Danish sound dominates Lady GaGa-album

Lady GaGa`s second studio album Born This Way. The title track is written in collaboration with Danish songwriter Jeppe Laursen, who used to be a part of the sensational pop group Junior Senior (the guys with “Move Your Feet”). But with the unveiling of the album track list it was furthermore unveiled that another collaboration between the pop star and Laursen can be heard on the album.

A side from Born This Way Laursen is also the writer of the song "Bad Kids". This track was one out of four tracks that the songwriter had made for Lady Gaga, after which she chose to write lyrics for two of them.

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But Laursen doesn’t hold the only Danish touch on the album. Wednesday November 17^th at 5 pm, the phone of Danish studio owner Lars Falck rang. The call came from a contact at a big American record label with which Falck had previously collaborated on of the Black Eyed Peas album.

- The woman asked me if I could help her. She needed a studio in Copenhagen for the following morning. I told her I would helpher anytime – after all, they’re great customers, says Lars Falck, who owns the studio Baby factory

When Lars and his right hand, sound engineer Danny Krøger, heard that the deal came with a confidentiality clause, they knew that something big was happening. And something big did.

- I gained huge respect for her while she was here, he says. She participates in the writing process of every single one of her songs. Think about what huge hits they have all become. Her team works incredibly competently. She is so talented – she only needed four hours a day in the studio. She nailed it every time.

During her four days at the studio, Lady Gaga recorded four songs – among these was Bloody Mary.

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- She is the only pop star who is actually in the papers every single day. She decides herself if she wants to wear a dress of meat or walk through Paris with no pants. She knows the media wants to play along, and that gives her the power, Lars Falck says.

He and Baby Factory have, however, almost gotten used to visits from the big stars. Previously, the studio has been working with big names such as Dr. Dre, One-republic, Black Eyed Peas and Danish Soulchock.

In American music circles, Baby Factory has a reputation for combining the rough American hip-hop sound with the fluffy, soft Scandinavian beats. They call it The Scandinavian Sound. But what constitutes this?

- GaGa wrote on her Twitter profile, that she was glad she had gotten the Scandinavian sound. To be honest, I have no idea what that is. We don’t do anything differently. I’m thinking about getting a little box with the words Sandinavian Sound on it. Then I could put a few buttons on it, and people might think “Oh, so that’s where it comes from!”, Falck says jokingly.

.... Lars Falck & Danny Krøger

So what pleases American artists?

- They trust us. They know we’ll work until we are a hundred percent finished. The US is full of bullshit. To Americans Denmark is a fairytale country. I mean, some of them even think we walk around wearing elves’ outfits. They don’t understand that we have money of our own, Falck says.

The album Born This Way, and the Scandinavian sound that – apparently – comes with it, have now sold over 2 million copies worldwide.

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