“Will you wake me up if I think I won’t wake up anymore?”, Stien den Hollander, known professionally as S10, sings in an otherwise quiet Carré. Low hanging smoke billows across the stage. She regularly draws the audience deep into that fog with such lyrics.
Choking sounds are accompanied by darkness. Sometimes all we see is her dancing silhouette against the bright light. Together with permanent producer and dj Sim Fane and multi-instrumentalist Miro have put together a whole new show for S10. Unfortunately, a sold-out and dancing Paradiso is not included, but her music lends itself perfectly to a seated show. It is subdued and intense.
It’s great how she makes Sim Fane play with the knobs and take existing beats completely out of context
Her lyrics, in which she fights with an angelic voice against the urge for an impossible love, and against her ego and that of others, come in even better this way. In between songs she stays away from that gloom. „We are here to celebrate that I will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest next year! And I promise I will not disappoint you.”
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It’s great how she has Sim Fane play with the knobs and take existing beats completely out of context. In one track a danceable club beat is added, while another track is stripped of its jacket. The song ‘Morning/Evening’ will be performed this afternoon with only guitar accompaniment. S10 raps as well as she sings.
“I’m about to walk off the stage, like I’m never coming back. But we all know that I ‘Breathe you in’ haven’t sung yet,” she laughs. For the final, S10 exchanges the smoke for a lap of honor between the benches in the Carré stalls. That turns out to be more than right. Her voice is pure magic, and in May 2022 she will be able to enchant not only the Netherlands but all of Europe with it.
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