”Does the Crown Prince drive go-karts?”

We are so happy to have “Hund Begraven” as our second interview ever. Read our massive interview with the super band below.

Q: 1. How many of you are there, really? Who are you, and what is your background?

A: Much like Ludde’s score on the Swedish university entrance exam, Hund Begraven consists of a solid five. It is divided into one perpetrator, Felix, and four hostages named Albin, Hasse, Elias (and the previously mentioned genius Ludde).

Q: 2. Did you meet in Malmö?

A: Yes! At some kind of Christmas holiday rave in an industrial area a few years ago. Or at “Rikspsyk’s annual meeting”, as we usually call it internally.

Q: 3. What were your favourite songs a week ago?

A: It’s hard to say with our nonexistent working memory, but I think everyone in the band has enjoyed Felix singing “I Want to Be a Billionaire” by Bruno Mars lately.

Q: 4. Do you record everything yourselves, mix it, and run wild, or do you let someone else produce you?

A: We run wild, mix, produce, and record everything ourselves… in that order.

Q: 5. Where in the world would you most like to play live? What would your dream gig look like?

A: At a bank or something, or somewhere you actually get paid. Otherwise, the UK has a drink-driving limit of 0.8, which would obviously be fun too.

Q: 6. What do you think about Spotify?

A: I don’t really have any strong opinions about the music service itself, but Daniel Ek’s side project inspires an unusually high level of confidence… especially the one with the murder-explosion robots. Classy.

Q: 7. Are the lyrics important to you? Do they come spontaneously, or is there a lot of thought and craftsmanship behind them?

A: Elias is mainly the one who writes the lyrics in the band, but nobody really knows how he works, so it’s difficult to describe exactly how the process happens.

Sometimes we work more collectively as well. Generally, it starts with us completely spiralling into ruin, where we methodically destroy our finances, relationships, and any possible future prospects. After that, if everything has gone according to plan, we have usually managed to scrape together three or four rhymes, and then we take it from there. The finished lyrics usually reveal themselves just a few minutes before a gig.

People often say that inspiration comes from hardship, and since we meet four to five times a week, we have plenty of material to draw from.

Q: 8. How did you learn to play your instruments?

A: Ludde plays synth, and it’s really mostly a materials sport combined with an addictive personality mindset, so we assume it probably started with collecting cans for the deposit money.

Felix has always been interested in tinnitus and rebelling against his parents, so drums have always come naturally to him.

Hasse, who plays lead guitar, was named Norway’s best-looking 15-year-old when he was younger, so we know it wasn’t to impress girls at least. But the practical details remain unclear. We’re just happy we got to him before Mette-Marit.

Elias also plays guitar, but his biggest commitment is being the frontman, so presence and confidence are really his first instrument — something he learned by talking a lot through songs during our rehearsals.

Albin plays pretty much every instrument, I think, but he insists on only playing bass, and barely even that when the weather is nice. I think he got heatstroke last year when he found a deck chair by a dumpster and moved out into a park. But we’re grateful for the little we get <3

Q: And finally: Is there really a dog buried?

A: Does the Crown Prince drive go-karts?