"a mistake" sees Lokoy team up with Emilie Østebø on a track bursting with barely-contained energy

Taken from his upcoming debut album Badminton, on which Lokoy joins forces with several other rising Nordic talents including Moyka and Safario, "a mistake" is further confirmation of the 24 year-old's canny ear.

Emilie Østebø grabbed Lokoy’s attention when she performed as a warm-up act for Sløtface. "I remember all of us thought she was the greatest support band we’ve ever had," says Lokoy. "Earlier this year we met in my studio together with Tor-Arne [Vikingstad - Sløtface guitarist] and just kept cooking on Emilie's demo. We added a ton of guitars, and some dirty bass-synths and drum machines and BOOM. It just fell together nicely."

It's a pairing that slots together perfectly, resulting in a track that’s both frenetic and vulnerable.

Emilie Østebø adds: "It’s nothing too complicated; it deals with the relationship between two people, the dynamic between them. Often I feel like songs are a parody of yourself. The chorus of ‘a mistake’ is sort of a parody of the self-indulgent things you imagine saying to a person you’ve just had a fight with.

"I wrote the melody of the post-chorus on guitar, but Lasse had the idea to sing it instead. The childish and sarcastic tone of that melody when sung perfectly communicates the petulance of the lyrics."