"I'm an Albatraoz" (stylized as "IM AN̓ ALBATRÁOZ") ( ) is a 2014 single by Swedish DJ and record producer

AronChupa Aron Michael Ekberg (born 30 March 1991), better known by his stage name AronChupa, is a Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter, artist and DJ. His 2014 song "I'm an Albatraoz" reached number 1 on the Swedish Singles Chart and in Denmark, a ...

, featuring uncredited vocals from Nora Ekberg, his younger sister, better known by her stage name

Little Sis Nora Nora Ekberg (commonly known as Little Sis Nora; born 28 August 1996) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is the younger sister of AronChupa and is a member of his band Albatraoz. Biography Ekberg was born on 28 August 1996 in Borås. She ...

. The song has been certified seven-times platinum in

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, quadruple platinum in

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, triple platinum in

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, and double platinum in

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. In the lyrics of the song, Ekberg describes a woman whom she calls a mouse. The word ''albatraoz'' is made-up but refers to the

albatross Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacifi ...

and is also the name of a Swedish electronic group that AronChupa is a member of. The song's use of "mouse" is a play on words, as ''mus'' (the

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

word for "mouse") is also a slang term for

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Music video

The video for the single features Aron Ekberg's younger sister Nora Ekberg. It starts off with the song being introduced by a

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announcer, with a black background, and the text "A film by AronChupa" and "In association with Sertac Yildizhan", accompanied by a

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

. Women are shown doing their makeup and applying perfume in a dressing room and act as backup dancers in their dressing gowns; whilst the video is focused mostly on Nora Ekberg, AronChupa is also shown behind a

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, with an older drummer nearby; also, saxophone players are featured. The video was shot at the Paramount Theatre in the city of

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. Since October 13, 2014, the official music video has over 1.207 billion views on

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as of January 2021, making it one of the top 210 most-viewed videos on the site.

Track listing

;CD single # "I'm an Albatraoz" – # "I'm an Albatraoz" (Extended version) – # "I'm an Albatraoz" (Shortened version) -

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{authority control 2014 songs 2014 debut singles Electro swing songs AronChupa songs Number-one singles in Denmark Number-one singles in Sweden