Norwegian talent Torine now commands almost 300k monthly listeners on Spotify, making this kid one of the most exciting artists to emerge from the Nordic nation in recent years.
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Category: Nordic Music
New Music: Possimiste
I can safely say that Possimiste is the most exciting artist to come out of Iceland so far this year. This is emerging electro-pop talent at it’s most premium – fun, cheeky, slightly quirky and totally infectious.
“‘Paradise’ is a journey towards dreams that all eventually end up in disappointments as the dreams lose their glimmer and reveal their dark side when we get close to them.”
New Music: Debranch
A beautifully structured Scandinavian sound that fuses an essence of melancholy into the subtle beats of dreamy dance-pop.
‘dancing away from you’ gives the listener feelings of both introspection and euphoria in equal measures.
“The lyrical content consists of a relationship going back and forth as a never ending cycle.”
New Music: Orions Belte
A refreshingly original sound from Norwegian 3-piece outfit Orions Belte. Their trademark style of blending underground pop, psych, rhythmic instrumentation and world music creates a mysterious yet infectious mix of sounds which are totally mesmerising to experience.
“We feel like we have a really strong connection between us. That’s why we can write stuff on the fly and record whole songs in one take and use all the parts from all three of us.” – Blomstrøm, Orions Belte
New Music: Ann Christine
This is some of the most exciting Danish talent to emerge so far this year. Ann Christine‘s experimental approach to pop fuses elements of rap and turns it into something refreshingly crisp, original and catchy.
You can hear a strong sense of boldness and confidence radiate through her sound, which inevitably leads you to totally falling in love with this kid.
“’CCC’ is truly about deliberation. About living out loud and not apologising for it. Chaos is such an inevitable importance to our lives: It’s where we both break and make ourselves – and isn’t that the beauty of it? I’ve always been a bit loud in my way of living – especially spending most of my twenties in the Berlin subculture – and through the old sayings of cats and dogs, I’m telling it as it is: Cats cause chaos that dogs don’t do. I want that my listeners feel it, breathe it in and go out in the world with a strong spine and head high.”
New Music: Whammyboy
‘Rocking with You’ is without a doubt my favourite release from Norway this month. Self-described as ‘space pop’, Whammyboy brings a unique approach to music making that feels emotionally charged yet dreamy and psychedelic at the same time.
Zara Larsson – Look What You’ve Done
Swedish power-pop at it’s finest from the superb Zara Larsson. It’s a little retro, a little kitsch, a little camp, and totally fabulous.
“I love this song so much. I wanted to write about heartbreak, but in a way that was also empowering and positive. In my world being vulnerable is being strong, but on this one I’m saying ‘just LOOK at what you’ve done – I’m shining! You look like a piece of shit! It was important for me to have a song like this on ‘Poster Girl’.”
Zara will play an exclusive online concert on International Women’s Day (March 8th) in association with Ikea. Find out more here.
New Music: Steffen Kvidahl
A sound that is so deeply atmospheric and emotive, this track blends Norwegian RnB and dark pop together to create something truly intense.
KOPS – If Not You Then Who (with Emelie Hollow)
This gorgeous new collaboration from Danish talent KOPS and Norwegian songstress Emelie Hollow is a truly Scandinavian affair. It was written in Stockholm, taken to Oslo for Emelie’s contribution and finally finished in Copenhagen.
“This is a song about that one person in your life who can’t be replaced. Your mom or dad, an ex, a good old drinking buddy, your math teacher in high school or the guy at the grocery store – that special someone, who eventually came into your life and changed it. If this song was a movie, I guess it’d be a proper tear jerker! Well, at least, I got emotional writing it and having Emelie singing the words with me literally made it the emotional pop anthem, I think we both hoped it would be.” – KOPS
New Music: Theo Myling
An eclectic blend of lo-fi, bedroom & dream pop, mixed with elements of neo-soul; creating a sound that is refreshingly unique and totally charming.
“It’s made to portrait the simple state of a child, being friends with his own shadow.”
Isak Danielson – If You Ever Forget That You Love Me
The 23-year-old Swedish artist continues to show a level of emotional depth in his music that really is quite phenomenal.
Now on the cusp of his third album, Isak Danielson releases a song that defines the theme of the new record – a softer sound dominated by richly-detailed, graceful, balladic pop, stitched together from a pallet of acoustic guitar and piano.
“I think that’s how life works, you grow up and you become new things, and you change all the time.”
Taken from the new album ‘Tomorrow Never Came’ which is due on 5th March.
Drew Sycamore – 45 Fahrenheit Girl
With over 360k monthly listeners on Spotify, Drew Sycamore is well on her way to becoming one of the next big names to emerge from Denmark.
Marie Noreger – Bullsh*t In Disguise
“The inspiration behind the track is more or less about a free-minded person living in a square narrow-minded society, having trouble facing false values and time, etc.”
Taken from the debut EP which is out on 26th March.
Pawl + Discrete – 5 AM (feat. Ebenezer)
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve experienced a banger that hits as hard as this new release from Swedish dance-pop heavyweights Pawl and Discrete.
On their own, they’ve each had incredible surges in popularity recently; Discrete’s own catalogue has earned him over 65 million plays across platforms, while Pawl has also had an equally impressive 40 million streams.
With bright upstart Ebenezer featured on ‘5AM‘, I really doubt you’ll find a song that gets your blood pumping as hard as this will.
Taken from Pawl and Discrete’s forthcoming joint-EP, which is scheduled to be released later in 2021.
New Music: Kleo
Copenhagen-based singer and pianist Kleo creates a style of music which is so deeply emotive and rich in character that it immediately captivates you. Quite astonishing considering the fact that she’s still unsigned, and this is her first release.
Kleo’s inspirations range from hyper-romantic love stories and an upbringing to the sound of her grandfather’s piano; through to 90’s grunge and Vedic astrology.
‘Broken Halleluiah’ is a song written as a kind of requiem for lost love, and the video is a tribute to Baz Luhrmann’s cult classic ‘Romeo & Juliet’ from 1996.
“‘Broken Hallelujah’ is a love scene and a tragedy happening in slow motion. A sort of requiem to a love that was lost to begin with. It’s the feeling of bliss and sadness being intertwined, that can be so elevating and heavenly – an emotion so intense, you can’t help but stand in awe of the universe and how we are created. While singing ‘Broken Hallelujah’, I experience these feelings so purely.”
New Music: Boy Destroy
A refreshingly bold fusion of pop and indie-rock, with honest lyricism from new Swedish talent Boy Destroy.
“There is a certain type of person I’ve met many times during my dark periods. Sometimes by just looking into the mirror. Someone who counts the seven mortal sins on the tips of their fingers and feels no remorse causing pain. This is for them.”
Isac Elliot – Waving At Cars / Ghost
Finnish pop sensation Isac Elliot returns with two pop bangers that are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
Ruben – Mama Don’t Know
With over 170 million streams, Ruben seems to be that one Norwegian artist that the rest of the world still has yet to catch up with.
Could this be the song to change things? I certainly hope so; every release from this talent has been pure Scandi-pop perfection.
New Music: RAKEL
A hauntingly intense yet atmospheric and ethereal sound from Iceland. And the song just gets more incredible the longer you listen to it. Stunningly beautiful work.
DAVID44 – Understood
The Danish-Icelandic pop artist known as DAVID44 returns today, and he’s serving us a chilled slice of electro-pop perfection that was written in collaboration with Norwegian songwriter Caroline Ailin (who’s worked with the likes of Dua Lipa, Katy Perry, Zara Larsson, and Ellie Goulding).