Imagine Dragons were speechless when they saw the video of a choir of 600 people singing their song “Believer.”
This 600 person choir singing believer blew my mind this morning as I watched,” the band tweeted. “So much passion.
A five-minute video of the performance was put together by GLGLZ radio in Israel for their Best of Year chart of 2017 along with Koolulam, a social media platform that strives to bring together people from all corners of Israeli society to sing together.
GLGLZ is Israel’s most popular radio station and plays top 40 hits, a representative told Radio.com.
Each year, the radio station does a Best of Year chart chosen by its listeners. Then, Israeli artists cover the top hits. This year, the station approached Koolulam, which helped coordinate a choir of 600 singers to perform “Believer.”
The amazing thing is that nobody knew each other and the event was to promote bringing people together who wouldn’t usually gather together. For a nation like Israel that is in constant conflict, it is quite a feat to accomplish.
The Koolulam Project is an ambitious one. This is the description of the project from their Facebook page:
“Kululam is a social-musical initiative aimed at bringing together people from all corners of the diverse, multi-cultural Israeli society. Our idea is to stop everything for a few hours and just sing – together.”
“The project enables its participants to enjoy the feeling of togetherness through a deep communal experience – our sounds and voices coming together to create a social choir, full of hope and optimism. The idea is based on a similar, highly successful project in Canada, which we have decided to bring over to Israel, giving it our own unique, Israeli flavour.”
Six hundred participants were divided into three vocal groups (baritone, alto and soprano), and were taught their harmonies in one hour. The result is unlike any other cover of “Believer.”
Watch the video below:
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