Crystal Kay makes an appearance at Distant Worlds and covers Faye Wong’s "Eyes On Me" from Final Fantasy VIII

Crystal Kay showed up to the London stop for the Final Fantasy orchestral concert, Distant Worlds. She didn't hijack the orchestra and start performing "Konna chikaku de...". But did the sing the absolute SHIT out of Faye Wong's "Eyes on me".

Unfortunately I'd left my copy of Vivid at home, so I couldn't throw it at her. And my battery died as a result of me using my sound recorder and camera simultaneously to digital savour the event. But as luck would have it, lots of fans in attendance recorded the performance, which you can view below.

"Eyes on me" is one of the most famous and well known Final Fantasy vocal pieces and one which fans hold dear. So for Crystal to cover this song and knock the performance out of the park is not to be overlooked or taken lightly. Faye Wong has her fans, and rightly so. But Crystal found a way to honour Faye's version whilst making it her own. The second Crystal crooned the words ♪ I never sang my songs... ♪ I got chills.

Several other singers have performed "Eyes on me" and done an amazing job. But it was refreshing to hear Crystal sing it, as she's a new voice to take on the song, and her voice and singing style is very different to Faye Wong, Angela Aki and Susan Calloway's - all of whom have performed "Eyes on me" in an official capacity a number of times. Angela and Susan's voices are as clear as a bell, where-as Crystal has texture to hers, which gave her rendition a nice edge along with the pop and R&B slant she put on certain phrasings and notes. I just hope the studio recorded version for the Final Fantasy 25th anniversary album still features Crystal's vocal warmth, as it's easy for that to get lost in studio recordings of songs.

It's a shame that by the time she began to get truly comfortable with the song and put her own mark on it that the song had pretty much come to an end. But if she performs it from here on out, she'll surely begin to put more of a stamp on the song as Faye, Angel and Susan have done and continue to.

I don't think Crystal realises how good a job she did of this song and how "Eyes on me" stans were ready to pounce when she stepped onto that stage. But she won everybody over and received the most rapturous applause and a long-ass standing ovation for her efforts.

Square need to keep a bitch on a Rolodex for the next Final Fantasy theme.