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Jenny Hval Biography

Jenny Hval (born 11 July 1980) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, record producer and musician. She has released six solo albums, two under the moniker Rockettothesky, and four under her own name.

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Norway is pretty forward thinking in terms of gender equality, but we don't seem to practice it as well as we think. I'm constantly thinking: How much power have we really gained? We have to keep fighting to even keep what we've fought for already.

Fighting, Gender, Norway, Practice, Think, Thinking

On an emotional level, I don't want to be a guide. I want people to hear things and experience them their own way.

Emotional, Guide, Levels, People, Things, Way

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.

Countries, Country, Lots, Norway, Voice

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.

Littles, Way, Remember, Brought, Young

Very devoted religious people are so extroverted, but at the same time, they're so repressed sexually and so conservative. I've never been able to understand that combination, but I'm fascinated by it.

Able, Fascinated, People, Religious, Time

I'm obsessed with voices in film. I have this memory of how people say words, even on the most intensely stupid reality TV show.

Film, Memories, People, Reality, Stupid, Voices

The body should not just be something you see. It's also the inside of it. It's frightening and abstract and much more than pretty or not pretty. The shape of it is boring.

Body, Shapes, Boring, Abstract, See

Soft things are terrifying. They're the real signals of death. Images of strength can never be that terrifying. It's the images of weakness that are a real apocalypse.

Apocalypse, Images, Real, Weakness

I really hated being the Norwegian girl in every single conversation in Australia, so I tried to make my Norwegian-ness invisible, speaking like whoever was around me.

Australia, Conversation, Girl, Invisible, Single

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

Communication, Direct, Escape, Give, Giving, People

It feels very different to have long, thick, brightly colored hair. It makes me feel so conflicted to wear, and I believe showing a conflicted person onstage is actually really interesting and emotionally engaging. I'm trying to not just be the person standing on the outside and looking at something, but to actually be it, in a way.

Believe, Hair, Long, Thick, Wear

I'm constantly reading and trying to enlighten myself to how the world works in its silent ways to make everything seem normal when it's actually incredibly discriminating.

Enlighten, Everything, Reading, Silent, Trying, World

If you believe that you have nothing to fight for, that just means the people in power, and the people with money, can sneak anything into your life. Everything can be taken away from you.

Believe, Taken, Mean, Fight, Money, Life

I'm very interested in the visual world because I'm also very interested in feminism. I find that the world of watching takes us into the most psychotic state of, like, "You are this one person, but you have to become another person to see these images. "

Feminism, Like You, See, Visual, World

Everything you do is so personal. In the end, it doesn't matter so much if you write about your own life or not. It's going to be as much artifice when it comes out as a piece of music. Everything is in character in a way. But that's a great thing.

Character, Piece, Pieces, Thing, Writing

I took interest in Paris Hilton at one point and got fascinated with her voice.

Hilton, Interest, Paris, Voice

I've always seen myself as the person listening to alternative music and all that - generic indie person. I always tried to be the least pretty I could be.

Alternative, Alternative Music, Alternatives, Listening, Pretty, Tried

I've never been good at being nostalgic, and I've never been able to focus on sound without having a voice that's very here-and-now.

Focus, Nostalgic, Sound, Voice

Health is so important now, it's ridiculous - the body has become frightening, this thing that will kill you if you don't keep really healthy. The body is the enemy now.

Healthy, Enemy, Important, Keep, Frightening, Kill

When you're outside of genre, you can expose more vulnerability.

Genre, Vulnerability, Expose

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