Baritone Scott Hoying of the a cappella group Pentatonix recently tied the knot during a two-month respite in the middle of the band’s globe tour. He also embarked on a solo career, releasing some of his most introspective work.
In his seven-track solo debut, “Parallel,” released this past Friday, the Grammy Award winner, who is 31 years old, sings from the depths of his heart about falling in love and losing his dearest four-legged friend.
Other members of Pentatonix have previously recorded albums under their names, and Hoying has contemplated going it alone for many years, but he has done it with a great deal of reluctance. However, the actual act of actually getting everything done has been soothing. Hoying has improved his creative capabilities and his self-assurance due to this opportunity.
“I have always been a little bit scared to be vulnerable and kind of put myself out there as a solo act,” Hoying said in an interview with the Associated Press. “And I feel like this timing is just so perfect because I’m entering this very beautiful era of my life, like producing and making music, and I’m more motivated than I’ve ever been before,” she said. Then I fell in love, and over the previous several years, I’ve experienced significant personal development.
“It’s just like the beginning of a significant new chapter,” she said. And it feels like qfate and amazing all at the same time.”
The pandemic caused by COVID-19 was one of the fundamental reasons behind the endeavor. Because of the social distance between the members of Pentatonix, they could not record together. As a result, the five-member cappella group laid down songs independently, utilizing digital audio technology. After Hoying had gotten used to the procedure, he became increasingly interested in it. He never stopped watching instructional videos on YouTube, and as a result, he produced a flood of original songs.
According to Hoying, the epidemic process “was extremely energising and inspirational, and as a result, I ended up writing hundreds of songs.”
Baritone Scott Hoying of the a cappella group Pentatonix recently tied the knot during a two-month respite in the middle of the band’s globe tour.
The song “Parallel” is about Hoying’s relationship with his husband, Mark, as well as their common attributes and how they are in tune with one another. It brings to mind an occasion when the couple had plans to go somewhere, but instead, they spent the evening reminiscing about old times while lying on the kitchen floor and talking late into the night. The music video for the song was directed by Hoying and was shot in Iceland after Pentatonix had played the final gig of their European Tour there in June.
Mark Hoying is seen in the music videos for the singles “Parallel” and “Mars,” released in September last year.
And just like that, Hoying will be rejoining Pentatonix on the road when the band embarks on a leg of their tour in North America in August.
Since 2011, all members of the group have been working together. When they were in high school together in Arlington, Texas, Hoying, tenor Mitch Grassi, and mezzo-soprano, Kirstin Maldonado were the group’s original members. Before participating in and ultimately winning the televised singing competition known as “The Sing-Off,” they recruited bassist Avi Kaplan and beatboxer Kevin Olusola into their lineup. In 2017, Kaplan decided to leave Pentatonix, and in that same year, Matt Sallee was brought on to replace Kaplan.
Hoying will be rejoining Pentatonix on the road when the band embarks on a leg of their tour in North America in August.
The popularity of the group is as high as it has ever been. Pentatonix was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February after performing the national anthem during the college football national championship game in January. The performance took place in January.
“I think that with any genre of music, if it’s bringing emotion and bringing joy to people, it’s going to stick around,” Hoying said. “I think that’s true across the board.” “Therefore, I believe that if we continue to challenge the boundaries of a cappella and if we continue to do interesting things that make people feel, I think that we will be able to continue doing this for a very long time,” she said.
Several years ago, Hoying and Grassi came up with the name “Superfruit” for the name of their comedy channel on YouTube. The duo was responsible for the production of a few albums, one of which included the catchy, uplifting tune “GUY.EXE.”
The musical “The Life of Death,” which Hoying and several other people are now collaborating on developing, is about the Grim Reaper and his daughter. Hoying has stated that it fulfills all of his creative needs.
He stated that creating a musical was fun because there were no hard and fast rules. “It’s like my crazy mind is having a field day.”
SOURCE – (AP)
