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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
Official website: www.within-temptation.com
Videoclip: youtube.com/wtofficial
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