I remember being very, very aware of gender when I was really young. Not necessarily in a bad way. Maybe it's a little bit because I'm Norwegian and how I've been brought up.

I've studied film a lot, so I know much more about film than music, but I don't think I could have made films.

I've always been so interested in the way the body feels when singing or being on stage, or being in the audience for that matter. It doesn't have to be the typical "rock" experience. It can be so much more.

I got really interested in the language used in blogs written by young girls - a young person's aggression, which is always lacking from the visual world.

I'm inspired by that rawness in very direct communication. My work is not meant to keep people happy or give them an escape.

Norway's a very gender-aware country, and we're very liberal. There are lots of women's voices being heard here compared to many other countries.

When I write stuff that's provocative, I want people to think about that, too. I'm in between a pop musician and an artist in that way. I want people to be part of the music as they listen, but I also want them to think: What was that?