(Dagbladet): Nico & amp; Vinz has during the past six months included Itunes first place in 40 different countries with the song “Am I Wrong”.
In addition, they were not far away to capture the top place on the world’s most coveted hit list, Billboard Hot 100, and were the first Norwegians since a-ha which topped the British charts.
It has meant that they have been traveling far and wide in the United States to play concerts and make television appearances before they release the album “Black Star Elephant” on Monday.
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Dagbladet has been allowed to touch any of their private US-pictures, taken by photographer Jonas Meek Strømman.
And – Star meetings have been many.
They have been invited on TV shows Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, and has been on tour with Bruno Mars. Later in the fall, they also R & amp; B-grandeur Usher when he embarks on a trip.
– I said hello to Pharrell, and the manager came over afterwards and said they went nuts, “Am I Wrong”. It was very nice, says Vincent Dery.
Although they live in Los Angeles and lives in a huge house with a swimming pool along with manager Amanuel Kidane, insists that it is little partying.
– If we are at a party, then it is most likely because we act on it. I have not understood how artists can work all day, then get drunk and go into the studio again the next day. We go at least early if we have the opportunity. We must recover between battles, says Dery.
– It feels wrong to spend my time on fixing if you have a product you’d like to get out. When we get time, we need to rest your body so that we can work even harder afterwards. Or use the time for friends and family. We do not want to burn the candle at both ends. We will make the right choices so that we can reach our potential, says Nicolay Sereba.
Many temptations
Oslo boys’ musical US-adventure started in the spring, when they debuted with the song “Am I Wrong “on the Billboard charts 91 position. Since continued Nico & amp; Vinz to climb up the coveted list, with a steady fourth place as the best location. In addition, they climbed to the very top of the singles charts in the UK.
But they are not high on the bulb, insists Nico & amp; Vinz.
– No, absolutely not. But there are certainly many who had handled it in a completely different way. It’s about how well we are raised and what is important to us. There are many temptations – wanting to live in clover, spend a lot of money or ladies – but we are not tempted. We have so much we want done and have not achieved what we want yet. It makes us humble. It keeps us down, explaining Sereba.
Several major players in the American music industry has knocked on the door at the Norwegian duo recently. But no one has gotten snatch.
No to star producer
Neither Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, the man who helped Destiny’s Child (“Say My Name”) and Jennifer Lopez (“If You Had My Love» ) to the top of the world’s most coveted hit list, Billboard Hot 100, was accepted. The last 15 years he has also produced tracks for, among others, Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, Whitney Houston and Beyoncé.
– Rodney Jerkins wanted to work with us. But it was not interesting for us right then, says Nicolay Sereba Dagbladet.
It has made their album “Black Star Elephant”, which can already be streamed in Spotify, the ofnon.
– We have mostly worked with producers William Wiik Larsen and Thomas Eriksen, in addition to the Stargate. Sirkus Eliassen has also written one of the songs on the album. It was just the guys who managed to hit our sound, not foreign, says Sereba.
Boyfriends home
Land Scourge “Am I Wrong” has meant that Nico & amp; Vinz has been harassed by the world’s biggest celebrity website TMZ, when they have been in New York.
Star status also meant that there are several ladies who contact.
– You get so much more mojo when the ladies find out what you’re doing. When you are interesting. But we are so much traveling that we have had so much ladies for us, really. Our focus is not there, says Sereba.
– They are very proud of us and the patient. With the internet, we are in contact with them all the time. It’s the distance relationship – but it works in a good way. Sometimes they come to visit us and sometimes we are with them, tells Sereba.