To Hakkespetter

Interlude: Almost 5 Years with a-ha

It's one hell of a ride. Really. From one live cover sung by Chris Martin - To one song featuring a Norwegian who happened to be a multi Animagus - to one entire album - and eventually ending up listening to the entire discography. There were creative highs and lows, being with a-ha. Exalted with the incredible synths, the creative combination of reluctant gems a.k.a talented Vikings, yet grounded by the unconventional melancholy driving me to existential crisis ( Yes, I'm talking about you Pål , Why on earth did you read too much of Knut Hamsun and Fyodor Dostoevsky?)

The story of a-ha, within the boys and within myself, taught me a lot, significantly. Within the boys, was a story of hard work, dedication and originality in their underappreciated ideas.

There were not a perfect band. There is no such thing as a perfect band, perfect musicians or even a perfect person or anything. Nobody is perfect, not even myself. But they were and will always be the band I dearly respect and love.

a-ha has frequently displayed the sheer beauty of human nature and what makes us humans- flaws, misfortune, and catharsis. They have emerged victorious in doing what they did and the kind of direction they took, even though there were several hurdles lying on the commercial road and minimally conflicting personalities. They are living proof that they can excecute themselves creatively , even with so much tensions happening around them.

They showed us that it's the music, that matters a lot. And how it reaches their heart.

We all had our fair share of stories regarding how a-ha means so much to us and how lucky we were, to discover them.

More than any literature text book, or any of my classes in my University , a-ha has taught me so much about life, through their music and them as people. And that feeling is bittersweet.

The Swing Of Things, gave me a better insight on the extent to which a human can commit questionable deeds and then say "What have I done? What lies I have told? I've played games with the ones that rescued my soul". What on earth was that song? It's so beautiful that it hurts.

It was at this point, I knew they weren't an ordinary "teeny-bop" band. It was also at this point, I felt so sorry for the ones who thought the band was just a "one hit wonder" and just abandoned them while they have dissappeared away from the charts. They have definitely missed out a lot. They were way worthier than how they were perceived by the people who were just looking for ways to create popularity and money- not to express.

People can do insane things like yelling "Catch me outside, how about that?" and become famous, and the record companies run to their feet. It's so weird when such things were much more remembered than actual achievements done through sincere hard work.

Yep, my colleagues viewed me as a "Norwegian Edgy Woman" due to my admiration towards a band, people around me hardly listened to. As much as I respect everyone's taste in music , I pitited on the ones who only saw a-ha as a meme or a joke , not serious musicians. I was alone. But I really didn't feel lonely for doing what I liked.

I felt much more like myself when I listened to a-ha.

Thanking all the fellow fans who have been a part of this incredible journey of mine:
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