What song does our adorably naive opera singer react to this week? The Cure? Okay…

June 21, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 Views

With 2.17 million subscribers to her YouTube channel, Elizabeth Zharoff (aka The Charismatic Voice) has a nice gig reacting to rock songs she’s never heard before. Why? Because she was too busy studying opera as a young woman.

She was surprised by “Close to Me” by The Cure. It wasn’t what she expected.

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