Melbourne classically trained violinist Evangeline Victoria is quickly going viral on TikTok and other social media platforms after her rendition of Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes was posted online.
On Saturday (6 April), Victoria put on an epic pre-game performance at the A-League’s Melbourne derby—Melbourne Victory against Melbourne City—by playing an electric violin as a backing band played her in.
Seven Nation Army, a song now associated with soccer chants, sounded fantastic with Victoria’s classical twist. Staying true to the original melody, Victoria played the guitar riff and Jack White’s vocal line, allowing punters to sing along: “I’m gonna fight ’em off/ A seven nation army couldn’t hold me back…”
You can watch the video below.
Victoria is grateful for the opportunity to reach new listeners, commenting on the Melbourne Victory TikTok account’s post of her performance, “Thank you so much for having me” with a loved-up emoji.
The comment section on TikTok also praised Victoria, with followers writing, “Bring her to all the games!”, “This would have been sick live!”, “This is my favourite song”, “Exactly what the League needs”, “That’s absolutely awesome, wow, love it”, and “INCREDIBLE.”
Evangeline Victoria has over 20 years of experience as a violinist and entertainer. She’s a classically trained graduate from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and performs all sorts of music, which has found her joining Conrad Sewell on stage and Kygo and Tiesto on tour.
The White Stripes disbanded in 2011, but Jack White has gone on to tour and release highly successful, critically acclaimed solo albums.
In November 2022, he co-headlined the inaugural Harvest Rock festival in Adelaide alongside Crowded House. Last year, he defended his ex-wife Meg White after a journalist criticised her drumming ability.
Last March, politics journalist Lachlan Markay sent out an “ill-advised” tweet about Meg White of The White Stripes’ fame that has since been deleted.
In the post—screenshotted and circulated across X, formerly known as Twitter—Markay wrote, “The tragedy of The White Stripes is how great they would’ve been with a half-decent drummer.” He elaborated by calling Meg White “terrible” and “no band is better for having shitty percussion.”
Jack White responded by sharing a poem about his ex-wife on social media with a picture of Meg White behind the drum kit. The poem reads:
To be born in another time,
any era but our own would’ve been fine.
100 years from now,
1,000 years from now,
some other distant, different, time.
one without demons, cowards and vampires out for blood,
one with the positive inspiration to foster what is good.
an empty field where no tall red poppies are cut down,
where we could lay all day, every day, on the warm and subtle ground,
and know just what to say and what to play to conjure our own sounds.
and be one with the others all around us,
and even still the ones who came before,
and help ourselves to all their love,
and pass it on again once more.
to have bliss upon bliss upon bliss,
to be without fear, negativity or pain,
and to get up every morning, and be happy to do it all again.
