– I want to become Norway’s Doja Cat, she says with a twinkle in her eye. Even before Kristine Utne Stiberg, alias Kristine Blir Rapper, had even released any music, she was taken into the heat of some of Norway’s most trend-setting music festivals. The ambitions are sky high. And the case is exactly what the stage name suggests. Kristine is going to become a rapper. Now she is current with her very first release, “AK (Alle Kom)”. A song where she raps in fluent Norwegian, Danish and Swedish – preferably in the same sentence. – I think it is very important to play, even if you are an adult. Then also with language. I absolutely think there is room for more playfulness in Norwegian music, she says. With a Swedish mother and schooling from Odense in Denmark, the rapper has steel control in all languages. Some important industry people have heard that – and liked it. In the months to come, both Bylarm and Klubbdagen during the Island Festival will be a turn for the newcomer. DEBUT: – My song is, to put it very banally, about sleeping with everyone. It’s about “adulting” and closeness to all types of bodies, says Stiberg about the debut single. Photo: Jenni Friis Bjørgli Went viral with pillow video But even if Stiberg is new to the world of music, she is by no means a beginner on the scene. She enters the industry with a solid acting education and ten years’ experience as a stage artist. – When I started my rap project, many people thought it was bullshit. But it isn’t. I want to show that I am here to stay, she says. news recently wrote about the young artists who balance their music career with their acting career. Stiberg himself defines his project as something between music and performing arts. – I want to create new mixes and pave new roads. That is an important part of what I want with all this. In addition, she believes that the gender balance in this part of the music world is too bad and will help tip the balance in the right direction. She wants, in her own words, to “penetrate the rap game”. – There are a lot of penises in the rap world. I want to push through and create better space for more rappers who are not boys, she says. SCENEVANT: Kristine Blir Rapper believes that her theater background can give her an advantage when she plays concerts. It is on stage that she feels most at home. Photo: Xin Li / news Like most people who want to get up and going, Kristine Blir Rapper is active on social media. This autumn she experienced what can only be described as a strong tailwind through the algorithms on Instagram. She woke up to over 16 million views on a video she had posted. In the video, she stands on the balcony and knocks dust off, or kickboxers, the sofa cushions in the baris. – People went crazy and the followers increased with each passing day. It was completely absurd. Many will probably say that the stunt has nothing to do with her music. She herself believes that there is definitely a connection. – It is the same primal power that I try to bring out on stage, she says. A fusion of art forms Those who have been to music festivals and concerts recently may have noticed that there are more people working at the intersection between music and performing arts. In recent years, Karpe has broken records with its spectacular, theatrical concerts. But the black metal trio Witch Club Satan and the collective Tacobitch have also received a lot of hype for breaking loose in a cross-artistic way. The pop comet Metteson himself has a theater background and often mixes elements of this into his concerts and music videos. The fusion between different fields of art is only healthy, believes Stiberg. She says that the world is becoming more and more a “patchwork”. – I think it is also about the fact that many people want more creative power in their own hands. With your own artist project, you have much more freedom than, for example, in an institutional theatre, where the directors are in power, says the rapper. One of the most enjoyable things about playing concerts is the contact with the audience. – With a theater audience, the contract is that you should not actually talk. At a concert, it’s the other way around. You shout at people – and people shout back at you. I think I’m really good at that. See the photos from when news joined the rapper at a concert at the Økern Center in Oslo: Music journalist in Ballade, Siri Narverud Moen, thinks it is very positive that more people dare to challenge the music format and what a concert can be. Kristine Blir Rapper herself seems to have cool goals about breaking forms and breaking boundaries – both thematically and between languages. – Artists with theater experience may have some other types of tools in their arsenal, which can be effective. They know how to put on a show and create something that creates a “wow” feeling. On the other hand, she says that there is nothing new about this mixture of art forms and believes that all musical artists play theater to a greater or lesser extent. Some people just do it in a more obvious way than others. There is far greater competition for the public’s attention now than in the past, she believes. – We will probably see more creative formats at concerts in the future, predicts Moen. The whole concert naturally had to end with a classic stage dive. Photo: Xin Li / news Hungry for more cultural matters? Check these out:
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