My beautiful creatures, you have been loving - and non stop listening - to Dynasty for almost a decade, and I feel so grateful to you all! I have wanted to give something back to you and noticed, over the years, that many have asked for a live or an acoustic version of Dynasty. So, when we (my uncle/producer Joachim and I) finally decided to make it we thought - why not go all in with a full live orchestra? Making this was a dream come true to me. And also super emotional, singing Dynasty again, 10 years older than what I was when I sang the original at 16. <3 I hope you will love this orchestral version as much as I do!

Green Lights is, to me, about daring to trust yourself. I believe we all have a "highest self" within us - that part of us who dares to make a choice and truly trust in that choice. Our highest self knows the truth. It doesn’t judge, and it isn’t scared of making the "wrong" choices. For years I was scared of everything. I only doubted myself, and felt like I didn’t have any sense of direction. I’ve come a long way since then, but, from time to time, I fall back into those same old patterns of doubt and fear. Green Lights is about how these fear based feelings can make us miss out on so many good things - or "Green Lights" - in life. So Green Lights is like an anthem, that I’m singing to myself in moments of doubt, or whenever I need to feel brave!

Inner Voices Speaking is the title track of my first EP, and it’s very special to me. <3 It’s kind of a medley of all the songs on the EP, which I made because I wanted a bit of an unfinished outro to "sum up" my journey of self discovery. The songs on this EP are all my inner voices speaking - my inner child, inner critic, and highest self. The songs also each have a connection to a nature element - water, air, earth, fire, and space & time - with different symbolic meanings…

How Do I Love You? was written with the legendary artist and songwriter LP, back in 2015, right after I had released Dynasty. I never forgot about this song. In the years that I didn’t do any music (because I had no confidence in myself what so ever), I still held this song in my burning heart… It was actually after I heard that old demo again, that I slowly begun realizing that I was meant to make music, and tell stories. I am so glad we finished this song. LP’s lyrics are my forever favorite poetry, and it means so much to me, to have a tiny part of my 17 year old self on my first EP. <3

I used to feel unrooted - like I didn’t really belong anywhere. Since 2020 I have, for the first time really, gone through a deep healing process. I grew a lot, with lots of help from a therapist and from two extraordinary women - my friends Maru and Kel. During covid, they noticed that many of their fellow songwriters were struggling, so they decided to start this songwriting circle over Zoom. I would normally never have joined something like this, too scared to make a fool of myself, but I had begun a new chapter and knew I needed the challenge. Our first task was to write about something we had resented. That was when I wrote "Can’t Remember a Smile" - about how I experienced my parents’ divorce, and how I don’t really remember the three of us together. I had always thought it’d be lame to write about. I’ve been doing that a lot - not letting myself feel what I feel. It’s different now. Now I am kinder to myself, but I know I can be even kinder, just like most people can (and should) be kinder to themselves (and to everyone else). I don’t believe in "burying" feelings. And I think, although it might hurt as hell, that it is crucial to accept the feelings we have, and not fight them. Accept and embrace.

After years of not working with music, and not with my uncle/producer Joachim, we found our way back to each other in 2021. It felt very right, exciting, and in many ways safe, but at the same time there was a huge part of me that still felt like I wasn’t good enough… My inner critic was still loud. I think I, perhaps subconsciously, needed more support. A kind of support I had lacked before - female support. I didn’t know Vaarin that well, but I had admired her from afar ever since we both studied history at University. I asked if she wanted to join us in the studio and she said yes. We wrote Skin of a Fool during a vulnerable conversation, because, as it turned out, we had both felt like there was no air for us to breathe. And that is what this song is about. Skin of a Fool is the "play" where our inner critics are too loud, but in the end, we dare to face the darkness, together. Sometimes, in order to "get out" of the dark, you need to "allow" it first. And it really helps to know that you’re not alone in it. In Vaarin I found a best friend and ally for life.

Oxide was the first song I wrote all by myself, and the first song I wrote for my EP. It was March, 2021, at my grandparent's cabin in the snowy mountains (my favorite place where I feel most at home), where I finally felt safe enough to write something without judging myself. With Oxide, I feel like my healing journey really started to unfold. After a year in therapy I found myself feeling vulnerable, but at the same time, like a slight strength begun to wave inside of me. Oxide embodies the voice of my inner child, it’s about my dear father, and what I’ve always needed to hear from him. Oxide is unresolved pain, but also hope, that honesty will pave the way for healing.

To me, Beautiful Creature is about love, both self love and love between two people. A person you love, has made you see the best in yourself and helped you realize that you don’t have to be ashamed or scared of being yourself. That love you have with this person makes you feel unbreakable, it makes you believe, not only in yourself, but in life. Love conquers all, and that feeling is the best feeling, the happiest feeling. You don’t necessarily need to have been that deep in love to have felt this. This can be about a good friend too, or someone you look up to, or just someone you feel like gets you. Beautiful Creature is above all a power song. I want the most important message to be that you don’t have to hide who you truly are.

Dynasty is a true story, written by my former aunt Hillary Bernstein and my uncle Joachim (J Ryggs, about their break up. They were together for 10 years, and the three of us were very close friends. I was also so lucky to make music with these brilliant humans. <3 Joachim and Hillary were of course heartbroken when they split up, and so was I, because I knew that meant that things would change. I still inspires me to this day that they wanted to make a song about it all, and how they took all the hurt and turned it into something beautiful, that has become extremely meaningful and healing for millions of people around the whole globe!!!