Jacob Collier Sings "Moon River," Daniel Caesar, & The Beatles in a Game of Song Association | ELLE

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  • Опубликовано: 6 июн 2024
  • We need two hands to count the number of instruments he can play, and just as many to list the genres that Grammy Award winning artist #JacobCollier has mastered. On today's episode of #SongAssociation, the London-born arranger, composer, and overall musical genius graced our studios with a taste of his prowess. Tune in (for our longest episode yet!), as Collier sings "Moon River," shares the origins of his Daniel Caesar collaborations, and schools us on the folk tunes that have inspired him most.
    For more #JacobCollier, visit: www.jacobcollier.com.
    Stay tuned for #Djesse Vol. 3.
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  • @ELLE
    @ELLE  4 года назад +6152

    Which song would you love Jacob to arrange?!

  • @oliviajacobs623
    @oliviajacobs623 4 года назад +15590

    Me after watching Jacob Collier talk for the first time:
    Oh, so he’s a GENIUS genius

    • @bernard7057
      @bernard7057 4 года назад +527

      😂😂😂 when I first heard him talk, it felt like his voice didnt match his body

    • @datguitarplayer1656
      @datguitarplayer1656 4 года назад +169

      Yeah. Yeah he's pretty much a Genius Genius. For sure.

    • @lucaschacon8362
      @lucaschacon8362 4 года назад +83

      O. B. Totally! He sounds like an afro grown fat jazz singer

    • @itsSmiv
      @itsSmiv 4 года назад +64

      One of the most talented musicians alive right now in fact.

    • @UlanSays
      @UlanSays 4 года назад +51

      i find him so contrived, unoriginal and just cringey. like yeah hes smart and knows all about theory but when it reaches the level hes doing it just feels like science with no soul or anything that makes him stand out in a creative and enjoyable way, i cant take his voice seriously and it just makes me uncomfortable, i cant sit through a video of his for 10 seconds without needing to change it. there are so many other talented musicians who have such a sound and originality to them that are being so slept on just so this guy can harmonize with himself a billion different times. its stale

  • @name.7463
    @name.7463 4 года назад +9372

    Honestly he’s that annoying kid in music class but secretly you’re jealous cause they’re so talented and they’re friends with everyone

    • @remrocket2885
      @remrocket2885 3 года назад +39

      Right?!!!!!!!

    • @jacoL8
      @jacoL8 3 года назад +296

      This is... oddly specific

    • @matchewtantockyo6719
      @matchewtantockyo6719 3 года назад +70

      Stop atleast youre admitting youre jealous instead of being bitter... more healthy!!!

    • @Jjjjjjjj27
      @Jjjjjjjj27 3 года назад +139

      Except he’s not annoying !

    • @lopezmaveric6917
      @lopezmaveric6917 3 года назад +147

      @@Jjjjjjjj27 which makes it more annoying ( ̄3 ̄)

  • @daviddiaz6240
    @daviddiaz6240 3 года назад +7072

    This is what it looks like when someone finds their purpose and absolute passion and they live it with every cell in their body

  • @blueberrysponge42
    @blueberrysponge42 2 года назад +7287

    His hair fits his personality so well, chaotic and weirdly charismatic

    • @derpy_blue
      @derpy_blue 2 года назад +63

      same with his funky sweater

    •  2 года назад +41

      A perfect synchronization of style with the person's personality

    • @tink6225
      @tink6225 Год назад +9

      enfp things

    • @archieese9176
      @archieese9176 Год назад

      😂 True

  • @mallorimiller186
    @mallorimiller186 4 года назад +9857

    "daniel caesar is a massive legend, if you don't know him "
    "you should know him"
    *"now you know him"*

  • @Mamasita5678
    @Mamasita5678 3 года назад +11976

    He’s so musically chaotic and it’s everything

    • @zt3853
      @zt3853 3 года назад +52

      E v e r y t h i n g

    • @ReasonMakes
      @ReasonMakes 2 года назад +135

      He's super fast and complex. Breath of fresh air to hear someone who really knows their stuff.

    • @potato.pancake
      @potato.pancake 2 года назад +62

      @@ReasonMakes an addition: someone who knows his stuff but can also have fun with it !

    • @sebastianrichards6053
      @sebastianrichards6053 2 года назад +29

      He reminds me of Bill Wurtz in that way kinda interested in a collab between them

    • @marinaxlove
      @marinaxlove 2 года назад +4

      @@sebastianrichards6053 yes!!! I completely agree!!

  • @mchajen511
    @mchajen511 3 года назад +5900

    Normal kids: Learns to play twinkle twinkle little star
    Jacob: Composes a song in 7/4 to study math

    • @vickytrifo
      @vickytrifo 2 года назад +61

      that proves how much of a genius he is!!
      btw, how come this had no replies with 1.4k likes already?

    • @bibbs4150
      @bibbs4150 2 года назад +5

      @@vickytrifo sussy

    • @jaredterry4206
      @jaredterry4206 Год назад +1

      Maths

    • @manny2092
      @manny2092 Год назад

      hehehe! Yeah...I guess that happens!

    • @AstorSkywalker
      @AstorSkywalker 7 месяцев назад +2

      lol the mind of a genius

  • @user-cd5ch4oi6y
    @user-cd5ch4oi6y 9 месяцев назад +225

    im convinced the just puts his hands wherever he wants and the keyboard just agrees

  • @amyisaway7800
    @amyisaway7800 4 года назад +9357

    i love how most artists are like 'AHHH I CAN'T THINK' and jacob is like 'okay i have a song but before time runs out lemme tell you about my connection with this particular song as well as change the settings on this keyboard to a 12 piece drum kit'

    • @q-tuber7034
      @q-tuber7034 3 года назад +66

      Probably safe to assume the words were chosen specifically to allow him to show off his greatest hits...

    • @BasedBlackGirl_
      @BasedBlackGirl_ 3 года назад +6

      @@q-tuber7034 yeah dude. But he is amazing though.

    • @Ali-kp7bh
      @Ali-kp7bh 3 года назад +4

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @remrocket2885
      @remrocket2885 3 года назад +28

      @@q-tuber7034 that just dampened the joy of it all. I’m sure you meant it to be positive but geez

    • @yootubah887
      @yootubah887 3 года назад +42

      @@q-tuber7034 is it safe to assume then that the same would apply to all the other videos too?

  • @sethb-h4127
    @sethb-h4127 4 года назад +8082

    Did he really say “Stevie Wonder if you’re watching”

  • @luludunphy7083
    @luludunphy7083 3 года назад +5019

    I love how Elle let's Jacob have his above average long video. He deserves it. He's extremely talented.

    • @nananananaanana
      @nananananaanana 2 года назад +49

      I think the time keeper was so amazed by him, so they're too stunned to speak and stop him 😂

    • @supremelordoftheuniverse5449
      @supremelordoftheuniverse5449 Год назад +1

      No such thing as talent

    • @robertdore9592
      @robertdore9592 Год назад

      TRUST me, its a strategy😄

    • @eboone
      @eboone 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@supremelordoftheuniverse5449nah there definitely is

    • @39bigmarks
      @39bigmarks 6 месяцев назад

      @@supremelordoftheuniverse5449 what is you talking about ☠

  • @comrade3165
    @comrade3165 2 года назад +863

    He looks like a mad scientist of music.
    And i love it.

  • @alex4422
    @alex4422 4 года назад +5568

    he plays the piano with as much ease it takes for him to talk, the guy's beyond talented

    • @BrunoNeureiter
      @BrunoNeureiter 4 года назад +23

      You have to spend some time on it 😉

    • @dhiyasyakara
      @dhiyasyakara 4 года назад +57

      I agree! Especially how he explains every single song he sang, each of them has a different way of catching his attention. also, the way he engages people throughout the whole video is just amazing. very thankful to Elle for having him!!

    • @nilskavanagh
      @nilskavanagh 4 года назад +7

      Practice :)

    • @ramram4754
      @ramram4754 4 года назад +71

      Most people will never reach that level even with a lot of practice. He is the Mozart of our time.

    • @alex4422
      @alex4422 4 года назад +1

      Dsc yingyue Dude that’s exactly it 😁

  • @jimmydim2212
    @jimmydim2212 4 года назад +7699

    As a kid, this guy made songs for times tables and each song's time signature depended on the table. Let that sink in

    • @juliojimenez9794
      @juliojimenez9794 4 года назад +378

      That is why he is being compared to Mozart. Of course not the Mozart 200 years after his dead, but Mozart at 12, o 17 or 22 or 25.

    • @emanx222
      @emanx222 4 года назад +71

      @@jordanwillrog no, he gave the 7 times table as an example but had songs for.each.of the times tables. He says this clearly lol

    • @emanx222
      @emanx222 4 года назад +91

      @@jordanwillrog 6:29 to 6:31 he says "each number of the times tables had its own little song" then he specifically references the 7 times table and then he even jokes about releasing them. Because he has a bunch of videos

    • @emanx222
      @emanx222 4 года назад +22

      @@jordanwillrog wow you literally don't know how to listen.....thats scary tbh. He litetally says every word I typed out, how on earth didn't you hear. He litefally says that the 7 times table was in 7/4 so what the hell are you talking about?
      Having "piano" in your username really doesn't help 🤣. Your inability to listen is astounding. Not only that but you think insulting people when you're the one that's wrong makes you look cool? You look pretty darn stupid 🤣

    • @emanx222
      @emanx222 4 года назад +2

      @@jordanwillrog if anyone needs to get their facts right (and hearing checked) it's you dude....

  • @ahchiu9
    @ahchiu9 3 года назад +2001

    This man experiences music on a completely different level than all of us. I love music, but I'm almost jealous that I'll never be able to experience it to the level that he does

    • @DUKEzors
      @DUKEzors 2 года назад +39

      I suspect there is a darkness he has to get through from time to time, but that is where his "don't hold onto things like they're forever" philosophy comes in.

    • @JulianaBittencourt24
      @JulianaBittencourt24 2 года назад +1

      Same!

    • @NEWMILENIUM57
      @NEWMILENIUM57 4 месяца назад

      Enjoy

  • @ddlovatic0915
    @ddlovatic0915 3 года назад +945

    He is a real life Pixar character and I'm obsessed

  • @amandaf3601
    @amandaf3601 3 года назад +8961

    I’m convinced that Jacob is just music in human form sent down as an experiment

  • @katlirad8292
    @katlirad8292 4 года назад +9984

    it’s kinda crazy how he plays each song with his own sorta melody, like he hears them differently from everyone else. wild

    • @M00SE414
      @M00SE414 4 года назад +259

      I’m pretty sure every musician does this to some extent.

    • @LfunkeyA
      @LfunkeyA 4 года назад +561

      he plays it with the original melody but changes the harmony, which is common among advanced musicians. everyone perceives the world in their own way.

    • @andrewo412
      @andrewo412 4 года назад +29

      James Cunico I wouldn’t say American culture created it, improvisation has been around since, well music began when you really think about it. Improvisation exists in different forms around the world. Jazz in America, django Reinhardt and gypsy jazz in france, hell even Celtic musicians improvise with slight different variations on each part of even very repetitive AB dance music.

    • @andrewo412
      @andrewo412 4 года назад +4

      James Cunico can’t really argue with that, well put. For the record tho I’m Canadian ;)

    • @tuckerdrums3514
      @tuckerdrums3514 4 года назад +10

      He’s more messing with the harmony then he is the melody. It’s what Jazz musicians do a lot.

  • @robertthegreek
    @robertthegreek Месяц назад +16

    3:25 - Almost exactly 4 years later, he arranges and sings an amazing rendition of "Wild Mountain Thyme" with dodie, Laufey, the NSO, and the audience as a choir at The Kennedy Center.

  • @promptlyjoebrown4305
    @promptlyjoebrown4305 3 года назад +833

    2 days ago I clicked on this video with no idea who Jacob was. I have since listened to all of his albums and watched his entire RUclips channel. His talent, skill, and personality are overwhelmingly magnetic.

    • @inamuri6006
      @inamuri6006 4 месяца назад +1

      i just started my journey, nervous about how much time i'll lose but excited about how inspired i'll feel

  • @betsywood9803
    @betsywood9803 4 года назад +7661

    “So I wrote it in a key that doesn’t exist”

    • @althurdjerah
      @althurdjerah 4 года назад +364

      I mean, he just blew me away with that statement, I can't believe this guy, he's the Jim Carry of music.

    • @zacharywilliams2
      @zacharywilliams2 4 года назад +289

      If you don't already know who Jacob Collier is, that sentence basically sums it up.

    • @mithusadukha3133
      @mithusadukha3133 4 года назад +25

      @@zacharywilliams2 yea exactly, that's Jacob Collier in short 😂

    • @MollyViola
      @MollyViola 3 года назад +1

      when??

    • @srenhuynh278
      @srenhuynh278 3 года назад +9

      Amanda Eliasson 11:44

  • @cascade9584
    @cascade9584 4 года назад +2467

    You can just see him cycling through like a 100 'obvious songs' before settling on one haha

    • @sommeone
      @sommeone 4 года назад +80

      Almost every time! Especially with heart, considering he literally wrote a song called "with the love in my heart"

    • @jaxweby4343
      @jaxweby4343 4 года назад +29

      there's a chance he may have just forgotten his own music
      but it may well be the cycling thing

    • @madhavraghu
      @madhavraghu 4 года назад +6

      @@sommeone I feel like he was thinking of doing that but he just forgot it lol

    • @sommeone
      @sommeone 4 года назад +2

      @@madhavraghu Maybe! At the end of the day, who knows!

    • @shishkebab6267
      @shishkebab6267 4 года назад +2

      He's so good at this. His mind is so interesting

  • @valentinavelikova1765
    @valentinavelikova1765 2 года назад +921

    As a Bulgarian, I just want to share that my heart skipped a beat when one of my favorite artists said he wants to collaborate with the Bulgarian female choir. I felt so unbelievably happy and I'd love to see this happening

    • @dobrindonev9546
      @dobrindonev9546 2 года назад +19

      Was scrolling to find such comment! Cheers fellow bulgarian! Long live bulgarian women choirs and Jacob!

    • @memorellie
      @memorellie 2 года назад +8

      Me too!
      (АКО ГО НАПРАВИ ЩЕ СТАНЕМ ОЩЕ ПО-FAMOUS ДОСТА БЪРЗО...)
      What a genius he is!

    • @SagaelKun
      @SagaelKun Год назад +2

      What a coincidence, me too. Или иначе казано, и аз също търсех този коментар 😊

    • @MoniYakova
      @MoniYakova Год назад

      Sameeee 💖💖💖

  • @JohnGottschalk
    @JohnGottschalk 3 года назад +303

    Challenge: 10 seconds to think of a song with a word.
    Jacob: 10 seconds to get to the word in the song.

  • @lfdoidao
    @lfdoidao 4 года назад +2365

    His jazz levels are astouding

    • @jorgeloaiza4258
      @jorgeloaiza4258 4 года назад +2

      Michael Karezin LMFAOOO

    • @jorgeloaiza4258
      @jorgeloaiza4258 4 года назад +7

      Michael Karezin D E F G E- C D-

    • @bridgetchang
      @bridgetchang 4 года назад +21

      lfdoidao Look for his video breaking down Stevie Wonder's Sir Duke on Vox's channel. His ability to explain jazz chords and music history is just mesmerizing! In case you wanted to geek out a bit more!

    • @sockpoppy
      @sockpoppy 4 года назад +11

      jorge loaiza *Adam Neely has entered the room*

    • @monarchvavrechka7455
      @monarchvavrechka7455 4 года назад

      Michael Karezin he is beyond that

  • @jacobanteau6020
    @jacobanteau6020 4 года назад +2569

    Jacob Collier: *Records himself 5000 times to make Moon River and put it on his album*
    Also Jacob: *forgets words*

    • @mafirasyaharani7836
      @mafirasyaharani7836 4 года назад +39

      he's tired of recording it so bad he decided to just forgot the lyrics

  • @4eyesinthecorner399
    @4eyesinthecorner399 2 года назад +398

    The fact that this video is over 18 minutes long shows just how sincere he is about music and how he can just get carried away by the simplest melodies - music appreciation at its best

  • @antonia5234
    @antonia5234 3 года назад +249

    I love the fact that he out of nowhere played that one single note with his nose. He truly feels music so much he HAD to play that one single note. A genius

  • @micolcortellari9110
    @micolcortellari9110 4 года назад +3674

    did anyone else get really anxious when he just kept talking about how good the song was going to be so good... but he hadn't sung the word yet... and the timer kept ticking

    • @msjaycee887
      @msjaycee887 4 года назад +41

      Ikr🤣🤣 like I'm nervous for him.

    • @sommeone
      @sommeone 4 года назад +52

      I get so nervous about that timer... But I'm honestly here to listen to Jacob ramble about music anyways so I'm 100% here for it lol

    • @omiyowyoww
      @omiyowyoww 4 года назад +3

      MEEEE

    • @dorothy8880
      @dorothy8880 4 года назад

      Yeees

    • @tammyyy524
      @tammyyy524 3 года назад

      Yess

  • @pandajo94
    @pandajo94 4 года назад +4223

    Elle: Give us one song for this word
    Jacob: Ok here’s a full orchestral rendition of One Last Time in multiple key changes, different instrumentation, oh and wanna know more about my childhood and lifelong aspirations?
    Us: PLEASE AND THANK YOU

    • @ChanceDevlin
      @ChanceDevlin 4 года назад +9

      I didn't see that song in this video! Is it posted somewhere else? I'd love to see him cover One More Time by Daft Punk

    • @pandajo94
      @pandajo94 4 года назад +6

      Chance Devlin whoops. Meant one last time. The Ariana song he did

    • @ChanceDevlin
      @ChanceDevlin 4 года назад

      amanda jo YES that was indeed epic

    • @magnusolsen5586
      @magnusolsen5586 4 года назад

      Parks and Rec reference?

    • @Nerdifull
      @Nerdifull 4 года назад

      Ikr that key change was astounding

  • @nishadkc1262
    @nishadkc1262 3 года назад +586

    1:10 Stay With Me
    1:37 Time Alone With You
    2:16 Best Part
    3:26 The Wild Mountain Thyme
    4:36 Here Comes the Sun
    5:13 Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
    5:28 One Last Time
    7:30 Bad Day
    8:05 It Don’t Matter
    8:46 The Listening Chair
    9:47 Moon River
    12:01 Fire and Rain
    13:48 Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
    15:03 Happier Than The Morning Sun
    16:05 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
    17:28 Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You

  • @AllTheArtsy
    @AllTheArtsy 3 года назад +225

    Jacob Collier is quintessential musicians' musician. Out there, really experimental, very intelligent. I'm even surprised a mainstream publication would feature him like this.

    • @joelbarish
      @joelbarish 10 месяцев назад +1

      In what world is this "out there"? This is straight up Vanilla music disguised as "clever and experimental" collier fans are the worst. So much pretension, so little knowledge...

  • @purpleburps
    @purpleburps 4 года назад +5809

    This man is music personified. Its in his character, his bones, he is just a pure artist.

    • @andreask1863
      @andreask1863 4 года назад +12

      Nope

    • @Taco_Burrito39
      @Taco_Burrito39 4 года назад +27

      @Kathy Barrios probably trolling

    • @meatsupplies5282
      @meatsupplies5282 4 года назад +33

      I N. MY. B O N E S.

    • @rebekahsison3024
      @rebekahsison3024 4 года назад +4

      i see what you did there ;)

    • @Taco_Burrito39
      @Taco_Burrito39 4 года назад +8

      💀There's a fuckin feelin in my bones, In my bones,
      and I know I got that fuking feelin
      ╭∩╮╭💀╮╭∩╮
      | |

  • @pandatotoro
    @pandatotoro 3 года назад +10524

    He exudes so much JOY. It's so rare, it's kinda addicting.

    • @Kenji-ug5bo
      @Kenji-ug5bo 3 года назад +90

      It's what Jazz does.

    • @Luke-qi6pf
      @Luke-qi6pf 3 года назад +36

      YESS and he's so chill, literally my dream

    • @daviddiaz6240
      @daviddiaz6240 3 года назад +6

      Exactly

    • @banterbeards8967
      @banterbeards8967 3 года назад +7

      Yeah it’s called Autism

    • @JoshinDallas
      @JoshinDallas 3 года назад +10

      I would totally exude happiness too if I were rich and my job consisted of doing stuff everyone else does for fun.

  • @canon5204
    @canon5204 2 года назад +120

    Jacob going “Idk why I’m doing this with my hands” but just vibing with it is my favorite thing

    • @birdygosser9812
      @birdygosser9812 Год назад +3

      And then realizing slightly later why .. ah gloves !

    • @RockinxthexMelody
      @RockinxthexMelody Год назад +9

      I was looking for this comment because I wanted to add that this goes to show how amazing his mind is. His brain is 2 steps ahead of his body, already sending the signals to his arms and hands to get ready for the gloves part of the sentence before he's even finished processing the cognitive thought and then catches up with himself and says "such as gloves! there you go" lol

  • @nickholmes3371
    @nickholmes3371 3 года назад +119

    This dude is so naturally, effortlessly, charmingly weird.

  • @moonlitegram
    @moonlitegram 4 года назад +2008

    14:31 is perhaps the most telling part of Jacob Collier. He dips down and plays a note with his nose because he ran out of fingers. And for those of us watching, we expect that to be a little joke hes throwing in there to be funny and we expect some kind of smirk or acknowledgement of that fact from him afterwards. But there's no reaction to it on his part because he wasn't doing it for comedic effect. He just knew he wanted that note in there and knew he was out of fingers. So the nose was just this natural reaction from there to get the sounds he had in his head out into the world.

    • @leizygatos7139
      @leizygatos7139 2 года назад +86

      Totally thought he was so into the music he started smelling for it… 😂😅

    • @shemajdgantt5732
      @shemajdgantt5732 2 года назад +15

      My lord, that man ain't human.

    • @zacharylewis2161
      @zacharylewis2161 2 года назад +9

      it’s not that deep

    • @moonlitegram
      @moonlitegram 2 года назад +105

      @@zacharylewis2161 I wasn't making a point about anything being deep. In fact my point was antithetical to that notion; I was pointing out that his decision to use his nose there was likely completely pragmatic and actually lacked any other kind of meaning.

    • @nicojar
      @nicojar 2 года назад +36

      @@zacharylewis2161 And you're not that smart.
      Let people enjoy things.

  • @Danberki
    @Danberki 4 года назад +6312

    I like how this video is 20 minutes and every other artists is between 5-8 minutes.

    • @scryspjce
      @scryspjce 3 года назад +124

      and i watched ALL 18 mins lolll

    • @Incolent
      @Incolent 3 года назад +144

      Time is given by measure of their talent

    • @lupito6185
      @lupito6185 3 года назад +84

      he just talks a lot lol

    • @haraecca8251
      @haraecca8251 3 года назад +34

      Nat and Alex Wolff's video was 29 minutes. Lol at that point they were just jamming 😂

    • @Silas-pz5oz
      @Silas-pz5oz 3 года назад +6

      Felt like 5mins

  • @alicekatev
    @alicekatev 2 года назад +92

    everyone else doing this: *rushes to sing* ahhhhhhhh *thinking*
    jacob: ooo, leemme intro this song quick and play some notes, don't worry about the timer.

  • @samhill6444
    @samhill6444 2 года назад +206

    I want so badly for my children to learn the times' table through Jacob's music.

  • @nardosalmaz
    @nardosalmaz 4 года назад +2643

    this man is not only extremely talented but incredibly intelligent and well spoken, i admire him

    • @thd6810
      @thd6810 4 года назад +4

      Nardos Felefele sorry what-

    • @thd6810
      @thd6810 4 года назад +3

      Nardos Felefele sorry what-

    • @scrungly
      @scrungly 4 года назад +11

      and i fancy him 😳

    • @DaniBaldiviezo
      @DaniBaldiviezo 4 года назад +5

      He is extremely talented... Check him out a little more

    • @johnnulf624
      @johnnulf624 4 года назад +16

      Nardos Felefele Can no one on this thread read? 😂

  • @elieonyt
    @elieonyt 4 года назад +1053

    Jacob: *plays beautifully*
    keyboard: *KLACK KLACK KLACK*

    • @MusicTheoryInAMinute
      @MusicTheoryInAMinute 4 года назад +39

      He loves that sound. I've even seen him add it into his recordings when using MIDI. Some synths can replicate the keyboard clack and allow you to adjust the level. He loves it... I kinda do too. :)

  • @victoriat9145
    @victoriat9145 2 года назад +106

    He really seems to embody a child that was very well loved and catered to🥺👏🏾

    • @joelbarish
      @joelbarish 10 месяцев назад +1

      Maybe a little too much? It seems like this guy is surrounded by yes men only!

    • @graxxor
      @graxxor 8 месяцев назад +9

      @@joelbarish u bitter, bro?

    • @inamuri6006
      @inamuri6006 4 месяца назад +4

      @@joelbarishyou saying that says so much more about you than him

  • @marcuscorporal
    @marcuscorporal 2 года назад +84

    This guy is probably the best musician alive right now, his ability to create something on the spot is INSANE

  • @RayatoTV
    @RayatoTV 4 года назад +1261

    I love how he turned a usually 8-minute clip into a 18-minute mini-concert.

    • @ELLE
      @ELLE  4 года назад +388

      We owe him a check.

    • @kristenlam7858
      @kristenlam7858 4 года назад +2

      HAHA

    • @LeathanL
      @LeathanL 4 года назад +1

      He talks way too much.

    • @erickalena
      @erickalena 4 года назад +17

      Yeah, but every second of it is enjoyable😊❣

    • @birdygosser9812
      @birdygosser9812 Год назад +1

      You want another Stevie wonder?

  • @chatgptnewslive2023
    @chatgptnewslive2023 4 года назад +4140

    This is the best Song Association guest ever

  • @TheKOzality
    @TheKOzality 2 года назад +82

    He's absolutely electric. It looks like he thinks in music and it's lovely.

  • @femrock
    @femrock 6 месяцев назад +17

    Jacob is the Mozart and Beethoven of our time.....pay attention, learn from him, study him and remember him - we are so lucky he exists in our lifetimes. He should be known - tell others what this incredible musician can do. He is a musical genius who knows he also has the power to change not only anything in music but how people feel about themselves, our society etc. with his messages of peace, love and caring for others. He is truly unique and important to learn from. All people, not just musicians, should know about him and what he does and how he creates. Amazing indeed. What a brain! Most of us literally only use about 10% of our brain - can't say that about Jacob Collier.

  • @joshuabeeman7610
    @joshuabeeman7610 4 года назад +2641

    Nobody:
    Jacob: *casually plays in key that doesn't exist*

    • @platsew912
      @platsew912 2 года назад +8

      probably e sharp...

  • @FortMinorPro
    @FortMinorPro 4 года назад +2703

    I love how this guy just loses himself in every little detail and it seems like after a little while he realizes it’s still an interview and then he comes back to reality !
    So glad I found out about him like 2 weeks ago 🙏🏼

    • @dariusroberson7693
      @dariusroberson7693 4 года назад +8

      2 weeks anniversary for us both 🤝🏾

    • @raphaelkelly861
      @raphaelkelly861 4 года назад +25

      @@dariusroberson7693 1 year checking in - once you go Jacob you can't go back...

    • @FortMinorPro
      @FortMinorPro 4 года назад +2

      Darius Roberson haha did u find him on the 'Best Part' Video too? 😅

    • @Matt.Craine
      @Matt.Craine 4 года назад +4

      @@raphaelkelly861 I remember when the first Jun lee interview came out a few years ago and I probably watched about 4 times within the space of a week. If you haven't already, take any opportunity you can to go see jacob live, Its incredible

    • @raphaelkelly861
      @raphaelkelly861 4 года назад +1

      @@Matt.Craine Definitely on my to do after quarantine list!

  • @jamescorder6045
    @jamescorder6045 Год назад +28

    It's insane that he can just figure out the chords for these songs with no prep, just chucks straight into them. Insanity

  • @cheekybananaboy3361
    @cheekybananaboy3361 3 года назад +151

    why does jacobs hair always look like he just rubbed a balloon over it

  • @themusic6808
    @themusic6808 4 года назад +3280

    “I’d like to collaborate with the Bulgarian women’s choir of television and radio, they’re like ridiculously killing, and they make these sounds like *EEiEeIEEieEEHHhHH* ...and yeah that’s cool so I want to collaborate with those guys.”

    • @MuzikMann96
      @MuzikMann96 4 года назад +57

      Cameron Hawes *gang signs*

    • @kalinkimalinki
      @kalinkimalinki 4 года назад +118

      As a questionable sounding Bulgarian I will offer myself as a sacrifice

    • @copyweirdo
      @copyweirdo 3 года назад +22

      *makes swag gestures*

    • @cornelesmokodompit1683
      @cornelesmokodompit1683 3 года назад +2

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    • @keithklassen5320
      @keithklassen5320 3 года назад +23

      @@cornelesmokodompit1683 I just had a seizure reading that.

  • @birdertweet
    @birdertweet 4 года назад +1463

    he's living on the edge with all these close 1 second failures

    • @ELLE
      @ELLE  4 года назад +223

      We love a risk taker.

    • @toshirobozdogan2207
      @toshirobozdogan2207 4 года назад +7

      birder are you familiar with jazz harmony?

    • @nhaezer5121
      @nhaezer5121 4 года назад

      ? Care to explain?

    • @toshirobozdogan2207
      @toshirobozdogan2207 4 года назад +14

      NHaezer in jazz many would say that it sound weird or bad. In reality he’s improvising on a high level, using complex chord voicings and tritone substitutions. To make something sound “good” you can play something “bad” before the “good” chord to emphasize the feeling if resolution.
      14 year old danish kid out.

    • @craigharris7808
      @craigharris7808 4 года назад +35

      @@toshirobozdogan2207 I think you might be mistaken with what the comment was originally. Birder was saying that he often got the song with 1 second remaining out of his 10 seconds. So he was 1 second away from failing a lot of the time. Because he was going into so much detail with the jazz arranging and finding the obscure songs like with the word 'Bad' for example

  • @bbvonnie3467
    @bbvonnie3467 2 года назад +61

    I love that this man can play any song’s instrumental but can forget the lyrics

  • @Salaudo
    @Salaudo 3 года назад +119

    I love that Billies was 5 minutes, Jacobs is 18 minutes because he just loves to jam out so much and I'm here for it.. He is brilliant

  • @sweetones
    @sweetones 4 года назад +4677

    Jacob Collier looks like his brain exploded inside his head, but the only thing that reacted was his hair.

    • @CerealMilk00
      @CerealMilk00 3 года назад +104

      And his clothes

    • @newjoyyork
      @newjoyyork 3 года назад +43

      LOL this is the best comment I’ve seen in weeks mate

    • @Vastriceater
      @Vastriceater 3 года назад +13

      This had me dying

    • @sofiaquevedo571
      @sofiaquevedo571 3 года назад +5

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
      funny but accurate.

    • @hopemj4469
      @hopemj4469 3 года назад +2

      Lmao

  • @bijouangel9550
    @bijouangel9550 4 года назад +5490

    this is the mozart of our time and that is not up for argument

    • @mikeswarbrigg6304
      @mikeswarbrigg6304 4 года назад +18

      facts

    • @mdrlolcat
      @mdrlolcat 4 года назад +177

      Even Mozart didn't have this kind of understanding on harmony.

    • @m1dorin319
      @m1dorin319 4 года назад +35

      I'm not even a fan of mozzart but there is not a person that can be compared to him in terms of music.

    • @joaocardoso3273
      @joaocardoso3273 4 года назад +14

      M1dorin why?

    • @joaocardoso3273
      @joaocardoso3273 4 года назад +30

      M1dorin he don’t have a level of complexity such as negative harmonies. There are much proofs that he composed much things when he was a kid but he did the melodies while his father “completed “it so, why wouldn’t he be able to be compared? Jacob is compared to him for his talent. Mozart isn’t the one musicians and theorist thinks as the goat (this is Bach btw)

  • @aubreyv1389
    @aubreyv1389 3 года назад +230

    As someone who has never really understood music- I started crying when he began playing Stevie Wonder.
    I recognized the songs, because my grandpa listened to him. And for some reason, I felt like Stevie, Grandpa, and Jacob were all feeling the same feeling together; and I was part of it too.

  • @kitrodriguez992
    @kitrodriguez992 3 года назад +89

    You can see the passion. That alone is addicting. I can watch this guy forever.

  • @lukeironeye
    @lukeironeye 4 года назад +1712

    This called me musically incompetent in keys that don't even exist...

    • @broomer5311
      @broomer5311 8 месяцев назад

      D half sharp major

  • @blainewuertz4221
    @blainewuertz4221 4 года назад +1527

    It’s crazy how he doesn’t even know the words but can still play the musical progressions of these songs he hardly knows

    • @thomasbao4477
      @thomasbao4477 4 года назад +99

      he's improvising the progressions lol. he doesn't have to remember them

    • @peteroselador6132
      @peteroselador6132 4 года назад +46

      Some people hear words first and notes later, some hear notes first and words last. But yeah

    • @RandoManOfWonders
      @RandoManOfWonders 4 года назад +50

      I'm someone who can almost always sing you the melody, but can't remember lyrics to save your life!
      Cheers from a music major

    • @mRendyIrawan
      @mRendyIrawan 4 года назад

      Peter Oselador I do that too. I could be like “this is one of my favorite songs to play!”, and when people ask me to sing it I’d be “but I don’t know the words 😬”. Even when I know the words, I sometimes still don’t pay attention to what the song is about.

    • @danielstudart2062
      @danielstudart2062 4 года назад +1

      Melody in music is way more memorable than the words, at least for me also especially for someone with perfect pitch like Jacob

  • @romario4art
    @romario4art 2 года назад +19

    I feel like he could sing whatever and say "this is a song I created just right now in this moment", and we'd all buy it

  • @kokkinikautichilipipperia9242
    @kokkinikautichilipipperia9242 2 года назад +18

    His existence is absolutely a gift to this world.

  • @leexbea3959
    @leexbea3959 3 года назад +4664

    What i love about him is the fact that he plays the keyboard like he grew up in a black church

    • @lockheadava5609
      @lockheadava5609 3 года назад +461

      yesss! he’s has that vibe, it’s like he’s playing with more soul.

    • @helloworld7818
      @helloworld7818 3 года назад +190

      It's called jazz and you can learn it

    • @zt3853
      @zt3853 3 года назад +121

      Why is this so
      s p e c i f i c

    • @FortheLoveofMonsters
      @FortheLoveofMonsters 3 года назад +230

      @@helloworld7818 I don’t think you get it.

    • @mayuhmetal
      @mayuhmetal 3 года назад +183

      @@helloworld7818 there’s white people jazz, and then there’s soul.

  • @Deborahabib
    @Deborahabib 4 года назад +688

    I read “Jacob Collier” and I’m instantly here

  • @mehnottoday
    @mehnottoday 2 года назад +6

    Woah ... I didn't know him
    Now i know him

  • @andrewbuchan2232
    @andrewbuchan2232 3 года назад +22

    When you’re so musically advanced that you completely forget that “Heart and Soul” exists

  • @mortenpaskins6073
    @mortenpaskins6073 3 года назад +2844

    "I can keep going up and up the keys, but Ariana Grande doesn't deserve that"

    • @xFeloxX
      @xFeloxX 3 года назад +84

      "Alright, Jacob. We definitely know you can." 🤣

    • @0777coco
      @0777coco 3 года назад +540

      because he doesn't want to butcher her music, not because he thinks she's not worthy 😂

    • @alannoob1926
      @alannoob1926 3 года назад +66

      She’s not worthy

    • @manit9226
      @manit9226 3 года назад +22

      @@0777coco interpretation lmao

    • @0777coco
      @0777coco 3 года назад +33

      @@manit9226 no way he plays that dirty lmao

  • @shrib7234
    @shrib7234 4 года назад +1337

    Why does he always sounds like he's on 1.25 speed?

    • @DuncanAppleby
      @DuncanAppleby 4 года назад +36

      's the best way to live. From a fellow 1.25-er

    • @kokaioh9942
      @kokaioh9942 4 года назад +54

      When he's singing it's usually 0.75, tho, I feel. lmao

    • @shrib7234
      @shrib7234 4 года назад +26

      @@kokaioh9942 I think he sings some parts faster in this video so he can draw other parts out better maybe? Or maybe he was just a little shy? But yeah usually it's a lot more relaxed. But he always speaks like he has sooo much to say and so little time.

    • @evashukevich5640
      @evashukevich5640 4 года назад +7

      Passionate

    • @kyrtd
      @kyrtd 4 года назад +24

      he's slowing down for us

  • @MichaelB_93
    @MichaelB_93 2 года назад +21

    The most impressive thing here is how Jacob can just start singing a song in perfect key. You can pull up any of the songs he sings and the key is bang on.

  • @GK-we4co
    @GK-we4co 2 года назад +21

    *You:* keep forgetting the chords for the songs you sing all the time
    *Jacob:* heard a song a once two years ago from a random car driving by, haven't memorized the lyrics at all, but the melody and complex harmony are just there to stay

  • @dillondavis4996
    @dillondavis4996 4 года назад +948

    Everything he says just seems so important

    • @hayleyb467
      @hayleyb467 3 года назад +1

    • @Ali-kp7bh
      @Ali-kp7bh 3 года назад +14

      because THEY ARE... people just forgot the essence of life, wich is understanding and carrying about the importance of things.

  • @GiovanniPaladini10
    @GiovanniPaladini10 4 года назад +3036

    Nobody:
    Jacob: I could keep going up in key, *but Ariana Grande doesn't deserve that*

    • @madameyoshitrieslife
      @madameyoshitrieslife 4 года назад +329

      Adashelby He doesn't want to butcher the song by keeping going up.

    • @manzijoel5224
      @manzijoel5224 4 года назад +239

      I thought he meant that Ariana Grande doesn't deserve all the effort that goes into transposing into higher and higher keys lol...🤣💀

    • @madameyoshitrieslife
      @madameyoshitrieslife 4 года назад +101

      god with me Hahaha nooo, he is too respectful to the art!

    • @sarahgirard1405
      @sarahgirard1405 4 года назад +34

      Yeah, I thought it was a diss too? Idk. I don’t know him enough to make out which way he was leaning there. Lol

    • @madameyoshitrieslife
      @madameyoshitrieslife 4 года назад +31

      Sarah Girard Well, he is one of the most adorable and insightful living beings to ever walk this Earth :)

  • @dannywarnock8822
    @dannywarnock8822 2 года назад +12

    That little passage at 10:50 is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.

  • @meehui
    @meehui 4 года назад +769

    “I was into maths” I KNEW IT!! He gives off vibes of someone who likes math.

    • @vetoedimpersonator4478
      @vetoedimpersonator4478 4 года назад +13

      Meehui Messina fuck off

    • @Hiheyhowareyoutoday
      @Hiheyhowareyoutoday 4 года назад +32

      music is math

    • @whitetigr8337
      @whitetigr8337 4 года назад +76

      ​@@vetoedimpersonator4478 Your way with words is so subtle, so nuanced. Absolute poetry.

    • @althurdjerah
      @althurdjerah 4 года назад +1

      Yeap, more crystal

    • @bluenote6692
      @bluenote6692 4 года назад +3

      i think this is why i have struggles with music, im bad at maths

  • @filmmoviePRODUCTIONS
    @filmmoviePRODUCTIONS 4 года назад +678

    Can't even hate this guy, he's just so positive

    • @buzzoyun
      @buzzoyun 4 года назад +18

      Mark Jesmer why would you even consider hating him

    • @mercuria2563
      @mercuria2563 4 года назад +11

      Mert Akyol Because he’s obnoxiously good at music😂

  • @jayshreenaidoo5931
    @jayshreenaidoo5931 2 года назад +4

    I have the biggest crush on him.

  • @CNCiel
    @CNCiel 2 года назад +13

    You know someone is a musical genius when they said they went to a key that doesn't exist. *mind blown*

  • @cali.songbird
    @cali.songbird 3 года назад +3285

    He'd be a great childrens' tv program host. Teaching them through music and stories. Love him!

    • @luscao8444
      @luscao8444 3 года назад +11

      Yes!

    • @CMClaudio1989
      @CMClaudio1989 2 года назад +17

      This is a great idea

    • @NeoNovastar
      @NeoNovastar 2 года назад +48

      I'd watch the heck out of that

    • @jesusgst
      @jesusgst 2 года назад +19

      Omg this is so true. He'd be the biggest success in that, that's for sure! He teaches adults like kids btw, with that charm and love!

    • @gavinpeterson5323
      @gavinpeterson5323 2 года назад +5

      Blues clues vibes for sure.

  • @paradoxpal268
    @paradoxpal268 4 года назад +425

    Is no one gonna talk about how he managed to arrange the 7 times table into 7/4 at the age when you’re still learning your times tables?

  • @seraphcelebi
    @seraphcelebi Год назад +12

    My favorite bit: the unexpectedly beautiful vocals at 11:01 which are quickly followed at 11:09 by that wonderful whirl of an ending, just pure fun (especially that last note). Second place is that sudden joyously wild glissando at 16:22, but honestly the entire performance of that tune is sunshine in and of itself, notably 16:33 & 17:00.
    This kid doesn't just play music, he IS music. There's no other way to describe it. He exudes such pure & inspired creative wonder; that golden soul illuminates every note & word.

  • @erenjaegerbomb8653
    @erenjaegerbomb8653 2 года назад +11

    When you give a baby a toy piano, they just vaguely mash the keys and the right sounds come out. Jacob has taken his mastery to such a level as to go come full circle, past that familiar precise command of a classical virtuoso, right back to where he casual flails half limp fingers over the keys and somehow by some magic beautiful music comes out the end of them

  • @dullas2333
    @dullas2333 4 года назад +3570

    no one: he's blind
    literally everyone: he can't see
    jacob : stevie, if you're watching hit me up

    • @paralasalud
      @paralasalud 4 года назад +62

      haha there's the video of stevie catching the microphone stand and also all his friends who he jokes about driving with lmao

    • @kronik907
      @kronik907 4 года назад +9

      ruclips.net/video/Uu7MHznFM9E/видео.html

    • @tamarestherperezmedina3722
      @tamarestherperezmedina3722 4 года назад +3

      Is he blind?

    • @bforbieber
      @bforbieber 4 года назад +1

      @@tamarestherperezmedina3722 not fully blind I guess

    • @nicktosti7487
      @nicktosti7487 4 года назад +6

      @@bforbieber No Stevie is fully blind, happened at birth.

  • @ashawilliams4683
    @ashawilliams4683 4 года назад +814

    He is 100 percent counting the ten in his head and waiting till 1 second is left on purpose

    • @samuelmenezes2699
      @samuelmenezes2699 4 года назад +11

      Thats exactly what i thought hahahahaaaa

    • @dansaunders1655
      @dansaunders1655 3 года назад +71

      He doesn't count down in seconds, he counts down in 60BPM.

    • @kamanayrainbow7009
      @kamanayrainbow7009 3 года назад +7

      @@dansaunders1655 you're a total legend for this

    • @kleancut5016
      @kleancut5016 3 года назад +10

      Dan Saunders he’s actually counting 30bpm in eighth notes to make it more impressive

    • @aidanbrunzell1463
      @aidanbrunzell1463 3 года назад +1

      @@kleancut5016 he actually counting in 15 bpm in 16th notes to seem more impressive

  • @karendrozario9019
    @karendrozario9019 2 года назад +38

    A wonderful, inventive young man who is very generous with his fellow musicians. Doesn't take himself too seriously. Cheers me every time I listen to his music. The Game of Song Association was great fun, thank you!

  • @cherryrachelantarez2978
    @cherryrachelantarez2978 2 года назад +8

    I'm in love when he does that runs in Moon River... It was so amazing

  • @sackixfilms8950
    @sackixfilms8950 4 года назад +664

    No one:
    Jacob: due to a shortage of hands, I shall play with my nose

    • @raysroom3223
      @raysroom3223 4 года назад +4

      tbh i thought that was a lil appreciation kiss. HAHA

    • @samlechuga4569
      @samlechuga4569 4 года назад +17

      And then comes back to keep on flawlessly talking like that wasn't weird at all

    • @knot_sj5292
      @knot_sj5292 4 года назад

      Sometimes he plays with his feet

  • @stardewvalleyslut22
    @stardewvalleyslut22 4 года назад +411

    protect him at all costs

  • @mato6058
    @mato6058 3 года назад +1

    he’s such a natural just watching him in his element is so appealing and nice to watch, like we’re just enjoying his universe

  • @betterthanyaaverage...1036
    @betterthanyaaverage...1036 3 года назад +27

    Jacob really has a true heart for all the things that make up music and he loves to teach and share. Salute.

  • @PrinceAmazing
    @PrinceAmazing 4 года назад +453

    Started casual, then ended up listening to a musical TED talk while sipping a cuppa tea and losing track of time to float in the sky with him.

    • @drbunny69
      @drbunny69 4 года назад +3

      This has literally restored my faith in humanity tonight in the midst of this turbulence.

    • @PrinceAmazing
      @PrinceAmazing 4 года назад +1

      @@drbunny69 So happy to hear it, got to stay positive :)

    • @bg.7108
      @bg.7108 4 года назад +1

      This is so accurate I don't even know what to say. I sometimes just fall down the rabbit hole of Jacob Collier and resurface to find I've been away for hours.

    • @ehname1
      @ehname1 Месяц назад +1

      The universal experience of watching Jacob Collier videos

  • @pigeonmorris2243
    @pigeonmorris2243 4 года назад +989

    Yo THIS WORLD NEEDS A KENDRICK X COLLIER COLLAB

  • @BeMyVforever
    @BeMyVforever 2 года назад +7

    First time ever seeing/hearing anything about this guy. WOW! He is amazing, and seems so genuine. I'm blown away by his personality and his talent.

  • @ElleInStitches
    @ElleInStitches 2 года назад +6

    So excited to see Jacob live in june. This guy is a musical genius and all around such a humble human being. 💜

  • @jasonmallo1505
    @jasonmallo1505 4 года назад +704

    The world talent is thrown around a lot these days
    But this man...
    Wow

  • @ivarkrabol
    @ivarkrabol 4 года назад +2695

    Now and again, a musician will play a chord while singing, and it will sound wonky, and I'll think something along the lines of "this sounds weird because they lack musicality".
    Then Jacob Collier will be playing a chord while singing, and it will sound wonky, and I'll think something along the lines of "this sounds weird because I lack musicality".

    • @oingoboingo1720
      @oingoboingo1720 4 года назад +22

      Haha nicely said

    • @korkee1111
      @korkee1111 4 года назад +14

      Not necessarily, he's not exactly a millionaire so he hasn't really nailed musicality himself. I find him very entertaining as a musician and more as a person, but most of what he plays is technically amazing while being nothing anyone would pay to own and that's part of musicality.
      A song can be technically perfect but not have the listener appeal to become a money maker, and making the money is the point... or so they say. By they I mean most people.

    • @TwiggyAlienorCameron
      @TwiggyAlienorCameron 4 года назад +135

      @@korkee1111 I think equating musicality with how many people a song appeals to and how much money it makes is probably a mistake. Unless you think the same old pop-country ballads over the same old 4 chords, or autotuned lyrically deficient codeine-trap music are the epitome of musicality.

    • @jjvillalobos1244
      @jjvillalobos1244 4 года назад +15

      Wonkiness is relative. Does that mean more traditional chords are better than Jazz or what Jacob is playing? No of course not, but the more you expose yourself to different types of music (culturally and in different genres), the easier it will be for you to find the beauty in the weirdness.

    • @korkee1111
      @korkee1111 4 года назад

      @@TwiggyAlienorCameron I totally get what you're saying but since we all (unless you've got a VPN) live in capitalist societies and nobody spends their lives perfecting their ability to play without hopes of cashing in on it. Sad, but true... I guess it's more of a comment on society than Jacob.

  • @homeisme
    @homeisme Год назад +3

    gosh his level of energy is unmatched when he’s talking about music. just shows how much he enjoys it because the ideas, notes? melodies just go out of his brains yk 😂

  • @stephen8477
    @stephen8477 7 месяцев назад +3

    The kendrick collab would be godly