Grammy Award winner Jacob Collier has run many concerts from his home while isolating in the UK, which have starred guests including Daniel Caesar, Tori Kelly, and JoJo. Most recently, Coldplay’s Chris Martin joined Collier to perform a few songs in support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Global Citizen’s ‘Together At Home’ campaign. The aim is to encourage social distancing and isolating to reduce the effects of Covid-19.
In total, the livestream lasted over two hours, and thousands tuned in to watch the young singer-songwriter play his original songs on the piano and chat to fans. Martin live-streamed from his home studio, performing two of his songs ‘Sparks’ and ‘Daddy’, as well as a cover of ‘Moon River’. Collier said of the experience “That was fun and pretty crazy,” later posting on Instagram that Martin was “stratospheric”.
Chris Martin was the first artist to hold a livestream for ‘Together At Home'; he has now put on two and taken part in the ‘One World: Together At Home’ broadcast, along with many others. The concert raised a total of $127 million for coronavirus relief.
Continuing the concert solo, Collier asked fans to comment requests which he would play on the spot. He even covered Coldplay songs ‘Fix You’ and ‘A Sky Full Of Stars’, putting his own jazz spin on them. Jacob Collier’s career began on YouTube and blew up in 2012 when he uploaded a cover of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing’. He has now released two full length albums, ‘In My Room’, recorded in his bedroom at home, and ‘Djesse’, made up of four volumes – the first two volumes are already available and have won a Grammy each. Collier is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter.
The artist has been a part of many organisations to support Covid-19 relief or simply to help people to feel connected while in isolation. Apart from running live streams for fans and ‘Together at Home’, he recently recorded a COLORS session from his London home as well a Stream Aid performance of ‘Hallelujah’.
Coldplay’s latest album was released in November 2019 as a double album. ‘Everyday Life’ is their eighth studio album, and the eighth to debut at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. Due to the environmental impact of touring, Martin announced prior to the album release that they would not be going on tour until they can find a way to make sure it’s not only sustainable, but beneficial. Founded in 1996, they hold a total of 9 Brit Awards and 7 Grammys and have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the world’s best-selling artists. They are well-known for supporting social and political issues such as the climate crisis.
