way better in LIVE !

[v0dBe]

@BerfincanSing you are absolutly right!!!

[FitnessRE5]

@Barfetta3000 there are still LOTS of good singers around.. christina aguilera included, beyonce, mariah cary, and so on. theres many good singers. but few cant sing live like katy perry but personally i think its because shes singing the wrong type of music.

[Tacoflavoredkiss1]

@Barfetta3000 I saw her in Denver the other day, and I can easily say she nailed it. I was very pleasantly surprised. She messed up here a few times, but I think think she's very talented overall. She worked very hard to be where she is today and if she wasn't talented she wouldn't be holding billboard recods. Just sayin.

[SuperGorbie]

@Tacoflavoredkiss1 There is a certain type of music and beat that writers put together because they sell!! All that is needed is some pretty face to almost sing, somewhat perform it and the general public buys into it. Which then becomes a fad in a sense and away they go. Its called mainstream because its what the masses will follow. Just sayin.

[Tacoflavoredkiss1]

@SuperGorbie I see what you're saying but I don't think it would so popular if people didn't like it. Many people really like her music, and I can tell she is an actual talented performer, I've seen it first hand. Yes, there has been a few performances where she messed up, but overall she is VERY talented. A lot of people think she's so popular is because of her boobs and looks, but if you actually knew her backround story, you would think differently. She has worked SUPER hard.

[katykaty4ever]

@SuperGorbie actually ur rong,,,shes been a singer since she was thirteen cuz her sister angela wanted to be.. she loves to sing not just for money

[SuperGorbie]

@katykaty4ever I'm not saying that she hasn't been a singer for a while, that doesn't necessarily mean that shes a good one. Do some research and you'll find that writers have been trained to do exactly as I explained. Why do you think they also get paid a fortune. Its all good believe what you want and have a swell one. : )

[tylertashji13]

@Barfetta3000 maybe your forgetting that shes on a WORLD TOUR and shes singing every night and that he voice gets tired. so dont be dissing people cuz they like somebodies singing and you dont miss BARF.

[stuchly1]

@Barfetta3000 i agree. i wonder how did the instrumentalists do it to not loose their concentration with that squeeling pig right in front of them. xxD

[JudeSantana]

@Barfetta3000 lol. "she gets breathless to easily ","She needs serious training"

[Barfetta3000]

WOW she sounds terrible. She was all over the place. She is the single most horrible singer. I hear people on the streets that sing 10 times better than her. THEY deserve to be rich, not this idiot.

[DarkLeprechaun89]

there are parts of this that are actually really good. She's got a ways to go, but she's not awful.

not to mention that she looks SO HOT in that dress

[germatt]

Proof that a vast majority of "pop singers" sound best in the recording studio and NOT in live performance. To be blunt, she sucks in this.

[Sicvicious]

Katy Perry is all natural, she is an amazing singer, any haters need to go dig yourself back into the hole under the rock you came out from when you heard her voice telling you to shout from 6 feet under... she's not helping you, just those that appreciate her.

[CheesyYellowCrumbles]

Ehh who cares. Atleast she doesn't lip sing lmao

[MsSavannaK]

i hate it when artists or their producers make them sing notes they obviously CANNOT sing.

[fordish911]

TRYING HARD YOU CAN'T SING KATY PERRY!

[MintyandCreamy]

Why is she wearing Egyptian-inspired clothing and trying to sing country...?

[SergioPlazaTV]

Katy can't hit high notes in belted voice; she's forced to use head voice. That's why it doesn't sound so well. Her voice is more appropriate for low notes.

[andreeflanco]

why d0 pe0ple think that katy cant sing?

0h c0me 0n!

[jakethom1]

I don't know why everyone is criticizing her! At she actually sings live! Unlike some people! :L

[Barfetta3000]

@jakethom1 because she sounds bad. Are you deaf?

[acidginger]

Failwork

[talplg20]

she is absolutely hideous!!! I really don't understand why the hell someone thought she is a good singer and signed her up on a contract..

[kpishot13]

She sounds awesome! Who ever says she did bad i would love to see you try to sing this song. its a hard song to sing and she nails it everytime!

[Barfetta3000]

@kpishot13 Actually many people here on youtube can sing it better than she can. What a loser.

[Shelbyroxs99]

She's Beautiful

[BeautifullyCreated07]

Compared to her other vocal performances, this was good.

[BRATZBELLE98]

She Sounds Like A Robot BUT i sTILL Love it !

[santixtv5]

That hurts that she does not come to sing to Spain-Es una lastima que ella no venga a cantar a españa

[crissy955]

good katy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[1mulc1]

I thoth she realy can t sing but guys i dont listen to that crap but she has done that song preety good !!! I belive meny ppl s only say that she can t sing just because they heard it from others so admit you guys you realy can tell on your own cus that was very good and i guess you are deaf !

[thomasthestalker]

@1mulc1 ENGLISH PLEASE! And if someone was deaf why would they search for a live performance??

[1mulc1]

@thomasthestalker Well maybe because you can t critisized her official video.  So those deaf ppl must write here. Well sorry but i think language is for comunication. I know my eng. is bad but you can stil understand it so if you are so smart try writing in my own language and i will corect you.

[hotskel2546]

Not sure why she did this uptempo song as a ballad. It just didn't work. It's almost like she's copying some of GaGa's performances. This song is just way too good to be changed. Her live performance of FIREWORK on X-FACTOR & LETTERMAN were amazing.

[icemansammie]

This is just amazing!! I cannot wait to see her live!! :D

[itslisanne]

she is a good singer but not if she sing high

[xnadiaaaaaaa]

This was good (:

I love her dress !

[spquinn14]

HOW MANY PEOPLE HATE THIS PERFORMANCE. STOP IT OR ELSE I WILL GO AGAINST THOSE HATING COMMENTS MORE OFTEN.

[WRITExTHExFUTURE]

i usually love her, but me ears are bleeding here

[MrBquinn10]

THIS WAS HER BEST PERFORMANCE EVER. SHE HIT THE HIGH NOTES VERY WELL.

[HearJuli]

I think she's an amazing singer... but this is not her best performance. There are some parts that are just weird... and she has some beautiful parts... so I dunno.

[Loma51093]

I think she reserves her best voice for studio albums but she's still an amazing singer!

[Deathrockprincess]

She's really good! I love her dress!

[Deathrockprincess]

She's really good!

[moolegs159]

shes a singer so in my opinion she should be a good singer it's her job!

[sawkabereza1]

the best Katy's Firework I think

[moviemaker3000]

She's a lot better than most of the popular music out there these days. Go Katy :D

[coollennon]

wow hot....not her best singing this time, but i do love the slow pace of this version.....and she just looks amazing.....she is trying...and getting better.....

[MrBquinn10]

@coollennon THIS IS ACTUALLY HER BEST PERFORMANCE. SHE HAS A STRONG VOICE CURRENTLY.

[Barfetta3000]

@MrBquinn10 Listen to Jessie J. Compare and contrast. Katy does not even come close.

[Atthex]

Despite what all of the other people say, I think her voice is absolutely amazing. I think a lot of people greatly underestimate LIVE SINGING. You can obviously hear that she gets the notes right. Just because there's a false note here and there doesn't mean she "shouldn't be a singer". It's the fault of todays "autotuning" and editing that makes people think that all the singers are perfect. Well they're not. Katy Perry is an amazing singer. Period.

[labartic]

Oh my...that was painfullll

[MrFancypants1994]

@labartic

Why did you get a heart attack from realising how good she actually is??

[norcohigh2014]

@MrFancypants1994 love you for putting this video i replay it over and over and i love this version way better than the actuall version on the cd

[paraparasterling]

@MrFancypants1994 but shes not good.

[katyperryroxs43]

@MrFancypants1994 YUP U ARE SMART FOR SAYING THAT @labartic derserves u SAYING THAT SHE SINGS AMAZING AND BEAUSTIFULLY ITS REALLY HARD HITTING THE NOTES RIGHT AND PERFECTLY BUT SHE DID IT MORE THAN PERFECT THAT NIGHT, SHE DID A GREAT JOB ITS A GOOD THING U WROTE THAT LOL

[katyperryroxs43]

@labartic SHE SANG PERFECT ITS REALLY HARD HITTING THE NOTES RIGHT BUT SHE DID IT PERFECTLY

[15urge]

@labartic you're painfull.

[kitjai516]

@labartic you are idiot

[MrBquinn10]

THOSE OF YOU WHO HATE THIS PERFORMANCE. SHUT UP. SHE IS IMPROVING ON HER VOCALS AND THE HIGH NOTES WERE HIT VERY WELL. SO SHUT UP HATERS OF THIS PERFORMANCE.

[Barfetta3000]

@MrBquinn10 You shut up you tone deaf jerkoff.

[herlindavid]

The song is incredible, the singer is hot, but the vocal.. no

[tootje21]

oh my god....this girl Can't sing! But she looks hot though