Reacting to Pentatonix for the FIRST TIME! || Instrumental Song With No Instruments?!?

To Receive PRIORITY requests for future videos, head on over to our Patreon or Buy Me a Coffee. Never expected, but always appreciated. ❤️ Links in description This was so amazing! Their voices blend together so well and they sound phenomenal!

Critics -song with no words and music with no instruments - Impossible!! PTX - hold my Grammy

their most recent cover of seal's 'kiss from a rose' will really show their talents and the beatboxer has an electric cello solo that steals the show. it is done live in the vevo studio.

The Grammy they won for this 2nd Grammy was for arrangement of an instrumental or a cappella piece, and Avi Kaplan (the bass with the beard on the left) was the one who brought the idea of doing this to the group, and arranged it with their producer/arranger Ben Bram, with input from the rest of the group. The video was shot and edited by FifGen Films, who did a lot of PTX's videos, including their first Grammy win "Daft Punk Medley".

Welcome to the world of PENTATONIX. No other group can touch their talent.

Pentatonix a "brief" background. They won The Sing Off in 2011. They made a guest starring appearance on America′s Got Talent as non−competitors a couple of years after that. The founding members are:- Scott Hoying (tall blond guy, natural baritone but has an impressive five−to−six octave range, can go all the way up to high tenor and down to bass, sings the bass lines when the usual bass singer takes the lead); Kirstin "Kirstie" (Rhymes with "Thirsty") Maldonado (the only female member, natural mezzo soprano, but can go down to low alto and as high as upper soprano, also can sing in whistle notes that are off the scale); For a time in 2018 between the group’s tours, had the female lead on Broadway in the production of “Kinky Boots”. Mitch Grassi (a true contra−tenor, can hit high notes in his chest voice with ease and go WAY higher in his falsetto, also with ease); Avriel "Avi" Kaplan (dark beard and long hair), true basso profundo, trained as an opera singer, also can go up into the tenor range; and Kevin "KO" Olusola (beatboxer extraordinaire, also is a world−class cellist who plays cello on some of their songs, has a beautiful high tenor voice and gets occasional lead vocal solos as well, graduated pre−med from Yale and speaks several languages including Mandarin Chinese). Kirstie, Scott & Mitch grew up together in Arlington, Texas, and began performing together as children in local youth musical theater. They ended up in high school together and performed in the choir. While there, they formed an a cappella group called The Trio which had several performance videos go viral on YouTube, most notably a cover of Lady Gaga′s "Telephone". The three of them are best friends and consider themselves to be almost siblings. Scott & Kirstie (who were a class year ahead of Mitch) both graduated high school in 2010 and went their separate ways to different colleges, Scott at USC and Kirstie at Oklahoma. While at USC, Scott joined a USC−based a cappella group called the SoCal VoCals, where he met alumnus Ben Bram, who was now an arranger and vocal coach for the NBC TV show The Sing Off, an a cappella competition show. Ben convinced Scott to get The Trio to audition for the show. The three reunited (Mitch had to skip high school graduation ceremonies to go) in Los Angeles for the audition. They found out that the rules had changed, so they needed at least five members to audition. Ben put them together with Avi (a native of Visalia, California), who he knew from Avi′s performing days at Mount San Antonio College in California. They found Kevin (from Kentucky) through one of his YouTube videos that had gone viral featuring him playing the cello and beatboxing at the same time, a talent that Kevin coined as "Cello−Boxing". Kevin arrived in Los Angeles literally the day before the audition! Scott came up with the name "Pentatonix" after the pentatonic scale. They performed a re−arrangement of "The Telephone" for the audition and passed, despite having been together as a five−piece group for less that 24 hours! They won The Sing Off that season (all of the performances are available on YouTube), in which they received a substantial cash prize AND a record contract with Epic Records. They pooled their prize winnings together and all moved to Los Angeles, and all got apartments right next door to each other in the same building. But just a week later, Epic dropped them because the marketing people didn′t think an a cappella group could sell records. Instead of giving up, they were determined and began recording their own songs on YouTube, hiring Ben Bram as their producer and arranger. These usually consisted of the five of them sitting on a couch and performing cover songs live. Several of the videos went viral, and Sony (the parent company of Epic) decided to give them another chance by placing them on one of their smaller labels, Madison Gate. They released two secular EPs and one Christmas EP on Madison Gate, all of which were strong sellers. But when their cover of a medley of songs by Daft Punk not only went super−viral, but also won them their first Grammy, they were promoted all the way up to RCA Records, Sony′s top label. They began writing and producing their own songs in addition to their covers, began putting out a Christmas album just about annually (which has become their best−selling genre), and have had multi−platinum album sales, sold−out world tours, and have won two additional Grammys. Avi began getting burned out with all of the touring and heavy recording schedule, was suffering from anxiety and personal problems, and learned that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He announced he was departing from the group and taking some time away from the music industry. Matt Sallee (from Baltimore) joined them in September 2017. He did only become official when they renewed their RCA contract in February 2018, but he recorded with them in September as a featured artist and went on their Christmas tour as a featured artist, as well. When he attended the audition for the group, he had already mastered the Bass part for most if not all their past catalogue. He was successful and has proved that he fits in well with the group. If you think there have been other changes to the line up - look again. This is the ONLY change. Kirstie and Mitch are like chameleons and change looks frequently. It is an often debated subject among the Pentaholics as to just how soon we introduce the "Beginners Guide" as we don't want to overdo the introduction. This is a compilation of snips of a whole load of songs which PTX have released. It highlights each member with some of their solos and then a brief history in video. It is quite long - 14+ minutes and is a little dated now (Feb 2020) but is a good watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDxIfwfCmQE&pp=ygUdYmVnaW5uZXJzIGd1aWRlIHRvIHBlbnRhdG9uaXg%3D. After a year away from music, Avi has now returned as a phenomenal solo artist in the Folk/Americana/Roots genre. Ben Bram has been in charge of their production, including arranging and directing from the beginning. He is often referred to as the sixth member. Scott and Kevin are major players in the arrangements, but every member contributes. A good watch is "The Recording of Evergreen" where a camera was invited into the studio for the second week of recording/ Also, all members are songwriters for both Pentatonix and their own solo work. Ed Boyer who mixes everything of theirs (even the HWB Livestream) is the one who pulled Ben Bram into the sing off in the first place. They have Grammy wins for Daft Punk Medley, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Jolene featuring Dolly Parton. They were nominated for a 4th Grammy for their album Evergreen, but didn't win. Another nomination for Holidays Around the World album in the 2024 list! Kirstie became a new mum which caused a pause in touring after their Evergreen Christmas tour 2021. Mid March 2023 Kirstie has announced that she is engaged to Ben Hausdorff, their videographer. They married 22/04/24! They have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame installed in February 2023. They are the only a capella group with a star! They came 3rd in the 2023 Masked Singer performing as "California Rolls" being unmasked in May 23. Things you need to know because if you get these wrong Pentaholics will come after you with pitch forks and torches! Ha Ha!! 1- There is NO Auto-Tune; what you hear is actually what they sing. They really are that good. One exception is the 90's Dance Medley where Cher used autotune as an effect - so they had to. 2- What produces everything that you hear in the video, you see in the official video. If there is an instrument used in the music, you see it on screen. In the 2022 Christmas album, there are some instruments not featured throughout the album. 3- They never release something on video they can’t reproduce with the exact same quality live on-stage. 4. It is "Pentatonix" there is no "The".

Great reaction. Just subbed for more Pentatonix. Please consider The Prayer, Bohemian Rhapsody, Sing, (an original), Hallelujah, Oh Holy Night, Problem, Can’t Hold Us, Thrift Shop, Ride. Any you choose will not disappoint. They have over 300 videos in their catalogue. 💕💕

The won the Sing Off. And started this type of a capella genre that everyone has now followed.

They won a Grammy for this one...not sure of the category. Also, not sure of the genres of music you prefer as far as making suggestions for more Pentatonix. They do mostly pop, but also rock, country, hip-hop, alternative, etc.

Anything you choose will be great for this group. But my new favorite is A Kiss From a Rose. However, if you'd like to see them perform live, you can't miss with the 2016 Popspring concert. It is about 15 minutes long, but it has 3 originals and one of their ever popular Evolution videos, this one of MJ. They sound as good - if not better - live

Yay, I'm glad you we're able to react to Pentatonix, my favorite group. Hope you'll react to more. Have a great day.

Nice to see another reactor finding out how amazing acapella can be. I'm particularly fond of PTX acapella. I enjoyed your reaction. This was absolutely worthy of the Grammy they earned for it. Their other Grammy wins were their Daft Punk medley, and their performance of Jolene with Dolly Parton. They have a huge catalog in every genre with covers, original music, and a whole lot of Christmas music, and solo side projects, so if you do more, I'm here for it! Subbed.

Hallelujah (their official version) has 741 MILLION views (on YouTube) for a reason. Do yourself a favor and listen with headphones on. You will be so very glad you did!

Kevin is a world class beat boxer, singer, cellist and song writer

You really can't go wrong with ANY Pentatonix, but my favorite currently is their Kiss From a Rose video (a live take at Vevo studios). It's next level! (And the beatboxer is playing the cello WHILE beatboxing!) Loved your reaction!

Pentatonix is great, 3 for 5 Grammy wins. The original bass from this video left years ago, now with a great solo career if you want to check him out. Avi Kaplan, Change on the Rise is a good start but all his songs are different.

The more Pentatonix you react to the more the Pentaholics will come. They are AMAZINGLY talented. Over 200 songs to choose from. Thank you. Greetings from South Africa

They sing, there are vocals, there are no lyrics, you know words!

I think their voices qualify as incredible instruments!

I once read “They don’t do covers, they do upgrades”. You won’t be disappointed on anything you pick. Mitch - puts out solo work under Messer. Kevin and Scott have also both put out solo work.