When 20-year-old Axel Ehnström aka Paradise Oskar won the Finnish final of Eurovision he was a total nobody. He told himself that "nobody knew me. Now I don't know myself" after a week of media fuss caused by the victory. He had just 2-3 songs on his MySpace at the time and he was a pretty regular music student. Now he is an artist with a record deal with Warner Music Finland and the debut album will be released on May 4, 2011. He has written all the songs himself. The producers are Leri Leskinen who also produced the final version of Da da dam, and Lasse Kurki by Warner. "We interested in Axel most of all as a songwriter. When we met I heard he's most inspired by brian Wilson and Jimmy Webb who are also my favourites. Knowing this is no wonder this young guy writes such great songs" says Kurki. The performance for Eurovision 2011 in Germany will be alike to the Finnish final one: just a guy with a guitar singing his song, no cabaret and dancing girls or gimmicks. Less is more.
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