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I: "It's a bit un expected that you're going to do a Christmas show, how come?"
L: "Eeeeeeeeeh. Was that a good answer? *laughs* No but, I've never really seen it as a classical christmas show. This is going to be something different from a christmas show."
I: "And what is it that is 'different'?"
L: "Well what I like about christmas, it's the atmosphere and the community, I'm not so much for presents and the hysteria, I'm not so much for the christmas stress, more the atmosphere, so what's going to be very different is atmosphere and community, that's what I wanna spread. So it isn't that unexpected! We just don't need to call it "Christmas" show'."
I: " Now you've been here and rehearsed for three days, right?"
L: "Yeah, from the beginning I chose 2 days but then I gave it an extra day because it has to be good also.
I: "And how does it feel?"
L: "It feels nice, it's a nice group of people actually, real creators. And that's also one of the reasons I did this. Because there is a certain credibility there, people who love what they do."
I: "So, it is in Malmö, at Moriska paviljongen, and was Moriskan who made you give in a bit?"
L: "Yes, yes, first I was like ' no not Julgalan, I need time to focus on the album who's coming out in January, it's so much work behind it, but then they told me "This is actually pretty artistic Loreen" and that's the word that triggers, "artistic, do you mean I can do whatever I want??" *laughs* so I actually went to research and saw the premises and thought this is niice, we could do something cool with this. As long as I have free hands and can do whatever I want, because that's a creators dream, then it's just giving. Then you develop."
I: "And it's not just musicians that preforms with you?"
L: "No it's circus people, acrobati.. I don't get how they do that, they don't look that strong, but then they stand on their little finger without any problem, I don't get it..."
I: "That's really a show."
L: "Yeah but with a softer tone. There's no "show(what?)" dadada... Nothing like that, we need to slow down the pace a bit."
"I: More atmospheric?"
L: " Yeah I would say that. And it's... Yeah if I say like this 'It's not a sunrise , it's a moonlight.'"
I: " Okay, that summarizes everything pretty well. But hey, since 2012, have u been touring around with Euphoria all the time?"
L: "Y..eeah... More or less I would say... Or toured with... Or what's funny is that it's not only euphoria.. but the album Heal actually. Which I'm surprised of. Usually they want you to skip all the other songs and just go for 'EUPHORIA'! *laughs* from the beginning at least. It has happened sometimes. 'EUPHORIA', 'No I'm performing another song right now, be quiet.' 'EUPHO...' *laughs* No but, it has been full.. on, since 2012. Good practicing I have to say."
I: "Do you ever get tired of it?"
L: "No, That's the crazy part, I don't get tired of it at ALL. I think that... Because I like... ops sorry, It's me who sits and pokes here... Singalong. Because it's not often I sing the song all alone. I can always hand it over to the audience! *laughs* And they.. Often sing along. They're often the ones that actually sings the song. So I use to tell them, now you'll get to sing the song, and they don't complain."
I: "What do you think about Malmö then?"
L: "I like Malmö, it's a soft tone over Malmö, if you compare to Stockholm who has a pretty hard tone, people smiles on the streets, they're nice, there is a playfulness here that I can miss sometimes so... No but I like Malmö. And then one happens to stay at the same hotel as the whole soccer team. *Sounds uppish*"
I: " Yeah it's full throttle here."
"FULL throttle, it's funny that I came in here and was like 'ah omg how many fans I have!' *laughs* And then I knocked on the door and was like 'hey can't I come in?', 'Noo, we don't let people in here, who are you?', 'But hello? *laughs* It's MEEE', the ego. *laughs*"
I. "For how long are you going on with this show, it's only in Malmö, right?"
L: "Yes, it's only gonna be here. We can't bring Moriskan everywhere, that doesn't work! *Laughs*. During one month, we're having this show, 3 days here, this week. And then... Don't ask me which days... I'll gamble now but 2 days next week and.. maybe 2 more days the week after that..."
I: "It's going on for a while and you'll be here in Malmö.."
L: "I love it. I love it! To be at the same place all the time, or well it won't be like that on all of my free days, sometimes I'll need to be at other places, so I have a looot to do, let's see if I get this all together."
I: "It's a bit un expected that you're going to do a Christmas show, how come?"
L: "Eeeeeeeeeh. Was that a good answer? *laughs* No but, I've never really seen it as a classical christmas show. This is going to be something different from a christmas show."
I: "And what is it that is 'different'?"
L: "Well what I like about christmas, it's the atmosphere and the community, I'm not so much for presents and the hysteria, I'm not so much for the christmas stress, more the atmosphere, so what's going to be very different is atmosphere and community, that's what I wanna spread. So it isn't that unexpected! We just don't need to call it "Christmas" show'."
I: " Now you've been here and rehearsed for three days, right?"
L: "Yeah, from the beginning I chose 2 days but then I gave it an extra day because it has to be good also.
I: "And how does it feel?"
L: "It feels nice, it's a nice group of people actually, real creators. And that's also one of the reasons I did this. Because there is a certain credibility there, people who love what they do."
I: "So, it is in Malmö, at Moriska paviljongen, and was Moriskan who made you give in a bit?"
L: "Yes, yes, first I was like ' no not Julgalan, I need time to focus on the album who's coming out in January, it's so much work behind it, but then they told me "This is actually pretty artistic Loreen" and that's the word that triggers, "artistic, do you mean I can do whatever I want??" *laughs* so I actually went to research and saw the premises and thought this is niice, we could do something cool with this. As long as I have free hands and can do whatever I want, because that's a creators dream, then it's just giving. Then you develop."
I: "And it's not just musicians that preforms with you?"
L: "No it's circus people, acrobati.. I don't get how they do that, they don't look that strong, but then they stand on their little finger without any problem, I don't get it..."
I: "That's really a show."
L: "Yeah but with a softer tone. There's no "show(what?)" dadada... Nothing like that, we need to slow down the pace a bit."
"I: More atmospheric?"
L: " Yeah I would say that. And it's... Yeah if I say like this 'It's not a sunrise , it's a moonlight.'"
I: " Okay, that summarizes everything pretty well. But hey, since 2012, have u been touring around with Euphoria all the time?"
L: "Y..eeah... More or less I would say... Or toured with... Or what's funny is that it's not only euphoria.. but the album Heal actually. Which I'm surprised of. Usually they want you to skip all the other songs and just go for 'EUPHORIA'! *laughs* from the beginning at least. It has happened sometimes. 'EUPHORIA', 'No I'm performing another song right now, be quiet.' 'EUPHO...' *laughs* No but, it has been full.. on, since 2012. Good practicing I have to say."
I: "Do you ever get tired of it?"
L: "No, That's the crazy part, I don't get tired of it at ALL. I think that... Because I like... ops sorry, It's me who sits and pokes here... Singalong. Because it's not often I sing the song all alone. I can always hand it over to the audience! *laughs* And they.. Often sing along. They're often the ones that actually sings the song. So I use to tell them, now you'll get to sing the song, and they don't complain."
I: "What do you think about Malmö then?"
L: "I like Malmö, it's a soft tone over Malmö, if you compare to Stockholm who has a pretty hard tone, people smiles on the streets, they're nice, there is a playfulness here that I can miss sometimes so... No but I like Malmö. And then one happens to stay at the same hotel as the whole soccer team. *Sounds uppish*"
I: " Yeah it's full throttle here."
"FULL throttle, it's funny that I came in here and was like 'ah omg how many fans I have!' *laughs* And then I knocked on the door and was like 'hey can't I come in?', 'Noo, we don't let people in here, who are you?', 'But hello? *laughs* It's MEEE', the ego. *laughs*"
I. "For how long are you going on with this show, it's only in Malmö, right?"
L: "Yes, it's only gonna be here. We can't bring Moriskan everywhere, that doesn't work! *Laughs*. During one month, we're having this show, 3 days here, this week. And then... Don't ask me which days... I'll gamble now but 2 days next week and.. maybe 2 more days the week after that..."
I: "It's going on for a while and you'll be here in Malmö.."
L: "I love it. I love it! To be at the same place all the time, or well it won't be like that on all of my free days, sometimes I'll need to be at other places, so I have a looot to do, let's see if I get this all together."
Loreen - I see infidelity totally different.
Loreen in an exclusive interview with Nyheter24 of broken relationships, separation anxiety and love.
Loreen Talhoui, 28, do not drink alcohol, but sings in the new song "Crying out your name" how she emptied the mini bar to escape from a broken relationship.
- I depicts a woman who has been heart broken, and she chooses to use the bottle to calm her separation anxiety and the pain of being separated from someone. The battle was lost. It did not work, she says and continues:
- The reason I have chosen to highlight alcohol as an escape is because it is like that for many, not for myself, but I have seen people around me, and there is no right or wrong in it. But I wanted to highlight the vulnerability behind it.
But it is not difficult to relate to it when you do not drink?
- For me it is not. It is not the alcohol that's the point of it, but it is to be heartbroken and I've been. For me to know that things do not work ... Most of my album is about love relationships, separation and acceptance. Like that chimeras have as infidelity. Very strangely about it. Usually it is not that I am pointing finger at someone else and say like "you did this to me", but it is from my own point of view.
Have you been through infidelity?
- No, but I'll say one thing about infidelity. For me it does not mean you're cheating when you're running away to have sex with someone else. It's a thought, as soon as you think of someone else, or dreaming of someone else, or want someone else, you're already gone. I see infidelity in a completely different way. I think you should divorce when things are broken, you should not stay. Infidelity is usually about prestige.
Are you still heartbroken?
- No, I'm actually not heartbroken at all. But it's interesting what comes up when you sing, I end up in some kind of trance. There is much pain that comes out again then.
Are you perhaps instead in love again?
- No, or I'm in love with love. I love love. But right now I'm not in love, and we should be damn happy about that. Because I am a true romanticist!
Loreen Talhoui, 28, do not drink alcohol, but sings in the new song "Crying out your name" how she emptied the mini bar to escape from a broken relationship.
- I depicts a woman who has been heart broken, and she chooses to use the bottle to calm her separation anxiety and the pain of being separated from someone. The battle was lost. It did not work, she says and continues:
- The reason I have chosen to highlight alcohol as an escape is because it is like that for many, not for myself, but I have seen people around me, and there is no right or wrong in it. But I wanted to highlight the vulnerability behind it.
But it is not difficult to relate to it when you do not drink?
- For me it is not. It is not the alcohol that's the point of it, but it is to be heartbroken and I've been. For me to know that things do not work ... Most of my album is about love relationships, separation and acceptance. Like that chimeras have as infidelity. Very strangely about it. Usually it is not that I am pointing finger at someone else and say like "you did this to me", but it is from my own point of view.
Have you been through infidelity?
- No, but I'll say one thing about infidelity. For me it does not mean you're cheating when you're running away to have sex with someone else. It's a thought, as soon as you think of someone else, or dreaming of someone else, or want someone else, you're already gone. I see infidelity in a completely different way. I think you should divorce when things are broken, you should not stay. Infidelity is usually about prestige.
Are you still heartbroken?
- No, I'm actually not heartbroken at all. But it's interesting what comes up when you sing, I end up in some kind of trance. There is much pain that comes out again then.
Are you perhaps instead in love again?
- No, or I'm in love with love. I love love. But right now I'm not in love, and we should be damn happy about that. Because I am a true romanticist!
Aftonbladet 10/11 2012
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QX 2012
We have not seen since the night before
she went to Azerbaijan. The we hugged each other before her promotional gig in a room of Drottninggatan in Stockholm. Then I knew she was going to Baku and win. Here we are, five months later. Euphoria is one of the most successful Eurovision winners ever and has been number one on the charts in seventeen European countries. - The past six months have consisted of canceled gigs, new for-profit-promotion and to complete the album. It has been hectic. I could make a mix of a song while I was in Spain and then make it as I wanted it in a studio in Germany. Most of the Swedish gigs that were booked before Eurovision profit was conducted, even though people wanted her abroad. - I wanted to come out and meet those who support me, and I refused to cancel. It had been a terrible *diss* to not give them something back, she says seriously. The difference between Loreen before she went to compete in Växjö in February and now is not big. But she says she has become more resistant. She dares to put her foot down when she doesn't feel that she knows what happens. - This has been such a big test. How important it is to protect our identity. I can see that people around me have a monetary interest and want to strike now, and it is okay. But I have to think about myself too. I've been lonely girl, standing on the record company and kept huge struggles for what I want. Of course, I have put myself in how things work, to get there and don't have control is not going to work. For international speaking, is a product thinking that is different from how it works in Sweden, and that I have become aware of. But I am the creator, and there must be respect between me, businessmen and strategists. That's the way it is. Have you had any personal time since you won? - They're starting to come now, and then I'm home. I meditate and do things that has nothing to do with work. I can just sit... It may sound boring but it is so nice to turn off the phone and just be. I am comfortable in my own company. How does it look in your home? - It's very simple. I must have a platform that soils me and I don't like to own things. I do not have a lot of furniture and stuff, and there are no pictures on the walls. Just one red dot for focus sake. I'm trying to get an idea how big it where the red dot appears on the blank wall. Is it big? Handpainted or printed? But before I can issue she continues: - I recently made my bedroom to a walk-in closet. A friend helped me with it so I would be able to structure. I borrow so much clothes, and must hold structure in it. If it is a mess then it is a controlled mess, I'm pretty pedantic. I want it to be clean when I get home after a work trip. I may miss flight, and I have missed flights, because of cleaning so that things are where they should when I get home. She laughs. I can imagine that the people around her not done the same if they knew that Loreen missed the plane because the vacuum cleaner was torn up when she actually would sit in a taxi on the way to the airport. The most common question Loreen got the recent year has been about how it felt to win, and it was bothering her a bit. Partly because she says that it wasn't she who won, it was her team and everyone who believed in her. Partly because the focus was on to do as well on stage as possible, and then she did not have time to feel how the victory itself felt. - But one thing about this whole Melodifestivalen and Eurovision bothers me. I hate that people says that only geeks is watching Melodifestivalen and the common man don't know what good music is. Some journalists have said that I'm different from the remaining in the contest and taht I'm not like the others. Do not sit around and talk shit I say. What gives them the right to say what is good music and what is uncool. I have been a bully-victim all my life I don't want to belong to a group that thinks they're better than others. I'm so glad that people took in my appearance, they believed in waht is different. Loreen have shown that the "different" work in all situations and, when Melodifestivalen kicks off next year, it feels like she has written new rules for what the Swedish people will vote for. But it wasn't an easy thing. It was a lot of opinions about her and the number before she won Sweden's fifth victory in Eurovsion: Too dark, too introverted, too own and too much bangs. - I like the bangs. It is like a protection. We humans are always looking for eye contact, and you don't see the eyes directly, you feel in an other way. You listen better if you haven't a direct contact with the eyes that says reflects the soul. Heal The album that came out in days has been awaited. And to me, that heard a couple of tracks already before the cover interview in May last year, she equivalent to her expectations. She creates a sound that's unique. And the songs that already is released are being dressed in new suits. My Heart is Refusing Me has been more like a dance hit and more "easy" while the floorfiller single Sober has become darker. - Sober now sounds like I wanted it to sound. The production, which was released is a compromise and I have always had an irritation over it. I wanted to give the story a different sound and make it darker. She smiles. She is aware that there easily become much pain in the songs and that she must balance some lighter productions so that "you don't want to cut your wrists". - I am basically pretty bright. But then I end up in my trances and then it becomes something else, something with a lot of pain. It is a process ... and who knows, maybe a bright romantic disc will come in the future. She smiles and continues: - So I checked what songs I would able to do a bit more "light", and My Heart Is Refusing Me already exists in another guise, so now it could be done this way. I tire quickly with productions and like to play and be a bit creative. And it’s just pure mathematics actually: A record that only contains pain from beginning to end is… the pain becomes more accessible if you get breathing space in-between. Otherwise you can’t take in the message. Message yes. Loreen wasn't only unique in the Eurovision by taking home a crushing victory and giving us a performance we haven’t seen in this context before. She also dared to take position in Azerbaijan, and visited human rights organizations between rehearsals and cocktail parties. - Everything I do has a connection to people. I want to make others feel something, and it’s not for my own sake. To just go up on a stage and pose gives me nothing, then I could stand in front of the mirror at home as well. In Baku I got the press on my side and they wrote about other things than that I slipped on stage and what I was wearing. I wish there had been even more time there, so that I could have set up even more meetings. She talks about a gig she did in Belarus. How she had to talk in codes when she called home, how had to be sneaky to meet people for dissident organizations and how she realized it was useless to argue when she didn’t want to go in President Lukashenko rented limousines. - I took the money I earned and gave them to an organization that works for human rights. It was the only right thing to do for me. She strongly disagrees with those who think that Eurovision shouldn’t be organized in countries with oppression and dictatorship. - When people said, ‘Should Eurovision really be arranged in Baku, they’re xenophobic and don’t like gays, “, I was against it. If it’s somewhere Eurovision should be it’s right there. It’s great that we can go there and highlight the problems. It’s terrible that people can’t live freely. I understand why you were popular amongst Eurovision fans, which most consists of homosexuals. - I was embraced by the gay community from the start. I would probably not be sitting here today if it wasn't for that support. We stick together, the one’s who feel the need to protect people who are different. What do you mean “we”? -We who… act in a different way, that don’t think female/male, who doesn’t want to be divided. The one’s that are different according to the masses. She smiles and continues: - That’s the way it is. I will not forget those who were there from scratch. And I understand why. Takes one to know one (laughs). It’s because you are different. Last time I interviewed you for QX you said something that I’ve carried with me. “Love is where you find it.” I like that way of thinking. - Yes, that love should be defined by if you have a penis or a pussy is quite sick. She points to the genital area, and then the heart. - This is pleasure, this is the heart. It isn't that hard. A Eurovision winner has spoken. Source: http://www.qx.se/uploads/d9/9fd6bc9d5f213c81427cca839044aa.pdf |
UR "Hångla" - 2011I= Interviewer
L= Loreen J= Jonas The artist Loreen tells us about why she chose to wait a long time before she had sex for the first time and why she thinks it's important to masturbate. The sex-expert Jonas Lemon answer questions about age limits when it comes to sex and about how it works with masturbating when you have period. Host: Nisse Edwall. I: Welcome Loreen! L: Thaanks! I: I was thinking, Your music is a sort of mix between happiness and melancholy. L: Yeah... I: So now I wonder if you were a happy type or if you were emo in highschool? L: Ehm... no, I was more... emo. Yeah, I was a bit emo. I: We are going to talk more about your highschool period soon, welcome Jonas, you are here to answer some questions! J: Yeah I: Here it is: Hi, I'm a 15 year old girl and I'm bisexual. When you're bisexual you can fall in love with girls too. My friend really hates every girl in the whole school. Except me and a few others. The problem is that I'm in love with one of those that she hates... What should I do? She's the only friend I have in class, I don't want to lose here even though she's going to change school and move away from me. I'm going to feel horrible if I would tell her. She already hates me for a lot of things and I don't want to make it worse. Please help me! J: I feel sorry that her friend hates het for things she do and thinks... Because I think a good friend should let you think and do as you want. Be nice and support instead of making things worse. But at the same time, you may just have one friend that you feel that you want and can be with, because you're maybe a bit different from the others but that you and your friend have some connection to ech other. But maybe she should avoid telling this friend that she's in love with this girl, until it feels better. The question is, would it be better right now if she tells her... Maybe she can find another friend in school or on the internet that she can talk about this with. L: Do you think so?! I think the other way around actually! I: Really? L: Yes I do, all the best realtions I have is those that I've been totally honest with. So I think that she should tell her the truth, I don't think it's gonna be that though. I think they're going to be as close as usual... I: So you don't think she's risking to lose her then? L: Well yeah, but then she's honest to herself ant other people around her. Instead of walking arund and have an anxiety. I: What do you say Jonas? J: It's very hard to say... Because it depends on the situation and how the realtion to then looks and everything... But I think like this, it's maybe not so good to tell THIS girl about it, try to find others to talk about this with, and talk about other things with this girl. I: I personally feel that I have different friends for different things. __________________________________ I: The first time that you were really in love, was when you were going in 7th grade (13-14 years old)? L: Yeah right... I: How did you expose your feelings? L: I was very... special as a kid. I was very scared, and I didn't dare to show my feelings... So yeah I was a emo type. I: But how did you show your love...? L: I used to keep close to this guy that I was in love with. I were in the same classroom and I used to hang around at the same places as him, but... I: As a stalker? L: A bit like a stalker! Just to see him... I: Did you know his schedule? L: We vere in the same class... I: Oh yeah, then you knew his schedule if you had the same..! L: Of course. Haha. I: So you followed him. L: Yeah I folloew him only to see him, but I never dared to go to him. I: But what does that mean? That you like stood behind a pillar in school... L: No but I was kinda... no not... no haha! But it was like, Maybe my friend joined me and we talked near him. So undercover. I: Okay... Was he in love with you? L: Yeah actually I think he was... But it was fortunate that he didn't came to me because then he probably had been beaten... I: What?! L: Yeah but... I was so shy so I would'nt had been able handel it at all. Back in the days actually... I: Wait, okay so you stood, with your friend, behind som kind of pillar and... L: I hanged were he was! I made it look pretty okay, it didn't look like I was spying on him. Because it was a lot of others there too. I: But why would you BEAT him if he came close? L: But... I didn't knew... Everything that had to do with love, I thought it was really tough. I daydreamed at home but I didn't show it. I: But if we say like this, That he came to you, would you pretend to be angry at him? I don't understand... L: Yeah a bit like that, I had asked him to leave. I: ”Get out of here!” L: Haha yeah, ”what you you want?” I was a trouble maker. I: ”But you stood behind that pillar and looked at me.” L: ”No I didn't, I don't know what you're talking about! I could never do that...” I: So there was no kiss that time? L: No... I: But when you were 14, you kissed for the first time... L: Laughing I: Who was the ”victim”? L: No, what do you mean with ”victim”? Stop it haha... I: No I'm sorry, who was... who was the lucky one? L: No I.. haha... the lucky one, thanks, well I was on vacation because every summer my family visited Marocco, And there was a guy that was a surfuer... really cozy and very handsome! So we started to hang around and he courted me. So that was actually the first time I was so close to someone... And at last he took me away to some cliffs, full moon haha I: Is it true? L: Actually, haha yeah it was full moon, I will never forget that... I: So you sat thre, it was dark there was cliffs, full moon, the sea... L: Yeah, Everything! The hole package. I: How did it feel then? L: Today I would say it was... okay. Then I thought it was best. I: Why do you think it was okay today? If you describe it, was it less tounge was it a lot of tounge? Or was it like... L: It was a bit too much tounge actually... I: Too much tounge? L: I thought so yeah... His tounge was almost everywhere and my tounge wasn't... I thought it was more exciting! ”Damn how cool!” I thought. _________________________ I: Loreen, now I've planned that we are going to talk about ”The first time”. And because you were makng up, it was the first time you had sex, nothing else, not the first time you drove a car or gone to a cinema or something... You waited very long before you had sex for the first time, why? L: Yeah, well... I've always been that kind of kid that goes on the feeling. I waited until it felt right, if I am honest. And also that I was a bit scared and shy made me avoid it. So I was really really late... I can say that I was over 18 years old. I: It sound very adult, was that something you got from home that you should wait and all that? L: Naah.... Both yes and no. I'm raised in a muslim home, liberal, so it's not though in that kinda way. But you didn't really talked open about sex and love... And didn't really show it either. So it din't introduce to me so clearly. But again, I've always been a careful person so I thought about what I felt first... I: But there was no one that said ”You have to wait till blablabla..”? L: Yeah yeah, well I had relatives that talked like that and I got to see that a lot... There's a completly differen culture, I am from a marrocan culture and there it is completly different. You wait till you get married there. So of course I got a bit from home, but I've always been a bit of a rebel all the time and that's why I have questioned and that's why I answered yes and no. So well... no it was mainly for my own sake. I: But did you became stressed of waiting? L: No, no actually not. I had a lot of other thigs that I've thought about so... I: What kind of things? L: yeah but... like... a lot of other things, A lot of other... problems! Haha... I: That's not sex related? L: No, of course you're curious and thought about it but when you have a lot of other things in life that's big... sex became secundary. I: I understand, but what was it like with masturbating, whas that something you waited woth too? L: No no, and I have to say that I think it's very important to masturbate, because that's how you get to know your body... So It's really recomended. Then you also get to know what you like and dislike when you have sex. I: Yeah right. Did you feel that you hade the advantage of your masturbate-experiences when you had sex? L: Absolutley! I: How? L: Then I knew exactly what was right for me and what wasn't, so I could set limits and say I don't want that and I I want this. I: You knew what was nice and what wasn't. L: Yeah, yeah. I: How was the sex then? L: The first time for me was... Again exciting. Haha, it was more like ”Time to learn something new, here we go!” Haha no but it was good, it gets 5 out of 10 today. ___________________________ I: What did you study in highscool? L: I think I did... everything. It was very difficult to decide one... In the beginning I studied Nature of tecnology, and that was only because I had such a prestige, it was acutally the program that you had to have the highest grades for. But when I came there, there was only a lot of boys studying, so it wasn't so fun... So I changed to sience, but then I thought sience was boring, so then I mixed in some civics and some aesthetically. So I've basicly done everything. I: But did you study any extra years then? L: I had 1 extra year actually. I: If we are thinking about your career now, your artist career, how much did highschool mean? L: Musical, not so much actually. Of course I'm pretty educated, I am intrested in biological, cemistry, sience private, but that's not what I'm doing today. I realized that I wanted to deal with music way too late, first I felt, No I have to invest something that is for real, ”for real”... But that was a fat illusion. I: But it has gone well for you anyway and it is more a strenght I think, that you have knowledge of something else too. L: Absolutely! There is no limitations there. I think you can do exactly whatever you want, and work with as much as you want. ______________________________ I: I know that you're pretty into ophera. So now your mission this week is to find out what ophera or area in a ophera that works the best on a romantic date. And what ophera should you listen to if your REALLY depressed and dumped? Do you understand? L: Haha, yeah I understand, I understand! I: You have the rest of the time of this program, here you have paper and pen... L: Aha, okej! I: Mm extrodinary! L: Yes! I: Question: Hi, I wonder if you can masturbate when you got period? And why is it called ”Masturbate”(Onani in swedish)? I don't think it's a very nice name... J: It's okay to masturbate when you got period, and a lot of people do that. And you decide about your masturbating, if you want to do it and how. I: But it's not dangerous? J: No, no there's nothing dangerous or bad at all about masturbating when you got period at all actually. And yeah about hte word, you use to say that the word ”Onani” came from a man in the bible named Onan, and he let his semen be spilled on the ground, so it came from there... I: Simply, Onan became Onanera. J: Yeah exactly. I: Do you have any suggestions on some nice words? J: Yeah, well boys often says... ”Says a lot of words in swedish”.... J: Scroll the mouse, is one of the words... I: Oh, wittily, sounds like it comes from Gothenburg. L: Haha, prejudices... I: Loreen, you maybe have some suggestions? L: On words? You were thinking just for girls? I: Yeah because it's a girl who's asking... L: Oh yeah right, right... no, but... no I actually don't. I think Onani sounds very nice! I: The thing is, I think so too! I think Onani is a pretty lovely word. L: Yeah I think so. I: But.... now she doesn't... But you guys who's listening can sit down as a group and try to figure out some funny examples of what you can call it. L: Yeah! ____________________________ I: Now, Loreen, It's time to present the task! L: I'm a really big fan of Puccini, cuz all of his melodies are pretty romantical and reminiscent of Disney melodies. I: Okay so now were on to what you should use when you want to offer some romance? L: If you want some romance you should listen to Puccini and a song named ”Un bel dive dremo” and means one beautiful day I'll see you my dear love, or something like that! I: What opera is it from, do you know that? L: It's from... What is it called... Is it tosca? No it's not tosca...It is from... eh I don't remember! I: Ah, it doesn't matter! Good choise, Puccini. L: Puccini on both actually! I: Puccini on both? L: Yeah actually. I: But if you're dumped and depressed should you listen to the same song then? L: No, no this is from another part from Tosca and is named ”Vice d'arte vice d'amore”. I: Tosca it that one that ends up with that he been shot in the sunrise? L: Yeah, exactly... I: Is this a song that has to do with that? That he dies... L: Yes... no... this is before, this is about this woman that loves the guy, and she's being utilized by a man, and then she sings this because she don't understand why, ”Why, why do I have to suffer through these things...” so then she sings ”Vice d'arte vice d'amore...” I: Perfect! Then we have Puccini for all. L: Yeah! I: Thank you so much! L: Thank you! Source: http://www.ur.se/Produkter/164627-Hangla-Program-25 Translated by Tilda L |
CHIC Magazine - 20/9 2012
Chic Celebrity of the Year:
Loreen How does it feel to be Chic Celebrity of the Year? -Great, but strange. I’ve never like seen myself as particularly … chic. This is the first fashion prize I’ve ever got, which is sweet. I’m happy and grateful to those who voted for me. What would you never wear? -A pink one-piece in latex. Mainly because it would get too hot. When I was 9 my mom made me wear pretty blouses with puffy sleeves, I’d never wear that today either. How do you see trends in general? - I’ve never been particularly bothered by trends. When I was 15 I wore a lot of pearls and tights and clothes from more old-fashioned stores. To be honest I was a bit ashamed even then of how I looked. I got a lot of inspiration from the tv-soap “Glamour”, ha ha. It was important to be part of the crowd then and I cared a lot about stuff like that. Loreen goes quiet and thoughtful for a minute. - When it comes to fashions I’m either very ahead or very behind. Usually very behind. Trends stress me out. I’ve always been an oddball. I’m more for covering than uncovering. It seems that you have strong views about the clothes you wear today. How did this independence go together with being restyled as you were in Idol? - The stylists there probably thought I was a little bit more difficult to work with. Especially on one occasion when I absolutely refused to wear a dress they’d brought out. What’s the worst thing you’ve bought? - I’m really not materialistic but any imitation skin or bad quality … no thanks. What’s the most expensive thing you’ve bought clothes-wise?- I made a really bad purchase in Ibiza a few years ago, when I went into a store where everything was dead expensive. There were top quality items everywhere and I had to buy something. So I found a simple t-shirt which I took to the till. When the shop assistant said what it cost I almost fell into a trance and swiped my credit card in slow motion. I couldn’t lose face and had to nicely pay almost 3,000 kronor for that t-shirt. How much may fashion cost? - When it comes to shoes I have no limit to what it costs if I can see that genuine craftsmanship has gone into it, like the Finsk shoes you gave me for this photo shoot. They are artwork. But I would never pay 25,000 kronor for a brand handbag like that – no way! What is your best, secret trick when it comes to style? - I like layer upon layer. But I don’t like the middle way, so it’s either all in or very stripped down. Do you have a style icon? Or are you inspired by other things? - I think John Lennon was dead stylish. I really like that whole hippie era. I’m also fascinated and attracted to intelligence. Different eras inspire me, the 70s, rock, but I also like the Japanese culture and attitude, what is minimalistic and disciplined. I’m probably going to Japan in the future but feel that there’s a crazy amount of people there, which scares me a little. Yes, just this with lots of people …You said earlier in Chic that you like being on your own. How do you manage today now you’re so famous and you have to tour, do PR and so on? -I take the time to be alone when I need to be. Like during the summer when I was on tour and we were in Hudiksvall, then I spent six hours alone in my hotel room and meditated. Is it true you don’t have a TV? -Yes, I don’t think I’ve watched TV for 5 years. At this point Loreen’s make up artist Anna Kokotos interrupts the conversation and adds, “Naah, she comes home to my house and watches TV there instead!” Loreen laughs, embarrassed. - I feel I want to do something else than watch TV in my free time. You’ve been presented as a person who goes in for clean living, who eats mostly wolfberries and who trains. Have you got any guilty pleasures? - I don’t know where that comes from – that I’m a clean living freak? Look at me, I’ve been eating candy non stop from the bowl you put out! I’ve got a real sweet tooth. And I love Fanta, so much nicer that Coca Cola. Other guilty pleasures …Opera. And cartoons. I’ve seen all Disney films. My favourite is Beauty and the Beast. What do you do when no one is looking? - I meditate. Train in front of the mirror. Dance in front of the mirror. What gives you most pleasure? - Not having to compromise. To be able to work creatively, being with people I like, is a big pleasure. |
SITUATION STHLM, October 2012This is just a small part of the interview, the rest will be available in the magazine.
(I'll get the magazine next week and I'll translate the interview then) Now Loreen's new album will come, Heal is a cleansing of her system, but it is also about acceptance and ”forgiveness”. To be healed. We met the artist that talks about spirits, the weight of being quiet and the loss of a father. It is stormy on Strandvägen. Umbrellas are used as shields, hair gets messy and water sipper into holes in well used shoes. Inside of Hotel Diplomat, Me and the photographer shakes hand with Loreen´s press contact, he shivers from the cold. Right then I'm relieved that i succeeded to prevent my text messages where I was talking about ”Porren” (porren means "the porn" in swedish...). The thing is that my phone wants to autocorrect ”Loreen”. ”How will things work with Porren” ”When will I get the interview with Poreen?” But the atmosphere is friendly now. When we wait for the main character we curse about the weather and cheap useless umbrellas, like every Swede does on these kind of days. Then Loreen comes. -I love this weather, she says without any tone of irony. She hangs her two jackets over a armchair. It is energy. I think it got to do with what body type you are. You can be vata, kapha or pitta. I am pitta, we can´t handle heat, because pitta is so damn much fire. She sits down in the sofa and puts one leg over the other. She has shoes that has over 10 cm plateau. - Can we get any feelings here then? She asks and looks around. We sit in what is called the library in Hotel Diplomat. Along side the wall there's a bookcase with whiskey bottles and old books that are brown and red. - Do you understand how haunted this house is, she says and I ask if she believes in ghosts. - I believe in spirits. You should not forget i belong to the Berber. You believe in Spirits in Morocco. You believe that if the body dies the soul have two choices, to stay or move on. The ones choosing to move on, where do they go? - Good question, i am going to tell you! She says, laughs and then get serious again. You say that you move on to another form, where there is no time. The body is pretty heavy, we have to experience a lot of pain, there is a lot of things we need to fight with in this life. You probably think ”In this life?, What kind of shit is this?” right now. The recorder on the glass-table show 4 minutes of recording time. We have already talked about life after dead. I was thinking about to start with the easy questions: like those about her first album that is going to be released in October, and what she has been doing after the Eurovision. But Loreen is spiritual and gladly talk about it. She thinks that the big religions are the "same story". She believes in a life after death, in the soul. And things that give away good energy. You do not have to call it God. ”Spirituality, pang, there it is!” But now I ask about the upcoming album anyway. People have heard ”My heart is refusing me” and ”Euphoria”, I think they will be pretty surprised when they hear the album. It is more grown up and much darker, trashier. It is not just dance music, not in the form we are use to hear. It is movie-like and dramatic, with a lot of instruments. And got very personal stories. The texts are about relationships: unhappy love, cheating, separations anxiety, intimacy, things that she or people that she is surrounded by have been through. The album is round up with the song that got the same title as the album - ”Heal” - It is about acceptance, forgiveness and to move on. It is like the whole album is like a cleansing, you know… therapy. Lorine Zeineb Nora Talhaoui was born 16 of October 29 years ago at Danderyd hospital. Her dad and mum came to Sweden from Morocco. They were Berber- ” a collective name for North Africa and the Sahara none-abiska population”, according to National Encyclopedia. The father had been political active in Morocco and a diplomat. He saw that his future family would have a better future somewhere else. This place came to be Åkersberga in Stockholm. Loreen lived there the first 6 years of her life. Pretty rustic - ”among bird song, not sirens” Then her parents separated. Her mother was young, she was 16 when Loreen was born. She had seven smaller siblings and became little of a ”little mother”. |