Alexander Rybak on God Morgen Norge 16.10.12 - Germany

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ST: I can see the good Alexander Rybak over there. Come over here with us, Alexander.
PMB: Have you got a hat for the winter, Alexander?

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AR: Good morning. Hi Peter!
PBM: Good morning.
AR: Hi Signe

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AR: Ouch, I got a pain in.now I have a cramp, a cramp in my foot.
AR: Hi Marianne Jemtegĺrd!

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MJ: You are very trendy in knitwear. You only need to
AR: Its OK now

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MJ: You know, that hat
ST: Ill get it. Actually we have decided that you have to try this one, Alexander.

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ST: Alexander, you have to wear this one
MJ: Isnt it cool?

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MJ: Its a winter hat
AR: Because Im from Belarus?

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MJ: No, its not because youre from Belarus.
AR: There, now I am wearing a hat. Have you got something else?

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PMB: Then we will take this one, from Belarus
AR: Yes, thats more
PMB: There.

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ST: Now were talking
AR Now I think there are a lot of stereotypes around, really.

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AR: Yes, I usually wear some like this
ST: You may try it if you want it instead

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AR: You guessed right. I often wear this sort. You have to think of its good to think of fashion, combined with comfort, and that it actually fits, that helps.

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MJ: And that is the cue word for everything that is here, actually. Its cool to wear, but it all keeps you warm, and then you will hopefully get a healthy autumn, too.

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ST: Warm and practical. The reason for you being here, Alexander, nice to have you here, is that you are now releasing the single ŤLeave Me Aloneť

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AR: Yes.
ST: could you shortly tell the story behind it, before we watch a little bit from your video?

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A: Its a single order, as it is called, from Russia and the Russian speaking countries.

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AR: And then I have to find a new theme to write about every time, and now it is about a girl who has been stalking me for 2-3 years.

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ST: A real bloodfan, to say it in good Norwegian
AR: No, I love bloodfans

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AR: But she doesnt want me well.
ST: No

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PMB: She has taken it a step further. We will listen to your opinion of this, but first we will watch a little clip from Alexanders video.

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PMB: Alexander Rybak at the nuthouse. That lady who stood in the back there, it is not her?

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AR: No. No, but its kind of a compliment, like to her, who is stalking me.

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AR: I am sure that she looks completely OK, too but in my head she looks like a wrinkled sock, like

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AR: Because she has affected me so much, you know?
ST: But you have been a part of her, so to speak. You have taken her seriously, or is that right?

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AR: Anyway I have turned the situation to something creative, as I often do.

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PMB: What have you done?
AR: I have made a song.

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PMB: Yes, but I have read, or you told it yourself at TV2, too, that to help her a bit, since she is not very well, you have sometimes even talked to her. Answered the call.

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AR: The first year I have tried to follow the advice you get, not to have any contact or something.

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AR: That was fun for a year, but then I realized it wouldnt stop. Changed my number, she found that number, so I started trying other methods.

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PMB: Is it only her, this is a girl from Israel. Is it only her, or do you have other fans that might be a little too much intrisive?

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AR: No, usually I havent experienced anything like this. Its nice if people come to my door and will give me teddybears. It is, in small doses. So

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ST: But you have actually 800,000 friends on Facebook
AR: Yes
ST: That is completely

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AR: What? No.
ST: No, no.
AR: You are doubling the number here.

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ST: In social media overall.
AR: Soon 500,000 on Facebook. I'm very happy with that.

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ST: But soon a total of 800,000 on social media, it's pretty huge.
AR: Yes, I am happy for it. It's like ... I wake up ... like now,

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I wake up as always, and I ask myself wheter - Okay, is it worth this .. do I want to do this?

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ST: Yes
AR: Because we nearly all do that. We always question our existence.

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And do I want to continue to experiment with music, provocative, never have the confidence.

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Otherwise, you can just look at the facts, that yes, I have a unique career, and I want to continue. And I choose that.

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PMB: 2009 exploded for you of course, when you won the Eurovision Song Contest.

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AR: Yes
TR: And you got hundreds of thousands of fans across Europe. Do you miss the days when you actually had an anonymous life?

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AR: I would have missed it if I hadn't appreciated it when it was like that, but I realized that it was most likely that I, with my fiddle and such, would become an artist.

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So I very much appreciate being able to go 7-11 without anyone recognizing me.

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Because I realized that there was a good chance that it wouldn't stay like this for long. One doesn't miss the past, as long as you have the benefit. Or what is it called?

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ST: You've gotten something good out of it. That's what you wanted, to play music for people, and that people liked what you did.

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ST: But when can Alexander just be like ... You must have space for yourself, we all need that.

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AR: Yes, I have my good friends who come to visit and I will visit them, and we play video games and build Legos.

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AR: In Nesodden for example, I have the .. everyone knows each other in Nesodden, so it's nothing new.

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It's not like people are crazy to see me on the street there. It's more like it's the neighbor next door to everyone. There I can be myself like I always have been.

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ST: But do you feel, since you are in that situation, and it has been going on... Now you've lived with it for a few years,

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but do you feel that when you are somewhere you always have to deliver??
AR: I feel that I have to deliver 100%. Yes.
ST: Yes

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AR: But I'm prepared for that. And I never get tired of it.

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PMB: I have to ask, this single "Leave Me Alone", which is about this overzealous Israeli fan of Alexander Rybak

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TR: Does she know that you have made a song about her?
AR: Yes, because ..
TR: How do you think she will react to it?

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AR: Now .. she actually calls me .. now it's like 20-30 times every day, and not 60-70.

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She begins to. So it helped. I didn't count on it.

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I realized that I was going to get a new single, and she would be happy, but I did not know that I actually would get less ..

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ST: Oh dear, from 70 ti 30 per day. What do you do when you receive the messages or phones calls?

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AR: Usually I only ignore them. But like now .. I was in Moldova.

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I came direct from Moldova now, and abroad, I have such a thing on my phone that all incoming phones are withheld

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so I always answer the phone in case it is a friend in need or something like that. And it's always her.

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Also in the middle of the night, so I have not slept much.

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ST: Do you get annoyed when you talk to her?
AR: No, I hang on. I don't say anything.

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As my mom says. If you don't have anything good to say, you don't say anything.

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PMB: Alexander, promise us that you are a bit careful with this girl from Israel. She doesn't sound very good .

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AR: I have at least done what a musician can do about it. Yes.

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PMB: The single is certainly here. I expect that there will be a new album soon.

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And it's not only the Israeli girl who waits for it, but all the one hundred thousand who love ..
AR: The Christmas Album
PMB: The Christmas Album

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Thanks for coming by Alexander.