I think it’s such a compliment to be called a rebel! I never saw myself as one growing up, I just always saw myself as a bit lost and destructive! But through becoming Elliphant, all those things that used to make me feel weak in society were flipped around and instead of weakness they turned into strength and made my artistry interesting and relevant. Things like my attention deficit disorder and dyslexia, that I didn’t finish school, my quirkiness and bad mouth plus all this substance abuse was suddenly to my advantage. Elliphant gave me confidence far beyond my artistry. To be the rebel was and still is my leading star.

Elliphant is an extension of Elli, I am pretty much the same person, except that now I have more strings attached to the world. Elliphant is a part of the noise and Elli was more of an observer that escaped the world and hid away a lot. I travelled very much before I was the artist Elliphant, and I loved to stay away for months hiding alone in the mountains of Himalaya or in a shack on the beach somewhere where I could witness fewer things. I would just sit around and listen to some story of a stranger or to the voices in my head and no one knew where or who I was… I can really miss that!

Yeah, I do. But that’s just one meaning to the name Elliphant, also, elephants have thick skin, they communicate through vibrations and they are the biggest mammals on land and they still get scared of a little mouse! I like that as a metaphor, I feel like a paradoxical person. People think I am so tough but am very sensitive, I am a Scorpio rising and a cancer moon, maybe that’s why I am often misunderstood as being much tougher than I feel.

Respect and curiousness, and you always need to be responsive when you’re making art together with other souls.

A song is on its own when it’s out I think. I rarely go back and listen to my old songs and I never regret them or want to change them but I have noticed that they will develop and change when I sing them live on tour.

I am always grateful when I can connect with the world through my music! It’s a blessing to be able to reach out and be recognised by heart with your art. I had an amazing golden moment with Living Life Golden!

Uterus was released in the middle of the pandemic but also a few weeks before I gave birth to my first daughter, so I felt it was like a perfect song for the occasion. Also, it was a rebirth of Elliphant in a way. It’s a serious time we are living and we are globally fighting this virus that is a result of bad animal keeping. I think it's karma and I'm afraid it’s only the tip of the iceberg and we have a lot of challenges much worse than this on the horizon.
I look at it as a time to withdraw and reflect on our bad behaviour here on our beautiful planet. We have been taking earth and nature for granted and now shit backfire on us. I really hope this virus can help us unite in the world so we can work together to beat this and take on all these even bigger issues that we are facing because we are running out of time.

If love makes you sad it’s not good. If love makes you feel bad it’s not good. If someone is doing you wrong you need to at least be good to yourself and leave. I think if a relationship is good you are growing as a person. You become stronger. If that’s not the case, move on.

Thanks, I wanted to try something new! Something that would fit my post-pregnant body because I just had my baby when we made it! I never had boobs and curves, so I wanted to embrace that. Also, the pandemic made it hard to make a video so we needed an idea that wasn’t too spaced out. My amazing boyfriend Florian and my fantastic friend and stylist Fredrik Robertson (that also stars in the video) came up with it together and had the most perfect crew. It’s so so special, I love it.

Oh yes, I do! Love is the power that keeps it all together! I have big love in my life, I love my new little family so much. My daughter, her father, my cat, my friends and my family. So much love!

It’s unbelievable how close life and death are to each other. It’s unfathomably sad when a bright star like Sophies burn out. And it’s not her loss but ours, life is a mystery. We are all originals, and no one can ever fill anyone’s place. A beautiful flake fell to the ground and people will write songs about it.