Langer writes the majority of his repertoire alone, but also collaborates with among others Marcus Winther-John , Tim Christensen , Daniel Ahearn , Edie Kuhnle , and Justin Hawkins . Tim Christensen has contributed to several songs with backing vocals, guitar and bass on Langer's earlier albums, and Justin Hawkins sings backing vocals on Langer's upcoming album. He has announced that he will also be working with several artists and producers from the United States, including Ryan Tedder . About his approach to music, Langer says: "I'm very inspired of the way Keith Jarrett just lets his hands run out of control and create big poetic moments out of improvisation. The same can be said for other big artists like Ryan Adams and Jeff Buckley. I can relate to all three because they all seem to let their intuition and playful musicality take them to beautiful places. My own music originates in the same way.” Other musical influences he names are Chris Cornell , John Mayer , Prince , Coldplay , Rickie Lee Jones , Stevie Wonder , The Beatles , Nick Drake , The Band , Radiohead , Fionn Regan , Bob Dylan , Neil Young , and Ray Lamontagne . His voice is often compared to Thom Yorke's and Jeff Buckley's. His band, both in the studio and live, is composed of Søren Lund on guitar, Nis Tyrrestrup op bass, and Asger Møller on drums and percussion. On March 30, 2011, Langer introduced Simon Luth as his sixth band member and announced he will be the opening act for his shows in May 2011. Langer plays among others guitar, piano, Mellotron, and keyboard.
Langer grew up in the town of Skive, Denmark. His parents are both teachers and share a love for music. At age three, he started learning the piano and he listened to his father's record collection. When he was 15, he dreamt of moving to New York and becoming a rock star. In high school, he was in a Rage Against the Machine cover band. After finishing high school, a local audition in Skive got him in touch with a talent scout who suggested him to move to Copenhagen and present his homemade demos there. He studied jazz piano at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, but eventually he just started writing music It was during this time he started playing guitar. Ultimately this landed him a record deal with Copenhagen Records. Langer debuted on March 20, 2006
in Denemark with Attention Please, an album containing potent pop rock songs. It was scheduled to be released a year earlier, but in post-production he connected so well with Søren Balsner of Carpark North that Langer requested his label to scrap the recordings and start over with Balsner as producer. Despite an intense media hype and good reviews, the album had limited success in Denmark. According to Langer, his record label is to blame for raising unrealistic expectations: "As it often happens, when something is overhyped, then the media just gives you the finger afterwards when it comes out. Because of course this record isn't a masterpiece, but I think it's a very good debut for a very young guy, but that's never where we came to because they had been told that it was a masterpiece from the record label. So the minute it came out, it flopped." The song "Breaking News" became a hit. The American spotter Sat Bisla picked up on him which enabled Langer to perform in Great Britain and Germany, to move to New York City and from there often travel back and forth to Los Angeles, where he among others played before record company executives. This media circus life was taxing on him at such a young age, he had grown tired of other people's visions on his career, questioned his talent and got homesick, so in 2007 he quit his rock star life and returned to Skive. Equipped with only a map and his guitar, he roamed through Europe like a troubadour, playing about 100 acoustic shows (other sources say about 60[6]) for gas money to fuel his c. 1987 Volkswagen Polo which he bought after his return. He lived off the money he collected by selling his CDs after each show. The tour helped him to find himself again and garnered him a growing fanbase. Later in 2007, he composed and conducted the Danish performance of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Nørrebros Theater in Copenhagen starring Anders W. Berthelsen.
For his second studio album, Langer had written over 90 songs, of which he wrote "Say No More" together with Tim Christensen. He explains the cause of this large quantity as follows: "A minute doesn’t go by, not even a second, without a stream of new musical ideas or familiar phrases running through my head. My songs spring from that source." The record was eponymous because he felt this album made it clear in which direction he is headed in style and genre, whereas he felt the songs on his first album did not reflect him, but were what he thought others wanted from him. The album was released in Denmark on February 9, 2009. The critical reception was bland; critics judged that the music was more of the same and lacked a soul because it was too polished. He did score hits with "Wake Me Up in Time" and Fact-Fiction, a song he wrote in the United States in less than ten minutes and describes his confusion during that time. He started his tour as opening act for Tim Christensen and The Script before continuing his tour as main act. The songs "The River has Run Wild" and "Beauty of the Dark" have been used in the American television series The Vampire Diaries, On En Hyldest til Sebastian ("A Tribute to Sebastian"), released in October 2009, Langer covers the song "Stille Før Storm" ("Silence before the storm"). Sebastian originally wrote this song for Lis Sørensen, which led to her breakthrough.
Langer grew up in the town of Skive, Denmark. His parents are both teachers and share a love for music. At age three, he started learning the piano and he listened to his father's record collection. When he was 15, he dreamt of moving to New York and becoming a rock star. In high school, he was in a Rage Against the Machine cover band. After finishing high school, a local audition in Skive got him in touch with a talent scout who suggested him to move to Copenhagen and present his homemade demos there. He studied jazz piano at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, but eventually he just started writing music It was during this time he started playing guitar. Ultimately this landed him a record deal with Copenhagen Records. Langer debuted on March 20, 2006 in Denemark with Attention Please, an album containing potent pop rock songs. It was scheduled to be released a year earlier, but in post-production he connected so well with Søren Balsner of Carpark North that Langer requested his label to scrap the recordings and start over with Balsner as producer. Despite an intense media hype and good reviews, the album had limited success in Denmark. According to Langer, his record label is to blame for raising unrealistic expectations: "As it often happens, when something is overhyped, then the media just gives you the finger afterwards when it comes out. Because of course this record isn't a masterpiece, but I think it's a very good debut for a very young guy, but that's never where we came to because they had been told that it was a masterpiece from the record label. So the minute it came out, it flopped." The song "Breaking News" became a hit. The American spotter Sat Bisla picked up on him, which enabled Langer to perform in Great Britain and Germany, to move to New York City and from there often travel back and forth to Los Angeles, where he among others played before record company executives. This media circus life was taxing on him at such a young age, he had grown tired of other people's visions on his career, questioned his talent and got homesick, so in 2007 he quit his rock star life and returned to Skive. Equipped with only a map and his guitar, he roamed through Europe like a troubadour, playing about 100 acoustic shows (other sources say about 60) for gas money to fuel his c. 1987 Volkswagen Polo which he bought after his return. He lived off the money he collected by selling his CDs after each show. The tour helped him to find himself again and garnered him a growing fanbase. Later in 2007, he composed and conducted the Danish performance of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Nørrebros Theater in Copenhagen starring Anders W. Berthelsen.
For his second studio album, Langer had written over 90 songs, of which he wrote "Say No More" together with Tim Christensen. He explains the cause of this large quantity as follows: "A minute doesn’t go by, not even a second, without a stream of new musical ideas or familiar phrases running through my head. My songs spring from that source." The record was eponymous because he felt this album made it clear in which direction he is headed in style and genre, whereas he felt the songs on his first album did not reflect him, but were what he thought others wanted from him. The album was released in Denmark on February 9, 2009. The critical reception was bland; critics judged that the music was more of the same and lacked a soul because it was too polished. He did score hits with "Wake Me Up in Time" and Fact-Fiction, a song he wrote in the United States in less than ten minutes and describes his confusion during that time. He started his tour as opening act for Tim Christensen and The Script before continuing his tour as main act. The songs "The River has Run Wild" and "Beauty of the Dark" have been used in the American television series The Vampire Diaries, On En Hyldest til Sebastian ("A Tribute to Sebastian"), released in October 2009, Langer covers the song "Stille Før Storm" ("Silence before the storm"). Sebastian originally wrote this song for Lis Sørensen, which led to her breakthrough.
In December 2010, Langer offered a free download of "The River has Run Wild" off this album to anyone who joined his mailing list. In March 2011, the single "Microscope" was offered to new subscribers instead. "Microscope" entered the Italian charts at #25. It was written in around 30 minutes and came out of nothing. It was intended to be a happy song, but turned melancholic as the lyrics were written. Langer has already explained the theme of some of the other songs. "Last Flower" was written in memory of a Danish fan who committed suicide. In her suicide note she requested Langer to play at her funeral, where he performed this song. "Death has Fallen in Love" is about stopping to realize that someone you love could die too. The idea for the song came about while Langer' girlfriend was brushing her teeth.
A song that has not made its way onto the album is "Bowie and Champagne", which refers to a girl he fooled around with when he was growing up, but who tried everything and ended up a drug addict. The original lyrics were written after Langer woke up from a dream and jotted a few lines down about Aerosmith and wine. At that time he thought they might just be the best lyrics in the world, but when he checked them over the following morning, he felt they were too cheesy but could be improved with some changes.
From May 11 through to 14, Langer will go on a mini-tour through Denmark.
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Fact-Fiction
Mads Langer Lyrics
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Say you're falling apart
Let's pretend you've missed me for a while
Wouldn't you say you were lonely
And love was breaking your heart?
Put on your Sunday best and fake a smile
I dream of dreaming dreams of her
The picture is clear
And I'm still fact, she's fiction
Remember the night you were with me
Fell asleep by my side
Strangers together, your hand in mind
How come we never came closer
When all the stars were aligned?
I thought we had a moment
I dream of dreaming dreams of her
In twilight she's a constant blur
The picture is clear
And I'm still fact she's fiction
I seem to miss the missing part
She's still my favorite work of art
The picture is clear
And I'm still fact, she's fiction
No, nothing has changed 'cause I'm still fact, she's fiction
Or I may be imperfectly formed in this contradiction
I dream of dreaming dreams of her
In twilight she's a constant blur
The picture is clear
'Cause I'm still fact she's fiction
I fell in love with her longing
Let's just say that she never found out
Who it was she never found in m
Mads Langer's song "Fact-Fiction" tells the story of a person in love with someone they cannot have. The lyrics describe a situation where the singer imagines a world without them and how their absence would make the other person lonely and heartbroken. The song is full of deep emotions that explore the complexities of love.
The chorus of the song features the lyrics "I dream of dreaming dreams of her, in twilight she's a constant blur, the picture is clear and I'm still fact, she's fiction." These lines suggest that the person in love is struggling with the reality of their feelings. They cannot be with the person they desire, and so their longing is just a dream, a blurred image of unattainable love. The song also describes a moment spent with the loved one, where they fell asleep together but nothing happened, and the singer is left wondering why they never came closer. Despite this, the love remains unrequited, and the singer remains fact while their love interest remains fiction.
The lyrics of "Fact-Fiction" showcase a deep understanding of the complexities of love and desire. Through its poetic language and emotional delivery, the song explores the themes of longing, unattainable love, and the pain of unrequited passion.
Line by Line Meaning
Imagine a world without me
Reflecting on the possibility of a world without me in it
Say you're falling apart
Asking the other person to acknowledge that they are not doing well
Let's pretend you've missed me for a while
Playing a game of imagination about what it would be like if the other person missed me
Wouldn't you say you were lonely
Asking whether loneliness would ensue if the other person missed me
And love was breaking your heart?
Asking whether the effects of love are detrimental to the other person's wellbeing
Put on your Sunday best and fake a smile
Encouraging the other person to put on a façade and pretend they are okay
I dream of dreaming dreams of her
Fantasizing about dreaming of a person
In twilight she's a constant blur
Describing the person in a hazy manner
The picture is clear
Contrasting the previously blurred image with a newfound clarity
And I'm still fact, she's fiction
Acknowledging that the person remains a fictional construct
Remember the night you were with me
Recalling a significant moment in the past
Fell asleep by my side
Describing physical closeness
Strangers together, your hand in mind
Contrasting intimacy with the fact that the two people were strangers
How come we never came closer
Expressing confusion over why they never became closer
When all the stars were aligned?
Regretting not having taken advantage of opportune moments
I thought we had a moment
Believing that a past moment was significant
I seem to miss the missing part
Feeling incomplete because of what is missing
She's still my favorite work of art
Expressing admiration for the person
No, nothing has changed 'cause I'm still fact, she's fiction
Realizing that nothing has changed because the person remains fictional
Or I may be imperfectly formed in this contradiction
Acknowledging the possibility of being imperfect and contradictory
I fell in love with her longing
Feeling attracted to the person's unfulfilled desires
Let's just say that she never found out
Proposing a hypothetical situation where the person never finds out
Who it was she never found in m
Leaving the listener to imagine the rest of the sentence
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
Written by: MADS LANGER, BOOTS OTTSTAD
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timothy buckey
This song was introduced to me by the girl I basically fell in love with in high school. She was absolutely perfect. But, she was going through a rough time with her own personal issues. We remained close friends, but when I enlisted in the army she grew out of her shell. Because of the distance, not being able to talk every day, etc. we weren’t able to be together.. she played this song at her wedding reception as kind of “background music” and I had to leave I was so heartbroken
G00GLE
@Magne Barkholt nah I think it's just you that don't care
Magne Barkholt
we dont care
G00GLE
damn dude...
emiliemvs
This song still melts my heart. Even two years after I listened to it on repeat. Just love this, and love this atmosphere he's creating. Beautiful.
Zmy Lee
This song means SO much to me and I almost go into a trance when I am listening to this... he sings so beautifully! He really nailed this piece xx
Cris B
Such a beautiful song, and incredible voice. I'm praying you will become a huge star in the US.
Ruata 4 Cabin
2018 and still chills by the vibe
HMR93H
This is definitely my favorite version of this song. I love Mads Langer!
Catherine Rouquine
Excellent... Perfect... Beautiful song (again) ! BRAVO !!!