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

Benni had the opportunity to sit down with Nightwish members Floor Jansen and Tuomas Holopainen to talk about Yesterwynde, their 10th studio record!

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[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.

[javirios]

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!

[silvaanosvs]

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.

[spunk]

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.

[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.

[babbonatale]

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

[j.f.l.bousquet]

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.

[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

[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!

[renejensen]

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

[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.

[Dani-kuom]

my favorite music duo floor and tuomas 💕

[georgiatsetsonivocals]

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

[Toufiq]

Your interview questions are awesome man! I love it!

[delicadacomoumelefante]

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

[NickBR]

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.

[kimfabritiusdetengnagel]

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

[taz]

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.

[fxwwtbr]

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😄

[RolfMeyer-clou]

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