Welcome to the family, Pentaholic!

Yes, the guy on far left did replace Avi, his name is Matt Sallee, he is fantastic, that is only replacement they have made...they do "upgrades" not covers per PTX fans

Also, Scott takes over the bass when Avi or Matt are singing

Acapella "The human voice as the instrument". Thanks for sharing. Good stuff.

Wow, they are amazing

They NEVER get Old!!!! They're so VERY talented.

You can usually tell the year the video was made is 2019 by Mitch's mullet. I think that was the only year he wore it that long. They are probably one of the hardest working groups today, World Tour 2019 May - July 31 shows in the US August - Sept 14 shows in the US October 6 shows in Latin America Nov - Dec 16 shows Christmas tour Jan - Feb 2020 11 shows Japan, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand And the world went into lockdown. They managed to slip in Christmas tours in 2021 and 2022 and released two Christmas albums. They are picking up the European leg of the World Tour in May of 2023 and another US tour in August and Sept of this year. And in their free time, they managed two weddings, two engagements and two babies.

These people are the purest form of musicians. No techno or other instruments, just the purity of their voices. You like them so much because they are TRUE musicians and do not need the additional bells and whistles. Pure talent. I'll be seeing them Sept. 16th. Cannot wait! And welcome to the Pentaholics.

PTX is known for its upgrade of non-original music. I recommend their Love Again, their first original published song. And then the 2016 Popspring concert where they perform three originals and a medley of Evolution of Michael Jackson live. Amazingly, they sound just as good live as they do in their videos. Proof that they are just that darn good and their studio sessions are not overly engineered.

They have so many great songs, no instruments or autotune, just talent....

The one you've not seen before is Matt Salee. He is the ONLY member change.. he replaced Avi Kaplan in 2017. They have been a group of 5 since 2011. The core 3 are Scott, Kirstie, and Mitch who have known each other since childhood.

As a rapper yourself, I’d be interested in hearing/ seeing your reaction to PTX’s spin on “Can’t Hold Us”. (Yep, these guys can spit bars, too!)

In this video the first singer, the tall baritone (also sings bass when the bass is singing lead) is Scott. The second, counter tenor, voice of an angel and the voice of our generation, is Mitch (always changing his look). Third singer, Matt Sallee, the bass who replaced Avi (jesus) in 2017 and the ONLY change in this group. Female, alto/soprano is Kirstin or Kirstie (rhymes with thirsty) and the beatboxer/celloist/also a very high voice is Kevin. The trio (Scott, Mitch and Kirstie) all met in school, Scott and Mitch about 10 yrs old, Mitch & Kirstie about same age and Scott & Kirstie in high school, all with a background in choir and theater. When Scott & Kirstie left for college (mitch was still a senior in HS, Scott was told (by Ben Bram, the unofficial 6th member, also along with the group helps with arranging) the trio needed to audition for The Sing Off. But he would need 2 more members, a beatboxer and a bass. They found Avi through a friend and Kevin from a video on YT where he was "celloboxing". They won The Sing Off in 2011. Mitch skipped HS graduation to the show, Kevin was getting his premed at Yale, also at the time, which he got before going t be on the show. They won a Sony contract and $200k from the show. They all dropped what they were doing and moved to LA. Sony dropped them within 2 weeks. They decided to do it on there own until they found another label and started posting videos to YT. They have won 3 grammy's, Daft Punk, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and a duo with Dolly Parton on Jolene. They had another grammy nom this year for Evergreen album, but did not win. They have quite a few originals also not just covers. They have used instruments on occasion and if they do, you will see it in the video. The only exception to that rule that I can think of is with their newest album, Christmas Around the world, the video for Prayers For This World, you do not see the instruments (cellos) in the video. They recently received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first a Capella group to do so.

If you are into emotional songs with a powerful message in the video, check out Imagine by Pentatonix! It gets me every time.

I’m with you it does sound pure with out instrumentation

Matt Sallee joined the group when Avi left in 2017. He is amazing in his own right. It allowed PTX to continue making amazing music while Avi went on to do solo work. The 90's Dance Medley is one of my favorites with Matt. It's the best of both worlds, because Avi's solo work has become my favorite music. When you get a chance, check out some of Avi's solo work. I can highly recommend "All is Well -- 7 Layers Session," "Change on the Rise," and "When I'm a Fool -- Live at Sunset Sound."

There's an ancient proverb that says; "Pentatonix does not do covers, they do upgrades." I've been a Pentaholic since they sang their name on The American Singoff in 2011.

Going to 1 of their concerts is a MUST, but I'm gonna be honest with you, it's very different from any other groups I've been to. The ages of attendees range from 8 to 80 and if there's seats, most people stay seated. This in no way makes the concert bad, I actually prefer it that way b/c of my health but that being said, they are the most impressive group I've seen in concert!

They say that music can raise our vibration and when we get goosebumps and/or tears, that's your vibration being raised. And this group does just that!

So glad to see you exploring their catalog. I hope you’ll enjoy some of their original music, too. From the early days, try “Love Again,” and “Sing.” Fron the middle of their career, try “Popspring 2016” which is a live performance of three PTX originals as well as their fantastic “Evolution of Michael Jackson,” medley. For something more recent, I suggest “Coffee in Bed,” “Be My Eyes,” and “Happy Now.” Welcome into the Pentaholic life! Great reaction.

Here for THIS!!❤❤ Matt is Incredible Pentatonix makes you FEEL the music!! 🫶🏻✌🏼 ~Pentaholic from Louisiana

Need to check out their rapping skills in Can't Hold Us ♥♥

Matt joined in 2017

Welcome to the club - i always go overboard w their Christmas music

For more goosebumps, watch Superfruit (Mitch and Scott) cover of Katy Perry’s Rise (with Brian Justin Crum, Mario Jose, and Mary Lambert)

YASSSS -- Keep it coming -PTX!!!

Pentatonix are absolute perfection. Scott the lead baritone, Mitch tthe falsetto tenor, Kristin the soprano, Matt singing bass and Kevin keeping the beatbox also has the voice of an angel. In their live shows, he uses a stomp board and clap gloves for rythm.

This was the first Pentatonix song and video that I ever experienced. It completely blew me away, and I'm now a Pentaholic. I hope to one day get to attend one of their concerts.

I’m getting very excited, I’m seeing them for the first time live, in London uk next week 🎉

I am so looking forward to seeing PTX here in UK in a week and a half. Tickets were booked in 2021, but the pandemic hit and they had to postpone, twice!. But at last, it’s finally happening!. 🎉😍 welcome to the world of PTX and the Pentaholics.

One of the best groups putting it down vocally for sure. Avi started a school by the way.

I appreciate how you appreciate their music! I can see that you feel it!! Wonderful reaction!!

I’m enjoying your reactions. Your genuine appreciation of music shows. I know you’re really enjoying it when you hiss! Makes me smile! ❤

Love your reactions, you have a new sub! Welcome to the age of Matt! You've got a lot to look forward to. Anything off their all-original album The Lucky Ones Deluxe (released in 2021 during the pandemic lockdown) is absolute FIRE! Plus their two newest Christmas albums (Evergreen, Holidays Around the World) both have some non-Christmas songs that are also fire - The Prayer is a masterpiece and should have won a Grammy, and their newest epic is Prayers for this World

It's truly great to see you appreciate the music that is ear candy to all who gives it a listen...

90s dance medley..amazing

This new bass is Matt Sallee, he took over for Avi in 2019, this is the only change the band has ever made. A Matt story; he came to the audition for the bass and had the bassline for the audition songs memorized, and also every song they were doing on their upcoming tour, and the bassline for all their released songs....he got the job...another crazy talent.

Becoming a Walliholic! As a fellow person who searched for acapella.The new guy is Matt.

Smooth as butter

They have made their own music..you will love it..

Gorgeous! I see lots of good suggestions and you now know that Matt (bass) replaced Avi. To see Matt and Kevin go off, please do “New Rules x Are You That Somebody”

If you want to hear an original written by them - give a listen to Run to you!

Avi left in 2017 and is doing solo work. The guy in the white jacket who replaced him is Matt Sallee.

All the singers have their own strong vocals. Favorite group.

I get chills every dang time!!

Voices like musical velvet!

I subbed because you know what you’re talking about and you have jumped into THE rabbit hole. Welcome to the club.

They’re the best!

Hey brother, you are absolutely correct, they are teaching lessons- but without someone to give us the lessons, it is worthless. That is where ya shine my friend, getting the lessons out there! Great job.

I am enjoying your Pentatonix journey and I look forward to watching more of your Pentatonix reactions. Please react to Pentatonix mashups "Butter X Dynamite" and "New Rules X Are You That Somebody?". The are both pretty awesome.

Great reaction! Even in covers, they always surprise you.

New guy in white coat is Matt Sallee. He is the new bass singer that took over when Avi Kaplan left.

Scott's part is amazing with this song. He starts off so low, then goes to tenor and takes over bass when Matt sings, and then the final verse he hits those wild notes!!!

G'day, I'm Kieran from down Under Australia, just found your channel today, and watched from Hallelujah through to here, based on what I've seen is coming, I'm gonna sit a couple of hours and watch through to the end, all pentaholics love finding new reactors, and you are different, I actually find I sit with a smile in anticipation for when your next hiss will burst out!! I love I hear that tsss, and I know you loved that part, it's awesome to watch you, hoping to see your daughter a bit more too, she's on point with what she says too, you gotta be so proud of her.... the goose bumps were the biggest reaction they've had on you so far, but I also know what you had coming, lol, I'm a fan for sure, I'm subbed 😉

In a previous video you mentioned liking songs even though you don't know what they are saying an AMAZING song Pentatonix did with no words is the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and they won a grammy for that song

In addition to all the other gorgeousness of this vid, I love that the singers constantly dip, sway, and move their arms and hands as if they're literally weaving the music. Matt's bass hum and octave drop are fabulous, too. This is one of my favorite PTX videos.

PTX is FIRE!! Stupid good!

Many groups have moved me...But only a very few have lifted me up and out! This is one of those groups. Mad respect for these kids! MAD RESPECT!

Goosebumps are an issue with this group! LOL

Angelic 🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇

They are just a good live too!

You have to check out Superfruit, which is Scott & Mitch singing together. They do a lot of mash ups from Beyoncé and Rihanna, but also do their own songs. You’ll LOVE them!

I second that you need to hear some of their original music. Love Again is awesome. People that I have played it for didn't believe me that it was acapella! Be My Eyes is really good also. Actually, just look at their list and pick one, they are all good. These guys definitely deserved their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! You are correct. Matt replaced Avi. Their cover of Imagine is good also. The last video you are correct with the pronunciation.

Welcome to the Pentaholic club! I've known them since they won some reality singing show- forgot the name. they have videos where they talk about their voices, their range, etc.

Just found your channel ~ LOVE IT!!! I don't know if you've watched any of Avi's solo stuff but, if you haven't ..... you should!! They are all amazing artists, together or solo❤

Wally, welcome to the Pentaholic world. For me, there is onlyl one proper answer to "What is your favorite PTX song?" That is whatever I am listening to at the moment, but I highly recommend Come Along and Bohemian Rhapsody.

Keep up the great work.

You really need to react to Pentatonix singing Amazing Grace! It’s the best!

New guy is Matt. Avi left on good terms after the relentless grind of nonstop recording and touring left him missing family ,friends, nature, and just a more "normal" life he needed. he's got some great solo stuff but that's not why he left his close friends

Listen to the word "words" go down the line during Kirstie's solo. Amazing "Sing" is an original and " Can't Hold Us" are great next songs too

Majestic voices and seamless harmony. Please review "Mary, did you know".

Love PTX !

Great reaction mate........ they blew me out the door when I first heard them too, I guess that's why they have a zillion followers. Keep up the good work. Cheers from OZ!

OMG!!! You're reactions & facial expression to this group is amazing.....love it!!

I will be seeing this LIVE next Sunday!!! August 13th!! I can not wait!!!! So excited!!!

I'm going to Jacksonville in August to see them - my birthday present to myself!

Definitely need to hear disturbed's version of the sound of silence do the official video first then live version

First song I ever heard was say something and I was hooked

Love watching your reaction, I haven't seen anyone suggest Imagine with the orignal bass singer Avi. the young man in the white is Matt, he took over for Avi. Please check out Imagine.

There has only been one change in members. The guy in the white jacket is Matt & he replaced Avi (the guy who looked like Jesus in Hallelujah) when he went solo. If you have not heard Kevin the beat boxer sing, you will be awed there as well. He has the voice of an angel & he sings on my fav by these guys 'Mary did you know?'. They do a great job on this song & the original by Simon & Garfunkel & the cover by Disturbed is also awesome. They are like 3 totally different songs. All amazing in different ways. Totally different vibes.

Save comments to end and this would be my favorite place.

OK, I'm an old man (65 now) - I used to sing 2nd bass with a biggish choir (down in the _engine_room_, you understand?) I totally adore the bass lines I'm hearing here - they are sublime. And their harmonies melt me. Keep feeding me stupidly good music. Thx! OK, subscribed now - keep it coming :)

Please do Can You Feel the Love Tonight and Amazing Grace

Check out the version of this song by Disturbed, too. I think you’ll like it. PTX is amazing in all of their work. “Can’t Hold Us” and “Amazing Grace” are highly recommended. Really enjoying your reactions. More PTX, and more Home Free please!

Have you heard Amazing Grace? You will be blown away

My favorite part of this song is the key change, it's beautiful.

On the masked singer they did creep, check it out!

Yeah, I listened to a lot of Boyz to Men when I was young.

Start with the covers but they will surprise you even more when you hear their originals 🥰 I saw them live last month and they were amazing !!!!!

Love this song. Matt has a smoothe tone to his voice❤

I highly recommend checking out their performances, in order, from The Sing Off. They were amazing then too, but their evolution is ridiculous!

Kevin was actually pre-med at Yale before joining Pentatonix. He was approached by Pentatonix. They needed a beat boxer and was having trouble. In a bit of desperation they went to KZfaq. His video was trending so a member from Pentatonix reached out to him asking if he wanted to fly half way across the world to audition. He said he couldn't because he was doing finals for his pre-med, he was going to be a surgeon. Two weeks later he contacted them back and said he would audition and join them. He's been with them for 12+ years.

PTX r amazing ❤❤❤❤❤😊

More recommendations from PTX: 90ies Dance Medley, Havanna, Shallow!

you absolutely should listen to Disturbed's version of this song. it will hit every part of your soul.

An interesting thing about this video is that it was shot by Ben Hausdorf, Kirstin's SO, baby daddy, and now fiance. He's mostly their tour photographer and videographer; you can see him running around with body-mounted pro video rig or a handheld in the foreground of a lot of fan videos, just below the stage. He was also the guy in the Grinch suit for a couple of the Xmas tours.

Love your reactions. Going thru your playlist for ptx now. Your comment about having to stop at the beginning of their songs. They make you have to adjust to their frequency reminded me of my thought when you first heard Hallelujah and your dog made a sound you’d never heard before. I was about to comment maybe he was hearing one of those frequencies that we can’t hear but dogs can. So it hit me a little funny when you said that. 😂😂 keep them going love them

You should see them do Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On when they were just kids on the Sing Off.

Wolli while you are on this acapella train you have to check out Voiceplay. Their cover of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" is magnificent. Their bass singer Geoff Castelucci is probably the best bass singer ever with a killer wide range. Geoff has done some amazing solo work that will knock your socks off.

😊 Pentatonix never ceases to amaze me, at just how incredibly talented they are, and take their voices to newer levels, we have never heard before.....there is something so special about their ability, to tell the songs story, allowing us to listen with a new perspective, and hear & feel emotions, we may not have heard from the original artist 💖💖💖 Not only their voices, but their delivery is also their gift!