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to get to the next level, and the next and the guess everyone wishes they didn’t have. For about how this thing that I love was starting to
next’, and I just decided, fuck that! This is my me, I’m a very agreeable kind of guy, especially turn against me. And that was a hard process
dream. I want to live the dream. I started making when it comes to social events. I love having that started to get me thinking about all of the
music because I wanted it to be fun, so I decided people around me and chatting to people and different inner demons which people can have.
to forget about all that other stuff and just have hearing their stories. But it also takes a lot of my Even the weird stuff that people do which they
fun with it, and I think it’s been working! energy and it also means, as a musician, that know is weird, but they still do it because they
“I know where I’m coming from and I’m not I’m always around the party, because that’s love it, and I thought ’Does everyone have these
looking in the rearview mirror very often and where I work. People who come to our shows, type of feelings and thoughts and does every-
that, for me, is freedom. That is how I get more they come for the night and have a good time, one try and run away from them instead of fac-
out of my system and how I can create some- and the next day they go back to their everyday ing them?’ And that was the inspiration behind
thing.” life, but I think some people don’t realise that, it.
for us, it’s the same every night. “I don’t want to be too specific about what
“And it can actually wear you out. I’ve al- inspires me about that because I want people to

yes Of A Maniac’ is another standout ready mentioned my heart problems, and I lost be able to find their own version of it and their
‘Esong, one which pops out from the a dear friend of mine. He was a really well- own inner demons, and the message is that they
rest. Compared to the majority of Reckless known Finnish musician and everyone knew his are always looking straight back at you in the
Love’s songs which are based on Olli’s life ex- lifestyle choices wore him out and it was his mirror. You can’t run away from them. You just
periences, but also being more on the sunnier health that gave up in the end, and it really got need to face them and learn to live with them.”
side of life, ‘Eyes Of A Maniac’ is immediately a me thinking and touched me. We ask Olli if he is especially mindful of
different breed. The singer has stated, ‘This “I’ve got my newborn baby son in the next these inner demons given the world is increas-
song is all about the monster that you cannot room right now and I still want to be alive in 10 ingly returning to a state of normality and with
run away from. The one that keeps following you years, in 20 years, so that is kind of my inner the release of ‘Turborider’, as Reckless Love
in every mirror, no matter where you go.’ demon. I love ‘that’ feeling of being in a party. I prepare to return to doing what they do best,
Olli tells Black Velvet, “It’s about the inner love it. I love having a good time with people. I’m performing live.
demons, everyone has one, or two, maybe all about having a good time, but when you are “I’m not sure yet,” is his very honest re-
more!” having too much of a good time it can turn sponse. Elaborating, he tells Black Velvet, “It’s
“It’s about the personality traits which I against you and that was how I got to thinking still kind of five or six months away and there is
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