In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Lukas Graham explained why the song ‘Funeral’ sounds so upbeat and celebratory when he is singing about his own funeral. 

He said “My family is Irish Catholic. When somebody dies, Irish Catholics have what’s called a wake, and that’s because you party so hard you hope to wake the dead. Everyone brings food and drink. You’ve got music and instruments, and you talk about the good things that the person did for you. That’s also why in “7 Years,” I sing, “remember life and then your life becomes a better one.” I do cry over my dead father – of course I do. I cry over my dead friends, too, but not at the funeral. At the funeral you stand strong. You celebrate the life. You give death hell.”