Imogen Heap: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[@nprmusic]

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[@dirkdiggler7727]

Who cares

[@Rare.99]

that ain't rap as far as I remember it

[@PereVS23]

Funny cause all the people you are mentioning they are no rappers

[@criops]

Hip Hop begins in the 70’s. 50 years & you’re barely mentioning music. You sound young, dumb & totally unexposed to anything that came before the copycat mumble dummies.

[@hand__banana]

imagine if megan thee stallion farted on you and she let you smell it and perhaps even shoved your face into it this would be simply epic I think...

[@timy9197]

Using futuristic gloves to harmonize with yourself is a new level of ingenuity. This is probably the most creative tiny desk I’ve seen so far.

[@joeblowgoes]

It must feel so good to do instead of fiddling with dials or slides

[@dillonhach2827]

This and the fred again tiny desk are 2 of the coolest music related videos on youtube

[@MattMeNotYou]

She's not really using them to do anything particularly creatively though, as she explains whilst putting them on. She could do the same with a foot controller or traditional desktop controller, like many people have been going for decades. She's just using a different control mechanism. Suppose it's how you define 'creative'.

[@foka.3kai]

and yet she is using gloves! 😆😆

[@christinalewis8778]

❤🌹

[@MajinBlxxdy]

The underground Hip Hop scene has a huge love for Imogen Heap, not sure if she knows this, but we do appreciate her, her voice is so beautiful & has been sampled in many ways, much love to Imogen!

[@9ALiTY]

I know so many songs that Sample her!

[@DuongNguyen-vw4fi]

TYIH

[@oscarfox6040]

Also feels like she had her hands in breakcore existing too tbf

[@luciaterenzi9445]

besides clams casino could you please name a couple? it's just for personal curiosity since I'm really into both her and hiphop :))

[@oscarfox6040]

@@luciaterenzi9445 if this was a reply to me TOKYOPILL samples Let Go (frou frou) on Let's All Love Lain but there's an undeniable breakcore/garage influence throughout her work

[@NickAdelman]

had the pleasure of seeing her years ago... she was supposed to have a gospel chorus back her up on hide and seek they didn't make it because of the weather, so she improvised and had the audience be her chorus it was an ethereal experience a moment you just don't forget

[@kpacubo.]

this is great

[@JohnAlecci]

Just gotta bring Jacob Collier next time. He's basically an audience choir director.

[@grumpycheerleader]

Wow that’s so cool 🤩

[@TomTom-xp2jb]

Lucky guy Nick!!! She's awesome!!! Like a cool breeze on a hot day!!! Thank you!!!

[@defstrikem2743]

“Ethereal” 🙄🙄🙄

[@ImWeirdAndILikeIt]

It’s insane that she’s able to sing so beautifully and live mix her own vocals into multiple tracks all at once. That’s so many moving parts at once, I’m insanely impressed.

[@krs-fltutorials4487]

I've never heard an artist sing more flat. Not hating, I love some of her work. But she was flat A LOT!

[@JayD06]

​@@krs-fltutorials4487that's part of her allure. Shes always performed like that. Kind of lackadaisical. She doesnt try to be something she's not. I don't know if I did a good job explaining that or not haha.

[@BeatGoat]

@@krs-fltutorials4487 Plenty of artists get pitchy live. That's the human factor. She's not abysmally off-key in any of these performances. Most performers who are always 100% on key tend to employ some form of live pitch correction - there's plenty of hardware (Boss VE-500, TC Helicon Voicetone C1) and software (Autotune Live, Pitcher) that does the job in real time these days.

[@maddymud]

@@BeatGoat- I listen back to some live shows from my hey day and I’m like - Yow! Then I saw David Bryne live a few years ago and was double yow! My odd clunker here and there isn’t too bad. Plus, someone like Billie Eilish, who whisper sings and note flutters - can hide pitchiness better than me who bellows

[@jamespriest9658]

Yes u get it.. she merges.. she merges

[@hoseoksfannypack6673]

I feel like if her and Björk collaborated the world would end in the best way imaginable

[@annacakeable]

Oh yes lawd😱

[@sharrellfaith]

Omg thats a collab thats needed

[@antejalvela]

*Imoginable

[@aarronjsymonds]

@@antejalvela Imogenable*

[@invisibilly1946]

And John cage and sophie

[@YashKMusic]

That gloves performance was beyond Imogenation

[@charmedprince]

👏 👏 👏

[@scarlettbigam9893]

Haaaa nice 😜

[@ALiteralCrow_]

Thank you for this

[@anthoni426]

YEAAAHYYY!!!!! PUNS!!! I don't think I could ever stop saying puns. You will never hear me say I'm Frou with them. She seems like Heaps of fun. You have to hand it to her...I mean, I just gloved that last song. I think I Need A Hero nother of her glove performances. (Say it out loud if you don't think it makes sense...) Sorry if my puns are bad and sound like Psychobable.

[@spilledinfinity8652]

You are cut off from youtube commenting for a week for that one sir.

[@JuliaRoshambo]

i love seeing examples of technology creating a more intimate/human experience instead of the typical "black mirror technology will kill us all" mentality.

[@sophiehobbs4170]

I read this comment a few weeks ago and it has stuck with me so much and really helped me thinking about new things and my own work so thank you very much it is very true.

[@Y0sHiikus]

Yessss

[@hoseoksfannypack6673]

Björk does this too. I love it.

[@ispearedbritney]

Black Mirror is "typical"? Hardly anyone watches that besides edgy teens. Most people cannot fathom that technology could be used by their rulers and bosses for evil. The "typical" opinion on technology is that billionaires like Elon Musk and Steve Jobs will "save humanity" with their totally innocent "philanthropy". You're the only one thinking about Black Mirror. Projecting much?

[@hoseoksfannypack6673]

@@ispearedbritney idk man.. most of the people in my life over 30 think technology is ending the world.

[@alex0589]

She speaks how she sings. I wish she was my neighbor. dunno why. Maybe so i could point at the overgrown garden and go "she's on tour right now"

[@kelvynification]

Funny! This comment made me feel nostalgic for a situation/moment I didn’t know I needed to experience😃🙏

[@kpacubo.]

lmao i dunno why but this is funny

[@jbeffa]

Greatest comment. Ever.

[@4humanity223]

@@kelvynification lmao word, the feels

[@leftalone9881]

You aren’t kidding tho, I’ve never heard her speak until now.

[@ricmmatias]

As a "musician" for over 30y must confess that Imogen Heap's talent scares the sh*t out of me... not from this world

[@MrGordonGartrelle]

I've been playing drums for 43 years, bass for six and completely agree. Wow.

[@stutzbearcat5624]

Right...??

[@ryandinosaur]

Imogen Heap is the GOAT. She's not afraid to be herself and she's not afraid to stand up straight and just sing.

[@14moldyhamsandwich]

Who else would she be if she is not going to be herself ?

[@rennyg8627]

I'd be confident to sing on command if I had her voice too 🤩 it's so unique

[@800cherries3]

@@14moldyhamsandwich it’s way too common for people to be afraid to be themselves that’s all they were saying don’t be a dweeb lol

[@pacman_pol_pl_polska]

@@800cherries3 "don’t be a dweeb" - dweeb

[@tusk-gl2tx]

im in tears

[@jutiajulia]

Imogen Heap is an one in a billion artist. She’s timeless. This was an amazing tiny desk concert.

[@Arbormurr]

*a one in a billion. You don’t use “an” in this situation.

[@amayajade1266]

Ryan Murray thanks Ryan Murray.

[@ArsenicDrone]

If she's one in a billion, and there are seven billion people or so, who are the other six like her? Well, it looks like there are five people in the rap rock band Crazy Town, so I guess the question is: who's the seventh?

[@neo-paine7071]

1000th like :)

[@ytuseracct]

@@ArsenicDrone old thread but yeah, well you have Bjork, Kate Bush

[@AndromedaCripps]

I love that she respects that people love her for Hide and Seek, but she uses it as an engine to show off her gloves that’s put so much work into, and ends up creating a product that brings a new song to an old audience. Very cool.

[@KelbyRoberson]

Imagine having so much musical talent that you can play air.

[@afz5355]

She’s out of this world

[@schwajj]

Like an orchestra conductor.

[@ascend3654]

minority report is becoming real

[@youreworthyourweightinavoc7189]

you mean like Mezerg on his theremin?

[@user-or9sr1wd3w]

I can Imogen it

[@DM-cu5hp]

She's like some sort of extraterrestrial princess from the future who we captured and is singing herself free.

[@KeerahBearah]

Wow, I wanna cry 🥺❤

[@scotth5237]

One of the best comments

[@1kennylo]

Tf 🥺

[@Regina-bu5fm]

I think we all are something similar to that...beautifully worded comment

[@sudfac]

She looks like teacher here.

[@sundayandthebee]

Her voice gives me chills. Caroline polachek is the only one who has ever come close to Imogen heap. But never replicated. No one could ever match the original nymph fairy voice.

[@baxoutthebox5682]

Bjork and Kate Bush moreso imo. I like Caroline but she’s just making really good and really accessible hyperpop with dudes who make hyperpop.

[@julescolon6502]

@@baxoutthebox5682 yeah but she can do those interesting vocal flips like Imogen and Dolores from the cranberries

[@csheets40]

My God, Imogen is so far ahead of our time. What an incredible woman, lyricist, and musician she is.

[@Andy-th9kj]

Don't forget inventor!

[@csheets40]

@@Andy-th9kj My goodness, yes!!! Thank you for adding that. She has a such a brilliant mind!

[@muhammaddoe249]

And a software developer who publish her work "open source" she got it all

[@alyssababasa6285]

SHE’s music bending 😭😭😭😭😭

[@Addi59]

Yes 😂

[@NatrixHasYou]

From Sesame Street to Imogen Heap, Tiny Desk is killing it.

[@rgbura]

NatrixHasYou and IDLES

[@sallychairez1936]

That's what I'm saying!!

[@apullcan]

They've been all over the place these past few days and I love it.

[@jordanr6639]

@@apullcan agreed

[@Jacob32905]

Hahaha no doubt

[@usemoreproduct]

"this is a song, that if i don't play it, people throw tomatoes at me. "

[@JujYFru1T]

"in america they throw tomaytoes at me" god i adore her. 15 years and counting

[@goldjoinery]

She doesn’t have to, we’d still adore her all the same.

[@yahstino]

I hate that that's probably more or less true. She's so much more than one song.

[@youcantkeeprunninginandout7240]

ngl though it's such an amazing song

[@mattiasrutter]

Not saying she doesn't make good music, but that's the life of a one-hit-wonder

[@mneo212]

I'm so glad Imogen came from the future to enlighten us in the present.

[@danielmartchek3989]

My girlfriend cried when I got her tickets to see Imogen this year, so I HAD to go. The powerful melding of stage production, audio technology, and airy, charming personality had me speechless. Imogen is truly something else entirely.

[@Mrnickstr89]

Seeing her will hands down be the best concert experience I ever had. This was back in 2010 when Ellipse had just been released. I wish you could have known about her and gone and seen her during this tour cause of her special improv segment. Pretty much every stop or so she would have a time where she asked the audience for a bpm, key, and time signature…. and she would create a song by going around the stage to whatever instrument she felt like playing to create a song. This was recorded and then uploaded to a special link fans could download for a small fee that would go to a local charity. There are a few on youtube. My favorite has to be the first one she did in London called “The shepardess”.

[@Ghost-lt4sf]

@@Mrnickstr89 this is amazing 😭✨✨✨ I’m from PR. big dream to see her perform one day. She’s been an icon since Frou Frou imo.

[@dreamchaser0524]

This is my dream ,but she will never come to my country 😭

[@genesises]

you got her tickets but intended not to go?

[@danielmartchek3989]

@@genesises I worked for the venue and already intended to go. But her reaction to the tix prompted me to take the night off and actually go as a fan and really experience it

[@wpjones805]

The audio production folks at Tiny Desk have to be some of the best in the business and that's reflected in the compliments you see in the comments. Working with a performer who's equally at home in audio engineering like Imogen Heap had to have been a treat.

[@EricAtienza]

Most artists: "We need to come up with a cool stage show. How about some dancers, and lights, and fire. That's cool." Imogen Heap: "I'm going to invent a new technology so I can play the air."

[@RyanGuthrie0]

And they are better than most stuff on the marketplace for VR/AR . Like seriously why can't I use those for VR instead of clunky control sticks?

[@crieverytim]

theremin: am i joke to you???

[@Huhwhatdidyousay]

Most artists: NPR tiny desk concerts:^

[@chrlskrkl]

@@RyanGuthrie0 if you go on wave for oculus rift they have imogen heap music videos where youre in there its amazing

[@NoelArdeur]

I had the idea to create images that you could see in your mind in the air through emotion at 15. To play music in the air would be a great evolution of one invention. The only reason It didn't happen it because I'm a broke middle class woman. I'm now 30. Shit happens. At least someone created something.

[@taylorswan4311]

There’s a difference between musicians who are passionate ab music and passionate ab the creation of music. (Not a bad difference) You can tell imogen loves creating. It’s like putting puzzle pieces in place and it’s so satisfying.

[@bbuuccchh]

Guitar Song: 0:00 Speeding Cars 5:40 Mimu Gloves 9:02 Hide and Seek 12:59

[@Igor-cr2zf]

Thnx

[@meala23]

Thank you! ❤

[@jn1346]

That rendition of hide and seek was insane 😭

[@Rawrmuffin0]

Imogen is like if Sarah Paulson was a singer who lives in the woods and talks to forest spirits

[@sensualsquelch]

I totally see the resemblence

[@DrummerGrrrl]

You're also describing the incredibly talented Aurora from Norway. She and Imogen should work together. Maybe Björk, too! :-)

[@klayniltasuwan7984]

and half-sisters with Kristen Wiig

[@irlseraph]

Kale 000 gowon serve

[@plutoryn]

EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@nairocamilo]

So Imogen Heap is a walking theremin. That's amazing!

[@JuniorSkeptic]

Nairo Camilo she’s closer to a walking chaos pad

[@angelawellborn2281]

That's what I was thinking!

[@nairocamilo]

@@angelawellborn2281 The gestures reminded me of Carolina Eyck's videos

[@Stopinthenameofskating]

Stfu trending

[@Octambulism]

Better than a theremin because it can be mapped to any parametrer as I understand it. Hell, you could DJ just with those damn things! Super cool.

[@commentingaccount1383]

When she started singing hide and seek without the vocoder, it felt so wrong, but it ended up being so awesome. What an incredible performance

[@alecgwin1443]

She never used a vocoder to begin with!

[@camzjamz5243]

@@alecgwin1443 she performs is with a vocoder though

[@GroundationOnly]

While I don't hate this version I think the one on the indie radio with Zach braff is much more intimate and better.

[@zachgreen759]

I don't like it.

[@jenniferzaralee]

I agree I was apprehensive but it deffo paid off

[@micahjones7837]

Uh, WOW. I have never seen someone make music like an extension of their body like that. Even on the piano or solo vocals, it's like the music was flowing in her body. What a passionate artist and creator to make such powerful tools for expression. I am amazed

[@avril14thlove]

Imogen is hands down one of the most unique artists of this generation. Speak for Yourself completely blew my mind and opened my 15 year old eyes to musical landscapes I never knew existed. Thank you, good lady.

[@MontannaIrenie]

avril14thlove PLEASE listen to her whole Goodnight and Go album. It was released many years ago but she does some amazing things with her voice. You can also KZbin some of her live performances and see how she first started playing with her voice and sounds for Hide and Seek. I think you’re in for a treat!🥰

[@JaredGritzmaker]

@@MontannaIrenie, actually "goodnight and go" was a single on the album Speak for Yourself that avril14thlove is referencing. avril that album was a life changer for me too. I never really heard before I took my wife to see her on that tour and my mind was literally blown.

[@ATLS702]

HANDS down...get it?

[@rupertgrech7097]

Take a listen to Velvet Underground with Nico.

[@rupertgrech7097]

avril14thlove take a listen to the Velvet Underground featuring Nico (1967)

[@sieyn0123]

How many singers you need for Hide & Seek? Imogen: Yes *extends hand

[@JeanNascimentoJNX]

Imogen: *_moves her hands and creates the whole arrangement in a minute_*

[@CarylAdams-e5d]

@@JeanNascimentoJNX

[@kafufleladdd]

Hide and seek is legitimately one of the songs of the century Very interesting take in this performance

[@dr_redbanRL]

I think it could have been done better. Still magic though

[@Peeze16]

@@dr_redbanRL I think she's performed it so much over the last decade it must get tiring to do it the same way every time.

[@UnleashTheBlob]

Nah

[@deanroddey2881]

The studio version is epic. There are people who use technology because they don't have much to bring to the table themselves. Then there are people who use technology to enhance their talent, and she falls into the later category.

[@baseguitarist1]

I personally think an artist changing an old tune is exactly what should be done. This way they can still express themselves in their current state rather than banging an old drum. To quote Jay Z, "[People] want my old shit, buy my old albums."

[@ImSofaKingGood]

That is so freaking cool. Imogen is ahead of her time in artistry and innovation.

[@dandmwg]

She is an absolute superstar. One of the most talented human beings ever. I'm in awe of her

[@joojie]

those gloves and software are crazy! shes so talented. loved this tiny concert!!

[@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335]

She didn't came up with it

[@user-oy7gz5bf2h]

@@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 www.engadget.com/2019/04/26/mi-mu-imogen-heap-musical-gloves-price-launch-date/

[@JM-fo1te]

*he*

[@beefyappa]

@@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 she did too you fucktard

[@stephenholt6956]

My programming teacher at uni designed them. He's amazing

[@EugeneTsai]

Still to this day the coolest tiny desk I've seen

[@deelot1]

It’s funny how the music from the futuristic sound technology resemble ancient chants.

[@muiawat]

deelot1 omg ! So true! Probably why I love her ! Thanks for the observation!

[@bellaimeek]

deelot1 omg

[@unnq]

almost as if the machinations of the mind originate from some long-lost technology

[@JM-fo1te]

Cultural appropriation

[@star0shadows]

Truth, check out Frontier by Holly Herndon. Also check out everything else she's done. A true creative gem.

[@KiLLJOY1056]

It's sooooo nice to hear her sing and not be worried about hitting the right notes on a Piano, she's literally making the music with open hands. You can just feel it, you don't have to concentrate.

[@chy0658]

I remember hearing frou frou /let go when I was 15 and falling in love with her voice and music. Doesent seem like 21 years ago. Still love her music and still listen to her from time to time

[@andrewgroves6718]

im still in love with Frou Frou. i dont find i like nearly as many songs from imogen heap. yet i love every single song from frou frou

[@maddalenagrignani]

Pops out after ages and sings one of her masterpieces - that we have all listened to 100times - in a completely new and amazing way. Like you keep replaying it over and over. Respect

[@williamohman5469]

So talented. Would love a collab between her and Bon Iver. Would be insane

[@UniMagik]

YAAAS

[@oggy06]

Literally what i’ve been wishing for the last 10yrs

[@VTUL92]

Yaaaaaaas

[@047Kenny]

William Öhman didn’t she help out on mbdtf?

[@finchcarvingadiamond]

Woodwind-like falsettos and awesome creative synth and beat work omg

[@spenserak]

This glovetrance version of hide & seek cured my depression.

[@chilicoffee9342]

Spenser cured my depression is the new "dae listen to this in 2005"

[@GottiGolfwang]

Spenser dude me too that’s crazy

[@SteveBrant55]

Congratulations! I had an out of body experience while listening to it myself!

[@alex0589]

G L O V E T R A N C E

[@georgerussell2947]

Have you heard Jacob colliers version?

[@bushyman477]

It's so mesmerising, not because she's dancing to the music, but because the music's dancing to her

[@gillyfranklin1550]

I don't know if there's something in the water but that comment almost made me cry! What a lovely thought.

[@bowdinkle]

🤯

[@cymonelachelle]

She’s the iron man of music!!!! This was everything I didn’t know I needed

[@GantzIsSloppy]

HAHA funny

[@drewcroft]

I love how she can make an older song sound completely refreshing. Love her.

[@AndyMacster]

I love how even after all these years, she continues to reinvent her works. Hide and Seek was always alive and atmospheric and I love how she just builds upon and colours the air with this notion. Gorgeously talented artist.

[@carmeleche56]

Hide & Seek is the reason why many people are still alive. Hide & Seek is ambient art therapy. Hide & Seek still moves me into the depths of my soul and brings me to tears every time. Thank you @imogenheap for sharing your gifts with the world. For the darkness is vanquished with sounds from light workers like you.

[@rooseveltbrentwood9654]

C.L Flores Hide & Seek makes me sad, but kind of in a good way.

[@carmeleche56]

@@rooseveltbrentwood9654 150%, reminds me of the human experience I am honored to live. Full spectrum of emotions.

[@Goglby]

Oh shut up if you're suicidally depressed a song will not save you. You're kind of dissatisfied with your life and self-pity to the point of thinking you're suicidal.

[@SonOfAdam94]

@@carmeleche56 I just commented the following above which it seems you might relate to part of it, "Ok that last song caught me WAY off guard! I felt suddenly frozen... suddenly weeping... suddenly back in the womb. Thank you. I'm happily married, but it would really make me happy to give her a rose."

[@itsmeskanka]

I cried my stupid face off. Amazing.

[@decapitated2368]

I just can't get over how magnificent that version of Hide and Seek is. That is by far the best rendition I've ever heard her do! I never use this term to describe anything, but it was a MAGICAL experience... Absolutely! I have watched this Tiny Desk Concert version over a dozen times just for that part. Wonderful!

[@schojdfjf6495]

Same! I wish it was on Spotify I love it!

[@leahmclean1410]

TOTALLY agree. Can't even put it into words.

[@imsomelicious]

It is incredible, keep repeating hide and seek and can’t believe what I’m hearing.

[@meykel8108]

The gloves performance is like 7 incarnations after grimes where you've met the spirit and become close. Now your a vessel in tune and resonating.

[@rd4660]

Holy cow! That’s some cutting edge stuff. Very ethereal. There’s a lot of art and technology going on in Ms. Heap’s mind. Excellent.

[@kpacubo.]

ikr! imogen is really on the cutting edge with this one. honestly wish more people knew about this

[@olivianicoloff2998]

This was filmed on my 25th birthday...she sings those cluster notes in hide and seek and suddenly i’m 13 again. Ultimate respect and reverence for this queen couldn’t imagine growing up without her sound

[@xinlo]

Imogen Heap is a musician's musician. She truly enjoys playing and experimenting with sound, and uses her findings to put out consistently good stuff over a long period of time. She's the real deal. That said, I didn't overly enjoy this version of Hide and Seek. It was artful and emotional, but the original was a quiet, simple vocoder track that sounded like a church organ, and that was what enchanted me about the song in the first place.

[@lewisjones284]

I think the main thing that makes the original piece is the rests in between her singing. The break feeling of the song makes it have a very different feeling to this.

[@TravisRayLive]

Imogen Heap is so underrated for how brilliant she is. Sadly, it'll probably remain that way forever. Since Frou Frou, she's been innovating and showing off insane amounts of talent.

[@nathanhollow0]

Makes you think how much time she practiced with those gloves for it to be muscle memory.

[@Nomin130]

She has had them for over a decade, so a lot!

[@NaturallySelected]

I mean.. like any instrument?

[@thomasr1051]

your right the muscle memory must be crazy. at the same time i feel like it speaks to the intuitiveness of the gloves.

[@StrawberryFeildsforNever]

@@NaturallySelected yeah, but her instrument isn’t really there. It’s all in her hands.

[@aw-g]

In the future when the gloves will be available for public she will probably be a sound teacher and it will replace many instruments

[@SkySplitterInk]

This is incredible, especially the looping, glove, voice ish! I would love to hear Imogen make music with Sufjan Stevens.

[@j_chua]

SkySplitterInk yes!! That would be amazing!!

[@rooseveltbrentwood9654]

SkySplitterInk If I could only have one album for the rest of my life i might go with Come on and Feel the Illinois!. Although Sci-Fi Crimes by Chevelle might work too....

[@kristiejohnson7396]

Omg yes this comment. Or Bon Iver. Hide and seek reminds me of Woods

[@jmpsthrufyre]

Check out her live improvs I think there is one coming soon As of 6/17/20

[@karimecolettadominguez]

okay okay get this: Imogen Heap, Radiohead, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Björk, and Aurora(?).

[@9UaYXxB]

Thank God Imogen is still making her art, I think she kind of stepped back for a bit, I was dismayed that she might have retired. This is a superb performance, and as others so frequently compliment the audio engineers at NPR are fantastic.

[@bindakawhoon4848]

Oh my word, the last performance. The entire show is awesome, thanks NPR. Can't wait for the aliens to see this.

[@dakotagripp5815]

binda kawhoon I love you , the aliens are vibing heavy to this.

[@bindakawhoon4848]

@@dakotagripp5815 I love you too

[@xanbell7723]

That's so kind, no one usually considers the aliens.

[@Neuroneos]

Aliens be like: "Our kin has already set foot on this desolate planet! Look!"

[@SantyNewLee]

Frou Frou... wow, takes me straight back to high school when I was getting into trip-hop and developing my musical taste. I'm late to this party (looking at the date, ironically this was on my birthday!) but I'm glad to have found Imogen again. Thanks, NPR! :)

[@ckpizzle]

cheers me too!

[@fuhue]

Hide and seek was so beautiful. I nearly cried when she started singing. Imogen Heap inspires me so deeply.

[@aidancanoli]

Speeding Cars 5:36 Hide and Seek 12:57

[@nowhereman4865]

Thank you man

[@xartxhxcdamage]

Guitar song is also beautiful. No one should skip that

[@Neuroneos]

Guitar Song is this year's best song by far

[@muhahill3566]

she feels like she'd be a great teacher I'm getting heavy fun teacher vibes

[@azurite4296]

18:15 brings to tears every time. Her voice is so angelic. Such a icon. Love you Imogen!

[@joodysogroovy]

I cried like a baby.

[@Jessica-hn3jd]

Same. Like didn’t expect that

[@anemoemu3083]

I just know she grows her own mushrooms

[@gpeddino]

Damn, that performance of Hide & Seek was sublime. The mi.mu gloves are amazing.

[@TobiasRobertson]

Not gunna lie, when she started that drone for Hide and Seek I was a bit disappointed because I love how the harmony moves in the original but then as the song carried on and built I just started feeling really emotional and I just felt connected to the words even more than before and she expressed such profound feeling that I felt silly for ever doubting. A new love for this song and definitely a new favourite Tiny Desk.

[@rochaoctavio]

That's definetly it.

[@pazansun9678]

True words, felt pretty similar

[@cdigdawg]

I was surprised at the amount and power of the emotions that swept over me during Hide and Seek. Eerie.

[@CatLittlepage]

♡

[@ItsDaddyValentine]

Why am I crying? Lol. Imogen heap was such a major part of my life. Love always!

[@AS34N]

What an absolute Rockstar of a woman..

[@HaxStudio]

The fact that as a kid I used to listen to Frou Frou all the time and NEVER KNEW it was Imogen Heap??

[@megdel8]

I love how humble she is and how she explained the mimu gloves. It’s very cool!

[@blm2295]

I'm telling you know as she starts to play hide and seek after that demonstration of the tech she's using I feel like I'm about to have a religious experience and I'm fine with it. I love when technology and music come together to form someone amazing like this.

[@salty_pearl]

Imogen Heap is the futuristic wise woman my 13 yo soul needed back in the day

[@LisaHickman19th]

Beautiful! I have the sweetest memory of attending your concert. My daughter, was in high school and got tickets for the two us to go. It was so stirring. You called on her to pick the key to start a sing a long. We got foggy eyes. It felt spiritual. Now Abbey is a music producer at Walker in New York. Life is beautiful! Love is powerful and your music lifts and inspires every time. Keep doing what you’re doing!!

[@wutsinalaska]

guitar song instantly playing brought me to tears

[@goated6146]

This version of hide and seek makes me weep and I can’t even control it. It’s angelic. She was touched by god or the universe or whatever you believe in.

[@ultimatev17]

...how has no one mentioned how beautiful her gray hair is??

[@SonOfAdam94]

I agree, absolutely beautiful, God be pleased!

[@RyanStorey1231]

It reminds me of Rogue! 😊

[@Balthazar2242]

I can't see any, so that's probably why

[@candy8391]

I love when people let their hair stay grey/white. I think it's beautiful. I'll always remember how gorgeous my aunt was with her silver/white hair

[@Lilacleaf49065]

The truth is most of women go grey when we are in our 30s or earlier and are forced to dye it because people refer to them as "grannies". Immie is just showing us how true women look and how beautiful they are.

[@jakkudemoff3043]

This version of Hide and Seek had it me in tears - it's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard from her and the union of art and technology makes me weep with joy. Absolutely amazing..

[@Tyleulenspiegel]

Good god, that Hide and Seek though! She was like a musical sorceress and she summoned tears from my very eyes. She tapped into something deep inside me and I felt that. BRILLIANT!

[@leejmalcolm1]

Absolutely devastating. What an incredible talent.

[@druarft4172]

So cool to finally see those gloves in action. I remember when they where just an idea

[@kako12ente]

To see them without all those cables hanging was quite impressive

[@larey9484]

I love looking back at older videos of her using the wireless versions. They're like a second skin to her, it seems

[@daa89]

12:35 hide and seek. You’re welcome. Imogen is incredible.

[@denise8791]

She's insanely brilliant. No one else would come up with new technology just to be able to sing with her hands. Holy crap.

[@chameleonedm]

Oh wow, I was not expecting overtone singing with the gloves. That sounded amazing

[@bowdinkle]

This is the comment I was looking for

[@DarkSchuller]

Had completely forgotten about Imogen Heap with the absolute tsunami of music these days, then i saw her today in the pre oscar thing where she gave Finneas an oscar. god i miss her music. seen her live in Copenhagen, best concert of my life hands down!

[@jtm8298]

BEST TINY DESK EVER, seriously, she's a genius! "Hide and seek" performance gave me chills!!

[@Krilixe]

this is the coolest thing i've ever seen

[@thomas_h4288]

I've always wanted a Death Grips Tiny Desk Concert, and now I want one with them using those gloves. So fucking cool tho

[@ryanjavierr]

Fantano is that you?

[@thomas_h4288]

@@ryanjavierr shit you figured me out. thomas is short for anthony

[@gabes3dvideos]

Thomas_H428 Death Grips may be the last tiny desk concert...maybe if they decide they are ready to upgrade desks it will be time.

[@madisheppard9190]

This absolute immeasurably genius woman is criminally underrated. She deserves to go down as the worlds greatest artist that ever lived.

[@JonManness]

Absolutely LOVED that live "glove" arrangement of "Hide and Seek." Imogen Heap's influence on my music runs deeper than I ever realized, and it's so awesome to see her continue to innovate.

[@stayoutofthecitys]

Her music saved my life countless times gave me the strength to persue my dreams .

[@schojdfjf6495]

Please never give up!

[@NateCConcerts]

Imogen Heap is actually perfect. It's easy to imagine her conducting a massive orchestra with how she utilizes those gloves. Such a cool use of technology to make an already iconic song timeless

[@stig1782]

Alright that glove thing was actually cool as hell

[@KamilleBidanApologist]

Guitar Song both comforts and crushes me with how quietly beautiful it is.

[@UponthePath]

Oh you know, just Guy Sigsworth, one of the greatest producers on the planet (Bjork, Seal, Madonna, Aurora), casually playing keyboards. Awesome.

[@CamKnoppMusic]

Damn those gloves are really sick. I'm surprised that they are as responsive as they are.

[@TIUlove]

I love that she introduced all the other musicians! Classy. Her voice is just so unique and mellow. Love her!!!!

[@dandygirl6]

lol when you haven't heard speeding cars in nearly 10 years but as soon as Imogen starts you know EVERY DAMN WORD

[@vanrobinson5205]

Greatest performance of Hide and Seek. She went above and beyond for this.