Jacob Collier Can Spell Out Words with a Piano

James Corden connects with Jacob Collier who is in a rather sacred place: the music room in his family's home where he's written all of his music. James asks Jacob about his meteoric rise from YouTube covers to GRAMMY wins, and Jacob shares how he came to learn how to write messages playing music.

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[jacobcollier]

Thanks so much for having me, James!!!

[luxrose]

WE DEMAND A CARPOOL KARAOKE WITH JACOB

[adamcameron]

James genuinely sounds like a massive fan of him

[TheRealth]

Out of all the amazing things Jacob has done, they're most amazed with spelling out words with midi.

[ramofeldduckington]

“That took about forty takes to get right.”

Oh yeah, he IS a human!

[SidMercutio]

Love that Jacob let him know that midi trick is not his idea

[ThethAdam]

I don't think I've ever heard Jacob say he's anywhere other than North London.

[joelikesthings]

James sounds like the first person who's known who Jacob is or at least done a lot of research

[onlyrick]

I've been making music for most of my 69 years, and so far Jacob is the most talented person I've seen or heard of. You're seeing something special here.

[ajrayo]

I would have never thought he'd have that sonorous of a voice. Damn.

[annabelanisfeld]

He deserved this recognition before Djesse 3 but I guess that’s what happens when you start making music in 4/4

[paulzimmermann]

I think I've never seen James fanboying so much but I can't blame him

[SeanFenlon]

OMG am I the only human seeing this that is so relieved to learn that @JacobCollier writing "Happy 2021" on the screen in real-time took 40 takes???
Phewww... I thought he did it in one take :-O
He is human :-)

[ricoF]

When he kinda blurted 'bedidodidububup' the pitch was perfectly in tune when he performed on the keyboard writing the word 'A' and 'Y' that had the diagonal up line that he was explaining about. Talk about Perfect Pitch!

[izzi]

all this new jacob collier content is dramatically increasing the amount of serotonin i have

[briannamattis]

CARPOOL KARAOKE WITH “THE JACOBS”! That would be the peak of brilliance! Guitar Jacob in the back, Vocal Jacob up this needs to happen!

[hamacaboy]

Seeing james corden being a fan of jacobs proves the world is moving in the right direction

[sjfoster]

Lots of people: can’t spell with words
Jacob Collier: can spell with music

[SuzukiKid]

Jacob’s audio in this interview was the best and clearest audio I’ve ever heard in a video chat. It was clearer than James’!!

[_sonicfive]

The audience doesn't seem to realize that writing words with midi is very complex.
Of course it's a gimmick, but of a genius kind.