Lukas Graham Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

The band is named for its lead singer, Lukas Graham Forchhammer. As of 2019, Magnus Larsson was the band's bassist and Mark Falgren was the band's drummer. In his childhood, Lukas Forchhammer starred in "Krummerne (The Crumbs)," a Danish family movie series based on a popular children's book series.

Answer: Denmark

The lead singer, Lukas Forchhammer, was born in Freetown Christiania, Denmark. The band's first three albums were released through Copenhagen Records. Lukas Forchhammer's father was born in Ireland, and the singer spent a good portion of his childhood in that country as well.

In 2012, the band was nominated for numerous categories in the Danish Music Awards and won for "New Danish Band of the Year."

Answer: 7 Years

The song "7 Years" was also nominated for Best Pop Duo / Group Performance and Record of the Year at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017. Adele, however, won Song of the Year and Record of the Year for "Hello." Twenty One Pilots won Best Pop Duo / Group Performance for "Stressed Out."

Answer: The Purple Album

Lukas Graham's first studio album, "Lukas Graham," was released in Denmark by Copenhagen Records in 2012. Their second studio album, "The Blue Album," was released in 2015 by Copenhagen Records and then by Warner Bros. in the U.S., where it was called "Lukas Graham" and featured a less risqué cover. The band's third studio album, "3 (The Purple Album)," was released in 2018 by Copenhagen Records and also by We Take the World and Warner Bros.

Whitesnake also had an album called "The Purple Album," which was the hard rock band's 12th studio album, released in 2015.

Answer: The death of the lead singer's father

Several of the songs on this second studio album (which was the band's debut album in the U.S.) make mention of Lukas's father, who died of a heart attack at the age of 61.

"Seven Years" contains the line: "Soon I'll be sixty years old, my daddy got sixty-one."

"You're Not There" bemoans the loss:

"You're not there
To celebrate the man that you made
You're not there
To share in my success and mistakes
Is it fair?
You'll never know the person I'll be
You're not there
With me."

Additionally, in the song "Happy Home," Lukas sings:

"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."

Finally, in "Funeral," the singer imagines his own funeral and perhaps recalls his father's.

Answer: a bed for the night

The song "Mama Said" is about growing up poor but not unloved. The singer questions why they don't go on expensive vacations like his peers or have nice clothes. His mother's answer?

"Mama said that it was quite alright
Our kind of people had a bed for the night
And it was okay
Mama told us that we were good kids
And daddy told us never listen to the ones
Pointing nasty fingers and making fun
'Cause we were good kids."

This song appears on the band's first studio album, which was released in 2012 and peaked in the number one spot on the Danish charts.

Answer: home

"Happy Home" was co-written by the Rasmus Hedegaard, a Danish DJ, and Lukas Graham Forchhammer. It hit number one on the Danish Singles Chart and number four on the Norwegian Singles Chart. For the song, Hedegaard won Producer of the Year at the 2014 Danish Music Awards.

Answer: never-home

The song is a lullaby to the singer's child and relates the struggle he feels over having to be frequently away from home for his career:

"Is it worth all the times when I'm never here?
Is it worth it when daddy can't dry your tears?
Is it life or just a living? Kids and wife is not a given
I wish I could be a stay-at-home dad."

This song appears on Lukas Graham's third studio album, "3 (The Purple Album)," which was released in 2018. American songwriter and producer Brandon Beal contributed to the writing of this song.

Answer: Love Someone

The song's chorus runs:

"'Cause when you love someone
You open up your heart
When you love someone
You make room
If you love someone
And you're not afraid to lose 'em
You'll probably never love someone like I do."

"Love Someone" had a lot of writers, besides the lead singer himself - James Alan, Stefan Forrest, Morten Ristorp, Morten Pilegaard, Jaramye Daniels, and David Labrel. It reached number one on the Danish Singles Chart (Tracklisten) and number nine on the U.S. Adult Top 40 (Billboard).

Answer: wasted

"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."


The song "Funeral" appears on the band's second studio album. "Rolling Stone" described the song as "choir-powered" and as "remaining adorably earnest even beyond the grave."

Answer: Take the World by Storm

The song, from the band's second studio album, peaked at number ten on the Danish Top 40 (Hitlisten/Tracklisten). Lukas Forchhammer wrote it along with Stefan Forrest, Morten Ristorp, Morten Pilegaard, and Ross Golan.

Answer: perfect

The song "What Happened to Perfect" appears on the 2015 "Blue Album." The lyrics continue:

"What happened to us
We used to be worth it
We never gave up
It wasn't on purpose
But it hurts like it was
Nobody deserves this
What happened to perfect?"

The New York Times called it "a fraying-romance song" that "places somber organ chords behind an increasingly desperate plea."

Answer: Bob Marley

"Please give me a redemption song
I need one real bad
No one seems to write them now
That John and Bob are dead."

"Redemption Song" was a song by Bob Marley that appeared on "Uprising," the ninth studio album of Bob Marley & The Wailers. Marley's song was released as a single with "I Shot the Sheriff" on the B-Side. The famous reggae song serves as the inspiration for Lukas Graham's song of the same name.

Answer: In jail

The song, which is recorded on the band's second studio album, is subtitled "Criminal Mind Part 2" as a follow up to "Criminal Mind" on their first studio album. Lukas sings to his friend in jail:

"I hope you know you're not alone in that hell
And there ain't, no
No one can change it
No one can do it better than yourself."

Lukas told "Billboard" magazine that his friend, who was a part of Denmark's gangland culture, was sent to prison and then "busted out and fled to Iran." He explained, "A lot of my friends aren't God's best children, you could say."

Answer: Say Yes

The song is subtitled "Church Ballad." In the song, the narrator imagines marrying his bride in the same church where he had his father's funeral, making the wedding bittersweet:

"She's so beautiful wearing her dress
I watch her father take her hand in his
And they walk by that very spot
Reminding me of everything I've got [ . . . ]
I'm at the altar on the brink of tears
We miss a few, but all the rest are here
And as I hear the organ play
I swear to God that it was worth the wait."

Like "Funeral," this song makes use of organ music.