Floor Jansen & Tuomas Holopainen talk about the new Nightwish record - Yesterwynde !

[@officialHEL]

It's so refreshing listening to Tuomas - such an honest genuine interview and so uncommon in today's "like me like me" fake persona filled music industry. Just him being him... beautiful.

[@javirios9234]

Awesome interview. The Metal Mozart and the Metal Goddess at the same time. What a treat. Great questions mate! This album is another masterpiece and in another level. Cheers!

[@officialHEL]

Mozart, not Motzar 😜

[@javirios9234]

@@officialHEL typing to fast. Ty😁

[@wannabedane4046]

I concur

[@PaulOutdoors]

Superb interview Benni. You've done it again Maestro Tuomas. "Yesterwynde" as a cohesive collection of songs is sublime. Thank you 🙏😊👍❤️.

[@SynthBoy]

One of the best technically oriented talks with Tuomas, as somebody who has seen all his interviews and knows all his music, thank you very much.

[@j.f.l.bousquet1998]

Tuomas is 100% right about the album needing a few listenings and some time to "get it". When I heard the first singles I wasn't totally convinced, then they released the songs and I listened randomly, and at first I was a little sad and disappointed. Then I listened to the whole album from start to finish, several times, and the more I listen to it the more I like it. It's the most solid and consistent album of their 3 studio albums with Floor. Not a single "filler" or song I'll skip because I'm not interested.

[@AndrewMarloweTV]

Definitely agree. I think they should not release singles for that specific reason. Yesterwynde is one of the strongest albums in years, possibly their best

[@PaulOutdoors]

​​@@AndrewMarloweTVAgree 100% 🙏😊👍

[@thomashwang9375]

Agree But the ocean.... Was an instant fucking amazing song. The second timei heard was a pure goosebump

[@ZenMorph]

I find myself doing something with Yesterwynde that I haven’t consciously done in many years. That is, setting aside an entire block of time to go through the entire album (cd) following along with the lyrics. Something that hasn’t happened since the predominance of streaming.

[@renejensen7799]

This new album do really grow from being great to being a masterpiece with several listens..

[@k.l.7788]

❤ Tuomas AND Floor, awesome! ❤

[@spunk88888]

Brilliant interview with Tuomas! Finally somebody is asking the questions that I am interested in as a music listener and amateur musician. Very interesting to hear how he described the process how their songs come to life.

[@Theonlymightydem]

What a great interview! It is the first time I see one that goes so deep into the song creation process. Thanks you so much!

[@delicadacomoumelefante]

This was the best interview I listened of Nightwish. I really learn new things.

[@tomfavorite1020]

What an incredible interview. I could listen to Tuomas and Floor 24/7. Their honesty and humble approach is so refreshing. I do have to save my biggest compliment though for Benni. It is one thing to have your questions ready and an idea of how you want to do the interview, but you seem so calm and like you get to do this every day. I am not often struck by celebrities, but your two guest would be a real challenge for me. Thank you Benni!!!! Thank you Floor and Tuomas!!!

[@babbonatale276]

Man, you made him confess all his composition process. He's always been quite cryptic about this stuff. Very insightful

[@martingundersen6164]

It seems Tuomas like and appreciate the form and thought behind the questions from the interviewer.

[@michaelwanklin3580]

This new album Yesterwynde is absolutely gorgeous. The Ocean of Strange Islands has become my favourite Nightwish song of all time. IT MUST BE PLAYED LOUD>

[@georgiatsetsonivocals]

Great interview, thank you!! The album is HUGE!!! 🫶🦋

[@RoseGuest]

What a great interview , Tuommas is an absolute Genius. Thank you.

[@silvaanosvs8783]

I hope the rare genius that is Tuomas Holopainen will be widely recognised in time. So often, it takes a lot if you dabble in metal. Or: It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll.

[@MitchKarajohn]

Nice interview. I've been listening to them since Century Child, I don't think I've ever seen/read an interview that went into such detail over the creation process. Nice

[@NickBR57]

Great interviews. I agree with both of them about taking time. I have seen a lot of people saying this album is not Nightwish (there are always some who can't accept evolution); many who say the mix is wrong (because they don't understand the objectives) and many saying they don't like it because it's just film music (as if Tuomas has never been inspired by film scores before). Most of them have listened once, maybe twice My view is, get all the versions (full, instrumental and orchestral) and listen to them all half a dozen times. You will come to hear more and more of what is in there, how it all fits together and what the themes are. Done that way I have found this a very rewarding album.

[@yuriperez1221]

1 - So if Nightwish release a pop tiktok based album it will still be Nightwish? It will be considered evolution? Why Bjork is still Bjork even though she experiments so much? Because experimentation was always a part of her artistic identity. But even her fans would find it weird if she started doing metal. 2 - Mix is bad. The supposed objectives you mention sound more like gaslighting fans than a proper artistic, aesthetic choice. This kind of argument based on "you don't like it because you don't understand it" is more of a religious one than a logical one. No competent audio engineer would bury the vocals under tons of sampled orchestrations, specially considering how important the lyrics are for the concept to be properly understood. 3 - It is TOTALLY different to be inspired by a kind of music style, bringing some aesthetic elements into composition and to do something that is mostly the same music style. You can be inspired by folk music without being a folk artist, but there is a threshold of how much you can go. When you cross it, you are doing folk music.

[@NickBR57]

​​​@@yuriperez12211. They wouldn't. Listen to the orchestral version, listen to instrumentals of Yesterwynde, Once and DPP and tell me you cannot hear the Nightwish similarity (of course maybe your ear cannot hear it). 2. The vocals are not "buried". Sure they are lower in the mix ON SOME TRACKS - where they are intended to form part of the orchestration. Again, perhaps it takes a trained ear to hear that but it's there. And on my audio system, with any combination of 2 CD players, 2 amplifiers and 3 sets of speakers, let alone 3 over-ear headphones and 5 sets of earbuds, all the lyrics are absolutely clear. 3. Any artist can develop to a completely different style and still be recognisable. Tell me early melodic Schoenberg (like Verklarte Nacht) and later atonal Schoenberg (such as the second string quartet) sound like completely different composers and I will disagree entirely.

[@giwkas]

@@yuriperez1221 brilliant comment! Finally someone spotted the huge contradiction between the two arguments about the mixing: The importance of the lyrics and the "buried" lead vocals under all these sound layers that (supposedly) serves better the storytelling!!! Damn, they are called " lead vocals" & "lead singer" for a reason! A missed opportunity for something much bigger here! The album is good but it won't reach wider audience, unfortunately.

[@ImmortalDecember]

​@NickBR57 I totally agree with you. The other 2 commenters here are the reason I'm kinda ok with Nightwish not attracting a bigger wider audience. The YT reaction scene drew a lot of mainstream fans but some of them also expanded the portion of the toxic fandom; they're only devoted to live versions for entertainment values. There's a group in this new generation of fans that are all about immediate gratification and never realize the best music is what you can enjoy and not be sick of after listening to it 100 times - which is Nightwish's most unique quality. You would only need the vocals to be dominant and loud if you're competing for attention to impress casual pop fans as the latest hit. People who have no patience to dive into the enigmatic richness of symphonic metal and discover new meanings over and over in the lyrics, people who expect to be handed what they want on a silver platter... they do not deserve the rewards of this art which requires personal investment. Nightwish have always been ahead of their time. People hated Dark Passion Play when it came out, shitting on the vocals before even listening. People hated Imaginaerum because it was "childish" with an overblown concept, musical theatre being cheesy. People hated Endless Forms because it was preaching science and secularism, sounding like Eurovision, Elan was hated as a single. People are still coming out of hating Human Nature, because... who the fuck knows, they jumped on the hate train. What else is new... NEVER listen to popular opinion or anyone's opinion on NW!

[@river85]

​@@ImmortalDecember👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Toufiq96]

Your interview questions are awesome man! I love it!

[@kajlax1554]

Unexpectedly great Wednesday, thank you - kiitos - danke - tack!

[@toxicbonker9987]

Very interesting. Thanx for the awesome Interviews. So cool to hear how everything starts, from the idea to the final result.😃

[@RolfMeyer-cl7ou]

Wow, Tuomas and Floor together. Great Interview. Gruß vom Dümmer See 🤘

[@veronika3824]

Great and very interesting interview. Very good questions. I learnt a lot on Tuomas' composition process. Soo cool to have both Tuomas and Floor . Thanks!

[@Nightwishlishus]

Thank you for this interview!

[@johannessilver8653]

Great interview and questions....this really opens the issue how Tuomas writes all material and how Floor adopts the vocals to be able to put it out right.

[@Riksi80]

Thank you! ❤

[@Dani-ku9om]

my favorite music duo floor and tuomas 💕

[@user-fx4ww6tb3r]

16:11 "The guy bringing us sandwiches and coffee all the time" Credit is given when credit is due. Who knows, maybe one coffee short and we wouldn't have the masterpiece called Yesterwynde😄

[@lekalla]

You're not you when you're hungry.

[@idyllicvem]

I love the interview.

[@theovanderstorm3171]

Insightful interview, gives a good image of the developing and working process of the album.

[@djinny11]

Great interview thanks

[@Edogg-c7t]

Good interview, it gives you a clear view of the developments surrounding making an album. Thank you👍

[@kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038]

This was a great interview 🤘👍. You really got Tuomas and Floor into it, and opened up for some deep angels 💪

[@goransavicbg]

Fantastic questions, well done! Bravo 👏

[@MarianaGotti]

Tuomas, simple and direct.

[@christinaalgate4899]

I like listening to Tuomas speaking

[@user-ed6ch1zv1e]

Interesting and a bit technical discussion. However there is something else in some of the songs and especially the lyrics. For people that have visited the inner parts of Finland perhaps they recognize a subtle tone of an old, ancient old, respect, love and hate at the same time, between the man/woman and the land. I have no idea how but somehow Tuomas have managed to bring the ancients nomads feelings into the modern world in a really beautiful way.

[@jarnojuhani8942]

TUOMAS! The GOD of all!!!!!❤

[@mikaellofgren7]

Very interesting interview. Loved the parts of Abbey Road. Thank you very much.

[@OscarHernandez-xx4mj]

Thanks for the great interview

[@andreasbininda6226]

Very good interview!

[@Evahahahaha]

Great interview!👏❤

[@silviahannak3213]

So the London Musicians are requesting to be on the Set though they are Classic Musicans. Pretty cool.

[@tackanderson4270]

These guys are epically under represented. So many people here in the U.S. haven't even heard of these guys. Then they hear them and are left standing in shock! Outstanding, creative, and skilled musicianship then there's Floor. Her tonality, dynamics and delivery no doubt reflect a highly trained vocalist that just happens to have the natural tone to take it over the top and off the hook. Really nothing to say, just listen...

[@PaulOutdoors]

2 years ago here in the UK I somehow not heard of Nightwish or Floor and then the "Poet and the Pendulum" live from Wembley 2015 popped up and I have been hooked eversince 🙏😊👍❤️

[@taz1847]

what a great interview! I'm sure Tuomas & Floor (and I've seen a few w/ Troy) are all getting tired of the same old questions, but it's part of being a Pro Band... I've never seen Tuomas give that much detail, usually so generic and safe; again, probably because of the same old crap being asked?!?! Bravo Benni.

[@cobra427me]

Floppy disks! Hahahahaha. Superb.

[@maaike_bk]

“The children of ‘Ata” inspired by a writer from the Netherlands. Who knew? Great interview already.

[@babatoa]

from Finland*

[@maaike_bk]

@@babatoathe writer of this book he is talking about?

[@franshinlopen2166]

@@babatoa Tuomas clearly identifies the writer as Rutger Bregman, who is Dutch.

[@silviahannak3213]

And what about the other Song Inspirations?

[@franshinlopen2166]

@@silviahannak3213 I don't understand what you mean.

[@yuliamusa9008]

Very well composed interview - thank you for this! I was always wondering how does Tuomas transition vocal tune to vocalist - by his own voice or by piano. Also great you haven't asked about Tarja/Anette/Floor topic ))

[@kadengrossman6252]

this band. their music has the power to let me glimpse The All; that pure Truth Nd awe for the world. pure genius. as if nature ,humankind, existence, and music entertwind, given soul.

[@claireelizabethcraig-soprano]

Epic🎉

[@ababoeba]

"Me? Sing? No." Nawww but i liked his singing, it has that goth quality

[@richFilosa-pr9bw]

I'd love to see the whole band in the same room being interviewed. Quirky comments from Empu and Troy would make for a great time. And Floor.

[@Naturemary2023]

Danke❤ aber ich bin etwas neidisch 🤣🤟❤️

[@catalinavram3187]

me sing? no!

[@rajawalie5122]

😊🤭

[@j.f.l.bousquet1998]

We all have heard Tuomas sing in the past... Not singing is a wise choice :)

[@Sayu277]

​@@j.f.l.bousquet1998judging from snippets of the tour vids he has gotten better though.

[@Aenea-de9vy]

😆

[@raatroc]

"When I sang in the preamp ... he started smoking ...". No wonder!

[@annekubasch2658]

Dankeschön! Gutes Video! Sehr gutes Video, wenn Sie Kindergesichter verpixeln würden. 🙏🏼

[@MegaRiviera]

Tooooop

[@Eerik2]

30th anniversary in 2026...stadium concert tour with full orchestra. At least one gig in Finland🤔

[@Dario_Weusmann]

Floor even could have spoken the old English (German) to Thomann. :) We had her in a music tv show last year.

[@Toufiq96]

Please interview Troy if possible! 😊

[@brendaschulz7093]

Nice explaination , what happened to yr hair , new conditioner?????

[@Kelsi_the_lamentation]

🤘🖤🔥

[@RaymondvanGelderen]

I see you have a razor crest. 3 points bro.

[@jukka2792]

Me sing no😂

[@Marja-k777]

[@Alegria243]

24:45 She did 2013 with her appearence at Wacken. I was so far away from Nightwish, though I listened to them since 1996. I rather moved away after the change of singers and went to Tarja-Concerts and listened to the new stuff with Annette, but nothing convinced me 100%. She did, and I was hooked like never before.

[@figbassist753]

I agree! I have the 2013 Wacken Nightwish Blu Ray. Love that show!

[@ezioauditore6038]

Misleading thumbnail

[@margaretbamford7176]

Hello from Australia. Nightwish you don't have to do all this stressful media stuff that is turning Tuomas' hair grey. The music is enough. I am doing some evangelising here on your behalf.

[@dac2007]

I think Tuomas' hair is turning grey because he is getting older lol

[@agustinvictoriomananesgarz6432]

85 comentarios 8 + 5 y + 2 por el. Te la hinco😂😂😂

[@christine.and.bella1]

....her name is Floor Jansen not Jensen... :-)

[@Internalthorn]

I got tired of your questions after few minutes. Next interview you will ask maybe "what kind of coffee you need to drink before recording and what panties use to sleep to have better recording day"

[@Radowitzki]

Bro writes always the same song with the same lyrics and complains about pop song structure!? Lmao!