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- June 18, 2018 | Sidney Madden -- Before Khalid performed "Location," his debut single that's now four-times platinum, at the Tiny Desk, he told the audience the story of how he wrote the track during his senior year of high school not knowing where music would take him. (FYI: He graduated in the Class of 2016. Feel old yet?) And before singing "Saved," Khalid explained that this was one of the first songs he ever wrote and remembers that when he put it up on SoundCloud, a rude commenter tried to diminish his talent. Obviously, he didn't let the negative energy stop him.
"I honestly couldn't tell you what that guy is doing with his life but he's not doing this," Khalid said with a contagious laugh.
Khalid's music narrates life's awkwardly necessary moments: the butterflies of young love, the angst of craving freedom, the apprehension of teetering on that next step in life. He creates honest, comforting pop for teens and young adults that speaks to the kid in all of us. Accompanied only by acoustic guitarist Jef Villaluna, the 20-year-old sensation captured this fleeting fearlessness of youth and brought it to the Tiny Desk for a heartfelt serenade session. The way his voice glided calmly over the guitar notes, switching between baritone and tenor, was fitting given that he sings about teenage peaks and pitfalls. Khalid's sense of wide-eyed yet humble wonder permeates through the entire set.
Khalid finished his set with a mini bow and a peace sign to the audience, but made sure to squeeze in time for some of the diehard fans in the crowd of NPR employees and their guests - many of whom were gleeful teens, some just as awkward, angsty and wide-eyed as he when penning his first songs in high school. He understood.
Set List
"Young Dumb & Broke"
"Location"
"Saved"
CREDITS
Producers: Bob Boilen, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Beck Harlan, Khun Minn Ohn; Production Assistant: Catherine Zhang; Photo: Eslah Attar/NPR. - เพลง
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Khalid's guitarist doesn't get enough credit, so creative
Ben Hurst The guitarist has vids on TH-cam. Check out jussjef.
Yeah he's amazing!
It's flawless. One of the best accompaniments I've ever seen.
walkingpetfish yes he does, since like 2005 thought I recognized him
The guitarist is so legit.
he looks like his hugs are warm. 🥺
Lol😂😂😂
n. YEES! Like you sigh in the middle of it and feel comfort.
K M Weekes you get it. 😭😭😭
n. Man people don’t realize the power of a good warm hug.
Yessss omg🤣🤣🤣
so many singer songwriters seem kinda arrogant, but khalid seems like a genuinely nice guy
Subscribbled he really is. he surprised the kids at my school for a pep rally and he’s such a sweet person and i couldn’t help but smile whenever he talked
My kids used to attend an after school program (CDC) when we were stationed Heidelberg, Germany. I remember Khalid and some other boys putting on a talent show and singing some boy band songs for the staff and parents. He must have been in the 3rd or 4th grade at the time. His mom was also a very talented singer.
Good memories.
Your really lucky
@@cristianacosta6257 I also grew up and graduated from High School in Northeast El Paso - Go Matadors! Let's just say it was a long time ago 🗓👨🦳.
Despite the heartbreak caused by the senseless mass shooting, I was really proud to see how the city came together. Khalid has shown that he has not forgotten about his roots and is eager to give back to the community that helped shape him. He is a really good kid.
@@JoeMandell- Wow parkland Highschool
So nice when you share some memories with inspiring people
Khalid sounds WAYYY BETTER LIVE. He needs to be protected at all cost!
@@Bluey_777 This. I have been streaming his stuff on pandora. So much production. He doesn't need this on his songs. I feel the same about SZA.
@@Bluey_777 Good thing about it though is you can enjoy these songs both ways; some days I'll feel like jammin to the album version, others I'd like to just chill to the live ones. The amount of production that goes in his albums doesn't take anything away from the fact that he's just talented AF. Cheers!
only sometimes lol...he sounds straight up terrible in bigger venues and when the song is played at its normal speed
90 percent sound better live .
he's one of the endangered species - a singer that can actually sing
NPR aren't playing any games. Been a great month
young simba Misch, Caesar, Smith, Khalid you are SO right
Joseph Kenny Tipton don't forget Goldlink!
Guitarist is like.. i'm just here to support my bro. Ain't there to talk or need credits to say who he is.
Jessjef he does alot of amazing covers
@@LTJuggernautdo you know his name??
@@sarthakpatel314 Jef Villaluna
JussJeff.
@@sarthakpatel314 JussJeff is his youtube channel.
why do I always love these stripped back acoustic versions on tiny desk better than the original songs. His voice is so raw and I can hear the grittiness and imperfections, its so beautiful
His voice is so incredible, like literally to the point I thought he was using autotune on some tracks he literally wasn't lol
Just this week, Daniel Ceasar, Jorja, Goldlink and now Khalid. Npr are the hero's we need but don't deserve
Tsheepac & tom misch
They need sza next
They're basically reading my mind like...
Jordan Knox indeed
legends
dude on the guitar is killin it
Exactly what i thought through the whole video
Tight af
He's actually so clean and dynamic. acrobatic through the technic shifts
What is the guitarist's name?
@@neilbereal3866 is name is Jef Villaluna
How can ANYONE say he sucks?! Four years later and this is still one of the BEST Tiny Desk Performances. ❤️ His voice, his energy, eveything!
commented on this to bring you back to this video ..now lets vibe together 😌
Who said that? He's my faaaaavorite. 💚💚💚
Now, Fred Again.. is the best Tiny Desk performance
00:00 Young Dumb & Broke
04:06 Location
09:06 Saved
Thanks for the timestamps.
Hero
Somebody at Tiny Desk is really out here doing the Lord's work.
David Boucard 😂😂😂 you made my morning with this comment
Hahahahahah too funny
Hilarious 😂
Amen to that!
Amen to that!!
NPR yall need to be stopped , goddamn 🔥👏
Callum Moodley
L😂L
Callum Moodley gah damn
HAHA .... BUT like REALLY DON'T STOP THOUGH!
His guitarist is so amazing. His playing, strumming, riffs, and so on are just so beautiful. He can play. He inspires me man.
Smooth operator. Subtle yet powerful style.
very true.
He is Jussjef on YT. I have been watching his vids for over a decade.
he's really good !
Jef Villaluna
Khalid NEEDS to release an acoustic album!!!!!
Preach !
These tiny desk concerts are slowly turning into the only way I listen to music!
CA Lowe Agreed ‼️
These show that the entire industry should go back to recording music this way
I've been that way for years. 10/10 would recommend.
What a time...
NPR is on a roll.
DmanUnt2014 Dman, what’s good!!
that's what I thought too
Who else are they gonna give us!?
i guess im asking the wrong place but does someone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account??
I somehow forgot my account password. I would love any assistance you can give me.
@Roland Ryder Instablaster =)
August .
One week before class starts again .
Its raining.
Dancing in my room in the dark .
My depression is cured .
Life's beautiful .
Thanks for existing Khalid
I love his green outfit SO much, real earthy
Right! It's actually my fav colour too. 🥰
That synchronized head bob at 5:23 was just awesome
Wow 😂
lmao hadnt noticed
You're so right!!
Wow, I just noticed
Almost fell off of my chair
WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE ALL THESE AMAZING CONCERTS?
Silvia Minosa be your amazing self?!? MAYBE??? LOL
Haha I hope that's why
Clean livin?
Haha yeah that might be it
Let us keep receiving. The video for my new song U Ain’t Gotta Lie from the 3 Piece ’N A Biscuit EP is up on my channel. I would love if y’all could check it out and comment as you are inclined. Bless.
Live performances like this, no backing track, no rowdy crowds, truly show the talent behind the songs we love
Dude on the guitar killing it 🔥🔥
NPR spoiling us right now
Frank Ocean. Give m Frank Ocean on tiny desk and my life will be complete
RIGHT
Agreed
deadass
Pleaseee
Hadn't thought about it, but now that Frank was mentioned, y'all should have already had him in for a TDC? In fact, maybe twice by now.
You're NPR.
Now, great job & get on it with Frank.
The guitarist looks so chill.
Wow I use to watch the guitarists TH-cam videos back in high school. He made it 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
What's his channel??? I'd love to hear it
Yeah fr how do we find him? He's world-class.
Tiny desk but Big impact.
Tom Misch, Grace VanderWaal, Daniel Caesar, Jorja Smith, GoldLink and Khalid in a space of a month or so. Tiny desk isnt playing at all. Giving us this much fire back to back should be a crime Goddamn. Only question is who is next?
Praise Akinnodi probably daddy Yankee
Praise Akinnodi yep
PJ Morton is on the way. Beginning of July
I will say it. That guitarist deserves far more recognition.
That little "Rawr" is my life
seriously guys we need a Frank Ocean tiny desk concert
Nico F. AGREE
if anyone can get him out on camera they deserve a fucking medal
Fr
Won't happen in this lifetime sadly.
Agreed.
NPR have been on fire lately with the RnB artists! So damn nice on the ears
Dude, Khalid is one of my favorite artists of all time. I love his voice, vibe and song lyrics. Such a pure talent and thankfully I've had the privelege to see him performe live!
But let's not forget his guitar player. He was totally connecting with Khalid's voice! Great talent and doesn't get enough credit. Really good, both of them ! :)
Are people just born with amazing vocals or what??! Like damn..
his voice is literally flawless if not BETTER live with these acoustics
jodie way better. For me, anyways.
I wish he had done 'Angels'. It is a hard song and I haven't heard it live yet.
I think a lot of it is the years of singing these songs now. cause he is even better here than when I heard him live in 2016.
somehow his voice always brings tears to my eyes because it’s so beautiful
The 915 is so proud of Khalid!!! 💕
My husband teaches at his high school and I got to see this kid sing the national anthem for senior night. Kind and positive kid. So happy for him.
marissacarri cool beans
what's his real name
This is quality music
The fact that all of the music presented here are just his firsts songs written baffles me.
He's so young, with so much potential , not mentioning his voice has that something that just melts all your problems.
Huge fan from the first chord
Funny he told this story about Saved, because that’s the song that made me realized how much I was in love with his music. Loved his performance on this. Wow.
That dude on the gat is a legend, he made location sound so good on acoustic
Lol the gat
He must be a maori boy..
Just relised he is from back home..hes on youtube under jussjeff.. foo mean maori mean...
Just by looking at him I knew he was from NZ 🤣🤣
his name is jussjeff.. i've been following him since like 2008.
We asked for Khalid but never thought we'd get him
Please
yes plEaSe
what a dream
ask for B.I.G if he aint available A-F-R-O will do!
the guitarist and him have such good musical chemistry
Khalid seems so fricken chill I just want to be his best friend
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT IT COULDN'T POSSIBLY GET ANY BETTER
*wipes away tear*
NPR didn't have to go that hard for us, but they did
That guitarist really just becomes a statue in between songs
Miss the old Khalid 😭😭🫶🏾
His voice is the butter on my hot toast 😍
Enny Owl Lmaooooo. Good one
the hot to my cheetos sis
literally how i feel every time i hear him sing
This ^^^👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
the toast doesn't even need to be hot. lol
0:00 - Young Dumb & Broke
4:05 - Location
9:07 - Saved
You the man
Thank you
He literally named them before playing lol
Vertigo
@@gaijindando6726 he just gave us the minute when the songs played lol
My mouth is still hanging open a year later at those guitar riffs
This brother is sick acoustically! Not so sure if I would dig his energy this much in another format.... But at the end of the day all I can say is that the brother on the guitar was having church all by himself! He slayed the total performance!
This is the most grateful comments section I’ve ever seen lol
Thanks npr for spotlighting all the great music lately
That guitar player got mad skills
I remember during interview Khalid said his Mother was his biggest musical inspiration 🙌🥹 Love his voice, it is so soothing!!!!
Love how much the guitarist is vibing.
please y'all should get Frank Ocean omg
Stop I can only get so erect
My dream
Alek Martinez honestly same my dick would probably break
Tsheepac I knowwww but idk if Frank would come out omg
Man, if frank came i would squirt
...and I have a penis.
This brother is a serious talent. I've been hearing Location for the longest and didn't know it was Khalid. The collab track OTW he did with 6lack and Ty Dolla Sign is so dope.
yaaass.. He is only going to get better too... Vertigo off Suncity is so beautiful and still my fave… xoxoxo -American Teen is my smoking and driving around a bit soundtrack atm lols
That guitarist is jussjeff!! I've been following him for ages....Follow him guys he's an awesome guitarist.
GOSH That kid is talented
Which one lol
Juss jeff might be the illest guitar player ever
I can’t get over how he graduated 2016 literally year younger than me lawl
CHILDISH GAMBINO PLEASE
Dimebag he quit
Donald Glover then.
It'd be hard af to book him regardless
With how NPR has been going they might. Lol
Didnt he just release this is america like last month?
Khalid gives me so much courage to pursue my own music. Love dis boi
he looks like the sweetest person ever
I would pay to watch him sing the ABC’s 😩
I'd pay to listen to him breathe!
This made my day - thank you.
Haha
Sameeee...I'll pay to listen to him cough
Doesn't everyone sound better live?!?! More heart, more soul. No clean, desinfected studio recording with videoclip nobody understands but just 2 guys, a guitar and an incredible recording engineer. Please don't ever stop these sessions!
No, some people suck live. most artists can do pretty good. but some, like khalid, can just completely confidently play with his songs however he wants because he has an amazing voice.
Hozier
Only if they’re good..
@@oliverwest7780 I didn't read the word some the first time I read your comment so I thought that you were about to diss him
def no😂😂😂 some people just can't sing live because there are no auto-tunes to help them sound better anymore.
El Paso Texas represent!
JussJef and Khalid together makes my heart smile. 😍
khalid is one of the most distinct, unique voices to debut in the last decade. 😍👏🏽
tiny desk is on a serious winning streak with their recent artist choices! 🙌🏽
His voice reminds me.of Tracy Chapman.
years before khalid was even a thing, I subscribed to guitarist's channel, jussjef, cas frankly he was fantastic even back then. I'm legit ecstatic to see how much hes grown career wise. well done jef, you deserve it
he worked with Bj the chicago kid before
Chan Lee yup.. I knew he looked familiar... I subscribed to him many moons ago also.. remember when his guitar was stolen and he was blessed with one
How did over 400 people thumbs down this?! His voice is so beautiful and his guitarist 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Damn!
Khalid is all out on the mic 🎤
Guitarist is smaching hot on those strings... 🎸
NPR ARE MAKING SERIOUS MOVES THIS MONTH.
he's so shy and adorable with the cutest laughter ever :, ) love his music, love his guitarist and love HIM
When he sings "Location" im transported to another world. Beautiful talent
Just seconds in and this goes right to the #2 spot. Right after TPAIN.
OMG. seriously loving the voice.
WHOA IM EARLY AND I SEE THIS MAN ON A TINY DESK, BRUHHHH NPR ARENT PLAYIN ANYMORE.
Can’t believe you guys just did this. Tiny desk >>>>>>
I wish this was like an hour long, but listening to it over and over still isn’t getting old.
"Saved" gave me goosebumps. Wow
Lol not sure why people are talking about how much a roll NPR has been on. They've been producing amazing Tiny Desk concerts for years.
you gotta do a rex orange county tiny desk concert
Amen
YES YES YES PLEASE😩😩!!!
yes fuck
I will cry spaghetti sauce out my eyeses
PLEASEEEEE I NEED TO HEAR MY MANS ALEX O'CONNOR
Joji, we need joji on tiny desk
Sanctuary at a tiny desk. Oh my.
ReTWEET
YES
Yes
YESSS
I wanted an intimate video of Khalid singing and I couldn’t have clicked faster when I saw a tiny desk concert! I freaking love these.
KALI UCHIS OR RAVEENA next please npr make it happen.
old cat omg yes raveena
Kali Uchis for sure!!
kali would be amazingggg
old cat Kali uchis would be amazing on this
old cat Yass! I love them both so much.
NPR is a big part why my days are filled with positive energy everyday. Please never ever stop doing these.
I just love Khalid... the quality of his voice brings out a modern style but reminiscent of traditional singing voices from various cultures... it just has a story in itself...
Also this session is so chill it's like we jamming and living our best life with that dude in the classroom who plays the guitar and that other dude who just has a mad voice
The producer must squelch his creativity cuz he sounds even more amazing live
👌🏼
He came out the gates at 17 writing all time classic music. He is already a legend. And this NPR is perfect per u.
This is how his music should be performed. A guitar and a voice. I love his recordings too but I feel like you lose appreciation for how great he is at singing and songwriting with all the bells and whistles.
Also the 808s 😂
i completely agree, i havnt been able to vibe with music lately all i have is lyricless melodies, this though, brings a beauty to his music i already knew and fell off of.
@@elizabethgrey4225 It took me awhile to warm up to his current music but I gave it another chance. His music is overproduced and saturated with beats for no reason. Khalid is a solid artist though.
I respect that and definitely see your point. In my opinion the production quality of his studio track is as good as it gets. I think all the added touches and electronics are brilliant. His voice definitely is the star of the show though.
I love you Khalid 🥺🥺💖💖
Saw Khalid live. He got to perform on the main stage at a festival where I live because the person who was supposed to be there couldn't make it. He was having the time of his life and he was so happy that he got to perform on the big stage in front of a huge crowd :D
Wtf khalid now!! You're awesome guys. I never loved a channel like this
FRANK OCEAN PLEASE
I can’t explain how much I love khalid UGHH🥺
Today has been an npr, *like and save to playlist* kind of day. And I feel great!
if they could get The Weeknd on here it would be INSANE
This guitarist has me so geeked. I love his energy, and those facial expressions are so pure. Lol! Everything about this is amazing! Loooooooove it!
its 2020 and im still cryin over thissssss
Oh man!! That smile🥰