Awakening and By:Larm 2014
"I don’t want to ruin the feeling you might get listening to it"
2013-2014
Aurora released a version of this song at "Urørt" (="Untouched") in April 2013. Later this song has been removed. I am uncertain whether Made and Odd Martin took part in this production. Quite exciting if they didn't (^5.1).
Later that year, in November, Made mgt, Aurora and her parents met up with the German music company BUDDE. She was about to be recognized worldwide (^5.2).
This signing seem to have made some confusion as to when this song was actually released. The clip above that shows two newspapers claiming release "late 2013".
This song was released worldwide the 13th of March 2014 (^5.3), this time with Odd Martin as a co-writer. The week after, it was again presented in NRK Urørt, where it climbed all the way to the top of the list (^5.4).
In an interview with JaJa Music in England, she had this to say about the song.
"I don’t want to ruin the feeling you might get listening to it… If it makes you happy or sad I want it to stay like that. But it’s about a girl, experiencing all kinds of different things… but it ends with light " (^5.5).
Further, in November the same year, an Irish paper had this to say about Aurora (^5.6):
"Dark pop with some thrilling edges and frills from Bergen in Norway. Aurora Aksnes may be still a teenager but she’s already crafting pop with such a subtle, beautiful power and punch that the mighty Glassnote label have snapped her up."
I hope you enjoy this. Feel free to comment, elaborate or correct me if I'm wrong.
By:Larm 2014
I don't know why, but in my head, the By:Larm festival 2014 was a one day event for Aurora. But she actually did two performances during that festival; Thursday the 28t of February at "Herr Nilsen" and Friday 1st of March at "Gamla" (^6.1).
The setlist for the shows was (^6.2):
Blue Valentine
We Were Going To Do That
Runaway
Awakening
Conqueror
News of her upcoming show in Oslo rose excitement in Bergen and Norway. After a great performance at "Nabovarsel Minifestival" the 20th of February 2014, she really got the attention from people within the music industry (^6.3), even though, as we have seen, she was noticed before that as well.
The Nabovarsel Minifestival presented her thus:
"By just listening to Aurora Aksnes’ music, you’ll see that there are no hints of her being only seventeen years old. The songs have the qualities of a much older and a more established artist.. " (^6.4)
During the By:Larm festival, she also received two awards; the Women's Rolemodel award (and approx. 5000 euros) and the NOPAS award (and approx. 2000 euros) (^6.5). The NOPAS is given to songwriters who excell at their lyrics (^6.6).
After her performances, Aurora was praised in our national newspapers. The journalists used phrases like: "Pop-princess to the crowning" (^6.5), "It should almost be forbidden to have a voice like Aurora" (^6.1) and "impressive credibility, passion and presence..." (^6.7).
And no small wonder; just listen to our young and upcoming artist in the snippet above. It's from her Friday event at "Gamla" (^6.8) - and it's beautiful 😍🤩.
The world was now on the verge of bending knee to the upcoming Queen of the Queendom. In the next, we shall see her growth towards the exciting release of "Under Stars" - which again will bring us forward to the amazing "Running with the wolves" EP. Another "Awakening" story will come later.
Sources
5.1 - Nå er den her - "Awakening". Facebook: AURORA.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=569593179738432&id=550590354958721.
5.2 - Made and Aurora signs with BUDDE
https://no.musicnorway.no/nyheter/aurora-aksnes-signerte-med-budde-music
5.3 - Awakening, Aurora Fandom
https://aurora-aksnes.fandom.com/wiki/Awakening
5.4 - NRK Urørt
https://urort.p3.no/track/auroraaksnes1/awakening-7
5.5 - JaJaJa Music
https://jajajamusic.com/2014/09/spotlight-interview-aurora-aksnes-london-lexington
5.6 - Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2014/11/06/new-music-buscabulla-twin-peaks-aurora-aksnes
6.1 - Aurora Aksnes By:Larm 2014 Poster on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/iamAURORA/photos/a.550692504958506/776260375735050/?type=3
6.2 - Aurora Aksnes, Bylarm 2014, YouTube
6.3 - BA: 17-åring til By:Larm
https://www.ba.no/puls/17-aring-til-bylarm/s/1-41-7193043
6.4 - Nabovarsel Minifestival 2014
http://nabovarsel.info/live
6.5 - Bergens Tidende: Pop-prinsesse Aurora på kroningsferd
https://www.bt.no/kultur/i/pnLv1/popprinsesse-aurora-paa-kroningsferd
6.6 - Prisoverrekkelse på By:Larm
http://www.eigilberg.no/?mid=1114&art=2156
6.7 - VG: By:Larm, Stjerneklar
https://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/i/w163d/bylarm-stjerneklar
6.8 - YouTube: Awakening at By:Larm festival 2014