Hands down the best reaction to Kevin’s Fifth EVER. ⭐️ 🔥 ⭐️🔥

Another incredible performance by Matt and Kevin is ‘Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy Reimagined’. Only two people have reacted to it that I’ve seen, and it’s absolutely spectacular.

The group is supportive of one another - which is how they’ve maintained the success they’ve had and continue to have.

I also love how they give Kevin his own part in the shows. It is amazing to see live. I saw them in August and the energy between Kevin and Matt is absolutely ridiculous!!! They were born to perform!

He’s such a talented human. Sings, Cello Master, and does killer percussion. I think the reason the group has lasted so long is that they allow each other to grow in their own creative way. He did a retake on Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

Kevin always gets a spotlight segment in their concerts, ever since they first started touring. It’s actually designed to give the rest of the group a break backstage mid-concert as well as highlight his talents.

I attended this tour in NC - not this specific show, but the same tour/set list, etc. This was amazing. Almost since the beginning Kevin had a part of the each show where he performed solo, but this took it to a new level. The crowd of 12,000+ went nuts at the end - whooping, cheering, standing ovation. PTX never disappoints - thier concerts are fantastic. They kicked it up another notch this year with Matt playing a full drum kit. ❤❤

I love the emotional reaction you have to the different parts of this performance. Your eyes tell the story of how you are feeling, without the need to give 'filler' comments.

That 2nd video looked like it was from the PTX performance at the Hollywood Bowl... ❤❤❤

Not nearly enough people have watched this, but so happy that people recommended it to you. Kevin deserves all the love!

That first one was in Kentucky where Kevin grew up The 2nd video was from the Hollywood Bowl in California It is so fun to see the dancers and Matt and Kevin put on an amazing show Classical music and beatboxing Wow!

That dancing conductor? That's Lil Buck.

Great reaction ❤ It's awesome that you also included the Hollywood Bowl version. That was the first time we ever saw him do it. And the dancing composer blew our minds 🔥🔥

Kevin's parents are Nigerian.😊 He produced & directed Kevin's 5th. An original piece.😍

You should see Kevin’s Dance of the Sugar Plumb Ferry. I saw it live at a concert. Awesome!! Love your reactions, thank you.

Wow! I need to go back and watch more of them! Much love ❤️ Sue

Such fun to share Pentatonix with you!

Love it!!! Kevin and Matt together are something beyond amazing. You should check out Dance of the Sugarplum fairy re imagined

I'm blessed to have witnessed both versions live. The second vid is the debut of that piece and let me tell you the standing ovation lasted for 10 minutes, and the magnetic, electrifying energy in that venue was indescribable . Something I'll never forget 🙏🏾❤️. Thanks for great reactions 👍🏾

BEST REACTION TO KEVIN'S 5TH Your enjoyment gave me goosebumps, especially you being a Black man and being so proud of brothers doing this kind of mindblowing stuff. Kevin is amazing.

I feel humbled and honored to get to say I got to see this LIVE!! Truly remarkable and brings tears to my eyes because they are all so very talented and it’s insane to witness in person. Kevin is a treasure and the most talented member of PTX. ::whispering:: Scott is my personal favorite but I couldn’t explain it if I tried because immediately after saying that I can’t help but defend the rest of them… from ME lol I could write a dissertation on how talented each one is, seriously. ❤

No, regrettably, KZfaq has discontinued KZfaq Messages. And no matter what Scott said, no, Kevin isn't a doctor. He gave up his place at Yale Medical School in order to join three teenagers and a bass on a televised musical competition show. In answer to your question, yes, Kevin is a composer; he's listed as co-composer on most of Pentatonix's original songs. But no, he didn't compose THIS piece, only the beatboxing part and cello arrangement. This is the theme from Beethoven's Symphony Number 5, colloquially named "Beethoven's Fifth."

Love seeing you so happy for great music, that much joy is really infectious & that’s the best!!🔥🔥💥 thank you, my’ansum (Cornish endearment), love from Annie, in Cornwall,UK🙂🌸

I saw this live last August. No words necessary!❤

Each one of these amazing people are so talented! What happened to me, LOL! They all do their own work and I just can't believe how talented they are, it's crazy. I love Kevin's "Down" performance. I also think you would like Scott Hoying performing "I Should Tell Ya Momma On You" it's insane. Here's the link if you are interested.

The second one is from the Hollywood bowl performance. I like the first for the backstory but the 2nd for the conductor

Some people blur the video, or place words over it - we can see the video in other ways, we just enjoy the reactions. Kevin is a musical genius. He's so intelligent, he composes, arranges, he's just amazing. I love the joy you radiated watching these!

Pentatonix loves KZfaq reactions and reactors; they're well aware that reaction videos have helped to make them the success that they are today. Unfortunately, their copyrights are owned by their publisher, RCA, and RCA doesn't share their love of reaction videos. RCA is notorious for making copyright claims that get reaction videos taken down. The claims all seem to be about the video, not the music, and there are several strategies people use to keep their reactions up. Some people only react to live performances. This works, but it's limiting. In general, Pentatonix is as good live as they are in their official releases, but that's musically; there are a few of their official videos that have important video effects that can't be duplicated live. The most obvious one is "Imagine," but several others spring to mind. Also, if you only react to live performances you can't react to any "Behind the Scenes" or "Making of" videos. Another strategy is to pause the video frequently. This is probably a good idea (be sure to rewind a bit whenever you do this), but the definition of "frequent" is subjective so I don't recommend it as your only protection. What seems to work best is to slightly mask the video, combined with frequent pauses. Some people put a translucent "PENTATONIX" or "COPYRIGHT" over the video; others put what appears to be a window with raindrops on it over the video. Remember, the pentaholics are here to see your reaction, not the video - we've seen the video numerous times already. We only need to be able to see enough of it to be sure what exactly you're reacting to, in real time.

He is,amazing. I couldn't get my right and left hands to cooperate let alone add in beatboxing.

Matt's been learning drums - when we saw then for Christmas 2023, he had moved up to a full rock/jazz drum kit. The conductor/dancer is Lil Buck: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Buck

Recommend Kevin’s cover of Down.

When I saw them this past September Kevin and Matt did Kevin's 5th. Less the dancers, none the less is was incredible.

Great reaction. Here for the PTX. ❤❤

Thank you so very much for reacting to this video. This video does not nearly have all of the views and reactions that it should. Have you reacted to his video down by Marian Hill

Great reaction by the way!

Loved it! Loved your reaction ❤

The second one is the Hollywood Bowl

God was probably tired when he gave out talents and emptied the bucket on Kevin. Kevin speaks 6 languages including Mandarin fluently, has played the saxophone and cello in Carnegie Hall as a teenager and since joining PTX, sings beautifully. He sings higher than Mitch n. Kirstin. He also writes and composes music .

Best reaction yet!

I haven’t seen this one ! Wow Love ❤️

Have you done the dance of the sugar plum fairy?? Soo good no lyrics The make all music with their mouths and feet on this one Like they ARE the music Crazy

DAMN!!!!!! That’s all I have to say

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Scott is being a bit inaccurate with his story in the beginning. Reality is that their collaborator Ben Bram, who was helping Scott put together the group (he was the one who knew Avi), was at a friend’s engagement party where someone showed him Kevin’s video, which was going viral at the time. The video info said that he was at Yale, and Ben knew some of the Whiffenpoofs (Yale’s legendary acapella group) from when they were on The Sing-Off in season two, so he contacted one of them to get Kevin’s phone number. At that point, Kevin had already decided to give music a try and had already given up on going to medical school the following fall. Soon after PTX had auditioned for TSO and were told they had made it on the show, Kevin was contacted by a Christian group who needed a cellist for a short tour they were planning for October and early November 2011. That slotted in perfectly between the end of the TSO taping and the live shows in late November/early December. In the talk he gave where he told that story, he said he thought the timing was providential.

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