![]() She was a newcomer with a bright musical future predicted, and boy did she fulfill those expectations! In a matter of weeks after our meeting, Sheena’s debut album came out and she went from promising newcomer to full-fledged pop star in a very short time. Miss Easton probably might not even remember this “interview” (but I certainly do!). On that day, more than 33 years ago, neither she nor I could have known what direction her career would take. Oh my God! At age 14, I’ve just been hugged by Sheena Easton! ![]() When we finish, she gives us a hug and wishes us both good luck with our school paper. Her reply to that is that she is preparing her first album, and that there had been some talk about recording the theme song for a movie…. We ask her all the questions we had prepared, and one of them concerns what she will be doing next. We are guided into a smaller room, and in there is a beautiful young woman of about 20, obviously tired from travelling and promotion gigs, but none the less cordial and smiling while sipping on a glass of mineral water… The first thing we notice is that her English accent is different from the kind of English we’ve learned in school – but then we remember that she is Scottish. They are on an assignment for their school paper, to do an interview with a new singer who’s just released her first single. Flashback to late 1980: two young boys of 14 from the suburb of Haugerud, Oslo are about to enter the Grand Hotel in downtown Oslo.
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