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Round up of 23 with KEiiNO

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The year of 2023 is over, and we have started 2024, with the wonderful news of KEiiNO participating in Norwegian MGP this year.
2023 was a busy year for them all, as a band and for each one of the members as individuals.
Fred became a dad for the first time, Alexandra moved in with KEiiNO-band’s amazing guitarist, Markus, and Tom released his first solo album in 11 years. But what do they each feel has been the biggest moments of 2023, and what do they expect from 2024, personally as well as professionally?

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Insomnia

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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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Over ten thousand fans are waiting for KEiiNO in Amsterdam

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Over ten thousand fans are waiting for KEiiNO in Amsterdam

By Emma Hoff, iFinnmark, November 2nd, 2023
Translated by Karina Brandt, KEiiNO NEWS

The three artists make up the music group KEiiNO.

Now, the trio is looking forward to finally getting back together and playing for their overseas fans.

The band plays in Copenhagen on the Danish Eurovision club’s anniversary, before they for the third time are part of the big Eurovision fan party, Het Grote Songfestivaalfest, in Amsterdam on November 16th. Close to 15,000 Eurovision fans from all over the world will attend.

“Its quite unique and fantastic that we almost five years after we participated in Eurovision, still get the opportunity to play on the biggest Eurovision stages in the world, outside of the competition itself. We’ve always had a close relationship with our fans and work daily to maintain that relationship and accessibility for them. So now we are extremely excited to go to Copenhagen and Amsterdam to feel the love of the amazing Eurovision fans, says Alexandra Rotan.

In a few days, they will release their new single, “Insomnia”. And just like in the monster hit “Spirit in the Sky”, known from the Eurovision Song Contest and Eurovision, North Sámi joik is an important part of the soundscape.

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

New Single – Fade Out

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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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CONTROVERSIAL: Tom Hugo Hermansen (43), known from MGP and the group KEiiNO, is currently performing the performance, "Eden – Straight pop with queer role models", at schools in Kristiansand. Photo: Tom Hansen

It affects innocent children who work to accept their differences

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Tom Hugo Hermansen (43), known from MGP and the group KEiiNO, is currently performing the performance, “Eden – Straight pop with queer role models”, at schools in Kristiansand. Photo: Tom Hansen

I really feel sorry for the children who had been looking forward to going to a concert with their role model, Tom Hugo, as part of the cultural schoolbag, but is deprived of the opportunity.

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School cancels concert with Tom Hugo after reactions From parents

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KRISTIANSAND: – It is a bit special that they cancel because of one group of parents who will censor culture. The only thing we want is to make difference harmless. They probably haven’t seen the concert or misunderstood what the lyrics are about, says Tom Hugo Hermansen, to Fædrelansvennen.
Among other things, he is known from the group KEiiNO, which has won Norwegian
Eurovision Song Contest.

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Get up

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GET UP

Get up, up, up, up, up, up, up

Get up, up, up, up, up, up, up

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up I get you going you don’t have to be alone

Cause I’m gonna have you going

Like you never ever gone

And you’ll never need another

And you’ll never be alone

Here we go

Here we go

Get up I get you going you don’t need no gasoline

Cause I’m gonna have you going

Like you never ever seen

And you never need another

You don’t need another drop

Cause I wanna get you going

And we never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up, up, up, up, up, up, up

Get up I wanna give you so you want another go

Don’t you ever keep me waiting

If you want another show
Cause my mind is really minding

And you wanna take it slow

Here we go

Here we go

Get up I get you going you don’t need no gasoline

Cause I’m gonna get you going like you never ever seen

And you never need another

You don’t need another drop

Cause I’m gonna get you going

And we never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

Get up

Get down

Get up again
Never gonna stop

COMPOSER(S) Tom Hugo Hermansen, Alexandra Rotan, Fred Buljo, Rüdiger Schramm, Alexander N. Olsson

AUTHOR(S): Alexander N. Olsson, Alexandra Rotan, Tom Hugo Hermansen, Rüdiger Schramm

PUBLISHERS: Mii AS

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Fatherhood for Fred

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A hug congratulation to Fred and Oddveigh.

On May 28th early in the morning, Fred and his girlfriend of 3 years, Oddveigh, became parents to the most beautiful little boy, Ailo, born three weeks before term

He was born at Ulleval Sykehus (hospital) in Oslo, and the little family stayed at the hospital for a few days, before going home to start their life as a family of three.

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New single from Alexandra

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2nd of December at midnight, Alexandra released a cover of Anne Grete Preuss’s “Når himmelen faller ned”. A beautiful wintersong about how the falling crystals of snow, of which not two are alike, like an army from the sky of without bombs and granates, forces the town on its knees and soften all sounds around, while everything gets more and more covered in white beauty, and forces everything to go slower.

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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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