No ma'am. These songs are a minute fifty tops. She uses her head voice and her natural full voice in amazing ways during the majority of every song she sings. A singer who is belting too much will usually have problems with pitch accuracy, i.e. Whitney Houston in her twenties, due to ear implosion. Pia belts when it's appropriate but it's obvious that she has far more power in her voice than she's come close to using. She's a seasoned pro at what is usually a singer's baby's age.
As I said, her delivery is flawless.
Well, we will have to agree to disagree. I will give you that her voice is crazy mature and superior to all the other girls and men except for possibly Jacob. And that while she is belting, she is belting perfectly.
But I believe she has a serious boredom factor, caused by a lack of range of intensity in her delivery. That aint perfect. If she wants people to stay interested until the end of her ballad, she will need to rise and fall in her intensity, or raise and lower her “belt” factor. I would like to see her “power down” toward the ending of her song more than she does.
I’d like to see her be calm yet heartfelt. I’d like to see her plead, mourn, crow with joy, right into the camera/audience, as part of the meaning of the song. I’d like her to move me emotionally. I have dozed off on occasion or daydreamed during her songs. I am NOT alone.
For once I agree with you, Chunga. Pia’s voice has been carefully developed by expert teachers. All the work she has put in shows.
OTOH, Lauren is a natural who has probably had very little formal vocal training.
I like them both equally.