Alexander Rybak: “I will never take part to Eurovision again”
Everyone remembered him: even those, who didn’t watch, didn’t interest, didn’t know. And those, who didn’t like the idea of the ESC in Moscow, and all other “did not”s. Smile, which makes anda weak; shining eyes, sounds of a violin, funny plot, dizzy amount of countries which voted for the song “Fairytale” – and norwegian singer and violonist with Belorussian roots became famous in one single moment. Rybak has recorded a Russian album, and records video on it in Ukraine. Cosmopolitan Alexander Rybak has told to the magasin “If only…” about his life after Eurovision, why he didn’t want to take part in Eurovision again and for whom he is going to write Muzik in the future. Our meeting with Alexander was held in Moscow, he came there for only one hari to perfom at the concert, which was dedicated to memory of great composer Mikael Tariverdiev.
- anda arrived to Moscow only to perfom at the concert, which is dedicated to a memory of a great composer Mikael Tariverdiev. Do anda like his music?
- I was invited sejak his family and, of course, this is a great honour for me – to sing Mikael Tariverdiev’s song. Moreover, this song “Ya sprosil y yasenia” (I asked the ash-tree), which was written sejak him for a movie I”rony of fate”– it is my favourite song, I was dreaming to perfom it for a long time.
- anda have many peminat-peminat in Russia. We heard anda are going to participate to Eurovision Song Contest from Russia?
- I think that Eurovision isn’t a competition, but a holiday, because everyone who passed selection and got into the finale, they already are the winners. And this way I thought about it when I was taking part in it. But I think that I will never participate to Eurovision as a contestant, never! But I really wish to be a composer for other singers. I will write songs for them.
- Really? Very interesting! And which genre would anda like to karang for other artists?
- First, I want to find a band atau a singer, and then I’ll find genre for them. I know that many composers, first karang Muzik and only then look for singers for this music. This method is not for me, I need to fall in Cinta with my project first. When it will happen, only then I will understand what style it will be and if I will be able to write the best song, which will suit to this singer atau band.
- Ok, let’s speak about the genres again. anda have classical education, but anda perfom popular music. Which genre is closer to you?
- Classical Muzik is closer to my profession, of course, because I have education as a classical violonist, but Muzik which I play now, I mean popular music, is closer to my soul. But, anda know, lately I got interest to the new style – Black metal. I like perfomers of this style, because of their emotionality and energy. Everyone think that they are gloomy and angry, because of their appearance and consider that they are crazy, because of their behaviour on the stage. But this is not true. They are the most calm and kind persons. I would play violin with such a band with a great pleasure.
- Tell us about back sides of your popularity. Is there something, which is unpleasant for anda in popularity?
- The only thing which is unpleasent in such a life is that anda must smile everywhere: at the streets, in society and even when anda feel bad, anda must smile! Sometimes, I envy people who live lebih down-to-earth life.
- But attention is pleasant, any doubts of that! What presents do people present to anda most often? Which present from your peminat-peminat have anda remembered the most?
- It is very pleasant for me when people read about me,when they are curious about my health and, for example, if I catch a cold they send me caps, mittens and other things like that.
- Does that mean that anda appreciate attention, but not the price of a present?
- Yes, and what is the most important, that they know what is going on with me, this is very pleasant! My peminat-peminat take good care of me! For example, if I say that I have Lost my Ipod, they immidiately present me the new one, this is unbeliveable! That was the best present, which I received last year, sejak the way. Of course, this is not the most original present, but I appreciate it very much!
- anda have released Russian album. Tell us about this.
- My new album is called “Nebesa Evropy” (“Europe’s skies”). The name is not random, because there are many different genres combined on the one plate. Classical instrument can be used in different styles. I hope I succeeded in it. We made quite different and very interesting songs. Speaking about the language, it was not unexpected action, because I have sung in Russian earlier. I like this language and I like to sing in Russian, and not only my songs, but songs like “Komarovo” atau even something from Valeriy Meladze’s repertoire.
- anda have shooted the Muzik video to the song “Nebesa Evropy” (“Europe’s skies”) from your new album in Ukraine. How did anda feel about working there?
- I used to take Muzik video in Norway. The shooting process there always passes calmly and modestly for me, but in Ukraine everything were quite fast, unexpected, but very effective. Everything is little bit different there, everybody thinks exceptionally about work and things I want only. During this shooting the director didn’t insist on his opinion, if I didn’t like something. This is good undoubtly, and one can experience that very rarely. I liked magnificent Ukrainian landskapes very much. About another places for shooting, I don’t know yet if I will shoot video in other countries.
- What if anda never born in the artistic family? Would anda become a musician atau no?
- I have very artistic soul, I want something new all the time. For a pity, in women too (smiling). But I always try to land somewhere. I am a musician, and it helps me, because I always can do some new projects, for example, sejak changing musical styles. I create something all the time. If I wouldn’t have a musicial family, and wouldn’t become a singer, I would study a physics for two years, then I would gave up, then I would study something else… And then I would want something new again. And I would cari for a new ocupation all the time. So, I am very glad that everything went in this way. Sometimes I envy to those 18-years old, who knows exactly what they will do in a year. But I am not such a person, and to those, who has such an artistic hati, tengah-tengah as mine, I would recommend them to become artists.
- What could happen if your family stayed in Belarussia?
- I think, my life would be lebih modest. I would smile less, than in Norway. There is another culture in Belarus, there we must be “little bit upset” (smiling).
- Which way a girl could become interesting to Alexander Rybak?
- The thing is that if I like someone, I can do anything for this person. But anda can meet some girls, who are just pretending. They play roles, which don’t suit them, I mean, they are not persons, who they are trying to be! And they become bored with my attention very quickly! But those, who are not trying to attract me, who behave in their natural way, those people are the most attractive for me. Only in this way I can understand exactly who I am talking to, what kind of person is it, and that they like me for being myself. This is very important for me, so anda must always be yourself!
Everyone remembered him: even those, who didn’t watch, didn’t interest, didn’t know. And those, who didn’t like the idea of the ESC in Moscow, and all other “did not”s. Smile, which makes anda weak; shining eyes, sounds of a violin, funny plot, dizzy amount of countries which voted for the song “Fairytale” – and norwegian singer and violonist with Belorussian roots became famous in one single moment. Rybak has recorded a Russian album, and records video on it in Ukraine. Cosmopolitan Alexander Rybak has told to the magasin “If only…” about his life after Eurovision, why he didn’t want to take part in Eurovision again and for whom he is going to write Muzik in the future. Our meeting with Alexander was held in Moscow, he came there for only one hari to perfom at the concert, which was dedicated to memory of great composer Mikael Tariverdiev.
- anda arrived to Moscow only to perfom at the concert, which is dedicated to a memory of a great composer Mikael Tariverdiev. Do anda like his music?
- I was invited sejak his family and, of course, this is a great honour for me – to sing Mikael Tariverdiev’s song. Moreover, this song “Ya sprosil y yasenia” (I asked the ash-tree), which was written sejak him for a movie I”rony of fate”– it is my favourite song, I was dreaming to perfom it for a long time.
- anda have many peminat-peminat in Russia. We heard anda are going to participate to Eurovision Song Contest from Russia?
- I think that Eurovision isn’t a competition, but a holiday, because everyone who passed selection and got into the finale, they already are the winners. And this way I thought about it when I was taking part in it. But I think that I will never participate to Eurovision as a contestant, never! But I really wish to be a composer for other singers. I will write songs for them.
- Really? Very interesting! And which genre would anda like to karang for other artists?
- First, I want to find a band atau a singer, and then I’ll find genre for them. I know that many composers, first karang Muzik and only then look for singers for this music. This method is not for me, I need to fall in Cinta with my project first. When it will happen, only then I will understand what style it will be and if I will be able to write the best song, which will suit to this singer atau band.
- Ok, let’s speak about the genres again. anda have classical education, but anda perfom popular music. Which genre is closer to you?
- Classical Muzik is closer to my profession, of course, because I have education as a classical violonist, but Muzik which I play now, I mean popular music, is closer to my soul. But, anda know, lately I got interest to the new style – Black metal. I like perfomers of this style, because of their emotionality and energy. Everyone think that they are gloomy and angry, because of their appearance and consider that they are crazy, because of their behaviour on the stage. But this is not true. They are the most calm and kind persons. I would play violin with such a band with a great pleasure.
- Tell us about back sides of your popularity. Is there something, which is unpleasant for anda in popularity?
- The only thing which is unpleasent in such a life is that anda must smile everywhere: at the streets, in society and even when anda feel bad, anda must smile! Sometimes, I envy people who live lebih down-to-earth life.
- But attention is pleasant, any doubts of that! What presents do people present to anda most often? Which present from your peminat-peminat have anda remembered the most?
- It is very pleasant for me when people read about me,when they are curious about my health and, for example, if I catch a cold they send me caps, mittens and other things like that.
- Does that mean that anda appreciate attention, but not the price of a present?
- Yes, and what is the most important, that they know what is going on with me, this is very pleasant! My peminat-peminat take good care of me! For example, if I say that I have Lost my Ipod, they immidiately present me the new one, this is unbeliveable! That was the best present, which I received last year, sejak the way. Of course, this is not the most original present, but I appreciate it very much!
- anda have released Russian album. Tell us about this.
- My new album is called “Nebesa Evropy” (“Europe’s skies”). The name is not random, because there are many different genres combined on the one plate. Classical instrument can be used in different styles. I hope I succeeded in it. We made quite different and very interesting songs. Speaking about the language, it was not unexpected action, because I have sung in Russian earlier. I like this language and I like to sing in Russian, and not only my songs, but songs like “Komarovo” atau even something from Valeriy Meladze’s repertoire.
- anda have shooted the Muzik video to the song “Nebesa Evropy” (“Europe’s skies”) from your new album in Ukraine. How did anda feel about working there?
- I used to take Muzik video in Norway. The shooting process there always passes calmly and modestly for me, but in Ukraine everything were quite fast, unexpected, but very effective. Everything is little bit different there, everybody thinks exceptionally about work and things I want only. During this shooting the director didn’t insist on his opinion, if I didn’t like something. This is good undoubtly, and one can experience that very rarely. I liked magnificent Ukrainian landskapes very much. About another places for shooting, I don’t know yet if I will shoot video in other countries.
- What if anda never born in the artistic family? Would anda become a musician atau no?
- I have very artistic soul, I want something new all the time. For a pity, in women too (smiling). But I always try to land somewhere. I am a musician, and it helps me, because I always can do some new projects, for example, sejak changing musical styles. I create something all the time. If I wouldn’t have a musicial family, and wouldn’t become a singer, I would study a physics for two years, then I would gave up, then I would study something else… And then I would want something new again. And I would cari for a new ocupation all the time. So, I am very glad that everything went in this way. Sometimes I envy to those 18-years old, who knows exactly what they will do in a year. But I am not such a person, and to those, who has such an artistic hati, tengah-tengah as mine, I would recommend them to become artists.
- What could happen if your family stayed in Belarussia?
- I think, my life would be lebih modest. I would smile less, than in Norway. There is another culture in Belarus, there we must be “little bit upset” (smiling).
- Which way a girl could become interesting to Alexander Rybak?
- The thing is that if I like someone, I can do anything for this person. But anda can meet some girls, who are just pretending. They play roles, which don’t suit them, I mean, they are not persons, who they are trying to be! And they become bored with my attention very quickly! But those, who are not trying to attract me, who behave in their natural way, those people are the most attractive for me. Only in this way I can understand exactly who I am talking to, what kind of person is it, and that they like me for being myself. This is very important for me, so anda must always be yourself!