Swedish musician Mats Soderlund, also known as Gunther, performed Wednesday night in Alumnae Hall to an enthusiastic crowd. Afterward, he and the two Sunshine Girls accompanying him sat down to speak - and make lots of eye contact - with The Herald.
The Herald: How did you guys become Sunshine Girls?
Sunshine Girl: Gunther shows us to be Sunshine Girls and he likes us.
How did he find you guys?
In the city where we live in Sweden.
How did you get your start as Gunther?
Gunther: All my life, I pick everything up. And I started for six years write music and, yeah, express my music and, yeah.
What is the message you want to send young people about love and fun?
Yeah, love and respect, it's a very important thing. I sell champagne, love, sex and respect - especially love and respect. It's a very important thing.
Did you like coming to Brown?
Yeah! It's really nice. I like Brown. I like the city here. It's very nice. It's fun. I really, really like it. Yeah, I come back, I promise.
How did you get your look? Your special mustache and hair?
I think I wanted to start a trend, you know, not follow one. I want to start a special trend and do the slim, tacky sexy, I call it.
There are five Sunshine Girls?
Five different Sunshine Girls, yes, actually yeah. Because a lot of traveling you know, yeah, you get tired after a while.
What is the inspiration for all of your songs? How do you think of them?
It's a lot of experience from my life and everywhere. I meet lot of people and yeah, it's a lot of happiness and fun and love, yeah.
Where did the "Ding Dong Song" come from? How did you think of it?
I think it was about 10 years. I be around Europe and different things. I was a model and everything and I pick up everything, you know. I think it was a whole package to make Ding Dong. Yeah, I wanted to express myself and not say too much. I wanted to express in a small thing, you know?
Why do you think people love you so much?
If they love me, I mean I hope they love me. I want to do happy music. I bring love, love to the people. I look up, like, look up to the women, not look down on them, and I like strong women.
Like the Sunshine Girls?
Yeah, the Sunshine - they are sexy, they are sexy, but they are very strong. It's very important, you have to be both way.
