AURORA interview (part 1)

Aurora about classical music, the need of music, being sensitive, afraid to feel, run away, music as therapy, her first performance, a supportive management.
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Video interview with Norwegian singer songwriter Aurora Aksnes at London Calling in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. FaceCulture spoke with AURORA about classical music, the need of music, being sensitive, afraid to feel, Runaway, music as therapy, her first performance, a supportive management, fans as friends, songs being her children, songs vs her age, In Boxes, Little Boy in the Grass, storytelling, Pinkpop, and much more! (16/05/2015)

[@stevenash2267]

when people grow old they forget that when they were 12 they had feelings too, it might not be a big deal now but then it was

[@terragrahamthefirst]

Yes! I was so afraid of this when I was a child -- growing up and forgetting the person I'd been. I saw the way adults dismissed children and their past selves, and became adamant that everything I thought and felt mattered. I filled journals so I'd remember it all.

[@Cra5hOverride]

She wrote Runaway when she was 12?! That's incredible. I love that song.

[@Zinkx.]

+Cra5hOverride I love that song 12!! wow truly amazing!!

[@Sofia-hi9mv]

Yass such a great song right?

[@amore_advocate]

Her answers are all so deep and beautiful

[@valterain6907]

Sardonyx I personally thought most of her answers were shit. Frankly.

[@leodobrodenka5546]

Valterain i personally think yor answer here is shit ..frankly !

[@valterain6907]

Leo Dobrodenka I'm not the one who's jerking himself off to aurora while making an attempt to type.

[@leodobrodenka5546]

Valterain see my answer to you as a joke .. above ! I'm impressed of Aurora imagine what she has been thru the last year ,what is going on in her mind right nobody knows. To the interviewer :Some "shit" questions , some "shit" answers ! Have a nice day !

[@melodid5023]

I loved her answeres too.. Shes amazing and true and beautiful.. Unbelievable

[@SquidgytheGreat]

her accent is very subtle, being British she actually sounds very English for someone from Norway

[@jackbudgen8858]

It's odd. But most people I've met from the Scandinavian countries sound very English. Probably some comparison in the dialects between ours and theirs

[@southport97]

+Joseph Pattison She picked it up by repeatedly watching the Harry Potter series.

[@elinevve]

+Joseph Pattison Most schools in Norway teach the kids english with british accent and vocabulary from they're 5, so of course it sticks with us. Even if some choose to talk more american because of tv series and other influences. Especially in formal settings the british accent use to show more, my italian friend mentioned it and i laughed when i realized she was right

[@jenniferduquette3044]

+Elinesof yea it's the same in Sweden, they teach us British probably because it's in Europe and when we get older they start introducing us to more American English.

[@kentneumann5209]

I noticed the British accent too. Also, when she sings, she sounds a wee bit Irish at times.

[@CorinnaSequea]

something about her is so... captivating

[@FaceCulture]

So mysterious ;)

[@turbonbc]

She is expression of the soul, our true self. We are all like her when we remove the mask/character/imaginary identity(ego) and be who we were as children before the world taught us and shaped us how to be. Re-embody the true self :)

[@alecuy7308]

Yes so mystical

[@alonsoramos3203]

“No... Yeah, i do, but it's a secret” hahaha i love her

[@jeffsblima]

Alonso Ramos what was the question to this answer? I couldn’t understand

[@Julian8794]

@@jeffsblima "-What was the inspiration for the song, do you remember?"

[@sophiemcintyre8841]

She's an old soul x

[@arisas.8847]

+sophie mcintyre As she sang it : "My body feels young, but my mind is very old" ;)

[@undercoverelf]

+Arisa's Nightcores that wasn't her lyric.

[@arisas.8847]

undercover mEME I didn't know ! So who wrote these lyrics ? :O

[@undercoverelf]

+Arisa's Nightcores Noel Gallagher from Oasis! You should check them out, they're a great band.

[@arisas.8847]

Oh okey, thank you !! 😊

[@tove236]

I don't like how some people are giving Aurora diagnosis. Saying she's got aspergers or that she's albino. I find it very rude. Not because there's anything shamefull about having aspergers or being albino, but because I find it very rude to diagnose someone you don't know and have very little knowledge about. As a Scandinavian I find it very weird that people think she might be an albino. If she is, we have a whole lot of albinoes here in Scandinavia.

[@josealcantara26]

+tmr Exactly. People are idiots

[@HelenaAlexandra]

+tmr people say she's albino??!!! People have clearly never seen naturally blonde people, where also our eyebrown and eyelashes are naturally very blonde. Crazy peopl

[@tove236]

+Helen of Troy - music by Helena Belien I've seen some comments asking if she's albino, yes. I think maybe it is because people are so used to seeing fake blondes. So they think that all blondes have dark eye brows and dark roots.

[@MetricMod]

+tmr IDIOTS!!! Also, my ex had a daughter with Aspergers. Trust me, Aurora does not have it..lol She is very expressive and does not filter that. It is wonderful and she is the future..not the rest of the idiots worldwide glued to their phone screens. Her idea of heaven is a piano with little notebooks and being able to share her vision of love with the world..Meanwhile in the rest of dumbfuckistan (not a racial slant, so don't bother folks..lol Just referring to the average dumb normies out there) is wondering whether or not she is albino?? I guess they have never been to Norway or anywhere in Scandinavia..

[@schmielie4212]

I fully agree.

[@Madsa86]

To southport97 : i agree she looks a little bit tired .She is 18 and everyone wants a piece of her , and she has to answer in english and that requires full concentration. In the same position i would be terrified . What a brave fighter she is and she got my full admiration.

[@southport97]

Mads Axelsen I agree. She has to sit through numerous interviews and act as though she's surprised, interested and enthusiastic all the time, but that is part of it. This one was probably impromptu with little time to prepare. I guarantee you her mind goes faster than she can speak and probably gets frustrated from it.

[@Madsa86]

southport97 True , just hope some in her management can see the danger she is in if this mass pressure continues . have a nice day !

[@SquareNoggin]

Mads Axelsen Not to mention she's probably a bit of a savant, and on a different level than the rest of us. Maybe that's just me, but the fact that she's so young and her music is so prolific makes me think she's a bit of a genius.

[@Madsa86]

Colin Bell agree she is a genius , off the map .I'm trying to find other at same age that has Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen as favs !?!

[@esmeb3e]

Mads Axelsen I agree, she is is as brave as the wolf.

[@danielcooper3143]

I like her body language at 4:12, a sort of defiant openness about vulnerable feelings.

[@southport97]

Daniel Cooper Yes, very self-conscious , but she gives herself away. Watch all her interviews and you'll notice she's never the same person. She mirrors people's emotions and what they're feeling at the time.

[@greyareaRK1]

I love her answers: open and honest and brilliant. The interview feels more like a police interview though, not helped by the colour that needs to be rebalanced, and the off-mic interviewer.

[@ballsofdoom3124]

I need to meet her friend that filmed her first performance at school and thank him/her for exposing this beautiful soul to the world! I would love to find the video too!

[@khadiramusic]

Crazy how it developed

[@Purpadurpolis]

Such honesty. It's amazing to see someone make music for these real reasons. Not money, not fame, just expression. It is fucking beautiful.

[@parand5823]

5 years later, and she stayed true to herself

[@Tadfaster]

I love how Aurora so amazingly gives the interviewer her absolutely full attention, really listening and showing she is really thinking about her answers before responding. She is being asked some good questions (well done interviewer!) which helps, but I have seen her like this in her other interviews and it is a great skill she demonstrates so naturally. And her music is pretty special too! Looking forward to seeing her live in October.

[@oliverlerwill2986]

They could've picked a better thumbnail

[@chloevaughn9755]

Oliver Lerwill ikr

[@weirdo66636]

she still looks pretty

[@goldstar5410]

Ikr she looks deppresed into he thumbnail

[@basedaudio1]

It's a pathetic click bait attempt.

[@mfcryptidsheep4661]

She is honest and inspiring. I wish her the best of luck

[@honeyglisten]

she seems so lovely & sweet

[@bri340]

I love her. She can put into words what it's like to be a true artist.

[@warriorsforever4486]

she does change alot these years

[@thenebbishroute]

Someone is going to complain about everything. I think she was genuine and caring. I love her music.

[@leliodasilva]

I Love Aurora. I want to be your best friend !!!

[@Mark-om3cl]

She’s one of a kind. Love Aurora, her voice her eyes she’s just adorable and cute with amazing talent.

[@gailwanhala6275]

so honest and pure, her words and music, are truth, I love her, when someone has the same core values as yourself, there is a wonderful feeling in that, just wonderful to her her sing, her words are very helpful to the soul ! thank you Aurora !

[@jyesucevitz]

i only heard of her on 07/25/16. she was on the Howard Stern show. apart from her beautiful voice her interview was amazing. Howard knew how to play to her quirkiness. she was adorable. i found myself mesmerized just listening to her. what a gift.

[@Nani-wg1ww]

the 4 dislikes are from rebellious kids watching this with their mothers.

[@michelwatkins5798]

lol

[@michelwatkins5798]

I find her the most beautiful. She bring out emotions in me that gives me the strength to be who I am. I am in love

[@juliamartinez4673]

When she say In moment 0:25 "I don't know", OMG MY HEART AURORA!!! So cute!! I love she... ✨💛

[@fotokidd]

You are gonna do so much beautiful work during your life and I can't wait to hear it.

[@cLouDdota]

love your music Aurora keep it up , please don't stop !

[@bbongbbongdrr4358]

She's so mysterious ;) I love it! And her beautiful voice!

[@anobody6631]

i love her voice

[@channy5518]

Her Voice Is Beautiful Even When She Only Speaking Its So Beautiful And She Is Smart

[@JuiceMyRandomness]

I think she is genuine, down to earth and is not acting up to the camera she is just being herself anyone who thinks that is a bad thing should stick to watching interviews with artists that are fake as anything!

[@faelland]

She was very genuine here. She plays for the camera and plays a character now tho, she isn't genuine now, she has played up the "weird", "quirky" a LOT now.

[@MyLegendry]

I don't know why is she so very adorable?

[@stephanies.r2221]

i love her so much

[@medalithgm]

i love her smile

[@MAB123ful]

all I hear are wisdom and understanding. I'm in love

[@SparkleOnWithJoyfulJon]

Such a beautiful indigo, you are #Auroramusic

[@CharlesHarpolek4vud]

Oh authenticity ! Yet still in the world, one precious face, real.

[@annaturquoise7114]

I love her

[@3mm4n3l]

Lovely voice, lovely girl

[@_.BlueCrow._]

I need to meet her! O.O She´s such an amazing an inspiring person. And I feel I like her really much, feels like I understand her so much and she understands me, even I don´t no her :/

[@mfcryptidsheep4661]

Wow lm so glad I watched this

[@Roy-mw5js]

Love Aurora ❤

[@blazeisonfire]

'Runaway' always seemed to me like a song about dying and going to the good place. EDIT: Everyone who follows Aurora knows that she is an old soul, it's not weird that she wrote such meaningful songs when she was young because she is older than her age.

[@msedatone]

Your voice is so soft and deep...make me feel fullfilled with your songs I do admire you wow awsome 😘💕

[@jjforbj4794]

I love aurora

[@ARCTERYXSWEATSHOP]

i'm in love

[@RainbowStarOracle]

I would love to see that performance

[@miaunessa]

I am in love with how in average only 0.01% dislike her videos, such a little amount of haters how wonderful

[@perrinxbox2495]

I

[@Geralt26]

Cudos for this someone who filmed her school performance. It would so big loss if she would not share her music :).

[@ichigokurosaki2670]

shes so damn cute god damn just want to hug her

[@solidusisme85]

i love aurora, i love her song, dance, style, everything..and i think she look like jesse eisenberg

[@18617s]

I can't unsee jesse eisenberg now.......

[@the180crew]

I literally just noticed that right before seeing that comment.

[@seanmatthewking]

Why taint her with the image of Jesse Eisenberg? Evil! Luckily I don’t see it 😀

[@faelland]

​@@seanmatthewkingHe's beautiful, what do you mean. She does look a LOT like him. And he's beautiful, it's not an offense.

[@juliadavidking23]

When she looks up, she looks like she's crying. In a good way. ☺

[@jordansprinkles]

She reminds me of Björk. But younger.

[@arianashops910]

She is amazing, i did love her answers, and how she express it, so lovely

[@NaturallyIntuned]

I love it when she says "uhm"

[@leavesofmytree]

"em"

[@Zero-gp5im]

She looks a bit like my niece. We have family in distant history from the Netherlands. I think about my niece when I listen to Aurora. I believe Aurora to have emotional intelligence others may never perceive.

[@julieteigen7169]

+Dale Dachenhaus Aurora's Norwegian though.. Haha

[@Zero-gp5im]

Yes, I understand. She still looks like Aurora. Even though my niece is now American and has French, German, Irish, ++. It's in the gene.

[@MsAdesio]

How many girls her age are like that?

[@seanmatthewking]

Genius song writers/singers? Not many. Norwegian? Not sure.

[@nadiakeaton5680]

when she turned her face towards the light *heart eyes*

[@waitindelaney]

Wow! Imagine performing once, in your hometown, and accidentally getting signed. Crazy

[@johnyoliveira2807]

💓💓💓💓💓💓Love you💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓

[@schneevoilett]

It's the same for me, but I draw and paint and put my emotions in it.. it helps me the way the music helps you aurora=)

[@NinJaTurtleSplinter]

12.... when i was 12 i wrote a rhyme and was super happy about it.. and she writes a song??????

[@seanmatthewking]

Not any song, a really great song.

[@southport97]

I'm not going to lie, as I previously said.. she does look under the weather, but still manages to look cute in this while wearing little makeup. Only a true beauty can do that.

[@goseph2]

I'm in love XD I hope she's smart enough not to fall off the deep end out there.

[@amy45472]

I thought she was discovered on soundcloud when she put up a song that was meant for her parents exclusively. does anyone know which is it? i'm compiling information on her for a fan club. help would be appreciated xx

[@Cutie.queenx]

The song is called Puppet. Lol sorry for the late comment😅

[@CayteLee]

yong sia

[@ShadyRealRap96]

+Catie Lee dare you compare them again

[@scoopinloops8828]

I love that accent... *sighs

[@troyatreo]

9:10 i can relate to this :)

[@Samuel-zs9lh]

Os olhos dela estavam verdes =)

[@Idieyidot]

"And you" XD

[@Nellyelly123]

Aurora doesn't colour her hair!! Well, really. She uses something called "Purple shampoo" which naturally tones down the brassiness in blond hair because it is on the other colour spectrum to yellow. So what she does is natural.

[@faelland]

She has dark blonde hair, she bleaches it and her eyebrows. If you look ar pictures of her younger you'll see her hair and eyebrows are too dark to get this light with purple shampoo. She said that so she would seem all natural, but it isn't true. It's impossible to go from medium to dark blonde, which is her natural, to this light without bleach.

[@neurons6632]

Why is she writing and singing perfect? Could you ask her?

[@sebastianbernalliricamaest3742]

Hey girl .

[@cicaarculany]

She's Luna Lovegood!

[@evilmnchkn388]

She almost never sang on stage again... Think of everyone who did not get found despite their talents.

[@michelwatkins5798]

Did you hear that, graduated in 10th grade.

[@seanmatthewking]

It’s striking how different she comes across at age 19 (like she is here) vs later interviews. She mainly seems like a fairly typical, polite girl here. Now she’s gone full elf 😂 Which is awesome, btw.

[@paulie_putt4239]

She speaks more with a Norwegian accent now. There are many brilliant moments to this interview

[@justineypoo]

​@@faellandI think it's hard to know whether she's just more comfortable being her full self now/embracing it vs exaggerating a character.

[@nehlanithomas7430]

Y’all are rude she’s a albino like quit you don’t know her life or you don’t know her pain she’s gone threw stuff that you ain’t know about y’all came from TikTok musically whatever I been heard this song at weddings and on my recommend and stuff so I always what this at night to feel pain and cry for all my dead ones I love her voice because it’s just gorgeous and you can feel her singing out her pain inside she’s trying to express and she even said it

[@leonardodavinci4259]

she says "you know" a lot xD

[@melissavaldes5217]

and...

[@leodobrodenka5546]

+Leonardo DaVinci you wrote " you know " once and tha's alot you know or don't you know. I know it is you know !

[@leonardodavinci4259]

Leo Dobrodenka but between quotation marks :> I hope no one is offended because I mean no harm.

[@leodobrodenka5546]

+Leonardo DaVinciWhat yo wrote in your first statment will be taken as a kind of criticism , i hate peoples comment of how she talks,looks etc

[@leonardodavinci4259]

Leo Dobrodenka​ I wasn't criticising her it's just that whenever I skipped the video to a point, the first thing she would say was "you know". It's up to you to choose whether you take this as an offense or not, but you should just know my intention wasn't bad. I do now realize that what I said was completely unnecessary, but it was a funny coincidence I thought I might share. Sorry! :/

[@manusolorio1725]

Do you guys know where can I find that film she talks about at the end of the video?Anyone?

[@leod9912]

You don't find the film , but the songs name is ' I had a dream ' you find it on YT

[@warrior9976]

[@warrior9976]

[@justawatcher888]

She is just blonde and herself, period.

[@danielkelley7548]

She looks tired here. I love you Aurora

[@squidforaquid]

She looks like the love child of Robyn and Jesse Eisenberg

[@nehlanithomas7430]

3:09 all the way to 3:14 and 3:16 she said it I am right I know about her pain she’s trying to sing out her pain and she’s trying to move on and make herself happy and expressing her pain so y’all know what she goes through y’all don’t know so don’t judge her she’s a albino don’t come here from TikTok saying there’s painting on legs I been here sense last year in December don’t come saying who came from TikTok you should’ve been seen this like your late she’s been going threw stuff like stop

[@pebblelive]

What? I don’t think she’s albino

[@saemushailstorm3135]

Thinking that she's the baby in the family, hah !

[@isaiahh.canfield1504]

shes 20... relax.

[@phodilus2141]

I really wonder what MBTI personality type she is. Because I'm an INTP...

[@auniquehandle]

+Fake Artemis i'm ENTP nice to meet you

[@southport97]

+HelloYou Human Without a doubt INFP.

[@phodilus2141]

I thought that too, she sounds most like an INFP, but she can be an INFJ or ISFP, I think.

[@DanLeFeuvre]

Intp too :)

[@Zinkx.]

+Fake Artemis whoa didnt really know what this was all about INTP INFP ENFP ect. so took the test... INFP-A and wow it really hit home!! like yeah wow... turns out we're pretty kwl peeps, not saying in any shape or form others aren't but just we're kwl and I wish there were more of us >.

[@southport97]

Partying the night before or 3 hours sleep? Perhaps both. Meaning no insult to her, but she just looks tired throughout this which, unfortunately, magnifies her nervous temperament.

[@trollbaron1329]

+southport97 she doesn't seem like the type to party.

[@faelland]

​@@trollbaron1329this didn't age well. Now she talks about partying, going to raves and drinking alcohol all the time 😅

[@lsmrkqj]

Do all Norwegians sound like that?

[@tove236]

You mean her accent? If so, no. What norwegian accent someone has, will influence the english accent. Also most norwegians speak more of an american english. Because we hear that more than British english.

[@lsmrkqj]

tmr i see...So there are different type of norwegian accents

[@tove236]

+Green Morning There's a lot of different accents in Norway. We have many different dialects. Some are so different from eachother that it can be hard to understand eachother sometimes.

[@lsmrkqj]

tmr I'm Chinese so I see what you're talking about the dialect stuff. Chinese dialects can be so differrent that many people catorise them into a different language. And now looking at this this way i understand what you're trying to say here. but anyway I find Auroras accent a bit imliar to the British accent.

[@carlhollier4948]

+Green Morning well, here in norway the dialects is not that different that u can categorise them as different languages. Its more the pronounces of the letters and words. Like how u pronounce the letter R and letter L and hows the rythm is when speaking. The funny thing is that i can tell (in my region of the country) where somebody comes from within a radius of 20 km by the way he/she speaks, the words that are being used, the rythm and the pronouncing of letters/words.

[@MartyBrando]

She looks like Chloe Grace Moretz

[@Piero5711]

+Brandon Martell yes!

[@jailaye6929]

people are strange when you are a stranger . . . . . . . . jim morrison. thank god she is not, she is grounded and she may not be like you. But she can tell us why . . . .

[@psychopathinthemaking]

Does she half eyebrows? I spent half the video trying to figure that out and I still don't know...

[@egiljohnsen6145]

She is real light blond, so she has light blond eyebrows.

[@OfficialGuilleash]

Dear people, if Aurora were Aspergers, she wouldn't stare at the journalist's face all the time. She'd be looking somewhere else because Aspergers have a hard time maintaining steady gaze. So, don't play doctors if you don't know what you're talking about.

[@jellybeesplease]

That is only half true I'm afraid. Females on the spectrum behave slightly different from males. We can learn to mimic neurotypicals, and learn eye contact. She is most definitely autistic. She ticks most if not all the boxes.

[@ensteffo]

+ xkillzbillzx What you are doing is called projection. You most definitely are talking out of your ass.

[@nicolescheufler3829]

Not true at all

[@venus7865]

as someone who was diagnosed when i was 6, autistic people do something called masking. it’s when we pretend to be “normal” and the world teaches us to mask from a very young age. some of us learn to force eye contact, or fake it by staring at the person’s forehead (people usually can’t tell the difference)

[@narmimelya2602]

@@venus7865 I'm curious about the signs of autism in her, can you explain it to me please

[@davidgo371]

I can see how people would think she has aspergers

[@Killernaut16]

I'd like to see those fucking people speak Norwegian fluently. Oh yea, Americans believe English is the only language worth learning.

[@seanmatthewking]

@@Killernaut16 Lol calm down And that’s because we’re more important. Everyone learns English because were important, and since everyone learns English, we don’t have to learn other languages. Just the reality 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@orangejuice3543]

@@seanmatthewking reality? Bahahaha people from United States aren’t that important, the English language is the easiest to learn, that’s why most of the people pick English as first choice, other languages have difficult pronunciations, Tell me what represents USA? pizza? You stole that idea from Italia, culture? Tell me when you’ve seen a Native American, do you have more dialects? In Latino America countries have more than a language, for example: Mexico has 68 languages and dialects with Spanish, so your country is important, but not more than other countries, the liberty statue and your flag are the only things that we can remember if you say the word “USA”

[@-.a9942]

@@seanmatthewking do you feel proud of a country that just went and kill people and force to adapt their language? Is it that reason everyone speaks it?

[@narmimelya2602]

I'm curious about the signs of autism in her, can you explain it to me please