I would recommend it to anyone. These kids have real talent. It's nice to see where they came from. Seeing them be so successful kinda makes ya feel proud of them.
I get an almost Bjork vibe from Rhian. A beautiful clear tone with lots of power; thankfully she was quirky enough to make this magic. A wonderful collab for us!
its unheard of... to listen to an entire album like I did and not find one song thats lacking. Its stunning and brings some hope to a generation sliding into the oblivion of ticktok.
This video needs to be the goto answer for those (me included) questioning the longevity of Wet Leg and what they might do next. Wonderful array of sounds and vocal talents that points to a longer career than expected, the future is exciting!
not necessarily that long as most of the posts I see are from old fuckers like me. I drive cab at night, gonna see if I can remember how to burn a CD and play this loud for my younger clients and see the reaction.
First time I saw Rhain (as she was then) was singing Saturn with Plastic Mermaids. It just blew me away. I followed her solo career after that and hope it doesn't just disappear. She deserves all the success that comes her way. Btw the Isle of Wight has a great music scene with some very inventive bands
Very interesting stuff, especially the Kate Bush-like material by Rhian. I love Wet Leg, such a cool band, the best thing that's happened in rock in years! Keep going! From France with love.
Fascinating. Rather than the musical equivalent of spontaneous combustion, Wet Leg is actually the end result of a rather long and circuitous process. Thank you for sharing this.
Wow, what a fascinating montage showing just how a precious combination of youthful energy, exceptional musical talent, creativity and perseverance to experiment with a range of musical expressions has brought Rhian and Hester together to where we are today. Super impressed with the exceptional range in Rhian’s voice - if that’s also untrained (like her piano playing admission) then wow, the potential for the band’s vocals style/range is stellar (this debut album could be just a taster of more creative things to come?!). With a surprising depth of experience gained across a range of musical collaborations packed into the last 10 years or so coupled with writing all their own music for such a consistently solid and memorable debut album (and a tough act to follow imho) the future looks exciting for Wet Leg and us fans who appreciate their unique and fresh style in what is frankly a mostly vanilla and forgettable mainstream music formula that has dominated commercially in recent years. Thank you Wet Leg for re-igniting my musical enjoyment of late. Thanks for sharing. 💦🦵❤️
Thanks for putting this together. It would help to put dates on each clip as they have been slogging away for about a decade. One of the early clips is of Rhian performing something 9 years ago and it makes you wonder how she would have felt then, as if she was very close to breaking through but still about 7 years away from Chaise Longue. In one of the Plastic Mermaid clips she is singing with two other backing singers @11.23 (this is after the Saturn clip) and you can half imagine her thinking "I don't want to be singing backup".
Wow. I already thought Rhian had great range and unique character in Wet Leg, but her early solo work showed just how much is still in reserve. Reminded me a little of Joanna Newsom.
Joanna Newsome is bizarre, not good bizarre, normally I like bizarre, just kinda freakishly white weird bizarre. Can't really explain but not my cup of tea.
@@DiZastur Joanna’s voice is definitely an acquired taste, but if you dig in to her older albums and get used to her voice you’ll find some of the greatest, most beautiful song writing around.
Thank you for this vid. Nice to know Hester & Rhian didn't just land on this Earth from another planet - although that would explain a lot . . . - but that they have history and experience behind them. Kinda explains why their Chaise Longue video, while definitely amateur, was so well put together.
I am now feeling really old! Wet Leg are great I just assumed they were kids who hit the jackpot, not seasoned journeyman musicians who were long overdue for some success for their fabulous abilities. Hopefully there will be much more for us all to enjoy in the future.
How refreshing to see and hear young people with talent, who've done the time, the gigs, making it without having to prostitute themselves to Mr Cowell and his gangstas, by appearing on a Got Talent show! As a 60 plus grumpy old white male, who lived through the Ska, Blue Beat, Punk explosion, I'm loving it! More please!
Talking about Cowell. Best thing that happened to Subo was Cowell!! Financially minted by singing other artistes songs Btw she sang in the social clubs for years. 👍
Love what they have brought to the table......humour fun and real talent... nice to see your roots... ...now for that all difficult 2nd album.... which now watching this will be fire!!!!!!
Amazing. Their early projects sound awesome. I would love it if they got properly released, especially Rhians Kate Bush sounding stuff. Thank you for this video. What I find annoying is all the bitter people calling them industry plants. They've clearly grafted with multiple musical projects for years, and they are super talented. They deserve the fame and hype
Yeah I’ve been watching them for a long time and had the pleasure of sharing the bill with them both in several of their various projects over the years. They’re both brilliant musicians and people. It’s been wonderful seeing how wet leg have taken off. They both deserve all the fortune that comes their way.
Rhians voice is spectacular she must have had opera training. Hester is amazing and they both have been for years. Thanks so much for putting this together!
Wow, wow, WOW! Great background. My whole family has fallen for Wet Leg. So cool to see their back-story. What seemed like "instant success" was a long grind through countless (awesome) projects. Reminds me of how Afie of Bahamas worked his way to success as a hired gun for Feist and others before finding his success.
Great stuff, and well edited. I hadn't seen a lot of these clips. It's fascinating to see the difference between those days and now. I really like the sense of joy that they project, and there's clearly a lot of talent there, just waiting to find the right outlet. Thanks!
Deano . Great to see how the whole wet leg thing came about they are truely breath of fresh air they don't take it to serious and they are having fun, long may it last reminds me a bit bjork early stuff but better !!
Nice one. Brilliant range & creativity, as others have said. ... Bloody hell, just seen the church scene then the Jagga Jazzist/Go Team bit. Head blown now.
A real eye opener, but would have liked to have heard how they ended up brining the strong humour element into what they do - to me, that’s the biggest key to their success.
I’m super stoked of this band! I know I’m one of their biggest fan. I was disappointed when they canceled the September show in Louisville but I will be there In December when they com to headliner in Louisville KY.
Naaa, there's so much more to come. They have such depth, as provided in this video. Wet Leg is their break, but come back to this band in future years and we'll see so much more vision! We're all rightly excited about them!
I didn't think I could be any more in love with these human beings or any more excited for the future of their music. But this video showed me. I'm so blown away.
There has been a fair amount of stick given to Wet Leg regarding their "sudden" rise in popularity and being one hit wonders. I can't think of another recent band who has done such a massive "world tour" over a year (and still going), to promote their album. It's the old-school hard graft as bands used to do. Chuck your equipment in the back of a Transit and off you go. Their album is fun and a bit quirky. A breath of fresh air amongst the dross that claims to be the popular music of today!
Great to see their back story and even better to know that they didn't appear out of the ether fully formed. And even more hope that that they'll go their own way and enjoy making music their way than bowing to public pressure to make another Chaise Long. Go girls!
@@suburbanindie Go their own way creatively as opposed to listening to others trying to tell them what to do. Off you go, I hear the bell sounding for remedial classes on comprehension.
Excellent. I've been watching quite a lot of the pre-Wet Leg stuff, but there were a few clips in this that I hadn't seen. I assumed Rhian was classically trained on the piano for some reason, it's even more impressive though, if she was self taught!
Hi Joegrey, what the concert at about 13:50? Where was it, and what was the date? I have been able to track down the others. Is the original video of that concert still up on TH-cam? Thanks a ton for your help, and for making this great compilation!
@@gmantramp404 Thrash guitar power chords with surf music lead guitar. A female top notch vocalist plucked out of a lifetime singing in the chapel and a sly back up girl singer- mixed with harsh reality creates explosive fun. Very needed.
The video footage of Girlfriend is from BlueDot Festival 2019. Its my footage! It achieved 5 and a half thousand views before i was told to remove it. I didnt remove it and got two Copyright Strikes, which have only recently expired. I still have the footage but still not sure if i can post it. Its no different to all of the other videos that i've posted, for entertainment purposes only! Anyway, thanks for including it in your footage
Now I can see how much scope there is with these two a second albums gotta happen!, I think Rhian & hester both have great voices, one strong and clear ,and one softly folky, 👍
Good video ! But I saw a different version of it a few months ago which had an additional clip of Rhian Hester & Josh recording a really catchy tune. ..Wondering why its been edited out of this video. Copyright/publishing maybe?
@@BarronVonSchnoot oh but no. This was in a different band, pre Wet Leg. I'm on quite a few of the video snippets playing in string section. Great times.
I recommend this video to some ppl who thinks Rhian can’t sing and Wet Leg success is only based on TH-cam and social media in 2021🤦🏻♂️….
I would recommend it to anyone. These kids have real talent. It's nice to see where they came from. Seeing them be so successful kinda makes ya feel proud of them.
She's amazing 👏 😍
Don't worry, people said the same about Artic Monkeys
Rhian has an amazing voice. The piano stuff really showed it off.
She is amazing
Her operatic singing on Saturn by the Plastic Mermaids is amazing!
Yea, I didn’t know that. Great voice.
It makes sense that she'd be awesome. She's doing a lot in the Wet Leg vocals, but it's easy to miss because she does it so effortlessly.
Yeah, I've been kind of hooked on her song Time Traveler. Great lyrics
I get an almost Bjork vibe from Rhian. A beautiful clear tone with lots of power; thankfully she was quirky enough to make this magic. A wonderful collab for us!
yeah I got that as well, her range and transition is frigging crazy good
Rhian is a big fan of Bjork
Kate Bush
On these recordings she is also making me think of Joanna Newsom.
Spot on ..with a hint of fiona apple 🍎
I hope people will stop calling them "industry plants" now. They're talented and worked hard to get where they are at
I really like Hester’s voice - she should sing more songs in the band
Almost shoegazy
Overnight sensation....10+ years later. Well deserved. Im 64 and love this band. Listened 🎶 to the entire full album and love every track.
its unheard of... to listen to an entire album like I did and not find one song thats lacking. Its stunning and brings some hope to a generation sliding into the oblivion of ticktok.
This video needs to be the goto answer for those (me included) questioning the longevity of Wet Leg and what they might do next. Wonderful array of sounds and vocal talents that points to a longer career than expected, the future is exciting!
not necessarily that long as most of the posts I see are from old fuckers like me. I drive cab at night, gonna see if I can remember how to burn a CD and play this loud for my younger clients and see the reaction.
First time I saw Rhain (as she was then) was singing Saturn with Plastic Mermaids. It just blew me away. I followed her solo career after that and hope it doesn't just disappear. She deserves all the success that comes her way. Btw the Isle of Wight has a great music scene with some very inventive bands
This makes me excited for the band’s future …they clearly have musical depths to play with
Very interesting stuff, especially the Kate Bush-like material by Rhian. I love Wet Leg, such a cool band, the best thing that's happened in rock in years! Keep going! From France with love.
ooh, a Kate Bush fan, don't encounter many of those...well ever. She was always undersold.
Kate Bush, you nailed it.👍
One thing this shows is the extraordinary range and versatility and talent of Rhian's singing
Fascinating. Rather than the musical equivalent of spontaneous combustion, Wet Leg is actually the end result of a rather long and circuitous process. Thank you for sharing this.
What a journey!
Just saw them in LA a couple weeks ago. Been a long time since I've been interested in new rock. Thank you Wet Leg.
Wow, what a fascinating montage showing just how a precious combination of youthful energy, exceptional musical talent, creativity and perseverance to experiment with a range of musical expressions has brought Rhian and Hester together to where we are today. Super impressed with the exceptional range in Rhian’s voice - if that’s also untrained (like her piano playing admission) then wow, the potential for the band’s vocals style/range is stellar (this debut album could be just a taster of more creative things to come?!). With a surprising depth of experience gained across a range of musical collaborations packed into the last 10 years or so coupled with writing all their own music for such a consistently solid and memorable debut album (and a tough act to follow imho) the future looks exciting for Wet Leg and us fans who appreciate their unique and fresh style in what is frankly a mostly vanilla and forgettable mainstream music formula that has dominated commercially in recent years. Thank you Wet Leg for re-igniting my musical enjoyment of late. Thanks for sharing. 💦🦵❤️
I agree with everything you wrote, there's more good music in these two ! 👍
Excellent summary!
Thanks for putting this together. It would help to put dates on each clip as they have been slogging away for about a decade.
One of the early clips is of Rhian performing something 9 years ago and it makes you wonder how she would have felt then, as if she was very close to breaking through but still about 7 years away from Chaise Longue. In one of the Plastic Mermaid clips she is singing with two other backing singers @11.23 (this is after the Saturn clip) and you can half imagine her thinking "I don't want to be singing backup".
Wow. I already thought Rhian had great range and unique character in Wet Leg, but her early solo work showed just how much is still in reserve. Reminded me a little of Joanna Newsom.
Joanna Newsome is bizarre, not good bizarre, normally I like bizarre, just kinda freakishly white weird bizarre. Can't really explain but not my cup of tea.
@@DiZastur Joanna’s voice is definitely an acquired taste, but if you dig in to her older albums and get used to her voice you’ll find some of the greatest, most beautiful song writing around.
Rhian has pipes, she sings like an opera singer.
Cool vid man 👍
Thank you for this vid. Nice to know Hester & Rhian didn't just land on this Earth from another planet - although that would explain a lot . . . - but that they have history and experience behind them. Kinda explains why their Chaise Longue video, while definitely amateur, was so well put together.
chrismas day 2022 just watched this,ive been wondering what the next step music takes,thanks girls!
Hester has a very pretty voice. Rhian’s is just so powerful! Both give me chills when they sing from their heart.
Definitely check out the Plastic Mermaids! I first came across Rhian and Hester when they toured with them ☺️
Amazing to see the depth of their musical skill. No wonder Wet leg has taken over the musical world with one of the best debut albums I’ve ever heard.
Holy Fuck! What a vocal range. Cheers for the vid mate.
I am now feeling really old! Wet Leg are great I just assumed they were kids who hit the jackpot, not seasoned journeyman musicians who were long overdue for some success for their fabulous abilities. Hopefully there will be much more for us all to enjoy in the future.
How refreshing to see and hear young people with talent, who've done the time, the gigs, making it without having to prostitute themselves to Mr Cowell and his gangstas, by appearing on a Got Talent show! As a 60 plus grumpy old white male, who lived through the Ska, Blue Beat, Punk explosion, I'm loving it! More please!
Talking about Cowell. Best thing that happened to Subo was Cowell!!
Financially minted by singing other artistes songs
Btw she sang in the social clubs for years. 👍
Christ, Rhian can certainly sing............
I didn't realise Rhian has such a wonderful voice. More than what can be gleaned from Wet Leg alone.
Love what they have brought to the table......humour fun and real talent... nice to see your roots... ...now for that all difficult 2nd album.... which now watching this will be fire!!!!!!
I'm a fairly jaded 65 year old Deadhead and it 💘 this band! Congratulations on completing ur second album! ❄️🌎❄️
Amazing. Their early projects sound awesome. I would love it if they got properly released, especially Rhians Kate Bush sounding stuff.
Thank you for this video.
What I find annoying is all the bitter people calling them industry plants. They've clearly grafted with multiple musical projects for years, and they are super talented. They deserve the fame and hype
Yeah I’ve been watching them for a long time and had the pleasure of sharing the bill with them both in several of their various projects over the years. They’re both brilliant musicians and people. It’s been wonderful seeing how wet leg have taken off. They both deserve all the fortune that comes their way.
Proof that behind 'instant success' is a past involving hard work and dedication.
A testament to hard work, perseverance and good songwriting. Remember it takes at least 7 years to become an overnight success!
Rhians voice is spectacular she must have had opera training. Hester is amazing and they both have been for years. Thanks so much for putting this together!
Wow, wow, WOW! Great background. My whole family has fallen for Wet Leg. So cool to see their back-story. What seemed like "instant success" was a long grind through countless (awesome) projects. Reminds me of how Afie of Bahamas worked his way to success as a hired gun for Feist and others before finding his success.
Great stuff, and well edited. I hadn't seen a lot of these clips. It's fascinating to see the difference between those days and now. I really like the sense of joy that they project, and there's clearly a lot of talent there, just waiting to find the right outlet. Thanks!
The Plastic Mermaids stuff looks good.
They served a proper apprenticeship in music, no X factor rubbish! Love them x
Trainee guitarist regarding the singer
Lots of time still to serve there 👍👍
Wow - love her singing voice in that folky stuff. Really beautiful. She should be the Wet Leg support act as her folk band!
This shows how much talent they have individually. It is certain that together their potential is limitless, and their best work is yet to come!
Deano . Great to see how the whole wet leg thing came about they are truely breath of fresh air they don't take it to serious and they are having fun, long may it last reminds me a bit bjork early stuff but better !!
*Sugarcubes 😉
I stumbled upon this band on my fave public radio station, KNBA in Anchorage AK. WOW!
Thanks for compiling and sharing joegrey - you absolutely rock dude!
Nice one. Brilliant range & creativity, as others have said.
... Bloody hell, just seen the church scene then the Jagga Jazzist/Go Team bit. Head blown now.
A real eye opener, but would have liked to have heard how they ended up brining the strong humour element into what they do - to me, that’s the biggest key to their success.
I’m super stoked of this band! I know I’m one of their biggest fan. I was disappointed when they canceled the September show in Louisville but I will be there In December when they com to headliner in Louisville KY.
I feel like both of them have really found their artistic voice with Wet Leg.
Naaa, there's so much more to come. They have such depth, as provided in this video. Wet Leg is their break, but come back to this band in future years and we'll see so much more vision! We're all rightly excited about them!
Wow. Rhian is very talented. I LOVED her solo stuff.
Interesting variety of styles in those projects. The classical stuff was a real revelation.
That was good. Very interesting. Amazing musical abilities. I am looking forward to the next chapter.
Love these chicks! The Music world needs you ladies! Keep doing your thing
This is great! Thank you for putting this together.
I didn't think I could be any more in love with these human beings or any more excited for the future of their music. But this video showed me. I'm so blown away.
Thanks for this, will share it every time I see people call them industry plants 🙄
There has been a fair amount of stick given to Wet Leg regarding their "sudden" rise in popularity and being one hit wonders. I can't think of another recent band who has done such a massive "world tour" over a year (and still going),
to promote their album. It's the old-school hard graft as bands used to do. Chuck your equipment in the back of a Transit and off you go. Their album is fun and a bit quirky. A breath of fresh air amongst the dross that claims to be the popular music of today!
Had a quick chat with Rhian at a Plastic Mermaids gig in Brighton 2016. Check out the Plastic Mermaids song "Alaska" which drew me to the band.
Great to see their back story and even better to know that they didn't appear out of the ether fully formed. And even more hope that that they'll go their own way and enjoy making music their way than bowing to public pressure to make another Chaise Long. Go girls!
They're just getting started, you already want them to go solo? lol
@@suburbanindie You're misunderstanding if you think that's what he's getting at.
@@suburbanindie Go their own way creatively as opposed to listening to others trying to tell them what to do.
Off you go, I hear the bell sounding for remedial classes on comprehension.
Excellent. I've been watching quite a lot of the pre-Wet Leg stuff, but there were a few clips in this that I hadn't seen. I assumed Rhian was classically trained on the piano for some reason, it's even more impressive though, if she was self taught!
Love a band that's put the hard yards in. Talent + desire + work ethic + a stubborn refusal to give up.
Hester is so dreamy and relaxing. I love her voice and the way she speaks. She just chills me out. So beautiful
This was great. Thanks for pulling it together.
My goodness, didn't expect Rhian to be such a powerhouse.
More evidence that instant overnight success is very often the result of years and years of dedicated hard work and effort.
Hi Joegrey, what the concert at about 13:50? Where was it, and what was the date? I have been able to track down the others. Is the original video of that concert still up on TH-cam? Thanks a ton for your help, and for making this great compilation!
it was BlueDot 2019, dunno if the clip is still up!
@@joegrey1605 thanks man!
@@joegrey1605 see my comment
OMG... blockbuster talent. World class, hard to compare with anything else. how was I not aware of this till now?
🤣🤣🤣 Are you talking about the guitar skills as well as in blockbuster talent world class ? 😂😂😂
@@gmantramp404 Thrash guitar power chords with surf music lead guitar. A female top notch vocalist plucked out of a lifetime singing in the chapel and a sly back up girl singer- mixed with harsh reality creates explosive fun. Very needed.
@@noscrubbubblez6515 Might be fun but it ain't world class prowess guitar 🎸 on their best days
😂😂😂
Rhian and Hesta are just amazing talented young women. They are unique, refreshing and simply themselves.
Love this! So glad I learned about all of these projects. Many of them seem great and worth hearing more of.
Thank you! I was so curious about their previous stuff.
Interesting stuff, I'd not seen any of these early clips, nice vid.
Love this video Id have never found this stuff. They sung some really great tunes...
So Wet Leg are basically Bowie. Been around for years before making it. Doing good stuff, but then the magic happens. Chaise Longue is their Starman.
Damn, Rhian has some pipes
What a journey so far…continued success to you!
The video footage of Girlfriend is from BlueDot Festival 2019. Its my footage! It achieved 5 and a half thousand views before i was told to remove it. I didnt remove it and got two Copyright Strikes, which have only recently expired. I still have the footage but still not sure if i can post it. Its no different to all of the other videos that i've posted, for entertainment purposes only! Anyway, thanks for including it in your footage
Yo where can I find this song at 5:56?? I’ve looked everywhere but can’t find the mix
Now I can see how much scope there is with these two a second albums gotta happen!, I think Rhian & hester both have great voices, one strong and clear ,and one softly folky, 👍
From what I've heard, they're already well underway with the 2nd album
Wet Leg are the best thing out there at the moment.
Wow! So talented and the first band in years to make me peak out of my burrow. I'm a rabbit.
*peek* 👍
These guys are so talented -I love them 👌
All have this unusual cadence in their voices that are weirdly similar--like they are all sisters or something. The band is packed with talent.
Thanks so much for this. Rhian has an amazing voice.
Thank you so much for sharing... this video will be historic soon, I'm sure.
Rhian is just the sexiest woman and most beautiful singer. Breaking my heart every time I see her. And she is FUNNY!! Oh gosh.
She is responsible for giving me my first (at almost 40 years old) celebrity crush.
She is pretty much perfect in every way.
Great band/duo/talents...love 'em!!
Some of this music is amazing.
Nice video, thank you for uploading it, talented girls !
Hestor and the Red Squirrels are brilliant. If you enjoy Mazzy Star type stuff, theyre well worth a listen for sure.
Great video - just heard wet leg about a week ago and so cool
Fascinating journey.. far from the overnight sensations described in the press.
Hesther has a talented gentle soul . Rian is a shooting star bouncing hither and tither elegantly but with purpose
Totally
Rhian is a fantastic singer wow
a 10 year overnight success.
Good video ! But I saw a different version of it a few months ago which had an additional clip of Rhian Hester & Josh recording a really catchy tune. ..Wondering why its been edited out of this video. Copyright/publishing maybe?
omg it's Bjork2 - incredible
Solo Rhian gives serious Regina Spektor vibes
Wet Log is my favorite
the joanna newsom influence on some of those rhian songs my word
I got that too, lots of people comparing her to Bjork but it's far more Bush meets Newsome to my ears.
@@Zubareffstream111 George Bush and Gavin Newsom? Yes, I do hear the influence.
"We're not in a death cult, are we?"
"Heavens no. We're enlightened users of technology and the internet."
Great little doc, you clever chap.
Rhian’s singing reminds me of Kate Davis…Very soulful and beautiful.🥰
Wow.....what a voice...my ears are ringing.....
Enjoyed playing gigs with Rhian and Hester pre Wet Leg days.
Becky admits she got fired.
@@BarronVonSchnoot oh but no. This was in a different band, pre Wet Leg. I'm on quite a few of the video snippets playing in string section. Great times.
@@Zedlolly1 That's awesome. Isle Of Wight looks like it has an amazing music scene.
@@ClockworkDave certainly is. Check out Plastic Mermaids.
@@BarronVonSchnoot Haha. That's you told, chump.