Off the Record with Nightwish (Tuomas Holopainen)
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- In this episode of Off the Record, Bear Wiseman talks to Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish about the band's history, Tuomas' philosphies on life and art, how his bandmates inspire him, and the road that led to the release of "Yesterwynde."
Stay tuned at www.bearwiseman.com for the album review!
Video by Joanna Orchide
Intro video by Tuomas Välimaa (Everwave, ex-Ember Falls) 
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How does one interview an introvert genius like Tuomas Holopainen and achieve a natural and relaxed discussion with great insights? Well, I think you just showed us how! I really loved Tuomas' praise for his fellow band members. Brilliant question. Well done Bear, and thank you.
@@jewfish68 thanks so much for the feedback!
Kiitos Tuomas Holopainen. Olet paras.
Great job, Great Questions, felt like a very comfortable conversation. Made it feel very thoughtful and honest on both sides.
Thanks so much! It was really fun 😊
Thank you for the amazing songs Tuomas and Nightwish - Yesterwynde sounds unique and at the same time still very nightwishy ❤
Beautiful interview. Thank you Tuomas and Nightwish, you touch my heart and soul with your music.
@@marilynmetcalf thank you!
Always good to hear Tuomas is happy.
From the 2 songs so far, I am looking forward to another excellent album.
Thank you, Tuomas.
Tuomas seemed to be in a good mood. It is the interviewers job to make that happen. Great talent on both interviewer and interviewee👏
@@user-fx4ww6tb3r thank you so much!
Hands down the best of the dozon or so interviews I've seen of Tuomas. Bravo. 👌💪👏👏👏
🤘😎🤘
@@Starman_67 thank you so much, I do really try to focus on the artists and not ask anything too generic 💞
I can honestly say that this is one of the best interviews I've heard. Not just of Tuomas, but of anyone. Your questions were original and interesting and gave him the chance to express himself honestly and openly. I would love to hear you interview Auri, if you haven't already. Those 3 are a very interesting cast of characters.
@@fizzyridertoo hey, thanks so much, I really appreciate it! I admit that I put more effort into this one than I have for a lot of interviews in the past, but pop by www.bearwiseman.com and you'll find an Auri interview over there (text, sadly). I was also one of the interviewers for Tuonela Magazine's Auri interview for their second release too 😉
It makes such a difference when the interviewer is a fan. There are some painful interviews out there with Nightwish due to the interviewer not having done their research beforehand. Your effort however is really appreciated. Good work!
@@getthepointx thanks! I've been listening since I was around 15 years old, so I guess it shows 😁
@@bearwiseman Yay! When you mentioned your almost parallel progression, I got a bit worried :)
Such a warmhearted interview, with deep insights and humility.
@@jarnopeitso thank you so much, I hope you enjoyed it!
@@bearwiseman I did, thoroughly, and due to content presented here, will remain only interview I need to watch. The rest is music.
So nice to see an interview with Tuomas where the questions are actually intelligent and thoughtful. So often he gets asked such asinine stuff. That wasn't the case here. Nice work.
@@oldhedders thank you so much!
Lovely interview with the maestro, Mr Holopainen. Thank you 🤘
@@simonking5863 thank you!
Great interview. Tuomas is always so well spoken and interesting. But I was equally impressed with the interviewer lady, to be honest. Such a great conversation!
@@astralromance thank you so much, I appreciate it! 💞
Thank you Tuomas and all the other band members and production crew for your amazing music. I love the first 2 songs and really, REALLY cant wait to hear the rest of the album. Im a fairly new NW fan (2022) and up to now Ive been listening to songs but jjst now Im starting to listen to your albums as works of art and I am super excited for this, the first album release since Ive been a fan!
This album gonna be unique and controversial then any other, love it
28:03 “Thank you so much, this was a pleasure” - the ultimate compliment from Tuomas for your interview. 👏
@@Donna-C I got a hug for my nice questions after too ☺️ felt like such a rare treat, I was beyond flattered!
@@bearwisemanawesome!!
Thank you, what a man ♥️🎵🎶🎼
Nightwish, what an awesome team! And thanks, Tuomas, for mentioning the album by The Third and the Mortal. Captivating music!
Thank You Tuomas for your Art. My wife and myself love your Music and Creative Ideas. Can’t wait for the new Album 😀
Great interview, thanks. Can't wait for the new album to come out.
@@wabba67 thank you!
One more more month...
Did you see the Limited Edition?
Many thanks for this nice Interview ❤🥰
@@brigitteducroz6385 thank you so much!
Wow! This was a great great interview/conversation. Intimate enough, with respect and knowledge behind. You did an amazing job!
@@konstantinosG84 thank you so much, I appreciate the feedback!
Enjoyed the interview, the questions were well thought through.
Enjoyed the Two singles released from the Yesterwynde album and look forward to the 13th for the
video to The Day of. I read some people cannot relate to the lyrics but for me it is about living life without fear,
and all the catastrophising that we pass to future generations, and the perpetual fear engendered
@@nightwisher751 thank you!
Well done Bear Wiseman! 😄
@@ValtteL thanks 😉
Tuomas, some people I know, believe that of all the the greatest modern composers, that you're one of the most creative song writers and composers of modern music....right beside Elton John. I have been a fan of his since my older sibling bought his first album.
At 67 years young, I find your music inspires my paintings....as 90% of my artwork in landscapes. I love painting the beauty of our world, and Elan, & Endless Forms Most Beautiful have inspired my artwork!
I can't wait for the new CD to drop...I know I love the first two songs...they are amazing!
Really really good interview. You seem to have way to ask interesting questions.
@@jopes4855 thank you! It's ofc easier with a band who's been around this long, so I can get a feel for their vibe, generally
Such a wonderful interview, thank you Bear!
@@kitiofthewilds7848 thanks!
Thank you for a great interview 👌, so now it’s official “Floor is the best in the world at what she does “- Thuomas ☝️
@@keithjones9953 thanks!
Floor fans: "Floor is the best! The best! THE BEST!!! THE BEEEEEESSSTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (knock on the table with small fists)
Excellent interview! Thank you! 🙏
Thank you!
Great interview, such good questions & wonderfully thoughtful answers 🖤🖤
Thank, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This interview just make me admire and love Tuomas more. Wonderful job of the interviewer , thank you for sharing!❤
@@gothichristabell thank you so much!
This was a very interesting interview. Thanks for not asking the same questions most media do. You made a great research for the questions.
@@rafikiv.2074 thanks! Having followed them since I was 15 certainly helped 😁
What a wonderful interview with the master composer of symphonic metal.
I saw the eclipse that inspired Sleeping Sun, using nature and science as inspiration makes the music even more special.
@@zapfanzapfan thank you so much!
I concur. One of the best - if not the best - interview I´ve seen with Tuomas. Your questions are perfect. You are like kindered spirits sharing big thoughts casually, not a formal interview
By far the best Yesterwynde interview ! Thank you
@@ManiaKrazy thank you!
Thank you so much for this interview. You did an amazing job asking good questions and having done your homework, even getting the very Finnish references like Tove Jansson! This made my night, just before going to bed.
I loved the answer Tuomas gave about being grateful for life because it's so fleeting. We are here for a moment and should appreciate everything, the beauty of it all, and accept it as it is, embrace all of it, including the curveballs it throws at us. What an amazing coincidence that I just before watching this had comforted my fiancee, who was tearing up because of the idea of losing me some day and what I told her was exactly what Tuomas said, in part verbatim. We're here for a short time and should not fear what could happen but instead love and be loved. ❤️
I appreciate you and wish everyone reading this a wonderful existence full of experiences, joy, tears and moments of pure wonder.
Mikael from Saigon, signing off. Good night. 🫡
@@VNExperience thank you so much, I'm so happy if you enjoyed it 💞
Thank you 💚
A great interview.
Calm, respectful and several very good and new and unique and innovating questions that I as a person heard before.
Thank you for this interview because, interviews are generally the same.
Good luck.
Warm greetings from The Netherlands
👍💜🍀💪🤘🌷🇳🇱🤗
@@chrissturkenboom6080 thank you so much for the warm feedback!
Very good questions! Interesting talk to listen to. Thanks!
Thank You!
Thank you for an excellent interview 👍 Always nice with well thought out questions and I'm sure Tuomas appreciates that too. So good job 🙂
@@tomasnyqvist3119 thank you so much (I did get a hug for my quality questions afterwards, I was very surprised! 😉)
@@bearwiseman Ha ha that is great 🤘👍🙂
Great interview. Thank you!
@@mikaellofgren7 thank you!
Amazing interview with great questions! I could listen to Tuomas talking for hours ❤
@@julianacasellas1 thank you!
Great interview! Great questions! You've also got a very charismatic voice! :)
@@risingaphrodite oh thank you so much, that means a lot! I've always been very insecure about my own voice 😅
Hey, that’s a BEAUTIFUL interview. Thank you for it! Can’t wait for Yesterwynde. In the meantime I’m going to enjoy my time with Time II from Wintersun - such a phenomenal album :)
Thank you so much! I, too, have been enjoying the new Wintersun release ;)
Absolutely 10/10 interview! Thank you! ❤
@@jyrikeranen2962 thanks so much!
Wow, what a kind, caring, great interview! Thank you❤
@@ericavantilburg6252 thanks!
This was a really great interview - I absolutely enjoyed watching it. For sure one of the best I've ever seen and not the same questions he gets in a lot of interviews I imagine. Very refreshing. Thank you for that. :-)
@@Heike680 thank you so much 💞
Thank you for this amazing Interview!! How inspiring and emotional even. You asked the exact questions I would have loved to ask, yet worded them better than I ever could. 😄 you're the best! 🖤✨️
@@DeniseHofs awww thanks! I'm really glad you liked it!
Don't need subtitles for this one! :)
I love this interview!! Thank you for your great questions
@@Teigwalze thanks so much!
Nice interview! Deep and different questions. 🌝
@@esanikkanen1846 thank you!
nice interview, you asked really good questions.
@@Gibbetoo thank you!
Great questions, thanks ❤❤❤
@@paisa20 thank you!
Finnish people are next level honest basically, even when reaching what heights in popularity; exceptional humbleness. Down to earth rite, yet sky high limitless in creation (& aimed for everybody on this planet).
That's Tuomas / all Nightwish crew for instance. Even those not born in Finland living in this "ye olden land" (the original ancient history in mist - though starting to clear up nowadays) -- often end up being quite Finnish..
@@linuxsauna I admit that after 15 years here, I certainly am a lot better and enjoying silence
Love the "Noise" storyboard background!
Nice to hear the man himself and what inspires him.
Learn from mistakes, no regrets, that's what life is about.
The authors, bands (The 3rd and the Mortal, The Sirens, The Gathering),
composers (meeting Hans Zimmer), voices (David Attenborough).
"Yesterwynde": Time, Memories and Evanescence (Haha! Don't mention the "E" word, and he did!)
He squeezed in a "Decades in the Sun". :)
We are hungry, thank you for the appetizer!
Stay tuned, my album review will be out 2 weeks before the release ;)
Amazing interview, great questions, loved every second of it!
I would love to see someone ask Tuomas why he has such a positive view of life, family, and the planet in general, yet hasn't become a father. Do you think he plans to have children in the near future?
Can't wait for the Auri podcast!!! Thank you
@@carollioncourt thanks! No, he and Johanna have no intention of having children, it has been asked before, and I have to say that they both seem very uncomfortable with that sort of line of questioning...
Wonderful interview, thanks! Now excuse me, my passion is whispering me again, I gotta go follow...
@@MichaelLoda thank you very much!
Tuomas, a tip. A album over the Kingslayer chronicles from Patrick Rothfuss😊
@@RolfMeyer-cl7ou the next solo album, here we go! 😉🤩
@@bearwiseman 😀
There are some references in the first auri album, if im not wrong 😊
@@Vaamp92 Vaamp92 in wich Song? I read the books in german, so it is tricky for me. And i love them.ps i understand Edema Ruh from Nightwish
@@RolfMeyer-cl7ou ufff im not sure, perhaps in i hope your world is kind, but they said it's only bits and pieces of inspiration from the books along the album, but not very explicit references :P
that's a familiar looking place :D I visited there not long ago
@@soiggeofficial we asked Tuomas before the interview how he felt about the exhibition and he said he was apprehensive at first but thinks they did a really nice job with it in the end 😉
I was in Trondheim concert 2015 😊
Great interview, thanks a lot.
When listing his favourite fantasy writers, Tuomas says: Tolkien, Hobb, Abercrombie, Gaiman and Rothfuss... and xxxxxxx of course. I'm unable to understand that part!! Could somebody please tell me who is the last mentioned author?
@@deluchin that's Patrick Rothfuss! He wrote the Kungkiller Chronicle and The Slow Regard of Silent Things. Auri is named for one of his characters (and the concept of "aura").
@@bearwiseman I understood the rothfuss part, but after that he says "and ______________ of course". Maybe it's not an author and I just didn't get the word (I'm not native English speaker)
@@deluchin Might that be Tove Jansson?
@@stpfs9281 I think it is, Tove Jansson, right. The author of the Mumin family books. Tuomas said in other interviews (the Auri ones, I think) that he was a fan. 😊@bearwiseman, great interview, thanks! ☺
@@stpfs9281 That makes sense! Thanks for answering
👍Nice interview but,after this interview (and some others) Tuomas always seems to be positiv on "most" things,i really get what he is saying and probably it's his mindset to avoid negativ things,but i would like to hear from him (just once😆)what ,for him,is a "no no" or bad thing wich he really doesn't like,well,except of talking about negativ things.😅😉
@@strabel803 if I was a less professional journalist, I would ask him what he hates most about being famous 😅 but I do want to be respectful
@@bearwiseman 😆Well,i agree this would be a "open door" question.👍
But maby he already answered my question " no need for any supernatural", indirectly it's a nice way to say something negativ about religion i guess.🤔
I thought your analogy about his and your evolution in Tuomas lyrics and thinking was more or less the same in your evolution was a very good one.
His (and a bit Marko) lyrics are sometimes confrontational or set people to think about some aspects of life and surely influenced others.😉
@@strabel803 They always make you think, and look things up...
When asked about his fellow members of nightwish all guys are complemented for their character but floor for being professional. I am pretty sure she and Tuomas are also good friends. Just an observation. If I had a follow up question to Tuomas, I'd ask him, but I think it is very likely that he himself would not even know.
I think they surely are real good friends, too, and you see it in bits and pieces of some videos. Them hugging after the show, Tuomas giving Floor some crazy slippery when wet -sign and sharing jokes.. But I quess her professionality and talent strucks so hard that´s the first thing that comes to his mind - how he admires Floors passion and ability to do what ever is thrown at her. Like when people watch Jinjer songs for the first times, all people concentrate 120% on Tati´s voice and charisma - the tricks she does are so overwhelming.. Only over time they start to notice and point out the excellent talent of the other members of the band. Some things just are soo massive that they fill your field of vision, you can't think of anything else for a moment..
He very much praised her for her passion, for being passionate about music.
@@felixmarques and i also think that’s something they share - the passion and perfectionism about music. And as music is very much the core, the essence of their being, the air they breath, the language they speak- that might very well be the most high level connection and praise they can have and give to another person. And that might include much more than it would to some mortal without all that passion and talent. It's not just a skill level, it's the deepest level of being & sharing
Well, professionalism is a character feature, isn't it?
@@sateentuoksu I do not want to speak for Tuomas, but I found it remarkable and I thought about it, so I made the remark, to invite you all to also think about it. I agree that it is something along this line. That they connect personally and musically on such a high level that the simple fun together was not in the forefront. But it could also be simply that she is a woman and he did not want rumours to start again. I don't think so, given her status as a goddess, but, again, I do not want to speak for Tuomas.
1:10 Doesn’t care what listeners think of the album. I’m starting to understand this new album better now.
After 28 years I think he deserves to write/compose what HE feels and not write just for fans. Artists evolve...
@@deanabennett8461 i’ve been a musician my whole life. I’ve written original music and played covers. If you’re at the point in your career where you don’t care what your audience thinks about your music then it’s time to leave the studio and stage and become a garage or basement band for yourself and your band mates. That’s evolution.
@@ascensionenergetics85 to me it's the other way around. write what you want and the audience will follow if it's good. it's kinda how a synth heavy band with an operatic singer found popularity in the first place...
@@ascensionenergetics85 He's never been a slave of his listeners, what's wrong with that?
He's humble enough to say he didn't invented symphonic metal but come one, he created a new form of music, he managed to stay consistent over the years, Nightwish is basically one of the most famous band in the world but hey, he should play in a garage cause some idiot said so on youtube. Keep playing dude, maybe someday you'll understand something about music.
@@nocturnal03 I concur. The bands that do music to please the audience are generally quite dull. The artists that do their thing, follow their hearts, in the other hand, are those who really stand out, touch your soul and make new paths, their marks in the history of art and humanity ❤
Is he wearing a The Last Of Us shirt? He really IS all that, huh? :P
@@Animagladius and an Assassin's Creed hoodie 😁 we're planning to have Auri (him and Johanna) on my Gathering of Geeks podcast when it's time for their next promo run 🤩
Dawkins has some problematic ideas about those of us who are Disabled. I was really shocked.
Yeah, he's also noted for Islamophobic and supremacist comments. A lot of his writing is inspiring and beautiful, but he's also used his fame to say utter bullshit. Like when a Muslim kid in America was arrested and brutalized by police because he had a homemade clock in his backpack as part of a school project, and someone apparently feared it was a bomb, and Dawkins tweeted that they were right to suspect him. Just a pretty terrible human being when you look at his public statements past his writing.
Actually, all the the scientific community was schocked. Never meet your heroes is an accurate quote.
We are all humans, unfortunately, we're all flawed. It does not lower the value of his work, it just means that you shouldn't ask a scientist for an opinion about topics that require social skills. Ask a scientist only about his work and science. Everything else is opinion, and that has no real value, even if it comes from a scientist.
We won't forgive, or forget this, either:
"Richard Dawkins has been stripped of a “humanist of the year” award
after controversial comments he made on social media about transgender rights."
Thank God he wasn't wearing that ridiculous top hat.
@@tontoepstein6860 he did have a hat but he took it off bc of the spotlights 😅
Haha
I understand his point of no changing anything about the past because that brought the band to where it is now but, come on... no regrets at all, Tuomas? I understand that he's happy with the band now and everything, but I've heard him say several times that he would've managed certain situations differently in the past (even if the result would be the same), but at least, show some humbleness...?
@@Vaamp92 to me this felt more like a deep acceptance of the good and bad, as everything in life can be a learning experience and that's what makes us who we are. If something had been done differently, he might not be who he is or where he is today, and he seems to be quite a peaceful, happy person.
@@bearwiseman yes, totally. But sometimes his "coldness" surprises me. I'm not even thinking of Tarja or Anette at this point, but Marko... at some interview in the past he said that he did not miss him in the album (I don't remember the words, but that was the idea), and I think this is pretty bold and even arrogant. Floor recently said in an interview that she did miss Marko in the album, but with Tuomas I feel that we never hear this empathy from him in interviews - perhaps it's just a Finn thing, though... I'm Spanish so we do talk a lot about our feelings and emotions haha
@@Vaamp92 Firstly, he´s said multiple times speaking about emotions is nearly impossible for him - but he shows them in the songs. Secondly - yeah, that might also be a bit "Finnish man" -stuff (though irl they do speak, when private). Thirdly: I think the "It changed nothing, now is now" (or smtg like that) was after Marko came out with Tarja, telling they found the old friendship which was somewhat blurred by NW. And that if they wanted him back, some things in the band (economy / organization or smtg like that) must change radically.. And I quess that could feel a bit harsh, and the answer could be a way of dumping the pain. After he left they made the joint statements of everything being okay with the band and that it was Markos own decission and had nothing to do with Tuomas.. And there you are.. Several years later, out of the blue, there seems to be things he had in his teeth about the band and Tuomas... But he didn´t say them straight to face but in some random interviews... I, at least, could feel a bit (or quite) betrayed and hurt.
@@sateentuoksu oh yes, absolutely! I'm sure marko and tarja touring together didnt help either... Not only touring but singing nightwish songs!!! That must have pissed tuomas off, and I understand it perfectly. I dont know, i think they try to hide it but there is always drama in that band... Also, the "badmouthing" of floor about troy or tuomas' decisions (like no touring, increasing troy's protagonism in the singing, not fully liking the mixing, etc.). I mean... Wow
@@Vaamp92 And you started with Tuomas being cold.. well well well. I think he just is a gentleman. Who doesn´t want to spread any negativity to the world (the world has plenty already). And your answer made me somewhat question your motives, too...