i often really do feel like an .. unwanted part of the fandom, i dont draw beautiful landscapes, i have unpopular but strong opinions im constantly annoying about and rarely change, dont like/dont draw the pretty young popular twinks and hot gurls to fanboi over nor do i turn characters into one, the opposite moreso, draw only one ship no ones heard of really, got little energy to interact with the few people that are nice to me and send me asks so it probably looks like im ignoring everyone and unfortunately but still rarely get so stressed i get overwhelmed and emotional about pehaps seemingly minor things and spiral almost into a breakdown feeling super embarrassed about it afterwards but the damage is already done and i look like a freak or agressive weirdo

Headcanon roulette! What jobs do you think the kagepro cast would have?

(CRACKS KNUCKLES) LISTEN I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HEADCANON ROULETTE IS BUT IF YOU CAME LOOKING FOR A SHORT ANSWER I AM VERY SORRY i am going to give you so many headcanons youre gonna pass out i am going to tell you my headcanons and WHY i have them and i'll also be angry at jin for saying bullshit about their jobs. it's gonna be a good time SO. MY JOB HEADCANONS FOR THE KAGEPRO CHARACTERS: shintaro: jin says he'd be a teacher and to this i say (rolls newspaper and hits him in the head). WHAT THE HELL MAN!!! shintaro loves music bro i GUESS he could be a music teacher but EH i don't see him like the sort of person who'd enjoy being in a classroom so my headcanon is the obvious: song writer/composer. obviously. bro seriously why a teacher?? this guy's SISTER work(ed)s in the music industry, momo would absolutely use her contacts to help shintaro build a career out of music! and if shintaro's music are the kagepro songs we know then they'd have success lol and yes this is meta but he canonically wrote tomei answer SO... COME ON. writing songs inspired on the events? bro. bro. bro. b ayano: whatever she does i think she'd 100% wanna work with children. if anyone wants to be a teacher it'd absolutely be her! i like to think she becomes a social worker/kindergarten teacher? just anything she chooses to do would be around children tbh. kido: everyone always makes a big deal out of her cooking so i like to think she goes to cooking school!! so a chef!  i know jin said kido would have an orphanage but. 1) wh. why kido. ayano is right there?? ayano makes more sense to me than kido idk 2) why specifically the OWNER of an orphanage that's just weird kjrfksdhgds i GUESS it's not as ridiculous as jin's take on kano's job (i'll get to that next) but still... it's gonna be a nah from me kano: listen. listen. my job hc for kano is VERY headcanon based so i don't have any Canon(tm) content to support it but i assure you it makes more sense than jin's bullshit take on how he'd be a P*LICE OFF*CER. LIKE. EXCUSE YOU SIR WASH YOUR MOUTH YES KANO IS A DICKHEAD BUT HE WOULDNT GET TO THAT POINT!! SO my take is... hairdresser. WHY?? GLAD I PRETEND YOU ASK: again it's very hc based but i'm just gonna say kido hates talking to strangers bc she's #invisible and seto hates crowded places + when they move by themselves with mary i got the feeling they sheltered themselves from the world SOOO what if from then on kano has always done their hair for them im JUST SAYING... I THINK IT'D BE SWEET AND COOL AND FUN AND ALSO HE SEEMS LIKE THE TYPE. come on kido's green hair?? kano's doing. please. it'd be epic momo: she quits being an idol BUT momo adores 1) being silly 2) making people happy. what would she do? my most cursed but also my best take: fuckign....YOUTUBER.... she'd be her own boss and she'd make videos of whatever the HELL she feels like doing. trying to make art. destroying her hair. doing drag makeup. just whatever dude like everyone would know her as that one youtube girl who used to be a massively popular singer but now films herself bleaching her hair 5 times in one night and it'd WORK seto & mary: ok for once what jin said makes sense to me but i don't think he even said it, it just showed up in saiyuki's comic where they have a flower shop together. like i agree with that, they would! but maybe after a while seto would go work/maybe open a shelter of his own leaving the flower shop for mary haruka & takane: ANOTHER two that i'm not mad about what jin thinks (thankfully can you imagine how fucking mad i'd be if he said bullshit about my faves' jobs lol) i mean haruka has his whole thing of how he wants to be an artist and apparently takane is a streamer which i'm not mad at. i'll extend on them: i think both would be freelancers, haruka with art and takane  aside from her streams she'd like coding! like after being ene she for SURE knows some shit and she's super into videogames so she'd absolutely get into developing games and stuff. good for haruka and takane, their regular life is a quarantine hiyori: i don't have much to say about her but fashion designer/model would work for her i think. she's like that hibiya: HIBIYA HONESTLY I JUST... CANT THINK ANYTHING FOR HIM i think jin said he'd be an archeologist which i mean ok?? but ayaka was an archeologist and idk it seems weird he'd also be one with no connection to her at all for some reason but im not completely mad at the idea since i do think hibiya would have something that everyone considers to be INCREDIBLY BORING as a job. i want it to be a running gag that no one KNOWS what hibiya does for work and he's super offended about it but no matter how many times he repeats himself no one ever remembers what he does anyway those are my headcanons subscribe and comment click the bell to get notifications everytime i upload a new video i'll see you in the next one

A conversation with Dagny | HumanHuman

Thanks to a discovery by The Indie Curator, we’ve had one eye on rising Norwegian star Dagny for almost two years now. However, things really started hotting up 8 months ago when her debut single “Backbeat” was premiered by Beats 1. The launch of her punchy, high-energy pop hit was swiftly followed by a string of live sessions, festival bookings and of course agrees by our community who know something promising when they hear it.

The sheer vitality of that first single isn’t only a product of the recording studio, as Dagny radiates confidence and excitement as we talk about her sudden rise to popularity, not only in the HumanHuman community but amongst the music world as a whole.

So, I heard you signed a record deal?

Yep!

Can you tell me about that?

Well, it’s a deal with Republic Records in America, which is obviously in my opinion the best company in the world. They’re one of the top record labels, so I’m in company with really great people. It’s a massive compliment! It’s kind of mind-blowing, even when you’re in it, I still sometimes have to pinch my arm. I also signed with Island UK and a company called Propellor Recordings in Norway, which is also amazing and more of an indie record label. It’s really, really exciting and I have a good team.

I feel like everytime I check in on your social media, you’re jetting off to another country or doing something equally cool in the music studio. What has this year been like for you?

Thinking back to a year, nothing was really happening. Around this time last year we recorded “Backbeat”, and we really had no plan whatsoever other than to record music and put it out. I was actually going to go back to Norway and go to school in July, but then at last minute I changed my mind. We ended up staying in London and we released “Backbeat” in September - then everything kicked off! It’s amazing to see how quick things can turn around. Suddenly, we were spending two days in LA and three days in New York and meeting all these people and…. I don’t know, it was really weird! Since then, it’s been an absolute adventure. I’ve been travelling, writing, recording and meeting amazing people. I’m one of those people who is at their happiest when they’re super, super busy. Jumping around from one thing to the next and never really sitting still, so I literally feel like I’m doing what I want to be doing. I’m in the right place at the right time and I’ve learnt so much. I feel like I’m using my whole self and that’s a really good feeling.

Have you had a highlight from the year?

Oh, it’s been good. I think that the trip to LA and writing every day was amazing! Getting up in the morning, going to get a bagel, going to the studio for twelve hours, meeting up with some people and then going home. It was so creative and I was so inspired and meeting all these other creative people; that’s probably a highlight. I mean, there’s been many highlights but that felt like it changed me. It opened up a whole new world that I had never visited before. It’s crazy, but it’s good.

You mentioned “Backbeat” there, did you know you were onto a hit when you first wrote or recorded it?

I get this question a lot actually. Did I know? No, I didn’t. I knew something was different with it. It was the second song that we did that was more this new direction; it was like I had finally taken control and getting a lot more energy into it, which is much more me. I wrote it and I knew that I loved it - it made me excited! The other day I found an email to my management team being like, “here’s my new song, I hope you like it and don’t worry about the title, it’s just a working title.” I had no idea what people were going to think! It was so different from the rest of my music and I knew there was something about it, but I didn’t know it would kick off or anything. At the end of the day, it’s the audience that will either like it or not.

It’s obviously a really upbeat pop song, are all of your songs so positive?

We do a lot of different stuff, but I think they all have that slightly energetic thing about them. Music hits me when it has that sense of hope. It doesn’t have to be a hopeful song, but it just needs to make me feel like something is good. I like those kinds of songs that make me feel uplifted, so yeah, I think there’s probably a recurring theme and I think my outlook will be a part of the soundscape.

“Music hits me when it has that sense of hope.”— Dagny

We’re talking about your new material here, but you were previously known as something of a folk songwriter. What made you change to pop?

I think it’s getting older and taking more control. I did a lot of songwriting with a lot of people and I learnt a lot, but it was all taking over my own sound.

When you were doing the folk stuff, you didn’t feel like you were in control of it?

I was in control, because I was obviously doing it and writing it, but I don’t know if I knew exactly what I wanted. I love folk and country music, and I love a lot of really mellow stuff, but playing that live, it never made me lose myself in any way, like it does when I go on stage now. I’m still learning, but I think I’ve taken more control over this new stuff.

You said that you’re still learning, so what do you think is the most important thing you’ve learnt so far?

Sometimes you have to stick with your own instinct, but also in songwriting, just be honest. Don’t be scared, because they might be stupid ideas, but they also be great! I’ve met some people that made me more confident. Yeah, I met some people that I really vibed with and suddenly we found ourselves in this studio just fucking vibing stuff out and being so excited. It’s like when “Backbeat” happened, we just made a backing beat, put up a mic and I just started singing something! It just came out. It wasn’t so precious in any way.

You’ve changed a lot in that sense then, but have your listening tastes also changed?

Not really, no. Obviously, five, six, seven years ago, it was a different time and Jason Mraz was the biggest thing and I was really inspired by songwriters. I also listen to a lot of pop-heavy stuff though. I think your music tastes naturally develop and grows with you as a person. You discover new things and maybe that inspires you. I used to listen to a lot of folk and country and americana, and I still listen to that. I’ve never really been into what’s current, sometimes it hits you and sometimes it doesn’t, and sometimes you realise that this is your new favourite song and you listen one hundred times on repeat! I think I’ve always had quite a broad music taste.

Do you have a current favourite artist?

Oh, I love Børns! I’m kind of obsessed with him. I actually wrote with the guy who wrote and produced his album with him. I really like his stuff. I secretly want to be a female Børns! [laughs]

That’s a good aspiration! You’ve already said that you’re diverse in your listening tastes and I guess diverse in your career too, as you’ve done folk, pop and you also sang of tracks by Kohib, which is very much EDM.

Oh yeah! I’ve had a lot of projects. When I lived back in Tromsø, I used to pop over to Kohib’s studio and he would play me some tracks and I would vocals for it. It’s nice that you mentioned that, I didn’t expect that at all!

Well, you know I had to give it a listen! Do you think it’s important for an artist to be diverse in their creativity?

Absolutely! You have to challenge yourself. I don’t think you should set so many limits on yourself. I think for me it’s been crucial to find what I want to do now, to try all these things. Sometimes people from a very young age know exactly what they want, but I was never that person! I’m twenty-five and I’m still figuring everything out. I don’t think there’s any shame in that, because some people find things early and for others it takes time. For me, going through all of those phases of doing different music and on top of that growing up in a household with jazz and Brazilian music - it’s been really diverse. For me, that’s all been crucial to land here, to become more confident and to know what I want. It’s been such a learning curve. If you have a project that you love, that doesn’t mean you have to limit yourself to that forever. You’ve got to change, to develop, and I think that’s healthy.

“Sometimes people from a very young age know exactly what they want, but I was never that person! I’m twenty-five and I’m still figuring everything out.”— Dagny

If you could learn from and work with anyone, who would it be?

Ryan Adams. I just love him - his lyrics, his voice, his everything. I’m kind of obsessed with him too. I also really like Feist too. These are people I’ve been listening to for years.

So, you’re currently based in London, what’s your favourite thing about the music scene there?

There’s always stuff going on! I love that. People in London just seem to be playing and playing and playing. You know what, where I come from we were used to the fact that whenever you played, you got paid, and I think that’s really good that musicians are getting paid, that people see the value of music. Then I came here and people are doing five shows a week, and it’s also important to do shows, because you learn so much. There’s so much music in London, it’s very cultured and I love it.

What other differences have you noticed between the music scenes in the UK and Norway?

Obviously, London is much bigger and you can go out and meet people you know at the shows, because it’s a fairly small community, but when I first got here, oh my god, it seemed so massive! I’m still getting used to the fact that when big artists go on tour, they will always visit London, because where I grew up it was maybe once in your childhood. When Spice Girls were on tour, we were lucky that they visited Oslo, which is two hours away from where I lived. Here, you can just pop down to big shows and that’s kind of hard to get used to. Other than that… well, you find that musicians are pretty similar anywhere in the world.

People often use to term “scandi-pop” to describe Northern European artists, but do you think growing up in Norway has influenced the music that you make?

I don’t think I’m typically scandi-pop, because a lot of that is more electronic and it has that Nordic sound. However, I think I’m definitely inspired from being in Norway. You know, when I was growing up most lyrics had something with nature in it or was inspired by the nature around you. I see that with a lot of artists back home, and I pay attention to what people are doing, they lyrically have something about their surroundings and nature that is definitely reflected in their music. I’ve probably moved a little bit away from that now. I’ve also realised that even with the happy songs, there’s something melancholic in it, which is quite Nordic.

Do you have any other key influences? You’ve said nature and melancholy so far.

Well, I was just saying those things in general, I’m not sure how much at the moment my music is inspired by that. For me now, if I was going to narrow it down, I’ve been inspired by chemistry between people and by energy. I know that sounds super pretentious, but I honestly believe that when you meet someone who blows you away, there’s very few feelings that are as strong as that. The whole thing, you know, how you obsess about them, think about them, feel about them. I always write better when I have recently experienced that feeling, and not just like relationships, but also if someone becomes a very close friend. I find that chemistry between people very interesting.

I think we’re all really exciting to hear the follow-up to “Backbeat”, can you give us a hint of what to expect next? Maybe it’s a song about chemistry?

Ah maybe, well there’s quite a few coming up. We’re doing an EP and I hope that people will like it. It’s not going to be like another “Backbeat”, because that has happened and it has it’s own life. I’m very proud of it, but I can’t focus on “Backbeat” every time I go to do a session. Whatever is vibing at the moment, I’ll probably go for it. The EP is quite a mix of different songs, and it will be really interesting to see what people think of it, because I think there’s some good stuff on it. I don’t think I would release something if I didn’t feel like it wasn’t good enough, so you’re just going to have to trust that! I hope that people love it.

https://humanhuman.com/articles/interview-dagny