Nightwish singer Floor Jansen released her debut solo single on Friday (March 25). The quietly intense piano-driven number, “Fire,” also has an accompanying music video.
And there’s likely more coming soon. Nightwish fans can expect a full-length solo effort from the lead vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band after she played her first solo concert in the Netherlands in 2021 and later confirmed the in-the-works album.
Listen to the song down toward the bottom of this post.
Jansen tweeted early Friday, “Depending on whether it is past midnight in your timezone, you can now listen to ‘Fire’!!! But this is just the start. … The music video will premiere and I will be streaming live right after! Join me then! In the meantime, stream ‘Fire’!”
Last year, after recovering from gallbladder removal, Jansen told Breaking Absolutes that she first started working on solo material around the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. She also said that she aimed to balance her solo work with Nightwish and her personal life.
“I’ve been working on a solo album since the beginning of the pandemic,” Jansen explained. “Or let’s say a little bit before that when the solo career [started] in the Netherlands. And it really kickstarted my own creativity that I haven’t really been able to use over the years. It’s nice that it gets out.”
She added, “I would like to do more of that and actually finish that album and make those steps and find a way to combine a solo career with Nightwish and my life at home.”
Nightwish’s latest album Human. :II: Nature. emerged in 2020.
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