Each day, the Bbox team trolls YouTube for the hot clip—sometimes it's a brand-new moment and sometimes it's a throwback to an oldie but goodie. No matter what praise hands are shot up, pearls are clutched and the repeat button is hit.
"No One Else" from Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Phillipa Soo)
Ulterior Motives: It's Phillipa Soo's Birthday! Eliza, Natasha, Amélie, the incredible women this Julliard grad has played. You might have even caught the Tony nominee pre-all of these shows in the ensemble of Hit List in season 2 of NBC's Smash. We are wishing the fabulous Phillipa a fantastic birthday and celebrating with this spectacular performance from the Barnes & Noble CD signing performance for the Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812's Original Cast Recording. Phillipa is joined on the album by Dave Malloy, Lucas Steele, Amber Gray, Grace McLean among many others.
Ultimate 🙌 🙌 moment: There are over 380k views on this video and we are definitely responsible for most of them. Phillipa's soprano is so beautiful on this song, so controlled, so honest in the storytelling. Then there's the effortless octave moment! The WIN in "winter" moment at 2:45, which shows off her gorgeous belt, leads Phillipa gorgeously up the octave at 3:03. Her vocals are incredible and she could sing anything. Don't get us started on her amazing belt at 3:47. And for that - we wish her a very happy birthday.