EPICA - Simone Simons on how she started, and leaving your comfort zone @ Alcatraz Festival 2018

The lovely and incredible Simone Simons joined us in our cell on the Alcatraz festival 2018 talking about her creativity, her love for The Little Mermaid's Ariel AND her Ursula - side, quantum physics and the story of her joining Epica.
Make sure you check out their latest EP ‘The Solace System’.
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[@RAWSTATICA]

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[@corneliusantonius3108]

Epica - Sancta Terra (feat Floor Jansen) Live Retrospect show: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mamVY4yrn5ehsMk

[@randomuser3209]

It's really interesting how people in America seem to find her so cold and distanced while I being German feel like she's very open and warm... Again with this interview, I believe she's a wondeful person

[@JeffLMB]

Really? Other Americans think she's distant? She seems totally normal to me

[@randomuser3209]

I hear/read that a lot

[@alexojeda9048]

I'm American and I think she's awesome. There have been some unflattering videos of her on YouTiube that cast her in a bad light but I think it's either that she's misunderstood or that there are some haters out there who can't stand that she's living her dream.

[@AnthonyOttaway]

I've never thought that.

[@naturekev]

Not all of us in America feel that way. I'm in Florida, and have done two meet-and-greets with the band. They were all very friendly with everyone, and Simone joked around with me the first time I met her about some of the things I said and about a photo I showed her of a birthday cake my friends made for me with her picture on it. She is absolutely charming in person, and I think she's great.

[@nejobeigott2928]

she is soooo beautiful ! i love epica nad simone!

[@elenitacampos5414]

nad

[@wakitakanenori3973]

Naaad

[@Em0killer13]

Her beauty is only matched by her talent. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Such an inspiration

[@Dreaming-11]

You said it perfectly.

[@ozantas]

Excellent interview, we love "Simoney"

[@ATageH]

Simone is, quite simply, THE BEST

[@joshcavaradossi4813]

She is georgeous!

[@diananascimentofreire1361]

OMG Simone is extremally beautiful and lovelly! I'm enchanted, she's georgeous.

[@mikejacobs8326]

She’s very witty, smart, and so very talented. Not to mention the talented band she has with her or her with them, what’s not to love!

[@dlstmxkakwldrl_5730]

This woman 💜

[@LeoMessiGoat1986]

Two beautiful women talking about metal. THIS is incredible!

[@ShawnJonesHellion]

The magic of hollywood! They can make anything happen on tv

[@Kazumatempest]

@iTexter RaxGreen bro i know this is old but i hope since then you had enough practice in spelling and writing properly because nothing you said makes sense.

[@sergiobenitez4266]

Beautiful Simone! 😍

[@w.b.t.127]

What a beautiful talented woman. EPICA

[@tuulip11]

Very interesting interview. Thanks!

[@RAWSTATICA]

Thank you for watching! Dont forget to subscribe and support us! 🤘🏽

[@dt8118]

This band is one of my favorites ❤ I love Epica!

[@leoschultheiss659]

Simone Simons, Tarja Turunen & Lori Lewis are the three supreme metal GODDESSES, IMHO. Gotta love their extraordinary talent, charisma, gorgeousness and devotion to fans and the genre🤘🏻🤘🤘🏻

[@joshcavaradossi4813]

And are very kind people, humbles, great singers and beauties!

[@TheatreofSymphony]

WOOF! Lori is metal gold!

[@joshcavaradossi4813]

@@TheatreofSymphony a shame she isn't in the metal scene!

[@TheatreofSymphony]

Josh Cavaradossi She is still as a recording artist

[@regntonne]

SS TT and LL

[@gregson8533]

I've hard a crush on Simone for EVERRRR!!!

[@Mami-hp9ts]

Love from india🇮🇳 listen her song everyday❤️

[@Peneck]

Excellent and interesting interview, very adorable both!

[@RAWSTATICA]

Thank You ☺️

[@mikkolaine4883]

Simone seams kind of person I would have in the dinner table along with some friends :D

[@ShawnJonesHellion]

She the kinda person i want to eat for dinner

[@davidtsang5424]

Or someone you sit with for a chat during a tea break at work

[@Morfeusm]

Great interview! Thanks a lot!

[@pauljarvis446]

She's awesome.

[@reckless3456]

She's gorgeous 😍

[@Nameless0061]

God, she's so charming!

[@РоманКухар-ь7в]

Simone........amazingly beautiful woman!!!!!!!

[@quevinsitoparditopardito2342]

you are a great band simone!""!

[@deminybs]

SIMONE!!! I LOVE YOU

[@fernandogattuso9681]

I Love epica i saw them live in Monterrey México last octuber it was amazing

[@electron5271]

Nice interview. The acoustics are weird though, it's like there's some kind of echo / reverb of Simone's voice which makes it sound a bit... off.

[@RAWSTATICA]

Ok thanks for the tip. We’ll pay extra attention to the acoustics in the edits.

[@Lane2268]

who is the interviewer she is gorgeous?

[@marvinjavierordonez6787]

I love you Simone Simons

[@gabbrielviera]

nice interview! ♥

[@RAWSTATICA]

Thanks Gabriel 🙏🏽

[@tesudarshan-indianforeigns936]

my friend epica Simone you are really talented and youre really my best friend I love you 🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@kcleach9312]

GODDESS OF ALL GODDESS'S!

[@richardhall6222]

Second only to floor janson lol

[@ashwinirabidas9080]

Simoney😍😍😍😍😍😘

[@alejandromoreralopez2612]

An angel.

[@edgarespana7983]

are they sitting on a prison bed?

[@Ownedyou]

Yes. It's the Alcatraz Metal Fest...

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Dutch are always sweet but to the point 😎

[@RAWSTATICA]

Let me guess, you’re Dutch! 😜

[@corneliusantonius3108]

@@RAWSTATICA guilty

[@jessicasimplicioreis5292]

Linda

[@seclusivebeauty]

Ha, I was hoping to hear how her last name is pronounced, and apparently I've been pronouncing her first name wrong? :P

[@waterblonk]

It's pronounced "See-Mons" Source: am Dutch

[@waterblonk]

Accent on the see

[@Ownedyou]

Simoney! :D

[@ivangovnov7700]

0:19 so cute!😆

[@l.raniemusicadesenho5959]

nice

[@ismaeloliveiraoficial2450]

🎼❤❤🎤😍🌹❤ E linda a sua genialidade 🎶🎼

[@amirmohd9138]

still looks younger n beautiful

[@GordonHeaney]

4:33 She joined Epica when she was 12????????

[@Bocapreto]

No, when she was 17 but she must have mixed her childhood experience as a singer with Epica's first performances lol.

[@carlosmedrano6868]

Simona

[@dannysyk9544]

Cantik!

[@madddog6790]

Visited Alcatrazz? I wonder if they got Vicki as their tour guide :)

[@akaboo69]

Informative responding control abstract pragmatic Simone is an INTP. Get out of comfort zone Ne/Si. I need to be convinced. Ti/Fe

[@ThePazemaze]

i was questioning her type before. had the same guess of INTP ;)

[@williamsousa6107]

My Queem ❤

[@cristianinternationaltrade9227]

She uses great antiaging creams or botox because she looks the same as 20 years ago!!! I hadnt watched any epica Video for more than 15 years! I am in shocked!

[@oblivionbw815]

Genética

[@Xaforn]

Giving your body nutrients makes all the difference! I only use tallow on my skin and I get the same complements. My mother is in her 60’s and no one believes her, she doesn’t wear makeup or anything just extremely healthy.

[@pedrocosta2860]

Now I know how her name is supposed to be pronounced lol

[@RAWSTATICA]

Haha - there you go!

[@VanJR.]

Which of the three? Lol jk

[@pedrocosta2860]

@@VanJR. 00:20 the first one

[@RAWSTATICA]

She says : Simone - ah ;)

[@ThePolythenepam]

weird, because by your name I guess you should know it :)

[@loombaron]

simone: "we are going to start a tour next month" male interviewer: "sorry what?" simone: "you asked me about the tour" male interviewer: "Did I?" simone: "yes, are you listening to me? " male interviewer: "Im just looking at you, you are so pretty"

[@dean1618]

I want to meet the witch in her!

[@Nikkizzz]

Simone, can you explain why we wouldn't be in a simulation?

[@fooser77]

Let's put it this way .. In cosmology, we are wrong! Wrong to the 10^120 .. Michio Kaku explains .. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2mUmKqVaLt7bsU So far as quantum mechanics is concerned, I would listen to Tesla .. Who Einstein admitted was smarter than him .. Or you can listen to William Shatner explain his interactions with Kaku et al .. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2qck2OndtaWoLM Let's fast forward to the present .. The Nobel Prize winner that invented the PCR test that supposedly proves COVID19 .. His own statements while alive ............. it's all fraudulent .. uncoverdc.com/2020/04/07/was-the-covid-19-test-meant-to-detect-a-virus/ We have completely abandoned classical science practice .. Therefore, we don't know shit about what we "think" we know ..

[@paecmaker]

Haha, it's funny how I have pronounced both of my favorite singers wrong(Simone Simons and Sharon Den Adel.) In my defense they are both dutch :D

[@FutileGrief]

Anyone knows where I can find this live footage? the one at 1:20 ?

[@RAWSTATICA]

Hi +ThatOnePerson, unfortunately that live footage is not available. Permissions for use were never handled, so it was recorded for the big screens during the performance but never released except for the fragment in this edit. A shame, right?!

[@FutileGrief]

@@RAWSTATICA I appreciate the answer! Thank you for letting us know. It's really a shame it isn't released! They are amazing live

[@fotodavidrodriguez]

the interviewer looks a lot like Caroline Channing of two broke girls

[@carlospatino2475]

Is beautyful Simone I love baby

[@vlaw7103]

Ew

[@sylvainduret9880]

😎

[@Rustam78Karaganda]

Это не про нее песня " Ах какая женщина" ?

[@jimiyunus5314]

Jack malaysian

[@so_qp]

0:38 Since when can Chinese people listen Western music ?

[@charmandersexy1874]

Char char charmander

[@joshcavaradossi4813]

XD

[@rigzinbhutia7467]

Bulbasaurrrr saurrrr

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Epica - Sancta Terra (feat Floor Jansen) Live Retrospect show: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mamVY4yrn5ehsMk

[@linfengwang1332]

well her nicknam in China is real but a little different in pronunciation

[@Yo-dn8im]

Ella se cree una diva,es muy distante porque se cree superior a los demás

[@edeneverly2573]

She totally wanted to be a singer. And she sought out Mark on MySpace. She was one if “those girls.” Lol. Catching herself a guy in a band. All things do happen for a reason because she happened to have her wiles and got herself noticed by Mark. Mark is good about recognizing talent in his girlfriends. If she hadn’t snagged herself a metal guy she never would have gotten the opportunity. That would have been tragic.

[@redfielduniverse]

Well she would have eventually gotten an opportunity to be a metal singer, it just wouldn't have been for Epica. Same with Floor, if Mark hadn't recognized Floor, Floor wouldn't be in Nightwish or made ReVamp.

[@zsxgnu3103]

Simone Simons脸蛋线条有点糙，骨架子还行，肉头。

[@armane374]

semen

[@georgeharrison3726]

"You are soo feminine" - The Jew-Jaw girl is jealous, beauty beware!

[@PastorManningPhD]

ben gur hahahaha! Right on!

[@luisap5011]

She didn't say it in a bad way.

[@ollonois]

Not so pretty, I prefer Nicoletta Rosellini from Kalidia

[@georgioskondi416]

They're both beautiful But i really prefer Simmone

[@SonicGlitchmaster1]

Nicoletta’s gorgeous but Simone is beautiful as well

[@erasedshallbehisname5100]

Why is their beauty so god damn important? Having great voices is what matters, since they're singers, not models. I hate how shallow people are... Feels like beauty matters more than vocal talent these days 😔 Makes me really sad tbh. So many wonderfully talented women out there don't get much (if any) recognition because they're not pretty enough, if you don't have looks you don't stand a chance.

[@redfielduniverse]

@@erasedshallbehisname5100 So true....there was no reason for the original comment besides to be hurtful and rude

[@cachonduty]

wow my suscribe more fast in history of youtubewier 0:03 i love simone and see interview that great amazing

[@RAWSTATICA]

Welcome Axel! Thanks for the sub - just dont call me a bitch anymore, ok?! 👌🏽 💋

[@cachonduty]

@@RAWSTATICA sorry for that... and is a great pleasure to me see girls very beautiful nice woman and thank youuu pretty ♥️🔥♥️😘😘😘