Jacob Collier - Hyperballad (Björk cover) | Mahogany Session

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  • We spent a day in September with Jacob at the Heritage & Arts Centre in East London to celebrate the upcoming release of Djesse Vol. 4. At the end of an incredible day, we had time for a single take before we wrapped - and Jacob delivered this completely improvised rendition of the Björk classic, Hyperballad.
    We managed to capture three incredible moments; Little Blue (where Jacob was joined by an audience choir of fans), Summer Rain featuring Madison Cunningham and Chris Thile, and this stunning Björk cover.
    Dive upon the other two from the day here:
    📺 Jacob Collier - Summer Rain (Feat. Madison Cunningham & Chris Thile) | Mahogany Session
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    📺 Jacob Collier - Little Blue | Mahogany Session
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  • @tiannalabau
    @tiannalabau Місяць тому +648

    I need an entire Mahogany Sessions album of Jacob Collier!

    • @TheBigburcie
      @TheBigburcie Місяць тому +31

      A full 5.1 surround sound "concert" video sounds good to me.

    • @dculp9284
      @dculp9284 Місяць тому +11

      Every session has been magic since "Make Me Cry" four yrs ago.

    • @user-oi5qh5lq7i
      @user-oi5qh5lq7i Місяць тому +2

      yes, please!

    • @tiannalabau
      @tiannalabau Місяць тому

      @@dculp9284 Yesss!!!!!

    • @tiannalabau
      @tiannalabau Місяць тому +6

      @@dculp9284 Ocean Wide, Canyon Deep with MARO; I haven't been able to listen to that for awhile now because its tears instantly. Oh how I love it, though!

  • @matchboxmatt
    @matchboxmatt Місяць тому +319

    As someone who adores Bjork and has listened to this song hundreds of times over the years, this performance really makes me feel the weight of her words and how beautiful they are

    • @JohnDoe-ns8ho
      @JohnDoe-ns8ho Місяць тому +8

      But, like, the original song didn't make you feel it? Nor the string quartet reinterpretation?

    • @pedrosolermartinez6273
      @pedrosolermartinez6273 Місяць тому +7

      Felt the same thing, I love Bjork and this brings a complete different appreciation of the song, Jacob’s modulation is just completely different. What I love the most about Jacob is his ability to play such a unique song so beautifully and still make it sound like his without destroying it.

    • @matchboxmatt
      @matchboxmatt Місяць тому +14

      @@JohnDoe-ns8ho Not an absence of feeling it at all-just a new appreciation. When you live with a song you love for years and grow up with it, you sometimes carry that old lens of looking at the song with you. Hearing a new version, especially as tasteful as this one, brings out a different or new way of seeing or feeling those lyrics.

    • @Gee-xb7rt
      @Gee-xb7rt Місяць тому +4

      ​@@JohnDoe-ns8ho I think the way they present the chaos is very different. Bjork is well aware she is recording in a pop music genre, even collaborated with Nellee Hooper, maybe the most popular dance/pop producers of the late 80s and 90s. Jacob's goes more astray, more emphasis on the lyrics singing in different directions and introduces some piano to accompany it. There is a kind of misunderstanding of the chaotic in art, is the artist just presenting the chaotic or organizing and arranging it for the audience. I could go deep into Jung, but avoid that, its kind of remarkable the similarities but also the differences to achieve the same goal.

    • @AnDoKo93
      @AnDoKo93 Місяць тому

      @matchboxmatt
      Without words, it’s not bad either…
      m.ua-cam.com/video/iW48Lax48MA/v-deo.html&pp=ygUdbWFyY2luIHdhc2lsZXdza2kgaHlwZXJiYWxsYWQ%3D

  • @BillyArnoldFunSite
    @BillyArnoldFunSite Місяць тому +226

    Currently sat in the Australian outback surrounded by wildlife, the moon and the sun are rising over the mountains. I’m right next to a gentle fire with a coffee in my hand with my wife and child and my parents behind me asleep in their tent.
    To top it off this song is playing in my ears.
    I’m feeling a lot of things right now 😊
    Thanks again Collier

    • @roisin252
      @roisin252 Місяць тому +2

      Lucky you.

    • @kage2606
      @kage2606 Місяць тому +1

      beautiful

    • @dreaejrns6281
      @dreaejrns6281 Місяць тому +2

      Thanks for that image

    • @Yldaro
      @Yldaro Місяць тому

      Hey Billy, I wish I could be there with you! It sounds really nice. Enjoy it, and take care :)

    • @UniMatrix_1
      @UniMatrix_1 Місяць тому

      Peak human experience 😂❤

  • @macehead
    @macehead Місяць тому +1222

    I mean yeah if you’re into the whole “most beautiful music you’ve ever heard” thing…

  • @darttt869
    @darttt869 Місяць тому +302

    omg Björk cover by the Jacob Collier himself

  • @jeradatherton
    @jeradatherton Місяць тому +117

    I’ve obviously respected everything Jacob has ever done, but this is the first time I’ve actually been moved and transported by him. This is special. Extraordinary. Truly transcendent.

    • @SpoookiePoookie
      @SpoookiePoookie Місяць тому +1

      HARD SAME

    • @pipeline789
      @pipeline789 Місяць тому +4

      It's not the first time I am deeply moved by him, but what he does at Mahogany Sessions is truly something else and goes so much deeper than anything I've heard before.

    • @BuckMcAntlerson
      @BuckMcAntlerson Місяць тому

      Same

    • @stewiewilliamson1541
      @stewiewilliamson1541 Місяць тому

      ❤❤❤

    • @timechopper
      @timechopper Місяць тому +1

      Yes. Well done. Bjork has a part in that too. 😊

  • @jeradatherton
    @jeradatherton Місяць тому +28

    Phenomenal songwriting. I know Björk intended something different - but I’ve always interpreted the song to be about the kind of therapy we do on our own to be healthy in relationships. Quite literally, I wake early every morning, go for a walk to pray, and self-reflect. Lots of personal challenge and development happens. Then, I’m ready for the day and to offer the best of myself to my family and friends.

  • @CossuttaDario
    @CossuttaDario Місяць тому +101

    @Jacob & @Bjork : please please consider working together on a project. There are sound worlds you 2 can access together, that the world hasn't heard as of yet.

    • @catigluzmann
      @catigluzmann Місяць тому +3

      PLEASE

    • @joollywoolly6864
      @joollywoolly6864 Місяць тому +2

      Yes.... Please💕🌊

    • @yvesbouillet1290
      @yvesbouillet1290 Місяць тому

      You can listen to Bjork with Robert Wyatt :)

    • @simonwild428
      @simonwild428 Місяць тому +2

      With Hans Zimmer!

    • @Bugleur
      @Bugleur 15 днів тому

      ​@@simonwild428wow... Zimmer should practice a lot in this case...

  • @aonutsihasnouith
    @aonutsihasnouith Місяць тому +121

    Let’s start a kickstarter to buy this building for Jacob so he can do another “In My Room” album where the room is this one. I would however also be thrilled with an album of piano and voice covers of songs Jacob loves, or an album of Bjork covers.
    These mahogany sessions are magical. If he did all three of these takes in one day (same clothing) it’s an incredible achievement.

    • @stewiegriffin993
      @stewiegriffin993 Місяць тому +4

      seconded! I also wish @mahogany would just release the performances he's previously done (like Make Me Cry) on streaming services. it's right there already, release the beauty!

    • @TiffanySoulbird
      @TiffanySoulbird Місяць тому +12

      I believe there are two more forthcoming....he shot five songs that day.

    • @paulravenaudio
      @paulravenaudio Місяць тому +6

      Jacob already has an album of piano and voice covers called ‘Piano Ballads’.

    • @aonutsihasnouith
      @aonutsihasnouith Місяць тому +1

      @@paulravenaudio I missed this cause I always miss compilations and it’s not grouped as a regular album in Apple Music. I’m gonna listen tonight. Thanks for letting me know.

    • @michellemonet4358
      @michellemonet4358 Місяць тому +1

      3 songs in a day isnt that difficult if you consider how many songs artists do in a concert.

  • @thaneus75
    @thaneus75 Місяць тому +166

    Did we need more reasons to love that guy? What a gift... immensely touching rendition!

  • @sierrabianca
    @sierrabianca Місяць тому +12

    Restraint is Collier's superpower, self indulgence his kryptonite. Give him a single instrument or a handful of tracks to work with and he's gold, the minute it spills over into elaborate 50 layer harmonies something, ironically, gets lost in the mix. Less is really more with this guy imo.

    • @enneff
      @enneff Місяць тому +7

      Honestly I wish he would do even less here. I know people really enjoy his maximalist technicolor rainbow thing but I think he could be so much more amazing if he just held back more. 😂

    • @Rijidij
      @Rijidij Місяць тому +5

      So true. Compare this to his cover of 'Hide and Seek', you can really see how more self-discipline provides a much more pleasant experience. Although technically extremely impressive the other may be, this cover connects to me presonally way more, which also seems the case to many others too. Though, ultimately completely up to Jacob, obviously. Would hate to box in a person of his creativity too much.

  • @LuisAlkmim
    @LuisAlkmim Місяць тому +104

    My favorite Jacob is this one: raw and vulnerable. So simple, genuine and beautiful.

    • @MahoganySessions
      @MahoganySessions  Місяць тому +5

      It’s one of our faves ⚡⚡

    • @polyshells
      @polyshells 9 днів тому

      Absolutely....simple and complex and utterly gorgeous

  • @danielabanico3416
    @danielabanico3416 Місяць тому +84

    The audio engineer of this is a wizard, so is Jacob of course. I wonder how they captured this so beautifully?

    • @MahoganySessions
      @MahoganySessions  Місяць тому +111

      So we had dpa radio mics hidden on Jacob, and you can see the Steinway is mic’d up throughout plus a couple of ambient mics to get the room ❤️❤️❤️

    • @bonnaud_dowell
      @bonnaud_dowell Місяць тому +12

      @@MahoganySessions beautifully done! Im in awe of the sound. I take it at least one mic is in his hat 😊

    • @HollyRobertsMusic
      @HollyRobertsMusic Місяць тому +1

      Very crisp

    • @simonwild428
      @simonwild428 Місяць тому +5

      Really caught the richness of his vocal timbre

    • @justinmichaelgall1406
      @justinmichaelgall1406 Місяць тому +1

      @@MahoganySessions incredible work 👏👏

  • @sashakindel3600
    @sashakindel3600 Місяць тому +124

    There used to be a bootleg video of him covering this song at a concert that has since disappeared. I'm grateful that we have an officially sanctioned record of his take on the song now. The other performance had an eerie use of bitonality at "will my eyes be closed or open" that I will always miss though, now that it's gone. There's something melancholy about the ephemeral nature of improvisation.

    • @JoshAntes99
      @JoshAntes99 Місяць тому +2

      Don't you think it's at least a little disingenuous that the video's description calls this "completely improvised" then? I don't have an issue with anything you said, but that word gets thrown around with Collier's stuff so often that it's almost completely lost its meaning in relation to his work.

    • @sashakindel3600
      @sashakindel3600 Місяць тому +13

      @@JoshAntes99 What, because this isn't the first time he had covered the song? If anything, maybe the "completely" part doesn't make sense by virtue of the fact that it's a cover in the first place, but I think calling it "improvised" falls within typical usage of that word. It's uncontroversial to describe the process of spontaneously layering new ideas on top of an established structure that happens in jazz as improvisation, and what's happening here is something like that.
      For what it's worth, this rendition and the other one I'm thinking of have some broad strokes in common, but probably not much overlap in the details. Different chord voicings and substitutions, different textural figurations, different ornaments to or wholesale departures from the original song's melody, etc.

    • @kathryndrew5618
      @kathryndrew5618 Місяць тому +5

      @@sashakindel3600 i love this sentence of yours: "It's uncontroversial to describe the process of spontaneously layering new ideas on top of an established structure that happens in jazz as improvisation, and what's happening here is something like that."

    • @m.dave2141
      @m.dave2141 Місяць тому +1

      @@sashakindel3600 very good description of this type of improvisation, there really is a special magic in these semi-spontaneous forms of composition

  • @revjustin1
    @revjustin1 Місяць тому +74

    The worst parts of me want to be jealous of Jacob and his immense wealth of talent. I would give up everything I had to have that. I just can't be jealous, though. When I hear music like this - when I feel a performance like this - yes, of course, I wish that could be me, but the jealousy washes away. I am overcome with the sheer beauty. I swim in its depths. For a moment, I am truly free. That is the true gift here. This allows me to be the best version of me and what is just so wonderful about that is that this song is just so incredibly human. It makes me so glad to be alive.

    • @JohnTravena
      @JohnTravena Місяць тому +3

      Would you give up the time he spent practicing instead of playing with his friends though?

    • @revjustin1
      @revjustin1 Місяць тому +5

      @@JohnTravena 100%.

    • @PilarBada
      @PilarBada Місяць тому +2

      same feeling! You described it so well

    • @Atezian
      @Atezian Місяць тому +1

      You meant envious, not jealous.

    • @TubaTones
      @TubaTones Місяць тому

      @@JohnTravenado you know him personally? Considering how he interacts with artists in collabs on all of his albums, the guy isn’t exactly short of friends.

  • @simonwild428
    @simonwild428 Місяць тому +45

    Simply astonishing… it’s been a sh*t day, took my 90 year old mother and her canine friend of the last 16 years Lily to the vet this evening. Sadly it was for Lily to be put to sleep, she was deaf and blind and incontinent and we couldn’t let her suffer anymore , the vet gave her lots of treats and I held her in my arms as she gently passed… my mum is very old school and doesn’t really show her emotions, so I drove her home, walked her to her door and handed her Lily’s collar and lead and left. I am now sat in the dark in my garden listening to this for the 5th time in a row bawling my eyes out, I’m so heartbroken,..another friend is gone another loyal unquestioning companion has exited our lives… and I know my mum is lying in her bed just as heartbroken, crying where no one else can see… Goodbye Lilydog, we love you and miss you terribly

    • @kirsten7152
      @kirsten7152 Місяць тому +5

      I hope this music brought you some solace. I connected with it through loss and grief as well.

    • @simonwild428
      @simonwild428 Місяць тому +1

      @@kirsten7152❤

    • @shaunnagoldberry
      @shaunnagoldberry Місяць тому

      A song to heal your heart from sixteen years of unconditional love. Also a book I recommend for any type of grieving. Tear Soup.
      m.ua-cam.com/video/H17edn_RZoY/v-deo.html

    • @shaunnagoldberry
      @shaunnagoldberry Місяць тому

      m.ua-cam.com/video/H17edn_RZoY/v-deo.html

    • @timburdsey
      @timburdsey Місяць тому +2

      I’m so sorry for your loss. May this music provide comfort and solace in your moments of need.

  • @cseymour88
    @cseymour88 Місяць тому +42

    The dynamic subtlety, the gentleness, the richness and vulnurablity, and the heart of this performance is so raw and moving.

    • @stewiewilliamson1541
      @stewiewilliamson1541 Місяць тому

      \ there is simply not much out there quite like this it is truly a gift to all of us

  • @jonathanhart8730
    @jonathanhart8730 Місяць тому +110

    My day made. His improvised piano and vocal covers are some of the most human, raw, and sonderous creations of music I have ever found.

    • @eviltomthai
      @eviltomthai Місяць тому

      Why do you say it's improvised?

    • @thaddeusray001
      @thaddeusray001 Місяць тому +6

      @@eviltomthai Because it says it in the desription.

    • @eviltomthai
      @eviltomthai Місяць тому +2

      @@thaddeusray001 dude has more talent in his pinky toe than all of humanity has in their bodies

    • @JohnDoe-ns8ho
      @JohnDoe-ns8ho Місяць тому +2

      It's quite literally the opposite of sonder. In fact, you kinda just made me able to articulate that thought. It is the opposite of sonder, and he simply does not understand not only what people love about these songs he covers but also the emotions conveyed in these songs. It was apparent with Danny Boy and HIde And Seek but it's just totally laid bare here. There are humans out there, who wrote the words and melodies for those words,
      "But come ye back when summer's in the meadow,
      Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow,
      It's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow,
      Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so"
      and,
      "Blood and tears
      They were here first
      Mm, what'd you say?
      Mm, that you only meant well
      Well of course you did...
      ...
      ...Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
      Mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cutouts
      Speak no feeling, no, I don't believe you
      You don't care a bit, you don't care a bit"
      and the best one yet,
      "I Imagine what my body would sound like
      slamming against those rocks
      And when it lands
      Will my eyes be closed or open?"
      Actual humans with complex inner lives and unbearable emotions that could only find an outlet in song, wrote those lyrics and melodies for those lyrics and Collier simply doesn't understand any of it on any level.

    • @bobsmith93
      @bobsmith93 Місяць тому +5

      ​@@JohnDoe-ns8ho how do you have any idea how much of the stories behind the songs he understands?

  • @mariejulien1625
    @mariejulien1625 Місяць тому +44

    We live on a mountain
    Right at the top
    There's a beautiful view
    From the top of the mountain
    Every morning I walk towards the edge
    And throw little things off
    Like car-parts, bottles and cutlery
    Or whatever I find lying around
    It's become a habit
    A way to start the day
    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you
    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you
    It's real early morning
    No-one is awake
    I'm back at my cliff
    Still throwing things off
    I listen to the sounds they make
    On their way down
    I follow with my eyes 'til they crash
    Imagine what my body would sound like
    Slamming against those rocks
    When it lands
    Will my eyes
    Be closed or open?
    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you
    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you
    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you
    Safe up (here with you)

  • @laurenm2295
    @laurenm2295 Місяць тому +6

    I like how he did that descending riff when the song talks about items falling down the cliff. Super cool.

  • @leeshawver
    @leeshawver Місяць тому +14

    A visitation from extraterrestrial intelligence is what we have in Jacob Collier. Thank you, Universe.

  • @rowdybliss
    @rowdybliss Місяць тому +24

    This is Impressionism with the dial turned up to eleven. I’m awestruck.

  • @MaxRozov
    @MaxRozov Місяць тому +12

    We live in a city
    Right in the center
    There's no real view
    From the top of the building
    Every morning I open youtube
    And listen to this song
    Like a medicine or meditation
    Or whatever you'd use to help yourself
    It's become a habit
    A way to start the day

  • @estefaniamar5
    @estefaniamar5 Місяць тому +64

    Jacob Collier performing Björk's Hyperballad...🥹💎💓 Best session ever

  • @Sofia-zc7gg
    @Sofia-zc7gg Місяць тому +18

    1:42 is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard, I make this comment so I can go back to it on a loop

  • @samshornvibes
    @samshornvibes Місяць тому +102

    Only Jacob can bring you to tears, revealing your own vulnerability to you, then slowly sooth you back to reality. I'm stunned.

    • @diananunez7
      @diananunez7 Місяць тому

      So am I....stunned.

    • @juchlu3081
      @juchlu3081 Місяць тому +1

      Yes, exactly how I feel.

    • @maeverobertson6000
      @maeverobertson6000 Місяць тому

      That’s how I felt first time I heard world o world!:)

    • @eviltomthai
      @eviltomthai Місяць тому

      Singing at extra slow speed doesn't make it vulnerable

    • @paulshannon7303
      @paulshannon7303 Місяць тому +1

      Get a grip!

  • @jpizzleforizzle
    @jpizzleforizzle Місяць тому +49

    Im not crying... you're crying.
    Fr, this is one of my favorite songs and this dude did it so much justice.
    Absolutely beautiful.

    • @JohnDoe-ns8ho
      @JohnDoe-ns8ho Місяць тому +3

      I refuse to believe any of you people who say Hyperballad is one of your favorite songs as if it and this cover are not polar opposites. This is like somebody gave Collier a challenge to strip out all the emotion and angst from these songs he's covering.

    • @jpizzleforizzle
      @jpizzleforizzle Місяць тому +1

      @@JohnDoe-ns8ho Gatekeeping. Classy.
      You wanna tell me I have to like Lima beans now?
      Of course they're different. It's a cover with that Collier flavor, and it's beautiful in its own right. Gtfoh.

    • @JohnDoe-ns8ho
      @JohnDoe-ns8ho Місяць тому +2

      @@jpizzleforizzle You know, for a second I legitimately forgot this was YouToob and I legitimately forgot that I was gonna get the dumbest possible reply.
      Nevertheless. Nobody implied anything about gatekeeping and what you're allowed to like and dislike, songs or beans or whatever. I was simply saying it doesn't make sense, and if Hyperballad actually is one of your favorite songs you should probably know why it doesn't make sense. And I was simply hoping somebody would help it make sense. It's like this: people like pizza. People like ice cream. People like both. But nobody has ever said "man I love pizza and this cookie dough ice cream does it so much justice" because that would sound crazy. Even though cookie dough ice cream is great.
      And I gotta say, I didn't expect such a hostile and dare I say, uncollieresque reaction.

    • @jpizzleforizzle
      @jpizzleforizzle Місяць тому +1

      @@JohnDoe-ns8ho music is subjective. You don't have to like Collier's take on the song, but you also don't have a right, per se, to tell someone else they should or shouldn't enjoy it. I mean, you're essentially making a "no true scottsman" argument here.
      So, fwiw, I think you're the one handing out dumb comments today.

    • @juan_ta
      @juan_ta Місяць тому +1

      I see little feeling similarity between the original and this cover. This is rather a "comfortable" version.

  • @IntoTheDeepBreathwork
    @IntoTheDeepBreathwork Місяць тому +10

    Listening to this makes me feel... deeply human...

  • @joshiboshi6140
    @joshiboshi6140 Місяць тому +30

    Everyday is a good day when u see Jacob Collier released a new Mahogany Session

  • @danieltitus26
    @danieltitus26 Місяць тому +39

    Same shirt as his last two. I cant imagine creating this much incredible music at all, let alone in a single day!

    • @christianohlig9597
      @christianohlig9597 Місяць тому +8

      … and being so unpretentious not to change outfits in between like most artists most likely would have done.

    • @OMGlvl86turtlepilot
      @OMGlvl86turtlepilot Місяць тому

      @@christianohlig9597 yall give credit for anything

  • @mathiaskielholz
    @mathiaskielholz Місяць тому +7

    And again, Jacob marries the harmonic complexity of jazz and classical music with the emotional accessibility of pop music. I'm eternally grateful to him for this contribution to contemporary music production.

  • @trinciacakewalk
    @trinciacakewalk Місяць тому +56

    Could I wish for anything else? A combination between JC and Björk… I’m stunned.

  • @joollywoolly6864
    @joollywoolly6864 Місяць тому +16

    I saw the Title ...
    I thought "Can he really??"....
    I pressed play..
    And my heart exploded✨️
    💕🌊💕🌊💕🌊💕
    Thank you Jacob. Love you💞

  • @joaogama5916
    @joaogama5916 Місяць тому +15

    We need this on spotify rn!!! I beg you

    • @bowtie1545
      @bowtie1545 Місяць тому

      honestly though I'm checking everyday for them to release it..

  • @smarthuman_io
    @smarthuman_io 14 годин тому +1

    Some people make music. Some people are made of music. and then, some of them, are music. This is Jacob. You can clearly see this.

  • @nakitahorton6598
    @nakitahorton6598 Місяць тому +20

    When I am feeling down, I can put on literally any Jacob Collier video and just feel so uplifted. Thank you Jacob for brightening my life and the world!

    • @m.dave2141
      @m.dave2141 Місяць тому

      It's amazing how he could give a relatively happy ending to the story of the person the lyrics talk about. In this interpretation, maybe they manage to escape that toxic relationship and have a better life, who knows.

  • @dariusgoh5314
    @dariusgoh5314 Місяць тому +19

    Bravo. Björk is hard to cover, but your rendition is beautiful! Hope she gets to see this… no doubt she will love it.

    • @fliprim
      @fliprim Місяць тому

      I guess she did. She linked her followers back here on the 4th April.

  • @ex-cursion
    @ex-cursion Місяць тому +14

    After not listening to hyperballad for at least 10 years, it was so wonderful to connect with it again, as I found myself singing gently along with Jacob for the first two verses and chorus. A genius doing a another genius's genius. Beautiful ❤️🙏

  • @earnestbass4092
    @earnestbass4092 Місяць тому +40

    I wanted to leave a comment, but this just left me speechless...

  • @mowensmd
    @mowensmd Місяць тому +7

    OMG> I never, ever thought someone could move me with this song like Bjork. I was wrong. My goodness Jacob collier, your head and heart are rare.

  • @ToxicPopsicle
    @ToxicPopsicle Місяць тому +16

    My favorite Bjork song, and what a breath taking cover this is

  • @ModernVintageFilm
    @ModernVintageFilm Місяць тому +45

    Happy happy happy to see any uploads from Jacob Collier. What a genuine human being..

  • @markslater6740
    @markslater6740 25 днів тому +3

    This is beautiful. He doesn't just impress us with his gleeful, joyful explosions of musical exploration and creativity, he's also making emotional, gorgeous music that works on a simpler, deeper level as well as sheer astonishment at his talents. Wonderful stuff!

  • @dylanmax.
    @dylanmax. Місяць тому +5

    theres something so intuitive about his approach to harmony. it's such a breath of fresh air

  • @dlw07052
    @dlw07052 Місяць тому +11

    I didn’t know my tear ducts had tear ducts

  • @tilhisalonen
    @tilhisalonen Місяць тому +21

    no words to describe what I’m feeling right now

  • @M0gley1111
    @M0gley1111 Місяць тому +6

    Captured the etherealness and vulnerability of Bjork so well. I love this Jacob 🙏

  • @gregonline6506
    @gregonline6506 Місяць тому +28

    Wow, for many years I love Byörk´s music, this cover is beautiful!

  • @user-cu8hs4ix2q
    @user-cu8hs4ix2q Місяць тому +4

    I adore this performance. He's so wonderfully musically fluent, it's a joy to come back to it again and again and hear more nuances. His falsetto is beautiful. Thank you for capturing this and sharing it..

  • @arothmanmusic
    @arothmanmusic Місяць тому +9

    Björk and Jacob. Visionary magical creatures.

  • @RonjaMaltzahn
    @RonjaMaltzahn Місяць тому +4

    I am mesmerized. Deeply mesmerized. Smiled and cried and laughed two times to this beautiful piece of art today. Thank you, Mr. Collier!

  • @jasonbeedon9867
    @jasonbeedon9867 Місяць тому +5

    The music is great. Of course. But the cinematography and audio Engjneering are also amazing! They capture JC’s brilliance. Excellence all the way around. The work creates goosebumps.

  • @RogersRRTV
    @RogersRRTV Місяць тому +4

    Amazing Cover - Transported. I remember this Album - and how ground breaking it was when it came out and her incredible style melted it. Now, I see and feel this again and I see and feel another side of this all over again in another way, not only listening to the experience of Jacob's incredible voice, but also feeling more messages within this piece as it is, as it was written. Peace.

  • @menophoenix3413
    @menophoenix3413 Місяць тому +10

    A sublime rendition of an already iconic and spellbinding song by Bjork.. it's like hearing the groundup version of pain .. by a modern day musical genius. I am in tears, truly one of the most moving pieces of music, ever! ❤

  • @philippegodelle697
    @philippegodelle697 День тому

    Fantastic artist, fantastic pianist, fantastic singer, fantastic person.......the list is very long if i follow ! thanks Jacob for having been born to fascinate us !!!

  • @OctaveElword
    @OctaveElword Місяць тому +20

    Each video more beautiful than the last. Thank you Jacob

  • @nathanclark5587
    @nathanclark5587 Місяць тому +5

    One of my favorite artists covered by one of my favorite artists. WOW!

  • @The37s
    @The37s Місяць тому +11

    Full grown prodigy who keeps pumping out amazingness. Every time I see him, he blows my mind.

    • @simonwild428
      @simonwild428 Місяць тому

      Mozart level genius, and such humility

  • @hundredfireify
    @hundredfireify Місяць тому +7

    Imagine a Björk x JC collab! This would be mind-shattering! This is the closest we'll get to this. Love it! Thank you Mahogany

  • @stoopidvideoz
    @stoopidvideoz 4 дні тому

    Possibly the most beautiful words ever made in a song.

  • @keltone
    @keltone Місяць тому +8

    This song always engulfs all my brain. Happy to see someone else get it, too.

  • @CarlaSophieMar
    @CarlaSophieMar Місяць тому +12

    Whaaaat? So sublime!

  • @vinemp
    @vinemp 2 дні тому

    What a brilliant musician, born the same summer 'Post' was released. I wish to send him gratitude for reminding nearly 44-year-old me of almost 15-year-old me, who (in 1995) counted the days to buy this album and could yet feel such hope.

  • @giannirapana2739
    @giannirapana2739 Місяць тому +2

    We need this masterpiece on Spotify!

  • @Space_Lion
    @Space_Lion Місяць тому +9

    It occurs to me, watching the view count, that there are strangers out there watching this at the same time as me. The implications of which speak for themselves, I think, if you know the lyrics to this song.
    Bjork's strange story isn't so strange at all, is it? It turns out there are a lot of people with brains and hearts just like yours, sharing many of your thoughts and feelings.

  • @MarcusJonsson93
    @MarcusJonsson93 Місяць тому +4

    Absolutely incredible. I'm stunned.

  • @verumtarotbyjuliaoni
    @verumtarotbyjuliaoni Місяць тому +1

    So refreshing to hear this wonderful creation.🙏🏼 Thank you Jacob Collier for being here with us!💎🌅🤍🤍🤍

  • @bowtie1545
    @bowtie1545 Місяць тому +1

    PLEASE release this on spotify, I need it in my life on the daily commute!

  • @mariejulien1625
    @mariejulien1625 Місяць тому +14

    ❤ Bjork you must be so moved by this amazing talent and beauty honoring your art

  • @1Fastbeat
    @1Fastbeat Місяць тому +5

    I hope he plays this in Reykjavik in June. Stoked!

    • @jasonbeedon9867
      @jasonbeedon9867 Місяць тому +1

      Wow. What an amazing thought. ❤️🙏🏻

  • @BeStillandKnow0000
    @BeStillandKnow0000 Місяць тому +2

    So moving... and whoever did the sound is crazy brilliant too!

  • @noahcuadrado
    @noahcuadrado Місяць тому +2

    im so glad this found me.
    im such a bjork enjoyer, her sounds had help me through dark and darker. she found me when i couldn't find myself. jacob is just telling me not to worry about getting lost again. I will always have this anchor to come back to.

  • @alex0589
    @alex0589 Місяць тому +20

    not to be controversial but i think Jacob may have a slightly higher level of talent than the norm.

    • @mercedesgonzalez9373
      @mercedesgonzalez9373 Місяць тому +2

      When comparing somebody always looses. Why does anybody have to loose? We are all so intimately connected that Jacob wouldn't be Jacob without his mom and Suzie wouldn't be Suzie without Jacob. So, why comparing? Why nor summing up?

    • @powerfulpaper3559
      @powerfulpaper3559 9 днів тому

      @@mercedesgonzalez9373everybody wins when Jacob collier is a musician on this earth

  • @beatrizdesouzasantos8167
    @beatrizdesouzasantos8167 Місяць тому +5

    Björk is one of my all time favorite artists and this version of yours is just so free and tremendously beautiful! What a gift to be alive to enjoy yours and Björks art! 💜

  • @sergioferrari4825
    @sergioferrari4825 Місяць тому +2

    This guy is one of the best musicians of all time. He makes extremely complex inversions seem simple and directly affects, at the same time, the brain, heart, soul, skin, even my thyroid gets goose bumps. Someone needs to check if he's really from this planet.

  • @karinac6032
    @karinac6032 Місяць тому +2

    Mr. Collier, one of the best musicians of this times

  • @samuelreisart
    @samuelreisart Місяць тому +6

    What a beautiful rendition, I Just take off Earth

  • @kirby7379
    @kirby7379 Місяць тому +3

    Gosh. I’ve listened to Björk’s original so many times. One of my favorites of hers. But this. Just wow.

  • @KevinNearyMusic
    @KevinNearyMusic 15 днів тому +1

    Is it just me that describes Jacob's solo piano performances as "healing" .. no matter how im feeling.. listening to any one of his mahogony piano performances can take every bad feeling out of my body and replace it with calm, happiness and joy listening to the music .. one of the greatest of our era, wow this is just proof of that, is it not? 😍

  • @rokpiltaver2010
    @rokpiltaver2010 Місяць тому +1

    While some may long for the eras of classical composers or jazz legends, I'm grateful to be living in a time where we can witness Jacob's musical genius unfold in real-time!
    Anyone that can play or sing with such feeling, precision, and energy (even if after months of rehearsing a song) is a great musician. Jacob did both, in a single take + he wrote the arrangement, actually improvised it on the spot!

  • @conlee_1164
    @conlee_1164 Місяць тому +5

    ALL is right with the world again ~ so much love《💓》Xx

  • @markcounseling
    @markcounseling Місяць тому +4

    There's mastery of voice and instrument and then whatever this is. Hypermastery?

  • @rachelpacker6643
    @rachelpacker6643 Місяць тому +1

    I feel safe and at home when I listen to Jacob's music. So healing. And incredibly beautiful. Often makes me feel so joyful too.

  • @mandmaofficial
    @mandmaofficial День тому +1

    Makes me thankful that the internet exists.

  • @Joao_alex98
    @Joao_alex98 Місяць тому +4

    Please I've heard this on loop for one hour i need it in Spotify

  • @saraistockinger2925
    @saraistockinger2925 Місяць тому +4

    Just a master piece...again ☺ Jacob, thank you so much!!!

  • @simonaschmidt
    @simonaschmidt Місяць тому +2

    Second time listening to this. Each time it makes me cry bc it touches beauty and everything real. Thank you.

  • @renahere1885
    @renahere1885 Місяць тому +2

    Just lovely...😌🎶....the acoustics in this building are SO perfect for Jacob's playing & voice👍🤗

  • @gustavogastelum9024
    @gustavogastelum9024 Місяць тому +3

    We live on a mountain, right at the top
    This beautiful view from the top of the mountain
    Every morning, I walk towards the edge
    And throw little things off
    Like car parts, bottles, and cutlery
    Or whatever I find lying around
    It's become a habit, a way to start the day
    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you
    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you
    It's early morning, no one is awake
    I'm back at my cliff, still throwing things off
    I listen to the sounds they make on their way down
    I follow with my eyes 'til they crash
    I Imagine what my body would sound like slamming against those rocks
    And when it lands
    Will my eyes be closed or open?
    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you
    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you
    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you
    Safe up here with you
    Safe up here with you
    Safe up here with you
    Safe up here with you
    Safe up here with you
    Safe up here with you
    Safe up here with you
    Safe up here with you
    (Buenos días Sophia)❤️

  • @sarahjndonovan
    @sarahjndonovan Місяць тому +3

    This fills me with a sense of utter peace and calm. I wish all of life could feel this way!

  • @wilkensonephraimgallioth9540
    @wilkensonephraimgallioth9540 Місяць тому +1

    Wow that's nothing but a cover arranged by soul... Each melodic phrase brings colours to our feelings ! Just an explosion!🔥

  • @1muraden1
    @1muraden1 Місяць тому +2

    Well this was a journey I wasn't ready for. Wow. Spectacular

  • @1979orestes
    @1979orestes Місяць тому +4

    I can't express with words the feelings that this song has made me feel... What an incredible version of my favourite Bjork's song. Thank so much for this, Jacob.

    • @JohnDoe-ns8ho
      @JohnDoe-ns8ho Місяць тому

      Seriously, I see a lot of people saying this is their favorite Bjork song but that doesn't imply that you all like Bjork. In one context it could mean "I hate Bjork's music but this is my least hated of her songs." That would actually make a lot of sense.

  • @sept1102
    @sept1102 Місяць тому +30

    it's not an hyper ballad it's an super hyper ultra mega meta ballad

    • @jessereeks8520
      @jessereeks8520 Місяць тому +4

      Underrated comment 😆

    • @cjbprime
      @cjbprime Місяць тому +2

      I think he agrees with you given that so many of the solo lines are Lydian :)

    • @cherrycake1
      @cherrycake1 Місяць тому +2

      Only the hyper part is a bit ironic, after the song I felt ultra mega meta peacefull.

  • @clairedelune5412
    @clairedelune5412 Місяць тому +1

    3:28 and beyond. Amazing chord progression built into his layered creativity. Beautiful.

  • @marialouiserbkbank-nielsen2533
    @marialouiserbkbank-nielsen2533 13 днів тому

    Breathtaking talent and musicality. Almost unwordly.

  • @TiffanySoulbird
    @TiffanySoulbird Місяць тому +6

    Was anyone else holding their breath?

  • @GabrielGuer1
    @GabrielGuer1 Місяць тому +5

    delicious. beautiful mixing

  • @peytonjeffers5174
    @peytonjeffers5174 Місяць тому +2

    My jaw dropped. Full body chills. Grasping at my hair out of amazement. This is SO incredible and beautiful WOW.

  • @WestrnEcho
    @WestrnEcho Місяць тому +1

    If Bjork herself winds up making a guest appearance on one of Jacob's Live shows I think I will die happy that very instant.