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W
ith prevalent political
undertones, the new album
presents listeners with a subtle
look at Highasakite’s civil views. “I don’t
want it to be obvious, I never do,” offers
Håvik. “I want everyone to put their own
meaning into the songs. And that’s why
I always try not to over-explain my
lyrics.”
“I think the songs and lyrics are just
what they turn out to be”, she continues.
“I write what I feel and I’m often
surprised when I take a step back and
listen to what I have made.”
The 9/11 attacks in America had a
profound impact on the world as a
whole; how we viewed national security,
personal freedoms, and how important
it was to reduce the stigma that things
like this only happen in third world
countries. Following the attacks, Håvik
found her perspective on the world had
changed too. “It was the first time that
I felt like war wasn’t just something that
happens far away and couldn’t affect
me in any way,” she explains. “It was
something real.”
This sense of world being and
existence is again reflected within the
musician’s reference to the famous
poem
Det Er Ingen Hverdag Mer
(
There’s No More Every Day
) by Gunvor
Hofmo, a piece of writing that is quoted
frequently during Norwegian national
occasions. “This is a poem that is often
used in events in Norway. Events like
the national day, but also funerals and
stuff like that,” Håvik says. It was often
referred to in the weeks after the 2011
‘lone wolf’ terrorist attacks, in which one
man bombed a tower block containing
the office of the Norwegian Prime
Minister, and two hours later opened
fire on visitors to a summer camp on the
island of Utøya.
The single from the upcoming album,
titled
Someone Who’ll Get It
, features
pole dancing in the film clip. Ingrid was
adamant not to empower it as a means
of stripping or sexual exploitation. “I
didn’t want to empower the stripper-
stigma of pole dancing. I wanted to
empower pole dancing. I like both. Both
stripping and pole-dancing. They are just
not always connected. “
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“I want
everyone to
put their own
meaning into
the songs. And
that’s why
I always try
not to over-
explain my
lyrics.”