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When I was little,
my favourite thing was performing.

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I thought I was Michael Jackson.

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But I lost that as I got older.

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I had lost a huge part of that little boy.

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At the Grammis yesterday, Benjamin
Ingrosso was named Artist of the Year.

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The winner of Song of the Year...

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Benjamin Ingrosso!

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Benjamin Ingrosso!

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Thank you, Sweden!

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WHILE TOURING ACROSS SWEDEN,
BENJAMIN INGROSSO IS SIMULTANEOUSLY

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RECORDING SONGS
FOR HIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL ALBUM.

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- Hi.
- Hey, good morning.

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- Good morning, I'm Victoria.
- Benjamin, nice to meet you, welcome.

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- You've done so much as an artist.
- Yeah.

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- It's hard to keep track of the awards.
- That's very kind of you to say.

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Do you ever feel like,
"I can't top this."?

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Um... no.

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No, but these last few years I've
really had to pinch myself many times.

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At the same time...
I think to a lot of people,

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I haven't been an artist for very long.

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But I've been doing this
since I was eight or nine years old.

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I have so much left to do.

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And I still have dreams.

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We've finished phase one and after that...

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Yeah.

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<i>...we'll start chasing the dream you've</i>
<i>had since you were five years old.</i>

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Yes.

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It'll start for real.

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We'll go to L.A. to start working on
the end of the album,

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which will start phase two.

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My biggest dream
is to take my artistry abroad.

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I have a goal,
a sold out Madison Square Garden.

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I'm worried Sweden will think it's hubris.

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Especially when you say out loud
that you want something.

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I will put all my energy, time and power
into making this dream come true.

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LOS ANGELES

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I can dive but the thing is,
I have to cover my ears.

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We are now in L.A.

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because Benjamin has a week of sessions

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to finish a bunch of songs
for the next album.

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He's working with David Stewart
and Jessica Agombar.

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They're two songwriters
who have been in Billboard.

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They're still kind of up-and-comers
but with a pretty good track record.

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I've known Benjamin
since I was eight, he was six.

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We used to hang out at his place,
he pretended to be Vanheden.

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Then we'd go to my place, my mum cooked
a carbonara he didn't like at all.

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And he'd often dance
in front of the mirror in our hallway.

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I think the world needs
a real performer on a global level,

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which I don't feel
really exists like it used to.

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My goal is for Benjamin to become
one of the world's biggest artists.

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Anything less would be failure.

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It is so hot, hot, hot.

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- I'm good. You?
- Jetlagged?

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No, not at all. I slept for ten hours.

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Benjamin! Benjamin! Benjamin!

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What are they saying?

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Benjamin, but in Swedish.
Yeah! Crazy, right?

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- Benjamin!
- It's like a different accent. Benjamin.

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And I kind of know more right now
where I want to go with my sound,

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cause when we had our session,

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that was my first session
for the entire new chapter

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so I kind of didn't know
where I wanted to go.

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This is the world we're in.

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It has ABBA-ish and Queen vibes.

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So if I come home with our song,

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that could be more of a good song
to show the producers in Stockholm,

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like this is where we wanna go.

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I kinda want, like...

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What would a crowd sing like...

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- You know, that kind of, like...
- Yeah.

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How did it go today?

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- Shit.
- What, in what way?

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We didn't make a song.

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I'm spraying ideas, but he always
wants to change it into something else

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and then he catches himself, like, no...

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I have never...

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One time I've left a studio
without writing a song.

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Tim travels around the world for me.

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He travels around Europe and the US,
taking meetings.

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Do you feel stressed you can't live up to
Tim's expectations of you as an artist?

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Yeah, kind of.

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Or you know, that's what's great
about Tim, he's got that drive.

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You're new in your role
as an international artist.

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Tim is new in his role as manager.

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- I'm new in my role as creative director.
- Yeah.

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So, we all do what we can.

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Everyone's a little, not shaky,

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but a little, you know,
"Okay, how will we build this?"

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It isn't enough here to sing well and play
the piano. Here you have to be the best.

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Everyone is good here.

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Everyone plays the piano.
Everyone can sing.

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And I'm not a good singer, you know?

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There are thousands of people like me.

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STOCKHOLM

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Being here is my least favourite thing.
I can't think of anything worse.

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I don't get why you hate it so much.

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You can feel how
warm and cramped and gross it is.

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I just want to get out of here.

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I fall over when I walk in
because there's so much stuff.

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And it's so hot. I can't open the windows,
I'd have to take everything down.

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I've got my chaos organised.

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Where did I put my passport?
Or my ID? Or my wallet?

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I lost it again.

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Hey.

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OPENING OF THE SWEDISH SUMMER TOUR

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A 20 inch bass drum there,
a 22 inch here.

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One goes, "Plopp, plopp, plopp."

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One goes "Boom, boom boom."

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Will the audience here
understand what we're doing?

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Intro.

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The idea ism we'll listen, come up
with notes if we think need to...

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We're listening with the audience's ears.

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There are two things I feel right away.

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That, "Da da da da da da"
we've got as trackset.

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- Does that need to go?
- So, you don't want, like...

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No, that's what I want to get rid of,
they clash.

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- But I should "cling" the same chord?
- "Cling".

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I asked Zimney to remove the...

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You know, like... So it really becomes...

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Can you make it even more, like...

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It's 60 minutes, shut up, bang.

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Bass, sex.

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Guitar... like crazy.

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You... like crazy.

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- I love you.
- Love you.

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Good talk.

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Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin!

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Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin!

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I'm back.

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You don't get it, when I did that spin
with the mic stand, I just like, bam!

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And I see a tooth flying.
I'm just like, "No, no, no!"

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And I turn to the band, like this...

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And they're like...

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They thought I was telling them to smile.

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And they're like...

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"We are smiling!"

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Is Benjamin a little bit cute?
Are you cute, sweetie?

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Bianca, sweetie, are you there
with your little brother?

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My mum worked in the theatre
four nights a week.

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Usually you might have a babysitter
but I made her take me with her.

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The smell of those
dark red corridors of Göta Lejon.

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All the stage technicians
setting up the set.

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A conductor sitting with the orchestra,
tuning the instruments.

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You hear the audience.

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You hear people sitting down.

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The curtain lights drop
and the overture begins.

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And I get to live in a fairytale
every night.

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We're filming his little dance.

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Benjamin has never doubted
what he'll become.

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He's always wanted to be on stage.

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There's never been any other option.

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If you were out walking
and saw anything raised,

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you knew he'd be up there and give a show.

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It was as if he breathed
music, theatre, dance.

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When you've worked with
as many actors as I have,

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you can determine
what's quality and what isn't.

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And Benjamin has something
very special in his DNA.

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I thought he'd be one of the world's
greatest musical theatre artists,

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which he absolutely could have been.

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But I understood early on that he was
more focused on becoming an artist,

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writing songs, having that career.

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- We're going in a loop plane.
- Like, upside down?

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Should I really expose myself
to this before a gig?

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Yes, it's the coolest thing
you'll experience in your life.

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And this is safe?

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- What?
- It's safe?

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- It'll be great.
- Okay.

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That's so fucking cool!

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Damn!

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So cool!

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- Thank you so much.
- You did good.

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I'm so dizzy.

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I'm gonna go throw up.

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See you.

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- Get better soon!
- Yeah, you too.

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Back when I was listening to them.
I was such a fucking fan.

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And now I'm making an album with them.
That's pretty cool.

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Maybe if we wanted to try
the chorus more like,

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"I feel alive! Can you feel it?"

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Make it even more obvious
that it's like, choir.

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Exactly, should we start from the top?

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We'll try.

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Yes.

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It's like, syncopation.

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You'd almost want like a... Kind of.

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Mhm it's like...

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This is what happens when Benjamin
comes in. He comes in like...

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Then he starts and he gets going
and there's a lot of starting like this...

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Then up through the floor...

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This is how I imagine the music video...

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He's good at painting
a clear picture, visually.

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Now it's like this...

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It could be like that,
but in some kind of water, you know.

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We often get 451 voice memos.

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And also often voice memos when it seems
he's playing at his mum's place.

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- Yeah.
- Why doesn't he have his own piano?

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He should be able to have...

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Then there are voice memos
where he's really winded,

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singing a melody at the same time
that he's showing a drum beat

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and a bass line and a fill.

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And then where the fireworks
should come in in the last chorus.

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Exactly.

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SKANSEN STOCKHOLM

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When I was 10 or 11 years old,
I was on this stage with my mum.

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And I ran along the whole catwalk,
like, "Come on, Skansen!"

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It was full.

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Then, about seven or eight years later,

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I was on this stage,
yelled, "Come on, Skansen!"

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There weren't as many fans.

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Then, eight years after that,
tonight, I can yell.

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Come on, Skansen!

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I can't hear you in the back!

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Skansen, I think we can be louder!

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Come on, Skansen, I want it boiling!

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Louder, Skansen!

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Louder, Skansen!

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I love you!

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- I love you!
- I love you.

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Let's go in.

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- It looked like you had a lot of fun.
- I did but I was also distracted.

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Damnit. In my head,

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it's like I had a devil on my shoulder

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telling me I was bad and couldn't
move and that people, you know...

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There was so much tension about wanting
a redo from when I was here last.

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- And you got that.
- Yes, I know, it was largely about...

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you know, I made a small mistake
in the first song.

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And it stays with me,
so I make another in the second.

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It's not a mistake anyone notices,
it's just that I'm not 100% present.

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I've got someone watching me
from the outside, just like, you know...

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Yes and Jossan has been packing
my clothes and everything.

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Yes.

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It's so strange.

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A real apartment that I own.

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- Alright then.
- Welcome.

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- Can I keep my shoes on?
- Yeah, go for it.

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What?!

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What do I do when I'm by myself?

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Do I watch a movie? No.

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Do I cook? No.

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I'd rather be surrounded by people.

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I can be pleasant and social.

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I can't reach.

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When I'm by myself
I don't really know who I am.

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I'm fucking here now!

247
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I fall in love on the ceiling.

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<i>Call you mine is all I want to do.</i>
<i>I can fly...</i>

249
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You know.

250
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I can fly.

251
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- Does it feel good, playing this one?
- Yeah.

252
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Yeah.

253
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- Great.
- We tried some of this...

254
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- For the chorus.
- That's great.

255
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If it sounds like shit, just say.

256
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I will.

257
00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:58.720
I'd really like to get out...

258
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Even more?

259
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- And what are you playing there?
- I'm playing that too.

260
00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:15.560
Maybe it's that plonging
that's a little too bright?

261
00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.960
Okay.

262
00:28:17.040 --> 00:28:19.800
What happens if
you're in some kind of brass?

263
00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:45.560
You're so damn good.

264
00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:52.800
I've never released anything that sounds
this international. Or this good.

265
00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:55.160
It won't do well here, at home.

266
00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:57.840
People don't want to
hear me in English here.

267
00:28:58.400 --> 00:29:03.640
It won't. I'll barely even be
looking at the top 50s on Saturday.

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SWEDISH RADIO

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Good morning everyone.

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It's Friday, January 26 and it's still
pretty dark outside but it's a sunny day

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because I'm releasing
my first single in two years. Kite.

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Kite.

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Thirty seconds.

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Twenty.

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Ten, nine, eight, seven,

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six, five, four...

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BENJAMIN INGROSSO NEW RELEASE IN ENGLISH

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This is his first
real new song in two years.

279
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He's been talking for years
about wanting to make it abroad.

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If you have the song with capital S,
you have a chance.

281
00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:32.200 line:5%
And I would say
this is the song with capital S.

282
00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:37.000
You're getting amazing reviews.

283
00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:40.600
It's number one right now,
which is pretty unreal to me.

284
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- Congratulations.
- Our first song.

285
00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:53.640
What's happening now?
It's fun, we can see if it's updated.

286
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- In Denmark, it's top six.
- Wow, that's amazing.

287
00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:00.600
- Third in Norway.
- No?

288
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In Poland, you're top 10.
What other countries?

289
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In the Netherlands we're 18th.

290
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Finally the day arrived.

291
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It's here.
We've now unveiled the next era.

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Officially.

293
00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:21.000
We've listened through every song,

294
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I'm thinking we can do a quick run
through and just choose where they fit.

295
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Let's start from the top.

296
00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:29.240
- What's the name of the song?
- Starlight.

297
00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:31.320
What? Starlight?

298
00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:33.760
- Yes.
- I've written a song called Starlight?

299
00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:35.280
Cardboard Box, no.

300
00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:38.400
If this doesn't become a hit, fuck me.

301
00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:42.720
Backwards I think is a no.
It's a good song though.

302
00:31:42.800 --> 00:31:47.440
Starlight, goodbye for this album.
It is a hit, but the production is chaos.

303
00:31:47.520 --> 00:31:52.640
There might be too much to work on with
that one. The last chorus is really good.

304
00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:58.000
That's crazy, we've thrown out songs
today. Isn't that progress in itself?

305
00:31:58.080 --> 00:32:01.760
Yeah, we've ditched 30 songs
by ditching the B-list.

306
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BENJAMIN AND HIS MANAGER TIM
SET OUT TO INTRODUCE THEIR NEW MUSIC

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TO INDUSTRY LEADERS ACROSS EUROPE

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We're in Berlin at the
Universal Headquarters office.

309
00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:25.840
We're gonna have some kind of meeting with
some big shots and play them some songs.

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FRANK BRIEGMANN
CEO Universal Central Europe

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That's great.
That makes you move real quick.

312
00:32:45.040 --> 00:32:47.480
- Yeah!
- I mean, the instant you hear it...

313
00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:54.120
I've been writing 120 songs
and we scratch maybe 100 of them.

314
00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:57.720
The new music is like
made for me as a performer.

315
00:32:57.800 --> 00:32:59.640
As you know it is a pop market.

316
00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:02.920
He feels like some Bond villain,
with so much power.

317
00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:05.480
The only thing missing was his little cat.

318
00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:10.880
I'll make you big.

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Sweden, we have a long,
proud history of exporting

320
00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:24.440
groups, bands, female pop artists,
songwriters, producers.

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But there's one thing we've never ever
done before, exporting a male pop artist.

322
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And that's why we're here today.

323
00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:36.000
When we started working together,
we wanted to find

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what's Benjamin outside of Sweden.

325
00:33:38.760 --> 00:33:42.800
We're on a mission to do something
that has never been done before.

326
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Merry Christmas. Happy midsummer.

327
00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:48.200
We're in Paris.

328
00:33:48.280 --> 00:33:51.960
We were in London earlier today.

329
00:33:52.040 --> 00:33:57.320
Next week we're going to Italy and the
week after that we'll be in Amsterdam.

330
00:33:57.880 --> 00:34:02.280
I've always seen myself as an entertainer
more than just an artist or songwriter.

331
00:34:02.360 --> 00:34:04.120
I see myself doing the dance songs,

332
00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:08.920
but also, I can sit at the grand piano and
do the last song together with the arena.

333
00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.680
Like a "Hey Jude" kind of thing.

334
00:34:14.120 --> 00:34:15.440
Look here.

335
00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:21.360
Hold your arms like you're taking it.

336
00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.800
Thanks.

337
00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:29.000
You could spread your legs even more.

338
00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:49.240
Meeting in London. Meeting in Paris.
Back here to party until 11.

339
00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:57.560
I'm taking a long view on my artistry.

340
00:34:57.640 --> 00:34:59.560
To me it's like a new chapter.

341
00:34:59.640 --> 00:35:02.360
I'm very excited
about everything that's coming.

342
00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:04.800
- How are you doing?
- Yeah, I'm doing well.

343
00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:39.040
I'm a big lie.

344
00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:47.560
If people had seen this side of me...

345
00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:56.280
My face looks pale, red and ugly.

346
00:35:59.160 --> 00:36:02.000
This is what I look...
This is the real me.

347
00:36:02.080 --> 00:36:03.400
Why... Like...

348
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Fuck!

349
00:36:06.640 --> 00:36:08.280
I hate this fucking...

350
00:36:16.680 --> 00:36:20.080
I can't deal with people thinking,
"Oh, did he put on weight?"

351
00:36:20.160 --> 00:36:22.600
or "Wow, he's so ugly in real life."

352
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<i>The winner of MGP Junior 2006 is</i>
<i>Benjamin Wahlgren Ingrosso with Hej Sofia!</i>

353
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I had no friends in school.

354
00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:51.240
So when I won MGP Junior,
that was huge to me.

355
00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:55.880
I seriously thought I'd come to school and
people would be like, "Congratulations!"

356
00:36:55.960 --> 00:37:00.240
But when I came to school, it was
dead silent and people are laughing at me.

357
00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:03.680
Someone started a Facebook group
which had 15,000 followers.

358
00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:06.400
"We who hate Benjamin Wahlgren Ingrosso".

359
00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:11.800
It really got to me, what people wrote.

360
00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:14.600
"That peppy little kid,
he's so gross. I hate it".

361
00:37:14.680 --> 00:37:16.720
"I hate that entire family,

362
00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:20.840
but that little guy with the hat,
he's the finishing touch."

363
00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:22.800
"He's fat and pale and gross."

364
00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:28.560
Just you wait...

365
00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:45.680
My entire life has been about
changing people's perception.

366
00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:58.320
Those are the comments I see
in my head when I'm on stage.

367
00:38:03.640 --> 00:38:06.160
That's exactly how I felt.

368
00:38:06.240 --> 00:38:09.320
But for one hour I felt,
"I'm gonna fucking show them."

369
00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:11.080
And that's not fun either.

370
00:38:11.160 --> 00:38:14.760
Then you just have that fake smile.

371
00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:18.840
I had fun but also a lot of self doubt.

372
00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:22.520
You probably think I'm just
some big douche in a pink t-shirt.

373
00:38:39.160 --> 00:38:42.040
What's with the attitude?
You're in the front row.

374
00:38:59.160 --> 00:39:03.200
- It's just in your head.
- It's not just in my fucking head! Please!

375
00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:17.600
It's crazy to see someone at the top,

376
00:39:17.680 --> 00:39:22.240
and how it still doesn't
give you security and love.

377
00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:25.320 line:5%
It just goes to show
that everyone is fucking human,

378
00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:30.040 line:5%
it doesn't matter how much fame you have,
how many people are clapping for you.

379
00:39:33.040 --> 00:39:37.120
So many people are always talking
about this happiness around Benjamin.

380
00:39:37.200 --> 00:39:39.320
Happy Benjamin. And he is.

381
00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:44.880
But there's this extreme
self critical self-hatred.

382
00:39:50.640 --> 00:39:54.520
All these characters
he's been since he was like four.

383
00:39:54.600 --> 00:39:59.640
Either it's a way to find himself,
or it's just a long escape.

384
00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:14.760
Shit, I don't know.

385
00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:19.680
Yes, of course I'm happy.

386
00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:22.880
I don't want to look back on this
when I'm older, thinking,

387
00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:27.400
"I barely remember that because
I was so caught up in something else."

388
00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:33.200
But yesterday I was up there crying,
because I was so proud of myself.

389
00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:35.400
So I guess I had that little moment.

390
00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:10.760
LOS ANGELES

391
00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:12.320
Good day!

392
00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:14.160
- Hello, sir.
- How are you guys?

393
00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:18.080
Look who it is, Mr Baby. It's a pop star.

394
00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:24.680
I have a bit of a structure already
in my head when it comes to the song.

395
00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:29.400
I hear this song being the intro, like,

396
00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:32.920
starting two minutes
before the song even starts like...

397
00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:37.720
Yes.

398
00:41:40.160 --> 00:41:41.480
Yes.

399
00:41:43.040 --> 00:41:47.240
The only thing is like a kind of a...

400
00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:48.640
Yeah.

401
00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:54.440
Fuck yeah.

402
00:41:54.520 --> 00:41:56.880
I know you know, it kind of shows,

403
00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:59.440
I'm the angel,
I'm the devil, I'm the joke.

404
00:41:59.520 --> 00:42:04.160
Roll out of bed, I just got dressed,
I'm still the same me, forget the rest.

405
00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:05.560
Sure.

406
00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:42.360
This is so much of where I come from.

407
00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:45.880
The theatre, musicals, ABBA,
you know, Freddy Mercury.

408
00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:51.080
There is so much uncool in it,
which I die for.

409
00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:53.840
- This...
- Which is cool.

410
00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:57.440
Yes, but I'm not trying to be
someone here. This is Benjamin.

411
00:43:00.040 --> 00:43:02.680
Maybe just like,
"Look who's laughing now."

412
00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:05.200
Yeah, that'd be cool, yeah.

413
00:43:17.560 --> 00:43:24.520
STOCKHOLM
FINAL SHOW OF THE SWEDISH TOUR

414
00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:30.600
Look.

415
00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:33.320
That looks so good.

416
00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:37.440
I love that it's just implied too.

417
00:43:37.520 --> 00:43:40.360
It's like Matrix meets Elvis Presley.

418
00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:44.640
Everyone's going to ask,
"Where the hell did you get that?"

419
00:43:51.600 --> 00:43:53.600
- How does it feel?
- I'm so excited.

420
00:43:53.680 --> 00:43:56.440
It's going to be so much fun.
The ultimate redo.

421
00:43:56.520 --> 00:43:57.840
Oh, is this a redo?

422
00:43:57.920 --> 00:44:02.080
Yes, I played here
in 2019 with Felix Sandman.

423
00:44:02.720 --> 00:44:04.480
- Worst gig of my life.
- Was it?

424
00:44:04.560 --> 00:44:06.720
Yeah.

425
00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:08.120
So...

426
00:44:08.200 --> 00:44:11.480
No, but I thought everyone
was here for him.

427
00:44:11.560 --> 00:44:16.760
People had "Felix" written on their
foreheads. People didn't sing along.

428
00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:19.360
I had really bad
self-confidence back then.

429
00:45:40.520 --> 00:45:42.160
Thank you for tonight!

430
00:46:03.640 --> 00:46:06.640
I chase these kicks to get affirmation.

431
00:46:06.720 --> 00:46:08.880
I've been doing it since I was seven.

432
00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:12.200
I'm pretty tired of constantly chasing.

433
00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:18.920
If I'm having success in Sweden,
that I've been chasing since I was little,

434
00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:24.000
and said, "No, I'll have my break abroad,
then the Swedes will see I'm talented."

435
00:46:24.080 --> 00:46:29.280
But if they already get that, why should I
aim to be a world famous artist?

436
00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:32.000
It feels like I'll just burn out.

437
00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:42.600
2024, we'll start breaking into Europe.

438
00:46:42.680 --> 00:46:47.600
2025, we'll have conquered Europe
and starting to break into the US.

439
00:46:47.680 --> 00:46:50.000
2026...

440
00:46:50.080 --> 00:46:52.520
That's when we'll take this fucking city.

441
00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:28.280
TO BE CONTINUED

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