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I don't like political rappers. ”

There was a recording studio in my school, and I knew this kid who had a key, so I'd write lyrics in school while I was in class, and then, in a 10-minute break, I recorded the song 'Hurt' in one go at the school studio. ”

Even when I was a kid, I thought of myself as a celebrity. ”

I didn't want to be a one-hit wonder. I really wanted to make albums that had a different aesthetic every album and a different sound. ”

Ever since I was a kid, I had the urge of expressing myself in any way. Like many kids, you want try on different clothes, different looks. I was kinda punky for a while: I had makeup under my eyes. Then I started wearing more baggy stuff. ”

I think you shouldn't get my music confused with who I am or who we are, because Yung Lean, from the beginning, is like a character created by me. Yung Lean was everything that Jonatan wasn't. And so me, as a person, and my views on things are certainly different than Yung Lean's views, so you should definitely not get those two mixed up. ”

Frank Ocean called me when I was in Stockholm when I was, like, 17. ”

When I was in fourth grade, I made a song about the part in Stockholm where we come from. ”

I don't like being told what to do. ”

I think a lot of American fans or people that read about us - they think that we're trying to be a part of the American culture, like all these Swedish kids that love America. We rap in English, so I guess there's something, but we're very Swedish, actually. ”