Monday, 11 May 2015

Karen Marie Ørsted (born 13 August 1988), better known by her stage name MØ (pronounced: Moe), is a Danish singer and songwriter signed to Sony Music Entertainment. Born in Odense, MØ has been compared to electropop artists such as Grimes and Twin Shadow. Besides being an acronym for her middle and last initials, the word mø means "maiden" or "virgin" in Danish. In November 2014, she won four awards at Danish Music Awards: "Breakthrough Artist of the year", "Record of the Year", "Solo Artist of the Year" and "Music Video of the Year". Her debut album, No Mythologies to Follow, was released in 2014. She made her mainstream debut in November 2014 featuring on Iggy Azalea's song "Beg for It". The song peaked on the US Billboard Hot 100 at No. 27, giving MØ not only her first top-forty hit, but also her first ever entry on the chart . MØ featured on Major Lazer's internationally successful single "Lean On", which peaked at number one in Australia and in the top-ten in additional sixteen countries including New Zealand and France.
MØ's music has been described as "electro music with guts". Her work has been compared to various artists, including Siouxsie Sioux and Janet Jackson.
MØ was seven when she became interested in music thanks to the Spice Girls. As a teenager, she became interested in punk music and anti-fascist movements, listening to Black Flag, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and especially Sonic Youth, saying she looked up to Kim Gordon as a "big hero and role model".
I really love her album No Mythologies To Follow because all of the tracks set different moods, yet its consistant in this interesting mystic sound. Her music inspires me and infuses my mind with a bunch of diffrent ideas when ever I listen to it. I really hope to do animation with her music as the soundtrack some day.

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