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WATCH: Angelica Hale teaches Cheryl Porter 'Akin Ka Na Lang'; Morissette reacts to cover

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Morissette reacts to Angelica Hale teaching Cheryl Porter the song ‘Akin Ka Na Lang.’ Screenshot: TikTok/@itsmorissette" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/11/25/20221125-itsmorissette.jpg"/><figcaption>Morissette reacts to Angelica Hale teaching Cheryl Porter the song ‘Akin Ka Na Lang.’ <em>Screenshot: TikTok/@itsmorissette</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Viral vocal coach Cheryl Porter may be a master of singing — as seen by her nearly 7 million subscribers on YouTube — but not singing in Filipino.</p><p>Porter did not hesitate to take on that challenge with the help of her latest celebrity student, Filipino-American singer Angelica Hale, known to most as the young girl who won hearts on “America’s Got Talent.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ifpGaIyeYDo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Porter, once described as the world’s No. 1 vocal coach on “Ellen,” released the video of her session with Hale and their cover of “Rise Up” in October. The video has since fetched nearly 5 million views.</p><p>This week, Hale shared on her YouTube channel another collaboration with Porter, this time with tables turned as the teen singer taught her coach to sing in Filipino.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mS9EJpM9KE0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>In particular, Hale sat down with Porter to go through lyrics of the soaring ballad “Akin Ka Na Lang” by Morissette. Porter had no problem hitting the right notes, but did have some difficulty pronouncing the foreign words, making for an entertaining video.</p><p>Hale and Porter’s session eventually reached Morissette, who recorded her reaction as she watched. Beaming, the hitmaker joined Hale in cheering for Porter, as seen in her TikTok entry that included the clip.</p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@itsmorissette/video/7167847232430001434" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7167847232430001434" style="max-width:605px;min-width:325px"><section><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@itsmorissette?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@itsmorissette">@itsmorissette</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/duet?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="duet">#duet</a> with @Angelica Hale <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="fyp">#fyp</a> so many people tagged me to see this! SAAAANG, Angelica &amp; @Cheryl Porter | Vocal Coach 💕🇵🇭 <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/akinkanalang?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="akinkanalang">#AkinKaNaLang</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7167514375123667754?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Angelica Hale">♬ original sound - Angelica Hale</a></section></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Porter vowed to do better, telling Hale, “I’m going to make you proud!”</p><p>Turning to the camera, she quipped, “I’m going to make the Philippines proud of me!”</p><div><strong>Related videos:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2166104" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WbQj8SW0pbo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Hale and Porter’s session eventually reached Morissette, who recorded her reaction as she watched.