“Why is it over???” 😂This one is definitely in my top 3 at all times!!! Love it sooooo much! Mitch’s voice just gets me every time 👏🏻🤯💜. They are all beyond belief in this one.
🎈🎈🎈🎈❤️🎼🦾🎼❤️🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 .. there goes your smile.. and shimee.. It is probably impossible to rate a Pentatonix song as "my favorite" , but THIS is my favorite. I think I am up to 264 listens .. lol And it is an original !! Thank you Maddy .. total amazement 🌎🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬🌎
You are quickly becoming 1 of my favorite reactors. Probably my favorite very very soon. Love your beautiful smile and the joy that you bring when you react. Pentatonix is the only and I mean only acapella group that I listen to. They is the gold standard
I second Tommie's suggestion. "Change" was Avi's first release in 2019 as a solo artist. For 2 original songs from 2022, I recommend these two that are very different from each other - "All Is Well" 7 Layers Sessions version, filmed in a church in Utrecht, Netherlands during his Spring 2022 European tour (a stunning, beautiful song); and "When I'm a Fool" live at Sunset Sound (an upbeat piece with some of LA's best studio musicians backing him up.
With Scott I would recommend the Mars (Live) - Choir Version ~ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9CAF2Pg9Cgg.html Definitely Your Power with Mitch ~ , ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oTtCKrBQss4.html Gotta throw out there You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch for Matt ~ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6KdLcd-sUQA.html With Kirstin my favs are Rather Be (Clean Bandit Cover) (lead with Pentatonix) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OPWPa-HMpj8.html AND= (her original) Water which is covered in the PTX PopSpring Performance 2016 ~ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7GMHqYxpnzk.html BTW besides Water PopSpring has 2 other PTX Originals = Cracked, Can't Sleep Love as well as= The Evolution Michael Jackson ~ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7GMHqYxpnzk.html Love YOUR Reactions and looking forward to MORE!
I freely admit it was worth $5 to see her delight and shock so often in this great song! This one and Gold are my two 'hidden gems' for reaction videos. Oh and Thank You, the song Scott and his now-husband wrote together. Christmas themed song or not it's a solid fave.
Definitely a favorite of mine! I can't help chair-dancing for this one. And that bass drop by Avi - I can just imagine that in a club, and everyone would go crazy! Thanks for the great reaction!
Mitch was a beast on those high notes, and Kevin made me lose my mind. I felt like I got transported to an EDM festival. When he made that bassdrop, it made me do an a** drop.😂
Why is it over? LOL I'm 70 yo and this one just so wonderful! It was an earlier video, because Avi Kaplan is the bass, prior to 2017. The tones, the harmonies, the beat, the costumes....one of their best!
Sounds like you're turning into a Pentaholic, too! This is why I love watching RU-vid reactors as much as I do. When a performance is this epic, it's easy to just watch another reactor experience the joy!
I agree ...I checked to see if they actually added a real bass ! Unbelievable extremes in this song ! Loved it ! Lol You are fun to watch when you play them !
This is one of the songs they do that your brain thinks that there are instruments, but there aren't any. Results in a great deal of confusion.....HOW????????? This is also an original song from their genius level PTX Volume II. This included Daft Punk, (1st Grammy), Can't Hold Us (crazy remake), and Run to You (an unbelievable original) They were so good from the very beginning...
Good news! Somebody put together a 10-Hour Loop version of 'Love Again,' so that's got you covered. 😁 In all seriousness, though, if you're interested in some solo stuff, Avi has some amazing songs: 'Other Side,' 'The Summit,' and 'Change on the Rise' being my favorites. Also, Scott and Mitch have their own channel called "Super Fruit" that has a bunch more videos on it.
👉👉👉Some Solo side stuff (there are A LOT) but here are a few to start you off with: Scott and Mitch had a side duo and they called themselves "SuperFruit". It started off as a vlog with fun content and progressed to AMAZING original Music (they also have medleys of other artists. 💥Guy.exe - by SuperFruit (full production/not A capella) 💥Break A Little - by Kirstin Maldonado (From her EP L.O.V.E) plus Kirstie was in the Broadway show Kinki Boots. 💥Oblivion - Mitch Grassi has an alter ego called Messer and a lot of his music has a very fresh 80's vibe. 💥MARS - Scott Hoying has a lot of solo side stuff as well as colabs. But he just released an EP called Parallel on the 28th of July. 💥Life Is A Highway - by Matt Sallee from "Berklee Night LA. Matt sings with his church group and or his church colleagues when PTX is on break. 💥Change On The Rise - by Avi Kaplan, Avi was the original bass for PTX from 2011 to late 2017. He has a lot of great solo music, his genre is Folk/Americana. 💥True Colors - by Kevin Olusula, I know you reacted to K.O but there is more solo music from him. This is his cover of Cyndi Lauper song, sung beautifully. There are A LOT of side, solo, colabs from Every member. PENTATONIX is the GIFT that keeps on giving. Also ABSOLUTELY recommend that you subscribe to "PTXweekly news " A fan made channel (that the group also follows) to get The latest News, pics, tik toks and videos of the group. 🌟PTX just announced their annual Christmas Tour for this year. 👉DEFINITELY check out and subscribe to PTXweeklynews
If you like Pentatonix I would recommend you listen to more of Avi Kaplan. He was the base voice but left in 2017. He have since gone solo, and it's amazing. Heard him live, and I have to say: Best live performance I've had ever heard!
Here's a solo Kirstin that is a must-listen. She sings an original live with simple accompaniment, and wolves in the background! "Break a Little" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZQdR8v5C6t4.html
I love that acoustic version of "Break a Little". The studio version is great, but in this version, it's just her voice out there front and center and it's near perfect. She also did "Bad Weather" and "All Night" in that same performance, and both of those are amazing too.
Yessss, I'm so glad that you liked it! I swear, every 20 second chunk of this song is astonishing and fabulous! I love all of their stuff but this one in particular I'm actively *resentful* that a'capella seems to have a hard stop on radio play. This is just so good, clubs are MISSING OUT. Your reaction was everything I was hoping for, thanks so much for reacting!!
This is one of my FAVES by them cuz it's dance music and cuz it's an original ! Put this one with 90'S DANCE MEDLEY and DAFT PUNK MEDLEY and you gotta dance party !
A couple of originals Sing, Happy Now, Be My Eyes, but they are so good, any cover can be original for PTX. They upgrade covers. And you should hear Bohemian Rhapsody. cover from Queen. Oh yeah, and the live concert, PopSpring. There are 3 originals and an Evolution of Michael Jackson. It's approx. 15 minutes long, but you said you wanted more when you heard Love again. these are amazing. Kirsty and Keven wrote, Water, the solo Kirsty sings. You'll love it!
One of my favs of theirs, crazy, crazy talent. untouchable. Scott "Mars" Choral version is insane. Kirstie; "Break a little", Mitch "Your power" Avi Kaplan "Change on The Rise" all are amazing.
I'm enjoying your PTX reactions so much, Maddy! I think you'd also like Pentatonix Mitch's & Scott's spin-off RU-vid channel, SuperFruit. It's sort of a quicky variety show that includes chat, goofy challenges, serious music, hilarious music, etc. Some great episodes from that are: GUY.exe : a professional-quality music video with a Rocky Horror vibe, as mad scientist Mitch tries to build a perfect boyfriend. Its bouncy tune and lyrics will stick in your head for days. Hip-Hop Goes Broadway, parts 1 & 2 : Mitch and Scott sing lines from popular hip-hop songs (dirty words tastefully bleeped out) in the style of perky Broadway show tunes. Bloopers at the end! Frozen Medley : hysterically funny thrown-together performance filmed in someone's living room, guest-starring Kirsten and featuring a weird collection of wigs and the fakest snow ever. Bloopers at the end of this one, too!
Great reaction. This one was so unique. Shows off their creativity and their ability to do so many genres of music. Like you said sounds like a club hit and they’re doing it without any instruments!
Oh and the names well You know Kevin, So there's Kirsten she is the girl. Then there's Scott. He is the the blonde guy who sings baritone. Then there's Mitch he is the guy that sings like really high when u hear his voice u know...(Mitch slap) he led for most of this song and finally there's Avi he is the bass guy that sings super low. He eventually left and Matt stepped in on doing bass after Avi left. Matt isnt in this song but he is the bass on other songs where u dont see Avi. He sings really low too.
Heyy great reaction! Yes I absolutely love how epic everyone is in their lane. Avi (The bass) and Kevin (The beatboxer/ one man band lol) were awesome carrying the beat on this. If ur up to it u can prolly check out Avi and Peter Hollens doing "Black is the colour of my true love's hair". Avi left the group to pursue his own solo journey and that's a song he did with Peter Hollens it was pretty dope.
EDM without the "E"! This is one of my favorites from their early years. An absolute tour-de-force by Mitch. On the costuming, the look they were going for here was "Cyber Goth", one of the subcultures of the dance club scene at the time, and they totally nailed it.
This one on a loop, exactly! So happy you reacted to this. It's one of their early original songs. For live performances, among the best are: 1. "Popspring 2016" (includes 3 original songs plus "Evolution of Michael Jackson") 2. "Pentatonix - Aha!, Singapore, The Star Vista" which is a crappy fan recording, but worth it 3. Any of the "2021 Yale Livestream" videos, especially "Can You Feel the Love Tonight." 4. "The Prayer - Pentatonix on TMS (The Morning Show)" 5. "Pentatonix Cover 'Ride' by 21 Pilots" 6. "Pentatonix live: Impromptu version of RIVER by the Trio Hollywood Bowl 2022," 7. "Pentatonix - Star Wars Tribute | American Music Awards 2015" 8. "The Masked Singer 9 - California Roll Unmasked with EPIC Singout," and 10. "Hallelujah - Pentatonix (From A Pentatonix Christmas Special)"
Names, Mitch as in Mitch-slap, nice way of saying bitch-slap, Scott's Hott, Kirstin rhymes with thirsty, Kevin's in heaven, Matt has a hat, and Avi, is Awesome.
Pentatonix History…..composed by Alan Freeman 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 acappella 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 cover of a medley of songs by Daft Punk not only went super−viral, but also won them their first Grammy, they were promoted all the way up to RCA Records, Sony′s top label. They began writing and producing their own songs in addition to their covers, began putting out a Christmas album just about annually (which has become their best−selling genre), and have had multi−platinum album sales, sold−out world tours, and have won two additional Grammys. Avi began getting burned out with all of the touring and heavy recording schedule, was suffering from anxiety and personal problems, and learned that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He announced he was departing from the group and taking some time away from the music industry. Matt Sallee (from Baltimore) joined them in September 2017. He did only become official when they renewed their RCA contract in February 2018, but he recorded with them in September as a featured artist and went on their Christmas tour as a featured artist, as well. When he attended the audition for the group, he had already mastered the Bass part for most if not all their past catalogue. He was successful and has proved that he fits in well with the group. If you think there have been other changes to the line up - look again. This is the ONLY change. Kirstie and Mitch are like chameleons and change looks frequently. After a year away from music, Avi has now returned as a phenomenal solo artist in the Folk/Americana/Roots genre. Ben Bram has been in charge of their production, including arranging and directing from the beginning. He is often referred to as the sixth member. Scott and Kevin are major players in the arrangements, but every member contributes. good watch is "The Recording of Evergreen" where a camera was invited into the studio for the second week of recording/ Also, all members are songwriters for both Pentatonix and their own solo work. Ed Boyer who mixes everything of theirs (even the HWB Livestream) is the one who pulled Ben Bram into the sing off in the first place. They were nominated for a 4th Grammy for their album Evergreen, but didn't win. Kirstie became a new mum which caused a pause in touring after their Evergreen Christmas tour 2021. Mid March 2023 Kirstie has announced that she is engaged to Ben Hausdorff, their videographer. No dates YET! They have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame installed in February 2023. They are the only acapella group with a star! Things you need to know because if you get these wrong “Pentaholics” will come after you with pitch forks and torches! Ha Ha!! 1- There is NO Auto-Tune; what you hear is actually what they sing. They really are that good. One exception is the 90's Dance Medley where Cher used autotune as an effect - so they had to. 2- What produces everything that you hear in the video, you see in the official video. If there is an instrument used in the music, you see it on screen. In the 2022 Christmas album, there are some instruments not featured throughout the album. 3- They never release something on video they can’t reproduce with the exact same quality live on-stage.
One of my absolute favorite of theirs. I was already out of the club scene when this song came out in 2013, but yes, it would have been perfect. Sadly, I don't think it was, because mainstream was and is blind and stubborn and refuses to see past the words "a cappella". Oh, 3 Grammys? Star on the Walk of Fame? So what, you can't do real music. UGH. Well, they have us devoted Pentaholics, that's all that matters.
They are always amazing. Have u tried any of Avi's solo music? They are all so talented singly and together heavenly. Avi was and is more than a bass line. Try Change on the Rise or b/w video of I'm only getting started. Slower, beautiful All is Well 7 layer sessions. Have tons to choose from. Subscribed hoping for Avi Kaplan and anything PTX.
Mitch and Scott had a side project which is just them being themselves BUT, they also have several songs...my favorite to watch RU-vid reviewers react to is their video called GUY.exe, since both Scott and Mitch are part of our LGBTQ community it is a fun one to react to. Love your reactions!!
Unfortunately Kevin found that this bass beat damaged his throat, so this ( to the best of my knowledge) is the only song where it's used. Stunning. Although they have many other excellent originals (try Be My Eyes or Sing) this is my favourite original.
This was the PTX follow up to Daft Punk, which possibly helps explain the makeup and costumes. There's a live version of this song that they performed for an interview where you can watch to see who's doing what a little easier - no fast cuts like the video has. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GyRiez6UKAI.html
I’m still having chills from this song and I heard it for the first time 5 years ago! Here’s one Kirstie’s solo songs ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OvR59mzH8wY.html She’s really quite good, I’m not sure why it didn’t do well. This one she did with Voctave, hang on to yourself! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zLMeDUBKmBs.html
Hi! When you did Daft Punk, you check a private performance. Love Again has similar, a tv performance without mics, except Kevin, 'cause this effect hurts his throat. Take a look here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GyRiez6UKAI.html
YES! That's it exactly! And it's so much more coherent an observation than my first thought, which was "KEVIN, WHY HAVE YOU STAPLED BOTTLE CAPS TO YOUR HEAD?" XD
Unless I'm mistaken, it doesn't look like you've reacted to Voiceplay. I highly recommend them. And with Halloween coming up in a couple of months, here are some suggestions: "This Is Halloween" and "Oogie Boogie's Song" from Nightmare Before Christmas. "Grim Grinning Ghosts", and "Hide and Seek (Ding Dong)" featuring Lauren Paley (she was actually involved in at least 3 versions of this song, her own, which went viral and led to the other 2, then she collaborated with Voiceplay and The Bass Gang on their respective covers).
Hey, just you know, Kevin does not do bass. Avi/Matt are the bass, but Kevin does do a bass drum, so that could be what you are thinking. You've got Kevin's name down, then there Mitch, think "Mitch Slap nice way to say B***h slp"a, so all you ave to remember is Scott, and Kirsten (Pay attention to the "R" it's after the "I") KIRsten/Kirsty rhymes with thirsty.
in this one it IS actually Kevin who does the bass. He does a beatboxing technique with his throat. It hurts him though which is why we don't see him do it usually.
Thank you for the great reaction to this Pentatonix original song and video for it. Happy that you liked it. Just for your entertainment, here is a link to Pentatonix singing this live for an interviewer after an interview at 24/7: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GyRiez6UKAI.html . Notice that only Kevin has a mic. It's amazing what they can do live. For another Kevin video, please react to his performance video KOver for "Sign Of The Times". Link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hBFlhLEU7uU.html. For Scott: "Parallel". Link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PMRcLl74UjY.html
As I said, the best acapella group in the world bar none. Maddy, I listened to a Peleton add and heard a snippet of the following song Kill Dem by Jamie xx. If thus does not get you dancing, then I misjudged you : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6NLEp6awMQQ.htmlsi=jcOHyBzigfDXZSTa
