‘We played to 8,000 Mexicans who knew every word’: how the Whitest Boy Alive conquered the world
- Posted on January 21, 2026
- By The Guardian
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‘We played to 8,000 Mexicans who knew every word’: how the Whitest Boy Alive conquered the world
He lit up Europe with bands ranging from Peachfuzz to Kings of Convenience. But it was The Whitest Boy Alive that sent Erlend Øye stratospheric. As they return, the soft-singing, country-hopping sensation looks back
