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| Photographed, written and directed by Henry Bateman Artists: Lára Rúnarsdóttir, Arnar Þór Gíslason, Jakob Smári Magnússon, Birkir Rafn Gíslason Artist management: Nicholas Knowles (n.a.knowles@live.co.uk) Shot on location in Iceland on Canon 5D MKII
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"I Wanna Be is as quirky as the genre Icelandic Alternative Pop would suggest, with an upbeat horn section and oompah firmly in place amidst naive lyrics and, naturally, a suitably surreal music video, courtesy of British film-maker Henry Bateman." Q MagazineLára is Iceland's self styled pop queen. Having grown up on the music of Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave and Tom Waits she now name checks Goldfrapp, Bat For Lashes, Lily Allen and Kate Nash as influences. So fair to say a mix of the the theatrical, esoteric and mainstream. In keeping with the latter, she's also recently collaborated with Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice. She's n |