The nearly-five-minute clip finds each member of the award-winning quintet holding up a white board with a word that describes them personally like 'LGBTQ+', 'JEWISH' and more.
- Mar 11, 2017
AceShowbiz - Pentatonix has debuted a music video for their cover of John Lennon's uplifting song "Imagine". The nearly-five-minute clip finds the three-time Grammy-winning vocal group sending a powerful message about religion, cultural and ethnicity issues.
For the first two verses of the song, the visuals is pretty straightforward as the quintet stands against a dark backdrop while the group's Avi Kaplan and Scott Hoying take turns on lead vocal. The group turns the song into a more sultry ballad with layers of harmonizing background vocals.
In the middle of the clip, the group's Mitch Grassi picks a white board on a table in front of him before tackling his verse. He writes "LGBTQ+" on the board before passing it down to Hoying, who flips the board over to reveal a new word of "MAN".
The board is passed down to Kaplan, Kevin Olusola and Kirstie Maldonado, with each of whom flipping the board over once or twice to reveal new cultural, ethnic and religious words like "JEWISH", "AMERICAN", "LATINA" and more. The clip concludes with each member holding up a board with one letter on it, before they flip them over in unison to spell out a word of "HUMAN".
Pentatonix's cover of "Imagine" will be included on the group's upcoming EP, "PTX Vol. IV - Classics", which will be available on April 7. The 7-track record also includes their Grammy-winning collaboration with Dolly Parton on her hit titled "Jolene".
