When Hannah Storm was picked up by MADE Management (AURORA, Sigrid, SKAAR, among others) in 2021, she quickly became part of Bergen’s thriving music scene. Collaborations with established artists like Sondre Lerche and producers such as Vetle Junker (AURORA, iris, Metteson), Matias Tellez (Girl in Red, Young Dreams), and Odd Martin Skålnes (Sigrid, AURORA) soon saw the light of day. During By:Larm in autumn 2021, the young artist took a step forward and became one of the festival’s most talked-about and praised performers.
26-year-old Hannah Storm grew up in a musical household in Oslo and started writing her own songs at the age of seven. After singing in choirs for 13 years and completing studies at the music program at Foss High School, the jazz program at Toneheim Folk High School, and LIMPI (Lillehammer Institute of Music Production and Industries), Hannah sent demos to various industry contacts. When MADE Management in Bergen, her first choice, showed interest, regular trips to the city for sessions with local musicians followed. These collaborations bore fruit, and in March 2021, Hannah relocated to Bergen.
Thanks to these sessions, she had already built a solid network in the city’s music scene, which allowed her career to take off quickly. She signed a record deal with Petroleum Records and impressed audiences and industry professionals at events including Vill Vill Vest, Øyafestivalen, Bergenfest, and Pstereo in Trondheim.
The down-to-earth Oslo native cites influences ranging from The Beatles, Queen, and Frank Sinatra to Susanne Sundfør, Amy Winehouse, and Adele. Her music, whether heard in the debut single Stranger or the latest release The Room, carries a timeless and immediate quality. Hannah Storm is unafraid to create large-scale, melodic compositions with both organic and heartfelt expression, a rarity for an artist early in her career. Fans of her live performances, including the legendary By:Larm show, will attest to the goosebump-inducing power of her voice and stage presence. Dagsavisen described her performance at By:Larm: “She has a magnificent voice that suits what can be called luxury pop, a genre rarely mentioned but deserving of Spellemann recognition once Hannah Storm breaks through.”
Since that landmark By:Larm performance, Hannah Storm has appeared on NRK’s Lindmo, collaborated with the electronic duo Lemaitre, supported AURORA at venues including Sentrum Scene and in front of 16,000 fans in Mexico City, and performed her own concerts in London, Bogotá, and Mexico’s largest festival, Corona Capital.