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Danish Lukas Graham collaborates with Vietnamese artist on bilingual song
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he Danish band Lukas Graham has recently collaborated with the talented Vietnamese ar tist Vũ and released a new bilingual version of the song “Happy For You”.
In a recent interview, Vietnamese media Vietcetera had a chance to talk to Lukas Graham, the lead singer, to hear his thoughts on Happy For You and the band’s collaboration with Vũ. Lukas Graham is perhaps most known for their 2016 hit songs “7 years” and “Love Someone” which earned the band international fame and two Grammy nominations. Their latest single “Happy for you” is an emotionally created single released earlier this year and the song is about the pain brought on after a breakup. Lukas Graham has previously collaborated with other Asian artists on “Happy for you” including
Indonesian artist Hanin Dhiya and Chinese Janice Vidal. In the latest version, Vietnamese Vũ brings a Vietnamese element to the song and lead singer Lukas Graham says that it was beautiful hearing Vũ’s interpretation of some of his words on top of the tremolo effect he creates when he sings. Lukas explains that the song isn’t necessarily about romantic relationships, the lyrics don’t really restrict in that way. It can also be about friendship and friends who are no longer in our lives.
Thai woman in Denmark “Happy to be deported”
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he court of Holstebro, Denmark, has decided that a Thai woman who had stayed illegally in Denmark for more than two years has to serve 30 days in Danish prison before she will be deported back to Thailand, BT writes. “She came to Denmark at the end of 2018 on a 15-days tourist visa. She has been here ever since without legal permission,” The prosecutor for the district police, Niclas Nissen, says. The woman herself was very happy with the verdict. She said that she had been working at a massage parlour that offered “more than just massage”,
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The court of Holstebro’s decision to deport a Thai woman came as a relief to her but that she hadn’t performed any sexual services there. Niclas Nissen said that the woman was ver y happy with be-
ing depor ted. She had for some time wanted to leave herself but she didn’t have the money for the ticket back to Thailand.
