Froukje rings in the New Year with an alarm bell instead of fireworks. “Groter Dan Ik” (“Bigger Than Me”) opens with a sarcastic “Happy new year” while picturing a planet literally on fire. The singer feels tiny against the blazing climate crisis: the clock keeps ticking, smoke fills her lungs, and the flames seem impossible to put out. By repeating that the world is burning and time is slipping away, she captures the anxiety many young people feel when they look at headlines and wonder, Are we already too late?
Yet the track is not just a panic attack set to music. Froukje dreams out loud: she wants a future, a garden, a family, clean air, fifty shades of green. Her wish-list turns into a rallying cry for all of us to open our eyes, speak up, and act together. She reminds politicians in The Hague that real change costs money—and demands courage—while assuring listeners that collective action can still douse the flames. In short, the song transforms climate despair into defiant hope: the fire may be “bigger than me,” but we can be bigger than the fire.