Exclusive Interview: Kings of Convenience as Artist of...

[alyn25]

awww I love them.



[gofusiesbass09]

DRUGS NOT HUGS !

Well said man! :)

[LadyOskaR26]

I'd say write not fight

[thecrazycousins]

He had not shaved his fayce XD haha

I love how they both say 'face'. It's like they say it after saying 'kicked him in the...'

haha "So we could look each other in the fayce' XD so funny

[CUDDLES55]

Hugs Not Drugs

I second that.

[UnitedNewThinkers]

nah this song is too pop and derivative, they have much more authentic songs than this kind of tv radio bs

[jua293]

porque no vienen a mexico!!!?? :(

[eusttak]

are they gay?

[criisnf]

they're lovely =D

[TheWhiteDreamsOfLife]

are they gay, i dont mean that in a bad way i am just wondering?

[thebutcher0666]

@TheWhiteDreamsOfLife why dont you explore they're music a little more and than answer that yourself you fuckin idiot.

[TheWhiteDreamsOfLife]

@thebutcher0666 How about you learn some simple grammar, especially the difference between then and than. Besides a simple google search doesn't reveal anything. So please think before you post, idiot.

[hoshihana2]

@TheWhiteDreamsOfLife Nooooo. Eirick has a girlfriend (:

[Rosazuly7]

@hoshihana2 not a girlfriend, a wife.....and as far as i know, is the one who appears in the cover of their album

[mili150593]

@TheWhiteDreamsOfLife And? What if they were gay? That's not relevant. Anyway, there's no information about that in the hoooole internet so, NOT relevant.

[bibimbabb]

went to their show few months ago and managed to take a pic with erlend. well he made my night despite the fact i had a final exam on the next day

[shmugglebuggles]

Erland has a really cute bum!

[shmugglebuggles]

They're beautiful! x

[TECKMASSE]

THX !

[Annabulf]

I love both, Eirik and Erlend!

[BonnieMint]

talk about bromance

[kronicred]

Eirickkkkkk OM3!!!1

[Giorgia4everthebest]

@kronicred

EiriCk?

Please, you can't even write his name -.-

[kronicred]

@Giorgia4everthebest Oh Please! Erierierck

[charmingchoir]

what song name is on 0:58~1:10, please everyone

[TheBoiLucas]

@charmingchoir cayman island

[rcast321]

Their English is not perfect but when they sing it's marvelous!

[sk8erpro10]

I'd rather dance with you is there best work i love it make more like it please! I want to meat you guys you seem nice to hang out with.

[ganbadeh]

i agreed, i rather dance with Erlend, he is cute & funny.

[Marendigell]

Erik is good-looking, but I actually think Erlend is cuter. :)

And I love his dance moves! lol.

[ithastobecatchy]

i love erlend! <333

[11wonderland11]

last night i dreamed from erlend.he wanted to dance with me xD i´m not lying ..this dream was really true!!so cracy.. but unfortunately only a dream :S

[clonazepam5mg]

cuuuuuute!

[kbdman]

"Hugs, not drugs" OR "Hugs not, drugs" ?

:D

[lesomnambulist]

saw them last night, such a lovely show <3

[Ianni1980]

true... keep up the good work

[charlesbonares]

I love Eirik.

[juleswinns]

there was a funny interview where gets mad about his bandmate. I heard that erik, after the first album, went back to school and rode his bicycle across vietnam and erlend was like I don't understand him because we worked so hard to get here then he turns his back on superstardom.

[Karagounga]

HUGS NOT DRUGS !

Well said man ! :)

[freddyah]

åh, elsker dem. hører på dem hele tiden. lag nye albumer!! :) / i love them, i listen to them all the time. make more albumes :)

from norway, bergen :)

[danieltranter]

'so we can both be online and look at each other...in the face' thats pretty classic.

[rainbow0921]

erland is with me

[majijicia]

listening 2 this interview, just makes me so happy, their are real artists, and great persons, that just makes me smile, and btw they are both charming :)

[kickkickkicked]

Are they gay? Just curious, I really really love their songs

[penelopeat8pm]

No, not gay. Eirik is married to the girl that appears in their videos. About Erelend, I don't know.

[benediiicteuptodates]

can't wait to see them live in Paris :D

[LoveIsFluid]

Everyones all 'Erik, Erik!'

I'd rather dance with Erlend, he's so fun.

[Ardkok]

Eirik :)

[Alexriga]

@LoveIsFluid except weed it is not a drug :O

[flirt797]

@LoveIsFluid all Erik? Really? nice cause I'd rather dance w/ Erlend too, he's so cute, love that vdo

[Fleuriettedb]

I'd rather dance with Eirik <3

[alishons]

me to! :)

[GrueneBiene]

Song beginning at 9:25 ?

[goldentony111]

It is "Build Up" from Riot on an Empty Street, nice way to end an album!

[Ardkok]

That song has been playing since 7:46, till the end. It's called: 'The Build Up'. Feist is the female singer in that song :). If u dont know her, look her up too :)

[GrueneBiene]

What her name?

[Ardkok]

Feist..

I'm guessing thats her artist name, but look up her song 'Mushaboom'. its awesome :)

[nancydragon]

I'd rather dance with him

u yeah ;-]

[beskim]

they´re so great and fresh

like them a lot !

[rasmusxp]

They're from Norway btw, It's nice being Scandinavian with such nice guys :]

[biancatie]

Hugs not drugs! Hahaha. They're so awesome!!!!

[southstar80]

I'm so in love with this guys!!! I hope they come soon to Argentina!!! Eirik is so dam hot!!!

[Skjeggylicious]

heheahe, they're not really retarded..

[nancydragon]

but little bit to long nails

[nancydragon]

he is hot

[theslantmusic]

great posture hahha

[Lydiapersaud]

haha they're so foreign

[4crescente4]

Love them!

[solemio09]

Beautifully and well done! ;-)

[susankooi]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[hipyhear]

they are just kidding§!<3 im from norway proud of it

[sweetsammyc]

AUGH i am in total love!! haha

this music makes my heart go thump thump thump

[didiwrestling]

erlend siad of the year! i say of the decade!

[dbsk06]

...why is this interview so depressing (beautifully depressing?)

[JuutjeH]

"Hugs, not drugs" XD

I love these guys! They're genious.

[Kahleeea]

"we meet each other over the telephone"

their accents are gorgeous. I love their music :)

[ava2017]

I know how cute is that!!

[usrnaim]

is the song playing around the end a feist song? if so can anyone tell me the name of it?

[whiteandpurple]

it's a song entitled "The Build-Up" that's co-written (as well as sang) by Feist along with Kings of Convenience. It appears in the album "Riot on an Empty Street" by Kings of Convenience.

[bristolgravyproject]

The song is called 'the Build-up' from the Kings of Convenience 2004 album 'Riot on an Empty Street' which Feist collaborates on.

Hope this helps.

[xradiography]

yeah yeah yeah!! .. mexico city !!

[undcvrsm]

Artist of the Year 2007??

The haven't put out an album since 2004!

[undcvrsm]

btw Erlend Oye is German now?

[eldopestar]

erlend has a side project - whitest boy alive (which is equally as awesome!) - that's based in Berlin. Maybe they meant that he was in Berlin when they started with Kings of convenience..

[TiffyC0okies]

UUUgh why do I always find out about my bands being somewhere after the fact... I need a music secretary

[lildrummer50]

i love the kings!!!!

[heucamp]

Erlend Oye is so HOT!

[N0TKA]

de er så søte ^^

[BirdyDear]

i met them in detroit. erlend was kind of a curmudgeon. eirik was perfectly lovely. i got to put my arm around his waist while a foto was taken of us! ;) what a nice handsome lad!

[glingglow]

i'm curmudgeon-y too!

[BirdyDear]

curmudegeons are fun!

:-)

[poppenator]

Hugs not drugs that is Satori:-)

[Arteist2020]

i'd like to have a conversation with both eirik and erlend.

[MRFRANKETTE]

Eirik is so underappreciated =( I like him better than Erlend, but they're both amazingly awesome people.

[Quemin]

Oh, just realized that Eirik's girl friend pops up into the video towards the end. She's in most of their videos...

[sigur90]

Hugs, not drugs.

LOL I love them!

[Quemin]

Don Johnson look, lol

[tykemeawaywyou]

erlend is sixy. he likes six!

[urallmine]

aw they're so cute!

the hugs not drugs was the best part lol

[ajittffcure]

Yeah, you are right!

[bejean25]

Can anyone identify the song at the end of the video for me?

[bejean25]

nevermind, it's "The Build Up" from their 2nd album.

[Mynameispigeon]

Haha Everytime I see them, well simply I'm as happy as can be.

i cry

I think thats kind of pure

longing to see them and hear them when they release their new album. The day of happiness.

all the love to erland and eirik

[margittarget]

Yeah The unshaven guy is hotter, but the nerdy one is cute too.

[MRFRANKETTE]

lol. Hugs, not drugs.

[Circuitboardsoul]

haha, the don johnson look

[mela90814]

when on earth are they going to release the new album?

[slaxmal]

when i was ten years old my mum took me on a trip to shetland. this was our first trip of...

what does he say after that?

the kings are so lovley! <3

[ZabiYute]

i believe he said "first trip abroad"

[emoncute2000]

i love you guys....

[cutoffmidfunk]

dude, how old are they...six years later, six years later, six years later...and six years later.

[moongunk]

in their 30s i think

[fujistuman]

The Kings are awesome...

[ileana5]

they are great, thx for this :)

[Fredheim]

Haha, tror neppe de suger så jævlig i engelsk altså... de kødder seg sikkert bare..

[ilsse1985]

this interview is great

I like too hugs no drugs, hahaha

I hope they come to Chile

Erlend was here in the summer

[amratheblack]

are they lovers?

[mafumhue]

They are not... even Eirik got a girlfriend...

[Profeshian]

No; at least, Eirik certainly isn't. Rather, they seem to enjoy that sort of unusually intimate platonic relationship which often comes of/gives rise to extensive artistic collaboration.

[Philobus]

I'd like a new record from them !! have u any idea if something like that could be possible ?

;-)

[spot4theglue]

Agree ;p... Saw them live, you couldn't notice the different with their CDs :).

Absolutely talented musicians.

[aivox123]

hugs not drugs.. the're so cute! ;D

[Notyethendrix]

great interview, great music

[ajittffcure]

What wonderful musicians! Kings of Convenience has got be one of the best bands in recent times. Whoever said that good music doesn't exist anymore? Just listen to the two albums they have released so far.

[modestmoose83]

3 albums. you may be forgetting "versus"

[FQuezo]

well, they're working on a forth album in mexico... so i hope it comes soon because i love their music