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@dirkdiggler7727

10 ай бұрын

Who cares

@Rare.99

10 ай бұрын

that ain't rap as far as I remember it

@PereVS23

9 ай бұрын

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

@criops

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

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...

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

11 ай бұрын

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

@dillonhach2827

11 ай бұрын

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

@MattMeNotYou

11 ай бұрын

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

11 ай бұрын

and yet she is using gloves! 😆😆

@christinalewis8778

10 ай бұрын

❤🌹

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

@JujYFru1T

4 жыл бұрын

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

@goldjoinery

3 жыл бұрын

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

@yahstino

3 жыл бұрын

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

@youcantkeeprunninginandout7240

3 жыл бұрын

ngl though it's such an amazing song

@mattiasrutter

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@afz5355

3 жыл бұрын

She’s out of this world

@schwajj

3 жыл бұрын

Like an orchestra conductor.

@ascend3654

3 жыл бұрын

minority report is becoming real

@youreworthyourweightinavoc7189

3 жыл бұрын

you mean like Mezerg on his theremin?

@user-or9sr1wd3w

2 жыл бұрын

I can Imogen it

Imogen Heap is the GOAT. She's not afraid to be herself and she's not afraid to stand up straight and just sing.

@paulbissonnette3650

Жыл бұрын

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

@rennyg8627

Жыл бұрын

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

@800cherries3

Жыл бұрын

@@paulbissonnette3650 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

Күн бұрын

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

That gloves performance was beyond Imogenation

@charmedprince

5 жыл бұрын

👏 👏 👏

@scarlettbigam9893

5 жыл бұрын

Haaaa nice 😜

@ALiteralCrow_

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this

@anthoni426

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

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.

5 жыл бұрын

this is great

@JohnAlecci

4 жыл бұрын

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

@grumpycheerleader

4 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s so cool 🤩

@TomTom-xp2jb

4 жыл бұрын

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

@defstrikem2743

4 жыл бұрын

“Ethereal” 🙄🙄🙄

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

8 ай бұрын

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

@JayD06

6 ай бұрын

​@@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

5 ай бұрын

@@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

4 ай бұрын

@@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

3 ай бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@itsmypukapuka4710

3 жыл бұрын

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

@eddiew2325

3 жыл бұрын

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

@jordanberezin2621

2 жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

Yessss

@hoseoksfannypack6673

4 жыл бұрын

Björk does this too. I love it.

@ispearedbritney

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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

@annacakeable

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes lawd😱

@sharrellfaith

4 жыл бұрын

Omg thats a collab thats needed

@antejalvela

4 жыл бұрын

*Imoginable

@aarronjsymonds

4 жыл бұрын

@@antejalvela Imogenable*

@invisibilly1946

4 жыл бұрын

And John cage and sophie

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

@kpacubo.

5 жыл бұрын

lmao i dunno why but this is funny

@jbeffa

4 жыл бұрын

Greatest comment. Ever.

@4humanity223

4 жыл бұрын

@@kelvynification lmao word, the feels

@leftalone9881

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@StormShadowWZ

5 жыл бұрын

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

@amayajade1266

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Murray thanks Ryan Murray.

@ArsenicDrone

4 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

1000th like :)

@qwertyboo

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@KeerahImani65

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I wanna cry 🥺❤

@scotth5237

3 жыл бұрын

One of the best comments

@1kennylo

2 жыл бұрын

Tf 🥺

@Regina-bu5fm

Жыл бұрын

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

@sudfac

2 ай бұрын

She looks like teacher here.

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

Жыл бұрын

I know so many songs that Sample her!

@DuongNguyen-vw4fi

Жыл бұрын

TYIH

@oscarfox6040

11 ай бұрын

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

@luciaterenzi9445

11 ай бұрын

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

11 ай бұрын

@@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

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

@Andy-th9kj

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget inventor!

@csheets40

4 жыл бұрын

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

@muhammaddoe249

3 жыл бұрын

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

SHE’s music bending 😭😭😭😭😭

@Addi59

3 жыл бұрын

Yes 😂

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

That rendition of hide and seek was insane 😭

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

@JeanNascimentoJNX

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@geburar

5 жыл бұрын

NatrixHasYou and IDLES

@sallychairez1936

5 жыл бұрын

That's what I'm saying!!

@apullcan

5 жыл бұрын

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

@jordanr6639

5 жыл бұрын

@@apullcan agreed

@Jacob32905

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha no doubt

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

@Igor-cr2zf

27 күн бұрын

Thnx

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

@sensualsquelch

4 жыл бұрын

I totally see the resemblence

@DrummerGrrrl

4 жыл бұрын

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

@klayniltasuwan7984

4 жыл бұрын

and half-sisters with Kristen Wiig

@irlseraph

4 жыл бұрын

Kale 000 gowon serve

@plutoryn

4 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

@genesises

Жыл бұрын

you got her tickets but intended not to go?

@danielmartchek3989

Жыл бұрын

@@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

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.

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

@Nomin130

4 жыл бұрын

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

@NaturallySelected

4 жыл бұрын

I mean.. like any instrument?

@thomasr1051

4 жыл бұрын

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

@StrawberryFeildsforNever

3 жыл бұрын

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

@aw-g

2 жыл бұрын

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

I just know she grows her own mushrooms

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

theremin: am i joke to you???

@Huhwhatdidyousay

4 жыл бұрын

Most artists: NPR tiny desk concerts:^

@chrlskrkl

4 жыл бұрын

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

@NoelArdeur

4 жыл бұрын

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.

This glovetrance version of hide & seek cured my depression.

@chilicoffee9342

5 жыл бұрын

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

@GottiGolfwang

5 жыл бұрын

Spenser dude me too that’s crazy

@SteveBrant55

5 жыл бұрын

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

@alex0589

5 жыл бұрын

G L O V E T R A N C E

@georgerussell2947

4 жыл бұрын

Have you heard Jacob colliers version?

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

3 жыл бұрын

She never used a vocoder to begin with!

@camzjamz5243

Жыл бұрын

@@alecgwin1443 she performs is with a vocoder though

@GroundationOnly

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

I don't like it.

@jenniferzaralee

Жыл бұрын

I agree I was apprehensive but it deffo paid off

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

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

@JuniorSkeptic

5 жыл бұрын

Nairo Camilo she’s closer to a walking chaos pad

@angelawellborn2281

5 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking!

@nairocamilo

5 жыл бұрын

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

@Stopinthenameofskating

5 жыл бұрын

Stfu trending

@Octambulism

5 жыл бұрын

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.

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

@muoian

5 жыл бұрын

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

@bellaimeek

5 жыл бұрын

deelot1 omg

@unnq

5 жыл бұрын

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

@JM-fo1te

5 жыл бұрын

Cultural appropriation

@star0shadows

5 жыл бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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.

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

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

5 жыл бұрын

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 KZread 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

5 жыл бұрын

@@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

5 жыл бұрын

HANDS down...get it?

@rupertgrech7097

5 жыл бұрын

Take a listen to Velvet Underground with Nico.

@rupertgrech7097

5 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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.

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

@dr_redbanRL

5 жыл бұрын

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

@Peeze16

5 жыл бұрын

@@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

5 жыл бұрын

Nah

@deanroddey2881

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

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."

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

@UniMagik

5 жыл бұрын

YAAAS

@oggy06

5 жыл бұрын

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

@VTUL92

5 жыл бұрын

Yaaaaaaas

@047Kenny

5 жыл бұрын

William Öhman didn’t she help out on mbdtf?

@finchcarvingadiamond

5 жыл бұрын

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

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

@GantzIsSloppy

3 жыл бұрын

HAHA funny

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

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

@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335

5 жыл бұрын

She didn't came up with it

@user-oy7gz5bf2h

5 жыл бұрын

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

@JM-fo1te

5 жыл бұрын

*he*

@beefyappa

5 жыл бұрын

@@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 she did too you fucktard

@stephenholt6956

5 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

cheers me too!

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

11 ай бұрын

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

@leahmclean1410

11 ай бұрын

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

@imsomelicious

11 ай бұрын

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

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.

5 жыл бұрын

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

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

@dakotagripp5815

5 жыл бұрын

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

@bindakawhoon4848

5 жыл бұрын

@@dakotagripp5815 I love you too

@xanbell7723

5 жыл бұрын

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

@Neuroneos

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@gillyfranklin1550

2 жыл бұрын

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

@bowdinkle

Ай бұрын

🤯

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.

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@carmeleche56

4 жыл бұрын

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

@evanbrill6139

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

4 жыл бұрын

I cried my stupid face off. Amazing.

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

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.

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

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.

Speeding Cars 5:36 Hide and Seek 12:57

@nowhereman4865

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you man

@xartxhxcdamage

4 жыл бұрын

Guitar song is also beautiful. No one should skip that

@Neuroneos

4 жыл бұрын

Guitar Song is this year's best song by far

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.

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

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

@j_chua

5 жыл бұрын

SkySplitterInk yes!! That would be amazing!!

@rooseveltbrentwood9654

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@jmpsthrufyre

4 жыл бұрын

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

@karimecolettadominguez

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

3 жыл бұрын

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

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!!

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

Alright that glove thing was actually cool as hell

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

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.

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

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

5 жыл бұрын

That's definetly it.

@pazansun9678

5 жыл бұрын

True words, felt pretty similar

@cdigdawg

4 жыл бұрын

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

@CatherineLittlepage

2 жыл бұрын

♡

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

Her dress came with a shopping bag attached. Smart.

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

5 жыл бұрын

Fantano is that you?

@thomas_h4288

5 жыл бұрын

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

@gabes3dvideos

5 жыл бұрын

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.

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..

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

@JoyfulRelaxation22

3 жыл бұрын

A whole album!

@662363

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@lichtgeist9822

3 жыл бұрын

and get Clams Casino to remix the whole thing

@Aktaris

3 жыл бұрын

And Grimes!

Absolutely devastating. What an incredible talent.

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

@SonOfAdam94

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, absolutely beautiful, God be pleased!

@RyanStorey1231

4 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of Rogue! 😊

@Balthazar2242

4 жыл бұрын

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

@candy8391

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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.

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

@kako12ente

4 жыл бұрын

To see them without all those cables hanging was quite impressive

@larey9484

3 жыл бұрын

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

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!

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!

Damn those gloves are really sick. I'm surprised that they are as responsive as they are.

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

@hottamale3845

4 жыл бұрын

It's the gloves

@austinshoupe3003

4 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

@@austinshoupe3003 ok but it’s still overtone singing

@austinshoupe3003

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@bowdinkle

Ай бұрын

This is the comment I was looking for

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

@schojdfjf6495

11 ай бұрын

Please never give up!

hide and seek sounds imogen heap + sigur ros

@klickingkayasmr7585

5 жыл бұрын

ferril samal yesss!! Spot on! Wow...

@elmencos3335

4 жыл бұрын

@@klickingkayasmr7585 x2

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

Björk needs some of those gloves!

@ingridvazquez2715

4 жыл бұрын

I AGREE!!!!!

@hoseoksfannypack6673

4 жыл бұрын

I bet she has 4. Two for her hands and two for her feet.

*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). 😄

Hide and Seek is one of the best songs of all time.

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

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

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.

this was one of the best hide and seek performances i've seen

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

LEAVE ME ALONE

@Balthazar2242

4 жыл бұрын

What?

@vowed9217

4 жыл бұрын

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

@aarondaly5486

4 жыл бұрын

This is so true.

@matteovaiente214

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not crying; you're crying.

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

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

@UniMagik

5 жыл бұрын

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

@carlma00

5 жыл бұрын

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

@ryanmcaroni

5 жыл бұрын

@@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

5 жыл бұрын

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

@mikerphone.

5 жыл бұрын

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

I always tear up over her performances.