Our Evening With Basshunter

Ah, what a night. As I've already mentioned, I had no idea what it was all about, and it wasnt made much clearer when we turned up. After a good 30mins in the reception area (being hassled by a indie-girl with a hand-held camera and bombarded with glowsticks), we were shown down to the studio. Speaking to the guy from Hard2Beat that organised it all, he said loads of people had phoned up and dropped out, which meant we would all get the chance to meet and chat with Basshunter but also meant they dragged a load of children of the street to make up numbers.

We were taken down to the main studio where there was a little square stage surrounded by camera's and lights. We were given a safety talk (dont stare into the lazer! - enough to rival Charlotte Perrelli) and then Basshunter came on, looking lovely. He performed All I Ever Wanted... and then did it again. This was the routine for the evening. Do a song, do it again, touch up the make-up, do another song, then maybe do the first again. He did five songs in total; All I Ever Wanted, a new one I dont know the name of, I Can Walk on Water, Now Your Gone, and Please Don't Go. Obviously Now Your Gone was a highlight, but the new one was also really good.

I can safely say that Basshunter is a complete nutter. It didnt seem to phase him that the crowd resembled a school field trip as apposed to the usual rave crowd he's probably used to seeing. And between songs he was chatting a joking about all sorts of things, and even tried to teach us some Swedish. He went through about 4 outfits (it was so hot in there) and he looked equally gorgeous in each.

The final costume change was for the Question & Answer session, where most of the questions came from the kids. But we did learn that as a teenager Basshunter discovered sneezing on a girl is not the best chat up line, and that he's still scared of the dark... aww. After the Q&A sesh, he signed some photos for us to take home. The kids immediately snatched them from him and left happy while the rest of us then each got to sit with him on the sofa for a while, take a pic and some also asked him to talk into their phones as they recorded a little video of him. Rach and I didnt bother with that, but instead asked if he had plans to enter Melodifestivalen this year. Sadly not, he seems to think theres too much political voting (yawn) but said maybe in a few years. Could you imagine - Basshunter at eurovision, haha.

All in all, a very bizzare evening, but definately one to be remembered. Basshunter is actually a pretty cool guy. Very laid-back and willing to have a chat and muck about. I guess it was pretty intimate so he was more relaxed, but you get the impression he wouldnt let anything pahse him. Apparently the edited version of the evening will be on the hard2beat website in a couple of weeks, so will definitely link it when its up.