Lighthouse X: "We are spending a lot of time trying to use our experiences to help other people"

Photo: Agnete Schlichtkrull

The Danish national final is on saturday, so its time for our last DMGP 2016 interview! Here are the answers of Martin from LIGHTHOUSE X:
Name: Martin Skriver
Birthday: 28/10/86
Height: 189 cm
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite food: Pizza
Shoe Size: 45
What do you do in the band? Sing
Where are you right now? On my sofa :)
What’s your strangest talent? Good at getting other people to wash my clothes  :D
What is the strangest thing you have in your room? An elephant with candy painted on it.
What are you really good at? Skiing
What are you really bad at? Football
Childhood idol: Elton John
Childhood memory: I remember the day my parents bought our dog. His name was Rollo and we had him for 14 years.
Celebrity crush: Josephine Skriver
Tell me something no one knows about you: I have a really BIG soft spot for chocolates!
What would you do if you were invisible? Have a lot of fun  :p
Favorite movie: Interstellar
Favorite TV series: Friends
If you were a girl for a day, what would you do? Haha... Hmm... Feel my boobs?!
What is your guilty pleasure? Pizza and chocolate!
Name a song that never fails to make you happy: "Don't stop believing" - Journey
Can you teach me some interesting words in Danish? Øl - beer

How would you describe the band?
Meaningful. From day one we wanted to do more than just entertain.

Tell me about the name of the band:
When we started singing together 4 years ago, we were at a place in our lives where we wanted to try to do more than just entertain. We wanted to use our music to start conversations about the things in life that are not always easy. All three of us have different backgrounds and stuff we struggled with as children. So we are spending a lot of time trying to use our experiences to help other people.

You are one of the participants of DMGP 2016. How did it all begin?
We were given an opportunity and we took it :)

“Soldiers of love” is the title of your song, what’s the story behind it?
As I talked about before we are a pop group trying with a DNA that basically is "let's try to make the world a little bit better". And do it with love and music. So we tried to put that in a song.

Describe the song with 4 words:
Pop
Community
Important
Love

What can we expect to see on stage for the performance?
A bang :)

What do you like about Eurovision?
It gathers people all over Europe at the same time around some as beautiful as music!

What do you dislike about Eurovision?
I can't really think of anything.

Tell me the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word:
Nightmare: Horror movie
Stage: Freedom
Woods: Natural
Fangirling: ??? :)
Censorship: Other countries
Watermelon: Summer
Friendship: My boys!
Dreams: Life

What are your plans for 2016?
Hopefully a lot of concerts with the boys. Starting summer I’m doing the Danish version of "Hunchback of Norte Dame" the musical.

Is there anything you want to say to close the interview?
Thank you for your time  <3

Thanks to Martin for the interview! Good luck in DMGP!

Official website: http://www.lhx.dk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lhxdk
Martin's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martin_skriver/
Johannes' instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joe_ny/
Søren's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sorenbregendal/