I've always loved how Ville is so honest and down to earth. He's just a regular dude with incredible talent. The music industry needs more artists like him.
I decided to just enter the name of my favorite musician on RUclips to find out how he is doing. I'm from Ukraine. Ville, I'm glad you didn't stop making music. I've been listening to you since I was 16, now I'm 31. A lot has changed for me, but your music is still on my playlist. Ps. It is a pity that you never came to Ukraine.
Feeling the same way, I’m 31 and have been listening to Him and loving Ville since when I was 15. He actually came to Bulgaria (my country), but at the time I was 10 years old and didn’t know he existed 😁 Love and support from Bulgaria ❤🇧🇬🇺🇦 Stay safe!
Same here. Started listening to HIM in 2004 when I was 14. Now I am 32 and I'm very thankful to them for carrying me through that "complicated" period of my life. Of course now I know that it wasn't THAT complicated =))
What a wonderful start of the day and week to see a Ville interview! He is such a mastermind in music and such an intelligent man too! Never gives boring or shallow answers and I love you to see how a simple question can turn and have so many twists while he is answering. Super excited for next year, got 3 concerts aligned already ❤ I, as many others, grew up with HIM, my all time favourite band and it’s such a breath of fresh air and life to be able to hear Ville’s creating once again! I can totally feel his excitement too in this short interview, more chatty than usual and all that spark in his eyes🤩 Thanks for still being here with us as adults and thanks for making my teenage years more easy with your music! 😊 You’ll forever be the best singer and musical creator for me🙏
Did you see his shiny new teeth? Probably one reason he's so smiley. Such small things like new dental can greatly increase ones esteem and make one smile more.. I should know, I was terribly lazy as a teenager and now my teeth are fucked. Almost every one of them has at least 1 filling, the enamel that makes them white is completely gone.. I don't smile much.
Omg did he just say 50/50 - New stuff and HIM ? 😍😍😍 this is exactly what I wished for. I love HIM but never managed to see them live and I also love the new VV songs. So happy I have a ticket 🖤
Thank you for warm and wise words. I’m from Belarus and I (with most of Belarusians) hate all crazy thrash that happens in Ukraine by our government. I wish peace and love for all.
He is one down to earth geezer.....even laughs at himself. When u think of all the pandemonium of years gone by......and here he is.....just talking normally like nothing ever happened. VERY humble.
Oh Ville! I've been in love with your music since the early 90s. You will always be relevant and important to this fan! Can't wait for your album to come out!
Ville Valo if you maybe read this!!! You are very inteligent, talented and authentic person... The way you speak about creating the music, the intonation, the way you associate the feelings with the music, shows that you know how to juggle with all of that with such a passion!!! A whole lot of art is going to come out soon. The canvas is yours!!! I am huge HIM fan and of you... 🤩🤩😍😍😍💖💖💖 Wish you luck🍀
It's so nice to have Ville back out and about. HIM is my favorite band of all time, I've been a fan since 2003, and anyone who has been a fan that long knows... Ville disappears for years at a time! Seriously, not a peep. Entire years will go by where us fans are like hm, I hope he's happy out there somewhere, lol. This is great. Can't wait to see Ville and the new band in April.
@@wessley4606 Unfortunately you've mentioned him, and now you've erased the distance, lol. It's been nice to get some new interviews where he isn't mentioned. Now we need the fanbase to catch on as well, hahahaha
@@stevenlochrie3951 I mean, *HIM* songs are *his* songs as well... He did the same with the Agents too didn't he. I can't wait for this, been listing to him daily again
I feel the butterflies in my stomach every time I see you, Ville. Without a doubt, my favorite songs are the ones he mentioned, I can’t imagine what it would be like to enjoy it live.
I’ll forever love Ville & how poetic he sounds whenever he speaks. I always noticed how he doesn’t really enjoy sharing too much eye contact - and that’s incredibly relatable haha. Can’t wait to see him someday (please come to Canada - we miss you 😩)
agreed, quite bummed out he's not coming to see us in canada 😭 i used to go see bands play in the states as well but i'm getting old and travelling feels ughhhhhh 😵😂
@@hideandpeek ouiii I fully agree with you! I wouldn't mind travelling, but work...life gets in the way sometimes, etc haha. I wish they made more Canadian friendly festivals or came here solo for shows a little more :( I need to see him ONCE in my life. It's on my bucket list :')
@@noctemheart i live in the suburb of montreal (quebec) so can't exactly complain about the number of shows happening around town, only THIS TOUR.....arh, goddammit! also i later realized the last tour date is on my b-day in NYC, in a venue where i've got the most awesome memories of seeing placebo back in 2001. sooo... pondering it.
@@hideandpeek hahaha I’m from montreal too 😂🇨🇦 Can’t complain about the shows here either, except for Ville’s tour 😅☹️ & a couple other bands I really enjoy that always only ever go to Toronto instead of Montreal. Awww Placebo is great 🫶🏼!
Ville - you are a legend! Your music won't die! And the new music will become the anthem of the revival of your creativity. Spb will be waiting for you no matter what!
Meet Ville and guys many times with friends here in Italy. A infinite culture about music and art. Such a nice talks and hope to see him soon again. Ville is a Mastermind and such a talented also intelligent person. Unique voice and he can make every single vocal range. Many bands from carius genre wanted to feat HIM. Always happy to see Ville and wish him all the best because He really deserve it.🖤
Thank you for sharing. It is so great to see and hear Ville again - musically as well as his thoughts. It is a throwback into better times as well as a sliver of hope for the future. Listening to his music is like putting myself under a safe and warm blanket, comforting and like belonging somewhere. Such an amazing artist. ❤❤❤
Oh my God he's so shying and nervous) it's so cute) He looks different but he's still my crush. Ville, I wish to you good luck in your tour in next year, I hope that your new album will be popular and successful. And you should know that many fans in Russia love you and miss you so much. Happy birthday, sweetheart! Hyvää syntymäpäivää!
He looks different because he's getting older like everybody else.. Apart from me, I'm almost exactly the same as when I was 12.. I'm just fatter. I believe Valo is mid 40s now, his new dental may also have slightly changed his jawline.
@Kat-mu8wq He's too thin, almost like he is quite ill. His face lost fullness and that makes his very white teeth pop out even more. It's strange because Ville had small teeth that suited his face, but he ruined his teeth and his health with so much smoking. It's a shame when, when he was younger, he didn't value his health and then the years didn't forgive him...
It’s so true , music can evoke memories similar to pictures . It’s a very encompassing and spiritual experience if it’s allowed to touch you in such a way .
So much respect and admiration for the artist that is this man/being . Thank you 🙏😌✨ so relatable for some us…and many of us in incredibly various ways. indeed the puzzle never ends . 💯
I saw HIM once back when I was 15.. My first ever concert, my period came (I didnt know until after the 2 hour drive home, I suffered stomach cramps which now diagnosed as IBS, so I assumed that) I just felt unwell so left early, got home.. ..Yep.. It ruined many things before my pill.. Unfortunately now I have also being diagnosed with vasovagal syncope, one of my triggers is standing for long periods of time, so unless a concert has chairs, I cannot attend.. If I fell unconscious on someone, they would be dead.. I'm rather heavy for my height 🤣
very exciting to have Ville producing music. He is a visionary, where his work makes each fan into the biggest fan in the world. I've never met a true HIM fan that doesnt know every song and has his music on their regular playlist. Great interview.
So happy he is doing a combination since I'm a new fan and sadly missed the H.I.M years. 4 more months to go for the concert in Boston! 1st time seeing Ville live! Can't wait! Cheers! ❤❤
It's great to see you, Ville. I'm lookin at you and I can see myself, well, I don't know how to say that correctly in English and how to express that because of the language barrier but in the way you're talking, the way you acts, your gestures etc I see kind of suffering you're going through. Mixed emotions, some kind of loneliness in the room full of people. Please, appreciate yourself and believe in yourself just little bit more. I need that too. I really enjoy your music, I hope one day I would be able to see you performing or meet you. Well, I don't even know why I wrote this, maybe I need a therapy 🙈 anyway, great interview. I wish you all the best from all of my heart.
In certain answers describing the album 3:43 you can tell he’s adjusting to the fact that it’s about the existential problematics of him “trying to figure out who he is”.. and NOT just the problematics of love altogether in a usual HIM album, while following up with it also being “a celebration of more melancholy aspects” in his life. And when delivers “without the bad and mistakes there can be no good”, it just seemed forced like it was the proper thing to say. I sure hope this inspiring man isn’t giving up on himself when it comes to finding the love he needs from someone.
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I've always loved how Ville is so honest and down to earth. He's just a regular dude with incredible talent. The music industry needs more artists like him.
7:42
"I'm so super-super enthusiastic about the fact that people are still interested in the whole... ME"
I decided to just enter the name of my favorite musician on RUclips to find out how he is doing. I'm from Ukraine. Ville, I'm glad you didn't stop making music. I've been listening to you since I was 16, now I'm 31. A lot has changed for me, but your music is still on my playlist. Ps. It is a pity that you never came to Ukraine.
Feeling the same way, I’m 31 and have been listening to Him and loving Ville since when I was 15. He actually came to Bulgaria (my country), but at the time I was 10 years old and didn’t know he existed 😁 Love and support from Bulgaria ❤🇧🇬🇺🇦 Stay safe!
Same here! Stay safe🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Same here. Started listening to HIM in 2004 when I was 14. Now I am 32 and I'm very thankful to them for carrying me through that "complicated" period of my life.
Of course now I know that it wasn't THAT complicated =))
Stay safe, friend. Thanks for supporting Finnish Ville Valo!
What a wonderful start of the day and week to see a Ville interview! He is such a mastermind in music and such an intelligent man too! Never gives boring or shallow answers and I love you to see how a simple question can turn and have so many twists while he is answering.
Super excited for next year, got 3 concerts aligned already ❤
I, as many others, grew up with HIM, my all time favourite band and it’s such a breath of fresh air and life to be able to hear Ville’s creating once again! I can totally feel his excitement too in this short interview, more chatty than usual and all that spark in his eyes🤩
Thanks for still being here with us as adults and thanks for making my teenage years more easy with your music! 😊 You’ll forever be the best singer and musical creator for me🙏
I agree with you :) Ville has been my top fave musician and always will be
@@HeartagramGirl30 Amazing, it will be so beautiful to see him live once again ♥️
I'm goin to 2 in a row! See ya there! Lmfao
@@HeartagramGirl30 see ya in Chicago!!
@@MsHIMLOVER me too :)) Budapest and Vienna are 1 day apart. And then a couple of weeks later London 🤩
The new album is amazing.You've done well,ZVV.
One of the nicest interviews I've ever seen of him. Never seen him smile this much 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Totally agree !
Did you see his shiny new teeth? Probably one reason he's so smiley. Such small things like new dental can greatly increase ones esteem and make one smile more.. I should know, I was terribly lazy as a teenager and now my teeth are fucked. Almost every one of them has at least 1 filling, the enamel that makes them white is completely gone.. I don't smile much.
Omg did he just say 50/50 - New stuff and HIM ? 😍😍😍 this is exactly what I wished for. I love HIM but never managed to see them live and I also love the new VV songs.
So happy I have a ticket 🖤
Hes been saying since April this year that half will be new songs and half will be HIM at the LIVE shows
He is different and the same. ♡
indeed
Thank you for warm and wise words. I’m from Belarus and I (with most of Belarusians) hate all crazy thrash that happens in Ukraine by our government.
I wish peace and love for all.
He is one down to earth geezer.....even laughs at himself. When u think of all the pandemonium of years gone by......and here he is.....just talking normally like nothing ever happened. VERY humble.
He is SO sweet. Love him forever (90s babe)
Oh Ville! I've been in love with your music since the early 90s. You will always be relevant and important to this fan! Can't wait for your album to come out!
oh my.. I adore this man since I was 14...now I am almost 37 😅❤
... And I fell in love with him again. Cant wait to see you, Ville. 🖤
I started listening to Ville before the Internet on an old cassette tape. This music is able to stop time. It's an elixir that heals our hearts...
I started listening to Ville before music was invented. I was a Neanderthal in the caves of Finland! 😂
Ville Valo if you maybe read this!!! You are very inteligent, talented and authentic person... The way you speak about creating the music, the intonation, the way you associate the feelings with the music, shows that you know how to juggle with all of that with such a passion!!! A whole lot of art is going to come out soon. The canvas is yours!!! I am huge HIM fan and of you... 🤩🤩😍😍😍💖💖💖 Wish you luck🍀
It's so nice to have Ville back out and about. HIM is my favorite band of all time, I've been a fan since 2003, and anyone who has been a fan that long knows... Ville disappears for years at a time! Seriously, not a peep. Entire years will go by where us fans are like hm, I hope he's happy out there somewhere, lol. This is great. Can't wait to see Ville and the new band in April.
Absolutely! Seeing him in Bristol next year, taking my son which is going to be a surreal experience. *Voilà!* Distance regained 👌🤣
@@wessley4606 Unfortunately you've mentioned him, and now you've erased the distance, lol. It's been nice to get some new interviews where he isn't mentioned. Now we need the fanbase to catch on as well, hahahaha
@@616Entertainment point taken and duly noted ☺️
Seeing him in Glasgow and heard he's playing him songs as well
@@stevenlochrie3951 I mean, *HIM* songs are *his* songs as well... He did the same with the Agents too didn't he. I can't wait for this, been listing to him daily again
I feel the butterflies in my stomach every time I see you, Ville.
Without a doubt, my favorite songs are the ones he mentioned, I can’t imagine what it would be like to enjoy it live.
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
@@sinisterking6009 for your soul
it was so unreal seeing them live in a tiny club in NYC called Nokia theatre
@@Chris-e9y4e omg! I’m so jealous!
I love him so much. Not just because he is a good-looking man and his music is incredible, but , you know he’s got this kind of soft personality ❤
I just love Ville, he is so wholesome!!
Wiser and gentler...I'm excited about this new version of Ville!
I’ll forever love Ville & how poetic he sounds whenever he speaks. I always noticed how he doesn’t really enjoy sharing too much eye contact - and that’s incredibly relatable haha. Can’t wait to see him someday (please come to Canada - we miss you 😩)
agreed, quite bummed out he's not coming to see us in canada 😭 i used to go see bands play in the states as well but i'm getting old and travelling feels ughhhhhh 😵😂
@@hideandpeek ouiii I fully agree with you! I wouldn't mind travelling, but work...life gets in the way sometimes, etc haha. I wish they made more Canadian friendly festivals or came here solo for shows a little more :( I need to see him ONCE in my life. It's on my bucket list :')
@@noctemheart i live in the suburb of montreal (quebec) so can't exactly complain about the number of shows happening around town, only THIS TOUR.....arh, goddammit! also i later realized the last tour date is on my b-day in NYC, in a venue where i've got the most awesome memories of seeing placebo back in 2001. sooo... pondering it.
@@hideandpeek hahaha I’m from montreal too 😂🇨🇦 Can’t complain about the shows here either, except for Ville’s tour 😅☹️ & a couple other bands I really enjoy that always only ever go to Toronto instead of Montreal. Awww Placebo is great 🫶🏼!
Nov22- Happy Birthday Ville Hermanni Valo! Cheers to many more!
So it was.. The day after one of my cats was killed..
😢
Ville - you are a legend! Your music won't die! And the new music will become the anthem of the revival of your creativity. Spb will be waiting for you no matter what!
So Happy vilavalo🎤🎼 its back with new tour&awesome new Music 🎶🎙with he s solo álbum
His final words in this video were beautiful. Can't wait to see you in April!!!
I'll be seeing him in April too for the first time in Texas 🙏 super excited
HIM changed my life; I wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for them 💜
so happy he's actively back to making music now. everyone needs his music and voice in their lives.
So honest and authentic and funny. Ville and his music will always hold a special place in my heart ❤️ I'd marry him even when he's 80 😂
HIM saved my life in high school
Meet Ville and guys many times with friends here in Italy.
A infinite culture about music and art.
Such a nice talks and hope to see him soon again.
Ville is a Mastermind and such a talented also intelligent person.
Unique voice and he can make every single vocal range.
Many bands from carius genre wanted to feat HIM.
Always happy to see Ville and wish him all the best because He really deserve it.🖤
want meet him too😍🥰
Beata teee🥺
Dove l hai incrociato qua in Italia??
Such incredible news! HIM is one of my favorite band ever!
The new songs are great so far and they really give HIM songs a new perspective. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the album.
I agree with you 😊💟💟
My world feels easier since Ville es back. Thank you for this interview, brought great feels to listen to this wise man once again.
Good luck, Ville.Thanks for your amazing music 💯
It’s great to see him like this and doing so well!!!
So happy to see Ville is back!!
I'M SO READY!!! Booked the tickets for the Manchester gig the second they went on sale!!! SEE YOU THERE KING!
Me too, but for the Portugal gig! I cried so much whilst booking them 😂
We love you ❤ you have no idea how many people you’ve impacted and you still do with your truth and authenticity
Happy belated birthday to Ville! I'm so ecstatic he is in Berlin, where I live 😭
My buddy and I plan to see you on tour next year. can't wait!
So grateful this beautiful human is still making music. I can't wait to see him in Philly this spring.
Love this man's music. 🎶
This interview warmed my soul. Can’t wait for the tour next year!
Awesome new updates with good questions! Thank you.
Nice to see you again Ville.❤️❤️
The goat 🐐 love from New Zealand. Hope to see you announce a show over this side of the world
Yes Please!!! ♥♥
I waited for too long for this! Yes!!!!! 🤘 i was at Him concert in Chicago. Love his voice
The album will be released soon, can't wait it's like a breath of fresh air
Great interview, thank you for posting
Valo jest nadal taki cudowny jak był. 🥰
Thank you for sharing. It is so great to see and hear Ville again - musically as well as his thoughts. It is a throwback into better times as well as a sliver of hope for the future. Listening to his music is like putting myself under a safe and warm blanket, comforting and like belonging somewhere. Such an amazing artist. ❤❤❤
Oh my God he's so shying and nervous) it's so cute) He looks different but he's still my crush. Ville, I wish to you good luck in your tour in next year, I hope that your new album will be popular and successful. And you should know that many fans in Russia love you and miss you so much. Happy birthday, sweetheart! Hyvää syntymäpäivää!
He looks different because he's getting older like everybody else.. Apart from me, I'm almost exactly the same as when I was 12.. I'm just fatter. I believe Valo is mid 40s now, his new dental may also have slightly changed his jawline.
Es por sus dientes .
@@Kat-mu8wq I don't see any change in how Ville talks or his voice
Everyone needs to stop
@Kat-mu8wq He's too thin, almost like he is quite ill. His face lost fullness and that makes his very white teeth pop out even more. It's strange because Ville had small teeth that suited his face, but he ruined his teeth and his health with so much smoking. It's a shame when, when he was younger, he didn't value his health and then the years didn't forgive him...
It’s so true , music can evoke memories similar to pictures . It’s a very encompassing and spiritual experience if it’s allowed to touch you in such a way .
i love this man
So much respect and admiration for the artist that is this man/being . Thank you 🙏😌✨ so relatable for some us…and many of us in incredibly various ways. indeed the puzzle never ends . 💯
thank you .. beautiful interview 🙂🖤
How nice is to see and hear Ville again!!! My Ville, our word artist! The way he paints the lyrics is outstanding! He is all music!
I'm hyped! Can't wait to see this precious human next year in SLC🥰
Saw HIM in Columbus in 2005 and 2006. Great band, great times! :-)
I've just heard here in my arms like all day and now this interview... so cool to be in Europe right now.. I hope I can see him live.
Ville!!!! Excited to see you live in Porto, next year! 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Omg, you're in Berlin?! So close! I wish I had known that before. I would have loved to just be able to say "I'm in the same city as VV" ❤️
Saw HIM in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2015 and 2017 in Leipzig... I can't wait to see Ville again.
High five! Seeing VV in May in GA!!!!
Yessssss 21.02. Frankfurt 🖤🖤🖤
I saw HIM once back when I was 15.. My first ever concert, my period came (I didnt know until after the 2 hour drive home, I suffered stomach cramps which now diagnosed as IBS, so I assumed that) I just felt unwell so left early, got home.. ..Yep.. It ruined many things before my pill..
Unfortunately now I have also being diagnosed with vasovagal syncope, one of my triggers is standing for long periods of time, so unless a concert has chairs, I cannot attend.. If I fell unconscious on someone, they would be dead.. I'm rather heavy for my height 🤣
WE LOVE VILLE !!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
I think Ville has always been shy but he's shyer with the years and it's cute 😘
Awsome interview nice to catch up after such a long time can't wait for new york next year!!
The synth in When Love And Death Embrace evoke such deep emotions, I love that song. I really hope to hear it live in Chicago!
Actually cant wait ,ive got tickets to the glasgow show and ive preorderd the Clear vinyl :)cant wait
So great to have him back! And he seems so optimistic about things 😊 I love it!! ❤️
I'm still loving you Ville! Forever ✊🏻
I can't wait to see him next year 🥰
I’m so very excited to see him in 2023 after so many years away from performing!!!
very exciting to have Ville producing music. He is a visionary, where his work makes each fan into the biggest fan in the world. I've never met a true HIM fan that doesnt know every song and has his music on their regular playlist.
Great interview.
Is how I remember life, through music...
So happy he is doing a combination since I'm a new fan and sadly missed the H.I.M years. 4 more months to go for the concert in Boston! 1st time seeing Ville live! Can't wait! Cheers! ❤❤
I'm so excited, I bought tickets for the 13th of April in Denver!!!
Happy birthday to you. Thank you so much for the pleasure to live with you on the same planet at the same time.
I CANNOT WAIT!! Thought this would never comeeee! Love to see how Ville has grown ❤
My precious Ville ❤️
It's great to see you, Ville. I'm lookin at you and I can see myself, well, I don't know how to say that correctly in English and how to express that because of the language barrier but in the way you're talking, the way you acts, your gestures etc I see kind of suffering you're going through. Mixed emotions, some kind of loneliness in the room full of people. Please, appreciate yourself and believe in yourself just little bit more. I need that too. I really enjoy your music, I hope one day I would be able to see you performing or meet you. Well, I don't even know why I wrote this, maybe I need a therapy 🙈 anyway, great interview. I wish you all the best from all of my heart.
Anything Ville does is gonna work perfectly for me❤❤❤
I'm excited for more Ville Valo, would love to see him in the northeast of the US. Vermont especially!
Ville is such a sweet guy. Look forward to seeing him in 2023!! 💜💜💜
This sounds perfect. ❤️
Great and decent guy, happy to see him doing so well 💙
He looks good. Clear and I like his new smile
Thank you so very much Ville for the details about what is going on with your and your album 💜💜💜
Glad you have returned the music reflects what I have felt & experienced since 2010 your artistry transcends the heart beyond this realm💜♈
Such a great interview! I can’t wait for this record and tour!
We're not just interested but anxiously waiting on the edge of our seat waiting for new content
Im so happy to see him again 🤗🤗🤗 and I've felt the same 🥺
Aww ❤❤ Love this man!
In certain answers describing the album 3:43 you can tell he’s adjusting to the fact that it’s about the existential problematics of him “trying to figure out who he is”.. and NOT just the problematics of love altogether in a usual HIM album, while following up with it also being “a celebration of more melancholy aspects” in his life.
And when delivers “without the bad and mistakes there can be no good”, it just seemed forced like it was the proper thing to say.
I sure hope this inspiring man isn’t giving up on himself when it comes to finding the love he needs from someone.
We are all very excited and can't wait!
My idol , Ville I have seen you and him 3 times in my life. Bam was at one show at the electric factory . 93 love is the law
My first CD was Razerblade Romance…so many great songs. I listened to them over and over. I was in 7th grade and absolutely in love with Valo.
Omg, thanks for this 🤩😭
Thank you 🙏🏻 Blessings from the Universe 🌠🙏🏻💕
He’s a creative genius ❤