According to singer Terhi Kokkonen, Ultra Bra intends to remain an authentic performer and will never be caught up, no matter how much live performances are criticized.
Terhi Kokkonen tells Iltalehti that he is very pleased with Ultra Bra’s live performances at the Olympic Stadium. According to Kokkonen, the interaction between the band and the audience was unique. Elle Laitila
Vocalist Terhi Kokkonen describes the weekend’s Ultra Bra Olympic Stadium gigs.
– It was so great. We loved every second, Kokkonen rejoices.
Ultra Bra stadium gigs at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium collected a total of 82,000 people on Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, Kokkonen, in particular, came to my mind. On Friday, Kokkonen says he knew that the second gig is still ahead. Therefore, when she performed, you couldn’t celebrate so freely.
– It was a more common gig for us, but the audience was excited, says Kokkonen.
– Saturday was one celebration, just let it go. I could have continued for another hour.
“Go to pull and then comment”
The return concerts of the Ultra Bra band were seen at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki on Friday, August 22nd and Saturday, August 23rd. Elle Laitila
The performers and the audience at the Ultra Bra Stadium were present every moment. According to Kokkonen, the finesse of Ultra Bra is the authenticity and the fact that the band does not appear or use a car tape.
Kokkonen thinks this is also the reason for the post -criticism. Ultra Bra’s Saturday concert was performed at the general delayed broadcast on TV1 and Arena.
Some TV viewers have complained about the unobtrusiveness of the performers, while the people on the spot have mostly disagreed.
Kokkonen himself says he has watched a small piece of concert recording of Yle Arena. Now he says straight words to the critics.
-People are so used to automated loud nowadays, even in live performances. We make a real live, so it sighs in some ear that are not musicians, says Kokkonen.
Kokkonen himself is very pleased with the band’s live performance. Although the gigs had minor tune problems that Kokkonen would not even call himself a problem, the whole thing was successful.
– The gigs were completely natural live music, Kokkonen comments.
Kokkonen flags for genuine and honest live performances. According to him, today, in Finland, it is also very common that even in live situations many artists perform with car tunes.
– One power of Ultra Bra is that we are different. We have not gone there, and we will not go into the future, Kokkonen says firmly.
Ultra Bra pulled a total of 82,000 people to the Olympic Stadium for a total of 82,000 people. Elle Laitila
-Our audience likes it when it gets a genuine live presentation. We have the right instruments and natural singing. We will not give up, even if one hundred things are written, criticized and barked. Go to pull yourself and then comment.
Kokkonen hopes that live performing will be appreciated again as one form of music experience.
– Today’s young people would learn that music and sound are organic. Music is alive and doesn’t have to be perfect. Otherwise we will soon have artificial intelligence singing, Kokkonen sums up.
– You should not always be the same thing that is perfectly tuned in, where a person’s own humanity, naturalness and interpretation is hidden. Therefore, it touches when there are people’s feelings and interpretation on the stage, and no car -tuned stuff.
Hint of ultra bra for sequel
For Kokkonen, the most memorable moment of stadium gigs was when Ultra Bra performed on stage with a 400-person choir consisting of young people.
– It was such an incredible experience for both us and the audience, says Kokkonen.
Ultra Bra members were young themselves when they began to make their songs. At that time, according to Kokkonen, he couldn’t even think that their music would survive the next generations.
That is why he finds it very touching that today young people are still able to know the songs of Ultra Bra.
– It is touching to see young people’s joy and enthusiasm for our music. It tells how important our music is still. It has lived from one generation to the next.
According to Kokkonen, performing with the choir is a good example of what can happen on the stage without car tape or tape. Kokkonen hopes that the new generation working with music will remember this.
Ultra Bra’s stadium gigs did not necessarily remain the final performances of the band. Elle Laitila
Kokkonen also hints at Ultra Bra’s sequel. Composer Koskinen According to Kokkonen, he has been thinking about composing new material.
– I would say that we are now a well -refined group. It would be a pity to put the whistles in the bag now and never do anything again, Kokkonen says.
– So it remains to be seen. Of course, now on Sunday, right after the gigs, we do not have a telephone call that would plan for the future. But everyone was left to feel why we wouldn’t do something in the future.
According to Kokkonen, interaction with the public at the Olympic Stadium was something very unique.
– Contact with the audience is a very important part of the artist’s work. Friday and Saturday showed that there are people who still want to hear us, Kokkonen sums up.