Nightwish Single „Élan“ geleakt – Reaktionen der Band

Am 13. Februar erscheint die neue Nightwish-Single „Élan“ vom kommenden Album „Endless Forms Most Beautiful“ – doch bereits eine Woche vorher hat ein „Fan“ die Single ins Internet gestellt. Wie diese Person an das Material gekommen ist, ist unklar. In den sozialen Netzwerken zeigen viele Fans Unverständnis, und helfen dabei, veröffentlichte Songs auf verschiedenen Plattformen zu melden.

Floor Jansen, seit 2013 Sängerin der Band, äußerte sich auf Instagram wütend und enttäuscht:

Don’t like!
Who was the disrespectful ‘fan’ that put our single out before release? We work SO hard to create something special, in high quality! And you think it’s ok to steal it? Dear REAL fans: this Èlan version is NOT official and sounds unlike the real thing!!!! Please wait for our official release next week on the 13th of February! And know that a single is one song, always impossible to cover the contents of an entire album in this one example :-) I red reactions based on this illegal spread monster and got sad to the bones with the words based on one song in poor quality illegally spread. Have patience and I have no doubt it will be rewarded.

 

Auch Tuomas Holopainen, Songwriter und Keyboarder von Nightwish, äußerte sich zum Leak von Élan:

Warmest greetings everyone,

Some of us like to stay neutral on issues concerning internet/Facebook, but I feel it only proper to remark on a quite remarkable situation. I saw that our first single „Èlan“ was leaked on the internet today, and I was quite baffled by some of the reactions I read. I was then asked to make a short statement, and the following is what I feel about the issue.

The leaking of a full album, or just a single song in advance, is a huge blow to the wonderful mystery which is surrounding the impending release of our new music. We have deliberately cultivated this so as to give our fans an event; a (hopefully) powerful surprise. The passionate posts on the bands Facebook page (which were done in the heat of the moment) were no doubt a honest reaction to the disappointment in someone deliberately spoiling a part of these efforts. To suggest that the band or the record label would do this on purpose is very „conspiracy theory“ and simply not true. The very thing we care about most is the music on the album, and the impact it will have on people.

With that in mind, do try to avoid listening to this „leak“ and any others for that matter. Just wait to hear it as it is supposed to be – a labour of love, the fruit of dedicated hard work and of the highest quality. The way we would wish to experience it ourselves.

This is a delicate issue, which seems to be very hard to address in a right way. We seriously hope everyone would calm down now. There´s a lesson to be learned for all sides here.

Yours sincerely,
Tuomas &
Nightwish