Jon Bellion x Jacob Collier

A Jon Bellion and Jacob Collier collaboration song (or preferably an album), would be a dream come true. JB has been my #1 artist on Spotify each year for 8+ years (coincidentally since meeting my then and current girlfriend), and in the last couple of years I’ve fallen into the deep end of JC as well, consuming every bit of musical / educational content he has across all platforms.

Why would a collaboration of JB / JC be so powerful?

1. They have similar-ish but distinctly unique musical styles, but which are derived from entirely different places - JB’s comes from raw musical intuition and soul while JC’s comes from deep theory and undeniable musical genius.
2. JB is capable of writing hit songs (as evidenced by e.g., ATL and his writing for Bieber), while JC either isn’t or (more likely) is not interested in doing so
3. JB can keep JC’s complexity grounded with ”feel”, so JC’s doesn’t drift away into complexity for its own sake
4. JC can accelerate JB’s intuition by generating new musical entry points using a more theoretical foundation
5. JC’s vocal style/range is well complemented by JB and opens up new lyrical / compositional possibilities
6. JB = Rhythm-fetish; JC = Harmony-fetish
7. Both make music for the musical process, not for an end-goal like making a lot money per se, hence high musical integrity
8. They seem to share a lot of the same values and slightly eccentric / high-energy personalities and would probably get along very well

I think this could usher in a new revolution in music which modern listeners are desperately starved for.