Music
Jacob Collier Plays the Same Song In 18 Increasingly Complex Emotions | WIRED
Jacob Collier plays and transforms a familiar tune through a variety of different emotions. Jacob takes “Londonderry Air” (more popularly known as “Danny Boy”) and pulls the song through many twists and turns as he transmutes the piece on the fly. How does the song sound “angry,” or “sad”? How about with more complex emotions,…
Jacob Collier
October 6, 2020 at 4:16 pm
Thank you so much for having me, you wonderful people!
Elias Halloran
October 6, 2020 at 10:10 pm
I am a player of your scale on the mysterious one, and pleased to learn it is called a whole tone scale – recognizably interesting stuff!
Darek Kosinski
October 6, 2020 at 11:09 pm
I loved the pocket, Jacob! indeed a hot pocket…
David Escalante
October 6, 2020 at 11:55 pm
you’re a great professor, dear. thanks a lot.
Joe Sexton
October 7, 2020 at 12:38 am
You are absolutely otherworldly and superhuman!! I’ve never heard music described like this before, but i understand it completely on an emotive level. Fabulous video idea and entirely original. Thank you for making this happen. I appreciate your wisdom and creativity more than, I think (like many others), you will ever know. Thank you for being amazing. And thank you for being the ambitious goal towards which most musicians reach for. Keep on keeping on. You’re amazing. x
D-Hawk Beats
October 7, 2020 at 1:14 am
Jacob Collier legend!
Jame Andy
October 7, 2020 at 9:12 am
nolinaGirlasia.link
Max Mann
October 7, 2020 at 3:11 pm
This guy. Give him a bone.
Jason Putra Darmawan
October 7, 2020 at 4:49 pm
Awesome! You need to create music for movies
El Pablito Rodriguez Harrera
October 7, 2020 at 7:36 pm
Im thinking 5 minutes to write a comment. I just wanna say, thank you.
Andorea - chan
October 7, 2020 at 8:47 pm
You mad musical genius you!! 🤩😍👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Vera Scott
October 8, 2020 at 2:38 pm
It was so moving to listen and understand what you were illustrating through the music. I loved it!
Vania Mania Kids Video
October 8, 2020 at 2:57 pm
Funny Baby Outdoor Watch tha video and enjoy
cecilia martinelli
October 8, 2020 at 6:49 pm
betrayal= the moment you realise you crush ( jacob collier) looks like your maths teacher
Annie Hochberg
October 8, 2020 at 9:02 pm
thank you for sharing your gift💕
Joskun
October 9, 2020 at 12:12 am
Jacob, this is an awesome exercise and you did a great job with the emotions.
My favorite one was Guilt and the tier 3 ones. You would be great at film soundtrack and also I believe that style of composing is called music paintings (creating with emotions or something)
One of the best music exercises ever man 🙂
Would love to see some chord relationships (CRs) modal stuff with this technique
We Are All Astronauts
October 9, 2020 at 5:35 am
Food for my soul. The technicality you bring to what I can only stumble upon by luck is truly inspiring.
Sambodhi Prem
October 9, 2020 at 7:56 am
Thank you Jacob!
An average Soviet tank
October 9, 2020 at 6:25 pm
@hung pham viet o
An average Soviet tank
October 9, 2020 at 6:25 pm
@hung pham viet ooo
nezkeys79
October 9, 2020 at 11:38 pm
Well that was humble❤
Wyatt Y
October 10, 2020 at 2:44 am
you gotta do a film score. like have to.
Thalo Technologies
October 12, 2020 at 1:51 pm
@Corey Childs dgffdj
Thalo Technologies
October 12, 2020 at 1:52 pm
@J. van der Linden adfka
PEPPER
October 12, 2020 at 5:39 pm
Mozart of our time man, Mozart of our time
adrienne
October 12, 2020 at 6:25 pm
you’re so cool
Ismael Gama
October 13, 2020 at 1:22 am
greatest musician in history right here, i’m glad i was alive to witness this, I’ll be sure to show this to my kids
Warren
October 13, 2020 at 1:55 am
No, you’re the wonderful one
lowercaseknife
October 13, 2020 at 5:21 am
great job, love you buddy
Jose Alberto Ramirez Ruiz
October 13, 2020 at 5:37 pm
Thank you, Jacob, u r a great musician and artist!
Max Mukhutdinov
October 13, 2020 at 9:32 pm
Confused is how I play all the time
Toms L
October 14, 2020 at 12:32 am
Hey bro! What’s the actual name of the kind of “magic chords” you played during your mysterious mood? Thank you in advance 🙂
lânchánđời nguyễn
October 14, 2020 at 4:21 pm
Jacob is so skilled and having a great intuition of music.However he is only great as an teacher instead of an artist because he is more interested in math and theories.
Xyz Yzx
October 14, 2020 at 5:48 pm
Thank you you wonderful being 🙂
mattamagiera
October 14, 2020 at 6:45 pm
you are extraterrestrial. you bless us with your presence and ability to create. thank YOU. Jacob Collier.
Nils Svanstedt
October 14, 2020 at 7:09 pm
Thanks so much
kaitoujeanne2971
October 14, 2020 at 9:49 pm
oh my gooodness, please do more!!! that must have been such a wonderfully challenging exercise for you, and it was really friggin awesome to watch it unfold!
ToEachHisTone
October 15, 2020 at 11:44 am
Man… if you did cinematic scores, the music convey more emotion than the actors
Daniel Queiroz
October 15, 2020 at 5:04 pm
Jacob i saw the subtle 4 awards flex 👀
Angela Ancheta
October 16, 2020 at 4:45 am
I love you
Luis David González Carmona
October 16, 2020 at 6:03 pm
I love you, man.
pknm
October 17, 2020 at 3:37 am
hi
Michael Liriano
October 18, 2020 at 6:58 am
I love u.🤣
Brittney Blevins
October 18, 2020 at 3:25 pm
@Silas Sanders
W
W
Brittney Blevins
October 18, 2020 at 3:25 pm
@Silas Sanders Arpp
Victor Mingo
October 18, 2020 at 3:45 pm
I just really love your fill in ‘FRIGHTENED’…
PikaPeyton
October 19, 2020 at 6:30 pm
no
pato tello
October 21, 2020 at 10:11 pm
you are awesome bro, we ae waiting for you on chile
Keen Dietrich
October 22, 2020 at 8:59 am
Jacob…I know money is great…but art could be the worlds path to peace. Be an educator to teachers and place them in schools based on your teachings. I don’t mean to be insulting…but teachers are uninspiring artists that didn’t make it. But great music is the reassurance and peace that we gave it our best.
Makeda Bullock Floyd
October 22, 2020 at 9:12 am
Ummm thank you for blessing my ears. You’re incredible
Urahara Mitchell
October 24, 2020 at 3:01 am
No, thank YOU for having US you wonderful enigma of a man.
Myrkrarfar
October 24, 2020 at 7:38 am
Genius ♥️
RaymondHng
October 24, 2020 at 2:34 pm
I see a future film score composer here.
RelaxWithMe
October 25, 2020 at 4:08 pm
You are amazing
Abraham Teklu
October 29, 2020 at 10:18 am
I doubt you will see this, but you should check this out its kinda the same thing and funny
Mark
November 5, 2020 at 12:24 pm
Say Jacob, what exactly do I need to wear to make you play more of those flirtatious tunes?
Halloween Horror Music
November 7, 2020 at 12:32 pm
@hung pham viet o
Zesty Aardvarks
October 6, 2020 at 11:32 pm
Ah yes, my favorite emotion: Jacob Collier
Jonny Walker
October 6, 2020 at 11:32 pm
Jacob – love your music. @Wired – come on – the name “LondonDerry” is very divisive. To the majority in the island of Ireland it is called Derry. The ‘London’ part was put in during the colonisation of Ireland by Britain in recognition of London investors.
kaleidoscope
October 6, 2020 at 11:34 pm
Nice, when I read ‘mysterious’ I thought he’s probably gonna play hexatonic
e. v.
October 6, 2020 at 11:35 pm
“parallel camaraderie but a lack of loyalty” Jacob just casually talking about two piano chords helped me understand my relationship problems so intimately and simply thanks jacob
Shannon Maloney
October 6, 2020 at 11:37 pm
Every time I listen and watch Jacob I have to prepare myself for how inadequate I will soon feel
ManelFogo
October 6, 2020 at 11:37 pm
this is just another demonstration of what I call “quantum brain”. Is the ultmost trust in the intuition, aways being ambitious and curious, open to possibilities to happen for themselves without the interference of the ego, and soar without effort while profoundly rooted in knowledge.
seeing this kind of human working is like seeing a surfer inside a tube of a very big wave with profoundly transparent blue water. it is shapeless, it is powerfull, and you never ever get used to it. you cant help it but just be floored with wonder and be grateful to witness it. in the realm of the graphic arts you have the corean artistist Kim Jung Gi. its a succession of many “wow” and “what?” and then “oh my god” and in the end you go like “ok let me be here for sometime to collect myself before going on with my life”. this process may be interrupted by rage and confusion like “why, god?”. also a profound hope for human kind’s future. also tears.
et de stellis
October 6, 2020 at 11:37 pm
The last tier actually got an emotional response out of me and I know nothing of Piano.
Antônio Montemuro
October 6, 2020 at 11:43 pm
QUE BOM estar vivo <3
et de stellis
October 6, 2020 at 11:47 pm
The world is super crazy right now, but I believe we’re in a quickening. Lots of things are being brought to the forefront of our attention so that we can make a quantum leap as a collective.
I feel like this music exercise is also a step in that direction.
Matias Paredes
October 6, 2020 at 11:54 pm
Guilt sounds make me remember radiohead songs, so radiohead have a guilty sound 🤔
Seth Blumenthal
October 7, 2020 at 12:04 am
I assume back in the silent film era this skill was highly valued in pianists who worked at cinemas
David Gatchel
October 7, 2020 at 12:08 am
7:15 This is golden… it’s better than Charles Ives’ “Variations on ‘America’ “
B Can
October 7, 2020 at 12:13 am
Y’all really hit him with the existential question of “who are you” mid improv LOL
McNuggets
October 7, 2020 at 12:13 am
Derry. Not Londonderry.
Chacorinco
October 7, 2020 at 12:14 am
Such a genius
Antonio Grondona
October 7, 2020 at 12:18 am
completely genius!
c
October 7, 2020 at 12:30 am
jacob’s amazing !
c
October 7, 2020 at 12:30 am
crazy that his mind just works like that
LimeGreenTeknii
October 7, 2020 at 12:30 am
Ah yes, everyone remembers Inside Out with the six basic emotions: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Mystery, Triumph, and Serenity.
Drew Zaremba
October 7, 2020 at 12:34 am
What I LOVE is how much he embodies the emotion in his face and body as well as his virtuosic playing.
Wilson Patterson
October 7, 2020 at 12:36 am
Jacob was a stellar pick. Do more of these with other songs!
lukvar
October 7, 2020 at 12:40 am
I’m wanting an entire cover of flirtatious.
Gigi Gon
October 7, 2020 at 1:09 am
This is just brilliant. I was listening with my headphones and eyes closed, trying to guess the emotions, and it’s just perfect. My life has just improved 110% now, Jacob.
mediawolf
October 7, 2020 at 1:19 am
Bravo Wired. You used him well.
88DopeChords
October 7, 2020 at 7:45 pm
This is amazing Jacob Collier who else thinks so👏
David Fleuchaus
October 7, 2020 at 7:50 pm
dicovery – allow music to be music, letting it lead you – discovery
Sean Ellis
October 7, 2020 at 8:08 pm
18:48 get outta here with that little corner card lol, what a guy
Micah Anderson
October 7, 2020 at 8:12 pm
Damned impressive. Was hoping to see some metric creativity though….
Harley King
October 7, 2020 at 8:40 pm
This was fun, Jacob. I especially appreciated the analysis. The emotion “reassuring” was spot on.
Pizza Bert
October 7, 2020 at 9:05 pm
I also feel very “Jacob Collier” after being forgiven!
seek - vocal music
October 7, 2020 at 9:32 pm
Thank you for this
ckextreme
October 7, 2020 at 9:45 pm
I knew Jacob Collier was a vibe but now he’s an emotion!
Matthew Hunter
October 7, 2020 at 9:51 pm
I’m always frightened in my attempts at flirting.
secretasianman
October 7, 2020 at 9:59 pm
“learn how to write a film score in 21 minutes and 34 seconds for FREE.”
Silas Moe
October 7, 2020 at 10:00 pm
He paid for all the keys on the piano. He’s gonna use all the keys on the piano.
borednow
October 7, 2020 at 10:18 pm
why does the way his mouth and tongue move look so strange? is it the camera angle or does he have some kind of braces/retainer/wires in his mouth?
Gar
October 7, 2020 at 10:22 pm
County Derry*
Ariff BUTLER
October 7, 2020 at 11:04 pm
When are you gonna come out as a robot
Daniel Studart
October 7, 2020 at 11:06 pm
Absolutely insane. This is magical!
Gab Omandam
October 7, 2020 at 11:09 pm
Now let’s revisit Nahre Sol’s WIRED video about 16 lvls of complexity …and hope Jacob makes a collab with Nahre. I would die by then
Dylan Mourik
October 7, 2020 at 11:23 pm
A film scored by Jacob wouldn’t be the first one I’d go to the cinema for just to hear the soundtrack. (But the second. It’d be the second.)
borednow
October 7, 2020 at 11:26 pm
wtf?!?! the third tier had only 1 emotion and the rest was only concepts, situations and a person… smh
Artmeat J
October 7, 2020 at 11:31 pm
Who are you flirting with Jacob? I need answers!
Ariel Valenzuela
October 8, 2020 at 12:18 am
Hello, I’m Jacob collier and I’m a musical genius.
Guido Coluccia
October 8, 2020 at 12:30 am
guilt reminds me of radiohead 13:22
peter g
October 8, 2020 at 12:49 am
what is going on with his hair throughout this video
Sean G
October 8, 2020 at 12:58 am
Let’s just say it. This guy is a level 9 Hot Nerd
Sam Charlier Music
October 8, 2020 at 1:16 am
Jacobian style…we’re witnessing a legend doing legendary things
Sunil Alexander
October 8, 2020 at 5:53 pm
Please tell me I’m not the only person who wants to hear the story when Jacob flirted IMMEDIATELY after being frightened… no one…just me….aight
Geran Maule
October 8, 2020 at 6:03 pm
That’s Exaclty what I had in mind for flirtatious 😂😂😂
Tckgk Ljgfl
October 8, 2020 at 6:34 pm
Hate to go against the grain here, but to me it felt like Mr. Collier wasnt evoking most of the emotion in me. Seems like i need to take a psychopathy test looking at all the comments. Obviously great skill was used in this performance, and obviously i do not possess anything close to a gift as him, however i was answering the question: “Does the music make me feel/feel like the emotion displayed?” With no. It is obviously very subjective and could be entirely beyond the scope of this video, since it is about him and his way of expressing these emotions and not necessarily the audiences viewpoint.
Pip In The Apple
October 8, 2020 at 6:38 pm
brilliant
Mister Mate
October 8, 2020 at 6:44 pm
Frightened to flirtatious is every party ever
Max Oppedisano
October 8, 2020 at 7:00 pm
At 18:39 was he naming the wrong chords? He said F major to C major to F but it looked more like C major to Bb6 or something (?) back to C. Maybe the voiceover was put off or something. Huge jacob fan though and this video was insanely brilliant
John Reuter
October 8, 2020 at 7:26 pm
CORRECTION: “Hello everybody… I’m a GENIUS.”
oğuz Samsa
October 8, 2020 at 7:30 pm
u’ve must done dis with a more familar tune
Hala Faour
October 8, 2020 at 7:31 pm
most underrated musician ever ever ever he’s literally so genius it hurts my head
henry breen
October 8, 2020 at 7:39 pm
I want the Jacob Collier version of Keith Jarrett’s Staircase
Ayooluwa Kolawole
October 8, 2020 at 7:42 pm
I CANNOT wait till he starts scoring films
Ayooluwa Kolawole
October 8, 2020 at 7:42 pm
This is low-key an album concept
пьезодатчик
October 8, 2020 at 7:45 pm
jacob.
Egoquaero
October 8, 2020 at 8:18 pm
I’m confident I can play the confused one better than Jacob
Alec Kunkel
October 8, 2020 at 8:23 pm
he needs to say “it’s ya boy jacob collier.” I feel like he would nail that phrase
Gabriella Carrizo
October 8, 2020 at 9:19 pm
IN TRUE JACOBIAN STYLE I LOVE HIM
Ian Pratt
October 8, 2020 at 9:56 pm
Hey, weird thing I noticed, but you made eye contact with the camera like an absolute champion throughout the whole video. Except when you said you hadn’t seen them in advance. Maybe I’m high but that stood out.
Ron Nagy
October 8, 2020 at 10:04 pm
Thank you Jacob for sharing your process, your genius and your insight. I wish you had been around when I was starting to learn piano. Thank you also for teaching the language with the onscreen musical term definitions. This was one of the most absolutely brilliant videos I’ve watched in ages!
Emily LaPlant
October 8, 2020 at 10:50 pm
He shaved!
Evan J. Tao
October 8, 2020 at 10:56 pm
Still waiting for Jacob’s Simpsons cameo
Jadon Alistair
October 8, 2020 at 11:07 pm
10:46
*The left hand is determined to get in the way of the right hand*
How I feel everytime I try to play piano
asi
October 8, 2020 at 11:45 pm
Favorites: Closure, Seeing a Lost Friend, and J A C O B C O L L I E R
Jessica
October 9, 2020 at 12:09 am
Oh… that’s why my playlists are all in Minor or a mix of both lol
BlueStingerAlive
October 9, 2020 at 12:58 am
Tier three was magnificent.
John Georgio
October 9, 2020 at 11:45 am
wow! p_pheeew! how interesting a Jacobish video of a kind ! Best Regards
Krisha K
October 9, 2020 at 1:02 pm
I just realized how boring pop music is
OpusTravels
October 9, 2020 at 1:25 pm
London derriere, aight!
Axel Lessio
October 9, 2020 at 1:38 pm
I tried myself and they all sounded like the “Confused” one. I guess I’ll stick to my day job.
Grantcfo
October 9, 2020 at 1:43 pm
I forgot he was playing Danny Boy
Not A Real Person
October 9, 2020 at 2:31 pm
The guilt section kinda reminds me of Pyramid Song by Radiohead for some reason
findus
October 9, 2020 at 2:50 pm
Imagine being this talented. It’s unreal, I’m speechless.
Well Hello There
October 9, 2020 at 3:00 pm
Wow
Bratislava
October 9, 2020 at 3:52 pm
Amazing!
Kioshi T
October 9, 2020 at 4:15 pm
7:15 is my subject experience of the year 2020
Matviy Berezovskiy
October 9, 2020 at 5:53 pm
i want to quit music
Kolade Fagbemi
October 9, 2020 at 6:10 pm
Bad audio 😣😶
Ame De Matteo
October 9, 2020 at 7:25 pm
Mine’s the 10k like and I feel proud somehow. Hat down to JC performance, as always.
P Bred
October 9, 2020 at 7:42 pm
Dude, this is amazing! Thank you so much for this!
DOMINIQUE EDEN
October 9, 2020 at 7:47 pm
“they are a law onto themselves” lol
Eric Wan
October 9, 2020 at 7:49 pm
Emotional emotion:)
Zavendea
October 9, 2020 at 7:52 pm
This video was fantastic! But did Wired get him to act out himself playing the music again? because … the footage they show in the top left during the analysis is not the same footage they show above the keyboard during the first time he plays it lol.
andré dfr4gg
October 9, 2020 at 8:57 pm
we are so lucky to have him
armennelson
October 9, 2020 at 9:05 pm
I love this man, his emotions have predominantly good vibrations, even guilt or inevitability sounds very optimistic. It means his soul is so pure and he’s so sincere with us… Thank you!
Aaron Oleson
October 9, 2020 at 9:19 pm
Jacob can play to me in flirtatious any day
Arcynical
October 9, 2020 at 9:37 pm
I like how reassuring is like every disney song where the main character crawls out of a bad mental situation
Christian
October 9, 2020 at 9:40 pm
This beyond premium content… wow
Alysson Oliveira
October 9, 2020 at 10:18 pm
I feel you Jacob boy!
Tadashi Hamada
October 10, 2020 at 12:05 am
Petition for a collaboration of Jacob Collier with Hans Zimmer please！
Rylee G
October 10, 2020 at 3:29 pm
Omg the way he lit up at “Jacob Collier” 💘
Valerio La Piana
October 10, 2020 at 3:37 pm
If I was asked how I feel in this 2020, I would recall how that Bb feels at 8:11 , or every time in the whole Betrayed bit.
Charles St-Laurent
October 10, 2020 at 4:48 pm
I want more of this, different instruments too!
Feral Worker
October 10, 2020 at 6:22 pm
“Hi I’m Drew Carey, c’mon down and let’s have some fun!”
outhouse124
October 10, 2020 at 7:06 pm
7:16 when you’re trying to play piano but keep falling off your seat
Natas Gabel
October 10, 2020 at 7:32 pm
“My left hand is in the way of my right hand” me when I’m trying to do anything with my left hand bassline wise
Zzz Di
October 10, 2020 at 7:37 pm
We have young, smart people everywhere (here in the music field) that make more significant points in 20 min than any of our politics in their lives. Jocob is an incredible human being, and I wish everyone could see this video. Sincerity, clarity, eloquence and unfathomable musicianship.
Tikermothyn
October 10, 2020 at 8:25 pm
Wait but genuinely this is incredibly in depth and very scientific, it’s like a research thesis type thing.
Realraven2000
October 10, 2020 at 9:43 pm
I think 5 seconds / emotion is just too short.
Off Grid As
October 10, 2020 at 10:18 pm
That was genuinely interesting
Penaia Rawasoi
October 10, 2020 at 10:23 pm
This guy is a genious
Mathieu Pé
October 10, 2020 at 10:46 pm
dissonant bombs!
conal fisher
October 10, 2020 at 10:51 pm
0:20 The county Londonderry doesn’t exist, it’s County Derry. The city is occasionally (and incorrectly) called Londonderry (generally referred to as “Derry/Londonderry” in official stuff) but the county is always Derry.
Rufo Monsegur
October 10, 2020 at 11:37 pm
This is wonderfull. Jacob has the ability to reach all my emotions with his music. Thank you so musch JC
Andrew Meronek
October 10, 2020 at 11:51 pm
OMG, why does Jacob’s speech sound like his voice went through some kind of bass-only filter? Sounds terrible.
Brianna C
October 11, 2020 at 12:34 am
I could listen to his voice all day
Alex Villoria
October 11, 2020 at 12:05 am
Man was able to accurately embody so many strong emotions with just a single instrument… on the spot. This man is more than just a genius musician 😭
KP Delaney
October 11, 2020 at 12:34 am
12:27 my favorite part. This one sounded so beautiful! It could be a song of its own.
Chance
October 11, 2020 at 12:38 am
Love how he has facial hair for the first half a minute and then shaves
Felix Richard Jr. Cordova
October 11, 2020 at 12:46 am
SUPER
ULTRA
HYPER
LYDIAN
CHORD
Daniel Dennehy
October 11, 2020 at 12:46 am
in the betrayed emotion when he was wiggling his finger around to find the f sharp really hit different for somereason…
ShArPiE _head
October 11, 2020 at 12:52 am
Bruh.mp3
Music
October 11, 2020 at 12:53 am
OK
Cassie Pruski
October 11, 2020 at 12:58 am
Why does musician feel like an understatement
Toastoevsky
October 11, 2020 at 1:26 am
the disruptive version quite got me lol
wazowski
October 12, 2020 at 10:53 pm
Wanker
Paul Freeman
October 12, 2020 at 11:04 pm
Fraud. Come back when you can play some Prokofiev
baldy555
October 12, 2020 at 11:06 pm
Talented boy. Good stuff. You’re the son I wish we had. ( we have no kids btw)
Exortor
October 12, 2020 at 11:06 pm
Jacob is on a league of his own. Crazy talented.
Jason Davin
October 12, 2020 at 11:07 pm
shoutout to the creative team that came out with this idea bcs this video describe jacob’s skill level of music perfectly.
Mario Leme
October 12, 2020 at 11:10 pm
This was really cool.
Carbon2861996
October 12, 2020 at 11:16 pm
14:10 Congratulations. You played yourself.
Goldenthrone Music
October 12, 2020 at 11:32 pm
Wow this was amazing! I felt like Tier 3 in particular told a very beautiful story… I can vividly imagine the long lost friend showing up and there is a lot of happiness and playfulness seeing that person again, but eventually falls into the inevitable reasons they lost their friendship in the first place, guilt re-emerging for these past faults. But in a beautiful way, they move beyond past mistakes, forgive each other, and find closure in the process. That’s my long-winded interpretation of the story of Tier 3!
Gavin Wride
October 12, 2020 at 11:47 pm
When he played flirtatious… I felt that
Ace Hardy
October 12, 2020 at 11:49 pm
🎶🔥
Quinn Foerter
October 12, 2020 at 11:53 pm
Tier 2 is whack. I get some vibes of like sailors at sea on a foggy night and the flirtatious part is like mermaid’s singing, they get confused and try to continue on, but it gets loud disruptive and so they cave. Initially its reassuring as the mermaid’s beckon them in with their song, but then it turns to betrayal as they drag the poor sailors underwater and kill them.
Mert Özgür Kahraman
October 12, 2020 at 11:55 pm
Now THIS is composing !
Jacob Theobalds
October 12, 2020 at 11:55 pm
Jacob needs to compose for a musical, i think that would be great.
Mari Chrystina
October 12, 2020 at 11:56 pm
oh, jacob.
Nicolas Corbeil
October 13, 2020 at 12:00 am
Proof that Jacob is a robot : ”I have not been shown these emotions in advance.”
Stefan C
October 13, 2020 at 12:03 am
London Derrière
NotoriousPIG
October 13, 2020 at 12:17 am
the way he describes music is so inspiring
J M
October 13, 2020 at 12:18 am
Bruh
uhetsberger
October 13, 2020 at 12:19 am
His beard disappears and reappears throughout the video.
Matthew Belmonte
October 13, 2020 at 12:37 am
Flirtatious can call me for a booty call any time
Bruna Bandeira
October 13, 2020 at 12:42 am
DO MORE VIDEOS WITH JACOB
Sameron Cameron
October 13, 2020 at 12:51 am
*sees flirtatious*
*immediately gets jazzier*
Jacob flirts in jazz
Kofi Møller
October 13, 2020 at 1:17 am
im not interested
robert kang
October 13, 2020 at 1:22 am
watching this makes me want a movie made with jacob in charge of the film score
{buggie} B
October 13, 2020 at 10:34 pm
Adopt me
Evan O'Riordan
October 13, 2020 at 10:34 pm
There’s no county named Londonderry in Ireland. You should check your sources
Hiro Nakamura
October 13, 2020 at 10:35 pm
I already knew he was a god but it is like realizing how much of a godlike godlike god he is
(yes twice godlike or it dont make sense)
lavoy ragels
October 13, 2020 at 10:36 pm
Forgiveness. Forgiving or Being Forgiven.
Real Siatro
October 13, 2020 at 10:40 pm
HOW WAS TIER 1 BASIC?!
Antwan Howard
October 13, 2020 at 10:41 pm
14:11 is him visualizing everything he’s about to play just like Emmet visualizing everything he was about to build in LEGO movie. Odd reference but it’s how I process music as a musician and a listener
doortonowhere
October 13, 2020 at 10:46 pm
sudden beard
Lando Cartel
October 13, 2020 at 10:46 pm
Brilliant synesthesia.
Joey Burbs
October 13, 2020 at 11:02 pm
i feel like he associates the higher notes with emotions that tend to have a negative connotation as well. super dope and well done exercise
MarsRoverly
October 13, 2020 at 11:09 pm
What’s your favorite emotion?
Me: Something Jacobian
jefferson yuvens
October 13, 2020 at 11:09 pm
14:18
I’m feeling Jacob collier for quite some time now
BaconOrButter
October 13, 2020 at 11:29 pm
He had a little face fuzz when the video started so Idk where it went. Mustve sent your own facial wig elsewhere 🤷🏾♂️
Габриэль Идальго
October 13, 2020 at 11:32 pm
Best video I’ve ever watched
Jacob Jegira
October 13, 2020 at 11:33 pm
I just started learning French and no, your name is not Jacob Collier. It’s Jacob _Necklace_
pimpinellifolium
October 13, 2020 at 11:35 pm
When’s the audio drop for just the keyboard asmr in his analysis?
Matthew Branch
October 13, 2020 at 11:35 pm
That was neat
OurNewestMember
October 13, 2020 at 11:41 pm
Wtf. This guy’s vocabulary
Joaquin Diaz
October 13, 2020 at 11:51 pm
Seeing a long lost friend sounds like a Ghibili Studio Film
Zen Wires
October 13, 2020 at 11:52 pm
Once again, a video ends and my mind is blown. I was feeling pretty good about my own musical intuitions until tier 3 took the floor away and I had no idea how I’d approach even one of those emotions, let alone six in a row
ThemThems
October 14, 2020 at 12:19 am
That was Godlike
Matthew's Couch
October 14, 2020 at 12:57 am
why does he talk like he’s always about to kiss me?
Raymel Fabián Cepero Ojeda
October 14, 2020 at 1:08 am
Imagine Jacob making music for images, pure images, landscapes, cities and much more, and explaining everything like in this video. That would be the next level
Cameron Guarino
October 14, 2020 at 1:14 am
he do music good
Mink van Maanen
October 14, 2020 at 1:14 am
More like London derrière hehe
Trevor Crawford
October 14, 2020 at 7:37 pm
Spot on musical topoi!
XanBcoo
October 14, 2020 at 7:42 pm
The “sad” segment actually read as more “nostolgic” to me. Perhaps because of that dissonance.
Pedro Carlos
October 14, 2020 at 7:46 pm
I couldn’t feel most of those emotions before being musically taught about them. Thank you.
tylrbllmn
October 14, 2020 at 7:54 pm
This was really nice. It serves as a great overview of compositional styles in the pianistic canon.
My only critique would be that for the last chord-change in the guilt section, there was a sense of lifting brought on that doesn’t seem to match up with the ever downward pulling gravity that guilt has on one’s psyche, creating self doubting downward spirals and delusions that everything is heavier than actually.
Wonderful video!
Almat Sailaukhan
October 14, 2020 at 7:58 pm
this man… beyond human. makes me mad
marcodrawer
October 14, 2020 at 7:59 pm
this melody reminds me of john lennon… maybe lennon in the let it be era… most precisely lennon in the let it be era recording their song One After 909, maybe at 2:44 in the studio recording….
yea i don’t know why
Hanna Lempiäinen
October 14, 2020 at 8:05 pm
Laughed out loud at disruptive
supermarc45
October 14, 2020 at 8:27 pm
lost it at 7:16
zero15388
October 14, 2020 at 8:59 pm
That Jacob Collier, what a genius!
Romulo Gomes
October 14, 2020 at 9:01 pm
Dissonant Bombs: the soundtrack to 2020
Skrobie
October 14, 2020 at 9:03 pm
i saw mysterious as the thumbnail and knew instantly that anyone would choose the whole tone scale. lol
Divine Presence
October 14, 2020 at 9:18 pm
My brain when it decided to become bipolar and aquire bpd: 0:31
Malcolm Hisky
October 14, 2020 at 9:20 pm
did anyone else crack up when Jacob started playing on “disruptive”? He’s playing a mellow and easy-going harmony and then it suddenly sounds like the FBI kicked the door down.
Frances Grove
October 14, 2020 at 9:31 pm
jacob is a genius and you cannot change my mind
Mister006
October 14, 2020 at 9:41 pm
Here’s the problem: The interpretation isn’t through the song itself, it’s through other pieces of music that elicit that emotion being applied over the song. The question being, how well does the song …its performance and structure that was known elsewhere overlay the original tune.
Adnan A
October 14, 2020 at 9:59 pm
Jacob’s a music genius
TheUltimateSimpan
October 14, 2020 at 10:12 pm
Galaxy brain
Till blabla
October 14, 2020 at 10:24 pm
i think this is too high for me
mushthemagicdragon
October 14, 2020 at 10:25 pm
Where’s Londonderry?
John
October 14, 2020 at 10:38 pm
Coming out of Reassurance and into Betrayed was *incredible*. Chills. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
Joyce Wadzinski
October 15, 2020 at 12:34 am
Good to know, I really like reassuring music then LOL. This was an absolute gem to watch! Good job!!!!
Dental Plan Entertainment
October 15, 2020 at 1:01 am
that was just crazy. incredible.
Taffy is trashy
October 15, 2020 at 1:20 am
Angry reminded me of some parts of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd Score.
It was very erratic, but grimly beautiful.
indiepunkftw
October 15, 2020 at 1:28 am
His resting mouth posture makes it look like he’s getting ready to try and kiss you but unsure of how you’ll take it lol.
Luís Cláudio
October 15, 2020 at 7:10 pm
Love how he makes everything seem so easy to play and express. High level technique completely internalized, under control and in service of the art itself
King Zyrix Santos
October 15, 2020 at 7:16 pm
He looks like a disney character
Any-Mation
October 15, 2020 at 7:17 pm
Sorry sorry, just gotta put the hands up and say, Derry is the county in Ireland, Londonderry is a city. And in Some places the first 6 letters are silent
Jacob tho, amazing 🙏🏻
Amanda M
October 15, 2020 at 7:29 pm
One of the most talented musicians of our time is also quite emotionally intelligent! Well done, Jacob!
Patrick Geppert
October 15, 2020 at 7:52 pm
Very nice! Thank you😁😁
John Githae
October 15, 2020 at 8:02 pm
Jacob: I think it’s gonna be really challenging
Also Jacob: *Flawlessly executes chords while simultaneously experimenting dissonances that go on to create point abstract emotion,all on the first take not to mention it’s the 1st time he’s doing it*
cwcwilson
October 15, 2020 at 8:35 pm
You made me feel like a muggle, you are like wizard to me, you can do magic where I can’t even see or hear and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it.
wastagwaga
October 15, 2020 at 8:45 pm
“Guilty” reminded me of Pyramid Song.
LisztyLiszt
October 15, 2020 at 8:51 pm
Where’s Londonderry? Never heard of it. Derry’s a cool place. Check it out!
Dragoon
October 15, 2020 at 8:57 pm
It’s actually “Derry air”, thank you.
Miranda Fuller
October 15, 2020 at 9:57 pm
wow betrayed was REALLY good FELT that
Christopher Vaca
October 15, 2020 at 10:05 pm
Level 4 emotions:
Fortitude
Schadenfreude
Ennui
Spicy
Erin Reilly
October 15, 2020 at 10:09 pm
The most enjoyable and fascinating thing about music is the ability to express and evoke emotion in real time in our own personal way, and when done in real time with spontaneity, that moment can never be replicated. It is amazing how our personalities and our experiences with these emotions come to life in such a real and unique way through music, and can be captured in a way words can’t express. When you are able to sincerely project that through music, there is nothing like it. This was so fascinating! I found myself thinking of the musical decisions I would have made, and it was fun and inspiring to hear the Jacobian interpretation and analysis. Brilliant!
Eli Tv
October 15, 2020 at 10:22 pm
This was just beautiful
Stepan Nikishkin
October 15, 2020 at 10:31 pm
Genius!
John Johnson
October 15, 2020 at 10:37 pm
I like the story created with the 3rd tier.
sophie26
October 15, 2020 at 11:08 pm
When he was describing himself, it felt like as if he was describing the colours of his shirt in music
Noah Weber
October 15, 2020 at 11:11 pm
I love how the F#, which sounds ugly in “guilt,” sounds so lovely and forgiven in “forgiveness”
F4hr
October 16, 2020 at 12:03 am
Music is the most human thing we have.
Taro Löcherbach
October 16, 2020 at 12:04 am
Seing a long lost friend sounds like kingdom hearts; Inevitability sounds like Thomas Newman and Guilt sounds like Paul Thomas Anderson movies
Oliver Young
October 16, 2020 at 12:13 am
Meanwhile me googling what serene means😭
Jeremy Lavoie
October 16, 2020 at 12:14 am
Guilt literally made me feel guilty
Jeremy Lavoie
October 16, 2020 at 12:21 am
I like the way he was able to explain each emotion without using the emotion in his description… so articulate in both his words and his music
Mary Cabalan
October 16, 2020 at 12:39 am
Anyone get really emotional/ teary-eyed at a certain part?
For me it was “Forgiveness”
Maya
October 16, 2020 at 6:33 pm
He’s genius and I’m crying
Sandra Arnold-Lobato
October 16, 2020 at 6:37 pm
Tier 2 Story:
A guy is frightened to approach a girl…
When he finally does… they start out on a flirtation back and forth together…
Suddenly she doesn’t respond like she used to, and he grows confused…
He’s already given up wooing her… but thoughts about her keep disrupting his days…
Suddenly, she messages him! And they embark on a reassuring conversation…
When at last… she mentions how she met someone… leaving him betrayed…
This would be a perfect Technique to have a film-maker create his soundtrack…
Or maybe more someone like Don Hertzfeld!
YES! A typically Heart-Breaking Don Hertzfeld Graphic Story to this sound would be amazing! 🙂
David Iancu
October 16, 2020 at 7:13 pm
It is just me who no longer recognizes the first tune? :))
puthy destroyer.
October 16, 2020 at 7:30 pm
i could cry at how talented jacob collier is. it’s insane.
matthieu phaneuf
October 16, 2020 at 7:48 pm
in so many interpretations possible , I’ll say this : FULL OF IT .
Jordan Weiss
October 16, 2020 at 7:52 pm
Jacob’s a god prove me wrong
Piano in a nutshell
October 16, 2020 at 8:00 pm
Something deep inside of me is crying silently now… it feels somehow healing.
You are such a precious being and in my eyes – and ears – the most extraordinary musician alive today. Thank you for sharing this video with us!
Mateusz Gwizdalla
October 16, 2020 at 8:07 pm
Anyone else distracted by the shadow of Jacob’s goatee popping in and out of existence between cuts?
Anya
October 16, 2020 at 8:38 pm
can we please get an album of all this stuff, i could really see this coming in handy when im in my feels, omg this video literally almost made me cry because of how much it actually made me feel the emotions
William Vikström
October 16, 2020 at 8:41 pm
Am I alone in feeling like the “triumph” part felt very Queen-like?
Absolutely amazed by Jacobs sense of tonality and choices for all these different emotions.
Craig Stethson
October 16, 2020 at 8:44 pm
Emotions girls’ experience all at once during periods:
Mhlengi Mntungwa
October 16, 2020 at 8:58 pm
His explanations for why the notes sounds X emotion is that it sound X emotion 🤦♂️
Teamug96
October 16, 2020 at 9:06 pm
well what a bloody great video! Can’t go wrong with Jacob Collier!
Reel Preachin
October 16, 2020 at 9:44 pm
Why does this not have more views. Incredible!!!!
Anthony en Regal
October 16, 2020 at 10:04 pm
i can’t believe it
Sam Kioko
October 16, 2020 at 10:13 pm
Counts grammies👀
Counts guitars 🍻
Counts number of tonalities in “confused”👀👀
Les Davis
October 16, 2020 at 10:20 pm
This is ridiculously amazing!
Rhea Bradley
October 16, 2020 at 10:53 pm
GENIUS
Mariëlle Tielens
October 16, 2020 at 11:23 pm
He should voice a e-book
Maura Homerski
October 16, 2020 at 11:28 pm
this is FASCINATING.
emily
October 16, 2020 at 11:42 pm
If I saw him on the street I would not expect him to speak so smoothly and elegantly
Ryan Ranger
October 17, 2020 at 12:40 am
I can very much appreciate this.
Julianna Woldstad
October 17, 2020 at 12:40 am
This was so beautiful. I don’t why, but this helped me to deal with painful emotions I’ve been dealing with like guilt. This just brought tears to my eyes.
Mose Henderson
October 17, 2020 at 1:05 am
I like how you can use music to deconstruct your own mental psyche.
Tom Volk
October 17, 2020 at 3:09 pm
Soap opera where Jacob plays all the mood music when they draw into people’s face. That’s what I thought of with “betrayed.” Lol
Damon D
October 17, 2020 at 3:20 pm
The amount of skill, knowledge, and raw intelligence in this video is absolutely wild.
Jonathan Laurince
October 17, 2020 at 4:03 pm
Jacob’s Confused really just sounds like me playing the piano
Kiran Sundar
October 17, 2020 at 4:06 pm
There he goes modulating again…
Ben Priest
October 17, 2020 at 4:12 pm
You can see the way his face lights up when he reads “Jacob Collier”.
Robert Edmondson
October 17, 2020 at 4:14 pm
Sheer genius, coupled with mastery of the art form, built on a foundation of humility and love.
I appreciate your servants heart. Thanks for sharing!
ltolleyyyy
October 17, 2020 at 4:47 pm
Mans just made up random arengements and decided to make up emotions for them 😅
IAmTeretha J
October 17, 2020 at 4:52 pm
This. Is. Incredible. 💟
Mumble Etc.
October 17, 2020 at 5:57 pm
the “guilt” and “forgiveness” combo really struck me here. the low stocky chords made that higher F# feel like the thing you’re guilty about, constantly popping up to remind you of itself, and then when forgiveness comes in, that F# is still there sometimes, but gets washed away with the brighter feelings, or notes, of forgiveness over time and… yeah. that part felt really cool to listen to.
Scott Vandiver
October 17, 2020 at 6:34 pm
The moment you hit “reassuring” I immediately felt, well.. reassured. There was a repeating pattern in the left hand that made me feel confident that I knew where the rest of the phrase would go.
Pascal Gastaud
October 17, 2020 at 6:53 pm
This is SO interesting thank you!
Harados
October 17, 2020 at 7:08 pm
The analysis on this is actually so entertaining!
Miserek
October 17, 2020 at 7:12 pm
some of the things he says in his explanations make it so crazy to think he just came up with that on the spot
Daniel Roulette
October 17, 2020 at 7:14 pm
this was like therapy
Raina Rafika
October 17, 2020 at 7:21 pm
Real time intuitive musical process… ok genius calm down
Mkhl90 Xmas
October 17, 2020 at 9:43 pm
Jacob breaths and sweat musical theory. Unbelievable.
Scott Huddas
October 17, 2020 at 9:58 pm
I loved “Guilt”
Ollie
October 17, 2020 at 9:59 pm
What an absolute brilliant weirdo.
Mason Bishop
October 17, 2020 at 10:03 pm
Seeing “betrayed” killed me lmao
Scott Huddas
October 17, 2020 at 10:03 pm
I was so excited for him as that smile crept onto his face. I’d love to hear a full song called “Jacob Collier”. Although I suppose that’s basically what he has been creating these past few years.
Mason Bishop
October 17, 2020 at 10:09 pm
I really like the guilt one! Sounds about right to me lol
Lorena Rizzo
October 17, 2020 at 10:50 pm
“Seeing a long lost friend” deserves its own video. So good.
Nolan R
October 17, 2020 at 11:22 pm
For confused he should have just had anyone else try to play like him
Laura Wardrop
October 18, 2020 at 12:28 am
There were a few moments in “sad” that were exactly Clair De Lune.
Lachlan Lau
October 18, 2020 at 1:40 am
5:42 Every movie ending
Kamal Bassma
October 18, 2020 at 1:56 am
HOW MANY DOWNVOTES CAN WE GET FOR A FREE DERRY REAL FENIANS SMASH THAT DISLIKE BUTTON
Hamish Douglas
October 18, 2020 at 2:07 am
that groove he busts out in flirtatious is dope as fuqq
Oliver Truschke
October 18, 2020 at 3:01 am
Legend of Zelda 2:15
HaiKalz HafiZ
October 18, 2020 at 4:01 am
Anyone elses think, there should be a Hans Zimmer tier?
Joe Cool
October 18, 2020 at 4:36 am
Why do I feel like this guy would make a great kindergarten teacher?
Jeffrey Moffitt
October 18, 2020 at 5:01 am
Cool. You know your modes.
Matthew Deveaux
October 18, 2020 at 5:15 am
I was lazy and didn’t hit the like button until i heard him nail flirtatious. Jacob Collier is truly amazing.
Aki Fukuda
October 18, 2020 at 6:48 am
So interesting challenge!!
Nicholas Vivier
October 18, 2020 at 6:54 am
This is absolute hogwash. Jacob collier loves to do this kinda pseudo sciency music crap aimed at non musicians or hobbyists. Emotions are subjective. I get sad when i hear a happy song sometimes. And happy when i hear a “sad” song. To think that you can just like capture the essence of a word/emotion instantly looking at it is complete and utter hogwash. Shame on u collier for even taking part in this hocus pocus BS…i guarantee if i jumbled the order of the words/emotions no one would ever question it.
Triple Thrill
October 18, 2020 at 8:32 am
Hey can we get a tutorial
Triple Thrill
October 18, 2020 at 8:32 am
Loved that flirtatious one bro keep it up I honestly thought that was amazing
Richard Wallace
October 18, 2020 at 8:58 am
I think leading tones would be best for expressing inevitability, as we naturally yearn for the tonic of the key. 🤔
Trevor Simons
October 18, 2020 at 10:19 am
What a load of crap
Kim Huevos
October 18, 2020 at 10:32 am
the way his face lit up when the emotion really said “jacob collier”
Venn Gabriel Mongaya
October 18, 2020 at 12:30 pm
He looks like an animated character
Michael
October 18, 2020 at 12:51 pm
Hi, I happened to see this, that was absolutely brilliant. I can’t improvise. Another fantastic improviser is Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Monteiro.
Momo Elhadi
October 18, 2020 at 12:54 pm
He looks like cid on the thumbnail
Yoseph Berhane
October 18, 2020 at 3:12 pm
I am master of playing 0 3 5
Liz Kent
October 18, 2020 at 5:10 pm
You are incredible, and one of the healthiest people I have ever seen
Regreso al Bosque
October 18, 2020 at 5:43 pm
sometimes y like to refresh a video and see how many people where viewing the same at the same time… a great hug to the other 905 beautiful people!!
Simon Marier
October 18, 2020 at 5:54 pm
«Oh, finally! Peace in B flat major!» 10:49 Best comment of this video, seriously
Crazy Coconuts
October 18, 2020 at 6:48 pm
how are you feeling today?
No one:
Me: Jacob Collier
Lefteris Kalligiannakis
October 18, 2020 at 6:52 pm
Imagine if they get him to do the music for inside out 2. 0-0
][
October 19, 2020 at 10:01 am
Real or CGi?
Sam Plays Sax
October 19, 2020 at 12:02 pm
‘My name is Jacob Collier, and I’m a musician’
Understatement of the century
Mark Truong
October 19, 2020 at 12:57 pm
WTF Jacob, as a fellow musician, the things you do never fail to amaze me
Teddy Reddinger
October 19, 2020 at 1:11 pm
pOtAtO MiC
DMNK 154
October 19, 2020 at 2:21 pm
I don’t have words for what this means to me.
TheGenoharadan
October 19, 2020 at 2:21 pm
Do you know a piece of music that resembles Seeing a Long Lost Friend? That was so beautiful
Big Grade Entertainment
October 19, 2020 at 2:53 pm
Londonderry the only word with 6 silent letters
remo duzo
October 19, 2020 at 3:19 pm
I feel like this is just how Jacob would play the piece without the themes
lewis lake
October 19, 2020 at 3:40 pm
guilt sounds like radiohead
Corban Rhodes
October 19, 2020 at 4:36 pm
Brilliant video, such incredible improvisation and thoughtful analysis, thank you
Julia Lavernoich
October 19, 2020 at 5:03 pm
I wish they’d given him just a little bit longer on each emotion. Each bit was beautiful, and I would’ve loved to hear them fleshed out even more!
Brooks Tarkington
October 19, 2020 at 5:10 pm
Is it weird that I teared up on the transition between “guilt” and “forgiveness”?
Luca Lentini
October 19, 2020 at 5:51 pm
If you change everything it’s not the same song.
Luis Gomez
October 19, 2020 at 5:57 pm
Me: *makes mistake*
Piano Teacher: “What’s going on?”
Me: “My LeFt HaNd SeEmS To Be DrOpPiNg AlL SoRtS of StRaNgE DiSsOnAnT BoMbS •_•”
10:16
Virginia Moreno Hernández
October 19, 2020 at 6:55 pm
Genial la manera de describir lo que hace para expresarse con la música. Mucho que aprender, gracias por esto ❤️
petrixhore ii
October 19, 2020 at 8:48 pm
Close your eyes and guess the emotion
Bpjvideo
October 19, 2020 at 9:02 pm
Anyone know what those 4 bars over his keys are? Just curious
LostMekkaSoft
October 19, 2020 at 9:18 pm
I really liked the guilt part. what does that say about me? ^^
chaz32
October 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm
Only that twonk would have a bunting with his own name on it, in his own music room. Perpetually spoiled only child vibes.
valerian herrera
October 19, 2020 at 10:54 pm
He’s more than a musician 🧍🏼♀️
sweetlife6299
October 19, 2020 at 11:00 pm
tag yourself, i’m reassuring 🥰
–
–
–
this was…SO beautiful. Even if he could’ve had no idea what he was doing while playing, when hearing his analysis of each emotion just UGHHH and then for each emotion it was like I was picturing a movie scene to go along with that emotion and could really imagine the piano as the musical score in the background and I just– I’m a piano player myself so currently geeking out over everything in this video. It’s LITERAL PERFECTION. Haven’t added a video to my favorites in a long while, thank you Jacob Collier.
Patrick Hennessey
October 19, 2020 at 11:11 pm
This is absolutely staggering. What a succinct demonstration of your talent.
To be honest, I want to see you do the more abstract demonstrations without being shackled to a particular melody.
Abby Burijon
October 20, 2020 at 12:15 am
anyone else actually laugh out loud to themselves during disruptive
Ezri Mata
October 20, 2020 at 2:47 am
This guy would have aced every AP English lang test that had to do with rhetorical analysis
Brett R Falcon
October 20, 2020 at 3:09 am
He kinda looks like Keanu Reeves
Artorias Entertainment
October 20, 2020 at 4:16 am
confused sounds like im watching fincher’s the game
KAI
October 20, 2020 at 11:01 am
To me this just proves he needs to score a movie.
Yana Belle
October 20, 2020 at 11:30 am
Anybody know what kind of mic he’s using?
Connie Gore
October 20, 2020 at 1:16 pm
Your emotions change while he’s playing!! Wow!!
Connie Gore
October 20, 2020 at 1:28 pm
I literally can see all of these being played in a movie!!
Karl Draper-Firth
October 20, 2020 at 1:55 pm
Jacob IS music. An absolute genius.
Daniel M Connolly
October 20, 2020 at 4:38 pm
Very cool.
Your performance highlights the intensity and effect of dynamics.
Ade Ra
October 20, 2020 at 5:05 pm
How i write and play music/lyrics. Really gives a visceral transfer of energy
Henrique Delgado
October 20, 2020 at 6:05 pm
Anyone noticed how Jacob grows a beard in the middle of an analysis? Incredible once again
Rafaela de Paula
October 20, 2020 at 6:13 pm
When he says “alright let’s start this tier of emotions” I instantly sigh as if I’m preparing for a long roller coaster ride. Idk if that’s the case for all of you but I am completely carried away by this. The reassuring was soooo much needed when it came. hahahahah omg
Connor Laffey
October 20, 2020 at 6:45 pm
sensational skills man, you are the king. its just called derry not londonderry btw
FreeTimeFeats
October 20, 2020 at 6:49 pm
This reminds me so much of fantasia.
Steven Licatesi
October 20, 2020 at 8:58 pm
Wow 🔥
Elliot Scribot-Carter
October 20, 2020 at 10:51 pm
nooooo I loved the beard he shaved it halfway through 🙁
Reggie Robinson
October 20, 2020 at 11:11 pm
…looks for GOAT emoji…
Karl Schirn
October 21, 2020 at 1:07 am
Is anyone else mad that at 19:18 he missed the opportunity to say “Its loud it’s clear it’s Jacob collier”
Lion Y cordero
October 21, 2020 at 4:09 am
This guy is albert Einstein in the musical field
Lord Peredur Saruin Taralian I
October 21, 2020 at 4:35 am
Jacob
is the friend I never had, I would love to sit and talk for hours and hours about music with him, about my ideas and listening to his
Adriel Entertainment
October 21, 2020 at 6:11 am
Wow thats excellent
pat allison
October 21, 2020 at 7:35 am
Any decent musician can do this.
L Paul
October 21, 2020 at 8:48 am
Hi, I am Jacob Collier and I am a Musician. (DO YOUUUUU Think)))))
Alen Shaju
October 21, 2020 at 10:01 am
I’m just commenting so that the algorithm picks it up. This video needs millions of views
Sean Matherne
October 21, 2020 at 12:18 pm
Jacob, you should compose the soundtrack for a movie or episode of a television show where the entire soundtrack is the same song that changes mood and feeling with the scene. That would be incredible.
Fakery
October 21, 2020 at 2:13 pm
amazing display 🙂 <3
moonlitegram
October 21, 2020 at 2:37 pm
12:10 lol I love how his 4 grammies are just sitting there kind of mixed in with his instruments and equipment. Its almost like he didn’t know what to do with them so he just put them there and then moved on with his life.
rob23062007
October 21, 2020 at 4:24 pm
You misunderstand what an emotion is, the words you have used are the rational for one of the six emotions, which why the themes repeat. There are six: anger, sadness, fear, disgust, shock, joy.
Chris B
October 21, 2020 at 6:53 pm
Brilliant
Jazmin Vieyra
October 21, 2020 at 7:35 pm
crazy! we watched this for band class and wrote and essay about it. this is truly impressive, i’m blown away haha
Abrielle
October 21, 2020 at 7:49 pm
Jacob gives humanity its name 🙌🏻❤️
Abrielle
October 21, 2020 at 7:58 pm
Jacob was able to accurately express such strong emotions with just a single instrument— spontaneously! And I can’t even express my own emotions ~verbally~ 🤪
Asif Khan
October 21, 2020 at 8:04 pm
Errrrrr maybe not have a graphic of ‘Analysis’ being typed 😀😀😀😀
Cyan2002
October 21, 2020 at 8:12 pm
What are the wires above the keys?
Brian Cronin
October 21, 2020 at 11:02 pm
Derry, not Londonderry PLEASE
Luna Ponta
October 22, 2020 at 3:01 am
i love how his head just freezes on time as we are supposed to look at the piano and sometimes i actually dont notice it, and how 11:07 counts it wrong
brayden whittaker
October 22, 2020 at 4:29 am
It reminds me of Alice in wonderland
Jeff Wright
October 22, 2020 at 4:34 am
I play just as well as Jacob.*
*when he’s playing “confused.”
Bralvar
October 22, 2020 at 4:52 am
As an aspiring musician who is perhaps a bit late to the party, hopping off a different track to board another train on a new one midway, it is incredibly inspiring to see someone who is as familiar with music as Jacob Collier is explore the subject like this.
Avery Teal
October 22, 2020 at 6:40 am
I knew you’d have my back
Avery Teal
October 22, 2020 at 6:41 am
This truly is what life feels like 🙂
Uldis Barbans
October 22, 2020 at 7:17 am
When exposed to flirtatious, default to jazz
Keen Dietrich
October 22, 2020 at 8:37 am
Yes…Their is genius in understanding of emotions…not our subjection to them, but our will and guidance. Jacob…great video. I live by these words.
Daniel Maier
October 22, 2020 at 8:58 am
Hey guys! 🙂 Check out the preview for my new track – if you want to. It´s kind of a hip hop beat that evolves into something harder to categorize, somewhat akin to fusion. I recorded all you can hear with my Nord Stage piano. More coming soon. Thank you and have a great day!
배고프다
October 22, 2020 at 10:37 am
jacob is literally the Beethoven of 21 century!! I really admire this knowledge and technique
vanillakilla
October 22, 2020 at 10:49 am
Ugh man, your beautiful mind.
David Nasr
October 22, 2020 at 2:11 pm
im a tier 3..
pokimane sub
MagicTurtle643
October 22, 2020 at 2:19 pm
Really cool and entertaining but amusing to see Jacob brag a little bit without worrying too much about how it comes across haha.
Hayden Frobenius
October 22, 2020 at 5:37 pm
Now he just looks like a hippie.
BA Jazz Magazine
October 22, 2020 at 5:43 pm
que gran contenido! y nos queda el dato de que Jacob filtrea en jazz 🙂
MARIA CUETO
October 22, 2020 at 6:01 pm
maravilloso ejercicio, genial Jacob!
Yañez Santiago
October 22, 2020 at 6:27 pm
Le copió a Mauro De María papá xD acá en Argentina lo tenemos a Mauro que es un capo, a este Jacob le entiendo la mitad porque habla en un idioma raro de otro lado. 😂😂😂
Guilherme Reis Holanda
October 22, 2020 at 7:50 pm
THIS IS GAS
Joanna Dettman
October 22, 2020 at 8:14 pm
Me at the beginning: Oh he plays “Danny Boy” really well!
Me at the end: Idk what song he’s playing now, but the kid is flat out magic!”
tony yang
October 23, 2020 at 12:53 am
now how do you play the emotion of i didn’t do my hw and I am behind in class but I don’t want to face it so I am here watching a wired video :c
Luftnorge
October 23, 2020 at 12:45 pm
Thanks so much for including the theory. So fun
Jeff Sorensen
October 23, 2020 at 1:22 pm
this is so cool. amazing concept and beautiful interpretation by jacob
Pedro Diniz
October 23, 2020 at 1:35 pm
So, when are we getting a movie scored by Jacob?
Volintine Ander
October 23, 2020 at 3:51 pm
he looks like a man now lmap
Monte Montero
October 23, 2020 at 4:56 pm
seeing a lost friend is my favorite
Monte Montero
October 23, 2020 at 4:58 pm
closure was perfect
Aubrey Fourie
October 23, 2020 at 10:47 pm
Ya’ll just toyed with this man’s emotions lol
Oliver Fenelon Chee
October 24, 2020 at 1:09 am
he just- he’s just
Asger Rosendal Thorn
October 24, 2020 at 5:54 am
The super ultra hyper lydian is like a mix of I, II and III major chords? Like major chords on the whole tone scale?
yoyoyo
October 24, 2020 at 7:04 am
my favorite part is how he shaved after the first take of his intro
Magano Ausiku
October 24, 2020 at 7:38 am
Closure was beautiful
Tngco
October 24, 2020 at 8:01 am
I haven’t heard anyone play emotions as deep as Bill Evans did…and this was like listening to Bill! Beautiful stuff!
Abhishek Shukla
October 24, 2020 at 8:22 am
Western music is crap! You have to take help of multiple notes to portray already established sounds in mainstream the “so called established moods”. Purity of a single note is the real way to connect to one’s own cosmos and hence connecting to the God inside each one of us!
Pax vibes
October 24, 2020 at 9:02 am
Beautiful
cozos
October 24, 2020 at 9:43 am
Can somebody tell me what scale (or musical concept, idk) was used at the end of the “mysterious” section?
cozos
October 24, 2020 at 9:46 am
nvm he explained it like 30 seconds after lol
Giannely Despi
October 24, 2020 at 11:05 am
you can actually see on his face that he wants to add his majestic voice on it
Galen McKenna
October 24, 2020 at 2:46 pm
title should be changed to Jacob collier plays 18 different emotions lol
Pamela Condly
October 24, 2020 at 6:49 pm
Schitt’s Creek anyone?
Alexis Rene
October 24, 2020 at 8:28 pm
prodigy 🗣also anyone notice in the beginning of confused it sounds like the single notes are saying, “I. am. con. fused.” 😂
Spider Sophie
October 24, 2020 at 9:07 pm
Congrats to the ones that wrote the subs!
StreetMoney JGee
October 24, 2020 at 11:39 pm
Bridge !
StreetMoney JGee
October 24, 2020 at 11:41 pm
I think he meant to say Jacobìen..my friend
Thibaut Vandame
October 25, 2020 at 12:23 am
disruptive is definitely not a tier 2 emotion lol
Thibaut Vandame
October 25, 2020 at 12:34 am
yeah he totally nailed guilt – and the transition to forgiveness was like fricken disney’s fantasia
MilkAndBanana
October 25, 2020 at 5:32 am
Holy balls this series needs to happen
hjs steady
October 25, 2020 at 10:36 am
this was really enjoyable to watch! reminds me of all the emotions in the lord of the rings soundtracks..
Aditya Das
October 25, 2020 at 1:24 pm
Something that fascinates me about Jacob Collier other than his musical talent:
Deep voice (@_@)
abcdefg hijklmnop
October 25, 2020 at 6:25 pm
the betrayal explanation was ✨😌✨✨👏✨
ConnorBernhardMusic
October 25, 2020 at 10:33 pm
This is hands down the hardest I’ve ever seen him have to try to play music and it is still amazing and beautiful 🤯🙌
Rei Drilon
October 26, 2020 at 2:44 am
I think what could have been both a more insightful and fulfilling output was sacrificed to fit the length of a youtube video.
Brent Crude
October 26, 2020 at 11:46 am
Proof that Jacob Collier is a robot:
His operating system froze for a few seconds here 9:38
happycamper
October 26, 2020 at 12:31 pm
would be so cool to see a scan of his brain while doing this
elocinproductions
October 26, 2020 at 3:21 pm
why this turn into tom & jerry on the piano
Ash .B
October 26, 2020 at 4:34 pm
He finally has a beard :3
Drew Kloss
October 26, 2020 at 6:51 pm
Not only does this man understand music in a way that is incomprehensible to most people but what I enjoyed most what seeing his face light up at seeing his own face. Imagine being so comfortable with who you are and excited by the person you have seen yourself become that you light up and smile at the sight of your own name and interpret it into such a happy melody. Good for you Jacob, absolutely beautiful. Thank you for your talent and loving who you are.
Tweer64
October 26, 2020 at 7:16 pm
Word: “Mysterious”
*Whole tone scale intensifies
Strike
October 26, 2020 at 8:50 pm
That little walk down during Reassuring tickled me in places I don’t care to share on youtube.
realcygnus
October 26, 2020 at 8:52 pm
So, it is possible to know too much about music ? 🤣
Dan fizzy
October 27, 2020 at 3:11 am
When it came to “inevitability”, I just thought of Thanos.
Franziska Campbell-Hofmann
October 27, 2020 at 11:11 pm
Omg Hahahahah Same I was looking for this comment
Alanah Marie
October 27, 2020 at 5:03 am
He reminds me of Jim Carrey
Alejandro Elías Ruiz
October 27, 2020 at 11:09 am
How is disruptive an emotion?
upvagb
October 27, 2020 at 12:40 pm
MasterBlasterClass right here… amazing how it’s possible to express musically things that we can’t explain with words…
Geese
October 27, 2020 at 3:06 pm
Great video but the song choice was very odd
Damian Rozpędek
October 27, 2020 at 4:07 pm
It was an interesting expierience to get in your head and feel your emotions for 20 minutes
Jaimini
October 27, 2020 at 5:18 pm
D 1/3 flat major is pretty peaceful, too
Gabriela Martínez
October 27, 2020 at 8:56 pm
Everytime I hear Jacob I get shocked by his talent and thoughtfulness. He really is a treasure to music!
ᴠᴧᴨᴛᴧᴃᴌᴧcᴋ
October 27, 2020 at 9:39 pm
7:13 I died
Itstimeforlife
October 28, 2020 at 12:59 pm
Whoever edited this is a BEAST! 💯
Oh and Jacob is a genius. Period.
I’m in awe 😍
Your friendly neighbourhood nobody
October 28, 2020 at 1:37 pm
It’s amazing how this is all just vibrations on the air, but we feel different emotions in them. Sound is awesome
Alec Monaghan
October 28, 2020 at 2:51 pm
So is this guy like a genius or something? Sorry I am new here but he plays and explains as if he invented music itself and looks relatively young.
Andre Woo
October 28, 2020 at 6:00 pm
It’s so hard to describe what you feel when listening and watching Jacob Collier play and explain his music. He makes his genius and technicality so personable and approachable. You are able to connect and understand him regardless on how much you know music and theory.
EZ PZ
October 29, 2020 at 2:51 am
tier three is by far my favorite tier.
NoEsUnYoutuber
October 29, 2020 at 3:22 am
It’s interesting to watch this as a guitarist who plays a lot more with texture than notes (because I’m not very good at harmonies and scales but I am good with effects pedals and weird extended techniques), sort of imagining how I would achieve these emotional effects with my sort of noise/improv style versus how Jacob does them.
rachael c
October 29, 2020 at 5:28 am
Incredible
Audree
October 29, 2020 at 5:28 am
Tier Two emotions was a whole story in itself, I loved it!
Audree
October 29, 2020 at 5:29 am
frightened to flirtatious is just cryptic/monster love right there
Cameron McAuley
October 29, 2020 at 12:06 pm
What the…
This is like being alive at the same time as Mozart
Ben Lavine
October 29, 2020 at 3:24 pm
18:46 “D 1/3 flat major is pretty peaceful too.” 12 tone scale is just not a thing to jacob lol
cri cat
October 29, 2020 at 3:55 pm
he <3
4ndy123
October 29, 2020 at 5:00 pm
Angry sounds like me playing… I don’t even play hahahah
TheDelahunt
October 29, 2020 at 6:57 pm
Ah yes. My current emotional state, super ultra hyper mega meta lydian.
kwixotic
October 30, 2020 at 2:01 am
I would think the range of emotive expression he(or anyone else performing a song in this fashion() does so as an exercise in non functional harmony and could really be a springboard for doing so.
kwixotic
October 30, 2020 at 2:03 am
It’s almost as if he is channeling the spirit of the neo- classical composer Schoenberg in many of those renditions of the song.
JayB B
October 30, 2020 at 4:00 pm
Felt tier 3 a lot more interpretable than tier 2
Rena Lazuardi
October 30, 2020 at 4:10 pm
Coltrane, schoenberg, chopin, Mozart, blended with crack and amplified 100 times
Oliver Browne
October 30, 2020 at 5:18 pm
Was there a covid alert level reference in there, Jacob?
SRblessed
October 30, 2020 at 6:17 pm
Dissonant Bombs!
Duncan Watterson
October 30, 2020 at 8:01 pm
Amazing musician, and phenomenal at controlling facial hair length at will!
Lisa Marie Gelhaus
October 31, 2020 at 9:33 am
It blows my mind to think that anyone can understand AND SHARE these emotions with you simply by listening and not at all understanding the why behind it.
It took you much longer to analyze what you did than to actually do it. And the result of the analysis, while very interesting, was nowhere nearly as profoundly understandable as the music-making itself.
Emotions are complex. Music is complex. You show that they can and do intersect and converse (warning, there is a requisite: an insanely skilled, talented and sensitive interpreter). Words are so much less efficient.
But you know how to wield those as well…
Thank you Jacob Collier.
Pilvia
October 31, 2020 at 7:05 pm
Soo interesting to listen, ty !
Kris Westfall
October 31, 2020 at 9:48 pm
Me who plays basic guitar chords: Yea but I believe your disruptive was a bit transparent…
Loca PorTI
November 1, 2020 at 2:12 am
Fun! Thanks for sharing!
Aizela Conde
November 1, 2020 at 3:20 am
this kind of playing that piece has the same energy with my mood swings
Dries van den Poel
November 1, 2020 at 10:16 am
Just as an experiment watch this video without sound. What do you feel?
Tom Poynton
November 1, 2020 at 12:24 pm
***DERRY***
brochestedbs
November 1, 2020 at 6:42 pm
Wow ! That’s just great ! I tried to learn piano in my late 60s and gave up after several years, but you make me want to try again !
Robert Cohn
November 2, 2020 at 5:32 am
I gotta be honest, there’s only so much complexity of emotion a piano alone can convey
DemstarAus
November 2, 2020 at 6:40 am
Is disruptive an emotion or a behaviour?
christina duc
November 2, 2020 at 1:52 pm
lightitup cooking doomost iseefire sevenlions jonz slappedham
Pedro Leão
November 3, 2020 at 3:04 am
There’s no one walking over this Earth that understands music better than this guy. It’s unbelievable.
Titin Hardianty
November 3, 2020 at 4:21 am
Tampan
Carara Bear
November 3, 2020 at 10:40 am
the way his brain works is literally genius
Carara Bear
November 3, 2020 at 10:42 am
he literally creates art everytime he just touches an instrument
JohnTaco
November 3, 2020 at 10:28 pm
not gonna lie but 6:38 to 6:50 is a BANGER
Sandra Braithwaite
November 4, 2020 at 10:03 am
u see a hot girl at the club with gorilla boyfriend -> gorilla boyfriend crushed by falling bass bin
frightened -> flirtatious
Maria Teresa Meireles
November 4, 2020 at 1:04 pm
You’re amazinG!
Bouncy Beats
November 4, 2020 at 1:52 pm
Buddy got Chirstmas decorations up a lil too early
Amazing Face
November 4, 2020 at 7:20 pm
I had a lot of fun listening to these arrangements first without knowing the emotions so I can guess what they were. It’d be cool if you could do more of these
Alex Montalbano
November 4, 2020 at 10:00 pm
PLEASE SCORE MOVIES
Jonathan Higley
November 5, 2020 at 12:10 am
Jacob is always such a breath of fresh air that gives me a thread of hope to hang on to in an age of polarization and otherwise negative outlook. Thank you for everything you do, Jacob.
crustyfroonchfroo
November 5, 2020 at 1:16 am
“In true Jacobian style”
The man’s an absolute madlad. A crazy uber talented Jacobian madlad.
Patient S4S24
November 5, 2020 at 11:33 pm
11:04 “I’ve also reintroduced time”
– Jacob Collier, the last Timebender
Amanda Zehr
November 6, 2020 at 4:54 am
Disruptive sent me!!😂😂
Peter Darling
November 6, 2020 at 5:04 am
He is a genius…no doubt. I expected better, however, and I’m not so sure he encapsulated the emotions he intended, at least in my opinion.
Ezra Zurita
November 6, 2020 at 5:26 am
I’d love to see him do one where the emotions are not seen on the spot. I think it would be really interesting to see what he would come up with if it was not immediately improvised. I think it would be best of he saw the emotions 1 minute beforehand.
itsmeshan
November 6, 2020 at 6:17 pm
wow.
ttothet
November 6, 2020 at 8:40 pm
Very talented musician and multi instrumentalist. Mediocre song writer.
cmdrabbadon
November 7, 2020 at 2:30 am
You are great! However, you seem to have lost the melody all together once you passed the Angry phase. The mysterious phase was unrecognizable…could just be me though.
Joshua Brinton Autry
November 7, 2020 at 3:49 am
The “reassured” one I liked a lot for some reason.
Melissa Ngai
November 7, 2020 at 5:16 pm
I mean if anything, Jacob is in touch with his emotions for sure
He was literally able to identify and describe these in his mind immediately and the translate the feeling right into music. As I followed tier 2 I was like “uh betrayed?? how would i- what”
Colin Russell
November 7, 2020 at 6:35 pm
Flirtacious -> Confused
Me: whats the difference?
TheRobloxDeafults
November 7, 2020 at 11:04 pm
who else doesn’t know the song at the intro?
Linn Outhit
November 7, 2020 at 11:05 pm
“And here, a D Major Triad just to cleanse the pallet.”
安德魯
November 8, 2020 at 6:28 pm
that switch between “guilt”, “forgiveness”, “Jacob” deserves a nobel prize
Eline Budi
November 9, 2020 at 10:04 am
he should make movie soundtracks. this was so beautiful 😭❤
Karl Draizen
November 9, 2020 at 12:20 pm
I only understand a bit, but… yea. You’re an amazing person!
Magdiel Burdiles.
November 9, 2020 at 12:25 pm
Wow, this is the true test for every musician, even more pianist.
Hosanna Matienzo
November 9, 2020 at 1:58 pm
What a genius. The last tier was beautiful
glittaboy
November 9, 2020 at 6:49 pm
How
ChesNach
November 10, 2020 at 4:24 am
Alternative title. “Danny boy goes through a emotional breakdown.”
Eduards Ragze
November 10, 2020 at 7:32 am
Great knowledge and talent put in a very enjoyable and educational video. Excellent
Vladimir Luchansky
November 10, 2020 at 5:15 pm
Brilliant! This can be used as Improv 101 for people who just can’t get into free jazz/improvisational music.
Max Kuzma
November 10, 2020 at 6:07 pm
whoever edited this did so brilliantly, illustrating Jacob’s character even within the editing style
Q
November 10, 2020 at 8:16 pm
Awesome 🧠
Bella Kristianson
November 10, 2020 at 8:40 pm
Am I the only one that has to watch this for choir class😔🤚
Timm Sattler
November 10, 2020 at 10:22 pm
I think a lot of people should watch this video. Epic piano skills and very Good explanations on the theoretical music‘s side.