Me Plus One

The Guardian has a great piece on Norwegian sensation Annie, with lots of insights into how Norwegians perceive outside culture:

"The Swedes look down on us as rich, stupid people without any culture. We think of them as arrogant and self-obsessed. While they try really hard to be cool and mimic London or New York, we Norwegians consider ourselves more relaxed and humble."

On Norway's affluence:

"Ever since Norway discovered oil in our seas it's been an extremely rich country. The side-effect is that the kids seem pretty lazy about everything. In fact, we have the second-worst performing students in Europe after Greece."

I've heard the millions of remixes for Heartbeat, hopefully the album Anniemal turns out as well.