– This is the cruelest thing ever. It’s scary to sing on live TV. It rarely sounds good, and I don’t dare do it anymore, Gaute Ormåsen (39) told Good Morning Norway.

Nevertheless, he and Ben Adams (41) peaked at last year’s Melody Grand Prix as the wolves of Keith and Jim.

On Saturday they throw away the masks.

– It’s nice to finally be able to talk about the project. This has been the strangest year of my life, Adams said.

Don’t want to join

The plan was originally for Ormåsen to contribute to MGP as a songwriter. He was invited to NRK’s ​​songwriting camp in Rena along with songwriters from all over Europe, among them Ben Adams.

– I have no plans to join MGP. I went there to get access to artists who really wanted to be involved. And then we ended up in a group, said Ormåsen.

With Ben Adams and Carl Henrik Wahl, who also acted as masked wolf spokesmen, the ball started rolling.

– We are the most unlikely boy band in the world. The three of us were about 40 years old, we needed to have fun, so it became “Give That Wolf a Banana”, said Wahl.

– We don’t want to perform the song ourselves. We would never do that to NRK, Adams said with a smile.

Fear of ruining his career

But finding another artist to take the stage and sing about the yellow wolf from outer space proved difficult.

Ben Adams and Gaute Ormåsen ultimately decide to go it alone, though without revealing their identities.

– We have other careers that can be ruined if they don’t work out. So the solution is to wear a mask, explained Adams.

The goal is always to have fun in the process.

– My humor is kinda weird and quite dark, so it’s fun to use it in music. It’s great to have a project where you can do whatever you want, a project with no limits.

The group went through several suggestions before choosing a name, including “Chihuahua Hunters”, “Wolves”, and “Night Howlers”.

– It was very heavy EDM and electronics music with lots of bass, and then it became Subwoofer – a play on the subwoofer, said Carl Henrik Wahl.

– Our 40-year crisis

Despite the fact that the wolf’s identity had now been revealed, Subwoofer had no intention of giving up. Looking ahead, concerts await in Iceland, in Barcelona, ​​​​​​United Kingdom, and Norway. They will most likely also be present at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool on 13 May.

Ben Adams was also able to reveal that wolf masks would be worn when they performed.

– It’s “business as usual”.

On top of that, the friends behind Subwoofer have now made their debut as children’s book authors.

– We have created our own strange universe. It’s been great to see all the support we’ve received and how our ridiculous project has inspired others, said Adams and continued:

– When we have concerts, people dress up like us. There may be 50 different Subwoofer costumes in the audience. There’s still a lot of fun going on, and it’s fun for a bunch of guys in their 40s.

Gaute Ormåsen believes the three have entered some sort of midlife crisis.

– The crisis of 40 years came in different ways. This is our 40 year crisis.