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Lauri Ylönen from the multi-platinum The Rasmus

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Lauri Ylönen - a Finnish singer, songwriter, and musician from the multi-platinum selling band The Rasmus - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Lauri explains how, as a child, he started out playing piano and classical guitar, how the band was formed in 1994 when Lauri was 15 years old, how he became friends with and collaborated with Desmond Child, who wrote most of the songs he loved as a child, and all about the band’s 11th studio album, Weirdo.
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19 Oct 2025 English South Africa Music · Music Interviews

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