Hideaway - Jacob Collier 

When one starts to study music, learning about harmony, rhythm , and all the other facets of music theory... when one spends 8 hours a day in the practice room trying to become perfect in your instrument,... when one begins to compete with other musicians for jobs and accolades .... one can lose that initial love and joy that's present prior to all the training. When one listens to music, it then becomes something to be analysed, quantified and judged. When I listen to Jacob's music, I simply enjoy it and I'm transported to a time when I loved music just because it was music. I didn't understand anything, I didn't try to understand anything. I just... listened to it. Thank you so much Jacob for giving me this again. It means the absolute world to me... it means everything. Everything.

This is considered his "humble beginnings" later in his career. Let that sink in for a second...🤯

music: (is in a key) jazz musicians: how about a key change? jacob: how about a *tuning* change?

This is still my go-to song to test headphones.

This is a ridiculous display of talent. wonderful sounds

He stays in one room but I was shown the galaxy.

Me: * see's the thumbnail * Oh, he has a band! Me: * see's the video * Oh, he is the band!

When you can't trust your friend to record the part right, so you do it all yourself

me - jacob, what instruments do you play? jacob- yes

This level of prodigy is so rare. It's really a staggering amalgamation of so many different finely tuned talents and disciplines - not to mention beautiful on the ears and captivatingly shot/produced. And he's 21. I think Collier is going to catch a very big wave...

This has become much more a prayer for me rather than a song.

Opening: A=432 Hz 2 minutes in: A=~435 Hz 5 mins: A=~438 Hz By the end: A=440 Hz

Everyone in his band looks the same

I want a love that makes me feel the way this song does

I feel like a bard just cast a spell on me.

I just learned by watching June Lee's second interview with Jacob that this song starts out in the tuning of A=432 and ends in the standard tuning of A=440! I'm pretty sure that's never been done before, but I could be wrong. Jacob you are inspiring so many people with your incredible knowledge of music theory, your level of musicianship, your genuine enthusiasm for music, and most of all your willingness to push the boundaries of conventional music. You've introduced this soon to be 44 year-old drummer/pianist to a world of ideas, both in harmony and in rhythm. Keep doing what you're doing, including educating the rest of us, and I bet your name will eventually be up there alongside the names of the artists you've covered. I'll be watching from the cheap seats.

This came on my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify while I was walking to class, and I had to sit down. Beyond words amazing.

Bro, his voice is genuinely so perplexing!! He's making his vowels tall, which usually creates a darker, hidden sound. But his sound is so bright!!! How??? What is he doing with his voice?!???

about twice a year I come back and spend 7 minutes here.

3:40 also I don't know how many people realize how hard it is to keep that beat on a cowbell and sing an ad lib freely at the same time

Once you discover Jacob Collier's music, it's like that scene from Rick and Morty where Morty steps onto "true level" ground and ends up having to get his mind erased because he can't go back to normal ground after experiencing perfection.

I closed my eyes listening to this song and really listened to the instruments. They took me to Italy, Paris, Hawaii, a rainforest, a beach- i love this song

I am 72 and this young man has got me as exited about music again as I was about the Beatles in the 1960s!!

Along with the change from 432 to 440, the lights in the room also get brighter to emphasize 'opening up'. Incredible.

how can be the whole universe in a boy

Holy shit... this is what I want to be someday

Well, it's been 3 years since I "discovered" Jacob, and I am reminded of the first day. After wiping the tears from my eyes for having had my ENTIRE musical vocabulary of 40 years turned on its head, I was starting to wonder whether I had gone mad, or indeed I had stumbled across the next Great Leap Forward. My 3 young kids (despite my advanced age, I'm still knocking 'em out) were in the midst of an enormous argument. One was 4 years old, one 8 and the eldest was only 9 years old - all rambunctious, noisy, very different from each other, and all with varying degrees of musical ability. So I couldn't calm them down, so I just sat them on the sofa, fired-up my screen and told them to just "watch" - not listen. From the get-go all 3 of them froze. I mean TOTALLY. I didn't hear a squeak out of either one of them, all 3 being transfixed by what they were hearing and seeing. And THAT is when I realised that we were dealing with something quite exceptional. And the freakiest thing of all - this guy literally lives 2 streets behind where I used to live!! I can't believe dthe lost opportunity. If only I had known!!!!

I listen to this in my room with my eyes closed every time I need to recharge. I swear this song feels like floating on pure light.

I don't think I've ever been so emotionally connected to a song before

"Sir, we've genetically engineered the greatest musician of all time." "Fantastic, agent! Did you use the bio-schematics we based on all the members from the Mahavishnu Orchestra?" "Not quite, sir. We took DNA from Herbie Hancock's hair, David Bowie's skin, Prince's nails, Tigran Hamasyan's eyeball, Flying Lotus' taint, Stevie Wonder's left nut, and used data from the medical histories of all participants of Sly and the Family Stone." "Genius! Are we keeping him in cyro-stasis?" "No, we locked him in a recording studio." "Shit, check the testing monitors. He's probably already begun Phase IV" *The military members see the Hideaway video on the CCTV feed* "How is he multiplying? We didn't test for that! What's with that smile? Does he know we're watching him?" "As an entity of this magnitude, he must be psychically aware of any audience of his at all times." "Sir, what's happening? Why can't I stop my limbs from convulsing in a 5:3 polymetric pattern?" "Oh no, the inspirational funk has already infected us. He must have used those lovely songwriting chops to trojan-horse the mental toxin into us without us knowing. We were so close to crafting the perfect military weapon; if only we could contain it. Help! If anyone out there is listening, please tell my wife that the soundtrack to my death was somehow simultaneously complex and tasteful." *Their brains then melt as they try to theorize the chord voicings."

Take me Anywhere you want to go You know that my love is strong In my hideaway Softly Like the calm that follows storm Find what I've been searching for, all along In my hideaway Even when I close my eyes Darling, I will always stay Wide awake In my hideaway Touch me Like I've never loved before In a place that I adore In my hideaway I know Whichever way the wind may blow There will be a place for me to go In my hideaway Whether you be lost of found Darling, if you've gone astray I'm on my way To my hideaway My hideaway Down going down Down falling down Down goin' down Follow down When the rain falls Falling down to the sea Flow that river To the depth of me Let me Feel the sky and feel the moon Let me sing an honest tune To my hideaway Trusting Wherever I go wandering I'll find a home in everything In my hideaway Maybe you can come to stay And I will meet you here someday Far away In my hideaway

Jacob proves that we are not made of matter, but of a symphony of complex harmonies. I have never heard better music or a better composer in 66 years. (R.N. Board of directors- Metropolitan Opera Auditions)

I like the part with the music

I have played, taught and even produced music for almost 50 years. I have worked with a lot artists during my time at Sony Music. Not important who, but they were the biggest. I have never seen or expected to see anything like this. I am stunned, delighted, almost in tears, and still shaking from the chills. You are some kind of miracle.

I feel so bad for those not using high-quality headphones. it just brings this song from a 10/10 to a 15/10. truly amazing!

Guys I had a lucid dream last night that my friend was playing this song, sang the first two lines, and then Crab rave played and worked so well with it. For some reason. It was like 15 seconds and I woke up in disbelief.

This makes me love being alive.

This literally has to be one of the GREATEST PIECES OF MUSIC I've ever heard in my life. EVER. It's an absolute MASTERPIECE on every possible level of musicianship and production. My God....there are no words...tears, yes....just, take the time to listen to the entire thing on the best system possible. And just think, this is the FIRST STEP in Jacob's journey. A true Artist: defying genre, breaking ground, fully aware. Remember...he's only 20. We still get 50-60 more years of this guy! We are now all fortunate to be living in the "Time of Jacob Collier".

At 0:09 he plays a D chord, but in D = 432Hz which makes it feel close and personal and slightly melancholy, this chord can’t be played on an instrument with normal tuning, but at 6:34 he plays the same D chord, but in D=440Hz which feels warmer and like you’ve arrived (edit: got this from one of Colliers videos)

This is my currently my favorite song by him. His musical genre, which I'm calling Collieran, is absolutely beautiful.

Seven minutes ago I wanted to be a musician but now I'm not so sure... you've made me so helpless HOW CAN SOMEONE COMPOSE SOMETHING SO CRAZILY ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT SOMEHOW MAKE IT WORK??? a genius

I truly think that Jacob will become one of the great composers of our era, i'm blown away everytime he releases new song. Great voice, great playing, and most importantly that super-complex harmony... Now that's how music in 2016 should be!

Thanks for being here JC.... Just had the thought that listening to this, is like getting into music as a teenager for the first time again... You're a beautiful and pure channel for creativity #blessings #peace #somuchlove 🤍

Thank you Jacob for showing us how incredible a human being can actually be when finding purpose and giving all to it at every second of the "ride". Your music belongs to the universe!

I feel like i'm coming home while i'm hearing this.

WHAT!!?? THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!! Dude. Completely blown away. Insane. Can't wait for the album!

I have a feeling that he just scratches a surface of a new wonderful world of infinite micro-tonal music melodies, chords and transitions.

A perfect blanket of harmony and polyrhythm. Complexity in the form of simplicity. Pure coziness.

Normally when I watch stuff like this, I feel despair, because much as i love music, and have great songs I hear in my soul, i cannot play the beauty i hear within. I struggle not to envy such beauty and skill. but having seen the sheer musical magic people like Cory Henry and Jacob Collier pour into our aching hearts, i have learned a valuable wisdom. Music transcends ego. And i have learnt to let their talent inspire me to keep hearing my inner voices and keep pushing my outer boundaries. I have learnt to just receive their freely given treasure and simply say #ThankYou.

He's a wizard. It's the only way.

Revisiting this masterpiece after 8 years. I'm addicted to Djessie 4 right now in 2024. Thank you, Jacob! God be with your soul. Peace!

i don't feel myself intelligent enough to even comment under his video.

Well being a musician was fun while it lasted. No point even trying after watching this. Absolutely incredible Jacob.

How do I even after watching this?

Jacob, you and your boy band were wonderful and you made me smile from the inside out 😊

I absolutely love the wooden drum sound that starts at 0:44. It pans into the center from both left and right and just adds so much... depth, or whatever that feel is.

You know shit's about to get grooved when bear hat Jacobs show up...

I have immense respect for someone who doesn't so much as write and perform music, as someone who intuits and simply feels it flow through him. I sense that it's not just upbringing, not just access and support at home, it's buried within the id, below the self. I'm moved by this, which is rare given how much I've experienced in my own unusual connection to music. Thank you for sharing yourself.

I always come back to this whenever I want to feel grounded and centered. I can tap into his essence and his universe which are filled with joy, beauty, freedom, and egolessness.

Gosh-- well, I guess you've forced me to make a dumb comment. It's 2 in the morning, and I feel so humbled whenever I get to watch a new video from you. : ) I love how much like a mad scientist you come off in your videos-- like the sort of person who, even if he wasn't doing music or videos, per se, would just go around creating the most unbelievable things that would change the way people see life. A true renaissance man with ideas constantly floating above his head. Your spine-tingling chord-coloring, lush arrangement, and attention to detail in production is so sock-knockable. The moment the syncopation hits at 2:28?! Psshaw. I can't even figure out the time signature-- 5/4? But not only that, but the actual song itself, lyrically and melodically, sounds like it could've fit in right alongside so many timeless jazz standards, of Jerome Kern caliber. And MAN, I thought it wasn't going to get any crazier than your PYT one-take cloning machine of yourself-- as someone who's been through elaborate rounds of masking, keying, and tracking, I have NO stinkin' clue how you got all those clean shadows on the ground, did all those beautiful, gentle transitions to accommodate for each take's lighting... *whistles* And the thing is that -- no matter how simple or extravagant you go, you never lose sight of your purity of vision. Your simple joy in creation, in playing around with sound is infectious and truly inspiring. It's not super often that I start tearing up during a song just because of how beautiful and heart-stopping it is-- but this is one of those times. Not very often that a song becomes a whole UNIVERSE of possibilities. (Speaking of, this video really made me think about how amazing a 360 degree music video from you would be. Your room would be PERFECT for that.) Thank you so, so much for always making me excited to make new music, and new videos. (Random last notes: I really adore those videos you've done with your mother-- it really warms my heart, as someone who's been blessed to be part of a big ol' musical family, to see someone riffing with their parent. Also, have you ever heard Becca Stevens Band? Some of the mandolin & accordion work had some of the magical feelings of their best works like I Forgive You.)

You know that music that feels kind of sacred so you have to make sure absolutely no sound follows after it finishes and you hold your breath and just bathe in the feeling it gives you? Well to me, this is one such song

This song sounds like what waking up just as the sun rises, walking around the house, opening the windows to air out the space, journaling, spiced tea, prayer, meditation and yoga would sound like... those few moments to oneself before the rest of the world starts to move. This song, sounds like an awakening.

If music were a painting of a star, other artists finger paint a star that everyone can see. Collier (and very few others) hashes out the entire night sky with millions of precise strokes.

I just wasted an hour of my life trying to figure out exactly what he does in the polyrhythm section (2:26). I notated it to prove to myself I understood. I'm about to study a doctorate in music. That was humbling.

One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

i love singing along to songs but when it comes to jacob i can’t help but listen in awe to his sheer talent and beautiful understanding of music. it’s like he speaks the same language as the instruments and they’re singing a duet together. i missed loving music this much. thank you, jacob.

A collierian soundscape is always a pleasure

best example of: "If you want it to be done just right, do it all by yourself" :D

2:00 love it how he nearly forgets a beat on the udu lol - he is human!

You either get it, or you don’t. I’m with you Jacob!

Proof that it's not about what kind of mic you have but about what you sing into it

i've never heard a 5/8 section (2:26) sound so freaking natural. its unbelievable musical genius

As an 'ex-composer' (now I seem to be de-composing!) I've gotta say the gift that you have inspires and implodes me and tears come to my eyes. Thank you and may the Universe protect you.

you are the tear that forms in my eyes

It's 2am and I'm literally crying cus this is so beautiful. So amazing how music can do this to you. Thank you Jacob Collier.

Hey, did you know that this video starts in tuning A=432 and ends in 440Hz? I've just learned it, thanks Adam Neely!

The last "hideaway" always gives me chills, so beautiful...

I want my children to listen to Jacob Collier and be in love with his music for them to know what kind of love standard they must seek in life

A miracle in our genuis musician, God is real. Go, go Jacob! We love the love you share. Thank you.

If Mozart were alive today, he'd be a fan of Jacob. This kid is a genius. Wow.

i've never heard a 5/8 time signature (2:26) sound so freaking natural. its unbelievable musical genius

Incredible! What a gift. Thank you for creating and sharing this with the world.

He is an incredible mix of talent, creativity, discipline, boundless energy, vision and so much more. Astounding!

Jacob, if it wasn't clear before, I think it's clear by now that you are probably by far one of the most talented musicians on not just RU-vid, but planet Earth itself...that is, if you even came from there.I am an aspiring musician myself, and being a fan of yours, having discovered you right around the time your "Fascinating Rhythm" cover was your most recent one, I can see that you've come quite a long way especially since then. I admit, I'm a little jealous of your talent compared to mine. I have a pretty wide vocal range and can play several instruments, but whatever you do, you're far better than I am, and certainly not in a negative sense. While I have posted a few videos myself showcasing some of my talent, I wish that it was equal to yours. Even at 17 (my age now), you astounded audiences with your God-given talents and unique qualities of your arrangements and performances. Today, those talents continue to grow with your increasing amount of instruments (plus the invention of one of your own, which I am marveled at still) and your developing knowledge of study and composition techniques, along with other great qualities you have.With this video, everything is taken to a whole new level. I was surprised to notice the absence of your trademark sound of keyboard instruments (minus the accordion; speaking of which, when were you going to tell us what other instruments you've achieved over time?), but I love the amount of stringed instruments you implemented. I can clearly see your stringed instrument skills have improved by a thousand times over the course of 3-4 years (not leaving out your already awesome basslines), and it shows here. I'm glad to see you being successful in transitioning from covers to original material in a very unique sense.With that said, I so wish I could be awesome as you are. :)I await for future singles and can hardly wait for the album to drop. Cheers!"Bear hats..."

still tear up after the 30th time watching.

Just got a new phone with Dolby Atmos setting, and this is the first song I listened to. And oh boy...

Every time I watch this I am more blown away.

It’s such a gorgeous piece. Every time I have a panic attack/ when my depression gets really bad, I always come watch this. Helps out a lot. 💙

Incredible. Absolutely phenomenal. Felt like a well needed hug that couldn't have come at a better time.

This song forces me to breathe

I don't think there is any other musician on this planet that can do the stuff Jacob does. And I can't imagine what he will be playing in 10 years from now. Absolutely genius!

Dont even know anymore - to be more amazed by hes writing skills or size of wardrobe?

Disbelief every time I watch this. You are my favourite musician. Jacob, you inspire me.

I just discovered you and I am in love already your music makes me feel so relaxed and it is uplifting and emotional y moving

Jacob and the Colliers is my favorite band

This song makes me like I am sitting there in the serene mountains, away from the tiring urban jungle. Never has a song made me feel like this. Even with that messy instrumental intro, it was like everything at its right place. I get mad when I can't analyse songs (teenage musician myself), but even with so much going on, it's something that magically calms the mind. For once, I won't try to analyse a song, I'll rather enjoy this... I don't know how to describe it. A gift to the ears? Trying to describe it will simply be an insult to whatever this song is. You're someone who is so much of an inspiration to me in the jazz scene. And you're like only 7 years older than me. You're as good as a brother. When someone who is so close to you in age creates magic, it's really inspirational. You're a contemporary musical... don't know what to say. Genius, Amazing, awesome, they're really just some vague adjectives. Keep weaving magic, mate.

I just want to meet this boy, hold his hands, and then hug him for a million years and say thank you thank you thank you. Jacob, you are wonderful! Thank you for your music! So full of heart. It's not just "impressive", it is GOOD. music.Even on my darkest days, I cannot stop smiling when I listen to your music! Amazing stuff, Jacob. Keep on. :) xo

I’ve listened to this so many times. Though so many different devices and outputs, in-ears, big concert PA systems, car stereo, Sonos speaker at home... every time there’s something new to notice. The level of depth and complexity in this track is perplexing. This is the work true musical genius, one of which the world hasn’t seen in a long long time.

This man is everything I dreamed of becoming and failed to even attempt to achieve.

I can't stop listening to this song. All of those beautiful chords, the interesting syncopation, the diverse instrumentation, and I can't forget to mention your vocal layering...this song is musical heaven. If the rest of the album is like this, I may not have to get any more music for the rest of my life. This is incredible, and I'm chomping at the bit for more.