This was Grammy #1. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is Grammy #2, and Jolene with Dolly Parton is Grammy #3. The Grammy with Dolly is the only award that she's ever gotten for that particular song. PTX can and has covered pretty much every genre. Enjoy the eargasms
@Imme_begin I know. If I remember correctly, they did the video in 3 takes. They were going to have her do all of the solos, and she insisted that they be spotlighted.
I'm never gonna forgive myself, but they had a show recently on the far west side of New Jersey. And the tickets were not expensive, but I didn't go and I'm probably gonna hate myself forever. 😮😢
Yes, Avi Kaplan, the bass, left the band a few years ago amically. He was replace with Matt Sallee. Avi has a great solo career you should check out as well. Matt does a great job.
Interesting story about the Grammy that Pentatonix won for this medley. Previously the Recording Academy didn't even have a category recognizing A Cappella works. The year the Daft Punk medley was eligible, the Recording Academy changed the title of the category from "Best Arrangement, Instrumental" to "Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella" - and the Daft Punk medley won! They won their second Grammy in that same category for their arrangement of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - an instrumental piece with no lyrics, performed by a vocal group with no instruments. Their third Grammy was for "Best Performance, Country Duo/Group" for their collaboration with Dolly Parton on her huge hit Jolene - which she had never won a Grammy for prior to their collaboration!
There's a man named Ben Bram; Scott met him in 2010, when Ben was a coach on NBC's a cappella competition show named _"The Sing-Off,"_ and in many ways Ben inspired the beginning of Pentatonix. Ben is now a member of the Pentatonix team, and is sometimes referred to by pentaholics as "the sixth member of Pentatonix." The Grammy for this medley was in the category "Best Arrangement Instrumental Or A Cappella" (which had previously just been "Best Arrangement Instrumental" - they had to change the category's name just to nominate Pentatonix). The arrangers of this song are listed as Pentatonix and Ben Bram, and Ben Bram shares the Grammy. Ben seems to do the heavy lifting when it comes to arranging for Pentatonix, but because each singer knows his or her own voice best each of them is involved in arranging.
OMG I have so many funny memories of this music in the late 90th and early 2000 when I was out in the weekend and party 🎉 🎊 🎉 😂 Best music ever. 👍 Best regards from Norway 🇳🇴
More Pentatonix please. They arrange by themselves and in collaboration with Ben Bram. I've seen this at least one hundred times and I still find new things to see or hear.
You should see them do this live in their Hollywood Bowl 2022 performance. There is also another live performance just standing in a room doing it without microphones.
This song was done with the original members, Scott, (White hair), Avi, (bass, with beard), Kirsty, (blue hair), and Mitch, with the beatboxer, Kevin, only one without contacts, eyes couldn't take it)
Pentatonix They won The Sing Off in 2011. They made a guest starring appearance on America′s Got Talent as non−competitors a couple of years after that. The founding members are:- Scott Hoying (tall blond guy, natural baritone but has an impressive five−to−six octave range, can go all the way up to high tenor and down to bass, sings the bass lines when the usual bass singer takes the lead);
Kirstin "Kirstie" (Rhymes with "Thirsty") Maldonado (the only female member, natural mezzo soprano, but can go down to low alto and as high as upper soprano, also can sing in whistle notes that are off the scale); For a time in 2018 between the group’s tours, had the female lead on Broadway in the production of “Kinky Boots”. Mitch Grassi (a true contra−tenor, can hit high notes in his chest voice with ease and go WAY higher in his falsetto, also with ease); Avriel "Avi" Kaplan (dark beard and long hair), true basso profundo, trained as an opera singer, also can go up into the tenor range; and Kevin "KO" Olusola (beatboxer extraordinaire, also is a world−class cellist who plays cello on some of their songs, has a beautiful high tenor voice and gets occasional lead vocal solos as well, graduated pre−med from Yale and speaks several languages including Mandarin Chinese). Kirstie, Scott & Mitch grew up together in Arlington, Texas, and began performing together as children in local youth musical theater. They ended up in high school together and performed in the choir. While there, they formed an a cappella group called The Trio which had several performance videos go viral on RUclips, most notably a cover of Lady Gaga′s "Telephone". The three of them are best friends and consider themselves to be almost siblings. Scott & Kirstie (who were a class year ahead of Mitch) both graduated high school in 2010 and went their separate ways to different colleges, Scott at USC and Kirstie at Oklahoma. While at USC, Scott joined a USC−based a cappella group called the SoCal VoCals, where he met alumnus Ben Bram, who was now an arranger and vocal coach for the NBC TV show The Sing Off, an a cappella competition show. Ben convinced Scott to get The Trio to audition for the show. The three reunited (Mitch had to skip high school graduation ceremonies to go) in Los Angeles for the audition. They found out that the rules had changed, so they needed at least five members to audition. Ben put them together with Avi (a native of Visalia, California), who he knew from Avi′s performing days at Mount San Antonio College in California. They found Kevin (from Kentucky) through one of his RUclips videos that had gone viral featuring him playing the cello and beatboxing at the same time, a talent that Kevin coined as "Cello−Boxing". Kevin arrived in Los Angeles literally the day before the audition! Scott came up with the name "Pentatonix" after the pentatonic scale. They performed a re−arrangement of "The Telephone" for the audition and passed, despite having been together as a five−piece group for less that 24 hours! They won The Sing Off that season (all of the performances are available on RUclips), in which they received a substantial cash prize AND a record contract with Epic Records. They pooled their prize winnings together and all moved to Los Angeles, and all got apartments right next door to each other in the same building. But just a week later, Epic dropped them because the marketing people didn′t think an a cappella group could sell records. Instead of giving up, they were determined and began recording their own songs on RUclips, hiring Ben Bram as their producer and arranger. These usually consisted of the five of them sitting on a couch and performing cover songs live. Several of the videos went viral, and Sony (the parent company of Epic) decided to give them another chance by placing them on one of their smaller labels, Madison Gate. They released two secular EPs and one Christmas EP on Madison Gate, all of which were strong sellers. But when their cove r of a medley of songs by Daft Punk not only went super−viral, but also won them their first Grammy, they were promoted all the way up to RCA Records, Sony′s top label. They began writing and producing their own songs in addition to their covers, began putting out a Christmas album just about annually (which has become their best−selling genre), and have had multi−platinum album sales, sold−out world tours, and have won two additional Grammys. Avi began getting burned out with all of the touring and heavy recording schedule, was suffering from anxiety and personal problems, and learned that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He announced he was departing from the group and taking some time away from the music industry. Matt Sallee (from Baltimore) joined them in September 2017. He did only become official when they renewed their RCA contract in February 2018, but he recorded with them in September as a featured artist and went on their Christmas tour as a featured artist, as well. When he attended the audition for the group, he had already mastered the Bass part for most if not all their past catalogue. He was successful and has proved that he fits in well with the group. If you think there have been other changes to the line up - look again. This is the ONLY change. Kirstie and Mitch are like chameleons and change looks frequently. After a year away from music, Avi has now returned as a phenomenal solo artist in the Folk/Americana/Roots genre. Ben Bram has been in charge of their production, including arranging and directing from the beginning. He is often referred to as the sixth member. Scott and Kevin are major players in the arrangements, but every member contributes. A good watch is "The Recording of Evergreen" where a camera was invited into the studio for the second week of recording/ Also, all members are songwriters for both Pentatonix and their own solo work. Ed Boyer who mixes everything of theirs (even the HWB Livestream) is the one who pulled Ben Bram into the sing off in the first place. They have Grammy wins for Daft Punk Medley, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Jolene featuring Dolly Parton. They were nominated for a 4th Grammy for their album Evergreen, but didn't win. Kirstie became a new mum which caused a pause in touring after their Evergreen Christmas tour 2021. Mid March 2023 Kirstie has announced that she is engaged to Ben Hausdorff, their videographer. No dates YET! They have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame installed in February 2023. They are the only a capella group with a star! They came 3rd in the 2023 Masked Singer performing as "California Rolls" being unmasked in May 23. Things you need to know because if you get these wrong Pentaholics will come after you with pitch forks and torches! Ha Ha!! 1- There is NO Auto-Tune; what you hear is actually what they sing. They really are that good. One exception is the 90's Dance Medley where Cher used autotune as an effect - so they had to. 2- What produces everything that you hear in the video, you see in the official video. If there is an instrument used in the music, you see it on screen. In the 2022 Christmas album, there are some instruments not featured throughout the album. 3- They never release something on video they can’t reproduce with the exact same quality live on-stage.
This is such an exciting rabbit hole to watch people go down. PTX is amazing. I’ve watched so many reactions recently that I can’t remember the other song you reacted to. They have lots of Christmas songs for that season. My suggestions for now: Bohemian Rhapsody The Prayer Sound of Silence Come Along Original songs: Sing Be My Eyes Coffee in Bed And their most recent - just released “I Rise”
Great reaction! Their arranger since they first launched has been Ben Bram. He is is often described at the 6th member of Pentatonix. If you're interested in seeing their process, I would recommend watching the Making of their Evergreen album. It gives a fascinating peek into the way they put their music together. The Grammy's actually created a category so that Pentatonix could win it for this track. It was made with only about $400. The only member change since 2011 has been Avi Kaplan (the bass singer with the long hair) in 2017 who left amicably for personal reasons. He has a fab solo career now though. He was replaced by Matt Sallee who you'll see in more recent videos. He is very different to Avi but just as good. He is not a low basso profundo like Avi but he has a much greater range and can even sing insanely high! I'm glad you are enjoying the PTX rabbit hole. They have an enormous catalogue with music from many different genres, including pop, rock, EDM, hip hop, musical theatre, rap, world music and even a bit of country (they won the third of their three Grammy's for a collab with Dolly Parton on a cover of Jolene!) There really is something for everyone. I have been a fan since they won the 3rd season of the Sing Off in 2011 but only got to see them live for the first time this May in London. They were INCREDIBLE live. Best gig I've been to since 1984 when I saw my first ever band (Eurythmics!).
Christmas is coming, and they have something like seven Christmas ALBUMS. Enjoy. Also, there is a SECOND video of this medly, recorded in a break room next to a bathroom, and recorded on a cellphone. If you want to see what they sound like LIVE, this is your vid.
There is a green room performance of Daft Punk’s medley. It is shot on a tripod phone or low quality camera. No effects just them. Shows how in sync they are when they sing.
The bass singer in this video left the group about 6-7 years ago, on good terms, and there is now a black singer, Matt Sallee, singing bass. All other members are the same but Kirsty and Mitch (with the high voice) frequently change their looks. They do this song live, in concert. There are live recordings of them performing this -
They recently put out a new original song you should check out, 'I Rise'. There isn't an official music video out yet but there is an official visualizer with lyrics as well as a few fan cams of them doing it live on their USA portion of their tour this year.
I saw them live a few days ago and it was awesome. They did this and it sounded great live! I would love to watch your reaction to their original song, Love Again. It is and EDM vibe and it's mind blowing! Avi and Kevin killed it!!!! I have played it for people and they didn't believe me that it was acapella!
You saw Matt Sallee, the current bass singer in "Creep", and the other videos you've done now were made with the original bass - Avi Kaplan. Other than that one, there have been no changes in personnel. As most folks do over a 12 year period, and considering costuming to portray mood - looks and fashions change. Am with you for the PTX journey :)
If you ever get a chance their is a video out their called the making of Evergreen. The whole video is them in a studio making one of their albums. It is fascinating to watch how they do things.
Great reaction, thank you! They never cease to amaze...just when you think you've heard it all, they knock you off your chair again. P.S. Sound on the video is fine, but your mic audio was really quiet and volume controls had no effect?
They are such a diverse group. They can rap as well. If you haven't seen Can't Hold Us or Problem then check it out. Scott and Mitch have a duo called Superfruit. They harmonize beautifully together and also collaborate with other artists. If you think you enjoyed Hallelujah then watch Superfruits rendition of Katy Perry's Rise. Ive seen many men brought to tears and have to stop the video to compose themselves to even speak for the reaction. Welcome to the world of PTX. They never disappoint. I've subscribed just to watch your reactions. So keep them coming PLEASE AND THANK YOU!!!
There are 5. The "new" member is actually the first Bass singer Avi Kaplan who left the group a few years ago. He was rwplaced by Matt Sallee. The beauty is Kirstie Maldanado. Baritone is Scott Hoying. Tenor Mitch Grassy and the Beat boxer is Kevin Olusola. I recommend reading about them online. Their story is a wonderful one. How they began ( the founders Kirstie Scott and Mitch) how they recruited Avi and Kevin to complete the 5 minimum member group to compete on the acapella completion show The Sing Off. I also recommend starting with the earlist videos to see how much they have grown and evolved over the past decade. A few recommendations...Bohemian Rhapsody, Cant Hold Us, Hallelujah, The Prayer, and my favorite Aha Singapore Star Vista. But before listening to the last one you may want to gwt to know them better. Mitch is phenomenal as is Avi. They all are outstanding in their right to be honest. Welcome to the Pentaholics. You're in for a real treat!!!!
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The only member left the group was Avi for personal reasons in 2017 .
This was Grammy #1. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is Grammy #2, and Jolene with Dolly Parton is Grammy #3. The Grammy with Dolly is the only award that she's ever gotten for that particular song. PTX can and has covered pretty much every genre. Enjoy the eargasms
That Dolly fact is crazy!
@Imme_begin I know. If I remember correctly, they did the video in 3 takes. They were going to have her do all of the solos, and she insisted that they be spotlighted.
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy always blows my mind. A song without words, performed by a band without instruments. Insanity.
I'm never gonna forgive myself, but they had a show recently on the far west side of New Jersey. And the tickets were not expensive, but I didn't go and I'm probably gonna hate myself forever. 😮😢
Yes, Avi Kaplan, the bass, left the band a few years ago amically. He was replace with Matt Sallee. Avi has a great solo career you should check out as well. Matt does a great job.
Yes please check out Avi's solo stuff so good!!!!
Hey Alex. Im a Pentaholic (aka fan) & have been for a long while.😊 You might hear Kevin's reverb.
LOL "The beat's" name is Kevin, and he's a genius.
Interesting story about the Grammy that Pentatonix won for this medley. Previously the Recording Academy didn't even have a category recognizing A Cappella works. The year the Daft Punk medley was eligible, the Recording Academy changed the title of the category from "Best Arrangement, Instrumental" to "Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella" - and the Daft Punk medley won!
They won their second Grammy in that same category for their arrangement of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - an instrumental piece with no lyrics, performed by a vocal group with no instruments.
Their third Grammy was for "Best Performance, Country Duo/Group" for their collaboration with Dolly Parton on her huge hit Jolene - which she had never won a Grammy for prior to their collaboration!
Try Avi Kaplan's solo music. Je was the bass for PTX. Hos songs are great.
There's a man named Ben Bram; Scott met him in 2010, when Ben was a coach on NBC's a cappella competition show named _"The Sing-Off,"_ and in many ways Ben inspired the beginning of Pentatonix. Ben is now a member of the Pentatonix team, and is sometimes referred to by pentaholics as "the sixth member of Pentatonix."
The Grammy for this medley was in the category "Best Arrangement Instrumental Or A Cappella" (which had previously just been "Best Arrangement Instrumental" - they had to change the category's name just to nominate Pentatonix). The arrangers of this song are listed as Pentatonix and Ben Bram, and Ben Bram shares the Grammy.
Ben seems to do the heavy lifting when it comes to arranging for Pentatonix, but because each singer knows his or her own voice best each of them is involved in arranging.
IMO their real masterpiece is their cover of Bohemian Rhapsody - it will blow your mind !!
Try their 90s Dance Medley, it’s really good!
I bet you would enjoy watching their performances on The SIng Off. Watching them come together as a band in real time is so worth it.
OMG I have so many funny memories of this music in the late 90th and early 2000 when I was out in the weekend and party 🎉 🎊 🎉 😂 Best music ever. 👍 Best regards from Norway 🇳🇴
The beat boxing and deep voice sounds are incredible but their voice are amazing too x x Just WOWWW
More Pentatonix please. They arrange by themselves and in collaboration with Ben Bram. I've seen this at least one hundred times and I still find new things to see or hear.
You should see them do this live in their Hollywood Bowl 2022 performance. There is also another live performance just standing in a room doing it without microphones.
This song was done with the original members, Scott, (White hair), Avi, (bass, with beard), Kirsty, (blue hair), and Mitch, with the beatboxer, Kevin, only one without contacts, eyes couldn't take it)
Pentatonix
They won The Sing Off in 2011. They made a guest starring appearance on America′s Got Talent as non−competitors a couple of years after that.
The founding members are:-
Scott Hoying (tall blond guy, natural baritone but has an impressive five−to−six octave range, can go all the way up to high tenor and down to bass, sings the bass lines when the usual bass singer takes the lead);
Kirstin "Kirstie" (Rhymes with "Thirsty") Maldonado (the only female member, natural mezzo soprano, but can go down to low alto and as high as upper soprano, also can sing in whistle notes that are off the scale); For a time in 2018 between the group’s tours, had the female lead on Broadway in the production of “Kinky Boots”.
Mitch Grassi (a true contra−tenor, can hit high notes in his chest voice with ease and go WAY higher in his falsetto, also with ease);
Avriel "Avi" Kaplan (dark beard and long hair), true basso profundo, trained as an opera singer, also can go up into the tenor range; and
Kevin "KO" Olusola (beatboxer extraordinaire, also is a world−class cellist who plays cello on some of their songs, has a beautiful high tenor voice and gets occasional lead vocal solos as well, graduated pre−med from Yale and speaks several languages including Mandarin Chinese).
Kirstie, Scott & Mitch grew up together in Arlington, Texas, and began performing together as children in local youth musical theater. They ended up in high school together and performed in the choir. While there, they formed an a cappella group called The Trio which had several performance videos go viral on RUclips, most notably a cover of Lady Gaga′s "Telephone". The three of them are best friends and consider themselves to be almost siblings.
Scott & Kirstie (who were a class year ahead of Mitch) both graduated high school in 2010 and went their separate ways to different colleges, Scott at USC and Kirstie at Oklahoma.
While at USC, Scott joined a USC−based a cappella group called the SoCal VoCals, where he met alumnus Ben Bram, who was now an arranger and vocal coach for the NBC TV show The Sing Off, an a cappella competition show. Ben convinced Scott to get The Trio to audition for the show. The three reunited (Mitch had to skip high school graduation ceremonies to go) in Los Angeles for the audition.
They found out that the rules had changed, so they needed at least five members to audition. Ben put them together with Avi (a native of Visalia, California), who he knew from Avi′s performing days at Mount San Antonio College in California. They found Kevin (from Kentucky) through one of his RUclips videos that had gone viral featuring him playing the cello and beatboxing at the same time, a talent that Kevin coined as "Cello−Boxing".
Kevin arrived in Los Angeles literally the day before the audition! Scott came up with the name "Pentatonix" after the pentatonic scale. They performed a re−arrangement of "The Telephone" for the audition and passed, despite having been together as a five−piece group for less that 24 hours!
They won The Sing Off that season (all of the performances are available on RUclips), in which they received a substantial cash prize AND a record contract with Epic Records. They pooled their prize winnings together and all moved to Los Angeles, and all got apartments right next door to each other in the same building.
But just a week later, Epic dropped them because the marketing people didn′t think an a cappella group could sell records.
Instead of giving up, they were determined and began recording their own songs on RUclips, hiring Ben Bram as their producer and arranger. These usually consisted of the five of them sitting on a couch and performing cover songs live.
Several of the videos went viral, and Sony (the parent company of Epic) decided to give them another chance by placing them on one of their smaller labels, Madison Gate. They released two secular EPs and one Christmas EP on Madison Gate, all of which were strong sellers.
But when their cove r of a medley of songs by Daft Punk not only went super−viral, but also won them their first Grammy, they were promoted all the way up to RCA Records, Sony′s top label.
They began writing and producing their own songs in addition to their covers, began putting out a Christmas album just about annually (which has become their best−selling genre), and have had multi−platinum album sales, sold−out world tours, and have won two additional Grammys.
Avi began getting burned out with all of the touring and heavy recording schedule, was suffering from anxiety and personal problems, and learned that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He announced he was departing from the group and taking some time away from the music industry.
Matt Sallee (from Baltimore) joined them in September 2017. He did only become official when they renewed their RCA contract in February 2018, but he recorded with them in September as a featured artist and went on their Christmas tour as a featured artist, as well. When he attended the audition for the group, he had already mastered the Bass part for most if not all their past catalogue. He was successful and has proved that he fits in well with the group.
If you think there have been other changes to the line up - look again. This is the ONLY change. Kirstie and Mitch are like chameleons and change looks frequently.
After a year away from music, Avi has now returned as a phenomenal solo artist in the Folk/Americana/Roots genre.
Ben Bram has been in charge of their production, including arranging and directing from the beginning. He is often referred to as the sixth member. Scott and Kevin are major players in the arrangements, but every member contributes. A good watch is "The Recording of Evergreen" where a camera was invited into the studio for the second week of recording/
Also, all members are songwriters for both Pentatonix and their own solo work.
Ed Boyer who mixes everything of theirs (even the HWB Livestream) is the one who pulled Ben Bram into the sing off in the first place.
They have Grammy wins for Daft Punk Medley, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Jolene featuring Dolly Parton. They were nominated for a 4th Grammy for their album Evergreen, but didn't win.
Kirstie became a new mum which caused a pause in touring after their Evergreen Christmas tour 2021. Mid March 2023 Kirstie has announced that she is engaged to Ben Hausdorff, their videographer. No dates YET!
They have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame installed in February 2023. They are the only a capella group with a star!
They came 3rd in the 2023 Masked Singer performing as "California Rolls" being unmasked in May 23.
Things you need to know because if you get these wrong Pentaholics will come after you with pitch forks and torches! Ha Ha!!
1- There is NO Auto-Tune; what you hear is actually what they sing. They really are that good. One exception is the 90's Dance Medley where Cher used autotune as an effect - so they had to.
2- What produces everything that you hear in the video, you see in the official video. If there is an instrument used in the music, you see it on screen. In the 2022 Christmas album, there are some instruments not featured throughout the album.
3- They never release something on video they can’t reproduce with the exact same quality live on-stage.
This. Thank you. I was dropping into the comments to put part of this information and you've gone above and beyond. I'm so thankful!
I really hope you check out Avi Kaplans solo stuff. He is amazing!!!!
Agreed 💯
They have 3 Grammys: Christmas, Dolly Parton cover of Jolene recorded with Dolly Parton, and this arrangement here.
This is such an exciting rabbit hole to watch people go down. PTX is amazing. I’ve watched so many reactions recently that I can’t remember the other song you reacted to. They have lots of Christmas songs for that season. My suggestions for now:
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Prayer
Sound of Silence
Come Along
Original songs:
Sing
Be My Eyes
Coffee in Bed
And their most recent - just released “I Rise”
FYI three Grammy’s and one Grammy nomination and a Hollywood hall of fame star. Pentaholic sense 2011
Great reaction! Their arranger since they first launched has been Ben Bram. He is is often described at the 6th member of Pentatonix. If you're interested in seeing their process, I would recommend watching the Making of their Evergreen album. It gives a fascinating peek into the way they put their music together. The Grammy's actually created a category so that Pentatonix could win it for this track. It was made with only about $400.
The only member change since 2011 has been Avi Kaplan (the bass singer with the long hair) in 2017 who left amicably for personal reasons. He has a fab solo career now though. He was replaced by Matt Sallee who you'll see in more recent videos. He is very different to Avi but just as good. He is not a low basso profundo like Avi but he has a much greater range and can even sing insanely high!
I'm glad you are enjoying the PTX rabbit hole. They have an enormous catalogue with music from many different genres, including pop, rock, EDM, hip hop, musical theatre, rap, world music and even a bit of country (they won the third of their three Grammy's for a collab with Dolly Parton on a cover of Jolene!) There really is something for everyone. I have been a fan since they won the 3rd season of the Sing Off in 2011 but only got to see them live for the first time this May in London. They were INCREDIBLE live. Best gig I've been to since 1984 when I saw my first ever band (Eurythmics!).
Christmas is coming, and they have something like seven Christmas ALBUMS. Enjoy. Also, there is a SECOND video of this medly, recorded in a break room next to a bathroom, and recorded on a cellphone. If you want to see what they sound like LIVE, this is your vid.
There is a green room performance of Daft Punk’s medley. It is shot on a tripod phone or low quality camera. No effects just them. Shows how in sync they are when they sing.
The bass singer in this video left the group about 6-7 years ago, on good terms, and there is now a black singer, Matt Sallee, singing bass. All other members are the same but Kirsty and Mitch (with the high voice) frequently change their looks. They do this song live, in concert. There are live recordings of them performing this -
Pentatonix 🔥🤘
They recently put out a new original song you should check out, 'I Rise'. There isn't an official music video out yet but there is an official visualizer with lyrics as well as a few fan cams of them doing it live on their USA portion of their tour this year.
I saw them live a few days ago and it was awesome. They did this and it sounded great live! I would love to watch your reaction to their original song, Love Again. It is and EDM vibe and it's mind blowing! Avi and Kevin killed it!!!! I have played it for people and they didn't believe me that it was acapella!
definitely check out their private mix of this medley with no mics or production
You saw Matt Sallee, the current bass singer in "Creep", and the other videos you've done now were made with the original bass - Avi Kaplan. Other than that one, there have been no changes in personnel. As most folks do over a 12 year period, and considering costuming to portray mood - looks and fashions change. Am with you for the PTX journey :)
Thank you so much for all your work. I have subscribed for your Dimash and PTX reactions. You do such a great job.
The Grammy was for this arrangement, not the video. But still a good video
Thank you for reacting to Pentatonix. I hope you will react to more of their music.
Great reaction! Keep them coming! 😀
If you ever get a chance their is a video out their called the making of Evergreen. The whole video is them in a studio making one of their albums. It is fascinating to watch how they do things.
Kevin beatboxes and Avi joins forces with the bass beat....
Great reaction, thank you! They never cease to amaze...just when you think you've heard it all, they knock you off your chair again.
P.S. Sound on the video is fine, but your mic audio was really quiet and volume controls had no effect?
They are such a diverse group. They can rap as well. If you haven't seen Can't Hold Us or Problem then check it out. Scott and Mitch have a duo called Superfruit. They harmonize beautifully together and also collaborate with other artists. If you think you enjoyed Hallelujah then watch Superfruits rendition of Katy Perry's Rise. Ive seen many men brought to tears and have to stop the video to compose themselves to even speak for the reaction. Welcome to the world of PTX. They never disappoint. I've subscribed just to watch your reactions. So keep them coming PLEASE AND THANK YOU!!!
Great Reaction - Thanks so much!!
Alex, Pentatonix has been around for 12 years. Where you been, bro?? lol
Recommend their cover of Sound Of Silence.
There are 5. The "new" member is actually the first Bass singer Avi Kaplan who left the group a few years ago. He was rwplaced by Matt Sallee. The beauty is Kirstie Maldanado. Baritone is Scott Hoying. Tenor Mitch Grassy and the Beat boxer is Kevin Olusola. I recommend reading about them online. Their story is a wonderful one. How they began ( the founders Kirstie Scott and Mitch) how they recruited Avi and Kevin to complete the 5 minimum member group to compete on the acapella completion show The Sing Off. I also recommend starting with the earlist videos to see how much they have grown and evolved over the past decade. A few recommendations...Bohemian Rhapsody, Cant Hold Us, Hallelujah, The Prayer, and my favorite Aha Singapore Star Vista. But before listening to the last one you may want to gwt to know them better. Mitch is phenomenal as is Avi. They all are outstanding in their right to be honest. Welcome to the Pentaholics. You're in for a real treat!!!!
Oh and dont forget Superfruit. A duo of Scott and Mitch. Check out what those two have done with Beyonce and the Empire songs.
This video was recorded in Avi and Kevin's apartment in closets. It cost them $400.00 and they won their first Grammy for it.
Grammy is for the killer arrangement
Yes Avi the bass left the group in 2017 on good terms that same year Matt joined them as their new Bass, Your not tripping.
You may of thought the changed member was Mitch; his looks change A lot every now and then.
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They do this live
It was actually $400...
plus a little more post-production
The first 6 years Avi was base, the last 6 years Matt has been base. All other members are same.
Please react to Marcelito Pomoy singing despacito,perfect, and she’s gone by steal heart his highest note thank you
Avi Kaplan was replaced by Matt Sallee .
Avi was the original bass and he left, Matt took over bass.