The Swedish Invasion Continues

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Several ace pop songs from Sweden are being released in the UK in the next few months, so I thought I should introduce you Poptimists to them in preparation.

First up is Swingfly, who you may recognise from his work with Teddybears Sthlm on the brilliant Hey Boy, and on the intro to Robyn's last album. He's a rapper but a very poppy one. Singing That Melody is my favourite of his songs, so I'm really excited that it's coming out here in a few months. I also recommend Winner and Something's Got Me Started.

And just for fun, here's the Korean version of the same song. Quite strange!

Velvet is a Europop singer in the vein of September. Her career began with a fun cover of Electric Avenue, but her first album was just average. However, the singles from her soon to be released follow-up have been excellent so far, and she is going to be launched in the UK with the best of them, Chemistry. Other great songs are Déja Vu and Fix Me. No video can be found, so here's the audio:

Chemistry (Radio Version) - Velvet

The Eurodance anthem True Believer by the legendary E-Type, written by the ever-dependable Max Martin, won't be new to any readers of Dirrrty Pop, cos I've been banging on about it for years. It was my 4th favourite song of 2007, in fact, and I've been impatiently awaiting it's UK release ever since I first heard it. I even managed to get some of my unpoptastic friends into it, although ironically my one Eurovision-loving friend hated it! I just realised he looks like E-Type must have at age 20, so perhaps that is the explanation. It's been receiving lots of plays on Clubland TV on Sky, and it will be released by AATW soon. Hopefully.

Enjoy, and let me know what you think. Will they be successful?

Comments

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what made me think for years that I wouldn't like him, as I saw him before I heard him. Later I realised that a great pop CD I'd bought in Denmark was all written and produced by him, and after that got into some of his songs, especially Olympia which he did for the Olympic Games 2004. Angels Crying and Predator are 2 others I recommend. It wasn't til True Believer that I fully realised his greatness, though. He's only done a few songs that good but I'd still say he was probably the best male dance (in the British sense of the word, I'd better add! not just any song you dance to) artist of the last 10 years.

I hadn't thought of it as him not getting the number, just a typical repetition that you get in songs, but your take is much more amusing. That line in the Blog 27 version of Hey Boy always amused me too, cos I knew of Swingfly as a rapper already. If he gets big in Poland, they'll all be saying "ahh, that's what a swingfly is!"

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Or they'll think he copied the name from Blog 27!