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When it's my time, I know you'll tailor a new suit for me
And buy a new tie, so I'll look this good
Boy, you were right
You said only them good ones die young
Never in my life did I look this good

Everyone welcome to my funeral
Everyone I know better be wasted
You know I would pour one up
'Cause the way I lived, it was amazing
Uh uh uh
All of my friends are in the room
Uh uh uh
Party for me, I'd party too

You're all on my tap
Bartenders pour out the whiskeys on me
And don't be so sad
'Cause I lived this good
We were closer (closer)
Now it's over (over)
Oh it doesn't mean it's closure
I see you and I love you
I'll be watching out above you

Everyone welcome to my funeral
Everyone I know better be wasted
You know I would pour one up
'Cause the way I lived, it was amazing
Uh uh uh
All of my friends are in the room
Uh uh uh
Party for me I'd party too
Uh uh uh
All of my friends are in the room
Uh uh uh
Party for me I'd party too

Everyone welcome to my funeral
Everyone I know better be wasted
You know I would pour one up
'Cause the way I lived, it was amazing
Welcome to my funeral
Everyone I know better be wasted
You know I would pour one up
'Cause the way I lived, it was amazing
Welcome to my funeral
Everyone I know better be wasted
You know I would pour one up
'Cause the way I lived, it was amazing
So welcome to my funeral
Welcome to my funeral

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This song talks about how the singer would want his funeral to be like.

When he dies, he wants his friends to buy a new suit and a tie for him because he wants to look good in his funeral.

He welcomes his friends and family to his funeral, and he says they better be drunk or stoned, because they must party and celebrate life.

He asks his family and friends who will attend when he’s gone to not be sad because he lived his life at its fullest and he doesn’t want people to feel bad for his death. Only because his life is over, it doesn't mean it's closure: his memorable life will remain forever in the history. He promises he will be watching his loved ones from the sky.

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"Funeral" is a pop song

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We chose this song because we think it spreads a really positive message towards dead: when someone leaves us it's always sad, but if this person got to make the most of his life, we should be grateful for being part of his life and remember him as high-spirited person.
It's like it talks about death, which is a taboo topic and a sad thing, but it doesn't make you feel sad at all, quite the opposite: it makes you appreciate life.

We find this song emotional and exciting at the same time. The music played with a piano and the claps at the end of the song give the lyrics a more powerful meaning and it's really touching.

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First of all, the singers of "Funeral" are Lukas Graham, a group from Denmark. Since we didn't find much information about the band and its members, we decided to focus on the main singer, Lukas Forchhammer, because we thought his life story is pretty interesting, surprising and different.

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- NAME

The singer’s real name is Lukas Forcchammer. Lukas Graham is actually the name of the band he leads, and it comes from his real name.

- WHEN AND WHERE WAS HE BORN
He was born in 18 September 1988 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

- 6 IMPORTANT MILESTONES (TURNING POINTS) IN HIS LIFE

1. Lukas grew up in a self-governing artistic community in the middle of Copenhagen called Christiania.

2. The area is known for its creative atmosphere, relative poverty, and crime. His experiences growing up in the community have shaped both the sound of his music and the lyrics he writes.

3. His band was formed in 2011. They initially uploaded homemade videos of the songs "Drunk in the Morning" and "Criminal Mind". The songs were also shared on Facebook and went viral, with hundred thousand views.

4. His band has been nominated 24 times, but has only won "New Danish Name of the Year" and "Best Danish Act".

5. He performed at the Grammys on February 12, 2017.

6. His father died in 2012, and he wrote the song "Happy Home" in which he talks about how his family has always been the most important for him:

I only wanna put my heart and my life in songs
Writing about the pain I felt with my daddy gone
About the emptiness I felt when I sat alone
About the happiness I feel when I sing it loud
He should have heard the noise we made with the happy crowd Did my grandaddy know he taught me what a poem was
How you can use a sentence or just a simple pause
What will I say when my kids ask me who my daddy was
I thought about it for a while and I'm at a loss
Knowing that I'm gonna live my whole life without him
I found out a lot of things I never knew about him
All I know is that I'll never really be alone
'Cause we gotta lot of love and a happy home

In one of his songs, he also says: "Now my family comes first before everyone. I had the perfect dad, I wanna be the perfect son".

- HIS FAMILY

His father was Irish, and he spent half of his childhood in Ireland in Cork and Kilkenny, so he never felt Danish because of expat culture (an expatriate or expat is a person who resides temporarily or permanently in a country that it's not their native country).

His grandfather was from Wicklow in Ireland.

In September 2012, Lukas' father died of a heart attack at the age of 61.

In September 2016, Lukas and his girlfriend Marie-Louise “Rillo” Schwartz had a baby girl.

- WHEN DID HE START SINGING?  WHAT/WHO WAS HE INFLUENCED BY?

Lukas Forchhammer was born in Copenhagen. He grew up in an anarchist community in the centre of his city, called Freetown Christiania. The environment of this place influenced him.

When he was 8, he joined the Copenhagen Boy's Choir and developed an appreciation for classical music and a trained voice.

He became fascinated with his father's Irish roots, the country's folk music and hip-hop.

He connected to rap lyrics as he grew up surrounded by a lot of crime, drugs and police brutality in his neighborhood.

- WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DOES HE CREATE?
He sings pop.

- HOW MANY SONGS/ALBUMS HAS HE CREATED SO FAR? HOW SUCCESSFUL WHERE THEY?
His band has created two albums: Lukas Graham (2012) and Blue Album (2015).

Lukas Graham contains 12 songs. This album was the debut of the Danish band. It entered the Danish Albums Chart at number one and stayed on top of the chart for 15 weeks. It was certified six times platinum.

Blue Album also contains 12 songs, the last one of which is Funeral. One of the album's songs, 7 years, had a global success: by the end of March 2016, "7 Years" had achieved around 225 million total listens on Spotify worldwide with 17.2 million listeners per month, making the band the 20th most popular artist on the service.

- WHAT IS SPECIAL AND INTERESTING ABOUT THE SINGER?

A journalist of The New York Times described his band's sound as the place "where pop meets R&B".

The lyrics of the songs often deal with relatable experiences like growing up poor ("Mama Said") or drinking ("Drunk in the Morning"). The band's most popular and successful song, "7 Years", describes growing up (from seven years old to 60).

He was born in Denmark but has Irish roots from both his grandfather and his father.

Apart from being a singer and a songwriter, he has been actor: as a child, he starred in five films and in one show: the Danish family movie series Krummerne.

By listening to his songs and their lyrics, we can tell he appreciates so much his family and friends, and when he performs, he looks forward to make the crowd feel his emotions and values. He truly is the definition of "live your life".