We interviewed the Mozart of Gen Z

Listen to Jacob’s new album: Djesse Vol. 4 Our favorite Jacob songs Samir: All I Need Colin: The Sun Is In Your Eyes David: Little Blue Samir’s Jacket: More Jacob Collier Jacob Collier Answers Music Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED Jacob Collier: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Jacob Collier explores the free Audience Choir | Native Instruments 00:00 Who is Jacob Collier? 01:33 The Grammy’s and meeting Jacob at YouTube Brandcast 02:42 Being born into this era 05:28 Contributing vs participating on YouTube 12:50 His early success on YouTube 18:15 The relief of feeling seen creatively 20:00 School vs being self-taught 29:45 Meeting Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock 36:40 Performing in your room vs for an audience 40:06 Does Jacob get nervous? 41:27 Dealing with the “genius” label 46:55 Audience choirs 51:15 His family life 58:25 Being present in the creative process 1:00:26 Dreams are overrated 1:02:38 The primary currency of trust 1:08:45 Creative infinity syndrome 1:11:25 Debating Rick Rubin 1:18:42 Jacob’s videos 1:28:30 A deep dive into Jacob’s creative process 1:43:40 What Djesse Vol. 4 really means 1:54:45 Writing originals vs re-arranging 2:01:17 His magical powers 2:02:47 AI in music 2:14:59 What Jacob watches on YouTube 2:17:10 TikTok vs Universal Music Group 2:20:05 Jacob’s sense of style 2:21:45 An impromptu songwriting exercise COLIN AND SAMIR’S NEWSLETTER 📫 90,000 read our free newsletter that breaks down the business of creators. Sign up: ASK US A QUESTION ❔ We answer questions from creators every Sunday in our newsletter. Submit yours here: LISTEN TO THE SHOW iTunes: Spotify: GET IN TOUCH 🌍 Our website: 🌍 Work with us: ColinandSamirTeam@ JOIN OUR COMMUNITY 📡 Discord: 📸 Instagram: 🐦 Twitter: 🎵 TikTok: @colinandsamir ABOUT US We’re Colin and Samir, creators based out of Los Angeles California. We make videos about the creator economy, and the lessons we’ve learned over 10 years of being on YouTube. We also interview creators and try to get to the bottom of what’s working on YouTube and where the creator economy is headed.