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Hi @nickhiggsthesinger,
If singing techniques are your thing and telling a story in a song, then you should do an reaction by Floor Jansen, either solo or in the band in which she sings Nightwish.
I'm very curious what you think about that.
Here are 2 links,
Nightwish: ruclips.net/video/JYjIlHWBAVo/видео.html&pp=ygUabmlnaHR3aXNoIGdob3N0IGxvdmUgc2NvcmU%3D
Solo: ruclips.net/video/M68pe4a_9zk/видео.html&pp=ygUUc2hhbGxvdyBmbG9vciBqYW5zZW4%3D
Copywrite? RUclips must single you out because you're so special, everyone else that reacts to this includes the introduction, but again, they're not special like you.😅🤣😂
No matter how many times I watch Emma sing this song, I cry. Absolutely beautiful.
Me too!!
Me, too 😢
What's also impressive is that French is not her mother tongue. Just fabulous performance, I can't go a day without listening and watching her sing.
She is breath, heart, an angel...I can not stop listening to the perfection, hearts lifted...
Indeed, she probably just had it in school for 2 years as her 4th/5th language.. Incredible.
9.48 that's her dad. Her brother is sitting next to him. He's a very good violin player. Very musical family. Imagine how proud her parents must be seeing her sing on stage like that, knowing what she have to go through on a daily basis. I'd burst of pride!
Thank you for that valuable information.
At the other side of her father is her sister Sophie, also a singer. Her mother is back stage helping with (dis)connecting her food tubes to which she must be connected 22 hours of the day.
Wow, incredible! They clearly have a talented family and are so proud of her
We had the honor and privilege to admire her live in Athens, Greece, March 12-13, 2024. Huge respect to this talented and brave girl with the voice of an angel
Fantastic reaction. You did not need to tell us how wonderful Emma's singing is. We know, feel it. No, you explained WHY her singing is exceptional! I loved it.
Thank you so much!!! 😊
I am obsessed with this performance, and like many, I've watched it dozens of times. That includes close to 20 of these reaction videos, and I don't know how I've missed yours until now. Not only do you know your stuff, and have provided a very good critique, I love your emotional reaction as well. Bravo! 😀❤
This young person is art in perfection!
Starting several times one bar before the orchestra alone proves a somnambulistic security in what they do.
She demonstrates incredible hearing and incredible tone stability. Her sensational holding of the notes, ending every word - not a wrong beat. Not a wrong note.
Her incredible swinging between her belly and head voice, her completely natural vibrato, her oscillation between delicate breath and powerful vocal volume.
"Ne partez pas, j'vous en supplie restez longtemps" - this heavenly and angelic fragility.
Her beat and tempo, her unearthly jump a semitone higher without orchestral help.
Her completely natural singing of Chancon's typical chant, only to unpack an unearthly vocal volume moments later.
And above all - her absolutely professional interaction with the audience and the orchestra, her phenomenal stage presence. the whole time she is talking to the audience - at 15 years old!!!! Many 50-year-olds can't do that.
This girl is a new Edith Piaf. But not the dark, black, hopeless and pain-tormented Piaf - but a fun-loving, thirsty and incredibly strong young artist.
In my opinion, Emma has lifted the French chancon into a new sphere. This girl doesn't sing music - she IS music.
And if there is a god - with Emma he has created a work of perfection! From the first note it leads the master, the orchestra and the audience. I've never experienced
anything like that. And especially not from someone so young.
That brief smile from the blond short-haired female violinist behind her sums it all up in a heartbeat.
Wow, how well said. Thank you a lot. Yes, she is the whole package. Incredible.
I second Herka5420's comment. Well done.
I've watched this girl several times now, and every time she sweeps me off my feet and brings tears to my eyes.
It's no wonder that this video went through the roof in such a short time, because it's just so touching. The audience says it all.
To be honest, you couldn't wish for a better education with such a world-famous orchestra with Andre Rieu. Here she gets everything she needs for her future, for her future career, and she rightly deserves it.
Fun Fact: ... The speed of the song is about 20% slower than original speed of "Barbara Pravi - Voilà - LIVE - France 🇫🇷 - Grand Final - Eurovision 2021" ... I like this slowed down "waltz" version much better ... Emma Kok Team nailed it!
Doordat de snelheid langzamer is, wordt het emotioneler, meer gevoel, meer tragedie. Prachtige versie, voor mij de mooiste.
@@ijsbrandleendert8350 For me Barbara ❤
Due to her physics she can not give a regular concert, but she is part of Andre's team now, the family, and they are touring the world. She is the star and collecting standing ovations the world round. She sings in 4, I think 5 languages. The world loves her.
It's like the 50th times I hear this... and I still cry at the key change
I’ve watched this performance a dozen times, and I have cried each time. It’s beautiful.
Do you happen to know french or understand the lyrics? If so, we can see that shes just not performing but also telling her life story through it. Makes me cry everytime too. 🥹❤
I first saw this video very shortly after the performance which took place in Maastricht, July 2023. I have been following Emma's career ever since on RUclips and her social media. She is well worth looking into further. Her development as a vocal artist and performer is an extraordinary and compelling story. I could go on for paragraph after paragraph giving you information and my personal impressions of her, but I will resist that temptation and just relate some pertinent facts.
She is a musical prodigy who, in addition to her top-tier vocal artistry, plays violin and piano. She speaks 3 languages fluently, including English. She does not speak French ironically, though she performed 'Voila' in French as you are aware. She came into prominence in her native country, the Netherlands, in 2021 after winning the Voice Kids Netherlands at the age of 12. This performance of 'Voila' with Maestro Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra has catapulted her to worldwide fame. She is currently in the midst of a world tour with Maestro Rieu and the orchestra as a featured vocalist. The response to her from audiences across Europe and the Middle East has been phenomenal. She is a rising Megastar.
I have seen well over a hundred reactions to this performance over the last 7 months. Most are good, but only a few are from professionals who actually have the expertise to breakdown a performance like this and relate its intricacies in a manner that the common person can understand and appreciate. Your's is one of those. So, thank you very much for that.
Here are a few of Emma's performances and covers you may wish to react to in the future. They are all exceptional and point to the fact that we are dealing with a truly exceptional and extraordinary talent in Emma: Laat Mijn Een Vlinder Zijn (an original release from 2022), Father (a cover of Demi Lovato from Sept. 2023), Voila (a cover of Barbara Pravi performed as a duet with Helene Fischer on the Helene Fischer Show from Dec. 2023) and Hallelujah (a cover of the Leonard Cohen song performed with the European Pop Orchestra, Dec. 2023). Emma's performance of Hallelujah is, in my opinion, an artistic masterpiece. All of the aforementioned videos are available on RUclips.
Thanks again. All the best.
She is now on way to Mexico
Yes she is, and I have no doubt that she will be received warmly and enthusiastically. All the best.
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Skip the Helene Fischer performance - Helene is a popular performer and her voice is excellent, but in this case it was 100% technical perfection and 0% passion... and her hooha hugger outfit was embarrassing (or should have been) on stage next to the sheer grace and elegance Emma exhibits with her modest beauty.
I'll give you that. Helene's outfit was inappropriate at best. What was she thinking? Still, it was a magnificent performance by the two of them.@@Only1Shadow
@exeter1588 honestly I wasn't impressed with either of their performances in that video. Personal opinion of course.
Helene has a more mature voice and she was spot on from the sheet music, but that's what it was - from the sheet music, she didn't impart any feeling into it.
Emma just seemed distracted. She's supposedly a huge fan of Helene, and so may have been a bit star struck? Maybe felt a bit intimidated? I'd like to think she was disappointed in that dress as well - even when you see Emma performing at informal venues she's dressed respectfully. She seems to know she doesn't need skimpy outfits or crazy antics to gain attention.
Again, just personal opinion and a couple unanswerable questions. Lol
I don't get teary listening to this... I sob. Emma singing this song, with the orchestra and the choir.... Makes my whole body dissolve. It's such a magnificent performance!
I’ve lost count how many times I watched this when I found it about a year ago. But brought me to tears every time. So so beautiful. 🥰🥰
Yes, Emma is not just a 15- or now 16-year-old girl who sings something cute. She is a finished artist, without question. With her small height of 1.50 m, she is nevertheless quite a big one. She doesn't get special support because she has gastroparesis, but because she still gives great performances that need a lot of work and practice. The cover song is not by her, but it is as if it was written exactly and only for her. Please read the lyrics.
Very well said!
It's amazing that at 15 she appears to have completely mastered her instrument. I don't know how she can grow from his level of perfection as she gains more experience in the coming years and decades, and she probably doesn't realize how far she can go either, but I'm sure she will.
I wish the English translation was running along with this performance because the lyrics are both heart rending and inspiring, given Emma's medical condition. Her interpretation is even more poignant, it's as if it was written just for her, BRAVO EMMA, THERE YOU ARE!
I’ll keep that in mind for next time, thank you!!
And she says thank you in the sweetest Dutch voice to him at the end
I love that too !!!
@@debnbhuy totally driftent from her singing voice
Absolutely lover it
Even though I do not speak French, I can feel her message.
Lucky for you , I speak french and hearing her disease with the song she chose is destroying me inside.
I had to rely on an English translation and I cried even more after reading it.
FYI you can see her dad during the performance and during the standing ovation, he's wearing a blue jacket and glasses with Emma's brother and sister next to him.
I think even when you reach 60 years old, you'll still be hearing the name "Emma Kok". This princess is going to be around for a LONG time, I just love her, what a star!
Nick, this is an unbelievably sad, yet triumphant, performance .......the lyrics mirror Emma's personal life story......though not French, she manages the language well..........I understood her perfectly.........thanks for reacting........
EMMA IS AMAZING ❤️THANKS FOR YOU COMMENT GREETINGS FROM THE NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱🇳🇱
Great analytical reaction. And an emotional one. This girl is incredible.
It's wonderful you can" tear up"
Your appreciation of Emma's talent is very impressive. I love your analysis.
She sings just amazing, just super. I love her voice ❤ sooo strong with this age and with this problem in stomach. Gooooooo❤️😘
Emma chooses songs that she has a connection with. Her condition requires her to be connected to two small pumps 22 hours a day, one tube goes to her stomach and the other to her intestine. Her condition also affects her growth rate, she is much more petite than other 15 year-olds. When she was younger she could not carry the pumps around in school so she used a child-sized walker to hold them. Other children teased her, calling her "gnome" and "grandma". She still gets teased, I believe she stopped going to public school.
VOILA, by Barbara Pravi from France, was written for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 (it placed second). The song is about vulnerability, strength, and self-acceptance, saying "This is me. Here I am. Accept me for what I am, voilà. Emma does not speak French, she had someone teach her the song phonetically.
Here's a link to the same performance with English subtitles: ruclips.net/video/telyzClalVs/видео.html
she still goes to public school. I really wonder how you know this.
@@jillroeleven1369 Emma has been on tour with André Rieu since the beginning of the year, she attends virtual classes on her laptop.
That tiny, 15 year old girl comes on stage and whispers "Ecoutez moi - Listen to me" and they all do. Emma mesmerized the 12.000 audience. She is full control, she always is, amazing. A Grand Little Lady she is.
Emma released the follow-up to that performance, "Dancing on the stars" from this year's maastricht-shows, a few days ago. Make sure to check it out.
Dancing in the Stars made me cry again.
Nick you did a very good Job. Thank You very much. I saw a lot Reaction about Emma I think between 70-90 Reaction and yours is one of the best I saw. Emma is wonderful
This song….really got to me…..it’s the most beautiful lyric I think I’ve ever heard……I love French …and this just put me over the edge…….it’s stunning
She got me as well. For about an hour.The entire package I loved" Inspiration, conception, arrangement, and the dramatic coda with key change. The performance strikes me as unique contribution to a melded genre and to all music. She lived the song. I feel the song is powerful. I've watched several covers, and Pravi's official video. Have had goosbumps with all of them. The poem itself breaks the euphemistic bubble of self-help process. Yes, I will pursue my dream. Too bad. There is no other me than the me you see. I will not adopt a mask - so I can tell you the story.
Emma just dropped a new song with Andre. OMG
most astute reaction video I've ever seen and i watch this performance ALOT
She is an angel!
Lyrics in English
Listen to me, me, the singer-to-be
Tell your lovers, your friends about me
Tell them about this girl with the black eyes and the crazy dream.
What I want is to write stories that will reach you.
That's all
Voilà, voilà, voilà, that's who I am.
This is me, even when I lie open I'm afraid, yes
This is me in the noise and in the silence
Look at me, or at least what's left of me
Look at me before I hate myself
What shall I tell you that another's lips will not tell you?
It's little, but it's all I have; I put it there.
That's it
Voilà, voilà, voilà, this is who I am
This is me me, even if I lie open, it is finished
This is my face, this is my scream, this is who I am
Voilà, voilà, voilà, it's right here
Me, my dream, my desire, how I go to ruin, how I laugh at it
That's me in the noise and in the silence.
Don't go, I beg you, stay for a long time.
It may not save me, no
But to live without you, I don't know how to do it.
Love me like you love a friend who's going away forever
I want people to love me because I can't like my outline
Voilà, voilà, voilà, this is who I am
This is me, even when I lie open, it's over
This is me in the noise and also in the rage
Look at me, and in the end also my eyes and my hands
All I have is here, it's my face, it's my screaming
This is me me, this is me me
Voilà
Voilà
Voilà, voilà
Voilà
I think your translation is not bad, but it might be better. Especially the words she uses, you can see her sing them, so beautiful!
Regardez-moi: "look at me".
Ecoutez-moi: "listen to me"
C'est ma gueule, c'est mon cri: "it's my mouth, it's my scream"
She gives me tears of joy. ps. Very productive and positive explanations Nick.
She is a native Dutch speaker and yet she is singing beautifully in French and her pronunciation is beautiful.
This is the second time I watch your reaction on Emma's performance. You've provided the most respectful, emotional, fun, and educational comments that I've seen among the sea of reaction videos to this performance. Also, I just noticed the Lorax... 🤣🤣🤣
May God bless this girl.
André has said that they had to go through the song over and over in rehearsals even after Emma nailed it, because the orchestra kept tearing up^^
André also claimed in an interview that he has "secondary father feelings" for her, and that his whole 150-head crew/orchestra became "extended family" for Emma.
Also, Emma doesn't speak French. She learned the song phonetically and a family friend (who speaks french) helped her fine-tune the pronunciation. She performed it closer to the "poppy" original at first, before André suggested slowing it down to a Walz.
Emma is an amazing young lady, and she sings with emotion, and hopefully she can continue her career.
If you have seen Angelina Jordan? She is one of the greats of all time. She is 18, and see is a gift from above. I like your reviews, and I sure you will love this mega talent. Best wishes to you.
Lascia davvero a bocca aperta! BRAVISSIMA ❤ Bella reazione grazie 😊 🇮🇹❤❤❤❤❤❤
The Best moment on stage! WUNDERSCHON TOLL.
🤗🍒🌹 well done Nick, listen and watch Emma's Hallelujah!!
This was my favorite song from Eurovision 2021. Barbara Pravi, the performer and writer, came in second to Duncan Laurence’s Arcade. France has been submitting these modern chansons recently and I’m here for it. I would be elated if you listened to more virtuosic ESC songs in this season: “Tout l’univers”, “Mon amour”…
Correction.....this finished behind Maneskin.....the arrangement here deserves some kudos. I liked the original but with a full orchestra plus choir it just elevates the song even further.
@@wilcoschipstal6417 thank you, I stand corrected. I hear Eurovision used to have live orchestras. Can you imagine‽ 😲
Andre released a new song with Emma. Same location next year. Very impressiv
I have watched this performance more times than I care to admit and the live audience reaction shots perfectly capture this amazing moment in time. Look at the girls face at 13:29 ... She's asking herself what the hell is happening? and the lady at 10:09 looking up at her partner thinking the same thing...
I managed to get tickets for Andr Rieu's show this season purely on the back of this video and can attest to the remarkable effect this section had on the audience, particularly those who didn't know it was coming and thought they were just in for a night of waltzes and arias
It is beyond comprehension how such a small and delicate being is able to conjur up such power and emotion
She is an absolute treasure
Great reaction my friend and excellent explanatory insight
Your assessment was so on point 👌 Emma has such a bright future ahead of her ❤
Go to her site and enjoy all her performances. She is remarkable and so talented. I love her Hallelujah performance at the Max Concert. Enjoy!🤗
One word as to why people get emotional with her performance.... "BELIEF"... and her voice clearly states her honesty and passion for the message.... simply put? If one believes in the message, one places into that message, ones genuine voice. IMHO
I think what amazes me more than how great she is, and a sure in as a super star. However getting 12500 people to come to this concert is increadable of course she deserves it all, but it is amazing that she brings such a n audience, and this is her first concert, the only thing she has done before is the Voice Kids in Holland and won 1St place, and this was in 2011 when she was 12 years old. She is what perfection sounds like, Yeah Emma
Emma did it again: make people cry. Emma Kok and André Rieu live in Maastricht July 2024: Dancing on the Stars.
Thank you for introducing me to such talented singers.
...a few more Emma Kok performances:
HALLELUJAH ( MAX KERSTCONCERT) ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.html
....from Emma's channel:
ANYONE (Demi Lovato) (partial) ruclips.net/video/WuveefqiNhk/видео.html
COME BACK HOME (Sofia Carson) ruclips.net/video/Z_FZ14DFppA/видео.html
THE CLIMB (Miley Cyrus) ruclips.net/video/dOhzlDEuCBg/видео.html
...from André Rieu's Holiday Concert, these are both short videos, you could easily do both in one reaction:
WHITE CHRISTMAS: ruclips.net/video/ZZEyhG2bEeM/видео.html
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU:ruclips.net/video/xCBOVw7PErU/видео.html
Check out Emma singing Halleluja and singing Voila with Helene Fisher
I love your reaction! Even i have learned something from you; you told about the way how she sings with her chest more open with her arms to get more air and now i know and will do that as well now much more often. I am not a singer but have Astma and COPD and thanks to you i will do the same more when needed to get more air to breath. So thank you!
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed and am so happy you learned something 😊
Her foundation is growing thanks to Andre and his orchestra and Tjeerd Oosterhuis who road dancing with the stars 2024
And more songs for her all going to her foundation
Only song's for her he will let sing and just 2 per performance
One of the things some may not know is that Emma has a fantastic vocal coach who is a very accomplished singer yet is a charismatic warm teacher..you can find Cheryl Porter who has a channel also go through vocal exercises with a younger Emma..Cheryl has also been coaching Loren Alred of the greatest showman & bgt & agt . You can see now two examples of what a vocal coach can do, Loren on RUclips & Emma. This is how good voices with good work comes into beautiful results.. Coaches help you pick after learning words & tune where to shorten, end a phrase, take a brearh, do vibrato, do pure tone. You start to get a sense of what sounds nice to itntensify resonance. Someone like Andrea is a master at classical folk orchestration arrangement..a beautiful result
Emma is a reason to believe in angels. God gifted talent. Please revieuw duet with Helene Fischer with this song.
Andre has lifted restrictions on this video. Thank you for your lovely Reaction. I believe there have been over 42 million hits on this video alone. Her sister, father and brother can be seen on 14:29. Her mother is backstage supervising the medical equipment. You might appreciate Strijder (Warrior), another song most appropriate to Emma. Also Hallelujah is worth a look.
Not quite but almost 56 million now!
Ive seen this dozens of times, just like most people who became infatuated with it. After all that time what truly gets me is her power. Such a tiny physical package of all the things we call human, but then look at that demeanor that bravado. During this song she rises up above herself and becomes a warrior, a force to be reckoned with. A freight train drumming through the night, stopping for absolutely no one. And when she's finished...that confident and demanding look on her face. She could bring a viking to his knees with that look. On top of the world. And then it happens... She hugs Andre and says "Dankjewel" in the most vulnerable voice possible... Her voice breaks and she's a kid again. Transforming back from a natural phenomenon, a hurricane, an earthquake, a roaring tsunami....back to a kid. Not completely phatoming what she just did.
Even if she never sang for an audience again. This performance will write her name in the annals of history. She did it. She made a difference.
Excellent objective review. Kudos.
The few thousend are over 12000 people! And what about singe in front of 70 professional musicians that had to start 3 times over at the rehersals because it's impossible to play if you'r tearing up.....
I loved your reaction. Learned a few things. Tank you
I love how Nick masterfully balances technical knowledge with emotional resonance, crafting an educational yet emotionally engaging experience.
I love those reactions where I learn something. Thank you so much! New subscriber for that.
If you like technique, try Floor Jansen, especially with Nightwish. She is a musical nerd, a metal singer, the most versatile singer I know. Nightwish is Finnish, Floor is Dutch. You'll love it. Just a warning: your channel will be invaded by the Nightwish Army. Don't worry about it; they're the sweetest people you'll meet here on YT.
Thank you sir, for giving this professional analysis of Emma's performance ❤❤❤ And give André Rieu a shout-out as well 🎉🎉🎉
Than You!!!
Seen a lot of reactions. You are really good.
Très inéressants commentaires de vous comme jeune professionnel de la chanson ! (vu du Québec, Canada)
Parce que vous êtes de Québec: Une jeune Lara Fabian, n'est-ce pas?
You wouldn't be human not to tear up at this performance by Emma Kok or at least have a very big lump in one's throat. ❣
Thank you for the professional comments.
Next ; Dancing on the Stars, also by Emma Kok and André Rieu on the 2024 Maastricht show... it's a stunner 😃
Here's Emma doing a short interview talking about her disease and why she started her foundation, then she performs her original song STRIJDER (Fighter) which is about her battle with her disease and her determination to find peace. For English subtitles choose SETTINGS - SUBTITLES - AUTO TRANSLATE - ENGLISH ruclips.net/video/xyCnZWtgNpo/видео.html
English subtitles doesn’t show up on my tablet! Maybe I need to try it on the desktop, and see if they show up on it.
Knowing her life story and her singing this particular song makes it so much more impactful because this song is so heartbreaking if you know the translation...... she is giving her greatest performance of her life and also at the same time telling her life story through the lyrics..... absolute perfection.
Nick, that's a really good and nice reaction to Emma, and when you know a bit more about her, it becomes even more impressive, and yes, tears are in order.
This video was the first ever live performance of this version of Voila, Emma learnt it a year earlier because the words meant a lot to her, but as she doesn't speak French, she had to learn it phonetically.
Not only is it the first ever live performance, it is also the first time Emma was appearing on Andre's stage, they met at the beginning of 2023 after she won Ministars, singing Voila, there's a video of that version at
ruclips.net/video/rOKVK4o-vf4/видео.html
and when they met, 'they clicked', and Andre invited her to join him in the summer concerts in Maastricht, scheduled for 12 concerts during July, and every one of them a sell out with 12,500 people at them, he's been doing them now for 17 years, only stopped during Covid lockdowns, and he also tours widely the rest of the year, 2024 is 75 concerts across the globe.
Andre, his team and Emma significantly changed the version as she'd learnt it, they slowed it down, changed the tempo, added the key change, and the repeat of the third verse, all of which gave Emma the time and space she needed to do more than just perform the song, she LIVED it on that stage, her life experience with gastroparesis means she has an extra dimension to her singing, I've described it as powerful vulnerability, she takes all the emotions that she feels, good, bad and (her words,) just weird, and builds them into the performance, with stunning results.
Her ability to perforrm live on stage is very limited, she can only be off the pumps that keep her alive for 2 hours a day, and her stamina is limited, some days, more than 2 flights of stairs carrying the equivalent of a boat anchor, or even walking long distances can't happen, so her times off the pumps are precious, and mean a lot to her.
As well as changing the song, Andre also worked his showmans 50 plus years of experience to help Emma make the difficult transition from being a good, powerful and strong girl singer into the beautiful and glamourous young woman that walked out onto his stage at the Vrijthof, he may not have known it at the time, but that first night singing Voila was the start of the fulfillment of one of Emma's dreams, she released her first single some 12 months earlier, LAAT MIJ EEN VLINDER ZIJN , let me be a butterfly, written for her, it expresses her deep and desperate desire to be free of the limitations and restrictions of her disease, she wants to be free, to be able to soar like the butterfly of her dreams, to be able to soar and rise above it.
It's in Dutch, and there is a translation to English in the notes that are with this,
ruclips.net/video/Zcxan9R5s4E/видео.html
It's deeply emotional, especially in the section from 2:02 to 2:40, where she sings, 'If only for a day, or even for a count of 10, I'd just like to live as another', and when that happens, her eyes close, she shakes her head from side to side, and then her head goes down, and she goes quiet, as she has to think about her situation, and then face the grinding reality that for now, there is no way out, there can be no change, as there is no cure at present for her disease, and as she realises that, her mind is made up.
After a few second, her head comes up, and in the song, she soars to a new high note, and it's clear that she has made the decision that she is NOT going to let this disease define her, she is not going to let it beat her, she IS going to rise above it, to become the singer that she knows she can be, and not be a victim of her circumstances.
In July, she walked out on to Andre's stage, but mentally, she was in a different place, she was the butterfly of her dreams, and she mentally soared above the stage, above the orchestra, and the audience, and by sheer strength of her personality, she dominated them all, from the moment she launched into the song, before even the orchestra played a note, she was driving that whole time, Andre was guiding the orchestra based on getting his cues from Emma, as she put all of her being, all of her emotions and feelings, into that performance, and it's hard to realise that this was the first ever live performance of this version of Voila, and Emma's first appearance on a stage with Andre, there's no evidence of stage nervousness, or concern, far from it, at the end, as she hits that top note, and punches the air in triumph, that cheeky grin says it all, she knows that she has nailed what is for now the defining performance of her life, its had over 45 Million views on RUclips alone, and it's on other social media sites as well, it's still viral 9 months after it went up, along with other songs that are also in multiple millions of views.
Andre had also worked his magic as as the consummate showman that he is, he had 4 dresses made for Emma, and when they saw them, they both made the same choice, the stunning black dress, and Emma's comment was that when wearing it, she's 'Strong and powerful'. Andre helped Emma make that difficult transition from being a very capable and good girl singer into the young woman he knew was ready to emerge, as she walked out on to that stage, mentally, she was the butterfly emerging from the cocoon it spent so long in, and the New Emma that walked out onto Andre's stage emerged and soared, she was visibly and emotionally a beautiful, strong, powerful, serene, composed, competent, driven and dedicated young woman, but at the end, just for a moment, the 15 year old girl emerged again, and she turned to Andre, threw her arms wide, and her look said it all, 'How was that?'
Andre's eyes, his smile, the hug, the kiss, one word, 'Fantastic' and the call back to acknowledge the ongoing standing ovation from the audience, they said it all, Emma had massively achieved a new high, she truly had arrived, and despite this being the first of 12 appearances, Andre had the confidence the following day to invite Emma to join him in Malta for 2 concerts, to be a guest artiste in the Christmas show series in Maastricht, and to then become a guest star for the 75 concerts of the 2024 world tour, and we're already seeing how much trust he has in her, she's performing songs that are very different, and in ways that in 15 years of watching Andre, I've not seen happen in the way they are with Emma, and we know from other videos on RUclips, Emma has a place in Andre's heart, he is being very protective of her, to avoid causing any health problems, and I won't be surprised if she is still working with Andre beyond 2024, she certainly is very much loved by the extended family that is the orchestra, and seems to have slotted in very well with them.
Two recent songs from the world tour, the first is in German, another Eurovision song from 1982, Ein Bisschen Frieden, she starts it with a finger for quiet, and then a capella for the first verse.
ruclips.net/user/shortsi-eX4AGKbIM
ruclips.net/video/aC-QtYbGRoE/видео.html
The first video is a short, so repeats, the second is the rest of the song, they're both audience captures so not the quality we expect from Andre, but they're OK, and give a clear indication of Emma's performance ability, between A capella starts, and then a verse of counter harmony, they are both special.
Another big ticket song in recent weeks has been a Michael Jackson song, 'Heal the world', and Emma gives a very good performance of this song, alongside the rest of the chorus and singers, it's a very powerful number.
There's a reasonable audience capture video from the Abu Dhabi concert at ruclips.net/video/bhRz0HMu-yY/видео.html
Another special event in which Emma's strength is so clear was a concert in September 2023, a special commemoration of the 8000 American lives lost liberating Holland in WW2, there are 4 videos, an introduction, and 3 songs, the first, Father, a Demi Levato cover is so powerful, and emotional, Emma destroys the sound engineer behind her, he clearly wasn't ready for what was coming.
liberation concert
Introduction to the concert
ruclips.net/video/e5HBdHX6bew/видео.html
Father
ruclips.net/video/y554GsqMHj8/видео.html
Hero
ruclips.net/video/iYVEIXwNmT8/видео.html
You Raise me up, duet with Nico Wouterse
ruclips.net/video/baH0JQsLo3c/видео.html
There is so much more, a search of Emma Kok finds a lot, and I am sure you will be as impressed as I have been with her laser like focus on being the best she can be.
I close with what's becoming my signature when talking about Emma, and yes, it means a lot to me to be able to do this, she is a very special individual, and she deserves as much support as it is possible to give her.
Emma's foundation can be found at gastrostars.nl
Please, if at all possible, join me in making a (regular) contribution to her foundation, to enable them to help patients like Emma, and research this awful disease that has affected her from birth, and requires her to be tied to the pumps and feeding tubes since she was 9 MONTHS old, for 22 hours a day, hopefully, the work of her foundation will find a cure.
One of their main people is a surgeon who has a lot of experience in dealing with gastroparesis, and she is not only a surgeon, but also suffers from the same disease herself, to the extent that as a result of her condition worsening, she's had to leave her role in the hospital, and she is now dedicated to the foundation, and working to help find possible new treatments, or even better the cure that will free people like Emma to live a more normal life, rather than be tied to the feeding pumps for so many hours every day.
It will be so good if the work of Emma's foundation can lead to a better treatment, or even a cure, which will free her to do more singing, and it may be people here who make that possible.
You are right on point with your comments 👍
I'm 48 and crying every time I hear Emma Sing that song
Awesome, thanks, more plz:-)
Btw there were more than 12 thousand people present at that concert;)
And I would love you to react to my favojrite band Within Temptation, their newest Bleed Out is a nice place to start:-)
More to come!
She was directing in a way, in that he follows her when it matters.
After this dutch wonder there is another one . If you like REAL music whitout autotune and no mainstream sound you must listen to Nightwish with our Dutch Valkyrie Floor Jansen . Start with gosth love score live at wacken 2013 . It will blow you away . And the Nightwish Army will show up in the thousends . Greetings from the Nightwish army the Netherlands
Great reaction. Hats off
A queen on stage and after her performance a sweet 15 year old again.
Emma did it again: making people cry.
Emma Kok 16 years old: Dancing on the Stars André Rieu Maastricht 2024.
From South Africa THANK YOU
Anre just found a new signature song. The Blue Danube is great but this just blew me away
Emma is wonderful and can thouch your heart! She did with 10,500 at that concert. Great reaction on your part. I see you have done a reation to Hallelujah, would love to hear your reaction to that song by Lucy Thomas another great young singer. (She just turned 20.)
Mr Kleenex should probably be sponsoring her concerts! And, of course no artist, particularly no teenager, wants to get 'pity points' about their medical condition or disability, whatever it may be, but to be judged simply on their performance - just like anyone else!
Yet; when you think about her power and voice projection, and what kind of hard work and determination it has taken to build her diaphragmatic strength, her lung capacity, in spite of her paralysed gut... The whole gut... It's more than impressive. And that due to her nutritional deficits, her body is more that of a tiny 8-10 yer old, than 14... AND, we later learn that she has to remain hooked up to her feeding machine 22 hours a day, has only 2 hours of freedom... PLUS battles full time challenges with very careful waste management, and painful replacements / change overs of her feeding tube, which 24/7 poses a serious infection / sepsis risk... It's... Well, courage seems too small a word to describe our Emma.
I say 'our' because I'm a Dutchie too, but, in fact, the whole world has now claimed her! Deservedly so! { And kudos to Andre too for sharing her and mentoring, helping her shine.}
After you say: "Watch this guy" you see Emma's two siblings, and her father..., guess her mother was at the back to take care of her...
Her mother was just in the wings. She was with her just before she went on. I seen on a little clip she posted
I was scrolling through your videos and seen there was nothing on a particular artist Diana Ankudinova. She is a young Russian singer and is now 20.. She did a cover of the Elvis Presly song Can't help falling in love.. You will be shocked at her unique voice.. She has performances going back to around age 10 . She was on a platform called You Are Super a Russian musical contest for underprivileged children ; which she won back to back years at ages 14 and 15. I will leave a link to the performance of can't help falling in love /Can't help falling in love (Stereo) - Diana Ankudinova @ ShowMaskGoOn, Round 1 (Grammy awards) hope you react and enjoy
wasnt ready for the lorax jumpscare imma be honest
Try Mahler's Resurrection symphony. I defy anyone to stay dry eyed at the finale.
good comment nick, she is amazing
Nice reaction, thanks!
Did you hear Dutch Amira Willenhagen 8 year her audition also?
And Floor Jansen probably the most advanced and diversed voice in the world at this moment. If you try-out her then I sugest to listen to Nightwish. Gost Love Song live from Wagen Germany 2013. That is the most reacted music track on RUclips at this moment.
Try Epica with consign to oblivion or sancta terra eith floor jansen, all Dutch an we're proud of them
Subbed. Peace and love from Bavaria!
Our dutch girl is going ways !!!
English translation
Listen to me
Me, the wannabe singer
Talk about me
To your loves, to your friends
Tell them about this girl with black eyes and her crazy dream
Me, what I want is to write stories that reach you
That’s all
Here, here, here, here I am, Here I am
even if stripped naked I am afraid, yes
Here I am in the noise and in the silence
Look at me, or at least what’s left
Look at me, before I hate myself
What to tell you, that another’s lips won’t tell you
It’s not much but all that I have I drop it there, that’s it
Here, here, here, here is who I am, Here I am
even if stripped bare it’s over
It’s my mouth, it’s my cry, here I am too bad
Here, here, here, here
I am my dream, my desire, like I’m dying, like I laugh at it
Here I am in the noise and in the silence
Don’t go, I’m begging you stay a long time It may not save me, no
But to do without you I don’t know how
Love me as we love a friend who goes away forever
I want us to love me because I don’t know how to like my outlines
Here, there, here, here I am, Here I am
even if exposed it is finished
Here I am in the noise and in the fury too
Look at me, finally, and my eyes and my hands
All that I have is here, it’s my mouth, it’s my cry
Here I am, here I am, here I am
Here we are, here we are, here we are
Here
I am yet another Emma Kok - Voila fanatic, and have watched at least fifty reaction videos, all of which were very positive about her and the performance, as you were. But here, unless I am too late to comment under this video, I would like to offer a suggestion: a duet by Ekaterina Shelehova and Nathan Pacheco entitled "L'Assenza," on her channel, EkaterinaShelehova. If you're not familiar with her, I suggest listening to her studio version of "Beyond the Quiet River."
Floor Janssen from Nightwish uses a lot of techniques -> ruclips.net/video/47e_961OQWE/видео.htmlsi=qZDRkAALPGzUdS6F
Or Eivor Palsdottir from the Faroer Islands -> ruclips.net/video/wsl-KHGe4Kk/видео.htmlsi=qidrt5dq6LZiZMei
What you talking about? Can you something about Emmaa please thanx lolllll
I listened it again and again. My reaction deserves more. WOW. WOW. WOW. This is WOW. Emotional and Mind blowing. I was really touched by your reaction too. so sweet. I am still emotional every time I listen to this song. It fits the situation of Emma. I am Dutch and no comments really tells. But the most heartbreaking thing is at the end. Andre saying "Fantastisch", and emma responding "Dank je wel". She there is so humble, vulnerable and delicate. You realise she is just a kid. She did her version of Hallelujah with orchestra in december still being 15. It is an amazing arrangement. She maid it her own and she really gets to you. Two weeks ago she had a new original song out “Dancing on the stars”. Her whole being was in to that. I broke.... again. love to hear your comment on the development of Emma. ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.htmlfeature=shared.
Emma owns this song. How often do you see a 15 year old young lady hold the audience in her hands.