Apparently I’ve been deprived of everything good in life cos PITCH PERFECT songs are AMAZING

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[@a_personlol]

pitch perfect is my roman empire tbh, i think ab the riff off like at least once a week

[@abigailohara4560]

Fr

[@_Hanako.]

same.

[@proppochka]

Yeeeees same

[@rosyellis14]

same

[@Xiatter]

I'm a guy and I think about Pitch Perfect more often than I think about the Roman Empire.

[@francescoceresani3343]

How Mathew keeps surprising us everyday by saying "Oh i've never watched this" amazes me. I'm sorry but to me it seems like you've kind of been living under a rock for most of the early 2000s/2010s

[@MathewMcKenna]

more that people assumed I’m a lot younger than I am haha. I was a 17 year old boy when pitch perfect came out - it didn’t interest me in the slightest

[@kenwasused]

​@@MathewMcKennawell you do look like someone in their early 20s

[@yujuswifebecauseshesveryfr9414]

@@MathewMcKennalmao

[@username3190]

​@@MathewMcKennait's the Millennial curse!!!!

[@lillyrayne1227]

I never seen any of the either 😅

[@charwillusher2377]

fun fact: Cynthia Rose's actor wrote and recorded a demo of S&M, her voice is used as background vocals in the final song, so technically, she was singing her own song.

[@sizzlingbacon8523]

She also wrote songs for Beyoncé

[@Kari5274]

She wrote quite a few for Rhianna.

[@KiwiBird_04]

Esther Dean is the GOAT

[@charwillusher2377]

@@KiwiBird_04 She really is

[@MsFuaniz]

Also for Katy Perry

[@VampiAl]

Becca actually is the one who changed the boring original bellas. She is hated but right in the end, they accepted the changes she is offerring.

[@Beeba10]

If I remember correctly, the reason nobody backed Anna Kendrick's character (Beca) up wasn't because she wasn't part of the group, but that they were more used to more pop songs as opposed to rap, so they didn't know how to accompany her at first I believe.

[@Chipster321]

I think they didn’t recognize the song at first. When Rebel Wilson (Fat Amy) joined in she had been looking like she had been concentrating but then had an expression of recognition as she started to sing along. Then others started to either recognize it or feel confident enough to join in

[@Beeba10]

@@Chipster321 Watching the clip again, yeah, you might be right

[@felixhenson9926]

I think it's less that Becca liked rap and they liked pop and more that Becca liked newer music than they typically performed and also her production background meant she like switching and blending things up

[@MathewMcKenna]

the trend continues of me loving just about everything lmao

[@kittiesice]

I loved your reaction to this. If you haven't seen it, I think you should react to the songs from the movie 'Hairspray'. John Travolta literally cross-dresses to play the mother and kills it. Careful, it's another movie that you would want to dance to all the songs. XD I recommend the songs "Big, blonde, and beautiful", "New girl in town", and "You can't stop the beat". They are my top three from the movie and will have you fanboying so hard. lol

[@autumnharnois5322]

You need to react to more pitch perfect songs (especially the treble makers)

[@willafidlow7670]

Please please please do more pitch perfect!!!

[@Sinbaby-rt5pe]

You should react to more of their songs, I know you would love them

[@Cllocopine]

I think you should just watch the entire movie instead and react to it. So much context gets lost when you just do the songs and like I'd love to see your reactions/opinions about the story and stuff. Not only with pitch perfect but also like a lot of other stuff that you react to.

[@Snowfallofnight]

Pitch Perfect introduced me to "riff-offs" and I have never been the same again. I want to participate in a riff-off before I die. I don't even need to win, I just want to participate in one. Side note: Riff-offs are much harder to do than they are portrayed in the movies.

[@mariakhan7986]

Wait it's an actual thing? I love songs but my voice and lyrical knowledge just wouldn't be up to scratch.

[@lily-if8ir]

I can't sing but i want to watch a riff off in person

[@JuanitoEsBonito]

​@@mariakhan7986all the culture of Acapella in this movie was inspired by actual things in college singing groups you'll probably find a riff-off like contest somewhere if you look hard enough

[@Lilly_Mug]

I will always love how Ester Dean came out singing a song she wrote ❤

[@WindowPains]

Same

[@sarinanguyen]

I can fully recite the first riff off perfectly no matter how much time passes. These movies are everything to me

[@bougie_bling_bracelets]

OMG SAMEEEEEEE

[@lunerlichen]

Same! I watch like one of the movies at least once a month, can almost recite most of the mixes and riff offs now XD

[@maryamyakub5256]

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM THAT YOU MADE THIS

[@ArtiChameleon]

ME TOO I HOPE HE MAKES ANOTHER PART

[@allthingsjustice6465]

Its so good. It was funny when it came out I was in secondary school doing music and the teacher asked if we knew what accapella meant and everyone in the room just went "it's pitch perfect" 😂and the teacher was like "erm what"

[@turtle_queen]

With all love and respect, hOW DO YOU MISS THE PITCH PERFECT SONGS🤣 Welp I’m glad you enjoyed it anyways!

[@MathewMcKenna]

was not really something I’d ever watch by my own volition tbh - I get introduced to so much by my audience haha

[@sophielem59]

The movie centrers around the Barden Bellas, a Acapella group of woman in a university. They have a lot of history and they aren't known for being that great. There's a acapella group of men who also is part is this university and they are most known and recognized. The problem with the Bellas are that they are too much in the past and they don't embrace modernity. We will follow Becca's (Anna Kendrick) journey in this group, who will try to bring modernity and help them win the Acapella competition.

[@pallavijain6044]

Oh my god!!! I hope you consider reacting to Pitch Perfect 2's Riff off!!! In my humble opinion, it was one of the most addictive riff-off's I have ever re-watched when I was a kid-- (And yes at 23:58, it is her doing the base line!)

[@ImAlsoMerobiba]

I'd love to see most songs reacted to. There are so many good ones.

[@lilystanleylowe]

"I have nodes. I found out this morning."

[@neurodivergentlyblog8882]

In the correct octave?

[@RubyMadigan]

Esther Dean who is the first singer in this video and who sings the Rihanna song is a songwriter and in fact she wrote that song. The riff off in Pitch Perfect 2 is probably the most random due to the addition of the Green Bay Packers (yes the real ones). There are so many more songs. You did a bit from each of the 3 here Did you watch Moulin Rouge yet? That was a lot of actors I didn't know could sing before that one

[@gisela_oliveira]

The riff off: there is a general theme and one group start singing, and to get in someone else need to start another song going from the same word, maintaining the tenpo, pich and stuff (they do explain in the 3rd movie)

[@lilystanleylowe]

I, like you, was initially skeptical and assumed they would be a bit cringe, but then I watched all three movies. Now they are my go-to movies whenever I need cheering up, or just want some joy in my life. If you watch them all, you won't be disappointed. Also, you were surprised to see Elizabeth Banks, but she acted in and directed all three movies.

[@hilzabub]

She acted in and produced all three. She only directed the second one. Still, a huge accomplishment.

[@lilystanleylowe]

​@@hilzabub You're right! Brain fart. Thanks for correcting me. I mean, it's really an even bigger accomplishment. She's ridiculously talented.

[@x.mono.x4011]

The 3rd one is ass tho😭😭felt like an entire different movie

[@ianlee4565]

@@x.mono.x4011 I feel like I am the only person who has this opinion, so it’s so nice to see someone who agrees that the 3rd one is TERRIBLE.

[@ianlee4565]

Also, I totally agree. I was a teenager when these came out, and I didn’t watch them until COVID. By that point, I was in my college’s a cappella group, so I was basically living the plot of these movies 😂. The first two are my comfort movies FOR REAL, and I’m definitely going to watch them tomorrow 😂.

[@chickennugget9254]

Mathew: watches songs from a move Also Mathew: doesn't watch the movie and just keeps asking questions that would've been if they just watch the movie

[@PrismaticOmens]

At 8:30 "she's killing it too" yes that would be because Cynthia Rose is played by the musician known as Esther Dean she wrote that song for Rihanna you can also hear Esther in the chorus of super Bass by Nicki Minaj she is the entire chorus of the song

[@wcdchannel]

They're auditioning for an acapella group, someone's gotta do the "zoom zooms" and the "boom ch's" in the actual group, so they must also audition for that in addition to singing. So yeah, they are making those sounds individually in their audition in-universe. 13:20 They did match up. "I'm coming up so YOU > YOU dare look back". The matched word was "you".

[@izbrett360]

The person hitting all the high notes is Kelley Jakle and she is amazing - watch the love on top lock down cover and you can hear her take the lead at the end and it’s fabulous

[@blueberrysweetener]

I can't wait for him to discover other songs, especially Das Sound Machine ^-^ not that I like them, but they are basically perfect it terms of execution...

[@sophielem59]

Yes it's Ben Platt!! He was a great character in the movies, a very nice boy with a great voice!

[@Ka_chow69]

So the lady that started the SNM song, Ester Dean, she actually wrote the song I'm constantly blown away by her voice

[@RozexBang]

"is that...oh its mclovin" i love this lol

[@Anna-B]

I literally love this movie! I have the whole first movie’s soundtrack downloaded. And some of the other movie’s songs, but they didn’t get the whole album treatment

[@sarbear650]

Yeah pitch perfect had a lot of well known celebrities, they even had actual football players from the Greenbay packers singing! (And as a Bears fan… i found it hilarious 😂)

[@lapizlapoppy]

Anna Kendrick singing Freedom 90s at the end of Pitch Perfect 3 solidified my love for her. Those high notes and vocal runs are so good you have to listen to it 😭

[@RyanZeh5]

The Pitch Perfect series as a whole is just sooo iconic! You need to react to more from these movies, especially the riff-off from the second movie, their cover of Cheap Thrills by Sia, and the Treblemaker's final performance from the first one!

[@m0061]

Pitch Perfect DOES get hella memed- but it's one of those things that's like, it got SUPER popular for a REASON. Additionally, I think it's kind of cool that it was one of the first HUGE films with a message about girls at college coming together to be a team. Like- it hasn't aged perfectly, but it's aged better than some films about girl experiences from the 2010s !!

[@AnnasMidnights]

What memes are u referring too? It’s just a simply popular movie it’s not made fun of

[@hesamm9]

11:20 he was singing "IT feels like the first time..." but she continued with "IT'S going down..." You have to match the word & start singing with the other team's last lyric

[@average-art3222]

That is a detail many people that don't have a good sense of hearing but that's pretty good tho.

[@BrilliantDemise]

You’ve got to do a part 2. Riff off from second movie + trebelmakers performances + more Hailee steinfeld

[@Amelia-ko3nx]

The trebles final performance in PP1 is a must see

[@starrlunas]

LOVE PITCH PERFECT TOO MUCH

[@DParkerNunya]

Some context for The Finals: Anna Kendrick's character has been in a will they/won't they relationship with the boy they cut to, and he's a big movie person, with his favorite movie being Breakfast Club. She's not a big movie person, but after they had a huge fight she ends up watching a lot of movies he had previously recommended, loved them, and then added that song into the mix as an apology, which is why he's smiling and doing the fist raise.

[@graphicmeebee4858]

Please do more, specifically from Das Sound Machine, idk why but they've always been my favourite from all the movies XD

[@skyicy7383]

The actress playing Cynthia Rose has an AMAZINNNNGGG voice! I watched this the year it came out with my parents and siblings and she was one of my favorites. Her voce and the way she sings is just so good in my opinion

[@justlike1olivia]

the pitch perfect movies and especially the songs will forever be some of my all time favorites ive rewatched those movies so many times and i will never get tired of them, best combination of fun and singing i think about the riff offs from pitch perfect 1 and 3 at least once every 2 weeks and also the finale you watched haha glad you finally listened to the songs haha hope you check out more personal favorites, you havent seen in this: bellas singing cheap thrills any treblemakers performance bellas finale from the 2nd movie

[@LexAnnalyn]

I appreciate how invested you got in the riff-off (empty pool scene). 😆

[@MelaniePoparad]

You really need to watch all the movies. The context of the performances and the constant comedy is amazing. You’d love them. They get a little wacky but it’s all in good humor and they lean into it.

[@dexters2745]

I sincerely NEED to see you react to the whole movie. Like, IMMEDIATELY ❤❤❤

[@genny5309]

This! The songs make a lot more sense in context.

[@fabrbea]

We need part 2!!! So many other amazing songs and performances ❤️

[@narcoleptikat9447]

The World Championship finale 2 from pitch perfect is one you should react to as well as the performance of it is amazing in my opinion

[@mismiserables]

I love the riff off from pitch perfect 2 the most then the first one. I start randomly singing them sometimes lol. You definitely need to watch the riff off from part 2

[@Fizzy_zoid]

NEED you to hear "da sound machines" from the 2nd movie, they are SO good ❤️‍🔥 When I was younger, i would literally just watch the 2nd movie just for them, especially for their cover of "COME ON"

[@strikelighting]

One more I can recommend reacting to are songs from a show called 'Galavant'. It's a fantasy-comedy musical tv show that makes reference to other musicals in some of its songs. Sadly it only got two season. Particular favorites of mine are: - Lords of the sea - Secret mission - A new season - Off with his shirt - Let's Agree to Disagree - Time Is of the Essence

[@serenepastel]

You getting excited about music is just amazing. It’s always great seeing you get excited in these videos. One really underrated show with great music is Schmigadoon. It plays off of musical tropes, but each person in the cast of the first and second seasons can absolutely kill it.

[@marissaconklin5098]

Yes!! These mashups and acoustic versions are so good. Haha your reactions to new material are hilarious :D

[@millionbookstoread97]

I would love to see you react to the music from Galavant. It came out in 2015 and only had two seasons. It is, in my opinion, quite underrated and has a really fun story and great music and I’d love to see what you think. Have a wonderful rest of your day 😊

[@SilverCookie412]

I love Pitch Perfect!! Thanks for reacting to this! I recommend listening to more, especially from Pitch Perfect 2, has my favorites, and their cover of “Toxic” from the 3rd one. If you want more Anna Kendrick, I also recommend watching musical clips from the animated movie Trolls. She voices Poppy, the protagonist, and Justin Timberlake voices the co-protagonist.

[@user-gw9sg6yl6z]

we need part two with the guys finale so badly !!!

[@Capricorn_girl44]

And the second movie

[@essy1able]

I'm SO glad you did this. The Pitch Perfect movies are all genuinely brilliant. And there are loads of great songs that you haven't seen yet so I hope there will be parts 2 & 3 at least of this. 😊

[@hipsta26please]

WOW I literally JUST watched all 3 parts of pitch perfect for the first time in my life and loved everything about it, what a crazy coincedence that you are posting this now!

[@rowdyrats7035]

I genuinely love Pitch Perfect movies, please do more songs from these!

[@sophielem59]

Yeah Pitch Perfect!! The movies are really good, and I loved the songs!

[@belovedz2005]

''Mathew? Mad.'' so real, the girls deserved to win

[@luizahonorio2099]

Oh what a wonderful video!.. now I remember why I love this trilogy of films so much!. Please tell me there will be a part 2 of this video! ❤️ I've always been passionate about acapella music, so that must be why. 😅❤️

[@lele9654]

PLEASE make more videos with Pitch perfect, i love and its soo good!!

[@pinapplegaming5781]

the lady who plays Cynthia Rose is Ester Dean and she writes songs big artists including Rihanna

[@basicallybex]

So glad you did this video pitch perfect is one of my all time favourite films you need to react to them soooo good

[@Mercadian]

KZbin recommended this to me, and I can say your reactions are absolutely amazing! Great to see a fellow Aussie on KZbin doing well. Cheers from Melbourne!

[@cameronhutson1982]

The pitch perfect movies are my favorites and my genuine comfort movies and I cannot wait for more of your reactions!!!!

[@browhoisgrace]

context for each clip because im a major pitch perfect fan: 1. in this first clip is when everyone is auditioning to get a place in one of the acapella groups at barten university by singing this song. 2 now everyone has their groups together and they are competing in a riff-off, where the acapella groups for fun compete. they get given a theme, and a group will start singing a song according to that theme. another group will have to take a word from that song and start singing a new song still fitting the theme. this keeps going until all other groups get cut out either by not matching the correct word or theme. also im pretty sure the reason becca wasnt backed up was because most the group sing and listen to more pop and werent sure how to come in with rap! 3. okay this is a big jump ahead as its in pitch perfect 3, there are 3 movies. they have graduated college and are coming togehter to do one last performance in their USO tour. they have just found their competition, Evermoist, and are doing a riff-off. (where they quit because the opposing team use instruments) 4. yeah, this is really jumbled we are now in pitch perfect 2. this is where becca gets a new job and snoop dog is doing a christmas song. in this scene the boss is getting bored of how basic it is. becca jumps in and starts singing another song creating a sort of mashup ! 5. wow would you look at that we are back in the first movie. the bellas have made it into the finals and this is their final performance! Also the reason the breakfast club thing was important was because jesse and becca were in a sort of relationship? idk it was confusing but then they got into an argument and back when they were sort of together jesse showed the end of the breakfast club because becca never watched the endings of movies. (and yes thats her doing the bass notes, in the movie she gets nodes and then gets surgery and with her messed up vocal chords she can hit the bass notes)

[@heddja]

i really hope you react to the rest of the songs, they're all such bangers!!

[@hanachii4260]

WE NEED A PART TWO MATHEW PLEASE

[@em_me]

Would love to see you react to more Pitch Perfect songs! There’s so many good ones!

[@MelGoethals]

This video definitely needs a part 2.

[@astridholmhansen]

IM SO HAPPY THAT UR DOING PITCH PERFECT you NEED to do more songs from it

[@glitterbug5678]

Me and my uncle cannot help but absolutely scream the songs from this movie They're permanently additions to his playlist

[@AFruityPhrog]

Also YOU HAVE TO DO A PART TWO BECAUSE THE TREBLEMAKER'S SONGS ARE AMAZING NGL

[@aidanbyrne8267]

We need you to react to more pitch perfect songs! ❤

[@loudbones]

Oh I’ve been WAITING on this one

[@chasing_starlight]

I need you to watch all of them now. 😂 Watching you get excited about it is so cute ❤

[@peacheskeen4284]

I'd love to see you react to more from pitch perfect. I would especially love to see you react to the movies as well. Your reactions are always amazing, thank you for all you do!

[@emeraldrealm4634]

Finally. I have been asking for this for months now

[@whovian1018]

What I can now say with confidence is that you now completely understand everyone's love of these movies and the music in them. My vocal ensemble has been begging our conductor to let us do a Pitch Perfect song all year, and sadly we haven't, but as a female group there is a personal love between musicians with these pieces. Thank you for finally watching them and enjoying them as much as we do. Please stop living under a rock though haha (although it makes for good content)

[@xXyukinashiroganeXx]

during the riff off, no one was backing becca up because none of them knew the song. but amy recognized it as soon as becca sang the chorus, so she joined becca, and the rest kind of just piped in. no one was able to cut them off with a new song because nobody else knew the lyrics. they could have won the riff off, if not for the technicality 😅

[@emilymclaren710]

The fact that Matthew was saying he would totally give some guys the bird show how mean aussies can be 😂

[@Flowtow]

"Because I have been on the internet, funnily enough." BARELY! Matthew. Barely.

[@scralia]

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE !!!!!

[@jonasfilmstudio]

Your reaction is SO valid this film is brilliant!!

[@courtneyroberts6011]

They did it all separately but combined it together to make it into a song that's how they did it

[@SoKeefe4ever]

I love these songs!

[@musicaltheatercovers2008]

You should do more pitch perfect videos! The guys’ final song is super good too! Also I have recommended this in the past but Newsies the Broadway musical has really incredible music and talented voices

[@marley7659]

You should look for the Pitch perfect scene of Toxic. might blow your mind

[@linnywines8014]

The riff off in the second movie is my favorite, I’m sad you missed it! There’s a lot of other excellent songs in this trilogy too, like the World Finals in the second movie and Toxic from the third. Honestly, all the songs are top notch!

[@hopefindling5428]

❤❤❤❤❤ Just found your channel a while ago and love your reactions.

[@elitettelbach4247]

The music in these movies is so fun!! I honestly think about some of their renditions and mashups more than the originals. And yes that finale was truly a masterpiece!

[@Capricorn_girl44]

We need more of the pitch perfect two songs! Especially the riff off and the finales of the worlds

[@amaliebutterfly7280]

There are so many good songs you missed. Please make another video with more songs from pitch-perfect

[@ambarx7604]

beca sung the song from the breakfast club because jesse told her to watch it so she was singing it to him that’s why he was so shocked

[@Elazul1]

Hoping you do another one of these. Also found out about the music in the movies and I'm really liking it, but I can at least think of a few more you should listen: Flashlight, Toxic and Just The Way You Are/Just A Dream... maybe even Freedom! 90 and I've Got The Magic In Me Okay his reaction to who's singing the bass line in the finals is what I expected, Chloe doing the bass always makes me laugh for some reason

[@FanTDM2003]

The chick doing the base in the movie had nodes some type of vocal chord issue(not a doc) and after the surgery she hit the base notes (thats the explanation in the movie)

[@AnJelly664]

My choir teacher hosts riff offs for the entire choir department and it’s soooo fun

[@mk8320]

I wish I could experience this for the 1st time again

[@broadwaybrook2319]

5:03 It gets funny when you watch the weeping girl doing the "Again and again and again" while still weeping.

[@dollfairytopia]

need a part two

[@felixlight7828]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS OMG

[@modacrandpeanut595]

Great reaction! Should definitely watch the full movies.

[@tehyajones6651]

you need to do a part 2 of this cause i’d love to see you react to more songs from pitch perfect (specifically the treblemakers final performance because in my opinion it’s more catchy and better than the bella’s!!)

[@alyssaaug8253]

I'm so happy you reacted to Pitch Perfect! I highly recommend listening to more songs, there is one more riff-off in the second movie that just gets stuck in your head.