Nadja Itäsaari - Känna Igen (Official Video)
Känna Igen (Feel Again) is a song about the fear of not feeling again – yet a balladlike hymn to cradle supressed emotions – and allow feelings.
At some point in life it’s unavoidable to meet emotional turmoil and sadness. But I think that If we choose to accept, listen inside and feel what we really feel. Maybe say it or sing it out loud. We might, in an unknown point of time, find ourselves in the opposite of what we just felt. Those little or big moments makes a huge difference to us as beings on this earth. At least in the long run is what I believe. - Says Nadja
Känna Igen (To Feel Again) is originally written by Nadja Itäsaari - remembering the feeling of what life felt like before her sobriety in 2020. She wrote the song as a blend of Swedish ”Visa” (a song with lyrics in focus) and classical RnB. Axel Olsson got the task in 2023 to write piano for the song, due to his primary love for both visa and old school RnB Music. Axel and Nadja, who also were classmates and has since remained friends since upper secondary school 2002-2005, both share a mutual love for both genres. So when the song was rehearsed enough, they singlehandedly recorded it at Klangverket in 2024. Amongst the instruments on the recording you can hear the Electric reed Organ, Organa 30 that they borrowed while recording at Klangverket Music/Room. The Hohner Organa were distributed in various versions between about 1950 and 1970.
The lyrics are edited by Gårdaprofilen to reach maximal emotional depth in 2023. The song is mixed by Nadja and Anneli Rosvall. Rosvall has also carefully mastered the song to bring out depth in both lyrics and backing Instrumentation.
Piano, Organ, Coprod and Synthesizers: Axel Olsson @Jad3dJane
Lyric Edit: @gardaprofilen (Fred Lindgren)
Mix, Filming and Mastering: Anneli Sorkii Rosvall
Mix, production, vocals, lyrics, music, filming accompaniying material, video edit, and makeup: Nadja Itäsaari @nadjaitasaariofficial1111
Nadja Itäsaari is a songwriter, producer, poet and multi-artist based in Gothenburg. The vision is to create live experiences where the mix of music, poetry, performance art and moving image draws the audience into intense audiovisual landscapes with humor constantly present. Her biggest sources of inspiration are extreme weather, birdsong, animals/nature, imagination, art and human psychology. Sea and forest collide with everyday concrete house views.
Homesite: https://www.nadjaitasaari.com/en
Link to preferred social platform: https://orcd.co/m1jnavj
Lyrics:
Tog på mig kostymen
med hela natthimlen på
om solens stålar skulle nå den
var jag nog hemma igen,
nattens tystnad, omkring min säng
Efter allt dunder och brak
Känns allt starkare
Allt vackrare
om en för en stund
Tills att dagen
den byts av till natt igen
jag vaknar, här finns inga skratt
här finns ingen vän
I ensamheten känns nog tystnaden som svårast
och den ekar, mellan väggar och alla tömda glas
minns inte hur många,
spelar ingen roll va?
jag måste ta mig ut..
Tänk om jag aldrig får känna igen
tänk om jag aldrig, aldrig
Får känna nått igen
Tänk om livet dom nämnde,
bara var skuggor och regn
Tänk om jag aldrig,
aldrig får känna igen
Får känna nått igen
Dagen den vandrar,
oh så dimmig och vag
sen kommer natten, sen nästa dag
Jag vaknar i tysthet.
inga skratt här ingen vän
tystnaden e nog svårast
och den bor här i mitt hem
mellan väggar och tak
alla tömda glas
och din vilja så slak
Mina tankar som nålar,
jag måste ta mig ut.
Jag söker och söker
ett avsked ett slut.
Jag måste ta mig ut..
Tänk om jag aldrig får känna igen
tänk om jag aldrig, aldrig
får känna igen
tänk om livet dom nämnde
bara var skuggor och regn.
Tänk om jag aldrig,
aldrig får känna igen.
får känna nått igen
©Nadja Itäsaari Productions 2024