FIRST TIME REACTING TO | PENTATONIX "EVOLUTION OF MUSIC" REACTION 

Babytonix 🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥

You would GEEK OUT on their 90's DANCE MEDLEY! You need to get back to them QUICKLY!🤣

You seemed impressed with the little snippet of "Bohemian Rhapsody" they did in this. You'll be blown away by their full production of that song! Came out years later because they didn't want to do it until they thought they could do it justice. And WOW, they did!

Music is what rescues my soul. It can make me laugh out loud or dissolve into a blubbering, weeping puddle... and not care who sees me. Listening to perfectly-executed, complex, and beautiful performances, like Pentatonix always delivers, makes me lightheaded with wonder, then ache with the desire for more! They are geniuses at creating emotionally thrilling adventures in music. (Oh! And I like your hat, btw.) 🙂

They have several other medleys that you would love. Daft Punk, Evolution of Michael Jackson, 90's Dance Medley....so good!!! You can also watch their episodes from The Singoff 2011, which they won. Explains how they met and shows their musical progress.

They've won three Grammies since then. JOLENE DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY and DAFT PUNK MEDLEY. There's SO much for you to see and hear!

Jump down the hole, it's worth it. All the way back to The Sing Off. You asked how they formed. The back 3, Mitch, Scott and Kristen have known each other since middle school. They applied to be on show and needed a bass and vocal percussionist. They knew of Avi, then bass and found Kevin on RU-vid. They work their butts off, you're right. They've been together so long now it's almost second hand.

♥ I'm weak for Avi's voice, too. Everyone loves a good bass daddy!

Their ability to arrange songs is amazing. I love Pentatonix.

I am not reading all the comments so sorry if I'm late to this, but your face when Mitch hit the note on Bohemian Rhapsody absolutely compels me to tell you that they have a full length cover of that one and it is even better than you are expecting, guaranteed to completely surprise you at least once or twice.

Pentatonix has several "Evolution of..." videos. All are performed in a single take, no cuts, no edits. They do the entire medley several times (usually about 4), and then pick the one they like best to publish. The videos are Evolution of Music, Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Rihanna, and Ariana Grande. If you'd like to see them perform live, I highly recommend the Popspring 2016 video. It's a little longer (about 15 minutes), shot during the Popspring concert series in Tokyo by MTV Japan, so the audio and video quality is excellent. It includes 3 original songs (Cracked, Can't Sleep Love, Water) and their Evolution of Michael Jackson medley.

Got to check out their "90s dance medley " unbelievable !!

The three standing up L-R Mitch, Scott, Kirsten, met sometime around middle school. They were in choir together and they sang together everywhere they went...including when they would order at Starbucks! That is why their harmonies are so tight...they have known and loved each other most of their lives. In fact, all five are loving people.

Ohhhh girl there is so much more for you to enjoy from this talented group of individuals. Avi...the sexy voice bass guy...left in 2017 but he has solo stuff you should definitely check out. Change on the Rise for him singing in his lower register or All is Well (The 7 Layers session...trust me you'll cry its so beautiful). First Place I Go for a more country sound. His voice can honestly heal your soul.

Go down this rabbit hole. The more you listen, the more You’ll appreciate their depth, style, history, down to earth and oh yeah TALENT.

The bass guy, Avi Kaplan, left the group in 2017 and has produced soooo much incredible solo music since then. You should check out his Change on the rise, first song he released after leaving PTX.

Hey Britt! Welcome to the PTX family! I love love love your reactions to my most favorite group. I'm so sure you will not be disappointed once you go down the PTX rabbit hole! Have a great time. I've been a Pentaholic since the sing off and still going strong. You will soon see why! Subscribed!

The 3 in the back have literally had each other's back since childhood, grew up together in Arlington, Texas. You really need to check out Special K as I call him -- Kevin Olusola covering Down.

I love your reactions. There's so many incredible songs Pentatonix has done--they're just so good!

Scott and Mitch met in CATS, children's art and theater school back when they were 10yrs old. Then met Kirsten in middle school, side note she dated Mitch in middle school and Scott in high school. So they've been singing together since middle school. Scott wanted them to audition for the Sing Off and did send in a video of just the three of them. They were told that the minimum # of members in each group would be 5. So they found Kevin through his you tube channel and Avi found through a friend of a friend. And that's how they came to be Pentatonix.

They came together on a a capella show called THE SINGOFF. THEY WON. The test is history.

Babytonix... Hehehe it's been over 10 years in glorious hiking up! They are starting their thirties now. Comes to show us about constancy, hard work and resilience. :) You are so cute! Happy 💘 Valentine's Day!

Avi and Kevin, two men sitting down were pretty fresh out of college. Avi Kaplan" is a classically/operatically trained Basso Profundo and was known as "Bass Cannon Kaplan in college Kevin Olusola had just graduated Yale and had plans to be in medical school immediately then become a medical missionary in China. He is fluent in a few languages. Als known as KO. The three standing attended high school together and sag together there. Kevin and Avi were best friends while Avi was in the group and were great together. Always playing off of each other.

3 of them went to high school together. My mind was 🤯. How does that happen? Oh just 3 of the greatest singers ever together in one school. Crazy

Pentatonix are fantastic, further recommendations are The Prayer, Daft Punk mix, 90's Dance Medley, Bohemian Rhapsody and Last Christmas. If you want to see their early days look up their Singoff competition - songs to look out for are Video killed the radio star, Let's get it on, Since you been gone/Forget you-mash up and Dog days are over. Thanks for a great reaction.

The three in the back went to high school together in Arlington, TX - they added the other two prior to an a capella contest which they promptly won and they were off and running...

Hey Brit! I enjoy your reactions so much. Your joy and enthusiasm makes me feel like I have a music soul mate. I thought I was the only one who gets so hyped about my songs. 😋

"How did these five people find each other?" Well, Scott Hoying (Baritone), Mitch Degrassi (Counter Tenor), and Kirsten Maldonado (Soprano) all went to school together in Arlington, Texas. They found Avi Kaplan (Bass) and Kevin Olusola (Beatbox, Tenor, Cello) while they were looking to fill out the group to compete on 'The Sing-Off' which is basically 'American Idol ' for acapella groups, and their entire season is available on RU-vid. They won, by the way. 😎👍

Music and harmonic vibration is the "well source" from which all happiness in the universe is extracted, and PTX is like a natural spring.

On the show The Sing Off, one of the judges (Sean Stockman of Boyz II Men) called Avi Kaplan and Kevin Olusola (the bass and the percussionist of the group) "The meat and potatoes" of their sound. If you get free time, you should check out ALL their "The Sing Off" performances. So much fire, and it gives you a little insight into their history together.

The Trio (Scott, Kirstie, Mitch) have been friends since they were 8-9 years old; went to the same high school and were in choir/glee club. BTW, they don't record anything that they can't sing live in concert, tv appearances, et. al !! Boy, are you in the rabbit hole...enjoy the journey !!

the high end three singer went to high school together and sang all the way through. the Bass was picked up on a friend referral just before a "Sing Off" competition which they won. and the beat boxer had a you-tube channel that got a lot of hits for his skill playing the cello and beat boxing at the same time.. they got together for the Sing off TV competition and the rest if history.

Dive deep into their catalog! They're ALL AMAZING!!

You should react to all of their "Sing Off" performances, with commentaries. You will learn a lot about them.

Two I would like to suggest if you liked this. 90's Dance Medley and the PopSpring concert. The PopSpring has 3 original PTX songs and the Michael Jackson Medley. Also when they were the Babytonics. The 90's Dance is more recent with Matt as bass but you can see how they matured as a group.

If no one has mentioned it, I believe I heard that they did indeed film this as a one-take. Three in the back row were classmates going thru school, found the other two in order to go on a reality singing competition to round out the group (the bass an acquaintance of a friend and the beatboxer on the internet), which they then won. I also suggest that you go back and watch the SingOff competition because it not only covers the back story but it shows the group come together and "find that Pentatonix style of sound." They met in person just days before the auditions. Some of it's raw but it's all fantastic. Arranger is often guy in the middle back with Ben Bram but I think they're all doing some now-adays. And yes---download away!

🎼🎼🔥🎼🎼 .. fire ! Your face is such a treat when you are truly surprised. Another very fun reaction video. TY . I am a huge fan of Pentatonix! ( .. penta .. = 5 ... lol lol lol ) Like a Pentagon ( 5 sided )

Havana...Kevin spits a trumpet out of his mouth..Bohemian Rahpsody...Mitch does the electric guitar 🔥🔥🔥🤯🤯

Mitch Grassi (Glasses - counter tenor), Scott Hoying (tall blond - baritone, but can sing bass when Avi is taking the lead, also hits very high tenor notes), Kirsten or Kirsty (rhymes with thirsty - sings from 1st alto to soprano), Avi (pronounced ahhhh-V) Kaplan (Basso profundo to tenor but probably feels more comfortable in his mid range), and Kevin Olusola (beatboxer -tenor, plays the cello and speaks Mandarin fluently - Renaissance man). In 2011 Pentatonix (no "The" in front) appeared on the television A'Capella contest called "The Sing Off". It is so worth reacting to each one of their performances (there are 12 plus one finale) one at a time. Pentaholics LOVE going on that journey of discovery with you. But please do them in order and play the episode all the way to the end because they usually have something to say after the judge's comments (Shawn Stockman - Boys to Men - is one of the judges!) They won in 2011 & one year later "Pitch Perfect" was released. Coincidence? I say, "No". I believe it was because PTX showed the world what A'Capella could be. One person's opinion. Thanks for your reaction. REALLY enjoyed it.

Absolutely love your raw emotions, they are one of the most talented groups out there!!

Those two sitting down, Avi and Kevin were praised as "The meat and potatoes" of the group by judges in the tv show where they got their first break The Sing Off lol

The three main singers, Mitch, Kirstin, and Scott went to school together in Texas, they did choir, musical theatre together. They found Avi )base) and Kevin when entering the The Sing Off competition. The whole story is amazing. Google It. 😊

I love Pentatonix, I wasn't sure if you have heard but Pentatonix is getting their own Hollywood Star on the 21st.....BTW. you are awesome!!!!!

MY Lawd.... I love this channel and reacts. Always find meself smiling. Peace and Love to You and to Yours Love. so much brightness and so much fun in your reacts.💜💜

Loved your reaction. They have several “Evolution of” videos. Rihanna, Beyoncé, Michael Jackson. They are all great. Please continue down this rabbit hole. Any you pick will not disappoint. 💕💕

I loved this reaction😅 I've been a fan of Pentatonix since they won The Sing-Off show. They are beyond talented and this had all types of nostalgia.. mostly from the 90's on, but the rest was crazy too. But the inadvertent Beyonce hand wave had me cracking up🤣🤣🤣 That was too perfect!! Big ❤️ to you Britt!! ✌️❤️y'all!! SALUTE🫡

Ok I would love to see your reaction to their more serious, absolutely amazing songs: Hallelujah, the prayer, amazing grace, I'll run, prayers for this world - pretty please.

I’m sure someone has mentioned along the way to check out their performances on the Sing Off. They were in a league of their own right from the start.

I totally, really loved your reactions to this more than anybody else's. Thank you!!!

and they did this medley all in one take - no re takes or engineering - ONE TAKE !!!!

Scott, Mitch and Kirstin went to high school together... That's Mitch... you just got "Mitch slapped"! He's a true counter tenor... a very rare bird!

The main trio of Mitch, Kirstin, and Scott were only 19 when they launched Pentatonix to the mass market.

FYI they won Sing- Off about 10-12 years ago and have blown up since. Their backstory on video is floating around somewhere online.

Since you perked up at "Hey Ya" and "Crazy", I wanted to mention that, years after this video, Avi Kaplan (the bass here) covered both of those songs. He recorded his folk take on "Hey Ya" with 3 friends as Avriel & The Sequoias before leaving PTX ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-whBQCkhFwYg.html and back in 2019, he recorded this impromptu version of "Crazy" with friends ReSound in a stairwell. Great acoustics, of course. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tRTHL16rj80.html

The two men standing (Scott and Mitch) have they're own channel called Superfruit and they released original songs that I think you would love like GUY.EXE, Sexy Ladies, Imaginary Parties, and musical sketches (most viewed being HIP-HOP goes broadway)

Acapella groups are so amazing..Perhaps you should check out how they got their start on the show.."The Sing Off".

You will adore the version of Amazing Grace they have done, and don't miss out on Voice Play and Home free and Citizen Queen all do songs without instruments

What crazy is how easy they switched between songs their other evolution songs then to stick to similar sounding songs(most of them are the same artist and artists tend to have simliar style) this one not only have different artists but different years with also influenced music

I think you would be blown away by their cover of "Imagine."

ALL the "Evolutio" videos are done in ONE TAKE! They generally record four runs and pick the best!

Mitch, the guy in the glasses on the left, went thru a number of looks the first few years of the group, including once shaving his head entirely. He's got a nice look these days. And i second Tamara's suggestion below, watch the singoff videos. You'll see amazing growth as a group during those weeks.

Check out NBC's The Sing Off. Season 2: Adam Chance (now with Home Free) sang with Back Street Symphony, Peter Hollens pulled a group of college singers together as On the Rocks. Season 3: Pentatonix competed. Season 4: Home Free and Voiceplay competed. You can learn a lot about the history of the groups from this competition series.

Love the captain planet reference 🖖 one of my favorite childhood shows

I’d like to hear you react to some of the older music in this medley, like Paul Robeson’s Old Man River, Andrew Sisters’ Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Johnny Cash’s I Walk the Line, Ritchie Valens’ La Bamba, Ben E. King’s Stand By Me, anything by the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Aretha Franklin. Other artists from earlier decades include, Joan Baez (All My Trials is fabulous), Woody Guthrie, The Brothers Four, Everly Brothers if you love close harmonies, really the list is endless. I kind of envy you the chance to discover all this wonderful music for the 1st time! 😊

As others have said watch Sing Off especially their 10th and 12th songs. A surprise from the female judge after 12.

Yes, all their music can be downloaded, for a cost (not a fortune) until you start getting them all, lol.

I am excited to watch you react to all of their evolution or videos and their medleys, no one transitions from song to song like Pentatonix, well maybe Superfruit, but that’s for a little later. Lol

The 3 singing in this song, grew up together, in Texas.

I went to a Christina Aguilera concert around the same age and destiny’s child opened for her. It was crazy to look back and realize what i was watching

I LOVE your reactions to Pentatonix - and it NEVER gets old! I still rewatch them and am in awe!!!!

I love this so much. I can tell that music touches your soul - it does that for me as well. One of my stupid human tricks is my ability to blurt out what year songs came out. I moved around a lot, so I associate songs with places... it freaks people out sometimes. Also, "please go have the day you deserve" is the most boss exit ever.

superfruit...mitch and scott slay everything, including "Feeling Myself"

No one said it better than Shaun on the sing off. Kevin and Avi are (were) the meat and potatoes of pentatonix. That was so true up until Avis unfortunate departure but Matt has more than stepped up to the plate and has been a great addition.

You need to find “The Sing Off” tv episodes they are in on RU-vid. It was the beginning of Pentatonix as this 5 person a cappella group. The 3 standing up were all in choir together in high school in Texas. They wanted to be on the Sing Off but the rules for the show said the minimum for a group was 5. SO they had to get the 2 guys sitting to get on the show. You can watch all of the episodes they were on and see them really progress and improve over the course of the season. Spoiler Alert! They won the season and they have been going and going ever since!

Great reaction! Check out their BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.

Congratulations...you are officially a Pentaholic. You can't even imagine what you're in store for with these guys. Hold onto your butt.

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 RU-vid, 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 RU-vid 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 RU-vid), 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 RU-vid, 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. 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. 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 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. They have announced that they will have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame to be installed in 2023. 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 video. If there is an instrument used in the music, you see it on screen. 3- They never release something on video they can’t reproduce with the exact same quality live on-stage.

Brit you're killin me. 8:00 I was a 14 year old boy in line for a roller coaster. This was long before smart phones or really portable music. I was bored as hell. I started singing Lucky by Britt (Also my favorite song!) and SERIOUSLY got into it. The fact I'm a rather good singer my friends were like dude! stahp! NO ! I was wearing a K0RN shirt if that makes the story funnier.

You can watch their very very very first beginnings on RU-vid. They were contestants on "The Sing Off" and the three 18-year olds (who went to high school together) had to go and find a bass (they found Avi) and a beat boxer they saw on RU-vid named Kevin. The 5 of them came together just for The Sing Off. All of their performances are in order on RU-vid.

Really need to listen "Love Again", one of their originals.

Awwwwwww…your hair looks sooooo cute like that! I love it.

I bet you'll love PTX's 90's Dance Medly!

You are so fun!! I love your reactions! 90’s Dance Medley for sure, as well as Evolution of Michael Jackson, please please please. 😊💜

You have a long way to go with Pentatonix :) They are Ahhhhhhmaaaaazing !!!!

My personal theory how they found each other? It was written in the Stars. Pentatonix can make the worst day a better day. The universe knew we would need these five amazingly talented angels in this dreary world full of uncertainty we live in today.

This was really early in thier career. They won the "Sing Off" show -they won $200K and a Sony recording contract. The immediatly moved to LA (same apt building) and Sony dropped them a few weeks later because they couldn't figure out how to market acapella. So they started practicing and doing RU-vid videos - mostly on the couch like this and the stairwell of the building. They now have over 200 official music videos, 2 full original albums and like 5 Christmas albums - including the one nominated for a grammy this year. They have 3 grammy wins over the last 11 years. All the "Evolution" videos, even the new ones, are one-take, what you see is what you get videos. Basically if you see a mic, it's done live. The only time they use instruments, you will see them in the video. They are perfectionists and purists so you can easily watch any video of them performing live and it will sound as good, if not better than the official video(as long as they have a good sound guy on site).

Love your reactions. You're so cute. I love PTX and can't wait for you to see what they have. Every cover is lit, every original just shines!

Yes, yes, yes...

Check out this: Pentatonix tries to sing 100 songs in 10 minutes, and also search PTX "whistle notes," and you'll be blown away! TRUST ME!!!! YOU GOTTA!!! I LOVE your reactions, and you'd be PERFECT to react to these, and you'll truly enjoy it and laugh your rear off!!!! ❤ ya!!!

Any video you see microphones are one takes. They have a few Evolution videos (Beyonce, Rhianna, Arianna Grande, and Michael Jackson) There is a great live performance video PopSpring 2016. It has 3 originals and the Evolution of Michael Jackson.

If you would like to see something different Avi Kaplan (front left with beard) does a cover of OutKasts Hey Ya! Totally different but you might enjoy it.

Kevin went to Yale and Avi also went to college but the trio came straight out of the same high school.

They have a Michael Jackson evolution as well, it's a one take just like this one. I'd suggest that you watch the live version, from the Pop Spring Concert 2016 = just so you can see what they do on a video, they do just the same live! The concert has 4 songs, 3 original songs and the evolution - you can just react/watch to the evolution, or also do the others as well. I thought you may like to see them in a live performance!

Way too good!!! They need to do one of these for each year, just the top hits from each year.....please!!

If you haven't listened to them yet, I strongly suggest you watch the videos for Citizen Queen. That's an a capella group of five women assembled by Scott of Pentatonix. They have a great song of Evolution of Girl Groups.

"Lucky" is also my favorite Britney Spears song.

Great reaction! 💕

Yes!

There is a german band called Van Canto they do metal acapella (they have a drummer but everything else i by voice) i would recoemd Primo Votoria or Rebellion since they both feature the singers from the original bands.

All of their "evolution" songs are one takes. How much practice to get there...don't know but it was certainly enough! :)