Category: New release

KEiiNO returns to Melodi Grand Prix

KEiiNO returns to Melodi Grand Prix

It is time for a new round of Norway’s largest music competition, and many artists return to the MGP stage.

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BACK IN THE MANEGE: KEiiNO is among the artists returning to Eurovision

PHOTO: JULIA MARIE NAGLESTAD / NRK

The trio, KEiiNO, is back for the third time, after they won the popular vote in Eurovision 2019 and came second in MGP 2021.

Is the third time the one to strike luck?

“We hope so! Its been a dream of ours to win Eurovision since we were children. And now we’re back with an energetic song that hopefully gets people to enjoy themselves. We’re excited,” said Keiino member, Alexandra Rotan.

Third semi-final, January 27 – KEiiNO: “Damdiggida”

Lyrics and music: Alexandra Rotan, Fred Buljo, Tom Hugo Hermansen, Alexander N. Olsson and Jakob Redtzer

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FOTO: JULIA MARIE NAGLESTAD / NRK

Listen to, “Damdiggida”, on Spotify

Five years have passed since KEiiNO combined indigenous Norwegian melodies, joik and danceable pop for the first time, and the unique sound has gained a large international audience. Since KEiiNO won the hearts of viewers in Eurovision in 2019, they have released 28 songs, topped the charts, become radio favourites, won awards and been nominated for the Spellemann award.

Most of the trio’s 150 million plays on Spotify and YouTube come from abroad. KEiiNO has, among other things, toured Australia twice and played to large crowds in Europe several times.

For Alexandra, Fred and Tom Hugo, the Eurovision Song Contest is the European Pop Championship. When they suddenly had a song they thought would engage a lot of people, they wanted to make another attempt to take the victory home.

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Damdiggida

Damdiggida

Music & Lyrics: Alexander N. Olsson, Tom Hugo Hermansen, Alexandra Rotan, Jakob Redtzer, Fred Buljo
Published by: Mii AS (TONO)

Midnight paradise
Save me, give me life
You move in time with my heartbeat
And your lips are giving me Damdiggida

Midnight paradise
Diggi diggi dam dam
Strobe lights in the sky
Diggi diggi dam dam
I’m wide awake and I’m lonely
And my heart is telling me Damdiggida

Save me
Now can you save me
When the night is going crazy
And my heart is going Damdiggida

Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam dam dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi diggi diggi
Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam dam dam
Diggi dam

Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam dam dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi diggi diggi
Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam dam dam
Diggi dam

Fearless paradise
Diggi diggi dam dam
Lovers on the rise
Diggi diggi dam dam
Come free your soul and your body
On the dancefloor we’re going dam diggida

Save me
Now can you save me
When the night is going crazy
And my heart is going Damdiggida

Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam dam dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi diggi diggi
Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam dam dam
Diggi dam

Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam dam dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi diggi diggi
Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam dam dam
Diggi dam

They say our Babylon will fall
(Hálidat go dán dán)
But love is on the rise
(Hálidat go dam dam)
And so we rise forever

Dam dam
Suliatten
Dam dam da
Diggi dam dam
Suliatten
Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam

Dam dam
Suliatten
Dam dam da
Diggi dam dam
Suliatten
Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam

Save me
Now can you save me
When the night is going crazy
And my heart is going Damdiggida

Dam dam
Suliatten
Dam dam da
Diggi dam dam
Suliatten
Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam
Dam dam
Suliatten
Dam dam da
And my heart is going Damdiggida

Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam dam dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi diggi diggi
Dam
Diggi dam
Diggi dam dam
Diggi dam dam dam
Diggi dam
Diggi diggi diggi diggi
Diggi diggi diggi diggi
Diggi diggi diggi diggi

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Star-Sleet

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

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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Insomnia

Insomnia

We don’t need to sleep
Light is all we need
You can take my breath away
You don’t have to fade
We can stay the same
Long as we can stay awake

All the colors in the sky got me hypnotized
And the light in your eyes

In our insomnia
Dreaming of a lost utopia
We could live forever – never die
(Joik)
So close to heaven – I need you by my side
Our Insomnia
Dancing in a light euphoria
We could live forever – never die
(Joik)
So close to heaven – I need you by my side
In the

Endless summer night
See the embers fly
C’mon set my heart on fire
Stay forever young
In the midnight sun
C’mon we could still get higher

All the colors in the sky got me hypnotized
And the light in your eyes

In our insomnia
Dreaming of a lost utopia
We could live forever – never die
(Joik)
So close to heaven – I need you by my side
Our Insomnia
Dancing in a light euphoria
We could live forever – never die
(Joik)
So close to heaven – I need you by my side
In me

I can feel the night grow colder
Time is running out
In insomnia
Insomnia

Tell me we could still be stronger
And the night is young
In insomnia
Insomnia

(Joik)
Stay in the midnight sun
(Joik)
Stay in the midnight sun
We’ll be forever young
(Joik)
Stay in the midnight sun
We’ll be forever young

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Fade Out

They will teach you how to be a girl
About Jesus and how sinners burn
They own half your lovin’ city
Wanna fade out
I just fade out

Fade out now
Fade out now

They tell lies about a Nordic race
It’s just politics to kill all gays
When free speech is cutting of my head
Wanna fade out
I just fade out

Fade out now
Fade out again

Tell me: Who needs police
That let nazis walk our streets
I’m so angry
I can’t sleep
I’m so angry
But I fade out

Fade out now
Fade out again

Fade out again
fade out again

Fade out again

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Photo: Scope/ Martin Myklebust and cover art: Simen Løvgren

New Single – Fade Out

On Friday I’ll release a very special song: Fade Out. Not only because I’m happy with the composition and think the musicians play fantastically, but because the text (written by Alexander Nyborg Olsson ) has clearly become the subject of debate before its release. A small piece of art for a text with no harsh words or references to illegalities in the pop world in 2023.
Now, after a little if and but, we get to play this (and many other songs on my upcoming album) for the youth at Flekkerøy until Wednesday, and we will do everything we can to make sure that absolutely everyone feels included at the concert! For those who do not get to hear the song at the junior school concert, I would be VERY happy if you follow the link below to “pre-save”. Then you will automatically get Fade Out on your release radar ????
Song lyrics are rarely autobiographical, and are not these days made as historical depictions. Something about fade out is self experience though. It’s the feeling of anger that ends up in powerlessness. There were many of us who knew this when people with a disgust for most people who can be considered “different” marched in pace, with police protection, down Markens in Kristiansand. Another thing that triggers me, is when people claim that certain people are “different” from what they ARE. Many have experienced this both in and outside Kristiansand.
There are also countless forms of “difference”, not just who you fall in love with, and we hope that the board around Fade Out can help some challenge their own attitudes towards those around them. For others it might just be a nice song. For some, it may be a little stiff. But that’s still fine, as we like to say in the southern part of the country ????

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Midnight Marina

Midnight Marina

You were my only summer jam

My very own

“California dreamin”

My abandoned

Marina

You were my faded summer nights

Your hazel eyes

Too bright in the moonlight

Dazzling

With no future

You

You – me

So high

Dreaming by the ocean

You

You were my midnight marina

In mun dieđe dovddát go maid mun
Go geasseiját láhkonit, de mun áibbašan

Ruovttoluotta go mun vuostaš geardde deiven du
Mu váibmui don leat bisánan, muhto lei go niehku
(With no future)

You

You – me

So high

Dreaming by the ocean

You

You were my midnight marina

It feels like centuries ago

Since California

On warm summer night I still see your face

I don’t know where to find our place but

You

You – me

So high

Dreaming by the ocean

You

You were midnight marina

You were a heartbreak

Still a heartbreak

My
My midnight marina

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Ritma

RITMA (with translation Norwegian/ English)

Leat go váillahan mu?
(Har du savnet meg?)
(Have you missed me?)

Lea ge sihkar.
(Vær du sikker)
(Trust me)

Moai álo bohte gávdnat.. Ritma.
(Vi vil bestandig finne.. Rytmen)
(We will always find the rhythm)

Leat go váillahan mu?
(Har du savnet meg?)
(Have you missed me?)

Go leat mu mielde, moai álo bohte gávdnat ritma.
Når du er med meg, vil vi bestandig finne rytmen.
When you are with me, we will always find the rhythm.

I want your eyes to see me
I need your eyes so black and blue
Gimme a night to hold on to

I want your soul to free me
I need your soul – get lost in you
Gimme a night to hold on to

moai álo bohte gávdnat, ritma
Leat go váillahan mu?
Lea ge sihkar
Go leat mu mielde, moai álo bohte gávdnat ritma.

Blue euphoria
I want the rythm of the
night night, no no
Gimme the rythm of the
Blue euphoria
I want the rythm of the
The rythm of the
I want your eyes to see me
I need your eyes so black and blue
Gimme a night to hold on to

Go go ritma dovddát cáđa goruda dat ligge nu,
ráhkisvuođa čálmmit báittašit, sáhtat go don leat mu? Lidnásit savkkalat ahte idja han lea munnoide. Dovddát go don? Dovddát go don?

(Når du kjenner rytmen gjennom kroppen, ja den varmer sånn. Øyne som stråler av kjærlighet, kan du bli min? Silkemykt hvisker du at natten er for meg og deg. Kjenner du det? Kjenner du det?)

(When you feel the rhythm rushes through your body, yes, it warms like that. Eyes shining with love, can you be mine? Softly as silk, you whisper that the night is made for me and you. Can you feel it? Can you feel it?)

Blue euphoria (I want the rhythm of the)
Blue euphoria

Go leat mu mielde
Moai álo bohte gávdnat
Moai álo bohte gávdnat
Ritma. Ritma!

Blue euphoria
I want the rythm of the
night night, no no
Gimme the rythm of the
Blue euphoria
I want the rythm of the
The rythm of the

Touch my body
Cant stop the rythm of the
night night, no no
Gimme the rythm of the
Blue euphoria
I want the rythm of the
The rythm of the
RITMA

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Alt du kan se

Alt Du Kan Se

Aaaa, kaldt og evig
(joik)
Kaldt, stilt og evig
(joik)

Sne og blod
Mørket fikk gro
Aldri mer tvile
Og aldri mer tro
Under sne
Alt du kan du se
Islagte minner er
Alt du kan se

Aaaa, kaldt og evig
In mun gal deaivva, go mánnu lea jávkan,
Muhto čuovga go, hejole
Kaldt, stilt og evig
In mun gal deaivva, go mánnu lea jávkan,
Muhto čuovga go, hejole

Sne og blod
Mørket fikk gro
Aldri mer tvile
Og aldri mer tro
Under sne
Alt du kan du se
(Joik)
Er alt du kan se

Now, did I dream it all?
Our rapid rise and fall
We built our monuments
Years before the storm
But when I see them now
I feel so desolate
I would give all my gold
Just to hear your voice
To have you here with me
To hear you sing again
I’ve been so lonely here
Underneath the snow
Feels like a century
Or even more for me
Here all alone

Sne og blod
Skyggene dro
Smelter i sola
Der håpet kan gro
Under sne
Alt du kan se
Drømmen om våren
Er alt du kan se

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