People still can't get over a singer hitting every note 'perfectly' in a song believed to be 'technically impossible' for a human to sing.
Sci-fi action film The Fifth Element (1997) may feature a stellar cast including the likes of Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich and Gary Oldman, but the real star of the show is one of the songs in the movie composed by Eric Serra.
The song has remained notorious to this day because of how it's meant to be impossible for a human to fully sing.
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That is, impossible for humans to sing until now. Check out the trailer for the sci-fi movie below:
In the 1997 movie, the Diva is played by Maiwenn Le Besco, however, Albanian opera singer Inva Mula-Tchako sings Diva Dance.
As a result of Serra composing the song to have a quick succession of high notes, the song was considered technically impossible for a human to fluidly sing and so Mula-Tchako sung the notes individually and they were then joined together digitally.
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Although, two singers have since proven it's not actually impossible to sing the song as it's written.
YouTuber Laura - who goes by @disneydiva7 - shared a video chatting about the infamous tune, before giving the song a go herself.
The caption reads: "You know the blue alien lady that sings that crazy techno opera song in The Fifth Element? Said to be humanly impossible, Laura sings it without any digital enhancements."
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Laura may've taken to the platform back in 2008 to showcase her skills, but people still aren't over her achievement.
The video was reshared to Reddit by u/crashdown27 yesterday (2 January, 2024) to the thread r/nextf**king level.
The caption reads: "Thought the Diva Dance song was physically impossible for a human. How does she do this?"
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A Redditer called u/shart_leakage said: "She nailed this. I used to have the soundtrack and I know every note. Holy s**t!"
Another took to the original YouTube post last week to chime: "I have at least 35 different singers performing The Diva Dance, and YOU are the ONLY one that has hit every note as written.
"You didn't have to rewrite it to remove the Octave drops to suit your voice, your voice was perfectly capable of hitting each note! Amazing, as this song was actually written so as to not be able to be sung correctly by a human. :-) Thank you, thank you for posting your talent!"
And Laura isn't the only singer to have achieved the feat either, Chinese opera singer Jane Zhang also hitting the notes during a live performance on stage in Chengdu, Szechuan in 2015.
Despite the two singers' impressive efforts, some hardcore The Fifth Element fans are convinced they didn't quite hit every single note perfectly.
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Reddit user u/PM_ME_UR_SUSHI responded to Laura's attempt noting: "This woman is amazing, no doubt. Amazing. But she did not sing it exactly as in the movie. The way changed it made it possible. This is the same for every performance I've ever seen of it.
"The impossibility isn't in the range. It's in the runs. The way they did it in the movie is impossible. Not to mention you can hear in this recording she doesn't go as low as in the original soundtrack.
"Like I said, no disrespect. I think this is the closest I've ever heard. But it's still not exact."
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