English subtitles available.
Music video by Ane Brun performing "Lille Venn".
© Balloon Ranger Recordings AB 2021
"Lille Venn" is the first single from an album in Norwegian that’s coming out in the fall of 2021. I was hired to translate about twenty of my English songs into my Norwegian dialect for a play called "Virvelvind" at the Regional Theatre in my hometown, Molde, Norway. I got so inspired by this process that I decided to record some of these new Norwegian versions. I’ve previously released two Norwegian tracks, "Du gråter så store tåra" and "Virvelvind", and it was a very positive experience to recreate the stories and imagery from my English songs in my own mother tongue and dialect. I love writing in English, it’s such a rich language! I was uncertain of how it would work in Norwegian, but I found it both intuitive and inspiring, and a much easier process than I expected.
"Lille Venn" was originally released as the song "Honey" and it’s a love song to myself as a teenager. It came to life after I found a tape recording of myself at 18 years old, talking about life, love, summer festivals and friends! I was so moved by hearing my young voice and at the same time knowing all the things I would go through in the next couple of decades. I felt so much love for that young girl.
Music and Lyrics: Ane Brun
The song was recorded at the Atlantis Studios, , Studio Bruket, Ingrid Studios, Ocean Sounds
Produced by Ane Brun, Anton Sundell, Martin Hederos
Mixed by Engine Earz
Mastered by Engine Earz
Musicians:
Vocals: Ane Brun
Drums and percussion: Per Eklund, Anna Lund
Percussion: John Ericsson, Ane Brun
Bass: Felisia Westberg
Keys: Martin Hederos, Johan Lindström, Samuel Stark
Flute: Nils Berg and Per Texas Johansson
Backing Vocals: Ane Brun, Linnea Olsson
Video:
Director: Janne Lindgren
Cinematographer: Janne Lindgren
Post-production by Hocus Focus:
Editor: Henrik Berge
Colorgrading: Mathias Theissen
Sounddesign: Preben Grieg-Halvorsen
Lille venn (Honey)
Lille venn
i e sjokka
i hørte stemmen din idag
lys og klar
i alt det du sa
Lille venn
i huske de
tenk om i kunne vært der da du va
atten år
i skuddlinja
du kommer aldri til å skuffe me
selv om du gjør samme feil mange ganga
i ska holde et øye med de
for i veit
kordan alt kommer tilbake
du kan klare alt
i love de
for som du veit
du e jo me
vi to e den samme
Lille venn
i kan se de
i veit det gjør ont når du vokse
lille venn
tenk om det gikk
å gjør alt om igjen
men Lille venn
det e bare å gå
denna lange veien sammen
ett bein og så det andre