It begins with a whisper. A rumble of guitar, low and deliberate. Then, the voice—seasoned, steady, questioning. A man is calling out into the noise of a fractured world.
He is not a politician. He’s not a pundit.
He’s Harry Kappen.
A Dutch musician. A music therapist. A man with a guitar, and something to say.
“Break These Chains.”
Three words. One mission.
But where did it come from?
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS — A city known for its canals, its culture, and lately, one man’s crusade for truth.
Kappen’s latest single, “Break These Chains,” isn’t just a track on a playlist. It’s a cry for clarity in a world choking on misinformation. He sings of lies repeated, facts twisted, faith fractured. And he does so not with a scream, but with something more dangerous: conviction.
“We do have freedom of speech,” he sings, “But we don’t need a misleading preach.”
Those aren’t just lyrics. They’re an indictment. A challenge to leaders, media outlets, and even you. And in a time where the line between fact and fiction feels thinner than ever, it begs the question—
Who is Harry Kappen really trying to reach?
We wanted to know more. So we dug deeper.
Turns out, Kappen’s no ordinary musician. By day, he works in youth care, using music as therapy for at-risk adolescents. He teaches. He listens. And he sees—firsthand—what happens when young people feel unmoored, manipulated, and forgotten. It’s here, in these quiet rooms of healing, that “Break These Chains” was born.
His studio may be filled with guitars and amps, but the emotional fuel comes from somewhere rawer. More personal. More human.
As he told us during a quiet moment in his home: “Music can’t solve every problem. But it can say what needs to be said, when no one else will.”
And Harry is saying it.
He’s asking: where are the angels?
Who’s left to guide us when the moral compass spins wild and we’re left to navigate in the dark?
“Facts veiled in shadows. Man’s ego takes a flight.”
The lyrics cut like a blade honed on years of quiet rage. But this isn’t a song of despair—it’s a call to action. Kappen doesn’t want to give up on the world. He wants to wake it up.
Musically, it’s straight rock with a conscience. Gritty guitar lines, a bruised but brave vocal delivery, and a chorus designed to stick in your head like a thought you can’t shake. “Let’s break these chains,” he repeats, over and over. It’s a chant. A mantra. A dare.
But who’s listening?
In a world of TikTok trends and disposable music, Kappen’s song is swimming upstream. And yet, it’s catching ears—across Europe, in indie rock corners of the U.S., even in classrooms where teachers are using it as a modern protest anthem.
And that brings us back to the song itself.
It’s not just about fake news, or politics, or post-truth madness. It’s about the emotional fallout of it all—the pain, the confusion, the slow corrosion of empathy.
“Save us from more pain,” he pleads. And in that moment, it doesn’t feel like performance. It feels like prayer.
In the end, “Break These Chains” may never top the Billboard charts.
But that was never the point.
Harry Kappen doesn’t want fame.
He wants accountability.
He’s one man. One voice. One message.
And in today’s world…
That might just be enough.