--- title: Toddler Sings 'Do You Hear the People Sing' from 'Les Mis' description: It's never too early to start getting into Broadway musicals, as we've learned from this toddler named Koen. canonical: https://time.com/4016016/toddler-sings-les-miserables/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-29T16:28:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:10.694Z og:title: Watch This Toddler’s Rousing Performance of 'Les Miserables' og:description: He knows (almost) every word to "Do You Hear the People Sing?" og:url: https://time.com/4016016/toddler-sings-les-miserables/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Toddler’s Rousing Performance of 'Les Miserables' twitter:description: He knows (almost) every word to "Do You Hear the People Sing?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Toddler's Rousing Performance of a Classic _Les Miserables_ Song ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 29, 2015 4:28 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 29, 2015 4:28 PM UTC It’s never too early to start getting into Broadway musicals, as we’ve learned from this toddler named Koen. Watch this three-year-old musical aficionado deliver a passionate rendition of “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from _Les Miserables._ He does this while standing atop a piano bench and appears to have a broken arm, but that doesn’t stop him from giving it his all. In fact, it’s quite possible the pain is exactly what fueled such an intense performance. Koen may not know _every_ word, but he comes quite close. Plus, it’s really his commitment to the craft that matters most here. _Read next:_ [_10 Pieces of Classical Music Your Toddler Will Love_](http://time.com/3903991/classical-music-toddler-children/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4016016/toddler-sings-les-miserables/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4016016/toddler-sings-les-miserables/"},"headline":"Watch This Toddler's Rousing Performance of a Classic Les Miserables Song","datePublished":"2015-08-29T16:28:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:10.694Z","description":"He knows (almost) every word to \"Do You Hear the People Sing?\"","url":"https://time.com/4016016/toddler-sings-les-miserables/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4016016/toddler-sings-les-miserables/","name":"Watch This Toddler's Rousing Performance of a Classic Les Miserables Song"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4016016/toddler-sings-les-miserables/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4016016/toddler-sings-les-miserables/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```