The band won the Finnish Grammy Award EMMA for โBest New Artistโ in 1996. Playboys, the band's second studio album, and its single Blue, released in 1997, both went gold in Finland. Hellofatester was released in 1998, spawning singles Liquid and Swimming With The Kids. The video for Liquid received regular airplay on Nordic MTV.
Rasmus became The Rasmus in 2000 to avoid confusion with the similarly named Swedish electronica artist, known simply as Rasmus. Into was released in 2001 and went double platinum in Finland debuting at #1. The first single F-F-F-Falling was #1 in Finland during three months in early 2001. The second single Chill reached the #2 place in Finland. The Rasmus toured Scandinavia and Europe along with HIM and Roxette that year to promote the album. The band finally gained international fame with their 2003 album Dead Letters which went gold and platinum in several countries, accompanied with the single In the Shadows which reached #1 in a number of countries. iTunes Music Store offered the track as one of its free singles, a positive public response prompted many listeners to buy the rest of the album. Guilty was released in 2004 and was the last single of the album. The three other singles; In My Life, First Day of My Life and Funeral Song also received mostly favourable reviews and response. During the 2004 Reading Festival in England, the band was pelted with plastic bottles filled with urine and mud (an act reserved for the worst band on the bill each year) until they eventually walked offstage when immediate medical attention was required for Eero's eye.
Hide from the Sun, the band's sixth studio album was released in September 2005. It received Platinum status in Finland and sold more than 15,000 copies in the UK alone. All in all, the album sold 400,000 copies worldwide. The album's three singles were No Fear, Sail Away and Shot. The Rasmus began recording their seventh studio album Black Roses in 2006, recording began and in Helsinki and continued in Nashville, Tennessee. Smaller parts were recorded in Stockholm, Singapore, Berlin and Greece. Livin' In A World Without You and Justify are the two singles released from the album, videos for both songs have received airplay around the world.
A compilation album celebrating The Rasmus' 15th Anniversary, titled Best of 2001-2009 was released November 28, 2009. It includes songs released from 2001 to 2009, as indicated in the album title, and features a previously unreleased song October & April, with the vocals of Anette Olzon from the band Nightwish. This song was recorded during the same time as the other songs from album Black Roses, but wasn't included as it didn't follow the album concept.
Self-titled eighth album The Rasmus was released in April 2012. The album's lead single I'm a Mess was the official song for the 2012 European Athletics Championships. The album won Best album cover and Best music video on EMMA awards.
In the fall of 2016 the band started recording their ninth album Dark Matters. The lead single Paradise was released in March 2017 and the album itself was released in October 2017.
In 2021 the band released two singles for upcoming album. The single Bones was released in May and the single Venomous Moon was released in September featuring Finnish band Apocalyptica.
In January 2022 the band announced their participation in Finnish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song Jezebel. This was band's first single with their new guitarist Emppu. They won the national selection and went on to participate in Eurovision Song Contest. The Rasmus made it through the semi-finals and placed 21st in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 final.
On June 10th 2022 a new track, Rise was released, and on the same day it was announced that the new album, also titled Rise , would be released on September 23rd 2022.
Someone Else
The Rasmus Lyrics
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To make her boyfriend understand
That things are not what they used to be
She doesn't have a plan
To make her boyfriend understand
Through the gates of insanity on the edge of humanity
She's gonna make her dreams come true
She's gonna make her dreams come true
That she belongs to someone else
That she belongs to someone else
To someone else, to somebody else
To someone else, to somebody else
She's found something to die for
Something to fight for
Someone to show her the way
She's found someone to cry for
Someone to lie for
Heart full of blood of the dinosaurs
And now she belongs to someone else
Now she belongs to someone else
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
To somebody else
To someone else
To somebody else
To someone else
To nobody else
To nobody else.
The lyrics to The Rasmus's song Someone Else speak to the idea of being trapped in a relationship that doesn't feel true or genuine. The singer of the song, a girl, is trying to communicate her feelings to her boyfriend, but she doesn't have a plan for how to get through to him. The lines "She drinks the blood of the dinosaurs to get her powers back / To make her boyfriend understand / That things are not what they used to be" are particularly interesting and provocative. The image of drinking dinosaur blood is a vivid and unsettling one, but it seems to speak to the idea of drawing strength from something ancient and powerful in order to face a difficult situation. The singer is trying to tap into a primal force in order to find the courage to confront her boyfriend about their relationship.
As the song progresses, we get the sense that the singer is a little bit unstable, or at least teetering on the edge of sanity. The repeated phrases "Through the gates of insanity on the edge of humanity / She's gonna make her dreams come true" suggest that she is willing to go to great lengths in order to find happiness and fulfillment. She has found something worth fighting for, someone worth crying and lying for, but ultimately she belongs to someone else. The implication is that she wants out of her current relationship, but she doesn't know how to make that happen.
Overall, the lyrics to Someone Else are a powerful meditation on the struggle to find oneself in an unsatisfying relationship. The imagery is arresting and often unsettling, but it all adds up to a potent and memorable message about the importance of staying true to one's own desires and needs.
Line by Line Meaning
She drinks the blood of the dinosaurs to get her powers back
She's resorting to extreme measures to regain her strength.
To make her boyfriend understand
She's doing it all for him.
That things are not what they used to be
Their relationship has changed.
She doesn't have a plan
She's acting on impulse.
Through the gates of insanity on the edge of humanity
She's willing to go to great lengths for her goals.
She's gonna make her dreams come true
She's determined to succeed.
That she belongs to someone else
She's no longer his.
To someone else, to somebody else
She's moved on.
She's found something to die for
She's discovered her purpose.
Something to fight for
She's passionate about her goals.
Someone to show her the way
She has support and guidance.
She's found someone to cry for
She cares deeply for this person.
Someone to lie for
She's willing to protect and defend.
Heart full of blood of the dinosaurs
She's empowered and unstoppable.
And now she belongs to someone else
Their relationship is over.
To somebody else
She's moved on with her life.
To someone else
She's found love elsewhere.
To nobody else
She's on her own now.
To nobody else.
She's free to chase her dreams and find happiness.
Lyrics ยฉ Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: AKI-MARKUS HAKALA, EERO ALEKSI HEINONEN, LAURI JOHANNES YLOENEN, MICHAEL BLAIR, PAULI ESKO ANTERO RANTASALMI
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