Language, Tensions, and “Heisann Montebello” in Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50»

Matthew Teutsch
15 min readJul 23, 2021

A few months back, I looked at two songs on Karpe’s Heisann Montebello. Today, I want to continue that discussion by looking at «Hvite menn som pusher 50» (“White men pushing 50”). This is the second song on the album, following «Au pair», a song that sets up the ways that the album will interrogate whiteness, white privilege, and wealth. This…

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Matthew Teutsch

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