Scan Magazine

By Karl Batterbee

This month, two massive pop acts which are already well established in their respective Scandinavian homelands are being shipped to the UK. And two other artists, who’ve already been given the UK seal of approval, unleash their new wares!

New tunes

Anna Abreu, who is now on her third album in Finland, releases Vinegar on November 9th. It’s a commercial dance track which has been given a new remix especially for the British market, and it’s just the type of bubblegum club music that does so well over the Christmas party season. Meanwhile, Darin has been one of the biggest selling artists in Sweden since his debut album in 2005. He’s now on his fourth album, and it’s the lead single from that, Breathing Your Love, which will be his debut UK single. It was produced by fellow Swede, Red One – who cut his teeth on Darin before achieving global success this year producing massive hits for Lady Gaga, Enrique Iglesias, and Sean Kingston. Breathing Your Love is released on 29 November.

And new versions

On top of that, the current reigning King and Queen of scandipop in the UK release their new singles over here in November. Jonas Altberg aka Basshunter has covered 80s classic I Promised Myself. It’s a clubbed up version of the Nick Kamen original which will no doubt cause the oldies to despair, but the kids to dance in merriment! And speaking of club music, Agnes releases I Need You Now, her follow-up to the 325,000 selling Release Me. On her Swedish album, I Need You Now is actually a ballad. But it’s been remixed for British folk and tailored towards sounding like the aforementioned Release Me. They’re obviously fans of the mantra: ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’!

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