How To Play Shawn Mendes' "Lost In Japan" With Jacob Collier
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Grammy winner Jacob Collier recently sat down with Genius to break down the chords for Shawn Mendes’ 2018 hit, “Lost in Japan.” Collier first became known for his multi-instrumental rearrangements of popular songs such as Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing),” catching Quincy Jones’ ear in 2014. In this video, the 24-year-old musician shows off his talent for explaining musical concepts.
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"And it provides a sense of being lost ...in Japan" 1:07
Well, I love this guy
Died at that moment
he’s awesome
Me hearing this joke, replaying 5 times, then zooming to the comments to find someone who also laughed. So thank you :)
This dude could say anything and I would agree with him
Anything he says about music basically becomes true because he said it.
Big mood.
What if he says, "You don't agree with me"? Agree to disagree?
We need this to be a series.
I swear to God, if Genius gets Jacob Collier as a frequent collaborator, I'm willing to forget the Jacob Sartorius and Backpack Kid videos ever happened.
Like this comment if you agree fam
NiggaTigga94 for real for real
lmao you got my like fam
Keep posting we got Daniel Caesar and Shawn Mendes lets hope they get the message
I 100% support this
YES
Jacob: is a youth himself
“I can feel Shawn’s youthful energy”
Elyse Rho Musicaly he's 1000 years old
@@TheFeriner I thought he was older
He is an old soul LOL
That makes me like wat ??
@@TheFeriner No he's an actual 1000-year old vampire that has absorbed all the collective musical knowledge of humanity across centuries.
This is like using a supercomputer to calculate 2 + 2
not really
Don't disrespect Shawn Mendes like that; wtf is your problem.
Andrew Kear i mean, the song’s really good, but he’s not really wrong
Andrew Kear no disrespect! Jacob’s music is so much more complex than Shawn’s pop tracks! That’s just fatcs..
Andrew Kear
Shawn is not bad
Just not as complex as Jacob
While Jacob is a prodigy
I dare you to ask Shawn Mendes to explain a Jacob Collier Song
Bess M great idea 😂
@@sdfsdfsdfsdf1644 Oh, boy. I'm not saying that Shawn has not a very good voice, but you must see Jacob really singing.
Personally, I would recommend you the "You've got a friend" cover in Atlanta from him, the crowd in the video is in the same level.
@@sdfsdfsdfsdf1644 Oh that means you've never heard Jacob truly sing before. Go listen to something like Hideaway or Moon River and then tell me what you think.
😂😂😂 this needs to happen
Jonathan Siskind I’ve listened to both artists extensively and while Jacob has impeccable pitch and can harmonize with himself flawlessly, in terms of vocal timbre and ambiance Shawn’s voice is just better
This is like renting a forklift to lift a fork
Jacob Short 😩😅😂😂
Best one of these so far
Lollllll
LMAOOOOOO
"That guy is obnoxiously good at music." - Adam Neely
Adam Neely is obnoxious
@Jack Orion wtf adam neely is a god
@@quippy958 jacob is better tho
@@vmdp8790 Adam was complimenting Jacob, it was a joke
hey its one of my favorite musicians complimenting another one of my favorite musicians
this should be a regular thing
this is like gordon ramsey making a whole tutorial on how to make toast
Never ever compare Ramsey with Jacob. Gordon is rude, bawdy and obnoxious while Jacob is a true gentleman and gentle soul.
çhērrÿ ßłøššøm Gordon Ramsay could probably do some amazing things with toast
çhērrÿ ßłøššøm I watched a video of him teaching how to make scrambled eggs, and let me tell you, it was way more meticulous than just whisking eggs and putting them in a pan 😂
Dag Droomer ist
Dag Droomer München Müll zyy
For all the people who said this was basic... Jacob wouldn't have bothered explaining this song if he found it basic or boring. This has a soulful R&B type progression, with wonderful harmonic activity. Just because it doesn't have tri tone subs and secondary dominants doesn't mean its not complex.
Basic doesn't mean bad; and yes, it is basic.
@@eduardopuccini You're basic.
@@songninja lol
Well, after listening to it a couple times; it's actually a nice song.
@@songninja Don't be so butthurt dude, this is way below Jacob's normal difficulty level, but that doesn't mean the song is bad in any way. Stop licking Shawn's butt and actually get to know something about music.
they finally got the right Jacob.
I laughed way too hard at this than I should have
Darien Golden lmaooo
Finally a real musician
@@jakobhanssen8680 he was speaking about Jacob...
@@jakobhanssen8680 He wasn't speaking about Shawn Mendes, he was speaking about Jacob Collier who is an extraordinary musical genius
yo excuse me, Bill Wurtz was featured just a few days ago and that guy is God.
@@monowavy yeah
ember No, he isn’t
Finally genius is showing its genius side
Jacob Collier playing a Squier is a great metaphor for my life
Chance lol same.
Lol
You’re a genius virtuoso playing a beginner instrument?
Squiers are excellent instruments, as you can here him show.
I felt validated
I never thought I'd see the day ...
Can he do an Anderson .Paak song...please?
Ricky Gonzalez hell yeah
@Ayooluwa Kolawole YES LAWD!*
Or Tom Misch!
That would be hilarious... And awesome...
Smooth as the voice leading,
Groove on the inside.
Can it be? Can it be?
I don't gotta tell you what the chords are, too?
That would be soooo good man fr
This can be the best series of genius. Please keep this series alive. 🙏🏼
lol one of the most incredible musicians alive showing us how to play a basic pop song.. interesting choice Genius
It's clearly not very basic lol, did you watch the video?
I don't think it's very basic haha
Lol, I can understand that without knowing any kind of music theory, the song can seem complicated.. but doesn't mean that when there are 7th chords, the song is know instantly complex.
@@glremusic5143 compared to what he's capable of yes.. yes, it's very very basic. lol
It’s simplistic yes, but not basic. The chord choices are very specific and the voicing changes add a lot to it.
Glad Jacob is getting mainstream exposure. Great video, thanks ☺️
Jacob Collier's explanations> Jacob Sartorius & Backpack Kid's explainations
In before Genius invites Jacob back to explain the musicality of Backpack kid's song "I be flossin"
what a cross over event
Woah the smartest musician on the planet gave a better explanation than an autotuned 15 year old... Wierd
holy cow you are so smart
The Harmonic and Rhythmic Complexity of I be Flossin exceeds your simple mind.
peasant
i can't image what kind of conversation he'd have with Charlie Puth
Zerma Siazon theres videos of them jamming together
check this out ruclips.net/video/x-bgCGjRt94/видео.html
you know when supercomputers start speaking their own language when communicating... it's a bit like that lmaoo
@@edgarchavez7475 yoooo thank u for this
He already had in an ig live
THIS SERIES IS A MUST. KEEP JACOB THE GOAT AROUND GENIUS!!!!!
Jacob Collier is such a blessing to the music world
I really didn’t like him at first but I love how he appreciates a lot of music. A lot of music whiz’s disrespect pop music and shit on music less complex than the music they like or create.
Jacob talking about Shawns youthful energy makes him sound at least 60
Haha, when Jacob is only 4 years older than Shawn (they were born in the same month and everything!)
Yeah do more of this and less of the garbage please and thank you
Iaj Namunah he’s talking about the Jacob satorius and the backpack kid videos
Jakob and you?
Jakob well this guy isn’t trash
......maybe I'm a MOOOONSTERRRRR !!!
Iaj Namunah um what?
Have you heard this man sing human nature at BBC Proms? The mic was like broke recording and he still sounds freaking amazing.
not to be weird or anything but Jacob has beautiful hands
Not to be weird or anything but Asian people...
Thiébaut Joël *insert weird dinosaur noise*
hes beautiful in general
Kinda weird fam
Maybe it’s still weird, but not to me...pianists and other musicians always have the most beautiful hands!
The hottest music teacher I ever had
I mean...yeah fair enough
He's husband material!
Genius is really doing something legendary here🙌🏻
It's really fun and exciting to see him playing around with chords, progressions and harmonies and simply making stuffs elevated
you're a drummer
@@oliverseddon7950 dude, he was literally referencing the part of the vid where Jacob goes "you're a drummer"
@@oliverseddon7950 /wooosh
you're an all star
and then you're a drummer
Best Friend Thanks for referencing a subreddit outside of Reddit it makes you look very cool 😎
Wow this guy is well spoken and sounds a lot older than he's age, which I guess is in he's 20's
ikr, he's only 24
uh you have no idea
He's the most brilliant musician this world has seen in at least 500 years. look more into him
I would really like to see more musical breakdowns of songs like this. I especially love listening to Jacob Collier break them down
Seriously this should be a youtube channel on it's own, it's the best thing music has shown in years!!!
He’s such a chill dude ❤️
A series? Nice, hope this'll get more people into Jacob as Djesse releases!
Oh my god make as many of these Jacob videos as is humanly possible
This is like calling the fbi when you don’t remember where you’ve put a book in your living room.
When Genius actually features a genius
I'm really not a fan of Shawn Mendes, but this song is really something special. And I love the way that Jacob broke it down.
protect this man at all costs pls
the first 4 chords as a sequence... i could listen to them all day😭
i think i speak for the world when i say i love jacob collier
the ending is just blissful, we need a full cover by jacob
this mans jawline is incredible
this is the only reason i watch genius videos
Thank you GENIUS I approve of these videos
I never get tired of Jacob Collier
Please more breakdowns by Jacob!!! 🙏
You have a voice/vibration, that is So out of the ball park of "normal" vocal timbre/range/vibration, that it's captivating. You are existing, vibrating at such a higher level of refinement, integrity, honesty, authenticity, it's really a tremendous gift to all of us. Thank you
Do some sweet jazzy tunes with Tom Misch pls.
LOST IN PARIS
I've never not understood how to play a song and been this happy about it
What I really want is what he starts playing at 5:20
The way that he understands music and has the ability to not be challenged by any instrument/song is so impressive
Forget Jacob with Herbie Hancock....we need a “Jacob plays with Joe Hisaishi” vid
Hahaha I also thought about it when I heard that minor 11 chord ;)
JOE HISAISHI!!!!
thank you teenager keanu reeves
the introduction sounds lofi-y
Jacob is a legend for singing the notes
Such elitists on this thread, Spread the music don't keep it exclusive!
That's what Jacob Collier is pushing. Let's keep music alive and about the love.
I agree with you that good music shouldn't be kept exclusive. The elitist side of me that agrees with the posters you are adressing, however, is constantly reminded of Isaac Asimov's famous quote:
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
I happen to be very knowledgeable in music. I can easily see the difference between a person who's an expert in music and someone who is not. So, it's very frustrating to see almost the whole of western society venerate people who are really not very good at music whilst ignoring people who are literally hundreds of times better at music. (I promise, it's not about taste, but about quality.)
Having a bad musician play in front of 80.000 people is like having Dr. Nick from the Simpsons perform heart surgery.
Jacob is about as high as a single human brain can climb on the musical knowledge + genius ladder.
@@arneperschel Haha That quote is very real in modern America.
And there are those who will choose to stay ignorant and stick to their sound but their own sound.
However, we all started at level one and those who realize that they can always learn more may one day become amazing artists.
As a musician myself I have realized there are several ways that people can and will enjoy music:
Some will enjoy the energy given off by the music being played,
others will enjoy the complexity of the theory being implemented,
and then others will enjoy just coming together with people who have similar taste.
I agree it's painful to watch a bad musician play in front any size audience, but nobody is going to die. And I realized theres always something we can learn from everybody. Like, how the hell did this crap artist get so many people at the show? Exchange some theory knowledge for marketing knowledge and both can improve. You may just spark something and next time you see them they may sound worlds better. And.... maybe not
I am a simple Japanese, I saw ‘JAPAN’ and Jacob, and here I am
plot twist: Jacob listened to this song for the first time 5 minutes before they started filming
PLEASE MORE OF JACOB COLLIER. thank you for bringing him on!!!!!
All the people that came in for rappers explaining lyrics are confused about the concept of people explaining music.
Mischa Wijgh all the actual mucisians are peeing their pants 😻
Mischa Wijgh lmao
this comment!! simpletons don’t get it
Mischa Wijgh I came for rappers because I’m an avid hip hop fan but I’m also a student of music. People can be both you know...
It's not hard music at all i think anyone could follow
This is the only guy they should feature on Genius.
Now when 's the 'How to play Jacob Colliers "With The Love In My Heart" With Shawn Mendes' video going to be uploaded?^^
Shedinja7 YAAAAAASSSSSS
Lmfao
"And then we get into this real funky shit, casually swinging septuplets to establish musical dominance among everyone. Just funk until your brain melts."
Please for the love of God keep this going and make it a series, it makes me so proud to see Jacob on genius
“You’re a drummer” 😂 great vid! That ending clip tho👌
Hes so precious why am i getting emotional watching this video
An actual genius on... genius.
Who would have thought.
Please keep this series goin
Talk about Tyler, the creator, he's got some exciting chord stuff going on
The first chord of this song is the same as the first chord of Tyler's song Fish
@@esthermoonmusic one chord
please make this a consistent thing
My boy's feeling himself
We need more of those clips where Jacob is playing and messing around with the progressions but still humming to this song pLEASE
Jacob Collier > Jacob Sartorius
NiggaTigga94 no shit.
Oh really?
Don’t even put their names in the same sentence lol
@@8PedroFerreira Yes. It's an insult that they share 2 letters in their last name.
Love these videos with Jacob collier!!
Your getting a level 100 mafia boss to teach a song by a level 1 crook
This is so good. Thanks Genius.
He has the same energy as John Maclean
Genius has been on a roll lately with half•alive, 1975, and Jacob
Thank you
Genius this will be useful for producers
Best part of the video is the end where he reharms the chorus of the song. He plays some spicy chords there.
I don’t even play any instruments lol but I watched this whole video bc lost in Japan is such a pretty song ✨💖
I just want to listen to Jacob speak forever
I need those skills :"
I LOVE JACOB SO MUCH OMG
Very interesting he doesn't hear that first chord as an Ebmaj7 - not saying the goat's wrong. the ends of each phrase is Ebmaj7. maybe he's just just explaining how the intro chord provides a tension (and he's avoiding saying there's a tension in maj7 chords lol)
Kyle Kerley I felt like the reason for that was not wanting to confuse the audience (he didn’t want to have to explain the idea of chords missing the fifth)
It could either be an EbMaj7 with no fifth or Cmadd9 with no root and I think it makes sense as Cm
Ok so I'm not crazy for thinking that at first
I would die if Jacob Collier covered Lost in Japan, the little jam at the end already sounded amazing
wait wasn't hes on explaining harmonies to 5 different levels??!!!!!
do more Jacob Collier!
Anyone know where Jacob got that jacket??
Thank you Jacob! These type of videos are amazing !! More please 🔥🔥
This is like Einstein explaining what 2+2 is
i know it has been 4 years but more please
talking voice is so enticing
DUDE, WHAT A TALENT
*cough*cough* i require someone to explain a frank ocean song thx bunches 😘
Hes so talented it makes me wanna cry