Imogen Heap, Hide And Seek (live), San Francisco, CA, June 8, 2019 (HD)

Imogen Heap plays the song "Hide and Seek" live in concert at The Masonic in San Francisco, CA on June 8, 2019. The song originally appeared on her 2005 solo album Speak For Yourself. Heap also contributed a version of the song, called "Edge of the Forest," to the soundtrack for the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, whose entire score she composed. Joining Heap onstage were Zoe Keating (cello), Emma Houston (keytar), Tim Keiper (drums), and Steve Jones (guitar).

Heap performs with Mi.Mu musical gloves, which allow her to manipulate/loop her voice and musical samples with movements of her hands. She said this about them: "They basically enable me to reach inside that computer, and have access to all the software that I love. All of the augmentation of my voice. Or maybe I want to bring in some samples. Or add in a delay. Or reverse my voice, or whatever I want to do. So all of the vocal effects you're hearing tonight are done live."

Hide and Seek lyrics:

Where are we?
What the hell is going on?
The dust has only just begun to fall
Crop circles in the carpet, sinking, feeling

Spin me 'round again and rub my eyes
This can't be happening
When busy streets amass with people
Would stop to hold their heads heavy

Hide and seek
Trains and sewing machines
All those years
They were here first

Oily marks appear on walls
Where pleasure moments hung before
The takeover, the sweeping insensitivity
Of this still life

Hide and seek
Trains and sewing machines
Oh, you won't catch me around here
Blood and tears
They were here first

Mmm, whatcha say?
Mmm, that you only meant well?
Well, of course you did
Mmm, whatcha say?
Mmm, that it's all for the best?
Of course it is
Mmm, whatcha say?
Mmm, that it's just what we need
And you decided this?
Mmm, whatcha say?
Mmm, what did you say?

Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
Mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut-outs
Speak no feeling, no, I don't believe you
You don't care a bit, you don't care a bit

Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
Hide and seek
Mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut-outs
Speak, no feeling, no, I don't believe you
Hide and seek
You don't care a bit, you don't care a, you don't care a bit

Hide and seek
You don't care a bit, you don't care a bit
Hide and seek
You don't care a bit, you don't care a bit, you don't care a bit

Written by Imogen Jennifer Heap


Mycelia North American and European Tour Dates (with some Frou Frou songs performed with Guy Sigsworth):

April 28 – Miami, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach
May 3-4 – Washington DC @ Lincoln Theatre
May 7-8 –New York, NY @ Town Hall Theatre
May 14 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
May 16-17 – Toronto, Ontario @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
May 24 – Boston, MA @ Emerson Colonial Theatre
June 1 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater
June 5 – Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre
June 8 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic Auditorium
June 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
Nov. 2 – Berlin, Germany @ Passionskirche
Nov. 4 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ De Meervaart
Nov. 5 – Paris, France @ L'Alhambra
Nov. 7 – Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
Nov. 10 – Glasgow, Scotland @ SWG3 Galvanizers Yard
Nov. 11 – Gateshead, England @ The Sage
Nov. 12 – Manchester, England @ Bridgewater Hall
Nov. 15 – London, England @ The Roundhouse