Jury's reasoning Writing lyrics requires precision; one must be concise, save on words, and weave them together with the music, so that the listener can create their own images. Kari Bremnes is able to create lyrics that feel like they have sprung straight from the music – or vice versa. For the album LY, Kari Bremnes has written […]
/ 01/04/2014 / codexWriting lyrics requires precision; one must be concise, economize on words, and weave them together with the music, so that the listener can create their own images. Kari Bremnes is able to create lyrics that feel like they have sprung straight from the music – or vice versa.
For the album LY, Kari Bremnes has written lyrics that anyone who has lived for a while can recognize. Dreams we let go of, wishing something was unsaid; regret and reconciliation, vulnerability and dignity. Looking back, settling accounts, being brave.
Kari Bremnes is an artist who constantly tours Europe, with lyrics in Norwegian. Not just any Norwegian. A Norwegian with a powerful local anchoring, as much as a content anchoring in a woman's life today, with significant possibilities for identification across national borders.
Kari Bremnes' lyrics for LY are both dark and funny, Norwegian and European; and tell stylishly and openly about life lived.