Grammy Award winning vocal group Pentatonix serves up their take on "Waving Through a Window" from the hit Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen.
The multi-platinum selling group has dipped its toes in the Broadway catalogue a few times.
Band member Kirsten Maldonado joined the Broadway cast of Kinky Boots last year alongside Scissor Sister frontman Jake Shears. The fab five also recorded a track for the concept album of Finding Neverland, and they also dropped by the Wicked 15th anniversary special on NBC.
The song has been covered by several pop stars since Dear Evan Hansen's debut, including Katy Perry and Rachel Tucker.
One of my favorite holiday songs from one of my favorite vocal groups, the Grammy Award-winning Pentatonix.
This track is from their Christmas album, That's Christmas To Me.
As I post holiday music on The Randy Report, I'm now curious as to what your favorite tracks/songs are?
Leave your fave in the comments below and I'll feature it on The Randy Report.
Loving the new music video, "Bad Weather," from Kirstin Maldonado's debut EP,L•O•V•E.
Going by the moniker 'kirstin' on this solo venture, the singer/songwriter thinks of the track as "the anthem for everyone."
“I always see people being really shitty on social media and just hate on each other whether it’s because of who they love or who they identify as or people being just so dumb or mean or hateful for no reason,” Maldonado recently told HuffPost.
Speaking as a Mexican-American LGBT ally whose Pentatonix band mates are queer pop artists Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying, she adds, “It’s important to accept yourself and believe in who you are and not let all that hateful talk bring you down and ruin how special each person is.”
The video pairs cyber-bullying and messages of hate ("faggot," "slut," "why don't you die") against a backdrop of stormy, turbulent weather.
Maldonado says the song is a meditation on her own life experiences and perspective gained from watching how others treat her friends.
And speaking of friends, yes, she is still a member of 3-time Grammy Award winning group Pentatonix. Like Hoying and Grassi, who have their own side gig as SuperfruitAnd speaking of friends, yes, she is still a member of 3-time Grammy Award winning group Pentatonix. Like Hoying and Grassi, who have their own side gig as Superfruit, kirstin says her musical tastes are broader than the a cappella/pop sounds of Pentatonix.
“I love being able to fulfill such a huge and special part of myself with Pentatonix,” she says, “But there is still so much more to me that, honestly, people don’t get to see because we’re in a group.”
We see you, kirstin, and we definitely like what we see.
Feels like the song holds a personal meaning for the quartet as this is the first music released by Pentatonix since member Avi Kaplan announced his decision to "step back" from the group.
Kirstin Maldonado of triple Grammy Award-winning a cappella group Pentatonix shares this lovely acoustic version of her current single, "Break A Little," from her debut solo EP L O V E, now available on iTunes.
Maldonado goes by the single name Kirstin for her solo projects, and she also departs a bit from the sound of her hit singing group. Whereas Pentatonix creates in a millennial-inspired a cappella space, Kirstin's solo sound embraces a decidedly electronic-pop mode.
That said, while I really enjoy her EDM-pop inspired version of "Break A Little," (recently performed live on The Today Show) I was struck by the open, breezy acoustic version here.
The acoustic music video was shot at the Shadowland Foundation - a non-profit organization dedicated to educating children of all ages about wolves and their contribution to the environment.
Kirstin, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, (my hometown, by the way) began singing at just 8 years old, and hit the big time when she teamed up with her fellow Pentatonix members to compete to great acclaim on the 2011 season of The Sing-Off.
It was just last year she began spinning off to solo side-gigs which has now culminated in the release of L O V E.
Superfruit—a side gig for Pentatonix stars Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying—have released the first part of their new EP,Future Friends.
Speaking to OUT, Grassi explained Superfruit's electro-funk departure from Pentatonix thusly: "Superfruit is a little more raunchy. It’s a little less G-Rated. With Superfruit, it’s a little more gay-friendly and a lot more open, more sexual, more liberated."
Check the track's music video below, produced in color washed environments that perfectly complement the song's pop-y electronic production.
Go to imaginary parties in our make believe Ferrari
Well, of course, Grammy Award winning acapella group Pentatonix would finally get around to recording their own awesome version of "Bohemian Rhapsody."
And, of course, it's just what you want it to be.
Perfect button for this freaky Friday at the end of a crazy week.
Bounce, bobble and bliss out with the Pents below.
A simple, single word review for the simply gorgeous new cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" by Pentatonix.
The single, dropped in advance of their upcoming EP, PTX Vol. IV - Classics, shows off not only the flawless harmonies we've come to expect from the Grammy Award winning group, but also the power of a simple message that still kills today.
Music legend Dolly Parton teams up with Grammy winners Pentatonix for this awesome an acapella of her classic hit, "Jolene."
The fresh take on the 43 year old classic is part of the deluxe version of her new album, Pure & Simple, through Cracker Barrel, which partnered her with Pentatonix.
Wicked's Shoshana Bean joins the men of the platinum selling a cappella group Pentatonix for this mash-up of Taylor Swift's "Blank Space," Nick Jonas' "Jealous," and Ariana Grande's "Break Free."
Earlier, I posted Ariana's newest music video "Break Free" plus her epic roar on Instagram over someone going after her "Big Brother" contestant brother, Frankie.
Just to round it all out, I figure we end the day with one of my favorite a cappella groups, Pentatonix, and their latest - a cover of Ariana's "Problem."
