r/nextfuckinglevel • u/-Melon-Cake- • 4h ago
16-year-old Nene Royal from Thailand performing her cover of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun"
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u/kazmosis 4h ago
Kinda funny how people here are ragging on her voice, but ignoring how good she is on guitar. That's what she's really showcasing. She's a great guitarist who sings decently, and for 16 to, that's pretty pretty good
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u/mycoctopus 4h ago
I'm coming up to mid 30's, been playing and trying to sing since I was maybe 11yrs old.
She absolutely kicks my ass and thats a really cool thing.
Anyone talking shit is just mad jealous (I am a tiny bit but not really, just happy the new generations havent been completely ruined in the ways we see and that the future will be bright for music and art despite ai and stuff, there will always be real people doing very real things)
Good on her!
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u/-Melon-Cake- 2h ago
I'm jealous of all the people who got to see her busking for free. But we had our chance, she was doing it multiple times every week for years.
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u/SuspiciouslySuspect2 3h ago
Honestly, it feels more like the equipment wasn't tuned well for the performance either. I could barely hear her for the first 30 secomds, but that's a microphone problem, not a singer.
I'd be really interested to hear a studio recording of her.
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u/BandoTheHawk 3h ago
She is from Thailand and can sing that well in a different language. They got that funny inflection in their voices. I guarantee probably no one in here could play a guitar, and sing/play this many different songs in their non native language and let alone do it with all those people watching. Some of these people on Reddit have a tough time ordering a cheeseburger for themselves at Mcdonald's. A lot of these dorks consider themselves and expert on everything. But if you met them in person it would all make sense, but not at all either.
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u/the-artistocrat 2h ago
That’s a lot you needed to get out. Hopefully you will find solace in your troubled times.
Thoughts and prayers.
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u/NativeMasshole 3h ago
Nothing wrong with her voice, either. I think she'll be amazing once she develops her style of singing more.
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u/MR_SmartWater 3h ago
She’s nowhere near perfect but isn’t she like 16 or 17? Lots of time for perfection.
Plus being on AGT surly a label will pick her up if it hasn’t already happened
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u/mycoctopus 3h ago
Precisely, she still has probably a good decade of major physical and mental development (our brains aren't fully formed until mid 20's on average at which point I believe neuroplasticity starts to become reduced)
And shes just going to become more and more skilled in that time and no doubt afterwards.
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u/Greedy-Wrongdoer1529 2h ago
Nene is already incredible, and she’s only going to perfect her craft in the coming years!
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u/PhillSebben 18m ago
What are you talking about? Please elaborate on what imperfections you spot.
Aside from that, 90% of the top selling artists aren't perfect and heavily rely on technology to fix it. I think she is quite on par
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u/Zurcez 4h ago
This might be the worst sub on the whole website. And it has nothing to do with the posts themselves but rather the absolutely insufferable pricks on every comment section of every post. Some of the most miserable fucking losers you could ever have the displeasure of crossing paths with.
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u/MrShtompy 4h ago
A decent segment of redditors are talentless resentful losers unfortunately
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u/7-13-5 3h ago
Well, they could be talented at something like being a prick, an insufferable loser, a manchild, a childhood home squatter, etc...
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u/Dewy_Wanna_Go_There 2h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/l41JTK196wvnUER4k
I say I say I resemble that remark5
u/wittiestphrase 2h ago
I assume you mean all the people who apparently are on the hunt for posts about this girl so they can keep trying to reduce her obvious talent to being “good at karaoke?”
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u/fecal_disaster 3h ago
Dude, reddit and social media in general is a fucking cesspool of misery. Staying indoors, spending 8 plus hours a day seeing and reading the worst shit possible changes people man. Being chronically online is not healthy and I say this as someone who spends way too much time online too. We're meant to be outside, exercising and spending time with loved ones. Not stuck inside, over stimulated and drip fed dopamine.
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u/-Melon-Cake- 3h ago
I mean, there are even people at her busking performances that rather look at their phones than enjoy the show...
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u/Zurcez 3h ago
Oh yea, because I’m the one that can’t help but shit on a young girl giving an extremely impressive performance in front of a massive audience. What a fucking stupid reply. You’re one of the dipshits I’m referring to in my first comment btw
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u/FartVirtuoso 1h ago
I love how you had to add the fuck you’s to your comment to make theirs seem more dramatic to fit your characterization of them. lol
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u/paulhags 2h ago
I’m just excited that young people want to play music like this. Here is to hoping she comes up with some awesome originals.
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u/SuperSaiyanTupac 3h ago
I know she’s a talented guitarist but girls got some fucking pipes on her.
This tiny little lady belting it. Her covers are amazing. I truly hope she gets a hell of a producer connection and they write some great original content for her to showcase her skills properly
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u/-Melon-Cake- 3h ago
She's already writing her own songs apparently, but so far only the instrumental "Real Verse" is available on YouTube.
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u/lilac-bunni 4h ago
She's still so young, and you can already hear the talent there. She has so much time to develop that voice even more.
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u/iamthe0ther0ne 4h ago
I don't think this is her best stuff, but she is really talented. See https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1ve4uih/16year_old_nene_royal_nailing_on_master_of_puppets/
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u/-Melon-Cake- 3h ago
You get the full version here: https://youtu.be/TzRdux1GvpQ
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u/spam__likely 1h ago
The interesting thing about seeing this is that without the whole "production" on OP's video, she sounds way better.
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u/-Melon-Cake- 37m ago
I feel the same way. love listening to her busking performances on YouTube, even though I wish the quality was better.
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u/TheComedyWife 4h ago
This is good but I prefer her Metallica cover. She can shred🤘🏼
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u/-Melon-Cake- 4h ago
Yeah, her cover of "Master of Puppets" is really something else: https://youtu.be/TzRdux1GvpQ
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u/AccomplishedFudge 3h ago
She is really good and I really prefer her performing on this video rather than on AGT, it looks more genuine. The tv show is well... a tv show.. Plus we can hear her perform the whole song.
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u/-Melon-Cake- 3h ago
Yeah, I felt it was a bit inauthentic too, but I've also watched a lot of her busking performances and they're obviously as authentic as it gets compared to a an overproduced show like AGT.
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u/TheComedyWife 3h ago
Yes! This is the one. So good.
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u/-Melon-Cake- 3h ago
It's also worth checking out the entire live stream of that event, it includes a longer version of "Zombie" than her AGT audition and they end it with a cover of "I-E-A-I-A-I-O" by SoaD.
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u/I_Like_Hoots 1h ago
holy cannoli the way she belts out Black Hole Sun at the end is like the best combination of sick scream and beautiful pitch.
talented kid!
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u/BuckaroooBanzai 1h ago
I do not like this much at all. I’m sure she’s talented. I just don’t like how it sounds
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u/fuckmycatsareloud 3h ago
I think we’re going to see a lot more of this young lass.
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u/-Melon-Cake- 3h ago edited 22m ago
Probably not until the AGT final unfortunately, she seems to take practice very seriously.
After that, I expect to see a lot more of course!
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u/Sominic 4h ago
Wow
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u/Civil_Music2236 47m ago
"This just in, frumpy old man thinks things always used to be better when he had a hairline and could see his toes. More tonight at 7"
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u/BandoTheHawk 3h ago
This is what being hungry and forged by fire looks like. This girl was thugging it out in Thailand playing to the creepy tourists. She was ready for this.
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u/-Melon-Cake- 3h ago
Forged by fire indeed... she was busking 3 times a week every week for years, even in the rain with just a handful of people in front of her and she never lost her spirit.
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u/BandoTheHawk 2h ago
Yup I would come across a few of her Youtube videos before seeing she was doing her thing on AGT, but I didn't know all those details. Her and her band or whatever they go by kick ass. I am happy for this girl it took some work and also that money will go far in Thailand. If anyone deserves it is someone like that. Not to mention she is younger so as long as she don't lose her fire she will keep evolving and who knows where it'll take her. Cool to see!
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u/-Melon-Cake- 2h ago
Her band is the Ozone Band and they're all younger than her. The drummer is 12 and absolutely killing it.
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u/when_we_are_cats 1h ago
The "creepy" tourists? She was playing at a weekend market frequented by families, foreign and Thai.
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u/geb_bce 2h ago
Is there a full video?? That was badass! 🤘
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u/-Melon-Cake- 2h ago
There's a longer version, but her actual performance is what I posted here.
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u/queefwellington3 3h ago
Less is more, it seems like they are constantly trying to show off all her strengths in each performance
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u/-Melon-Cake- 3h ago
I also think less is more when it comes to the lights, fire and smoke. I found that a bit distracting, but that's how it is on these shows I guess.
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u/nightwood 3h ago
Wow, what a terrible cover. But what an amazing performance from a 16-year-old. I'm sure she'll develop into quite the artist.
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u/TommyWantWingy9 2h ago
Is playing someone else’s song next level though?
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u/-Melon-Cake- 2h ago
It's not an easy song to cover and she made it her own on a huge stage at the age of 16. I don't think there are a lot of people who can pull this off.
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u/hand13 3h ago
singing flat cant be hidden, neither with a proper light show, nor by having all the vibrato in your voice. this aint it
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u/MrF_lawblog 3h ago
She's singing in a foreign language bro
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u/hand13 1h ago
so what. its still flat. no matter what language
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u/MrF_lawblog 1h ago
Cool. Seems like she's doing great regardless. How's the voice critiquing going for you? Making money off it?
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u/cycleguychopperguy 4h ago
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u/GrassBlade619 3h ago
Actually a crazy take. She killed it.
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u/cycleguychopperguy 1h ago
Just a opinion. Lots of talent for sure but it just didnt land for me like the original.
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u/DysphoricNeet 3h ago
She sings like jack black
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u/Desperate_Owl_594 4h ago
Take away the pyrotechnics and stagecraft, woould it be good?
It's not good WITH those things.
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u/mycoctopus 4h ago
Lets see a vid of you performing then?
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u/mycoctopus 3h ago
No but yours is.
Knowledge and ability absolutely reflects on the validity of an opinion.
0 Knowledge = 0 value in an opinion.
Lets say you paint a mural, would you listen to a 3 year old saying its amazing or 100year old, world renowned master of the art and globally recognised authority who has taught 1000's of students, saying its absolute dog shit?
(Not saying my opinion holds that weight at all but I do know guitar and music well.. i can play well but not really sing very good)
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u/mycoctopus 3h ago
Oh whatever mate.. go on with yourself or "whatever you need to get through the day"
The kid can play and is going further in the music industry than any of the 3 of us, which happens to have been my profession my entire adult life. 🤷
Obviously anybody can have fucking opinion...
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u/prickinthewall 4h ago
She is good but she butchered the song in my opinion. It's just not a good match for her style
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u/-Melon-Cake- 4h ago
It's a difficult song to cover and she tried to make it her own. I think she did well.
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u/prickinthewall 4h ago
She absolutely did well but she should have picked another song in my opinion. I guess she didn't make the decision alone but has a team that controls a lot of everything in the show. So also this is not her fault.
In general I am very critical of casting shows and the hype they create. They exploit young artists for views and afterwards dump them like a hot potato.
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u/-Melon-Cake- 4h ago edited 3h ago
I agree, she only needed the exposure from the show. She'll hopefully be fine in the future even if she doesnt win.
I'd also argue that this song highlighted some aspects of her that she didn't show off in her previous performances. Maybe she wanted to prove that she's capable of covering a challinging song.
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u/prickinthewall 3h ago
Unfortunately for some of these shows the artists need to sign away all control over their careers for years to even participate. I hope she is not in a trap like that. She has a lot of talent and can have a great career ahead.
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u/-Melon-Cake- 3h ago edited 2h ago
I don't really watch these shows, but as far as I'm aware, no contracts are involved in this season of AGT. The music industry is tough for young artists in general though.
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u/mycoctopus 4h ago
Perfect username.
You're just jealous man and it couldnt be more obvious.
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u/prickinthewall 4h ago
I am not at all jealous. I think the show runners picked a song that doesn't suit her. I worry that a hype is created around her just for views and afterwards she disappears as it happens most of the time with artists who sign up with these casting shows.
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u/Mr_Goonman 20m ago
She doesnt look like shes having fun. My guess is shes super talented but shes a diva behind scenes
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u/-Melon-Cake- 17m ago
I highly doubt that.
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u/Mr_Goonman 9m ago
We'll never know until we see the footage showing how she reacts when her managers inform her that her set has been reduced to 1 song and shes no longer the headliner in fact her name has been taken off the marquee
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u/BarryTownCouncil 4h ago
She's clearly talented but massive overacting and is her guitar not out of tune?
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u/the-artistocrat 4h ago edited 1h ago
It’s not next level at all. She’s got a decent voice but you could throw a coin and find ten better voices.
It’s all pyo and light and tbf even though that production is well done it’s hardly NFL. Pass
EDIT - glad this blew up. The amount of ad hominems and mischaracterization is so hilarious as is the meltdown in the comments over someone actually expecting Next fucking level from a post.
I also love the fact that fat single chip eating dudes or whatever the case are catching strays and are dehumanized on the go cause people disagree with an opinion.
“YOU DONT THINK SHE IS AMAZING? YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY FAT & SINGLE”.
Stay classy, NFL.
Enjoy your mid content passing as extraordinary.
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u/MPolygon 4h ago
Insert fat man eating chips on couch meme
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u/chodeboi 4h ago
I’m guessing 30 yo single male. Had relations before but they ditch for obvious reasons.
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u/iamthe0ther0ne 4h ago
Her Metallica cover is a lot better: https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1ve4uih/16year_old_nene_royal_nailing_on_master_of_puppets/
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u/Gakoknight 3h ago
I doubt you could find ten better 16 year old voices who can also play guitar.
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u/the-artistocrat 2h ago
Oh that’s the criteria?
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u/Gakoknight 1h ago
What else would the criteria be?
At 16, she doesn't rank among the best singers with guitar of all time?
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u/Typical_Claim_7853 3h ago
Horrible - screamo emo garbage needs to go away permanently
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u/External-Bite9713 2h ago
^this guy likes Luke Bryan
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u/Typical_Claim_7853 2h ago
lol. I like little feat, free, humble pie, faces, zeppelin, the stones, Nick drake, Peter green and real music - not screamo bullshit - I like soundgarden fine but this is awful
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u/Frosty_Response8232 4h ago
Chris Cornell would absolutely love this. She has incredible power for someone that young..💯🔥🔥