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Few artists capture the fragile space between grief and healing quite like ORKID. Originally from northern Sweden and now based in Stockholm, the rising alt-pop artist has quietly established herself as one of the Nordic music scene’s most compelling new voices, crafting songs that feel both deeply personal and universally resonant. Following the emotional journey of her acclaimed EP Where Flowers Grow, ORKID returns with In All Of My Tomorrows, a collection that explores love, loss, growth and the evolving nature of healing through cinematic soundscapes and poetic storytelling. As her audience continues to grow, her music remains rooted in the experiences and emotions that first inspired her to write.
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Sandra Myhrberg: Being described as one of the most exciting new voices on the Nordic music scene is a huge thing to hear so early in your career. How do you personally relate to that kind of attention and expectation?
ORKID: I’m very grateful for it. At the same time, I’ve always had extremely high expectations of myself, I’m very goal-oriented and deeply invested in what I do. I’ve been making music for over ten years now, so to finally see the hard work resonate with people feels so rewarding!
SM: Your music feels deeply personal, yet listeners often see their own lives reflected in it. When you’re writing, how do private emotions become something more universal?
O: I’ve always been drawn to songs that feel like mirrors rather than explanations. I love writing in “double meanings,” letting emotions exist between the lines instead of placing them directly in front of the listener. Sometimes it’s more about capturing a feeling for me than writing something on the nose.
SM: Growing up in northern Sweden and later moving to Stockholm must have shaped you in very different ways. How have those places influenced your storytelling, your sound and the person behind ORKID?
O: ORKID the name in itself stems from my hometowns flower “brunkulla” which originates from Orchids. It holds so much of who I am, so many beautiful memories as well as painful and I think that duality exists in my music too. Stockholm expanded my world creatively, but the north will always be the landscape my inner world is painted from.
SM: Vulnerability is such a big part of the connection people seem to have with your music. Does sharing those deeply personal parts of yourself ever feel uncomfortable or emotionally exposing?
O: Vulnerability is definitely both comforting and exposing at the same time. But I’ve always wanted to be honest and raw in my storytelling. We live in a world where so much is romanticized or hidden behind polished surfaces so music has always been my emotional outlet almost like a diary or a form of therapy. It’s where I allow myself to fully feel things and dissect emotions.
SM: Your lyrics feel very raw and direct, but still poetic at the same time. In the writing process, what usually arrives first? The emotion, the melody or the words?
O: It’s different every time, I do like having a title in mind before a session. And if it’s not a title it can be just a stream of thought that I’ve written previously. I do like to paint a visual with my co-writers. Where are we? What does the place look like? Production also plays a huge role in guiding the emotion of a song. My only real rule is to follow whatever feels the strongest emotionally and when you find the core the song almost writes itself.
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SM: Across your new songs, there is a contrast between haunting, introspective moments and bigger, more anthemic sounds. Was that contrast something you were consciously searching for?
O: I actually wrote words on a chalkboard for a camp “unexpected,” “unharmonic,” “healing,” “metaphors,” “double meanings.” Healing itself is never linear, and I wanted the music to reflect that emotional push and pull.
Sometimes it’s fragile and quiet, sometimes overwhelming and explosive. Those contrasts were incredibly important to the sound of the project.
SM: Electronic, indie-pop and alternative influences all come together throughout the EP. Were there particular artists, films, visual worlds or even emotions that helped shape the sound of In All Of My Tomorrows?
O: It’s the echo of sorrow, shaped by the space between mourning and mending. It’s a tribute to everything that’s carried me through. A lot of it came from emotional states. I also found myself inspired by visual language in general, how certain films or images can hold emotion without over-explaining it. That idea influenced the way I approached sound: leaving space for interpretation, letting things feel slightly unresolved, like they’re still moving while you’re listening.
And even though the process felt very instinctive, there were artists I kept returning to in different ways like Enya, Madonna, Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush.
SM: Artists like Nat King Cole and Sam Cooke are timeless influences, even though your music exists in a very modern alt-pop space. What do you feel you’ve taken from artists like them?
O: I used to sing along to their music constantly growing up, trying to mimic not just the vocals but the feeling behind every word. There’s something timeless and deeply human in the way Nat King Cole and Sam Cooke communicate emotion, and that’s something I aspire to create in my own music too.
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SM: Your previous project, Where Flowers Grow, was such a moving tribute to your late mother. Looking back now, what did that project teach you about grief, healing and songwriting?
O: That project became a safe place for me to process loss, but it also showed me how powerful honesty can be when connecting with other people. The response to that EP reminded me that even the most personal pain can become something shared and healing.
SM: In All Of My Tomorrows feels like the beginning of a new emotional chapter. What was the first feeling, idea or moment that started shaping this EP?
O: In All Of My Tomorrows was always meant to be the emotional continuation of my previous EP. I always write from wherever I am in life emotionally, so naturally the music evolves alongside me. The project grew out of the realization that healing doesn’t mean forgetting it just means learning how to carry things differently. Every song became a reflection of the environment and emotions I was living through at the time.
SM: The title In All Of My Tomorrows feels both intimate and cinematic. Where did that title come from, and what does it mean to you now after finishing the project?
O: For me it means “I’ll carry this with me in all of my tomorrows, but at least now I don’t have to face them alone” it’s a tribute to my partner who became my anchor.
SM: Your music often leaves space for silence, atmosphere and restraint instead of constantly filling every moment. What role does that sense of space play in your songwriting and production?
O: Sometimes the silence is where the emotion actually expands.
I keep coming back to the idea of restraint as something powerful, not empty. Like, how much can I take away and still feel the truth of it? Or even make it stronger?
For me it’s less about filling every second, and more about letting the sound/vocals exist in a freer way so it can breathe, shift, and reveal something you might miss otherwise.
SM: After the release of In All Of My Tomorrows, what kind of future do you imagine for ORKID. Both musically and personally?
O: For me it’s always been about growth creatively, emotionally, personally, but that idea of growth keeps changing shape as I go. I think I’m constantly asking myself how to evolve, how to stay open, how to feel more free in what I’m making.
I just hope I keep following what feels honest in the moment, and that the music continues to reach people in ways I can’t always predict. Music has always been my greatest source of purpose and life, and I can’t imagine ever stopping.
