--- title: Woman Singing 'Shallow' in Subway Station Video Goes Viral description: A video of a woman belting out "Shallow" in a voice reminiscent of Lady Gaga's herself has become an overnight viral sensation. canonical: https://time.com/5786503/woman-singing-shallow-subway-video/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-02-19T16:39:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:18.814Z og:title: That Moment When a Woman Doing a Random Challenge Shuts It All Down With Her Amazing Singing Voice og:description: We're far from the shallow now og:url: https://time.com/5786503/woman-singing-shallow-subway-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2f01399fca04ca0/69894161e76ad2c6b8633c3d/a-star-is-born.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1792 og:image:height: 1008 og:image:alt: A-Star-Is-Born-Lady-Gaga og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: That Moment When a Woman Doing a Random Challenge Shuts It All Down With Her Amazing Singing Voice twitter:description: We're far from the shallow now twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2f01399fca04ca0/69894161e76ad2c6b8633c3d/a-star-is-born.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Woman Doing Random Challenge Shuts It All Down With Her Amazing Singing Voice > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 19, 2020 4:39 PM UTC  Lady Gaga as Ally in "A Star is Born" Lady Gaga as Ally in "A Star is Born"Warner Bros.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 19, 2020 4:39 PM UTC Since [Bradley Cooper’s](https://time.com/5407925/bradley-cooper-lady-gaga/) remake of [_A Star Is Born_](https://time.com/5382763/a-star-is-born-review/)hit theaters in 2018, the [Oscar-winning “Shallow”](https://time.com/5536542/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-2019-oscars/) has become a karaoke favorite. But it’s not often — read: rarely ever — that someone comes even remotely close to hitting the notes of the song like [Lady Gaga](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567667/lady-gaga/). That’s why a video of a woman belting out “Shallow” in a voice that calls to mind Gaga’s herself became an overnight viral sensation after it was shared on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2805254022894754) by British comedian Kevin Freshwater on Sunday. In the clip, which was pulled from a segment called “Finish the Lyric” in which Freshwater walks up to random passerby and challenges them to complete verses of popular songs he sings at them, the woman is approached by Freshwater while walking through a subway station. At first, the woman, who has since been identified as professional singer [Charlotte Awbery](https://www.instagram.com/charlotteawbery/), tentatively croons the first few lines of Lady Gaga’s verse. But after some encouragement from Freshwater, she begins beautifully belting out the chorus of the ballad. The [full video](https://www.facebook.com/kevinjjfreshwater/videos/2805254022894754/) has been liked over 174,000 times and shared over 71,000 on Facebook alone while Awbery’s solo clip has also gone viral on Twitter. 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