Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TheGOSS
Rita’s Tinder heart
Lukas and Halina Danish pop band Lukas Graham received three Grammy Award nominations for their hit song 7 Years and are now multi millionaires.
But for frontman, Lukas Forchhammer, 30, life hasn’t always been plain sailing.
He grew up in a tough part of the capital Copenhagen, where he had to wear a bullet proof vest.
He also admits to once finding a stashed gun and shooting at a swan.
He says: “I’ve been in situations where bullets were flying my way. We found a stashed gun once and shot at a swan. Stupid 12-year-olds.”
After the death of his dad in 2012, Lukas admits he lived a life of “excess”. He says: “When you are in the music industry you see so many people who are doing more drugs. For me it was only drink or it was only weed because I would see all the guys who were hooked on cocaine and I would think I was the saint. But it was the wrong comparison.”
Now the fatherof-one - whose new record 3 (The Purple Album) is out now adds: “You can live your life in two ways, everything is a miracle or nothing is a miracle... I’m aware that money doesn’t make you rich.”
Thank you to actress Denise Van Outen for summing up how the nation feels in one facial expression - as we try and get our heads around Brexit ....
Denise