The Knife-interview in Headspin to Backspin

[IDONTCARE123124]

I only know a little svenska, I recognized words here and there but it did little good:'(

[turandretur]

How come the title is in English when the interview is in Swedish? Makes sense.

[swirlingdragonz1]

I dont know what they are saying but i can just stare at them cause i love their music. lol

[odnameht]

Loaded up the video, pressed play. Saw them, had to pause it. They're beautiful and make amazingly beautiful music.

[GirlsOnTV1]

Hummm...I wish I could speak Swedish now, I don't understand a word.

[Mycenaea]

@GirlsOnTV1 I have translated most of what they're saying further back in the comments. Of course the top comment has to be about how hot Olof is instead of a comment letting people know there's some translation -.-

[GirlsOnTV1]

@Mycenaea Thank you! I'll look for your comment. And yeah, i've noticed that too...

[leslieeunice1]

sexy

[OscarIGD]

Love them so much!

[Kakica84]

KAAAAAAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN­NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN­NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN­NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN­NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN­NNNNNNNNNNN

[leondream]

baaah! im not nordic.... :'( -1 point...

[SquareWaveHeaven]

How the music scene should be :) Normal people making weird beautiful music.

[ky2245]

LOOL! <3 the knife

[kakaze]

they really dont look like rock stars at all, lol

[fristytron]

HER voice is really a little girl's voice!

[lynchaxxonn]

the knife<3

[BabyyayMariena271]

ùhm_ÂÑYØñé_wÄÑNà_chát_wÌth_mE_­ï_feÊl_s0_lônely_tøDãý...

[DarkChrisHour]

The hosting site for the English translatioon is no lonbger active. Is there a kind soul that can please find a way to put subtitles on here? I would love to understand what they are saying =)

[Mycenaea]

@DarkChrisHour If you had read like four comments below, you would see that I did translate most of the interview a few pages back(I think some got lost however as you can't "spam" comments on youtube).

Enjoy :)

[nazaxprime]

@Mycenaea "This machine is obsolete"

[Fertjenandag]

strange they aren't hiding their real faces and voices...

[nickleus1977]

NOT how i imagined "the knife" in real life =)

[Konfettikaktus]

@nickleus1977 Then, how did you imagine them? ^^

[nickleus1977]

@Konfettikaktus much darker, less "normal" =)

[Mycenaea]

By the way... if anyone want a somewhat OK English translation, just look at older comments where I tried to translate most of what was said in this clip(currently page 6).

[SunRey69]

is this language real or faked ? :-)) Very strange indeed.

[Mycenaea]

@SunRey69 It's Swedish. Why is it strange? :)

[nickleus1977]

@SunRey69 lol =) its sveeeeedish =)

[andyunderground]

Stora syster är seriös och lillebror är spelevink .

Det är så det märks att dom är syskon och vem som är äldre och yngre .

[Indiracarlo1]

Ya forsgtor ente. Translate please.

[GrexornasTid]

you have to love them , amazing people , arore them so much

[frankbetter]

it's so easy to fall in love with Karin.

[SimontheSorceror]

WOW! This guy is so HOT sadly 4 years have passed since this interview.....

[scullyy]

@SimontheSorceror yeah, he's really old and ugly now

[federicalee]

@scullyy what the fuck you talking about

[SlowmoLife]

@SimontheSorceror try 8 years lol

[phoenixheffa]

olof is adorable...so quiet!

[dinaatjuh]

Ohno, the link is dead!!

[kylepuddicombe]

God i Love them!

[szczepanlfc]

nice to see they faces ! I love Fever Ray :)

[iammotanz]

Olof is HOT

OMG his voooice

I'm melting!!!

[Jot0783]

i am melting too !!!!!!!!!!

[Jot0783]

zajebisty gosciu

[Rasmusorum]

She missed the most important question.

Olof, what do you use for composing your music?

[TechnicalFreak]

@Rasmusorum Try Reaktor from Propellerheads, or Roland 303 etc.

[ThatKidOverThere]

The site hosting the English translation has been suspended; is there another site in which it can be found?

[delbertgrady]

@ThatKidOverThere archive.org

[ThatKidOverThere]

@delbertgrady

Thank you!

[Plastikschaufel]

could you please inform me when you found it? archive.org didnt help me

[kviler]

@Plastikschaufel It might be as a kind of 'bonus material' on the movie called 'Hannah med H', which The Knife made a soundtrack to.

[drummerb0y313]

nerdy moment 1:17

[Marilada19]

Wait a minute..so who was that blonde, tranny lookin guy/girl in the pass it on video?? im confused

[HamsterOfFury]

@Marilada19 It was a blonde tranny.

[MultiEricca]

@Marilada19

Rickard Engfors.

Karen is sitting at a table drinking beer

[akellettsocal]

Yep they are good.  You can tell by their glasses.

[shetarynitup]

the reggae influence is what makes them awesome

[chekko84]

I LOVE YOU GUYS!! YOU GUYS DONT HAVE A CLUE OF HOW MUCH I DO... YOU GUYS WOULD BE AMAZEDDDDDDDD!!

[beitos44]

Väldigt bra intervju och intervjuare. Nån som vet intervjuerskans namn?

(Very good interview and interviewer. Does anyone know the name of the interviewer.)

[anrubio5]

she lost her earring...or is that a statement of some sort?

[Bagatellamusic]

Bra intervjuare! Bra frågor! Skönt tempo!

[LoneKlittenModern]

@Bagatellamusic >-<

[enrikeyoi007]

Olof te amo, eres muy muy hermoso.

[romperstomperxx]

they are originals, not industry products! like em.. :)

[Tjinuski]

olof: drama-thriller, som handlar om en tjej, som är lite alternativ...........

karin: *flin*

söta.

[krilabeier]

Thanks for posting a translation! I was disappointed that the given link no longer works...

[anuk17]

i love her!

[nicoledaianna]

Wow, es realmente lindo! :D Y son muy buenos los dos!!! Me gusta mucho su música!!!!!!!!! :D

[MsUnknowwwn]

you'r fucking awsome guys!

[loopback69]

Olof: I LOVE YOU!

please someone tells me he's gay!

[madeofneon]

lol. I wish

[MetalDust64]

well, all girls and gays that say olof is cute, Karin is also good looking!

[adamowynoise]

it was 2003

[NuclearLullaby]

The ylook younger then i thought they were!

[Mycenaea]

Q: Last of all a question we ask everyone: what music did you listen to when you were young(er)?

A: Olof - err... Tältprojektet(read about it on Wikipedia). When we were really young!

Karin - And a lot of reggae... Bob Marley. Yes, a lot of Bob Marley.

Olof - And jazz.

[hongmastakilla]

@Mycenaea Thanks!

[Mycenaea]

Note: Peter Wahlbeck is a Swedish artist, comedian, actor, writer and scripwriter that invented the concept "für alle", which Im not gonna explain what it is.

[Mycenaea]

Olof - We watch a lot of movies... there are many interesting directors like David Lynch... and Richard Kelly that made 'Donnie Darko'. We're also inspired by Peter Wahlbeck and his earlier performances "Teater für alle", "Balett für alle", etc. His ability to combine humor and very clear and strong political messages/statements. Very powerful and nice concepts.

[Mycenaea]

It is about illustrating/strengthen the emotions and feelings the director wants the movie to convey. So the emotions are not directly from us two. We have to try to understand what the director wants from a certain scene in the movie.

Karin - It's mostly "mood music" and then some "real" songs, but it's mostly to strengthen the emotions and feelings in the movie. It's different from what we've done previously.

[Mycenaea]

Q: How does that work? What kind of movie is it? How is the process of making music to a movie - is it different than the way you normally create your music? Are you trying to "fit the music to the characters' situation"?

A: Olof - It's a youth movie, dramathriller about a girl that is a bit alternative/strange/different. And when we do this type of music it is very different than we normally do.

[Mycenaea]

Q: What are you working on now? What is your current project?

A: Right now we're... since fall we're working on music to Kristina Olofsson's new movie "Hannah med h", which probably will start rolling on the cinemas next fall or maybe later. We do all the music in the movie and we're done with that soon.

[Mycenaea]

Karin - We have from the very beginning been a stuio band. We create and record our music in a small room somewhere and therefore don't have anything visual to show, something that would fit on a stage. It is possible we will find a way though!

[beowulven]

You are awesome to post translation here. Big up!

[Mycenaea]

I'm glad you liked it and hope you understood most of it.

Youtube bugged tho, so a lot of what I posted haven't been posted after all - what I've translated isn't all that is said in this clip.

[Mycenaea]

Q: How come you never do live performances?

A: Olof - When the last album was completed, we had thoughts about start doing live performances, but we were so terribly tired of all the tracks on the album since we had been working on it for a long time, so it was just natural for us to not start the process of taking our computermade music to live performances.

[cpmafia]

english please ???

[celtinalloshi]

Can sbdy translate this conversation in English? We dont know all swedish!!1

[celtinalloshi]

I think also Karin is Great

[CavemanAmadeus]

I think olof is so cute!

[smichael90]

Är det bara jag som uppfattar det som att dom tar sista frågan väldigt oseriöst? :p

[KosaOpole]

They are siblings [;

[willglo]

Are these two brother & sister, or husband or wife??? Anyone know???

[Raylj318]

bro and sis and hes sick at drums

[jori83indigo]

siblings

[Not4Yoou]

Brother and Sister

[interactivefilm]

Brother and sister

[antistar1000]

Wow, they seem so nice and normal, especially Karin. Really great to finally see the real person behind the Fever Ray mask.

[ratdeer]

Hi everyone! I love you all. The site that has the english translation is apparently suspended. Does anyone know where it can be found or where an interview in english could be located? Any help would be much appreciated. Peace.

[rachelclarkson1]

she looks surisingly odinary for the style of the music and her voise:L

lol love her

XDshes the shiz

[FooFighterBiffyClyro]

In Finnish please?

[Libellebr]

I'm surprised they look so normal.

[mercuryboy086]

in what language are they speaking?

[1b3l13v31nm4g1c]

swedish

[criznell]

hay Karin, you got it going on girl

[emiliano278]

i hope olof is gay

[abstractadonis]

Yes he is and HE´S MINE!!!!!!!

[freeuper]

somebody translate plizzzz!

[frttee6]

they are so cute!! i love them.

[AsboDolche]

the guy is so cute and nerdy

[orangeraindrop]

They both are beautiful!And soo talanted!

[209hi3]

prodigy children both!

[pionteg]

they are beautiful

[Pixelbbox]

I don't understand all of it, coz I'm danish, but the talk about movies because the knife have made the soundtrack for a movie by Christina Olofson called Hannah med H. They have made all the music in it, and it's a teen/drama/thriller movie.

[iBuzzzz]

can anybody make subtitles for this? swedish sounds cool to me but i'd love to know what the hell they're saying :-) love em to the bone

[allistererich]

olof is not a very talkative guy

[allistererich]

ha ha me too!!!

[dragannov]

I just can't belive that I'm watching interview on language that I don't understand not a single word...

I must be goin' out of my mind or I like The knife so much...

[stampedeokoalas]

he's wearing a detroit shirt! awesome!

i fuckin love the knife even more now!

[amenovolare]

Best brother and sister band ever.

[Jtoneloc]

At 6:54 he mentions "Richard kelly" and "Donny Darko" I wonder what he's referring to them about?

[ryssgymet]

Not very easy to translate in an understandable way because he talks like he is retarded.

But literally he says:

"We like lots of films... ehhhmm, we watch a lot of films. Ehhh but well, there are a bunch of exciting directors. David Lynch and Richard Kelly which have made that Donnie Darko"

[blanketz0r]

What is this fucking dutch or something? This is America we speak American.

[ObscureCUB]

Poor thing....

[youdickhed]

hahahahahahahhahahaha

[popkulturaa]

is there any version in english?

and are there REAL The Knife? :)

[karinparinxxx]

It is them.

[chekko84]

yes they are

karin and olof dreijer andersson

i love them

[pretending21]

Karin: I'm in love with your brother, what's his name? I thought I'd come by to see him again

[mymylynn]

Is olof single? is he straight?

[ramses86]

i hope he isnt, he's cute!

[pretending21]

when I first met the knife I thought he was gay but from what I've been reading he's straight and have a child :(

[iamnothappytoday]

hhahahahhaHAHA

[AlexAnderDeeJay87]

their good 4real i like the knife alot but :-?? what nationality are they are they danish like trentemoller :-?? can some1 sub. this im curious :D 10x :)

[Miir164]

It's a swedish band.

[haircut74]

swedish

[remyandjude]

They're Swedish..

[ingenmansland]

swedish.

[jflasssh]

ja gillar att man aldrig ser dom i tidningar lr tv men i ett student projekt på youtube kan man se dom

[aabove]

Yo, would someone be kind enough to subtitle this?

Humanity 0 - Cvntishness 1.

Let's turn things around!

[bjornsson1]

Nice language, but unfortunately the german boy dont understand anything...^^

No subtitles available?

[skrool12345]

Virker som The Knife syns interviewet er jævlig kjedelig og ikke fatter hvorfor intervjueren ikke har noe bedre spørsmål...

[leiemiocasatodfurihn]

Ja, du har nog en poäng där. Men om man lyssnar på det ordentligt, så kan man även förstå ironin i deras beteende. De är ju mycket mer begåvade än de framträder där.

[SunRey69]

what a strange language :)

[nurofiend]

lol, what's so strange about it?

[obligatorynagger]

/facepalm

[zminemx]

no cc's =(

[JustinCoheed]

mm, theres something about karin that i want... shes hot.

[mgblue]

is he gay cus i want him

[Paganiqua]

:D i dont WANT him, but i'm interested in that, too.

[japanesehams]

i think so, he's really cute though...

[fetlix]

they should ask, How Have u Changed after u Flashed Your Faces? they where most Known when they dident show their identity, but they cudent come into a Big Celebration with their masks so they dident use them, thats where they show the world their real faces...

[Skullfvck]

Lamaste intervjuaren någonsin, hah.

[mediate27]

Is this them? Is this THE Knife?

For a moment there I was wondering if the guy was a mute, haha.

[realeted]

I was stunned when I saw Olof for real...

He was so magical with an strong aura...

I got enchanted by him directly. :D

[SINex6]

what the hell are you talking about?

Chill with the dungeon and dragons talk dork.

[Bollibompa]

Samtidigt är de så jävla bra live.

[skull0r]

thanks for the translation !

[esiseM]

you're welcome :)

[HedonisticPisces]

I have a huge crush on Olof. I want to steam up his glasses!

[iwannabeyourdog1969]

my brother does too!

[brugner]

She is gorgeous :)

[SetiRabbit]

Im in love with Olof I think he is beautiful not that any of you care! grrr >:o

[babyblueboy888]

He is absolutely gorgeous! I care!!

[esiseM]

There are up to 7 questions so the translation continues to the next page.

you're welcome everybody :)

[esiseM]

(Question 1) Reporter: How have you changed since your last CD?

Karin: Well...we wanna make music that is right on the issue...the message in our music has been kind of hidden below the preface. Our last CD might have been kind of introverted. Full of secrets, and i feel that we should do something opposite.

[esiseM]

(Question 2) Reporter: In some songs you sing like a woman and in others lika a man. Why?

Karin: If theres a special message were trying to announce, it gets that special twist if I sound like a man.

[esiseM]

Things that have been said over and over by girls; feminist ideas that girls have spoken alot about but men hasnt figured out. So if I do it with a male voice something happens. Plus, sometimes when we remix my voice its something inbetween man and woman, kinda androgynous. You never know where you have it, and thats kind of exciting.

What do you say?

Olof: Mm...Its fun to make a twist on Karins voice so it makes the whole thing alot funnier.

[esiseM]

(Question 3) Reporter: How important is it to have a message in your music?

Olof: For us when we have created music it has become more and more imortant.