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I shouted: “I don’t want to die”

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A huge glass bubble is lowered from the ceiling of the Folketeateret. Inside stands Alexandra Rotan. Bright and beautiful, with a voice just as bright and beautiful. In the role of Glinda in “Wicked”, she will soon hit her high notes, one after the other. At first glance, the bubble is a shining picture, without scratches or cracks. But those who know Glinda know better. Those who know Alexandra too.
Because a bubble can burst. Even from high notes.

Let’s turn back the clock four days. To the foyer of the Folketeateret, in the middle of two rehearsals. The press department has already moved the interview once, and that at short notice. But maybe that’s what happens when you buy a theater concept from Denmark and set it up in record time? Alexandra meets us with a gentle look and in pink slippers. On the wall are posters from the “Wicked” movie with Ariana Grande as Glinda. When we point out that she has vocal shoes to fill, Alexandra smiles – seemingly unaffected:

– Wicked has been on Broadway for over 20 years, and I have my own twist. At the first dance rehearsal, the choreographer said: “Yes, yes, Alexandra, its a good thing, its a long time until March 6th.” Haha. That says a bit about my starting point. I was so bad. But now I’m being lifted and thrown around and doing a lot of pirouettes. I’ve practiced hard.

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The Born Christmas Star

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The born Christmas Star

As Alexandra Rotan embarks on her first solo Christmas tour, her biggest Christmas wish is about to come true. Her childhood dream has become reality – and with her on the journey she has her great love, Markus.
ALEXANDRA ROTAN (28): singer in KEiiNO, solo artist and TV presenter. Currently on her first solo tour, “Alexandra’s Christmas”, in the run-up to Christmas. Lives in Oslo, where she shares a home with guitarist Markus Maaren Bastøe (30).
Photo spread (page 18): A home for Christmas: Alexandra and her musician boyfriend Markus moved into their first shared apartment in central Oslo during Advent last year. Blue sequin dress from Iben NOK 3499 – £245/$307/295 EUR).
Alexandra Rotan has the kind of smile that automatically lifts the mood in the room. It’s not a fake smile for the camera, but a spontaneous expression of the joy of life, making her curls dance cheerfully over her shoulders. Yes, like the very definition of “jolly”, for lack of a better word.
And it is with this smile that she energetically meets us at the door of her new home in Oslo. The place she and her boyfriend Markus Maaren Bastøe moved into during Advent last year. – where this year she is looking forward to creating new Christmas traditions.
“I have already started planning the small gifts that Markus and I will give each other in a joint Christmas calendar. It is not materialistically motivated, but preferably a compliment on a note or something else that shows that we appreciate each other. It is about what you want your person to wake up to in the run-up to Christmas”, smiles Alexandra, and puts down a coffee cup with powder pink lipstick marks.

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Alexandra and Markus: "It started with me always looking forward to going to work, because I knew he was there," says Alexandra Rotan about her partner. Photo: Private

I always looked forward to going to work, because I knew he was there

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Alexandra Rotan has the kind of smile that automatically lifts the mood in the room. It is not an artificial smile for the camera, but a spontaneous expression of joie de vivre, which makes the curls dance cheerfully over the shoulders. Yes, as the very definition of “jolly”, for lack of a better word.
And it is with this smile that she energetically greets us at the door of her new home in Oslo. The place she and her boyfriend, Markus Maaren Bastøe, moved into during Advent last year – where she is looking forward to creating new Christmas traditions this year.

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Alexandra (27) shares happy news with her boyfriend, Markus (29)

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Alexandra Rotan (27) shares happy news with boyfriend Markus (29)

Aexandra Rotan (27) is a Norwegian artist, who has really shown that she is skilled and talented.
We know her best as the lead vocalist of the band “KEiiNO”, which back in 2019 won the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Spirit in the Sky”.
The song was a huge hit and in the Eurovision final, held in Tel Aviv, the band finished in sixth place.
In 2021, the band tried again with the song “Monument” but finished in second place behind artist TIX.
Alexandra impressed again when she participated in “Battle of the stars” in 2021. She then finished in second place, after Bjorn Tomren who won the title.
It was last year that the artist was able to reveal that life also smiled in private. Rotan confirmed that she had a boyfriend.
“Yes, I’ve got a boyfriend! I’m happy. Have no comment beyond that,” Rotan told Dagbladet.
Alexandra’s chosen one is guitarist Markus Maaren Bastøe (29).
Alexandra Rotan reveals new step in their relationship.
The KEiiNO artist has until now lived at Eidsvoll Verk, but now Rotan announces that the couple is moving to the capital together, she tells Eidsvoll Ullensaker blad.
Thus, the 27-year-old has put her apartment up for sale.
– It is quite sad as I have enjoyed it immensely, and have spent time and effort to make the apartment gorgeous if I dare to say so myself. But then my boyfriend is gorgeous too, and he drew the longest straw,” she told the newspaper.
Alexandra adds that her heart will always belong to Råholt, but that “it will be very exciting to try out living in the city”.
Lovely Alexandra! Congratulations and good luck with your move.
This article Alexandra Rotan (27) shares the happy news with her boyfriend Markus (29) was first published by Newsner Norsk.

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NEW PLANS: Alexandra Rotan opens up about new plans. Photo: Andreas Fadum/See and Hear

New step with the boyfriend

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New step with the boyfriend
– He drew the longest straw

Dagbladet.no Monday, September 18th, 2023
Translated by Karina Brandt. KEiiNO NEWS

Last year, artist and KEiiNO star Alexandra Rotan, 27, shared the pleasant news that she had a boyfriend.
“yes, I’ve got a boyfriend! I’m happy. Have no comment beyond that,” Rotan told Dagbladet, while choosing to keep her chosen one secret.
Later that year, however, she revealed that it was guitarist Markus Maaren Bastøe (29) who had captured her heart.
To Eidsvoll Ullensaker Blad, Rotan can now reveal that they are taking their relationship a step further and moving to the capital together. Until now, she has lived at Eidsvoll Verk, but now the apartment has been put up for sale.
– It is quite sad as I have enjoyed it immensely and have spent time and effort to make the apartment gorgeous if I dare to say so myself. But then my boyfriend is gorgeous too, and he drew the longest straw,” she told the newspaper.
The 27-year-old does not hide the fact that her heart will always belong to Råholt, but that she thinks “it will be very exciting to try out living in the city”.
Earlier this year, Rotan revealed to Se og hør, that she met her boyfriend when he was a guitarist in KEiiNO.
“I noticed right away that he’s the right one,” she said.

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Star-Sleet

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Translation of Stjernesludd, into English

November has been here
Left the sleet
Watching the sun set in black and white
The streets here have only burnt bridges

Tonight, the city flashes like a nightmare
The year so far has been just soft packages
Am afraid it’s too late to take it nicely
The halo faded before the leaves fell

The branches whispered I got as deserved
Not everything I’ve said is bullish
If I had goods, you should have gotten gold

For tonight
When the snow falls
We Make Angels
And we are in Heaven

All good kids are bought and paid
On screen, the charm has gone away
The loose birds of the street are laid under wood
The shelter is closed down so no one has room
I need an answer
So I call an answerer
The voice sounds familiar
As long as it lasts

Tonight
When the snow falls
We Make Angels
And we are in Heaven

Tonight
When the snow falls
We Make Angels
And we are in Heaven

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Stjernesludd

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Stjernesludd

November har vært her

Lagt igjen sludd

Ser solen går ned i svarthvitt

Gatene her har bare brente broer

I kveld blinker byen som et mareritt

Året så langt har vært bare myke pakker

Er redd det er for sent å ta det pent

Glorien falmet før bladene falt

Grenene hvisket jeg fikk som fortjent

Det er ikke alt jeg har sagt som er bull

Hadde jeg gods skulle du fått gull

For i natt

Når snøen laver ned

Lager vi engler

Og vi er i himmelen

Alle snille barn er kjøpt og betalt

På skjermen har sjarmen gått bort

Gatens løse fugler er lagt under tre

Herberg er lagt ned så ingen har rom

Jeg trenger et svar

Så jeg ringer en svarer

Stemmen lyder kjent

Så lenge det varer

I natt

Når snøen laver ned

Lager vi engler

Og vi er i himmelen

I natt

Når snøen laver ned

Lager vi engler

Vi er i himmelen

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When the sky falls down

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Translation of the lyrics of “Når himmelen faller ned”

It snows heavenly correction varnish
Over misspelled summer
And hear the bylarm disappear
During declining floods
We’ve heard that no two snowflakes are alike
And such wonders can be thought for a while
I lean my head all the way back
And get an ice kiss on my mouth
And get an ice kiss

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Når himmelen faller ned

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Det snør himmelsk korrekturlakk
Over feilstavet sommer
Og hør bylarmen forsvinner
Under dalende flommer
Vi har hørt at ingen snøfnugg er like
Og sånne under kan en tenke på en stund
Jeg lener hodet helt tilbake
Og får et iskyss på min munn
Og får et iskyss
Det snør stumme stjernesøstre
Fra usynlige munner
Og ør av angrepet fra myldrende lydløse sekunder
I dag inntas jorden av en himmelsk hær
Uten våpen tvinges hele byen i kne
Alt går litt langsommere her på jorden
Når hele himmelen faller ned
Når hele himmelen faller ned
Takk for den unyttige snø
Til bry og til besvær
Nå inntas jorden av en himmelsk hær
Uten bomber og granater
Tvinges hele byen i kne
Alt går litt langsommere her på jorden
Når hele himmelen faller ned
Når hele himmelen faller ned
Hele himmelen
Når hele himmelen faller
Når hele himmelen faller ned
Alt går litt langsommere her på jorden
Når hele himmelen faller ned

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The dream scholarship is a unique opportunity for cultural practitioners who dare to dream big

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EIDSVOLL: She has been a smash hit with the band KEIINO and established herself as one of the country’s most popular artists. Alexandra Rotan herself has no doubt that the ability to dream big has been important to her now living solely on music. Therefore, the chairman of the jury for the Dream Scholarship 2023 hopes that young artists and cultural practitioners will make the trip to the application portal by Tuesday 15 November at 12.00 and give themselves the chance to become one of 50 scholarship winners in 2023.

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Song review: “Alt for Norge” – finally in a new version

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Football songs that are made solely to be there, tend to be a bit small, full of bragging and nationalistically charged words.

For someone who for 28 years has had a strained relationship with the football song “Alt for Norge”, first and foremost due to Jørn Lande’s affected and pompous “heavy ballad vocals” full of emotion, it is liberating to hear the new version with Alexandra Rotan, from Keiino, as a vocalist.

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