SPOP: NESS TALKS DAGEN EFTER

Behind the Coastline

You are reading an independently published interview-series published and carefully curated by Swedish pop-culture journalist Daniel John. Ever since its start in 2015, the core curiosity remains the same, surfing the creative currents of music, film, fashion and everything else on the pop-radar, catching the waves of culture as creative

Culture Coast TalksDaniel John

What is 'Dagen efter' about?

'Dagen efter' is about having a destructive relationship with your own emotions. Where you instead of daring to be sad, vulnerable, or even happy, end up at meaningless parties, with too much alcohol instead. All while the thing you really wanted was to call the person you really care about and tell them how you feel.

You do make a lot of music on the party side not least when you collab with, for example, Raggarligan, but in this song there's this other side?

I'm a very festive person who likes to party, and loves coming up with new things to do. I am also a person who loves celebrating other people. But, sometimes I also do just need to be by myself. And that is usually when those real feelings come into the music.

Did you celebrate the release in any way?

I celebrated with a really good dinner.

Let's take the moment to celebrate the journey had then, you already seemed to be on different stages some ten years ago?

I have been up on stages since primary school, that's where I started, by singing at school graduations and school discos. Then after upper secondary school, I wanted to start creating my own music after that I began singing even more.

What's the biggest thing you've done?

The biggest thing I have done is probably a performance I did during the opening-ceremony of the Gothia Cup at Ullevi in Gothenburg.

It takes a lot more than just a love for music for things to fall into place as an artist today. What is your relationship with social media. Does it come easily to you?

I think social media is fun as long as you’re being yourself, enjoying it, and not feeling bad because of it, then it’s great. For me, I'll say what I said before, I am a person who really love to celebrate others, but to add to that, I'm not as good at celebrating myself.

On top of this one you also got a new song on the fun side with Raggarligan and Tres Amigos. What else would you like to do with this year?

I hope to be able to create even more music this year, and I’m looking forward to new songs, new challenges, and who knows, maybe an album?