The lyrics in English: 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

@ngoctranhuu5760

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@peterharris38

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for translating this beautiful song.

@oujgorod

4 ай бұрын

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@josephbnd974

2 күн бұрын

Thank you, very much !!! I wept almost as much reading the lyrics as I have each time I listen Emma Kok sing her heart out... immersing herself to where she and the lyrics & her performance are totally, completely one being...one essence. I know it was written by anither phenomenal performer, but it is as if she knew Emma's story...her daily suffering, the cruel bullying by Emma's classmates and wrote it for her...Viola...viola... Emma dear Emma 😢😢😭

Emma owns this song. Love how she starts soft and ends strong

The part where you stopped the video to look at the conductor. I noticed when I watched this performance the 3rd or 4 th time. The members of the ORCHESTRA. Their faces tell everyone that even THE ORCHESTRA realize they are witnessing something incredible. When professional musicians are moved by a performance: you know it’s something amazing.

Happy 16th Birthday, Emma! Here's to many MANY more, sweet angel!!! ❤🎁✨💖😊

By far the best review of Emma’s “Voila” that’s I’ve seen…thank you.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Thank YOU. 🥰

It's impossible to listen through this entire performance without choking up, her emotive voice is so overwhelming. When she walks out on the stage, she appears as a very fragile, very lovely child. But when she finishes, not so much a child, or fragile, but a very determined young lady with an amazing voice who is a natural when it comes to performing. Really enjoyed your detailed analysis, Anna.

@makoado6010

5 ай бұрын

just wait when u will see with english sub...

@GaryHarshbarger-ij4vy

5 ай бұрын

Her father and sister are shown a number of times. At the very beginning, and at the very end they're among the first to stand.

@eTraxx

4 ай бұрын

She paused the video at about the 10 minute mark with sister and father center@@GaryHarshbarger-ij4vy

@Tomtaylor7337

22 күн бұрын

Emma touched my soul at 91 😢

Emma reminds me a lot of Lara Fabian. She is fantastic. I also like the audience, everyone enjoys the music, nobody has a mobile phone in their hand.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Same! Sometimes I drop these sort of comparisons but a lot of people seem to hate it. And yes, the audience seemed super engaged, loved it!

It's even more amazing that Emma doesn't speak French. She learned this song phonetically. God bless, Rob

Anna, that's a first class reaction to Emma, and her emergence as a top flight singer, I could tell you a lot more, but for now, I'll just do the important bits. There are several videos on KZread with English subtitles, which make is easier to understand the words, they mean a lot to Emma because of her gastroparesis, she's been tied to those 2 feeding pumps from 9 months, and it's caused her all manner of problems over the years, and you're right, she has had reflux problems as a result, one ongoing one is that she absolutely refuses anaesthetic when her feeder tubes have to be replaced on a regular basis, she will not even risk the gas affecting her voice, so she lives with significant pain for the half hour that the procedure takes. She is not a French speaker she learnt this phonetically, with help, and this version is a significantly modified version of the 2021 French Eurovision entry sung by Barbara Pravi, Emma was already performing it when she won the 2023 Ministars competition singing it, and that's how Andre became aware of it. He invitied Emma in to his studio, and the decision was made that she should sing in the Maastricht concerts in July, they ended up doing 12 concerts during the month, and this video was in fact the first night, and Emma herself admitted to being nervous before she walked out in front of that 12,500 audience. As has been commented, she leads off, without a prompt note, and also does the same again with the second verse, and the key change, one of her many talents. To help. there is are several versions on KZread with subtitles, the best audio wise is, though it doesn't have Andre's introduction on it, kzread.info/dash/bejne/ppmg29x8nMTShtY.html As Andre said introducing her, she has a dream, it's on KZread, with English Subtitles, LAAT MIJ EEN VLINDER ZIJN , let me be a butterfly kzread.info/dash/bejne/mY2pmpiyebCemZc.html You need to see the translation on screen (it's in this video) to understand the deep emotion, it's every bit as emotional as Voila, especially as she sings the section, 2:04 to 2:30, 'if only for a day, or even for a count of ten, I'd just like to live as another', and you will then see a gentle shake of her head, the pain in her eyes, the recognition of the awful daily grinding pain and reality of her situation, and then her head goes down to silence for a moment. Then she rises, physically and in the song she soars to an even greater height, as much as to say, 'This is NOT going to beat me, or define me, I WILL rise above it', an incredibly emotional moment, it was written just for her, an incredibly deep expression of her dream. That first night at the Vrijthof in July, Voila, the video you've reviewed, it's now gone beyond viral, (32 million views and counting still ) Emma changed, mentally, her dream came true that night, it happened for her, in the words of another song she's sung, 'Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this', and while she physically walked out on to that stage, mentally, she was the beautiful butterfly emerging from the long period of painful change, the chrysalis emerged from the cocoon and she soared high and free over the stage. Emma mentally went up with it, and absolutely dominated that stage, the orchestra and the audience, and it's hard to realise that this was the first time she had performed the new version live, she was truly inspired, she didn't just perform the song, she LIVED it, she poured her whole heart, soul and emotions into it, and was so powerful yet vulnerable on that stage, the result was she reached into the very depth of so many people there. Andre had worked his showmans magic, They massively changed the song itself, they slowed it dow, changed the tempo, added the key change and repeat of the third verse, and that gave Emma the time and space she needed to truly LIVE the song on the stage, and even more important, with things like that beautiful black dress, which made her feel "strong and powerful', Emma was no longer a comptent capable girl singer, the new Emma emerged and soared, she came out on to that stage visibly and emotionally a beautiful, strong, powerful, serene, composed, competent, driven and dedicated young woman, her star rose, and shone bright in the sky. The only reason that Andre and the orchestra were not shedding tears at the power of that performance was because they'd shed them during rehearsals, and had steeled themselves to control those emotions during the performances, he admitted it freely when interviewed by Dutch TV during July. Her Dad, sister and brother were in the audience, and Mum was backstage to help with the feeding tubes after she'd been on stage. You picked them up at one point when you paused the video, they are an incredible family, Enzo is a very talented violinist, and Sophie is also a competent singer, there is a video of a duet with Emma on KZread. Emma is very different now to how she was at the start of the year, and able to perform freely in ways that are new, vibrant and absolutely top flight, she has the confidence and the security to know she can do it, and things like the recent performance of Hallelujah on Dutch TV, kzread.info/dash/bejne/a6WKqrOugLTblJM.html her appearance over Christmas with Helene Fischer, on peak time German TV, singing a duet of Voila with Helene, it's gone over 1 million views in just 3 days, kzread.info/dash/bejne/gpZs08-pk7KoqcY.html her sublime performance with Andre at the Christmas concert of 'White Christmas', kzread.info/dash/bejne/jI5528qAYsWrlbA.html This is the short version, there is a lower quality longer version, the standout for me is that in 15 years watching Andre, I can't remember him letting a guest come on stage with no prompt note or introduction and launch straight into a verse a capella, she does it beautifully, and then like he did with Voila, he builds it all the way with the orchestra, then the sopranos then the tenors, and at the end, Emma on her own winds it up so beautifully. They all are facets of the new Emma who is very competently rising to meet any challenge that comes her way. The version of Voila she did with Helene is subtly different in several places, that's the experience of having performed it 11 more times during the summer since the original recording, and a number of times since, and the version with Helene proved beyond doubt that it's HER song now. The absolute success of Emma's time during the summer concerts with Andre resulted in her being invited to sing in the Christmas concerts, which she did, and some of that is mentioned above, and other songs are on youtube, and she will also now become part of his extended family, the orchestra, and travel with them for Andre's 2024 world tour, as a guest artiste, I cannot think of a better way for her to learn so much more, and at the same time reach a massive audience, Andre's concerts are a sell out where ever he goes, and he is a perfectionist, but also an incredible mentor for her to be working with, he and his team will give her so much love and support as they also then allow her to soar during performances on his stage, it truly is a dream come true for her. I'll throw one other completely different song to you, a Disney cover from The little mermaid, 'Part of your world', a cover of Halle Berry. kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6is1Y-afty4erw.html She comments that it means a lot to her because it's talking about being able to move away from the life experience that is every day, so close to her own heart, it is literally Emma with a sound system, and microphone to record her audio, at home, it's not a sound studio recording, but it is incredibly powerful. I freely admit it, I am hugely impressed by Emma, not just her beautiful singing, every aspect of her personality, her manner, is so good, so strong and powerful, and I know she can't be like that all the time, which makes her even more impressive, so I will also make a plea to everyone reading this. Please, if you can, join me in making a (regular) donation to Emma's foundation, gastrostars.nl They are a possible source of treatment or even a cure for people like Emma, it would be a tragedy if Emma had to stop singing because her gastroparesis had become worse, and her foundation may be the way that new treatment or a cure can be found, one of the key members of the team is a surgeon who worked at the Maastricht hospital, she also has gastroparesis herself, and she has been forced to give up her work at the hospital because of a deterioration of her health, so her focus now is the foundation, and with her knowledge, her input will be vital. It would be so good to hear that they have made some breakthrough that will enable Emma to be more able to do what she is so good at, it would mean that her other dream could also become reality, with all she's been through in her short life, that would be so good.

@christianmeyer6724

5 ай бұрын

Besides Anna's precious charisma, it's persons like you who make this channel so special. I think Anna's fine community in the best way reflects her personal (Finnish) charm, her knowledge based "Anna-lytics" and emotional empathy for artists and music - like your comment. Kiitos !

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Well this was an informational package, thank you! And yet again, Christian said just what I was thinking of my community. I am forever thankful of people like both of you.🥰

@stevecgarry

5 ай бұрын

@@annavaskelainen Happy that I've been able to fill in some of the blanks, my aim is simple, Emma deserves as much publicity as possible, and if possible, a change in her life experience to free her from the dominance of being tied to feeding pumps, and I have the time to try and do things like this, and at the same time, I get a huge amount of pleasure listening to her voice as I do it.

GOD BLESS EMMA KOK.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Amen

🤯 How Beautiful! 😱

you stopped at around 9:25. and there you see her father with the dark glasses and her sister. I watched this over 100 times and it catches me over and over again. Tears in my eyes again.

She is so tiny due to her illness. She has not grown like those who can eat normally. She is about the height of the average 7 year old here. She is wearing 5” heels under that gown and still looks tiny. So also imagine her 7 year old sized lungs and how well she sings. Amazing young girl with tons of power. Also, she starts singing after her curtsy, the first three notes BEFORE the orchestra comes in.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Yes, that came to my mind only after saying my initial comment. 😂 Ach well, live is live. I noticed the start too!

She is Dutch and singing in french her song of life. Bullied at school brecause of her illness The lyrics of the song is her song of life

❤❤❤ Here we go again...tears in my eyes...Thank you Anna and Emma.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Thank YOU! 🥰

A very beautiful reaction by Anna! The original video has over 17M views. From birth, Emma has to be hooked to feeding tubes 22 hours a day because her stomach is paralyzed (gastroparesis), The only time she says she feels free is the two hours when she is not hooked to them. She was bullied in school because she was small and kids did not understand her condition. She could not participate in many of her classmate's activities. Yet, she persevered. She pours all of her pain and frustration into her passion which is singing. Andre Rieu (the conducteur) has asked her to go on tour with him in 2024. In 2021, she won The Voice Kids Holland and this year she won the first season of the new talent show Ministars on Dutch television. Emma can only speak Dutch and English. She learned how to speak French phonetically just for this song. Look up the lyrics of Voila in English or find a video that has them. You'll cry again when you understand what she is singing about. This performance was recorded in Maastricht in Limburg.

She is amazing! Thank you for this great reaction :) And still crying about this great voice of Emma.......

Her father is the gentleman wearing glasses who stood up in the white shirt and blue blazer. Her sister and brother are on either side of him.

Beautiful. I Love all our European languagues

😊thx Anna 4 the gr8 xperience you are sharing with us. Also I don't speak Finish, when you talk with your hands and eyes I can feel what you hear. What an exceptional emotional moment❤

To start YOU did provided an extensive and illuminating response about Emma. The orchestra is the world famous Johan Strauss orchestra with André Rieu as conductor. It is the world's largest private orchestra, and has been performing all over the world for over 20 years. From Australia to the United States, all over Europe and South America. So this is not just any orchestra. André Rieu gives about 12 concerts every year in his hometown in July in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on the Vrijthof square. This was also the case this year, with Emma performing as a guest singer. The song Voila was France's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 by Barbara Pravi. She then came 2nd with it. In fact, the text is about being recognized, and above all being able to be yourself. LOOK AT ME. LOVE ME AS I AM. The text therefore also fits one to one on . She has already been through a lot in her young years.Every day she is tube fed 22 of the 24 hours a day. She is disconnected during performances. Her illness has also caused growth failure. Emma is a real fighter. If you want another great performance, she is singing Halleluja van Lennard Cohen, just released before Christmas: Link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a6WKqrOugLTblJM.html

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment. 🥰🙏 I was wondering if this was France's entry for Eurovision Song Contest a few years back!

yeah she wrapped all of us around her performance

This song is sooooooo deep......

The most inspiring event ever. Whenever I'm having a pity party I think of Emma

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Well said right there!

Now that is a classy young lady !!

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

yup!

🤗🍒🌹😘 well done Anna

Great reaction. Your face showed the waves of pleasure that you were experiencing. I like having you point out the musical nuances by added captions, rather than too many vocal interuptions

Crazy to imagine she doesnt really know french but nailed the song perfectly

Thank you so much for your reaction! Meet The Netherlands singing sensation Emma Kok: Emma Kok, 15, has won the hearts of many with her amazing voice and incredible talent. In fact, she won The Voice Kids 2021 Netherlands as well as the first episode of the Dutch 2023 talent show, Ministars. Also in September 2023, she was awarded the GirlPower Tina Award. But what sets Emma apart from other young singers is her incredible strength and determination to achieve greatness despite the challenges she has faced in her young life. Emma only knows how to speak Dutch and English. For “Voila,” she learned French phonetically to cover the song. (“Voila” was written and performed by Barbara Pravi to represent France for the Eurovision Song Contest of 2021. It came in second.) Almost since birth, Emma has had a paralyzed stomach (gastroparesis) which means that she cannot eat or drink like most people do. Instead, she is fed intravenously for 22 hours a day. She says the only time she feels free is the two hours she is not connected to the tubes that are hooked to her two feeding packs. As a child, Emma was bullied by her classmates and ridiculed because they did not understand her condition. She could not participate in many of her classmates’ activities. Emma was bullied before The Voice Kids, but after she won and returned to school, she received a rousing reception! The students cheered and the staff made a speech. Emma even sang for them. Despite her condition, Emma has not let it stop her from pursuing her dreams. Emma has become an inspiration to many, not just for her singing ability but also for her resilience, kindness and positive attitude off stage. With grace and humility, Emma shares her story with the world in the hopes of raising awareness about her condition and to inspire others to never give up on their dreams. She has started a foundation called Gastrostars to help raise awareness and funding to study this disease and hopefully provide a cure for it someday. The world famous conductor, Andre Rieu, with his 70-member Johann Strauss Orchestra, has asked Emma to tour with him in 2024 which she has agreed to do. Her website where you can sign up for her newsletter or follow her on all her social media sites: www.emmakok.nl Her organization that she founded where you can keep up with the latest research about her condition and other interesting things about it and/or the foundation: www.gastrostars.nl/

This is a video with the French lyrics and English translation. You can feel Emma's emotions without understanding the lyrics but knowing the words will certainly add a layer of emotional response (it was for me). I have watched this performance countless times but I'm still getting goose bumps and chills (and a little watering around the eyes) every time I watch her. Notice it is Emma who brings in the orchestra at the beginning, and this being her 1st performance (out of 12) in front of a large audience (12.500 people) and backed by an orchestra of 70+ musicians. She said during a Dutch interview that she actually was quite nervous the first time (who wouldn't be), but that it gave her an adrenaline rush as well, which was helpful. Funny thing happened at the end where Emma (in her innocence) seems about to exit the stage not realizing there would be a curtain call, and that the conductor had to call her back. Good job for slowing down the song giving Emma the space to express her emotions. I have seen an earlier, more up-tempo version of 'Voilà' by Emma, similar to the original one by Barbara Pravi, which was still great but with less of an emotional impact than this one. 'Voilà' was not written for Emma, but it could have been; she now owns it. This performance was perfection and heavenly, one for the ages. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ppmg29x8nMTShtY.htmlsi=WolVyJmi6oxhArDj

I’ve lost count how many times I’ve watched her performance but every single time it brings me to tears. I would’ve loved to be there. I can tell it would’ve been one of the most beautiful experiences I’ve ever experienced. Also I’m 36yo male from Finland, there’s not very many times I’ve experienced such strong feelings or cried while listening to someone sing.

You might choose to follow Emma’s journey from The Voice Kids Holland to the Ministars TV and a sing-along with Barbara Pravi where Andre Rieu sees her. Then Rieu’s series of 12 Summer concerts of which this is the first (the gestures at the end here seem to say “maybe we can do this”). To his Christmas concerts with Emma as featured guest artist on a version of MC’s All I Want For Christmas. Now, this week AR’s global tour is in Munich with Emma featured as they embark on a 12mo tour of over 30 countries and near 100 dates before returning to Holland next Christmas. We’re all rooting for Emma to take the coming fame on her own terms as the talented performer and powerful spirit she’s become. Emma captures the journey of life itself in her song. Bravo, Emma. Bravo!

After watching Emma's performance i think it's the first time i gave a standing ovation to a youtube video on my laptop, the emotion is so visceral, so powerful, and yet so delicate. Thank you Emma Kok.

Emma and Helene Fischer just did this song together, Wonderful !

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

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I come for your Beutiful accent and language ❤ the music is a bonus

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Aww you! Hyvää uutta vuotta! 🥰

I watched and listened to this performance more than a 100 X and it never lost the power and story.

JUST one heart❤

I just discovered Emma Kok tonight browsing through YT video's. I found the video for this performance as a hint after watching Gala (who won the Belgian The Voice kids 4 years ago). Since I am Dutch I could understand all André Rieu said, but fortunately for you he said the same things in English. Since I cannot see Dutch commercial tv channels in Belgium, I completely missed Emma winning The Voice. So first I found the reaction video by The Charismatic voice and then yours. You two talk about different things which is great so I can watch you both and experience different things. Still, I do not understand Finnish at all (only moi moi 😀, even though google tells me hei hei) which means I have to pause the video when you start talking in Finnish. I get distracted reading the English subtitles when listening to your voice as Finnish sounds great but I cannot understand what you are saying. Emma was only 13 when she won The Voice! She looked very young back then. And at 15 she still looks tiny. First time I heard the song was at the Eurovision songcontest when Barbara Pravi sang it live. I think this performance got me even more emotional than Barbara's version.

@josephbnd974

2 күн бұрын

I can only guess that her body size is diminished because she is hooked up to the feeding machine, I believe I read 22 hrs everyday...getting nutrition, but also it must be stressfull on this young girl, mentally & physically.

This incredible extremely young singer brought tears to my eyes immediately & I had not seen the introduction which included information of her condition & efforts to raise money for research into her condition. I now listen to Emma sing regularly & when I’m down I watch this video to put me back on track. I have no professional training in music but listen intentionally. It was so great to listen to this beautiful Voice trainer who I’d say is a truly professional & as all people in the music industry very emotional to incredible music. Having worked professionally with people from Finland, I noticed this very professional woman get very teary. I believe a credit to the performance from Emma Kok ❤

22hrs a day hooked to that machine I can't imagine but her music is her freedom to be free of such problems I love her fighting spirit.sorry my finnish isn't enough to translate for you

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Exactly my thoughts. Awww don't worry! I've got plenty of Engl. Translations now! 😂

@victorbradshaw7359

5 ай бұрын

@@annavaskelainen ty but English translation doesn't really catch the entire meaning see you next year

Watching your facial expressions while she sang was reminding me of how she captivated me from the first time listening to this. Incredible. You are very beautiful. I enjoyed your reaction, hopefully you could do more of Emma’s performances.

Your reactions are class, you see and hear things others don't always pick up 🙂

I absolutely LOVE your reaction and in-depth analysis here. You obviously really know your "stuff", and are such an appreciator of great music. You "get" this from a technical standpoint, and at the same time are deeply moved (as so many of us have been!) by this phenomenal performance. Many thanks to you... this one's a keeper!

It's performances like these when i wish my Grandmother was still around so i could share this with her. She was my first music mentor.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

❤

This was recorded in Holland in July. Please see (and ENJOY) her duet of this song with Helene Fischer. Sent out Christmas day evening in Germany. It's pure beauty, words fail me further. Best wishes from the UK.

I loved this reaction Anna . Emma makes you feel everything doesn't she.. like a best friend that has a story to tell .

EXCEPTIONAL: Emma (I feel Lara Fabian vibes), the song and your reaction - once more I should add ! Besides, reading possibly every comment is such heartwarming joy and proves that you got the fine community you deserve for your so special „ Anna-Way“ of reacting. KIITOS ! 👏👏👏👍

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

🥰

Wow. Your fluidity through languages is amazing and both sound so beautiful. 😊

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you Anna, lovely reaction. All the best to you in 2024!

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Kiitos! Hyvää uutta vuotta! 🥰

This young person is music, 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 violinist behind her sums it all up in a heartbeat.

@onestone9871

5 ай бұрын

This is the most beautiful and heartwarming comment I ever read. From a professionel musician clearly, but also from a human being with deep emotions and feelings. Thank you so much.

Watch also 'hallelujah' from her at the 'Max Kerstconcert'. It is WONDERFUL!

As a German, I don't understand Finnish, but your face says it all!❤

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Aww thank you! You'll understand better when you turn on the Engl. subs! :)

@arnodobler1096

5 ай бұрын

@@annavaskelainen i will

@Happymali10

5 ай бұрын

@@arnodobler1096It's kinda fitting though, watching a review in a language you don't understand (me neither) of a song sung in a language the singer doesn't speak^^

Wonderful reaction, thank you. I think we all get emotional for her and this performance. She seems to be a remarkable young lady and we pray she has a happy and successful 2024, as well as yourself. Being from Arizona, USA, we really appreciate your closed captioning. Love your work and reactions. God Bless in 2024.

Oh I love this performance! ❤ Excellent reaction/review Anna! ❤

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Kodiak!

Great reaction Anna!!

I loved this reaction. I have watched this and other of her performances so many times. The technical quality, vocal clarity, emotional delivery is extraordinary. I also try to imagine what it is like for a 15 year old to stroll out and turn to an audience of 12500 people and deliver such a confident performance. She has nerves of steel and ice in her veins. She did this 12 times at the Vrijthof venue shown and to an even larger audience in Malta. She is magical in so many ways. Love Emma ❤

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

🥰🙏

Thank you for your informative and heartfelt reaction to Emma's performance!!! And thank you for reacting to the official video from Andre Rieu and including his beautiful introduction for Emma. What is also amazing about this performance is that Emma does not speak French!!! She is Dutch and learned to sing this song by listening to the original and with help of a French teacher. I read from French comments that she did a really good job at pronouncing the lyrics and she has a lovely Dutch accent in certain parts :)

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

🥰

That was beautiful. Both her performance as your analysis. ❤

@christianmeyer6724

5 ай бұрын

YES !!! Happy New Year Jürgen to you and all close to your heart ! So happily looking forward to what dear Anna will bring us in 2024👏👍

Unbelievable voice and at age 15! She will have an amazing career ahead of her! Thanks Elizabeth for bringing her to our world! I’ve never heard of her before! Hats 🎩 off Emma! ❤️

@op-sz7cx

5 ай бұрын

Najmä ak spieva slovo "MUA" (moi?)

I have watched Emma do this amazing song hundreds of times. Most of them in reaction form. The most common expression I have heard over and over again is 'WOW'!!! I loved watching you react with glassy eyes and a look of astonishment. Your comment about our spirit person in the audience was spot on. Also, your comment about how Emma has us wrapped around her finger is also very much apropos. Emma is a gift and Andre is a world class mensch. The setting, the orchestra and the song are breath taking. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

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Funfact . You stopped the mv ad 9.45 is her father and sister her mother is in the coulisen with the sonde she need for 22 hours a day. That is why she is so petit.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

That was a pure coincidence! 😂 Yes, the feeding thing came to my mind only after saying my initial comment even though it is kind of obvious. 🙈

There's an interview on YT from the dutch telegraph with André Rieu, where he talks about having developed "secondary father feelings" for Emma, and that his whole orchestra and crew are somewhat of an "extended family" to Emma now. And you can just tell that she really REALLY got to his heart. I also recommend watching the backstage-video after this concert where he "introduces" Emma to the music box tradition of his orchestra. He also said that they had to have her go through the song over and over in rehearsals so they could learn to stop crying each time.

I knew you'd appreciate this performance. She made quite the impact on many people. And the André Rieu Orchestra is always dressed like that, performing walzes all over the world. Here are the lyrics, 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

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Thank you M! ❤️

@christianmeyer6724

5 ай бұрын

I almost knew it. Wherever it's about exceptional music and artists, there is Martine. To me over the time you have become a hallmark for quality - and a kind person if I might add ? 👏👍

@martine3293

5 ай бұрын

@@christianmeyer6724 Thanks Christian. Same back to you!

I think she sings in : Heartmelt - a language EVERY Human can/should relate to AND understand !

Fantastico reaction. How good it is to learn so much from Emma at such an young age. Music in all its forms = eternal learning. Thank you so much and much Grace and Peace to wonderful Emma.

On the same stage with Andre Rieu 9 years ago there was a 10 year old kid named Amira Willighagen singing an Italian opera song. Amira also won a Dutch talent show, has also a foundation (for arranging playgrounds in South Africa) and also did a very stunning performance with Andre Rieu. Just look it up with only both names you will find it.

Great way to end the old year! Happy new one Anna! Peace and love from Bavaria!

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Wasn't it! Kiitos paljon ja hyvää uutta vuotta Bavariaan! ✨

@Hundhammer

5 ай бұрын

@@annavaskelainen Mille grazie!

Andre Rieu and his orchestra was always my grandfathers favourite musician... when he got his first computer many years ago he was so happy that now he can watch Andre Rieu whenever he will want... and I never understood that...why would someone watch some orchestra when you can watch some good movie... my grandfather died five years ago and now I found myself watching Andre Rieu videos here late at night... I guess he was onto something :)

@josephbnd974

2 күн бұрын

Your review and remembrances of your grandfather touched me bcuz my maternal grandparents died when I was 1 or 2 years old so, I never knew them. My father's family disowned me & my mother when my father died so, I had no relationship or knowledge of my paternal grandparents either. But your recollection reminded me how lucky you were to have your grandfather 👍

@zbynekurbanek3345

2 күн бұрын

@@josephbnd974 I hope youre doing well and have some role models in your life... family of a wife can help too haha

@josephbnd974

2 күн бұрын

@@zbynekurbanek3345 yes, my young friend I have a wonderful wife & friends in my life...I am now 73 years old but your recollections touched me...ty

I have seen many reactions to Emma. You have given me more insight into her performance than any other reactor. Thank you for your analysis. I am looking forward to watching Emma's journey. Stay safe in the upcoming year. Much love and respect from Texas.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Happy to serve Joey! Thank you for you support! Hyvää uutta vuotta Texasiin! 😊

❤❤ maravilhosa.!!

Wow. A 57yo metalhead here in tears. I clicked on the wrong video initially, thinking this was something else. I recognised Andre Rieu and carried on watching out of curiosity. What a story, what a voice she has. This may not be metal but had me transfixed. As I heard Henk Poort once say "good music is good music" Great reaction as always Anna.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Awww this comment made my day! Good music is good music, it's not bound to any genres. 🥰

@shadegate6660

5 ай бұрын

@@annavaskelainen I have a daughter her age, thankfully in perfect health. This one hit hard.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

​@@shadegate6660😭❤️

I’ve watched this performance many many times. Beautiful reaction and you have managed to sum up the spirit of both the song and the audience reaction. Thank you! ❤

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

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Having watched many reactions I’m very pleased with your interpretation, I first listened to Emma on release of this performance I’m fortunate to have what people may call a musical ear👌so I was hooked before the 3rd bar had completed being 61 years young and a Brit living here in the UK meaning I don’t speak Dutch or French be that has it may it matters not she Emma transcends any language barriers completely it’s truly incredible the likes of whichI I’ve not heard in many decades a 15 year old soul who performs like a veteran she controls the space and draws you in and it’s difficult to take one’s eyes away in case you might miss something ✨exquisite & magical marvel ✨I’m honoured to have purchased tickets for the concert on June 1st in the beautiful city of Krakow (Poland) a capacity venue which seats 19000 all to essentially see this artist if only once in my life time Andre Ruie and his fabulous orchestra will be a bonus thanks for your concise professional expertise ✨Emma Kok thank you for restoring my energy & soul 👌❤❤

Much respect to Emma for pushing forward in spite of her medical condition. Music is the great healer. She is phenominal !! Thank you for sharing this Anna.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

🥰 Thank YOU David and have the best 2024! xx

@davidputterman2719

5 ай бұрын

❤@@annavaskelainen Happy New Year to you as well Anna. Much Love!

@davidputterman2719

5 ай бұрын

Much love right back 'atcha....Happy New Year! ♥

The eight wonder of the world, the birth of an up coming world star godess

As for me. Emma is great , Only 15 years old young woman with hard health problems. I am not an expert, but I enjoyed it. I am keeping my fingers crossed for her. And, of course, good arrangement of this concert as well . And, of course, your comment are respected. Needed the other point of view. Thanks for review.

Emma is a very special girl, and I am a Fan. She has her own channel and Instagram. She recently did a Christmas show with Andre Rieu. 2:50 dad and sister.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Yup, her channel is linked in my description box and I followed her on IG too! 🥰

Miss Vaskelainen, I love listening to your beautiful Finnish voice, and even if I don't understand you, your voice is charming💜💜🇫🇮. You have a pleasant and soothing voice. WO💜💜💜OW. And of course Emma Kok is a great and very talented singer 👍👌🎶.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

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Glad to see your Emma reaction. I have watched this performance several times and she has brought me tears every single time. I'm sure are aware of 25 year old Patricia Janeckova. In tribute, maybe it could be the first reaction of 2024. Hope 24 is better than 23.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

I am aware of her and really hope Patricia will gain more votes! Let's hope for brighter 2024

Anna, I've been waiting to see you and hear your comments about Emma's wonderful performance. I know you could have gone on for more and more but what you said was so interesting and emotional I actually started to tear up just watching you and listening to you. My hope is the Foundation she created will find a cure for the disease so that people like her can be free of the burden they live with. Anna, what a great inspiration she is for people who have let particular circumstances in their lives hold them back from accomplishing things they can do if they try. Personally, I feel like I just heard an Angel sing to me. She was so marvelous you admitted, "Where do I begin?" Anna, Emma touched my heart and I cannot believe what has been happening to me in the past few years of my life. I now have the love of two Angels in my heart (Emma and Angelina) and I am not the same person as I was before. I am kinder, more caring and loving than ever before in my life and I've never looked at so many people straight in the eye. We all need to spread the love within us to each other and Emma and Angelina certainly inspire us to de exactly that. Anna, "HAPPY NEW YEAR". I know you will personally watch this again and I have a good idea how you will react. We all react the same way.

@mhaddeman

5 ай бұрын

I have the same. Check out lara fabian je suise malade from lara fabian live on KZread maybe you see why emma is compared wit her by people. To open your hart even more, watch the video of je taime live paris by lara fabian where the fans sing to her: We love you. It is a historic captured moment in music history that is ever recorded. Emma haves this humble and nice soul Just as lara haves and they can give feelings when they perform that is so genuine and from the hart. They are different!

@RobertDeMartin

5 ай бұрын

We all have our favorite artists and I have 4 of them who make up my 'Mount Rushmore' . They are foremost, Angelina Jordan, with Dimash and Lara and the newcomer, Emma Kok. When all four of them sing they touch my heart and that is the reason why they are the four I treasure most. @@mhaddeman

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

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At 08:41: her sister (operatic singer), her father and brother (violinist).

Gott nytt år Anna, tack för att du tog opp Emma till en kort analys. She is a pure natural talent, I only have my own Quality meter and it,s tears and goosebumps. Thanks Andrée Rieu for give Emma big stage opportunite. Anna sinua on mielyttävä kuunnella, kiitos👍👍

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

🥰 Thank you so much for your support! Hyvää uutta vuotta 2024! ✨

Absolument phénoménal !! Emma Kok est angélique, aucune chanson ne m’a jamais autant touché que celle là… Je ne l’oublierai jamais de ma vie. Merci à elle pour ce moment magique Emma Kok que Dieu te facilite la vie , merci André Rieu et son orchestre.🙏🏻❤️ Merci pour la réaction, bonne continuation. Cordialement,

Thank you for jour wonderful reaction and I like to ask you to do a next reaction on her beautiful version of “Hallelujah” you'll be surprised about the way see did this, hugs from the Netherlands ❤

Thank you for another lovely reaction and insightful analysis. I so look forward to your videos. Others have provided the translation to the lyrics so you can so how Emma connects with this song and partially why she brings so much emotion to he performance. Also you are correct she is small for a 15 year old because of her disease. Others have commented that she is wearing 5 inch platfrom shoes under her dress. I watched her Kids Voice Holland vidoe on YT and it is very impressive. Thank you again for being the lovely fountain of singing knowledge and wisdom that you are and all the best in he New Year.

Such a big voice for a young girl, impressive! 🤔👍 Great reaction and song choice. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

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I’m an unconditional Emma fan, and agree with all of the inspired comments of your followers. So I do not feel the need to praise again this wonderful young lady. But Anna, you merit the praise of all of us. It is so refreshing and heartwarming to come across a Reactor/Coach/Whatever who has so much respect for her/his followers that she/he appears to personally acknowledge and often reply to all Comments. Thank-you, Anna ; I have Subscribed. Happy New Year to you, your family, and your followers.

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Hi and thank you so much for you kind comment! Welcome to my music fam, your support is MUCH appreciated! 🥰 Please do join the live chat some time 🙏🎵 Hyvää uutta vuotta 🎆

Hi Anna, thank you for including André's heartwarming introduction of Emma & thus showing your respect for both the conductor and the artist here. Just wanted to say this first, since there have been quite a few lately who for some reason ("respect") decided to skip right tt music. Secondly, I'd like to wish you & yours all the best for 2024. You're still one of my all time fav Ayreon (TDTTWBD) reactors, so maybe see each other again with "Everybody Dies" in the year to come? ;) Ty & Cheers from Amsterdam!

@JaceToTheFace

5 ай бұрын

I agree with this completely. I do believe it is not respectful the way some other reactors are skipping the conductor's introduction. Great comment.

@ingridwatsup9671

5 ай бұрын

And more cheers from The Netherlands ❤️🇳🇱🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for this comment! 🥰 Of course I listened through the intro! Ahh making that Ayreon reaction was so much fun. I really hope the fans start giving Ayreon more votes so I can get into reacting! Greetings to Amsterdam and hyvää uutta vuotta! ✨

@BrendonChase_2015

5 ай бұрын

@@annavaskelainen Kiitos paljon Anna, Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! I sure hope for more Ayreon votes (how does that work btw, is there a voting booth?). We don't have any kind of "army" I'm afraid. More like the Ayreon Underground (which sounds kinda cool actually). I could oc "sponsor" a reaction, but that might be cheating a bit 😁 Take care!

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

​@@BrendonChase_2015I navigate through the suggestions that I get under my YT videos. ☺️ Also do paid collaborations!

The picture you selected when analysing shows her father and sister.

@feat132

5 ай бұрын

I have seen Emma and her sister sing a duet and Emma is a head smaller than her older sister. An amazing family!

@joslauwers7960

5 ай бұрын

@feat132. Correct due to her condition Emma is smaller for her age.

Thank You for this analysis. Finnish is such a beautiful language, I've been to Finland twice, 1986 and 1991, I remember my interactions with the Finnish people with much fondness. This rendition belongs to Emma, she has made it her own, her voice is Angelic, and a gift from God. She has such control and despite being petite, because of her condition, she is in charge, of her voice, of her emotions, of the Song, of the Band, of the Audience and of the emotions of anyone listening!

BRAVO BRAVO Emma is a Angel Maestro a Master Showman The orchestra second to NONE And film editors, spot on !

great reaction as always … happy new year full of health and love for music 😊

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Kiitos! Hyvää uutta vuotta sinnekin! 😊✨

She is small like you noted because of her disease, unfortunately if having to be on a feeding tube 22 hours per day wasn't enough, her peers in school bully her because of her size and backpack of food she has to carry around. I researched her condition and daily living with this disease and I can tell you it's a full time job just to do the things you must, to survive, truly sad. Huge respect for her courage and I am sure she has had to grow up fast, not much time to be a kid when you have something like this.

@williamcharles7541

5 ай бұрын

Happily I don't think Emma is bullied at school anymore. On the contrary, after she won the Voice Kids Holland, she became the school hero and favourite, as is very understandable.

Thank you for the Reaktion!! Please check out Emma Kok sings Halleluja for omroep Max

Could've sworn she was 3 meters tall at the end of the song.

Voilà lyrics. Listen to me, me, the "half-singer". Tell about me. To your loved ones, to your friends. Tell them about this black eyes girl and her crazy dream. The one thing I want is to write stories that reach you, nothing more. And this is, this is, this is, this is me, even if bared I'm afraid, yes, here I am in the noise and in the silence. Look at me ! Or at least what's left of me. Look at me ! Before I despise myself. What can I tell you that someone else’s lips won't ? That’s not much, but everything that I have, I lay it down there before you, and that's it. This is, this is, this is, this is me, here I am even if bared it's over, that's my face, that's my cry, here I am, too bad ! This is, this is, this is, this is me, Me, my dream, my desire, how I die, how I laugh, here I am in the noise and in the silence. Don't leave! I beg you, please stay long! It might not save me, no, but to live without you I don’t know how. Love me like you would love a friend who's leaving forever, I want to be loved because I don't know how well to love my figure. This is, this is, this is, this is me, here I am even if bared it's over, Here I am in the noise and in the fury too. Look at me finally ! My eyes and my hands too, everything I have is here, it's my face, it's my cry, here I am, here I am, here I am, here, here, here, …HERE I AM !

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

This should be the lyrics (but I'm not French, so ymmv) Me, the half singer Moi, la chanteuse à demi Talk about me Parlez de moi To your loves, to your friends À vos amours, à vos amis Tell them about that girl with the black eyes Parlez-leur de cette fille aux yeux noirs And her crazy dream Et de son rêve fou What I want is to write stories Moi, c'que j'veux, c'est écrire des histoires Who reach you Qui arrivent jusqu'à vous That's all C'est tout There you go, there you go, there you go Voilà, voilà, voilà This is who I am Voilà qui je suis Here I am, even if Me voilà, même si Stripped bare, I'm afraid, yes Mise à nue, j'ai peur, oui Here I am in the noise Me voilà dans le bruit And in the silence Et dans le silence Look at me Regardez-moi Or at least what's left of it Ou du moins ce qu'il en reste Look at me Regardez-moi Before I hate myself Avant que je me déteste What can I say to you, that the lips of another Quoi vous dire, que les lèvres d'une autre Won't tell you Ne vous diront pas It's not much, but for me, all I have C'est peu de choses, mais moi, tout ce que j'ai I put it there Je le dépose là So Voilà There you go, there you go, there you go Voilà, voilà, voilà here is who I am Voilà qui je suis Here I am, even if Me voilà, même si Stripped bare, it's over Mise à nue, c'est fini It's my face, it's my cry C'est ma gueule, c'est mon cri Here I am, too bad Me voilà, tant pis There you go, there you go, there you go Voilà, voilà, voilà It's right here Voilà juste ici Me, my dream, my desire Moi, mon rêve, mon envie How I die, how I laugh Comme j'en crève, comme j'en ris Here I am in the noise Me voilà dans le bruit And in the silence Et dans le silence Do not go Ne partez pas I beg you, stay long Je vous supplie, restez longtemps It might not save me, no Ça m'sauvera p't'être pas, non But to do without you, I don't know how Mais faire sans vous, j'sais pas comment Love me like you love a friend Aimez-moi comme on aime un ami Who goes away forever Qui s'en va pour toujours I want to be loved Je veux qu'on m'aime Because I don't know how to love my contours (RH: probably better translated as form/being) Parce que moi, je sais pas bien aimer mes contours There you go, there you go, there you go Voilà, voilà, voilà here is who I am Voilà qui je suis Here I am, even if Me voilà, même si Laid bare, I understood Mise à nue, j'ai compris Here I am in the noise Me voilà dans le bruit And in fury too Et dans la fureur aussi finally look at me Regardez-moi enfin And my eyes and my hands Et mes yeux et mes mains Everything I have is here Tout c'que j'ai est ici It's my face, it's my cry C'est ma gueule, c'est mon cri Here I am, here I am, here I am Me voilà, me voilà, me voilà So Voilà So Voilà There you go, there you go Voilà, voilà There you go, there you go, there you go Voilà, voilà, voilà here is who I am Voilà qui je suis Here I am, even if Me voilà, même si Stripped bare, it's over Mise à nue, c'est fini It's my face, it's my cry C'est ma gueule, c'est mon cri Here I am, too bad Me voilà, tant pis So Voilà

@linmonash1244

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this translation. It's quite clear why she chose this piece and makes the song even more powerful and emotive. No wonder the audience were so moved.

Have a great 2024 Anna

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

Likewise Nightmusic! ☺️✨

Thank you so much for this video! This is one of my favourite songs, and Emma puts such emotions behind each word that this cover has surpassed the original for me. I hope she will realise all her dreams❤ Hyvää uutta vuotta🎉

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

This is a great piece on it's own but Emma really makes it SPECIAL. Kiitos ja hyvää uutta vuotta myös sinulle! 🥰

@slartibart35

5 ай бұрын

@@annavaskelainen Exactly, the song is great, yet the lyrics combined with Emma's story and the way she delivers it takes it to another level. Found a new favourite. Much love 💕

@annavaskelainen

5 ай бұрын

💕@@slartibart35

The most touching and mesmerizing musical expression of the will to live and triumph over adversity I've ever seen. I've watched this performance perhaps 25 times in just a few weeks, and I cry every time. I learned a lot from your expert analysis but I even more I enjoyed watching your facial expressions.

@annavaskelainen

4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind words Adam. :)