Agnes Obel
Agnes Obel
Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel is a Danish singer/songwriter. Her first album, Philharmonics, was released by PIAS Recordings on 4 October 2010 in Europe. Philharmonics was certified gold in June 2011 by the Belgian Entertainment Associationfor sales of 10,000 units. At the Danish Music Awards in November 2011, Agnes Obel won five prizes: Best Album, Best Pop Release, Best Debut Artist, Best Female Artist and Best Songwriter...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth28 October 1980
CityCopenhagen, Denmark
CountryDenmark
Sometimes I feel like a melody doesn't have anything to do with me, but it's just something that comes, is accumulated from me playing on the piano, and then this little creature just appears.
The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.
Even though music is something I travel around doing, it is also a very private thing. A sort of escapism.
I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there arent really any rules.
I love the conversation between film and music.
I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration.
With 'Philharmonics,' I had to do a lot of interviews, and it was like I was corrupting something. In many ways, I've said everything in the song. And either I can't go back to what it was because it's changing when I play it, or I still haven't figured out what the song is about.
When I was in bands, I always liked the demo best.
My mum is a big collector of art.
I don't have a daily routine at all.
It's always difficult to know if a song needs more than piano, and I worry about my tendency to go in a sparse direction.
I have a difficult relationship with jazz. My parents really love it, and I went to a school where jazz was considered the best thing ever, so I had to leave it be for a long time. But now I'm rediscovering it. I'm approaching jazz in a different way.