Imogen Heap: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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  • Watch Imogen Heap play "Guitar Song", "Speeding Cars" and "Hide and Seek" at the Tiny Desk.
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    June 20, 2019 | Bob Boilen -- In the course of a few songs at the Tiny Desk, Imogen Heap took us through her many musical talents. The concert began with her old Frou Frou musical partner, Guy Sigsworth - and their first new song in 17 years - and ended with an extraordinary demonstration and performance of her high-tech musical gloves.
    Imogen Heap not only has an enchanting voice but also the talents of a world-class audio engineer. She's completely engrossed in a technology she's helped to develop, one that makes it possible to alter sounds, create loops and compose tunes all with the wave of her glove-wearing hands. The high-tech gloves, now called Mi.Mu Gloves, were first shown at a TEDGlobal conference eight years ago. Her performances, with her sound-altering arm and hand gestures, resemble a summoning of spirits, a far more compelling live experience than what Imogen said used to look like she was standing behind her laptop checking email.
    And though there's not been a new Imogen Heap album since 2014, this Tiny Desk Concert includes a reworking of "Hide and Seek," the song that made her a household name, and one she reimagined for the Broadway play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
    It's a thoroughly enchanting Tiny Desk Concert.
    SET LIST
    Guitar Song
    Speeding Cars
    Hide and Seek
    MUSICIANS
    Imogen Heap: lead vocals, piano, Mi.Mu gloves; Guy Sigsworth: keys; Steve Jones: guitar; Zoë Keating: cello; Tim Keiper: drums, percussion
    CREDITS
    Producers: Bob Boilen, Colin Marshall; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin, Natasha Branch; Videographers: Colin Marshall, Nickolai Hammar, Kara Frame; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Photo: NPR

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  • @nprmusic
    @nprmusic  ปีที่แล้ว +198

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    • @dirkdiggler7727
      @dirkdiggler7727 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Who cares

    • @Rare.99
      @Rare.99 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      that ain't rap as far as I remember it

    • @PereVS23
      @PereVS23 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @criops
      @criops 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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
      @hand__banana 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      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
    @timy9197 ปีที่แล้ว +2394

    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
      @joeblowgoes ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @dillonhach2827
      @dillonhach2827 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @MattMeNotYou
      @MattMeNotYou ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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
      @foka.3kai ปีที่แล้ว +4

      and yet she is using gloves! 😆😆

    • @christinalewis8778
      @christinalewis8778 ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤🌹

  • @cartmansnipples
    @cartmansnipples 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2842

    This “Hide and Seek” feels like its gonna be really important looking back at her career in a century or so. It’s seriously one of the most entrancing and angelic things I’ve ever heard.

    • @Verikae
      @Verikae 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Its the harry potter and the cursed child broadway play version she recreated. She created that whole music album for that play!

    • @itsmypukapuka4710
      @itsmypukapuka4710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The moment I said it is unbeatable. Hide and seek is good but can't even wave hello to that song

    • @eddiew2325
      @eddiew2325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@itsmypukapuka4710 no offense but the reason why you cant wave hello is cuz you have no hands

    • @jordanberezin2621
      @jordanberezin2621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This is the first time I’ve heard her using her gloves. I adore imogen heap. This version hit me like an absolute ton of bricks. Holy cow

    • @leeartlee915
      @leeartlee915 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’s a good song but it’s not even my favorite song by her.

  • @hoseoksfannypack6673
    @hoseoksfannypack6673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3657

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

    • @annacakeable
      @annacakeable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Oh yes lawd😱

    • @sharrellfaith
      @sharrellfaith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Omg thats a collab thats needed

    • @antejalvela
      @antejalvela 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      *Imoginable

    • @aarronjsymonds
      @aarronjsymonds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @@antejalvela Imogenable*

    • @invisibilly1946
      @invisibilly1946 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And John cage and sophie

  • @ImWeirdAndILikeIt
    @ImWeirdAndILikeIt ปีที่แล้ว +864

    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
      @krs-fltutorials4487 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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

    • @JayD06
      @JayD06 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      ​@@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
      @BeatGoat 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@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
      @maddymud 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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
      @jamespriest9658 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @ricmmatias
    @ricmmatias 4 ปีที่แล้ว +801

    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
      @MrGordonGartrelle ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @stutzbearcat5624
      @stutzbearcat5624 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right...??

  • @JuliaRoshambo
    @JuliaRoshambo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2348

    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
      @sophiehobbs4170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      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
      @Y0sHiikus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yessss

    • @hoseoksfannypack6673
      @hoseoksfannypack6673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Björk does this too. I love it.

    • @ispearedbritney
      @ispearedbritney 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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
      @hoseoksfannypack6673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

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

  • @YashKMusic
    @YashKMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2327

    That gloves performance was beyond Imogenation

    • @charmedprince
      @charmedprince 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      👏 👏 👏

    • @scarlettbigam9893
      @scarlettbigam9893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Haaaa nice 😜

    • @ALiteralCrow_
      @ALiteralCrow_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you for this

    • @anthoni426
      @anthoni426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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
      @spilledinfinity8652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @NickAdelman
    @NickAdelman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2466

    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.
      @kpacubo. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      this is great

    • @JohnAlecci
      @JohnAlecci 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

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

    • @grumpycheerleader
      @grumpycheerleader 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow that’s so cool 🤩

    • @TomTom-xp2jb
      @TomTom-xp2jb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @defstrikem2743
      @defstrikem2743 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      “Ethereal” 🙄🙄🙄

  • @usemoreproduct
    @usemoreproduct 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1727

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

    • @JujYFru1T
      @JujYFru1T 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

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

    • @goldjoinery
      @goldjoinery 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

    • @yahstino
      @yahstino 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @youcantkeeprunninginandout7240
      @youcantkeeprunninginandout7240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      ngl though it's such an amazing song

    • @mattiasrutter
      @mattiasrutter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @DM-cu5hp
    @DM-cu5hp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1184

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

    • @KeerahImani65
      @KeerahImani65 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wow, I wanna cry 🥺❤

    • @scotth5237
      @scotth5237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      One of the best comments

    • @1kennylo
      @1kennylo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tf 🥺

    • @Regina-bu5fm
      @Regina-bu5fm ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @sudfac
      @sudfac 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She looks like teacher here.

  • @alex0589
    @alex0589 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3332

    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
      @kelvynification 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

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

    • @kpacubo.
      @kpacubo. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      lmao i dunno why but this is funny

    • @jbeffa
      @jbeffa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Greatest comment. Ever.

    • @4humanity223
      @4humanity223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kelvynification lmao word, the feels

    • @leftalone9881
      @leftalone9881 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @jutiajulia
    @jutiajulia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2602

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

    • @Arbormurr
      @Arbormurr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @amayajade1266
      @amayajade1266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Ryan Murray thanks Ryan Murray.

    • @ArsenicDrone
      @ArsenicDrone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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
      @neo-paine7071 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1000th like :)

    • @qwertyboo
      @qwertyboo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @KelbyRoberson
    @KelbyRoberson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1247

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

    • @afz5355
      @afz5355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      She’s out of this world

    • @schwajj
      @schwajj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Like an orchestra conductor.

    • @ascend3654
      @ascend3654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      minority report is becoming real

    • @youreworthyourweightinavoc7189
      @youreworthyourweightinavoc7189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you mean like Mezerg on his theremin?

    • @user-or9sr1wd3w
      @user-or9sr1wd3w 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I can Imogen it

  • @ryandinosaur
    @ryandinosaur ปีที่แล้ว +482

    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
      @14moldyhamsandwich ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @rennyg8627
      @rennyg8627 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @800cherries3
      @800cherries3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@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
      @pacman_pol_pl_polska 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @tusk-gl2tx
      @tusk-gl2tx 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      im in tears

  • @MajinBlxxdy
    @MajinBlxxdy ปีที่แล้ว +486

    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
      @9ALiTY ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I know so many songs that Sample her!

    • @DuongNguyen-vw4fi
      @DuongNguyen-vw4fi ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TYIH

    • @oscarfox6040
      @oscarfox6040 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

    • @luciaterenzi9445
      @luciaterenzi9445 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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
      @oscarfox6040 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@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

  • @EricAtienza
    @EricAtienza 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3975

    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
      @RyanGuthrie0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      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
      @crieverytim 5 ปีที่แล้ว +336

      theremin: am i joke to you???

    • @Huhwhatdidyousay
      @Huhwhatdidyousay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Most artists:
      NPR tiny desk concerts:^

    • @chrlskrkl
      @chrlskrkl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @NoelArdeur
      @NoelArdeur 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      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.

  • @csheets40
    @csheets40 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1611

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

    • @Andy-th9kj
      @Andy-th9kj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Don't forget inventor!

    • @csheets40
      @csheets40 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @muhammaddoe249
      @muhammaddoe249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

  • @alyssababasa6285
    @alyssababasa6285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +813

    SHE’s music bending 😭😭😭😭😭

    • @Addi59
      @Addi59 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes 😂

  • @AndromedaCripps
    @AndromedaCripps 3 ปีที่แล้ว +545

    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.

  • @bbuuccchh
    @bbuuccchh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +550

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

    • @Igor-cr2zf
      @Igor-cr2zf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thnx

    • @meala23
      @meala23 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you! ❤

  • @sieyn0123
    @sieyn0123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1214

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

    • @JeanNascimentoJNX
      @JeanNascimentoJNX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @user-do4sr7mg7k
      @user-do4sr7mg7k 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@JeanNascimentoJNX

  • @NatrixHasYou
    @NatrixHasYou 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1546

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

    • @rgbura
      @rgbura 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      NatrixHasYou and IDLES

    • @sallychairez1936
      @sallychairez1936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's what I'm saying!!

    • @apullcan
      @apullcan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @jordanr6639
      @jordanr6639 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@apullcan agreed

    • @Jacob32905
      @Jacob32905 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahaha no doubt

  • @Rawrmuffin0
    @Rawrmuffin0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3601

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

    • @sensualsquelch
      @sensualsquelch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      I totally see the resemblence

    • @DrummerGrrrl
      @DrummerGrrrl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

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

    • @klayniltasuwan7984
      @klayniltasuwan7984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      and half-sisters with Kristen Wiig

    • @irlseraph
      @irlseraph 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kale 000 gowon serve

    • @plutoryn
      @plutoryn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING

  • @mneo212
    @mneo212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +388

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

  • @commentingaccount1383
    @commentingaccount1383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    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
      @alecgwin1443 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She never used a vocoder to begin with!

    • @camzjamz5243
      @camzjamz5243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@alecgwin1443 she performs is with a vocoder though

    • @GroundationOnly
      @GroundationOnly ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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
      @zachgreen759 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don't like it.

    • @jenniferzaralee
      @jenniferzaralee ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree I was apprehensive but it deffo paid off

  • @wpjones805
    @wpjones805 5 ปีที่แล้ว +673

    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.

  • @deelot1
    @deelot1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1460

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

    • @muiawat
      @muiawat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

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

    • @bellaimeek
      @bellaimeek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      deelot1 omg

    • @unnq
      @unnq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

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

    • @JM-fo1te
      @JM-fo1te 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Cultural appropriation

    • @star0shadows
      @star0shadows 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @danielmartchek3989
    @danielmartchek3989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +617

    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
      @Mrnickstr89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      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
      @Ghost-lt4sf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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
      @dreamchaser0524 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @genesises
      @genesises ปีที่แล้ว

      you got her tickets but intended not to go?

    • @danielmartchek3989
      @danielmartchek3989 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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

  • @nathanhollow0
    @nathanhollow0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +591

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

    • @Nomin130
      @Nomin130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

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

    • @NaturallySelected
      @NaturallySelected 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I mean.. like any instrument?

    • @thomasr1051
      @thomasr1051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

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

    • @StrawberryFeildsforNever
      @StrawberryFeildsforNever 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @aw-g
      @aw-g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @jn1346
    @jn1346 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    That rendition of hide and seek was insane 😭

  • @nairocamilo
    @nairocamilo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +584

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

    • @JuniorSkeptic
      @JuniorSkeptic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Nairo Camilo she’s closer to a walking chaos pad

    • @angelawellborn2281
      @angelawellborn2281 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's what I was thinking!

    • @nairocamilo
      @nairocamilo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @Stopinthenameofskating
      @Stopinthenameofskating 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stfu trending

    • @Octambulism
      @Octambulism 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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.

  • @avril14thlove
    @avril14thlove 5 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    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
      @MontannaIrenie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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 TH-cam 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
      @JaredGritzmaker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@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
      @ATLS702 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      HANDS down...get it?

    • @rupertgrech7097
      @rupertgrech7097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Take a listen to Velvet Underground with Nico.

    • @rupertgrech7097
      @rupertgrech7097 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @williamohman5469
    @williamohman5469 5 ปีที่แล้ว +793

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

    • @UniMagik
      @UniMagik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      YAAAS

    • @oggy06
      @oggy06 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @VTUL92
      @VTUL92 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yaaaaaaas

    • @047Kenny
      @047Kenny 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      William Öhman didn’t she help out on mbdtf?

    • @finchcarvingadiamond
      @finchcarvingadiamond 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @micahjones7837
    @micahjones7837 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    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

  • @chy0658
    @chy0658 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    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
      @andrewgroves6718 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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

  • @kafufleladdd
    @kafufleladdd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +885

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

    • @dr_redbanRL
      @dr_redbanRL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @Peeze16
      @Peeze16 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@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
      @UnleashTheBlob 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nah

    • @deanroddey2881
      @deanroddey2881 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      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
      @baseguitarist1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      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."

  • @maddalenagrignani
    @maddalenagrignani 5 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    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

  • @spenserrr
    @spenserrr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +975

    This glovetrance version of hide & seek cured my depression.

    • @chilicoffee9342
      @chilicoffee9342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @GottiGolfwang
      @GottiGolfwang 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Spenser dude me too that’s crazy

    • @SteveBrant55
      @SteveBrant55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @alex0589
      @alex0589 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      G L O V E T R A N C E

    • @georgerussell2947
      @georgerussell2947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have you heard Jacob colliers version?

  • @AndyMacster
    @AndyMacster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    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.

  • @KiLLJOY1056
    @KiLLJOY1056 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    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.

  • @carmeleche56
    @carmeleche56 5 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    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
      @rooseveltbrentwood9654 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @carmeleche56
      @carmeleche56 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @Goglby
      @Goglby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @SonOfAdam94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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
      @itsmeskanka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I cried my stupid face off. Amazing.

  • @joojie
    @joojie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +498

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

    • @thelegendkillersshittyduff1335
      @thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She didn't came up with it

    • @user-oy7gz5bf2h
      @user-oy7gz5bf2h 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @JM-fo1te
      @JM-fo1te 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      *he*

    • @beefyappa
      @beefyappa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 she did too you fucktard

    • @stephenholt6956
      @stephenholt6956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @rd4660
    @rd4660 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    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.
      @kpacubo. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @decapitated2368
    @decapitated2368 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    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
      @schojdfjf6495 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @leahmclean1410
      @leahmclean1410 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @imsomelicious
      @imsomelicious ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @bushyman477
    @bushyman477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

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

    • @gillyfranklin1550
      @gillyfranklin1550 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @bowdinkle
      @bowdinkle 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🤯

  • @bindakawhoon4848
    @bindakawhoon4848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +635

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

    • @dakotagripp5815
      @dakotagripp5815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @bindakawhoon4848
      @bindakawhoon4848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@dakotagripp5815 I love you too

    • @xanbell7723
      @xanbell7723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @Neuroneos
      @Neuroneos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @SkySplitterInk
    @SkySplitterInk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +325

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

    • @j_chua
      @j_chua 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      SkySplitterInk yes!! That would be amazing!!

    • @rooseveltbrentwood9654
      @rooseveltbrentwood9654 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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
      @kristiejohnson7396 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @jmpsthrufyre
      @jmpsthrufyre 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @karimecolettadominguez
      @karimecolettadominguez 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @drewcroft
    @drewcroft 5 ปีที่แล้ว +114

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

  • @SantyNewLee
    @SantyNewLee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    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
      @ckpizzle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      cheers me too!

  • @TravisRayLive
    @TravisRayLive 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    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.

  • @9UaYXxB
    @9UaYXxB 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    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.

  • @TobiasRobertson
    @TobiasRobertson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    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
      @rochaoctavio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's definetly it.

    • @pazansun9678
      @pazansun9678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      True words, felt pretty similar

    • @cdigdawg
      @cdigdawg 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @CatLittlepage
      @CatLittlepage 3 ปีที่แล้ว

  • @xinlo
    @xinlo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    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
      @lewisjones284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

  • @archetypaljesus
    @archetypaljesus 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Its been many years ago when i first encountered thid beautiful person, i was studying in europe back then. She told me that my voice is good even though i am totally a shy and insecure little boy that time. Thanks imogen heap, i think you vaguely remember me. Im the kid you talk with in a park in Britain. 25 years ago... Now im 36, became a lyricist for local Filipino bands and artists. That simple compliment, meant so much to me... I THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART AND WISH YOU NEVER ENDING SUCCESS AND IDEAS IN YOUR MUSIC ADVENTURE!❤ Your #1 fan, Imol Ramos of Ufo Brothers.

  • @goated6146
    @goated6146 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    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.

  • @aidancanoli
    @aidancanoli 5 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    Speeding Cars 5:36
    Hide and Seek 12:57

    • @nowhereman4865
      @nowhereman4865 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you man

    • @xartxhxcdamage
      @xartxhxcdamage 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Guitar song is also beautiful. No one should skip that

    • @Neuroneos
      @Neuroneos 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guitar Song is this year's best song by far

  • @olivianicoloff2998
    @olivianicoloff2998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    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

  • @cymonelachelle
    @cymonelachelle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

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

  • @sundayandthebee
    @sundayandthebee 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    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.

  • @LisaHickman19th
    @LisaHickman19th 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    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!!

  • @gpeddino
    @gpeddino 5 ปีที่แล้ว +219

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

  • @megdel8
    @megdel8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

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

  • @salty_pearl
    @salty_pearl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

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

  • @azurite4296
    @azurite4296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

  • @anemoemu3083
    @anemoemu3083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I just know she grows her own mushrooms

  • @thomas_h4288
    @thomas_h4288 5 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    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
      @ryanjavierr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Fantano is that you?

    • @thomas_h4288
      @thomas_h4288 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @gabes3dvideos
      @gabes3dvideos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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.

  • @blm2295
    @blm2295 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    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.

  • @NoGoodGamer30
    @NoGoodGamer30 4 ปีที่แล้ว +452

    Can we just get Bjork, Imogen Heap, and Aurora to make some music together?

    • @JoyfulRelaxation22
      @JoyfulRelaxation22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      A whole album!

    • @662363
      @662363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      So, some people get the asmr "tingle" from soft noises. For me, good harmonics give me the tingles. Vocal harmonics give me massive chills, skull to toes. Having the 3 of them... I just cant

    • @1919viola
      @1919viola 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Throw in Tori Amos and we've got the perfect band!

    • @lichtgeist9822
      @lichtgeist9822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      and get Clams Casino to remix the whole thing

    • @Aktaris
      @Aktaris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And Grimes!

  • @sensualsquelch
    @sensualsquelch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Her tone is just so unique
    When I was a kid and used to steal my brother's MP3 player to listen to Hide and Seek I always thought Imogen Heap was a man lmao

    • @nathanjordon6950
      @nathanjordon6950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's funny, me too and I also thought Annie Lennox was a man too

  • @meykel8108
    @meykel8108 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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.

  • @ultimatev17
    @ultimatev17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

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

    • @SonOfAdam94
      @SonOfAdam94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree, absolutely beautiful, God be pleased!

    • @RyanStorey1231
      @RyanStorey1231 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It reminds me of Rogue! 😊

    • @Balthazar2242
      @Balthazar2242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @candy8391
      @candy8391 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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
      @Lilacleaf49065 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

  • @sensualsquelch
    @sensualsquelch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +609

    No tea no shade, but she should've been on here like 10 years ago sis, a real queen

    • @UniMagik
      @UniMagik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Honestly, there needs to be shade thrown. I'm shocked to see her TODAY, cause you're right this has been LONG OVERDUE!

    • @carlma00
      @carlma00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I actually thought this was a really old video until i saw the date uploaded 🙄

    • @ryanmcaroni
      @ryanmcaroni 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@carlma00 I did too! I was like, how have I never seen this video. Oh wait, it's because it was just uploaded today!

    • @joemeyer6876
      @joemeyer6876 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She was here three decades ago, named Vasthi Bunyan. Time travel’s ragged edges.

    • @mikerphone.
      @mikerphone. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joemeyer6876 Who's name is also coincidentally, Jennifer.

  • @jakkudemoff3043
    @jakkudemoff3043 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    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..

  • @denise8791
    @denise8791 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

  • @muhahill3566
    @muhahill3566 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

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

  • @druarft4172
    @druarft4172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

    • @kako12ente
      @kako12ente 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      To see them without all those cables hanging was quite impressive

    • @larey9484
      @larey9484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @jtm8298
    @jtm8298 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

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

  • @NateCConcerts
    @NateCConcerts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    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

  • @JonManness
    @JonManness ปีที่แล้ว +43

    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.

  • @DarkSchuller
    @DarkSchuller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    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!

  • @leejmalcolm1
    @leejmalcolm1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Absolutely devastating. What an incredible talent.

  • @8ee692
    @8ee692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    13:17 She literally pulled off the polyphonic overtone singing..

    • @hottamale3845
      @hottamale3845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's the gloves

    • @austinshoupe3003
      @austinshoupe3003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It's overtone singing, but overtone singing is very easy to be functional with. Say meow on a pitch very slowly and you're doing the very basics.

    • @StrawberryFeildsforNever
      @StrawberryFeildsforNever 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@austinshoupe3003 ok but it’s still overtone singing

    • @austinshoupe3003
      @austinshoupe3003 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StrawberryFeildsforNever I know. And it's not the gloves. But overtone singing isn't hard. It's just vowel shapes until you get to a certain level of proficiency (which most people who overtone sing never reach).

    • @lewisjones284
      @lewisjones284 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@austinshoupe3003 if most people don’t reach a certain level of proficiency, wouldn’t that mean it is difficult?

  • @Tyleulenspiegel
    @Tyleulenspiegel ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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!

  • @stayoutofthecitys
    @stayoutofthecitys ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

  • @madisheppard9190
    @madisheppard9190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @AquaMarino
    @AquaMarino 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    *Taken me back to my high school years again*
    Edit: searched for Andrew Bird and he already had NPR. Now, its time for Bon Iver, London Grammar, and Rodriguez (Sugar Man). 😄

  • @dariomoran7452
    @dariomoran7452 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    FROU FROU IS BACK!??!?!
    Imagine being so creative that they have to actually invent something so that you can perform your songs properly. What an amazing bit of kit they've come up with there, and she does an amazing job using it. Mind blowing.

  • @musicalman1995
    @musicalman1995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This is technically “Hide And Seek 2”. It’s much closer to that version.

  • @TIUlove
    @TIUlove 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @chameleonedm
    @chameleonedm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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

    • @bowdinkle
      @bowdinkle 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is the comment I was looking for

  • @samazoid
    @samazoid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    amazing outfit to go grocery shopping in. "do u need a bag?" "my dress is a bag thank u"

    • @kellygorman1155
      @kellygorman1155 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Was hoping someone had already said it!

  • @heavenscott
    @heavenscott 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This woman is a gift to this world ! She's living in the year 3000 ! Always have loved her voice , amazing performance ❤️🎉

  • @MrRonV
    @MrRonV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    It seems I heavily underestimated Imogen Heap until roughly 19:03 minutes ago. That was an amazing display of musical (and technical) talent.

    • @bleumarin1968
      @bleumarin1968 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      don't know if you've ever seen her in concert, but if you haven't, do yourself a favor and go see her, not only is she extremely talented and amazing on stage but she also has a great sense of humour. It's an fantastic experience.

  • @dandygirl6
    @dandygirl6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

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

  • @ghs7750
    @ghs7750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember the first time I listen hide and seek was watching the OC also good night and go was in the soundtrack along with speeding cars, I fell in love of her voice she’s unique

  • @DrewDienno
    @DrewDienno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    cue immediate tears for any gay boy who went to high school in the 00's.
    this woman is a saint, the power of her voice is beautiful.

    • @sensualsquelch
      @sensualsquelch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      LEAVE ME ALONE

    • @Balthazar2242
      @Balthazar2242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What?

    • @vowed9217
      @vowed9217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think it works for many more. Straight boy loving the feels of it here man.

    • @aarondaly5486
      @aarondaly5486 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is so true.

    • @matteovaiente214
      @matteovaiente214 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not crying; you're crying.

  • @mrcn119t6
    @mrcn119t6 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Saw her live serveral times about 15 years ago! A phenomenal talent.

  • @vanrobinson5205
    @vanrobinson5205 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

  • @sweetandsoursoup
    @sweetandsoursoup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I cannot even imagine being able to witness this in person. Such a truly special artist.