00:08she is THE voice of Sing meinen Song
00:11She is the front woman of a metal band
Pure power!
00:15Her life is so loud!
00:33Her life is so quiet!
00:37How can someone simultaneously
So soft and so hard?
00:43a story about a life
full of contradictions!
00:46and the search for
her own centre!
00:48Floor knows what happens when the
balance is lost!
00:52Everything was black
and I could not think!
00:55I was frightened
and could not breathe!
01:02Now it was too much!
01:10She could do nothing! She wanted nothing!
No energy!
01:15Everything she wanted before that:
To make music, Everything was gone!
01:24Floor Jansen talks about her way
out of the darkness
01:28and about that which
her life now consists of!
01:30In her new home Sweden
and in her homeland Holland!
01:35Yes, hello!
Kiss? Oh Wow!
01:42I would describe my sister as someone
who does that in which she believes!
01:48She feels what she needs for a
needs full life!
01:53The two world cities
in the life of Floor Jansen!
02:00We accept an unexpected invitation
To the interior of Sweden!
02:05to a house
on a 5-hectare piece of land
02:09in the middle of no-where!
02:11Here Floor Jansen lives the opposite
from the hectic life on tour!
02:21Look this way Freja!
I think we should make holes first!
02:24Freja: That's how to do it!
With your finger!
02:38Perhaps with your finger first!
02:47Then we will put the stone in there!
02:50Freja: We are going to do magic!
Only for the camera!
02:54Quality time with the family!
02:57Freja named after the
Nodic goddess of love
03:00is the daughter of Floor and her husband Hannes!
She is 5 years old!
03:23Love carried Floor
to the Swedish west coast!
03:26She is married to the Swede Hannes van Dahl
Drummer of the metal band Sabaton!
03:32They met in 2013!
in 2016 they married
03:36and 1 year later, their daughter was born!
03:40As a mother she is very sensitive
to our daughter
03:45She sees things that concern our daughter
much earlier than I did!
03:49That is a real strength
that she can do that!
03:53I think that her
learned a lot of patience!
03:56also for me, for us!
03:59As a mother, she is fantastic!
Absolutely fantastic!
04:07I want to be a mother, a singer
Being at home, going into the woods
04:12When I can do everything.
then I feel good!
04:17That was always the case!
I always want to have the balance!
04:23The search for balance!
That is the life theme of Floor Jansen!
04:36In the 1980s, she was
born in the Netherlands!
04:39Even as a child, Floor is different!
strikingly different!
04:43She must learn from the start
to deal with it!
04:49Floor has been living in Sweden
for 5 years.
04:521200 km away from her Dutch homeland!
04:55Nevertheless, she has so far
a close contact with her parents!
05:01Good day to you!
Well well! In German!
05:068 weeks before her trip
to the exchange concert
05:09Floor Jansen uses the time
to learn German!
05:12with her father Paul!
05:16speak a little more German!
I must learn German a little better!
05:20It is now only 2 months
untill Sing meinen Song!
05:26That is not so much time
and I need more practice!
05:31So it is very nice that we are together
can speak a little German!
05:35so that I can practice!
05:39For Floor, her father is so far
an important companion and advisor!
05:43Paul Jansen is a pensioner
Business Manager
05:45He lives with his wife, the mother
of Floor, close to the German border
05:50I can always ask him for advice.
I am his daughter forever!
05:56and he really knows me!
05:59Floor Jansen will be in the spring
1981 near Tilburg.
06:03a sheltered childhood
with her elder sister Irene!
06:07but for the welfare of its
parental home she pays a price!
06:11Through the work of my father
we often had to move!
06:16When I was 15
that was the fourth time
06:20It is not easy to start again,
meet new people
06:26moving each time: at 3 months, then
she was 4, when she was 7 and when she was 15
06:30Floor is always there:
The new one!
06:33Her classmates let her know,
laugh at her!
06:38It was not physical violence!
Only what they always said
06:42they imitated my way of talking
06:52Her parents are worried because
They know how much Floor cares
06:56She is very sensitive!
06:58Floor was bullied!
I think because Floor was different!
07:02Floor was not from this village
and Floor did not have this accent
07:09and Floor was different as a person:
Floor was Floor
07:14never wanted to adapt
and was very sensitive!
07:19and children notice that. and if
you are different you will be bullied!
07:24That hurt Floor a lot!
That bullying!
07:29They have always made me feel
to be an outsider
07:33I had no chance to belong!
07:38and I am as I am
and that was not enough, impossible!
07:53Hear, see, taste, feel
07:57for highly-sensitive people
everything is more intense
08:00felt their feelings more strongly
08:02Floor withdraws
and seeks the proximity of horses
08:07That is still the case today!
08:09Floor has a horse and a pony
in their own stable
08:30when I get to my horse
he immediately notices how I really feel
08:35That is like a mirror!
08:37when I am with my horse
I become more and more relaxed
08:43I cannot do either
do something else at the same time
08:46Apart from being busy with my horse!
08:51As a teenager Floor discovers something else
from which she draws strength: the music!
08:56Her father teaches her to play the guitar
08:58Shortly afterwards, she gets a leading role
in a school musical
09:01and sings in front of an audience
for the first time!
09:05My wife and I will have this moment
never forget, because
09:10Floor stood there and when
she started to sing she changed!
09:16She was radiant, not nervous
She had a great voice: Self-confident!
09:22a completely different child!
09:24Floor finds her valve in Metal!
09:26at a party boys ask her
whether she wants to join their band.
09:49I really loved Metal!
09:51It is dramatic and dynamic
I always like that
10:02and perhaps also because it
no music is for everyone!
10:08and perhaps it also fitted
that I could join a group
10:15who are not like the other people either!
Perhaps that was the case!
10:20a liberating step
which continues until now!
10:23For 20 years, Floor Jaansen has been
successful with her music
10:27and convinced with her powerful voice
at Sing meinen Song
10:43Floor is so cool!
She has so much in her!
10:56I find her impressive
at the same time, she is so normal
11:01and approachable but when
she sings, or goes on stage,
11:05then she becomes untouchable
and divine
11:22What do you find so fascinating about her?
She is The Queen of Metal!
11:26Her voice is incredible
truly unbelievable!
11:30she is a natural phenomenon
when she sings!
11:35I often say:
you not only see and hear her sing
11:39But you become a witness to her singing
11:55How do you see her?
I am so impressed with Floor
12:00because she has such a good voice
She can sing anything
12:05and she always sings!
Any time
12:07when we are in the car
it is Floor-Radio!
12:10and it is always so beautiful!
12:23She is just someone who
can sing incomprehensibly well
12:27And she has a lot of technique!
12:29while all of us,
or at least me
12:32I am more of a naive
Or as Udo would say:
12:35Kurzton-Sänger (Short tone singer)
so we are Short tone singers
12:38but you are very good at that!
12:40we tell more
and our voice is good for that too
12:45But she really uses technology!
12:46We want to take singing lessons from her!
1 hour!
12:50Floor impresses with her
Outstanding voice and power show!
12:55behind the scenes of the
exchange concert
12:57discovers background reporter Laura Dam
know another side
13:01Floor, the thoughtful
who seeks moments of silence
13:05How is that for you?
13:06Is it a theme for you
to find the balance?
13:09What is it like for you here now?
How much do you miss your family already?
13:13Yes, of course I miss my family
and everything from home
13:16But after 2 years only
have been at home
13:20it is wonderful
to be in another country for a change.
13:28My wolf, as I call my career side
It is like a wolf
13:35my wolf has to go out!
13:39The other side is my dog
who is always at home
13:43My Wolf: Ok here is a wolf
and here is my dog!
13:49and the wolf is hungry
and wants to get out again!
13:53How do you feel, within this group?
13:57I am part of the group
but I am also the Dutch
14:02At the same time, it is not important
whether I am a woman or German or not
14:08I have the feeling that the others
see me as an international singer
14:17In a moment:
When life gets out of balance
14:20Floor Jansen about her life crisis!
14:23When I came home
I asked my doctor again:
14:28why can't i function
14:31Then he said:
It is better not to work
14:36Yes, we have noticed!
Floor was really very sick!
14:42She was already tired
when she stood up!
14:51Floor Jansen played at the exchange concert
the role of a particularity
14:54As a Dutch
and as Metal front woman!
14:57but when the invitation came
Floor did not hesitate for long!
15:00Doing something new characterises her!
15:03Both professionally
as in the choice of her private residence!
15:083 years ago Floor moved
for the ninth time
15:12First she lived in Holland
then in Finland
15:14Because of love is now her new home
north of Gothenburg
15:18in nature! where the nearest
neighbour lives 3 kimometers away
15:57Ha Floor! Nice to see you!
16:00Shall we have coffee?
I have brought biscuits!
16:03Cosy! Come on in! I have the book
with me, that you have lent me
16:07Thank you! I will take that!
Thank you!
16:11Oh chocolate macarons!
I love it! How did you know?
16:14Is it really? Yes, really!
Me too!
16:24I remember exactly
when I met Floor
16:27She came on a horse,
with another horse on the halter
16:32My husband called out to me:
There are horses in the garden!
16:38and I cried!
Hurray horses!
16:41and I grabbed my chance and asked
16:44whether I could go for a walk
with the horses!
16:47And she said:
Yes, of course!
16:49From that unexpected outing
to the neighbour's garden
16:52a friendship is born!
16:54Also because Floor, after moving
learned Swedish right away!
17:07It is a strange feeling
that otherwise I would be on tour now
17:11In November and December
Europe was planned, wasn't it!
17:15And there was still more!
The whole year was booked, wasn't it?
17:21Actually, yes!
We would go to China and Australia!
17:31Snow! Instead of world tour!
17:34Amsterdam, Beijing, Sidney
Everything cancelled!
17:37Since January 2020, all Nightwish concerts
were cancelled due to corona!
17:55The genesis of
the metal band Nightwish
17:58begins in the year 1995!
18:0017 years before Floor Jansen
front woman!
18:04How did the Dutch get into
Finland's most successful band?
18:08and that in the time that they
had her worst life crisis?
18:13and she couldn't do anything anymore!
18:24You don't get a burnout easily!
18:27Hey, I have done something too much
and now I am tired!
18:32It takes time
that you really get a burnout!
18:37That was also the case for me!
18:41In 2011, Floor Jansen is in her early 30s!
18:45She works as a singing teacher
in the Netherlands.
18:48Also she sings in a band!
18:50But she does not feel well!
18:52The doctor took my blood
taken and examined
18:55and looked at my heart and lungs!
Everything was always fine!
19:02You are healthy, Mrs. Jansen!
19:04Ok, but I do not feel healthy
and are constantly tired!
19:10Medically, everything is in order
But Floor feels completely weak!
19:18I do not understand!
19:19I am 31 and I am young
I had a good condition!
19:25So why am I tired all the time?
Well, I don't know! I don't know!
19:29I just kept on working!
19:34She is putting herself under pressure!
Feels like she has to perform!
19:37but her body goes on strike!
19:47and could hardly breathe!
19:57We were in a cafe,
to drink coffee
20:02and then was the first time I really
couldn't do anything anymore!
20:07Everything was black
and I could not think anymore
20:10I was frightened
and could not breathe
20:17Now it was too much!
20:33When I came home
I asked my doctor again:
20:38Why can't I function?
20:40And then he said:
Maybe you have been working too hard!
20:49Ok, what does that mean?
20:53I do not have to work at all now
or work less?
20:59It is better when you are not working!
21:03and for how long?
Maybe 1 month!
21:081 month became one and a half years
in which Floor had to recover!
21:13She cancels everything
and withdraws completely!
21:15And seeks the closeness of her parents
lives close to them!
21:25Yes, we have noticed that!
Floor was really very sick!
21:35She was already tired,
when she stood up!
21:42She could do nothing, wanted nothing
no energy!
21:47everything she wanted before that:
Making music, everything was gone!
21:57a very difficult period
in her life!
22:05Nest: Floor meets by chance
the love of her life! Hannes!
22:12She likes to smoke wiskey and cigars
and she is an opera singer
22:16Come here, you're mine!
22:19and home visit in the Netherlands:
Buying a horse with her sister Irene!
22:24Good morning!
What a big girl you are!
22:30I would describe my sister as someone
who does what she believes in!
22:43Autumn 2012
Floor is doing better and better!
22:47She celebrates
the wedding of her sister irene
22:49There she gets a phone call
that will change her life!
22:55Then Nightwish called me!
22:57It was in the autumn of 2012
23:02The band was in survival mode
23:04We had to find a new singer quickly
23:13Floor was the only possibility!
23:17On the phone with the manager of Nightwish
23:19Already at that time
one of the most famous Metalbands!
23:22Internationally famous!
23:24The Finns are at that time
on tour in America
23:27and questions Floor
to fill in as a singer!
23:32We have a problem with our singer
23:36We cannot work together any more
23:40and can you come to America?
Today?
23:44Fortunately for us, she had time!
23:47She was very motivated
and has given us a chance!
23:50The rest is history!
23:53a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
23:55With the fear, after the
long period of illness too much to do!
23:59Floor dares to do it!
24:01Floor has only 48 hours
to travel to America,
24:04and 15 Nightwish songs
to learn by heart!
24:07and then go on stage
with that unknown Finnish metal band
24:19I had never
sang a Nightwish song
24:22and Nightwish songs
are not very easy!
24:25Long and complicated!
Beautiful but complicated!
24:31and it's not just what I have to sing
but also were in a song!
24:37That was really very difficult!
24:41I had brought the texts
24:43and all the time during the flight
listened to the music
24:47and tried to learn everything!
24:52shortly before
at her sister's wedding
24:54suddenly backstage in Seattle
24:57The band captures this moment on camera!
25:01an almost unimaginable challenge
for Floor Jansen!
25:04She herself does not know at that time
25:06Whether she is only a substitute
25:08or if there is a chance that she could
become the new singer of Nightwish
25:13I had no idea where I was!
I was also a bit sick!
25:18My body really said:
OH! What are you doing now!
25:21My voice was not quite right either!
only worked for 50 per cent!
25:45The Metal audience is very sensitive
for change of band members!
25:49Especially with a Cult band like Nightwish!
25:52Which at that time has been
in existence for 17 years!
25:55Floor had to earn the acceptance
of the fans by singing!
27:03We were so happy and relieved
that it went well!
27:08the reception by the public
was so heart-warming!
27:14Everyone understood what was going on
27:17Everyone supported Floor
and understood her difficult situation!
27:24to join the band at such short notice
do her utmost
27:29and do it almost perfectly right away!
27:57The spontaneous performance of Floor
hits like a bomb!
28:01With Nightwish she will then
even more concerts!
28:04in South America, Australia
Asia and Europe!
28:35It was a wonderful feeling
and especially that we did it together!
28:40It was a challenge for us all
and we made it work together!
28:47That has really
brought us more together!
28:53In 2013 Nightwish officially announces
That Floor Jansen is in the band to stay!
29:001 known song of the band
she adjusted herself
29:0380,000 Metal fans celebrate in Wacken
her version of Ghost Love Score!
29:18It is a very beautiful and special song!
but I have changed it a bit!
29:23a little in my own way
and our fans loved it!
29:50Yes, that was very magical!
and also Ghost Love Score:
29:54It is remarkable that the end of the song
is very dramatic
30:02And I always sing it with all I've got!
with much feeling
30:07and I believe that
the whole world feels the same!
30:24with her new role as
lead vocalist of Nightwish
30:27Floor overcomes her burnout!
30:29She is professional
at the peak of her success
30:32In private, she is still
searching for her luck!
30:34and by a coincidence she finds her love!
30:37When she herself
did not count on it at all!
30:44I am getting a little closer!
30:46In the meantime, Floor has been with the
Swedish drummer Hannes van Dahl married!
30:52Everything started in 2014
with a chance encounter
30:56Floor is on the road a lot at the moment
and lives for the band in Finland!
31:02I emigrated to Finland
31:06I had found a nice little house there
31:13That's it: I want a new life!
I am starting again!
31:21I am travelling alone! I am single!
It is good like this! No men!
31:28April 2014
Floor Jansen on the road in the US
31:33At a concert in Michigan she meets
Backstage the 9 years younger Hannes
31:38who is touring with his band
at the same time!
31:40I listened to Panterra
and drank whisky
31:45Floor walks by,
she stops and looks into my dressing room
31:50She says: Do you listen to Panterra?
31:52and I thought, that's that opera singer!
Do you know Panterra at all?
31:56Of course she said!
That is Vulgar Display of Power
31:59That was the album
that I was listening
32:01I said, How can you know?
I love Panterra!
32:05and you drink whisky?
What kind of wiskey is it?
32:07It was a smoky whiskey!
32:09and then she asked if I
wanted to share a cigar with her!
32:14We had so much in common!
common interests and music
32:21I thought: wait a minute:
32:23She likes Panterra, drinks whisky,
smokes cigars and is an opera singer
32:30Come here! You are mine!
and that was that!
32:33That was the short version anyway!
32:36After 4 days, I knew for sure:
I have found my man!
32:44Love at first sight
I didn't think it existed, yes!
32:57Floor and Hannes have been a couple
since the US tour!
33:006 years ago
they gave each other the YES word!
33:02For Floor, the Swede is her mainstay:
He is grounding her!
33:14It burns! Good that white stuff!
Yes really nice! It will be nice and warm!
33:20He is my soul mate!
He is 9 years younger
33:29He has an old soul, I believe!
and he has so much peace!
33:37That has always felt very good!
33:43Hannes looks after the house
and their daughter in Sweden
33:46When Floor in South Africa
celebrating her evening!
33:49An evening dedicated to Metal!
33:51and yet the other artists
make it a whole different song!
34:30The performance of Clueso!
34:32He wanted to feel once
as Floor Jansen
34:36and he has done so well:
It was almost Clueso Jansen!
34:42I am totally Wow!
I do not know how to put it,
34:47But I have felt so loved!
34:54Did you know this side of Clueso?
This Rock side?
34:57I did not know the Rock side of Clueso!
34:59It was like travelling back in time!
35:01suddenly there is a young teenager Clueso
Barefoot in a rehearsal room
35:06where it stinks of beer and chicken
barefoot on a dirty carpet
35:09and thinks he is Kurt Corbain!
35:11Floor's Swedish Home!
35:19There is something else that Floor
is doing these days!
35:22She is working on her solo career!
35:25That also creates balance in her life
she says
35:27Because she depends only on herself
and can make music from home!
36:06Performing solo was not a plan
but another coincidence in Floor's life
36:12The beginning is 3 years ago
36:14Then Floor participated at Beste Zangers,
the Dutch version of SMS !
36:44It was not normal!
really not normal!
36:51More than 17 million views on Youtube,
a hit in her homeland!
36:55and an opportunity that presents itself:
Can I become a solo singer?
37:14Floor sells directly
16.00 concert tickets!
37:17She goes with songs from her band's past
on stage!
37:20From After Forever to Nightwish:
All sung solo by her!
38:09Meanwhile,
Floor is working on her own songs!
38:11Soon her first solo album will be released
38:22She constantly has new ideas!
What do you think of this or that?
38:27All ideas are collected:
What shall I do with it?
38:30This could be something for the solo album
and there are ideas for Nightwish
38:35Everything nicely in balance again!
38:42Floor's homeland Holland!
38:44Near Nijmegen
she arrives with her sister Irene!
38:49Floor is interested in a horse
that is for sale on this farm!
39:09We are in the neighbourhood
where my sister lives
39:13and we are here
to go and look at a horse
39:21Why?
I want to have a new horse!
39:26and I am very curious to see if Dara,
That's her name, fits me!
39:34it is an unlikely coincidence
because she was looking for a web page
39:41on which horses
from all over the world!
39:44and then she found one that was 4 kilometres
from my house! Unbelievable!
39:49What a coincidence,
so now I can watch it too!
40:06Well: 1,2,3 calves!
and dogs!
40:10Floor stands by her decision
by her feelings!
40:14only when she feels a bond with the horse
she will consider buying it!
40:19shire horses are great!
They are draught horses and quiet, willing
40:22That is why in the Middle Ages they were
very popular with knights
40:25Good morning!
What a big girl you are!
40:31I hope she is nice:
Friendly and curious
40:41Especially friendly!
40:43and yes, that she is beautiful is important
but that is not the most important thing!
40:53How is your first impression?
Very good!
40:57The eyes are so important!
that they are friendly!
41:08The horse costs a lot of money, but is
an investment in the balance of life!
41:12Horse riding in nature
Unconditional trust!
41:29They look very nice!
41:34One might think that a great person
on a big horse is huge
41:41But they look perfect!
41:46You are riding it well!
Do you think so?
41:50Yes, it looks very relaxed!
41:52I know it is not always there
looks so easy,
41:54but it looks very easy!
That is nice!
42:19Floor has 1 hour
Test ridden on the horse
42:22Does she feel a bond with Dara?
42:59Meanwhile, she has made up her mind:
43:02Shire horse Dara has arrived in Sweden
and feels good in her new home!
43:07An extra reason for Floor
to enjoy nature!
43:11I would describe my sister as someone who
that does what she believes in!
43:18Not necessarily what she wants,
43:19but in which she believes
what she stands for!
43:21what she needs for a fulfilled life
43:24and then she really thinks
to all aspects of it!
43:28a fulfilled life!
Floor Jansen has found it!
43:32She toured the world
and find her balance here
43:35In the nature of Sweden
43:36With its animals, Her husband Hannes
and their daughter Freja!
43:45Wait a minute darling!
Will we try not to spread it everywhere?
44:01Now it is ready!
Very beautiful!
44:06Family comes first!
Everything else can wait!
44:09And Floor loves to be at home!
44:16It is really important
to always check how I really feel!
44:20Sometimes it is really necessary to say NO
Or No, not now!
44:30I always have something to do!
And I like that too!
44:34and that I now know that
it is important to me
44:38to make me feel better,
that I should be outside!
44:42That I need nature.
I need that every day!
44:46and that is how I can do that!
44:47So I can have Nighwish and my daughter
Do SMS and have a solo career
44:53and have a better balance!
