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๐ข “Absolutely, but we didn't set out to provoke. Being in a band allows you to push to the forefront, the traits of your personality that you wouldn't normally be able to expose. There is an enormous amount of freedom in terms of how we express ourselves lyrically, our music, our clothes. We started out being very honest about our lives, lifestyles. And for some reason that seemed to provoke and shock. But it was never the intention. And when it came to the amount of Press it generated, I say more Press the better! As a band, we don't have control over how we come across, and so to us, what people write about us is something we've come to not believe, because if you believe the good things, you have to believe the bad things, and neither is really true. It's what we in the band and people closest to us feel.“
๐๐ข๐ช ๐ช๐ข๐จ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ก-๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐ง ๐ช๐๐ข ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฅ๐?
๐ข “Like I mentioned, it was never a calculated move at all. We didn't employ someone to come in and style us to look like a cross between... Jonas Brothers or Britney Spears. It was never a calculated, contrived image that we had. It was just that we embraced the freedom that it brought. I mean, why just go to the men's section when you have a whole more exciting, daring, colourful clothes in the women's section? Over the years it has become more well-tailored and functional. I mean, you can't perform in a PVC catsuit! Of course, more tasteful than in the early days... there were a whole lot of fashion crimes that we did commit.“
๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ข๐ช๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐?
๐ข “I suppose it did for a while. But with six albums under our belt, I think we kind of proved that the music is the reason we're here.“
๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ'๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ช๐๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฉ๐?
๐ข (Pause) “Well, that question! No, pretty much most questions have been asked.“
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก, ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐ช๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ฆ?
๐ข “I have a bit of a goldfish memory when it comes to interviews (laugh). A lot of people probably imagine we like talking about ourselves, but we didn't set out to be a band that talks about ourselves. We express ourselves through our music instead.“
(Malaysian Today, "Six minutes with Stefan Olsdal", Apri#OlsdalQuote
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