Froukje Veenstra
Froukje | |
|---|---|
 Froukje in 2020. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Froukje Veenstra |
| Born | 4 September 2001 Nieuwkoop, Netherlands |
| Genres | |
| Occupations | |
| Years active |
|
| Labels | |
Froukje Veenstra (born 4 September 2001), better known by her stage name Froukje, is a Dutch singer-songwriter.
Early life
Froukje Veenstra was born into a family of teachers, for whom music always played a central role. She used to play in the band Ginger Squad together with her father and her sister and later in other bands, including Chicks & Wings. In the late 2010s she enrolled at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music. Her studies were disrupted from 2020 onward by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of the pandemic, she was also unable to perform in front of an audience.
Career
Her first song "Groter Dan Ik", a protest song about the climate crisis, was released in early 2020. The song had been streamed 1.7 million times in less than one year.[1] Later that year, her second song "Ik wil dansen" was released. With this single, she entered the Dutch Single Top 100 for the first time.[2] In January 2021, her first EP Licht en donker was released. It reached the second position in the Dutch Album Top 100.[2]
In 2022 her second EP Uitzinnig was released. Later that year she performed at Pinkpop Festival.
Musical style
Veenstra composes her own music with the help of a laptop, a guitar or a keyboard. Lyrically she is influenced by Maarten van Roozendaal and Theo Nijland. She is also inspired by Eefje de Visser, Typhoon and Stromae.[3][4]
Discography
Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NLD [2] |
BEL (FL) [5] | ||
| Licht en donker |
|
2 | 61 |
| Uitzinnig |
|
5 | 24 |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD[2] | ||||||||||
| "Groter dan ik" | 2020 | — | Non-album single | |||||||
| "Ik wil dansen" | 74 | "Licht en donker" | ||||||||
| "Licht en donker" | — | |||||||||
| "Onbezonnen" | 2021 | — | ||||||||
| "Licht en donker (Remix)" (featuring Willem Ardui) | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
| "Heb ik dat gezegd?" | — | "Licht en donker" | ||||||||
| "Niets tussen" | 100 | "Uitzinnig" | ||||||||
| "Een teken" | 65 | |||||||||
| "Uitzinnig" | 2022 | 92 | ||||||||
| "Zonder gezicht" (featuring S10) | 37 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart in that territory. | ||||||||||
References
- ^ Bouwman, Steef; Hansen, Hein (1 February 2021). "'Corona-artiesten' veroveren muziekindustrie met miljoenen streams" (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Discografie Froukje". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Popdebutant Froukje: 'Het klimaat is groter dan ik, maar niet groter dan wij'" (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Froukje: groen in quarantaineseizoen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Discografie Froukje" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 26 July 2022.