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" 2015 has been a crazy year for me, and Spotify have supported me right from the start. It's an honour to be their Breakout Artist of the year, and I'm super excited to see what we can do together in 2016! "
Together
Crazy
Artist
" All my collaborations happen in different ways. Sometimes it's through a chance meeting at a festival or event, while others can happen just off the back of me liking their music and reaching out. "
Me
Chance
Sometimes
" A lot of producers don't have any musical education. I couldn't make the music I make without playing the piano. "
Without
Lot
Music
" Avicii's melodies were so simple and cool, and they were actually similar to the melodies I played on piano. I thought if I could teach myself how to produce and get those melodies out of my head and into the computer, maybe I could make some cool music, too. "
Music
Thought
Simple
" Coldplay doesn't have to stay within a certain genre; they just go where they go. "
Within
Genre
Go
" Compared to EDM, I feel like there are a lot of girls at my shows. "
I Feel
Like
Lot
" Edinburgh has a similar climate to Bergen - it's very rainy and grey. There were a lot of days I'd sit inside in front of the computer, make music, and dream about summer - instead of the rainy reality outside. "
Reality
Sit
Summer
" Edinburgh is where I started. A lot of the remixes I made were done in my room there, and it was a good place for me to make music. "
Good
Done
Started
" Elton John and Billy Joel, I find them both to be huge inspirations, those guys are so talented. "
Find
Talented
Huge
" I always knew I wanted to create original material, and after having meetings with all sorts of record labels, I decided that Sony was the right place to do it. They knew what I wanted to make and gave me the freedom to express myself. "
Me
Freedom
Myself
" I am proud to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. "
Prize
Am
Concert
" I called it 'Cloud 9' because that's the place I want to take people when they are listening to my music. It's also where I am when I make music. "
Listening
People
I Am
" I consider myself more of a producer and a musician than a DJ. "
DJ
More
Myself
" I didn't think it was cool for me to walk around with a huge Kygo logo on myself. "
Think
Around
Cool
" I'd love to work with some of the people I've remixed for - Ed Sheeran or Chris Martin or The Weeknd. But it's not just big names like these guys that I want to collaborate with. "
Work
Like
Love
" I do have in the back of my head that you never know how long it lasts. "
Back
Head
Long
" I don't like to classify my own tracks as a genre. "
My Own
Own
Tracks
" I don't really know too many designers. I like a lot of what Kanye West has done with Yeezy, but I think it's a bit too, how you say, elevated; it's a little bit too special. Like he's trying to make something that's kind of a little bit too cool sometimes. "
Trying
Think
Special
" I don't want to make just tropical house. I want to make everything, just like, whatever I feel like making. "
Everything
Want
House
" I feel like music can affect you in so many ways. When you hear a song with a happy melody, it can change your mood; it can change your day. "
You
Happy
Music
" I feel like when I get the demos - I get a lot of demos - but when I get the right demo, I get very inspired. I produce around it, and it often goes very fast. "
Get
Right
Like
" I find inspiration in what artists and regular people on the street wear, but I'm also very influenced by what I like to wear since I style myself. "
Myself
People
Street
" If I never showed my face, it would kind of be easier. "
Face
Easier
Would
" If you do the same thing all the time, it's not very challenging. "
Same Thing
Same
Thing
" I get a lot of demos sent my way, and I listen to them, and sometimes they just have something very special. "
Way
Sometimes
Special
" I get better and better every day, but there is still a lot to learn. "
Better
Still
Learn
" I get inspired by a lot of different stuff. My father is a huge music fan. "
Different
Music
Fan
" I get into a zone where I'm really in my own world when I make music. "
Music
Get
World
" I guess the biggest thing I had to get used to was people staring. At first it was like, 'Am I wearing something odd? Is there something on my face?' It was kind of weird because when I go to the grocery store, people, they're not necessarily coming up to me asking for a photo, they just... look at me. "
Kind
Weird
People
" I hate being put in a box labelled 'tropical house.' "
Put
House
Hate
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