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Alyson from HKClubbing.com Interviews Lene...
Alyson: Hey everyone, you’re listening to Alyson in here and we are just about to talk to this girl, I would say it’s the kinda voice that we’ve all been missing so much, at the same time this girl is getting sexier than ever, can I please ask her to introduce herself?
Lene: *giggles* Hi, it’s Lene, and you’ll probably know me as Lene from Aqua…
Alyson: How’s it going?
Lene: It’s going really well, I’m just lying here on the couch, it’s early morning in London, and I’m waking up slowly!
Alyson: Oh! You’re having a tour in London already?
Lene: No, I’ve been living in London for 7 years!
Alyson: It’s been such a long time since we’ve heard from you, especially for us here in Asia!
Lene: I know, when Aqua stopped, I just went straight into the studio and started to focus on my solo project. And I kinda stayed away from the press totally, so, I was a Private Person! Haha!
Alyson: Congratulations, coz recently you’ve been voted as one of the most sexiest stars by a magazine in Norway!
Lene: Thank you for that! You know it’s kinda odd to see yourself like that, coz, you don’t look upon yourself as a sex symbol, coz it’s hard, and you know how you look like when you wake up in the morning, and you should see me right now, I’m not much of a sex symbol!! *LOL*
Alyson: Really?? Hahaha~ Since “Barbie Girl”, it’s been 6 years, of course including the time when you’re with Aqua, but finally releasing a solo record, WOW! How does that mean to you?
Lene: It means a lot! You know, I kinda thought about it every once in a while in Aqua, but you know, I thought I was kinda betraying the boys, thinking in those terms, so… yeah! Then we stopped, and I went like, OK! I’m not done, I wanna continue, I wanna do my own thing, so it was a very natural feeling to kinda to continue. And I just changed my record label and my management, so I got new people around me, it’s like a whole new fresh start, and that was really cool!
Alyson: So far so good then! Then how would you feel if I let you listen to “Barbie Girl” again now?
Lene: You know having a couple of years to think about it, and kinda swallow that whole experience that we had coz that was humongous, and that was so much going on. I feel so much more proud, and um… It’s such a great genius pop song, *giggles* and it did something with so many people all over the world, and I’m so proud of it, I really am! I’ll probably go on stage and do a punk version of it today! Kinda to show people that I’m proud of my past!
Alyson: Looking forward to that! Do you still have contacts with the other Aqua members?
Lene: Aqua members! Well, the American one, he’s still up in bed, sleeping still, and we tried to wake him up, but he don’t want to. And ah… Clark’s in Denmark, he got a kid like 7… 8 months ago? He’s been a father, taking care of his family. And Rene, he’s probably working on his solo project in Denmark, so we’re all very busy.
Alyson: I’m sure a lot of people have asked you about this, but how would you let people know that your solo album is something different instead of another Aqua CD?
Lene: I can explain it like this I guess: I took the best element from Aqua, the humor, the irony, and I mix up with the music that I listen to, like, Linkin Park, Xzibit, Lifehouse, bands like that, that kinda melted those two together and found my goal middle-way. And I’ve been working with so many different people, like from urban to hip-hop, working with Brian Higgins, Brian Rollins, Merlin… he’s Sweden… so that it’s just a big melting pop of different music style, but it’s so up with energy, and I sing much deeper, it’s very rocky, electro-punky… and I tied it all together, and especially with the electro-guitars, and my voice, coz I have a distinct voice, you can always hear it’s Lene when she sings.
Alyson: Sure sure! I actually have your album here with me, and I think it’s got everything in it! It’s a great combination of different elements!
Lene: Oh thank you! I think it’s very important to make an interesting album that you don’t know what to expect on the next track.
Alyson: Which side of Lene do you want the fans to feel, when your album has so many different flavors to it?
Lene: Well, for me, to be on stage and to be live, coz that’s probably the most important thing, coz that’s when you get to know me. I can’t wait to get a tour up and running, coz I think you’ll understand the whole picture, when you see me on stage and feel my energy as well. That’s where I feel at home the most.
Alyson: Excellent! I know you’re now a songwriter as well! Like recently you wrote the song called “No Good Advice” for Girls Aloud and that became a #1 in UK. What’s the hardest part for writing a song?
Lene: Opening the hidden door inside of you, I haven’t done that much before, coz there were so many pros who did that for Aqua, and they were such strong songwriters anyway, so we didn’t wanna interfere with it. If you’re going through something that’s very personal, and it can be very hard to open that door, because, it’s stuff that you really don’t wanna talk about. It’s kinda hard to put it on paper and get the whole world’s opinion on something you’ve written. Coz they’re very personal.
Alyson: Is there any particular song on your record that’s something you’ve experienced in your life?
Lene: Yeah! A song called “Scream”. That’s the most personal one, that was about my eating disorder, I used to have eating disorder when I was younger, and I thought it’s helps me talking about it, but I think it can also help the young boys or girls out there listening to it. “Black Coffee Day” is also a little personal. I thought it’s important to this time around to bring some of those elements into the album as well. So it’s not everything are all kinda jolly happy go…!
Alyson: I know artists consider their songs as their babies, and it’s hard to pick a favorite, but I gotta be mean this time! Pick just one favorite track from the CD!
Lene: Well then, I’ll have to pick the first single “It’s Your Duty”. We chose that, because it’s such a good introduction to the album, and because it sounds very different, and it shows all the elements in me I think. So we have to put that!
Alyson: You know the chorus goes “It’s your duty to shake your booty” it sounds like a revolutionary message to all the females out there!!
Lene: Haha!! It’s not a very deep message! It’s a very girly track, I’m just talking about, we have to be proud of ourselves, doesn’t matter if we’re thick or thin, short or tall, we ARE all individuals, we should not look the same, there’s no perfect female model that we should look like… you know! That’s when makes it so beautiful, and we DO look different! And we should worship it!
Alyson: I actually have to sign up on your official site to see the whole video, and you looked amazing! Did you come up with the images?
Lene: Haha! Thank you, well it was the director here called Timoi, the one I clicked with the first time I met him, and we just had a bit fun. I’ve been locked up in here for a year, so I was exploding on the set doing it, and I think you can see that I was having lots of fun! But it was just something I really liked, and I was in control of it in the whole way, and I was agreeing to everything, and there was no discussion on the set, it was just flowing! It was just two really good days! I would love to work with him again!
Alyson: Back to question with Aqua, would you rather starting off as a solo artist?
Lene: No no no no!! You know, because of what I’ve done, it created me to the girl I am today, and I’m allowed to do what I’m doing right now, because I was in Aqua. But no! There’s no way I would go back and change anything, it’s too beautiful of a fairy tale I’ve been through, not the perfect one, but really beautiful. And I’m still learning to know that fairy tale when I would never ever say, “Change it”! No!! Hehe!! I really love it!
Alyson: Now tell us about your plans for the rest of 2003!
Lene: Umm! I’ve just started my TV campaign in Europe, and then I’ll come to Asia next month…
Alyson: Oh really??
Lene: Yeah, for a month!
Alyson: Any chance for being in Hong Kong?
Lene: Probably! You know I haven’t seen the schedule yet. But I usually pop by to Hong Kong, so I’m gonna cross my fingers for that. And then I’m back to Europe, doing the same things again, so it’s loads of promotions going on!
Alyson: Oh, before I forget! One of my colleagues told me this story: 7 years ago you were here in Hong Kong, and by that time, “Barbie Girl” wasn’t even a hit yet. And you guys went into HMV to sign a board on top of our CD shelf, and yes! We still remember that!!
Lene: *LOL* It’s been 7 years?? That’s amazing, that’s really cool! I can’t wait to come back!
Alyson: You know many fans here in Hong Kong are just waiting if you have a special message for them!
Lene: First of all, I’ll just have to say, thank you for supporting us throughout the years, I know that they’ve been so loyal, so it’s been a tremendous trip to travel with them. I hope they’ll enjoy the album and yeah, I love them! Haha! I love you all!!
Alyson: Thank you very much for taking your time out with us.
Lene: Thank you, take care!
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