– I have a unique opportunity to use my voice

ROSKILDE (Dagsavisen): "I think it's very important to listen.We should all listen to each other and think about what we hear a little before deciding what to think, "said Sigrid Raabe, 21, better known as Sigrid

. in the same place we met her a year ago and then as an almost completely new artist. A few hours later, she will go to the scene in front of more than 10,000 spectators and show why she has become one of the most sought-after pop artists today, despite a tremendous year-long success. last appears as the same Ålesund girl who feels people's conscience with "Do not kill my Vibe."

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Making shoulders

– Whole things with concerts for me is d & # 39; go on the stage and play my own favorite songs. Take Roskilde last year, I was not expecting anything and told the group we had to have very low shoulders. We did not advertise in Denmark or anything else, and then we come out and there are many thousands who say it and it is completely sick. It was the same in Poland before Roskilde, we had no expectations and there were more than 10,000 in front of the stage.

– Are you still surprised even after a year you have?

– Yes, it is digg. What's so exciting in my job, it's a mix of routine and sick times that have a "wow factor" on them.

This year's concert in Roskilde on Saturday night, on the festival's second largest telescope, we suspect as anything but routine. But the moments with "wow factor" have been a lot for Sigrid during the last year. Long before she released an entire album, she made list placements, concert bookings, talk show performances, and awards that other artists could barely do all along. of their career. Everything was crowned when the British BBC called it the most exciting artist in 2018 and awarded it the prize "Sound of 2018."

Related: Corrects the Invisible View 19659002] – This has meant a lot. What you earn with such honor, it is the exhibition, and it is a great honor for me and for the team to win such a prize. Thanks to everyone who helped us win both fans and radio and newspapers, and I see that it has a big impact especially in England, but also in the United States and elsewhere where I notice that it still happens

– "Do not Kill My Vibe" was also voted by Norwegian critics for this year's best song by Norwegian critics at Dagsavisen's annual review Nye Takter

– Yes "It was a bad thing, I really enjoyed it," says Sigrid, who sees that the attention she's getting gives her the opportunity to talk about things other than the music.

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Earlier this year, she agreed to negotiate with MedHum, the Division of Humanities and Medicine, which will support in 2018 the project of the UNICEF "Makani" that works to give children basic health services and read and write education. Thanks to Instagram, Sigrid encouraged fans to lend their support.

– I see that I have a unique opportunity to use my voice and platform that I have for something important. Which is important for many. I do that because I think music is fun, but sometimes it's cool to be able to talk about other things. I do not know if this article had anything to say, but if anyone thought about it or maybe giving money to the action, I realized what I wanted . The money was not allocated to this project, and it was important to me. But I am only a person, so it's limited how much I can do.

– Do you consider your career as an opportunity to have a chair?

– I speak with great vigilance. Now, and I know that I do not have the answer to everything, but I learn all the time and then I support things that I think are important and correct. With this action, it's so simple that there are no refugees, people talk about it, and I think we should have a human approach to immigration policy and How to treat refugees, says Sigrid, who allows him to meet new people give him all the time useful lessons.

– But I did not go to conflict zones. When I travel, I mostly only see concert halls and I am fully aware that there are many things that I do not know about what is going on. In supporting such an action, I try not to say that I know a lot, but it was a fun thing to do, giving the children the opportunity to read.

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London

Today, Sigrid is pursuing a journey that has brought her to some of the most prestigious of England. The EP's signature "Raw" and the HMV concert on Oxford Street in London on Tuesday is a notorious circus, and tomorrow's concert in the legendary Somerset House in London for the longest out of stock. In the summer, she also participates in several other festivals in the wake of OverOslo that she has played recently, as well as Roskilde of the weekend.

– It's nice to feel that it has become almost a daily life. Festivals are among my favorite songs in music. It is important to me that there is some peace around me for a while, but with the festivals it is comfortable with all the sounds that are running all the time, creating a good sense that I find fun .

– And you have enough room to know the silence?

– Yes, but it has always been that way. It's the silence that made me love music, that I could sit at the piano for myself and walk around. Calm is important to do well with oneself

– When did the new Sigrid singer come?

– I do not mean, she says laughing, that she's trilling

] – I'm working on new material and it's very exciting, the EP It is not yet completely finished, but I work the same way as usual, I go to the studio and see if anything happens. I work a lot with Odd Martin Skålnes, Martin Sjølie and Emily Warren, she talks about the collaboration with what seems to have become firm and close to songwriters and producers.

– And it mostly worked in Norway, something that was nice because I was able to combine it with time at home. You're just going after this good song, you're experimenting a bit and suddenly something happens. And it always goes through the piano, although a song can start with a drummer, I always have to go home to the piano.

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