Iris Kroes is a Dutch singer-songwriter and harpist born in 1992 in Drachten. She began learning the harp at age nine. Prior to her national television appearance, Kroes performed as a vocalist and harpist in a rock duo based in Drachten. In 2012, she achieved national prominence as the winner of the second season of the television competition The Voice of Holland. During her audition, she performed the song “Someone Like You” while playing the harp. Her debut studio album, First, was released in 2012 and reached number 4 on the Dutch album chart. Her debut single, “I Can't Make You Love Me”, reached number 6 on the Dutch Top 40. In 2013, Kroes released the Frisian-language single “Thús”. In 2014, she issued the EP It Will Come in Time and the single “Never Coming Back”. That same year, she contributed the theme song “Look Up Lizzy” to the film Eyecatcher. In 2015, Kroes released her first Dutch-language single, “Bijna met jou”.
