What Am I Listening To? | Worship Drummer Reacts to "Next To You" by Dirty Loops 

Oh, Man!!! It's a true rabbit hole)))) Next songs: Work Shit Out(have drum solo), Rock You, Follow the light, Turbo, The way she walks(have drum solo) and many others. They all worth...

Not far off. Singer is a trained pianist. He studied piano and composition at the Royal Swedish Music Academy. The other two also went to the same place but they studied Jazz. You should take a look at their version of Thriller in a shuffle beat. You realize that Thriller should always have been in a shuffle beat!

Dont be fooled by the drummer - he actually writes a lot of the bass parts. They are ALL crazy-talented. More! More! MORE!

This was one badass reaction to one of the greatest songs by this super band. Thanks a million 👍 With interesting comments and insights as well as a lot of heart, it made my day 🙏 And I feel that, after only listening to this song once, you’ve figured out most of it already. Yes, three guys from Sweden, longtime friends and having studied at the Swedish equivalent of Juilliard, in Stockholm. I hope that Lotta Wiklund sees this reaction and adds one of her always super informative comments! Suffice it to say that Dirty Loops are three of the best new musicians on the music scene today. They’ve jammed and recorded with some of the best, and I think you have THE BEST journey ahead of you, diving into their stuff. Jonah slays you with his insane vocals and crazy riffs. He’s also indeed a classically trained pianist, first and foremost. Having sung in his parents’ choirs (both are choir masters) from practically age one, all his life, he also started early with the piano, switching to jazz piano studies later on. From what I’ve heard, Pat Metheny Group (Lyle Mars), Oscar Peterson and above all classical music are his influences musically. Rachmaninov, other romantic composers, Bach…. Vocally he cites Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder as part of his big influences, as well as everything else he listened to, growing up. Interestingly, he sees himself not primarily as a singer, or pianist. Still, music is his big passion. I guess it would be the same for Henrik and Aron. Henrik’s funk technique is outta this world. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d been the one laying down that grunge thing at the beginning. He uses all sorts of pedals and effects, but hey, just guessing. Aron, besides being an insane drummer (Toto influence) co-writes a lot of their material (all three write together in various combinations). He’s also the one often writing Henrik’s bass lines. And to top it off, edits all of their visuals on their videos. Also by the way, Jonah has laid down ALL of the vocals in this one, despite appearances. Every time I listen to this track there are new vocal and choir insanities appearing. Even the credits soundtrack -I could listen to it for hours. They’ve got an amazing sound engineer on board, Simon Petrén. He’s often called the fourth member of Dirty Loops. Then there is Andreas Ekstedt, a Swedish percussionist specializing in Latin instruments and rhythms, often featuring on their recordings. Very interesting what you’ve said about Rush and their way of compensating for a lack of speakers on stage 😂 Yeah, the Loops often use amp setups visually in a funny way. They exploded onto the music scene with a cover of Lady Gaga’s Just Dance (completely mindboggling!), then more civers followed and eventually they went into writing their own originals. Where they are going from here, we’ll see. Currently they’re touring Canada and the US and are working on a new album, soon to be released. They’re dropping a new song today, and I can NOT WAIT to listen to it!!! Interesting how you’ve said that ‘your emotions have been completely played with’. I think it’s what happens to all of us, listen to their music, and it’s one of Jonah’s stated goals and passions, to express emotions in their music. Also through the way he plays with harmonic changes. “Next To You” takes you to another level, for real! 💥☄️⭐️⚡️💫✨🪐 You might want to check out their song “Work Shit Out”. More crazy classical/jazz/funk fusion, as well as an insane drum solo by Aron and keys solos by Jonah. Sooo much good stuff to explore ☺️ Thanks for taking us on that journey 👍🙏

”Hit Me” from early days over 10 years ago. It’s a master piece ❤

Great reaction and welcome down the rabbit hole that is Dirty Loops! It's so much fun to see someone discovering Dirty Loops for the first time, and have their minds blown As someone already pointed out, the vocals in this one is just Jonah, but on the song "Rock You" you can see both Aron (drums) and Henrik (bass) on backup vocals. In their early days they sang some of the backing vocals when they were playing live as well. They always have an auxiliary keyboard player with them when playing live, and these days that guy does much of the backing vocals with a harmoniser, in addition to backing tracks vocals they also use for some of the more complex arrangements. Henrik said the following about writing and recording this song, in an interview in Bass Magazine: Q: “Next to You” has a cool, halftime-shuffle feel and a gospel choir component. A: "That song took forever to write. Aron and I wrote the chorus in 2016. We found it in a drawer and tried a bunch of new verses with it until we got the right one. Then at the last minute, Aron wrote the gospel choir parts. He sent a very funny demo in which he marked where all the different gospel parts come in and what kind of voice they had. When Jonah recorded them, he had a chalkboard with all the different characters in the choir, and he distorted his voice to match each character and so none of them would sound like him. The groove has our typical, swung-funk, triplet feel, but the key is the Bootsy funk formula of having a heavy one to make all the subdivisions after it work. Aron wrote the chorus bass line, which is keyboard bass-like, and it worked best with a combination of fingers and slapping." If you want to check out more by them, you can pick just about anything, and you'll more than likely won't be disappointed, as everything they've ever released is of this ridiculous quality. And believe it or not, they're just as maddeningly good live. I'd recommend having a look at my personal favourite "Work Shit Out" though. It's still one of my most listened to songs, several years after being released. So stupidly good! I think the only guitar in that song is the one in the intro, as they usually do not use guitars at all, and it was played by Henrik's younger brother Erik. :) They did a whole album ("Turbo") with guitarist Cory Wong and his horn section though, during the pandemic, so if you'd like to hear them with guitar go check out some of the track from that album. There are videos for two songs ("Follow th Light" and "Thriller") on Dirty Loops' channel, and two more ("Turbo" and "Ring of Saturn") on Cory Wong's channel.

Welcome to the wonderful musical world of Dirty Loops. Those guys were all classical trained. They come from Sweden and were all music student at the universtity in Stockholm. My next listening advice is "Work Shit Out" which proves their instrumental craftsmenship at its best.

Without a doubt: "Work Sh*t Out" for the next reaction. Aaron's drumming is insane in this.

Managed by Quincy Jones.. Quality! Saw them live about a year and a half ago... ❤️❤️🔥🔥 New material coming out tomorrow, march 7 2024. 😱

7:10 ”I get the feeling that there’s so much yet to come, and we haven’t even scratched the surface yet.” Man, you are so right about that, as you will see when you listen to their other songs! 😉

Welcome to the Dirty Loops fan club 😀. Wait until you check out "Rock You", "Follow the Light", "Thriller", "The Way She Walks" and especially "Work Shit Out" (and yes, that just a single pedal on the kick). Great reaction video!

It's always a blast when reactors find Dirty Loops for the first time. It's extra special when those reactors are musicians. I won't be long-winded with details because I'm sure everything you need to know is covered below so I look forward to your next one. You honestly can't pick a bad one. Great breakdown of the intricacies of the musicianship btw. I'm a musician as well, albeit light years from their level.

The only person singing is Jonah, the keyboardist. The choir is also only him.

Need a ‘work shit out’ reaction! It’s their only song where Aron gets a full length solo! and when I say it’s incredible…

subbed for more dirty loops. go get em!

They went to church and didn't even realize it at the end, if they were church that ending would've led to a full shout🙌🙌🙌

Dirty Loops is a great next dive. They've got some great stuff with Cory Wong like "Follow the Light" and "Turbo". Honestly, you can't go wrong getting Loopified

It's funny you mention Jordan Rudess. He actually contributed a solo on one of Jonahs solo tracks ( a cover of Bad my MJ)

Great video and spot on analysis! Do more videos of Dirty Loops!

You got to do their song "work shit out", you will love it. Then do "hit me" and "follow the light". It will give you a energy boost for days. 😆

1 Work shit out. 2 Follow the light. 3 Rock you. By the way, the drummer does the video editing, they are all animals.

Great reaction to my favorite band - keep going! 😍

A big smile on the person reacting to DL - great and joyful! 🙂 As you see from the comments a lot of us feel the same about them and their music 😊 Next I suggest ”Work shit out” since you said you like a lot happening and there is a drum solo in it!

"Run away" came out just the day you launched your reaction and reaction videos already go nuts!

The first time I heard them was when they did "Follow the Light". That was it, I was hooked and now I think? I have heard everything they have done. "Next to You" is my fave followed very closely by their cover of MJ's "Thriller". AWESOME!!!! You have to follow them to appreciate just how talented they are. Why are they not more well known in the western world?

Came because of ren and have ended up watching a whole bunch of your vids. Youre showing a whole host of different stuff and thats super refreshing! Your musical knowledge always shines through. Great stuff ❤

Nothing i can say that everyone else hasn't already said..... ill sit back and wait for your next dirty loops reactions 😈😈😈

Yes, they are three classically trained musicians. They met at the Stockholm Royal College of Music and formed a band. You are right, Jonah was trained as a pianist, so was Henrik although he switched to bass when he was fourteen because a girl he liked told him that bass was a sexier instrument. The drummer doesn't actually sing; all of the vocals are Jonah. I saw them live last November and they were wonderful. Jonah's voice is the real deal.

”No genres off limits…”. That would be either Ren or Dirty Loops. They take on all genres.

Hey, try their "Work sxxt out" - and you might get what you expect from the drummer! ;-) Just kiddin´- you have excellent taste sir! So much more for you here. Cheers from Sweden!

Love your reaction😂❤. Keep it coming. Work shit out is a must!

Just wanted to add, I am a drummer from way back, jazz, and I was also lead singer. So, yeah a drummer can play and sing at the same time! Coordination!!! :)

And… they just came out with their first new song in FOREVER. “Run Away.” Holy crap, Henrik. 😳

More Dirty Loops please - you´re in for a ride

I´ve seen them live in Prague last year, they were great. They can really play live. Also, it was a small venue so after the concert they came out to chat, sign merch, and take photos with us. Very approachable guys, down to earth, and great sense of humor. I´m looking forward to watching your next reaction.

You sir have fallen into a deep rabbit hole discovering Dirty Loops. Enjoy.

You are in for a treat! Dirty Loops are great, i can recommend follow the light and work sh*t out, two great songs.

I love watching musicians discover Dirty Loops. Looking forward to the next one!

This will be stuck in your head for weeks.

You gotta do ""Work shit out". And about those credits, they are always hillarious.

“Work Shit Out” has to be your next stop. Your musical life has just been changed, forever.

They are from Sweden!!!! All studied at Sodra Latin together. After secondary school they attended the Royal College of Music in Stockholm together.

When you're ready for a new group... Snarky Puppy will absolutely blow your mind. Serious, serious jazz, kind of revitalizing the genre single-handedly. Check out Trinity, Lingus, and/or Shofukan to start. Five Grammy awards, bro. You will _not_ be disappointed. Oh, plus one of their main keyboardists is primarily a worship keyboard player (also multi-Grammy-winning in his own right).

There´s so much Pat Metheny in Jonahs playing. Pat uses a synth module on several of his records which makes Jonahs solo sound even more like Pat. This whole song has a lot of Metheny melody in it. These guys are top tier musicians, dear lord.

From Stockholm and met at the royal music academy

Work shit out, world on fire, breakdown, Rock you, follow the light, thriller, Also they put out Run Away yesterday...

Work S**t Out is a trip !!

Came here for Ren. Setting up a tent for Dirty Loops. Also: Get wowed listening to Jeff Buckley (Grace, Mojo Pin, you might know his "Hallelujah", always the live versions)

Heheh, yeeeah! And yes, all three of them attended a conservatory in Stockholm together. They're all _incredible_ session musicians who wanted to do their own thing. Jonah is definitely inspired by MJ as well as Stevie Wonder, so much so that people have wondered if he's one of them reincarnated. And guess what? They're produced by Quincy Jones! Also you _gotta_ watch the credits with these guys. There's always more music and they're funny af!

If you want wild drumming, listen to "The Way She Walks" by dirty loops

First time hearing them, love their sound.

Oh man, you are in for a journey. 100% next song Work Shit Out for the amazing drum solo. Also Dirty Loops is starting a US tour in a couple weeks and if they are near you I would highly recommend it. It's been about 10 years since the last time I saw them in Chicago. They absolutely deliver live too. Cheers.

They have an amazing catalog, Ive been a fan since 2014. They just released a new song yesterday that would explode your mind. But I also recommend Undo (live), Rock You, Hit Me, and some if their cover songs. That's just the starter!

Follow the Light, Hit Me, Circus

Great reaction video and so glad to see you on your way to "Loopification." Have fun! LOTS of videos and songs on YT to discover.

Love Dirty Loops. I found them through YT from watching Snarky Puppy

Your observations are spot on.

Friend you really said it all. Great reaction, honestly a delight to watch. Welcome to the world of Dirty Loops. Among their many abilities this band is a reactors blessing. That's because you can just click and react. There are NO bad Loops songs and your reaction to this tells me that you are going to love going down this rabbit hole. I am so looking forward to more reactions to them. Like I mentioned you cannot go wrong but a couple of my favs are: World On Fire, Thriler-yes that Thriller, Rock You and well listen to any of those and you'll truly be hooked. To the best addiction out there.

Dirty Loops just dropped an new video a few minutes ago.

Awesome reaction! Subscribed.

10 years of AMAZING MUSCIANSHIP for you to catch up on....

Would love to see your reaction to the drum solo (the whole song actually) of Work Sh*t Out, also by Dirty Loops. You're right... they are the musicians' musicians.

My first exposure to dirty loops was during lockdown they were in a train it was incredible

Well done sir and looking forward to more DL, who are managed by Quincy Jones nonetheless! Dirty Loops is a band from Stockholm, Sweden, made up of Jonah Nilsson (keyboards and lead vocals), Henrik Linder (bass and backing vocals) and Aron Mellergård (drums and backing vocals). Their arrangements borrow from jazz and jazz fusion, gospel, funk, electronica, pop, and disco. They are known for their jazz fusion reharmonized covers of pop songs like "Baby" by Justin Bieber, "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele, ''Just Dance'' by Lady Gaga, and "Wake Me Up" by Avicii. They also performed the 2016 rendition of the song "Over the Horizon" for the new Samsung Galaxy S7/S7Edge by Samsung Electronics. My favorite tracks are Follow The Light (collab with Cory Wong and also a fire bass solo), Work Shit Out (2+ min drum solo) and World On Fire (bass solo). They also did a cover of Thriller with Cory Wong which absolutely kills it! New sub for more DL!

My favorite will always be "Work shit out".

protip for RU-vid. use the left and rught arrow buttons on your keyboard. it allows you to go back or forward 5 seconds at a time. WAY easier than mousing.

Song Rock You, and you get your drumb solo

Hendrik is the happiest Emo I've ever seen! Ambassador Jenks

Don't forget "World on Fire" It will set you on fire 😄

Loved watching you connect with these guys. So awesome they are hard to describe, but certainly hit all the high spots musically. Check them out with Cory Wong & Dirty Loops Turbo. Had the volume so high the car was almost bouncing to the beat! Enjoy

They are all graduates of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music, where they all studied both classical and jazz styles. Aron drums Henrik bass and Jonas keyboards and lead vocals. They are from Sweden. At the end of the video isthe line -A Quincy Jones Production - there is your Michael Jackson influence to his singing that many hear & his range is incredible. They are my favorite band of the last 10 years. Go to their 5 song EP called Phoenix and do the five song playlist. Then play the album Loopified from 2014. They've done guitar songs with a guitarist Cody that I know about but haven't heard this configuration of the band yet. The new track Run Away is from now, they just played in myh home town yesterday ( Toronto, ON, Canada and are on a tour of North America at this moment. You should look to see when they come to your city-state in the USA

Funny you mentioned Jordan Rudess when you were commenting Jonahs piano playing skills/style. Jonah and Jordan are friends and Jordan plays a short solo in Jonah's rendition of Michel Jacksons Bad (link below). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3mK1smj5rzQ.html

Welcome to our nirvana....the World of Dirty Loops! Since I've seen so many great comments with respect to their musicianship and background, I won't add on. It's complete. So for recommendation, I do agree the next one you should react to is "Work Sh*t Out", as you mentioned wanting to see more of Aron's expertise. Next, PLEASE do yourself a favor, as most have said and watch their version of "Thriller". It is NOT a cover, rather a stratospheric re-imagining, as some musicians call it a shuffle. It's a collaboration with Cory Wong and his horn section. Either way, hang on for the best MJ experience ever, "Loopified", and nobody can touch it. Really, after those two selections, anything else you watch from Dirty Loops will have you wondering why it's taken so long for the rest of the world to find them. Also, to get a good glimpse of how tight D.L.'s rhythm section is (Aron and Henrik - locked!), check out their side project: Songs For Lovers.....most specifically Bitten By the Kitten, then jump on to "Coffee Break is Over." Happy listening!

So what your saying is...these guys are excellent .....nuff said bud

Aaron not just sells it, he’s actually a monster technically, too. I think you’ll realize it after a few more vids

Cool Reaction! React to Tommy Johansson "Ave Maria" He plays all instrument by himself. Regards: Lasse from Sweden PS: Listen to Dirty Loops "Work Shit Out"

Swedish version of Juliard been playing together since middle school a that school

You should watch some playthroughs and drum cams by Patrick Galante. He plays for Ice Nine Kills, and is an incredibly drummer. He also do backing vocals live

I am proud to be Swedish.

Also try out Disturbed cover of "The sound of Silence" "Down with the Sickness" ""Hold On to Memories" live version" Cover of "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" Also a great one Johnny Cash doing 9 inch nails "Hurt"

You have to check out their cover of "Thriller" !

Uh Next? Hmmmm??? FOLLOW THE LIGHT! And, they have a new vid coming tomorrow with a new song YES YES YES COFFEE BREAK is an instrumental by them

Nice reaction! As a drummer, I think you would love "Work Shit Out" by dirty loops. You should check it out!!!

Seen a bit of reactions on NTY by DL, no one seem to catch that Aron is playing the rytm-intro on pads together with his drumming....like a sequenser...wonder why no one catches this. However, great reaction, thanks, man!

This group is managed by Quincy Jones. Another discovery of QJ is an artist named Jacob Collier… another rabbit hole

Next song for you, "Work Shit Out". Without a doubt.

They study together at Södra Latin in Stockholm

Yes the music in the credits are part of the song! You kind of need that bit of cool down after that insane work out of a song haha

Check out bitten by the kitten. Only base and drums. So cool by Dirty loops (2 out of 3)

Here is nothing to sale, bro. Every momemt is the truth!

So they are gospel kings too..................... And yes, Jonah / the singer / has told in interviews that he grew up listening to MJ.

Follow the light with Cory Wong is another great tune. I don't think there are any songs I would say you should avoid.

Try "Work Shit Out" next, if you care for a nasty drum solo.

With Jonah's ability to pull off anything Michael Jackson and playing with cream of the crop musicians its no wonder Quincy Jones has taken this Swedish band under his wing and is exploting their incredible musicianship while sticking to pop based musical themes. Check out their fairly recent cover of MJ's "Thriller" with Cory Wong's band. Fortunately for all of us, these gifted Swedish music students gained a lot of traction arranging, recording and posting crazy good covers 11-12 years ago of big hit pop songs by Justin Bieber, Adele, Britney Spears, etc. on RU-vid so much so they recorded and released an album of their own pop oriented songs soon thereafter. Not sure why but they disbanded not too long after that and only realized it was a big mistake and reunited under Quincy's wing a few years ago releasing a great set of videos and an EP plus a collaboration with Cory. Their upcoming tour will be the 1st in almost 10 years in North America......

Check out the collaboration with Dirty Loops and Cory Wong. They do a remake of Thriller.

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Next .... 'Work Shit Out'

Should listen to Thriller produce by Quincy Jones by them.

Went gospel on ya lol. Bass guitarist is very good.

work shit out.