WEBVTT 00:00:02.040 --> 00:00:06.240 (Music) NOTE Paragraph 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:28.080 (Singing) I was walking down the line, NOTE Paragraph 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:34.360 trying to find some peace of mind. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:38.200 Then I saw you. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:43.880 You were takin' it slow and walkin' it one step at a time. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:51.400 I said, "Listen, stranger, NOTE Paragraph 00:01:52.600 --> 00:01:54.840 I'm feeling low now. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:55.960 --> 00:02:01.160 I don't know which way to go." NOTE Paragraph 00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:06.359 I said, "If you're lost now, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:06.360 --> 00:02:09.536 maybe I could help you along and sing you a song, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:12.880 and move you on and on and on." NOTE Paragraph 00:02:15.920 --> 00:02:19.520 Singing down the line. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:23.560 Where shall we go? Where shall we go? NOTE Paragraph 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:34.856 She said, "I'm looking for a kind of shelter. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:34.880 --> 00:02:37.760 A place for me to call my own. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:40.696 I've been walking all night long, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:44.480 but I don't know where to call my home." NOTE Paragraph 00:02:45.040 --> 00:02:47.456 "The only way to find that place NOTE Paragraph 00:02:47.480 --> 00:02:51.360 is close to where my heart is. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:51.880 --> 00:02:53.976 I know I'm gonna get there, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:59.680 but I've got to keep on walking down the line." NOTE Paragraph 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:18.960 Down the line. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:40.720 Down the line. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:48.720 --> 00:03:49.936 Thank you so much. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:53.920 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:03:56.937 --> 00:03:59.176 How's everybody feeling today? You feeling good? NOTE Paragraph 00:03:59.200 --> 00:04:00.216 (Cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:03.456 Fantastic. Would everybody mind singing with me for just one second? 00:04:03.480 --> 00:04:05.616 Could you sing something? Could you sing a D? 00:04:05.640 --> 00:04:07.096 Sing "Ooh." NOTE Paragraph 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:09.080 (Audience hums) NOTE Paragraph 00:04:15.200 --> 00:04:16.880 Oh -- louder for me, louder for me. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:21.959 (Singing) Oh. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:26.456 Now, please, if you could sing, 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:29.416 "Oh oh oh." NOTE Paragraph 00:04:29.440 --> 00:04:32.376 Audience: Oh oh oh. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:35.296 Jacob Collier: Whoa oh oh. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:35.320 --> 00:04:38.016 Audience: Whoa oh oh. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:40.440 JC: Sing, "Whoa oh." NOTE Paragraph 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:43.440 Audience: Whoa oh. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:46.000 JC: Oh oh oh. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:49.216 Audience: Oh oh oh. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:52.416 JC: Sing, "Whoa oh oh." NOTE Paragraph 00:04:52.440 --> 00:04:54.896 Audience: Whoa oh oh. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:58.056 JC: Sing, "Whoa oh oh." NOTE Paragraph 00:04:58.080 --> 00:05:00.896 Audience: Whoa oh oh. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:03.656 JC: Whoa oh oh. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:06.296 Audience: Whoa oh oh. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:09.240 JC: Sing, "Whoa oh oh." NOTE Paragraph 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:15.440 Audience: Whoa oh oh. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:16.200 --> 00:05:18.416 Thank you so much. That's beautiful. Thank you. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:18.440 --> 00:05:20.576 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:21.816 Thank you. 00:05:21.840 --> 00:05:23.176 So do you feel that motion? 00:05:23.200 --> 00:05:25.296 Do you feel yourself as part of that motion, 00:05:25.320 --> 00:05:27.119 things moving underneath the surface? 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:30.413 So the language of musical harmony is an absolutely extraordinary one. 00:05:30.414 --> 00:05:32.858 It's a way of navigating one's emotional frameworks, 00:05:32.859 --> 00:05:35.025 but without the need to put things into words, 00:05:35.026 --> 00:05:37.238 and I think that, as with many other languages, 00:05:37.263 --> 00:05:39.719 it doesn't matter how much you know about a language. 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:41.856 It doesn't matter how many words you can say, 00:05:41.880 --> 00:05:43.176 how many phrases you know. 00:05:43.200 --> 00:05:46.319 What matters is the emotional choices you make with this language. 00:05:46.320 --> 00:05:48.844 So I encourage us to embrace this idea as a community, 00:05:48.868 --> 00:05:51.416 which is the thing which in time may grow us towards 00:05:51.440 --> 00:05:53.393 as opposed to away from our own humanity. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:53.417 --> 00:05:54.656 Thank you so much. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:59.736 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:05:59.760 --> 00:06:02.280 (Music) NOTE Paragraph 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:18.280 (Singing) Take me 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:26.520 anywhere you want to go. NOTE Paragraph 00:06:29.440 --> 00:06:33.720 You know that my love is strong. NOTE Paragraph 00:06:35.960 --> 00:06:39.280 In my hideaway. NOTE Paragraph 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:48.640 Softly, 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:56.480 like the calm that follows storms, NOTE Paragraph 00:06:57.840 --> 00:07:03.296 Find what I've been searching for all along. NOTE Paragraph 00:07:03.320 --> 00:07:06.880 In my hideaway. NOTE Paragraph 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:21.656 Even when I close my eyes, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:27.880 darling, if you've gone astray, I'm on my way to my hideaway. NOTE Paragraph 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:41.880 Touch me 00:07:43.840 --> 00:07:49.440 like I've never loved before, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:55.200 in the place that I adore, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:56.400 --> 00:08:00.880 in my hideaway. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:09.400 I know 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:16.280 whichever way the wind may blow, NOTE Paragraph 00:08:17.560 --> 00:08:21.640 there will be a place for me to go NOTE Paragraph 00:08:23.440 --> 00:08:28.240 in my hideaway. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:29.400 --> 00:08:31.360 My hideaway. NOTE Paragraph 00:09:30.400 --> 00:09:34.896 Sticks and stones 00:09:34.920 --> 00:09:37.560 I won't hide from you no more. NOTE Paragraph 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:45.376 And in time 00:09:45.400 --> 00:09:47.960 I find what I've been searching for. NOTE Paragraph 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:56.336 Heard your voice 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:58.240 calling out to me. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:01.680 --> 00:10:06.736 I'm on my way 00:10:06.760 --> 00:10:08.480 to where I can be free. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:12.800 --> 00:10:15.976 And if she won't wait for me, do it right, don't look back, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:17.880 keep my heart on the future. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:23.599 On the soles of my shoes all the places I've been NOTE Paragraph 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:25.520 that I've known since I knew her. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:28.040 --> 00:10:30.856 'Cause it's you, don't you know that you're making me guess NOTE Paragraph 00:10:30.880 --> 00:10:33.176 that you're the one for me. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:37.440 That it's you that I guess that I wanted to know all along. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:38.520 --> 00:10:41.376 Girl, it's you that I want, that makes me complete, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:41.400 --> 00:10:43.576 cause you're the one for me. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:48.000 It's thanks to you that I guess that I want you to know I belong. NOTE Paragraph 00:11:05.560 --> 00:11:07.680 One, two, three, four, five. NOTE Paragraph 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:51.216 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:53.776 Thank you so much. Thank you. NOTE Paragraph 00:11:53.800 --> 00:11:56.880 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:08.280 Thank you. 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:11.840 Thanks so much. Thank you guys. NOTE Paragraph 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:25.520 Kelly Stoetzel: OK, Jacob. Wow. NOTE Paragraph 00:12:26.280 --> 00:12:28.896 OK, we have some questions. JC: OK. NOTE Paragraph 00:12:28.920 --> 00:12:30.816 KS: That was spectacular. NOTE Paragraph 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:32.576 JC: Thank you, Kelly. Thank you. NOTE Paragraph 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:34.696 KS: Those visualizations we just saw, 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:36.656 those were happening in real time, yeah? NOTE Paragraph 00:12:36.680 --> 00:12:39.096 JC: Yeah, so everything visual 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:42.501 takes cues from things which are audial, or something, if that's a word, 00:12:42.525 --> 00:12:44.016 and so everything is real time. 00:12:44.040 --> 00:12:45.976 I cue the loops, I play the instruments 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:48.376 and then the tree, for example, that you saw grow, 00:12:48.400 --> 00:12:50.896 grows in such a way that it takes low long notes 00:12:50.920 --> 00:12:53.336 and grows thick long branches, 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:57.576 and it takes high, quiet notes, whatever, and then it grows thin, small branches. 00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:59.599 And then my singing voice 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:01.736 sort of blows wind against the tree. NOTE Paragraph 00:13:01.760 --> 00:13:04.456 KS: So you're 22 years old. JC: Yes, indeed. NOTE Paragraph 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:07.736 Moderator: You played all of that by yourself. 00:13:07.760 --> 00:13:10.976 How did you get started and how did this all evolve? NOTE Paragraph 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:13.176 JC: I have this magical room in my house 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:15.616 in North London, which is, like, over there. NOTE Paragraph 00:13:15.640 --> 00:13:16.656 (Cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:13:16.680 --> 00:13:18.376 Thank you. Represent North London. 00:13:18.400 --> 00:13:21.016 And this room -- I mean, this is my family home. 00:13:21.040 --> 00:13:24.456 I grew up in this room filled with musical instruments, 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:26.376 but most importantly, I had a family 00:13:26.400 --> 00:13:28.776 who encouraged me to invest in my own imagination, 00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:32.736 and so things I created, things I built were good things to be building 00:13:32.760 --> 00:13:36.256 just because I was making them, and I think that's such an important idea. 00:13:36.280 --> 00:13:38.336 But this room was my paradise, essentially, 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:41.336 and when I came to tour my album, which is called "In My Room," 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.616 I thought I'd try and tour the room on the road, 00:13:43.640 --> 00:13:45.216 and that's quite a strange idea, 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:48.416 but it's something that I've been working on for a couple of years, 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:50.816 and it's quite exciting to be inside the circle. NOTE Paragraph 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:53.856 KS: So this is really like the setup in your room, here. NOTE Paragraph 00:13:53.880 --> 00:13:55.976 JC: It kind of is. It's similar to the room 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:58.416 in the sense that I can generate things on the spot 00:13:58.440 --> 00:13:59.696 and I can be spontaneous, 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:03.896 which is what I think both music and all of the best ideas are all about. NOTE Paragraph 00:14:03.920 --> 00:14:06.816 KS: So you won two Grammys 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:11.496 for a record that you made in your room by yourself. 00:14:11.520 --> 00:14:15.536 And how is that even possible? We couldn't have done that, 00:14:15.560 --> 00:14:17.816 that couldn't have happened five years ago even. NOTE Paragraph 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:19.176 JC: It's a brand new world. 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:21.416 The power is now in the hands of the creator, 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:23.056 as I'm sure you guys would agree, 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:25.256 as opposed to the big record company executive 00:14:25.280 --> 00:14:27.136 or the big man or something like that. 00:14:27.160 --> 00:14:28.656 It's somebody with a good idea. 00:14:28.680 --> 00:14:31.656 Here I am at TED saying this to you guys who know this already, 00:14:31.680 --> 00:14:34.376 but it's somebody with a good idea who can sow that seed. 00:14:34.400 --> 00:14:37.016 That's the person who carries the torch into the world. 00:14:37.040 --> 00:14:39.296 And yeah, I made this album completely on my own 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.176 and I didn't wait for somebody to say, 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:43.576 "Hey Jacob, you should make an album on your own." 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:46.791 I just went ahead and made it and I didn't mind what people thought, 00:14:46.815 --> 00:14:48.496 and two Grammys is a massive bonus. NOTE Paragraph 00:14:48.520 --> 00:14:53.000 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:57.696 KS: Thank you so much, Jacob. JC: Thanks, Kelly. Thanks so much. NOTE Paragraph 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:01.280 (Applause)