Most people are aware of the fact Carl from Sugarplum Fairy is going solo now. The debut album got released February 23. Tonight he'll play at Mejeriet in Lund.
- It's an incredible rush of adrenaline to enter the stage and play in front of 50,000 people. The rush is so powerful the everyday life can get boring afterwards, says Carl Norén when he talks about how megalomania and hubris easily gets on a young artist.
He's glad he has experienced the thing between teenager and 20-something when he toured with Sugarplum Fairy. He thinks that it was good that he got to experience that then and not now when he's almost in his thirties.
- The everyday life and calmness becomes more interesting, I've already experienced the other thing in an early age, says Carl Norén.
But all Carl's concerts haven't been of the monstrous size. When Musikhjälpen last fall collected money to stop child trafficking, Carl offered some auction items. One of the things was a home gig where the winner got a concert with Carl Norén at home.
It's a huge step from a venue with 50,000 people to a home gig, but Carl Norén sees the allure of the small things in life.
- Such things are fun to do, we did a similar thing in Lund before christmas, where we played in a student hall. It was someone who had won a competition. To do such small gigs at peoples' houses is very rewarding. A little more focus on the music when all the people get to sit down and listen to the songs acoustic, says Carl Norén.
Carl Norén often gets questions about his brothers' music careers. The two years younger brother Victor Norén is also known from Sugarplum Fairy, and currently with his solo project Viktorious. One of the frontmen of Mando Diao, Gustaf Norén, is Carl's two years older brother. He doesn't get questions about he cousin and hip hop artist Prop Dylan (Per Norén) very often though.
- He's a very talented rapper and works with DJ Premier now, so he has also succeeded with the music, says Carl Norén.
He's sick and tired of the preconceived ideas which get spread about him and his brothers. He thinks they get portrayed as arrogant 'louts' and 'retro rockers'.
- Last Saturday, someone who was going to review my gig twittered that he was going to listen to 'the lout rocker Carl Norén'. I'm 27 years old now and play folk music, so I don't know if I'm a 'lout rocker'. We're not arrogant, we're pretty decent guys and none of us listen to retro rock, all of us got a quite modern taste of music and listen to hip hop, Carl Norén tells us.
The Borlänge son lives in Stockholm at the moment, but it's not a city where he sees himself in his hat for the rest of his life.
- I would like to live in a smaller city. Live in a house. I would consider living in the south actually.
Carl Norén actually recorded his first record with Sugarplum Fairy in Lund, so the link to Skåne is there.
- It was so calm and nice to have the lowland around us, especially when you're used to being in Dalarna. It's really beautiful, says Carl Norén.
Published: yesterday at sydsvenskan.se
Translated by Celine Jacobs
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