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28.01.2008Within Temptation supports CHI
Rock act Within Temptation supports Child Helpline International with their new single ‘Frozen’
 Dutch female fronted rock act, Within Temptation, is using the video to their new single ‘Frozen’ to raise public awareness for one of the last remaining taboos in our society: abuse within the family. Sharon den Adel, singer of the band: “We decided to raise this topic because it's still not discussed enough in public. The victims of abuse can suffer their whole life because of it. Abuse and violence often take place within the closed net of the family and therefore, abused children are hesitant to disclose their abuser as they can feel threatened by this person. In addition they may feel guilty about accusing a family member. Since becoming parents we have become much more aware of the subject. If you only think for one second this could happen to your own child, you start losing your mind. We learned when writing the lyrics to ‘Frozen’ and then later filming the video how difficult it is to talk openly about this subject. When the ‘Frozen’ video was shown for the first time on the video internet platform, youtube, it was viewed by more than 50,000 people within a few days thus becoming one of the most viewed music videos on youtube. That showed us how important it was for many people that we made a video about this subject. In the period our video is set (the turn from 19th to 20th Century) the mother saw no other way out for her and her child than to poison her husband. For this she went to jail. That's of course not what we would suggest to anyone today. The only way however to stop abuse, is to break the silence and talk about it. That's why we decided to support Child Helpline International with the income for the ‘Frozen’ single we will receive from our record company SonyBMG.” More information |
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