Ina Wroldsen: HEX The Podcast

“MINE” is a devious word. Its small, narrow and kind of petty. It can be devastating when used in the wrong way. It’s a word that describes something that we are not really willing to share. It’s a word that brings me back to school and child play, a word that symbolises complete ownership. It’s a word we all use way too much, without even realising the power behind those four little letters. MINE. I wrote the song MINE about my husband Mark. The Scandinavian folklore character, Huldra, is beautiful temptress who lives amongst the trees, luring unsuspecting boys and men away from their families just so she can keep them and make them hers. She symbolises the gap that separates you from what used to be yours. This is why Huldra is a perfect analogy for MINE. The word “Mine” is a basic lie. Nothing really belongs to us. Mine is a man made concept. MINE from the HEX EP is out now Track: https://smarturl.it/IW_Mine Music Video: https://smarturl.it/InaWroldsenMineVideo See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

Remember Me [http://smarturl.it/Ina-RememberMe] is a song about being haunted. In my case I was being chased down by dreams that I tried to bury...thing about burying dreams though, is that they don’t die. Because Remember Me was based almost entirely on my sub conscience, I thought it fitting to use Nattmara as the character for the music video [http://smarturl.it/Ina-RememberMe-Video] for the track. Nattmara, or the mare, is a demonic character deriving from germanic folklore, found in different shapes or forms, all over the world. The mare comes to helpless humans at night while you dream, sits on their chest, touches her forehead to yours and literally rides you in to the darkness. Nattmara is the nightmare. Remember Me is out now! Check out the track and the video here: http://smarturl.it/Ina-RememberMe [http://smarturl.it/Ina-RememberMe] http://smarturl.it/Ina-RememberMe-Video [http://smarturl.it/Ina-RememberMe-Video] See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

The sea was both my first love and my first fear. The ocean first showed me how powerful she is when I was just five years old - I nearly lost my life to her back then. It was the start of a lifelong fascination, fear and love with the sea, which I have personified in my music. I wrote my record Sea after a night on the roof of my house. As I looked out on to the moonlit ocean, I was gripped by this feeling of being home and completely at peace. I got this weird sensation of belonging, like I could never really live or breathe without the sea. Not only was this hugely inspiring but it made it so clear to me why the sea and water spirits are one of the biggest players when it comes to common worldwide folklore. The Nøkken is a Scandinavian take on the water spirit that has haunted waters and lakes for centuries and most countries have a similar phenomenon of their own. The Nøkken is both lethal and unreliable, much like the water. We conjure up entities with the same characteristics as the matters we're attempting to explain and we warn people to take care around danger by objectifying natural things. It’s pretty basic psychology – don’t go near the water, or the Nøkken will get you. The Nøkken is the sea, and the sea is Nøkken. Beware of the sea. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

Hit singer-songwriter Ina Wroldsen takes you on a journey into the making of her new EP, HEX and the Norwegian folklore tales that inspired her life and music See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.