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YES finally Avicii! Good choice

I somehow guessed you would like it

Thanx mate

 

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FSC#87 - May 2016

Galantis
No Money

The summer season of 2016 is sneaking in on us (if you're located North on the globe that is ), and what better way to start it off than with a proper party?

For May 2016, Sweden is sending the catchy EDM/Club track No Money by EDM production/songwriter duo Galantis. The entry has a fresh modern production to it, is quirky and uplifting and comes across as something different in its genre thanks to the original production and overall package made by the duo and the niche they carved for themselves in the sea of EDM/Club/House music.

Galantis consists of producer Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson aswell as producer-DJ Linus "Style of Eye" Eklöw. The musical project started off in 2013 with their first official single and EP release in 2014, followed by the duo's first full studio album release back in 2015. The duo is probably mostly known up till now for the 2015 club hit Runaway (U & I).

Christian Karlsson previously enjoyed worldwide success as part of the Bloodshy & Avant production duo together with fellow producer Pontus "Avant" Winnberg. The producer duo started out in the early 2000's and are best known for their worldwide Britney Spears' hits Toxic and Piece of Me aswell as other productions for artists like Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Milian and Rachel Stevens. Since 2009, Karlsoon and Winnberg also debuted their own indie pop music project Miike Snow which is currently on its third studio album release as of spring 2016 with the single Genghis Khan enjoying success on American indie radio.

Linus Eklöw aka Style of Eye also started out in the early-mid 00's releasing club singles under his artist name and had minor commercial success with the single Kids, other than that Eklöw's biggest commercial accomplishment, before the Galantis project, was as a co-writer for Icona Pop's smash hit I Love It which he also earned an award for.

LYRICS:

Sorry I ain’t got no money,
I’m not trying to be funny,
but I left it all at home today

You can call me what you wanna
I ain’t giving you a dollar,
this time I ain’t gonna run away

You might knock me down, you might knock me down,
but I will get back up again
You can call it how you wanna,
I ain’t giving you a dollar,
this time I ain’t gonna run away, run away, run away

This time, this time
This time, this time I ain’t gonna run, run, run, run, run...
Not this time, not this time
This time I ain’t gonna run, run, run, run
Not this time, not this time
Not this time, not this time (time)

Sorry I ain’t got no money,
I’m not trying to be funny,
but I left it all at home today

You can call me what you wanna,
I ain’t giving you a dollar,
this time I ain’t gonna run away

You might knock me down,
you might knock me down,
but I will get back up again
You can call it how you wanna,
I ain’t giving you a dollar,
this time I ain’t gonna run away, run away, run away

This time, this time
This time, this time I ain’t gonna run, run, run, run, run, run...
Not this time, not this time
This time I ain’t gonna run, run, run, run
Not this time, not this time
Not this time, not this time
Not this time

 

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FSC#88 - June 2016

Elliphant (feat. Skrillex)
Spoon Me

This time around, Sweden is represented by Alternative-Electro-HipHop-Pop singer, songwriter and rapper Ellinor Elliphant Olovsdotter with the entry Spoon Me, co-written by Olovsdotter herself and co-produced by American EDM-Dubstep producer Sonny Skrillex Moore.

Elliphant released her debut track Tekkno Scene back in 2012, which featured on her self-titled debut EP from the same year. In 2013 she followed up by releasing her critically acclaimed debut studio album; A Good Idea, including tracks such as Live Till I Die, Music is Life and Down on Life. In 2014 two more EP's got released, including collaborations with former FSC entrants; American producer Diplo (Major Lazer) and Danish indie-pop singer MØ (the latter on the song One More). Elliphant was also featured on the track Too Original, taken from Major Lazer's third album release from 2015.

This month's entry Spoon Me is taken from Elliphant's second studio album Living Life Golden, which was released in late March of 2016. The same album also includes the single Love Me Badder from 2015 which Elliphant got a minor international radio hit with.

Spoon Me is a sexually themed mid-tempo electro dancehall-inspired song with cool and fresh co-production by Skrillex. Skrillex is previously known for releases like First Of The Year (Equinox) and Bangarang, and while this might be a more poppier affair and not really dubstep, it still includes the tempo-shifting and multiple layer production that Skrillex and the dubstep genre in general is characterized by.

LYRICS:

[Verse 1] Sipping bad habits in the break of day
Trip on fast lovers like come get with me
Looking damn hard to find an easy way, easy way

I gotta woke my demons need a fresh air
Keep them in their leash they're much strong and wild
Far to where I'm heading cause I need a ride, need a ride

[Chorus] So spoon me, spoon me tonight yeah
Spoon me, baby, you can't spoon too tight
Spoon me, hands on my boobie yeah
Spoon me, big on my booty now
Spoon me, spoon me tonight yeah
Spoon me, baby, you can't spoon too tight
Spoon me, hands on my boobie yeah
Spoon me, big on my booty now

[Post-Chorus] (Yeah, yeah)
Spoon me, hands on my boobie yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
Spoon me, spoon me tonight yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
Spoon me, hands on my boobie yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
Spoon me, spoon me tonight yeah

[Verse 2] Pulling up roots, ripping your cocoon
Spread the wings wide, let our spirit bloom
Down we make love in the purple gloom, purple gloom yeah

You better let your dream around some time to play
Pretend of what you need and what you tied away
Get ready for the storming and baby clouds will break, clouds will break

[Chorus] So spoon me, spoon me tonight yeah
Spoon me, baby, you can't spoon too tight
Spoon me, hands on my boobie yeah
Spoon me, big on my booty now
Spoon me, spoon me tonight yeah
Spoon me, baby, you can't spoon too tight
Spoon me, hands on my boobie yeah
Spoon me, big on my booty now

[Post-Chorus] (Yeah, yeah)
Spoon me, hands on my boobie yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
Spoon me, spoon me tonight yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
Spoon me, hands on my boobie yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
Spoon me, spoon me tonight yeah

[Bridge] Oh, first love is on
Breathe in to my neck
Love
Pumping from your chest to my crack
Oh, spoon me
(Yeah)
Spoon me tonight
(You gotta)
Spoon me, baby
(Yeah)
You can spoon me right
(You gotta)
Spoon me
(Yeah)
Spoon me tonight
(You gotta)
Spoon me, baby, you can spoon me right

[Outro Chorus] So spoon me, spoon me tonight yeah
Spoon me, baby, you can't spoon too tight
Spoon me, hands on my boobie yeah
Spoon me, big on my booty now
Spoon me
Spoon me
Spoon me
(Spoon me all night)
Spoon me
Spoon me
Spoon me
(You gotta spoon me right)
Spoon me
All night, all night
Yeah
Spoon me
All night, all night

 

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FSC#89 - JULY 2016

Veronica Maggio
Vi mot världen

July 2016 marks the fourth time for Veronica Maggio in FSC for Sweden, this time with the second single Vi mot världen (We Against the World) taken from her fifth studio album Den första är alltid gratis (The First is Always for Free), released in spring 2016.

Making a complete new presentation for Veronica Maggio at this point is unnecessary. We've previously seen her ending up top. 10 back in FSC#26 (April 2011) with her biggest hit in Sweden to date; Jag kommer, followed by another FSC #10 in the 57th edition of November 2013 with the single Sergels Torg. Now the turn has come to the up-lifting and catchy guitar-based Swe-Pop track Vi mot världen.

The only question that remains: Will she manage to top her previous attempts in FSC this time around? Maybe a win finally? You'll decide!

LYRICS:

[Verse 1] Kommer alltid att drömma om vi mot världen
Vill ha svart, vill ha vitt, vill ha alla färger
Ah, ah, ah
Alla färger
Ah, ah, ah
Alla färger

Sträcker upp mina armar och höjer blicken
Lägger upp mina fötter och lever lite
Ah, ah, ah
Lever lite
Ah, ah, ah
Åh jag lever lite

[Chorus] Ingen annan som kan göra det du gör med mig
Ingen annan som kan göra det du gör med mig
Kommer alltid vara vi mot världen, det du gör med mig
Kommer alltid vara vi mot världen, det du gör med mig

[Verse 2] Där vi stod du och jag för att slippa regnet
Hade väntat på något under hela livet
Ah, ah, ah
Hela livet
Ah, ah, ah
Hela livet

När du vände dig om stod det redan skrivet
Hade blivit någon annan än den jag blivit
Ah, ah, ah
Den jag blivit
Ah, ah, ah
Än den jag blivit

[Chorus] Ingen annan som kan göra det du gör med mig
Ingen annan som kan göra det du gör med mig
Kommer alltid vara vi mot världen, det du gör med mig
Kommer alltid vara vi mot världen, det du gör med mig

Ingen annan som kan göra det du gör med mig
Ingen annan som kan göra det du gör med mig
Kommer alltid vara vi mot världen, det du gör med mig
Kommer alltid vara vi mot världen, det du gör med mig

[Spoken middle-part in Italian] Non c'è nessuno che sa fare quello
Quello che sai fare tu

[Chorus] Det är ingen annan som kan göra det du gör med mig
Ingen annan som kan göra det du gör med mig
Kommer alltid vara vi mot världen, det du gör med mig
Kommer alltid vara vi mot världen, det du gör med mig
Kommer alltid vara vi mot världen, det du gör med mig
Kommer alltid vara vi mot världen, det du gör med mig
Kommer alltid vara vi mot världen, det du gör med mig
Kommer alltid vara vi mot världen, det du gör med mig

LYRICS [ENGLISH TRANSLATION]:

[Verse 1] Will always dream about we against the world
Want black, want white, want all the colors
Ah, ah, ah
All the colors
Ah, ah, ah
All the colors

Raises up my arms and raises my eyes
Puts my feet up and live a little
Ah, ah, ah
Live a little
Ah, ah, ah
Oh I live a little

[Chorus] No one else can do what you do to me
No one else can do what you do to me
It will always be we against the world, what you do to me
It will always be we against the world, what you do to me

[Verse 2] Where we stood, you and me, to avoid the rain
Had been waiting for something for my whole life
Ah, ah, ah
Whole life
Ah, ah, ah
Whole life

When you turned around it was already written in stone
Had been someone else than who I had became
Ah, ah, ah
Who I became
Ah, ah, ah
Who I became

[Chorus] No one else can do what you do to me
No one else can do what you do to me
It will always be we against the world, what you do to me
It will always be we against the world, what you do to me

No one else can do what you do to me
No one else can do what you do to me
It will always be we against the world, what you do to me
It will always be we against the world, what you do to me

[Spoken middle-part] There is no one who can do what
what you can do

[Chorus] There is no one else can do what you do to me
No one else can do what you do to me
It will always be we against the world, what you do to me
It will always be we against the world, what you do to me
It will always be we against the world, what you do to me
It will always be we against the world, what you do to me
It will always be we against the world, what you do to me
It will always be we against the world, what you do to me

 

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FSC#90 - AUGUST 2016

Little Jinder
Super 8

For the 90th edition of FSC, Sweden is once more sending a female Swedish language Pop song good for the late summer/early autumn season, a song quite typical and representative for contemporary Swedish pop; a melodic Pop track with a hint of both Indie- and Electro-Pop and a touch of melancholy including the quite common Swedish (and Nordic) fusion of warmness and coldness.

28-year Josefine "Little" Jinder is the daughter of Swedish folk musician Åsa Jinder. Jinder debuted back in 2008 releasing indie-dance-dubstep EP's in English under an American label followed by her English language debut album in 2013, however it wasn't until she crossed-over to the Swedish language and market that she started to become known to the general public, in particular with the single Vita bergens klockor (The Clocks of Vita bergen*) released in 2014 which can be considered her proper commercial debut single, followed by the self-titled debut album released in autumn of the same year.

In November 2015, she released the first single; Hångellåten (The Snog Song) (featuring locally popular in the 90's Swedish singer-songwriter Mauro Scocco), taken from her second Swedish-language album Allting suger (Everything Sucks) which was released in early 2016. This edition's entry for Sweden titled; Super 8 is the second official promo track from that latest album.

I hope you will enjoy!

*Vita bergen is a park area of Södermalm, Stockholm.

LYRICS:

[Verse 1]
Nånting krossas mot metall, någon skriker "jag hatar dig"
Det är lite kallt i fönstret nu men röken lugnar mig
Kan inte sova om jag blundar vill jag sakna dig
Det ligger ensamhet i luften
Ingen saknar mig

[Verse 2]
Gråa moln och gatudamm
Önskar att nån skrek åt mig
Det är bara steg som ekar tomt i tunneln bakom mig
Jag måste bort, jag vill till havet, jag vill glömma dig
Det ligger ensamhet i luften
Ingen saknar mig

[Pre-Chorus]
I Super 8
Har jag sparat dig
Du är undanstoppad
Filmen dödar mig

[Chorus]
Jag vill spola tillbaka (Super 8)
Vi måste få ett lyckligare slut
Gör Superåtta-moll till Technicolor Gold
Jag springer mot din gata (Super 8)
Vi måste få ett lyckligare slut
Gör superåtta-moll
Till Technicolor Gold

[Verse 3]
Askar hårt och flyger fram
Allting är för stort på mig
Tror kroppen dunsta i min saknad, den är kvar hos dig
Och alla säger att min tomhet är så snygg på mig
Det ligger ensamhet i luften ingen saknar mig

[Chorus]
Jag vill spola tillbaka (Super 8)
Vi måste få ett lyckligare slut
Gör Superåtta-moll till Technicolor Gold
Jag springer mot din gata (Super 8)
Vi måste få ett lyckligare slut
Gör superåtta-moll
Till Technicolor Gold

[Outro]
I Super 8
Har jag sparat dig
Du e undanstoppad
Filmen dödar mig

LYRICS [ENGLISH TRANSLATION]:

[Verse 1]
Something is smashed against metal, someone yells "I hate you"
It's a bit cold in the window now but the smoke calms me
Can't sleep if I close my eyes, I would miss you
There is loneliness in the air
No one misses me

[Verse 2]
Gray clouds and street dust
Wishing someone shouted at me
It's just steps echoing in the empty tunnel behind me
I must get away, I want to the sea, I want to forget you
There is loneliness in the air
No one misses me

[Pre-Chorus]
In Super 8
I have saved you
You're tucked away
The film is killing me

[Chorus]
I want to rewind (Super 8)
We must get a happier ending
Make Super Eight-minor to Technicolor Gold
I run towards your street (Super 8)
We must get a happier ending
Make Super Eight minor
To Technicolor Gold

[Verse 3]
Ashing hard and flying forward
Everything is too big for me
Thinking the body evaporated in my missing, it stays with you
And everyone says that my emptiness looks so good on me
There is loneliness in the air
No one misses me

[Chorus]
I want to rewind (Super 8)
We must get a happier ending
Make Super Eight-minor to Technicolor Gold
I run towards your street (Super 8)
We must get a happier ending
Make Super Eight minor
To Technicolor Gold

[Outro]
In Super 8
I have saved you
You're tucked away
The film is killing me

 

[lovesites]

So happy to meet you guys.

 

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FSC#91 - SEPTEMBER 2016

L L O J D
Stranden

For this September edition, Sweden is sending the duo Llojd (spelled L L O J D) (consisting of André Carlsson and Isak Friberg) with the entry Stranden (The Beach). Stranden is a Swedish Pop song with a smooth mid-tempo vibe and musical influences by both indie-Pop and urban music and a general mood that fits perfect for the late summer/early autumn period.

The song is taken from the duo's first studio album; Jag kommer älska mitt liv snart (I Will Love My Life Soon), released in early 2016, which also includes previous single releases from the period 2014-2015 such as Över Taken (Over the Roofs) and Nya segrar (New Victories), and follows up the duo's first EP titled; Skisser (Sketches) (released back in 2014).

LYRICS:

[Verse 1] Jag kan redan känna hösten i träden om våren.
Ser våra tårar göra himlen suddig
Borde, borde, borde, borde
Borde, borde, borde, borde
Borde, borde, leva, leva
Borde leva nu

[Verse 2] Inte ledsen att jag inte lyckats lyckas som ni när du är bredvid
Vi är födda samma dag och vi dör samma dag
Varje andetag har varit ett och samma
ett och samma, en och samma

[Chorus] Vad som än händer är jag där för dig
Jag vet du drömmer om ett annat liv
Så mycket bättre, Så mycket bättre nu

[Verse 3] Borde känna nått för andra
Borde älska så som andra
Om jag sagt nått fint som satan
Glöm bort det fort igen
Och i den fina ljusa vårkvällen
Glöm alla tårar för min skull

[Verse 4] Vad jag tycker om dig, för du tycker om mig
Tycker om mina minnen i natten från stranden
När händerna möttes i sanden
Och alla åren som jag saknat just dig, just det, just dig

[Chorus] Vad som än händer är jag där för dig
Jag vet du drömmer om ett annat liv
Så mycket bättre, Så mycket bättre nu
Vad som än händer är jag där för dig
Så mycket bättre, Så mycket bättre

[Bridge] Ser du ljusa löven mot de svarta träden
Skuggorna i parken när vi närmar oss
Samma visa än en gång, someone's gonna let you down
Men hellre tomma ord än inga

[Chorus] Vad som än händer är jag där för dig
Jag vet du drömmer om ett annat liv
Så mycket bättre, Så mycket bättre nu
Vad som än händer är jag där för dig
Så mycket bättre, Så mycket bättre

LYRICS [ENGLISH TRANSLATION]:

[Verse 1] I can already feel the autumn in the trees in the spring
Seeing our tears make the sky blurry
Should, should, should, should
Should, should, should, should
Should, should, live, live
Should live now

[Verse 2] Not sorry that I failed to succeed like you when you are beside
We were born the same day and we die the same day
Each breath has been one and the same
one and the same, one and the same

[Chorus] Whatever happens, I am there for you
I know you dream of another life
So much better, so much better now

[Verse 3] Should feel something for others
Should love like others
If I said something nice like hell
Forget it fast again
And in the nice bright spring evening
Forget all tears for me

[Verse 4] What I like about you, because you like me
Liking my memories in the night from the beach
When the hands met in the sand
And all the years that I missed only you, exactly, only you

[Chorus] Whatever happens, I am there for you
I know you dream of another life
So much better, so much better now
Whatever happens, I am there for you
So much better, so much better

[Bridge] Do you see the bright leaves against the black trees
The shadows in the park when we approach
Same song once again, someone's gonna let you down
But rather empty words than none

[Chorus] Whatever happens, I am there for you
I know you dream of another life
So much better, so much better now
Whatever happens, I am there for you
So much better, so much better

 

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FSC#92 - OCTOBER 2016

Min Stora Sorg
Anso&John

What happens if you mix Swedish indie-Pop and production inspired by British alt-R&B producer/singer/songwriter Dev Hynes aka Blood Orange with summer sounds including Spanish guitars and the ocean breeze? You get Min Stora Sorg's Anso&John, which marks the 70th entry for Sweden in FSC, a track taken from the act's second studio album Vår / Sommar - 16 (Spring / Summer - 16) (despite its title released back in autumn of 2015).

Behind the alias Min Stora Sorg (My Big Sorrow) we find singer/songwriter Ann-Sofie Anso Lundin, who debuted back in 2012 with her first EP followed by her debut album; Mvh Anso M$$, released in 2014. Min Stora Sorg is still a pretty much unknown name on the Swedish music scene if you're not into Swedish indie-Pop and a regular listener of Swedish National Radio P3. Being a known name or not is irrelevant and this hidden gem of a song is worth getting the attention it deserves with its melodic style, nice vibe and warmth take on Swedish indie-Pop.

LYRICS:

[Verse 1] Du vet väl att jag vill ha dig här
och du kan ta det lugnt och lita på mig
Baby du kan vara lugn nu jag är här och tar det lugnt nu
Gubben du behöver inte vara rädd för jag ska inte lämna dig här

[Chorus] Ah du är så, du är allt
Vad de än tycker gör mig ingenting nej
Du är allt

Ah du är så, du är allt
Vad de än tycker gör mig ingenting nej
Du är allt

Anso&John (rep.)

[Verse 2] Känslan när jag såg dig första gången
finns här varje gång du ler och
Baby du gör mig bara lugn nu
Vi är här och tar det lugnt nu
Gubben du behöver inte vara rädd för jag ska inte lämna dig här

[Chorus] Ah du är så, du är allt
Vad dem än tycker gör mig ingenting nej
Du är allt

Ah du är så, du är allt
Vad dem än tycker gör mig ingenting nej
Du är allt

[Bridge] Känner mig så himla kär
Känner dig så himla väl
Känner du precis så här?
Åh jag känner dig så väl
Väntar du på mig här?
Vänta nu vem är det där?
Prata aldrig med den där
Känner mig...

[Chorus] Ah du är så, du är allt
Vad de än tycker gör mig ingenting nej
Du är allt

Ah du är så, du är allt
Vad de än tycker gör mig ingenting nej
Du är allt

Anso&John

LYRICS [ENGLISH TRANSLATION]:

[Verse 1] Don't you know I want you here
and you can take it easy and trust me
Baby you can be calm now I am here and take it easy now
Sweet guy, you don't need to be afraid 'cause I won't leave you here

[Chorus] Ah, you are so, you are everything
What they may think does not bother me no
You are everything

Ah, you are so, you are everything
What they may think does not bother me no
You are everything

Anso & John (rep.)

[Verse 2] The feeling when I saw you for the first time
is here every time you smile and
Baby you just make me calm now
We are here and take it easy now
Sweet guy, you don't need to be afraid 'cause I won't leave you here

[Chorus] Ah, you are so, you are everything
What they may think does not bother me no
You are everything

Ah, you are so, you are everything
What they may think does not bother me no
You are everything

[Bridge] I feel so very in love
Know you so well
Do you feel just like this?
Oh, I know you so well
Are you waiting for me here?
Wait now who is that?
Do not ever talk with that
I feel so...

[Chorus] Ah, you are so, you are everything
What they may think does not bother me no
You are everything

Ah, you are so, you are everything
What they may think does not bother me no
You are everything

Anso & John

 

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FSC#95 - January 2017

Skott
Lack of Emotion

Sweden is starting off the new year on a fresh note with the haunting entry "Lack of Emotion",
a fusion of electro-pop, dream-pop, disco and alternative-pop, performed by up-and-coming singer-songwriter Skott.

The stage name Skott simply stems from the surname of 25-year old Pauline Skött, who grew up with a folk music
collective in the small village of Vikarbyn in the central Swedish region of Dalarna.

There's still some mystery surrounding Skott's background, but story goes that she was banned from contemporary
popular music while growing up, and coming from a background in Swedish folk and eventually crossing over to Pop
she has then created her own unique musical style which can also be heard on this track.

Lack of Emotion is Skott's fourth individual track release, following the singles Porcelain, Wolf and Amelia. These
are all songs released during the year 2016 and a first glimpse of what can be anticipated from a planned debut album
coming up sometime in 2017.

Skott is signed to the hip London-based record label Chess Club Records which also is home to
Danish singer-sonwriter and former FSC-entrant MØ aswell as being part of the launch of British acts like folk-rock band Mumford and Sons and singer Kyla La Range and American alt.pop duo MS MR amongst others.

Things are already looking bright for Skott's musical future as she has, apart from being signed to a cred label, already gained international critical acclaim aswell as being pushed by influential BBC1 radio in the UK.

LYRICS:

[Verse 1]
We (we) are (are) better off as long as we are cheaters, cheaters
Out (out) of (of) seeing your bad behavior, falling deeper, deeper

[Chorus]
I lack in trust of emotions
Lost my sense of devotion
'Cause you're not what I need
And you feed all the lies in my head
Still you never get me nowhere
Lack of emotions

[Verse 2]
Once (once) I (I) thought that you and I might have a chance, chance
Heart (heart) beats (beats), promises of honesty won't last, never last

[Chorus]
I lack in trust of emotions
Lost my sense of devotion
'Cause you're not what I need
And you feed all the lies in my head
Still you never get me nowhere
Lack of emotions

[Bridge]
Why do you fly and go this way?
I never asked of you to come and save me
Maybe I will die alone
But I won't have to bother once I'm gone

[Chorus]
I lack in trust of emotions
Lost my sense of devotion
'Cause you're not what I need
And you feed all the lies in my head
Still you never get me nowhere
Lack of emotions

 

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FSC#95 - January 2017

Skott
Lack of Emotion

PRESENTATION:

Sweden is starting off the new year on a fresh note with the haunting entry "Lack of Emotion",
a fusion of electro-pop, dream-pop, disco and alternative-pop, performed by up-and-coming singer-songwriter Skott.

The stage name Skott simply stems from the surname of 25-year old Pauline Skött, who grew up with a folk music
collective in the small village of Vikarbyn in the central Swedish region of Dalarna.

There's still some mystery surrounding Skott's background, but story goes that she was banned from contemporary
popular music while growing up, and coming from a background in Swedish folk and eventually crossing over to Pop
she has then created her own unique musical style which can also be heard on this track.

Lack of Emotion is Skott's fourth individual track release, following the singles Porcelain, Wolf and Amelia. These
are all songs released during the year 2016 and a first glimpse of what can be anticipated from a planned debut album
coming up sometime in 2017.

Skott is signed to the hip London-based record label Chess Club Records which also is home to
Danish singer-sonwriter and former FSC-entrant MØ aswell as being part of the launch of British acts like folk-rock band Mumford and Sons and singer Kyla La Range and American alt.pop duo MS MR amongst others.

Things are already looking bright for Skott's musical future as she has, apart from being signed to a cred label, already gained international critical acclaim aswell as being pushed by influential BBC1 radio in the UK.

LYRICS:

[Verse 1]
We (we) are (are) better off as long as we are cheaters, cheaters
Out (out) of (of) seeing your bad behavior, falling deeper, deeper

[Chorus]
I lack in trust of emotions
Lost my sense of devotion
'Cause you're not what I need
And you feed all the lies in my head
Still you never get me nowhere
Lack of emotions

[Verse 2]
Once (once) I (I) thought that you and I might have a chance, chance
Heart (heart) beats (beats), promises of honesty won't last, never last

[Chorus]
I lack in trust of emotions
Lost my sense of devotion
'Cause you're not what I need
And you feed all the lies in my head
Still you never get me nowhere
Lack of emotions

[Bridge]
Why do you fly and go this way?
I never asked of you to come and save me
Maybe I will die alone
But I won't have to bother once I'm gone

[Chorus]
I lack in trust of emotions
Lost my sense of devotion
'Cause you're not what I need
And you feed all the lies in my head
Still you never get me nowhere
Lack of emotions

So starts off the the new year of 2017 with finally being back in the top , I secretly wished for even higher I must admit and I think Skott's entry would deserve it, but I can't complain after the über floppy 2016... I really hope it will only go up from here (or atleast stays good enough).

A very big thank you to everyone of you who voted for Sweden in FSC#95 - January 2017

#5
80 pts












... and a reprise of (my) Sweden's votes this edition:

 

[A-lister]

FSC#96 - February 2017

Sanna Nielsen
Dansar bort med någon annan

PRESENTATION:

Melodifestivalen-season is starting off this month in Sweden and thus the annual quest to find the next Swedish
entry for Eurovision Song Contest, using the biggest annual Swedish TV show as formula, begins... and what better way
to celebrate the occasion than to send an MF-veteran with a real Swedish Schlager-Pop entry?

So for this edition, Sweden is sending the former MF-entrant-and winner Sanna Nielsen with the Schlager-Pop song
Dansar bort med någon annan (Dancing Away with Someone Else).

She might only be in her early 30s, but with her seven entries in Melodifestivalen to date, calling her an MF-veteran is not far stretched
considering she's just one out of few acts that managed to enter atleast these amount of times since the contest started back in 1958.

Nielsen's musical journey started in her early years, entering talent shows when she was only 7 years old,
and back in 1996, at the age of 11, she became the youngest artist to ever top the
long-running radio hitparade show Svensktoppen with the song Till en fågel (For a Bird), featured on her debut album
Silvertoner (Silver Notes) from the same year, it was also this year that she did her first TV appearance.

Sanna Nielsen made her Melodifestivalen debut in 2001 with the entry; Igår, idag (Yesterday, Today), which ended up at third place.

All of her following attempts ended up in the final top. 10 aswell:

#5 in 2003 with Hela världen för mig (The Whole World for Me),
#8 in 2005 with the Fredrik Kempe duo Du och jag mot världen (You and Me Against the World)
and #7 in 2007 with Vågar du, vågar jag (You Dare, I Dare)

Nielsen came close to wining Melodifestivalen back in 2008 when her entry Empty Room won the public vote, but came in just second combining her score with the jury votes of that year.

In 2011 Nielsen tried again, ending up at fourth with I'm in Love and finally, on her seventh attempt in 2014, she won the whole shebang with
the entry Undo which later on would end up at third place in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Apart from her musical career, Nielsen also got some honorable TV hosting gigs, firstly as the co-hostess
of Melodifestivalen 2015, and in 2016 she became the new hostess of the popular annual summer music TV show
Allsång på Skansen aswell as chosen by Swedish broadcaster SVT to be the official Christmas Eve hostess of 2016.

LYRICS:

[Verse 1] Så många år av minnen vi har
Vad jag än gjort har du stannat kvar
Sedan sa du de, tre ord som du kände
Som skrämde mig
Du fick mitt svar, höll andan ett tag
Du gav dig av, jag kände mig svag
Någonting i mig, blev tomt och försvann
Det var någonting som brann

[Bridge] Säg mig, säg mig
Säg vad gör jag nu?
Vet att jag sårat dig
Så vad gör jag nu?

[Chorus] Du dansar bort med någon annan
Vänd dig om och stanna
För jag behöver dig, för jag behöver dig
Vet att det är sent nu, vill att det ska bli du
Nu står jag framför dig
För jag behöver dig
Åh, Jag behöver dig

[Verse 2] Nu ser jag klart
Jag vet hur det är
Du är mitt allt
Hur hamna vi här
Jag ser dig gå
Jag ber dig att stanna, så stanna

[Bridge] Säg mig, säg mig
Säg vad gör jag nu?
Vet att jag sårat dig
Åh, här står jag nu

[Chorus] Du dansar bort med någon annan
Vänd dig om och stanna
För jag behöver dig, för jag behöver dig
Vet att det är sent nu, vill att det ska bli du
Nu står jag framför dig
För jag behöver dig,
Åh, jag behöver dig

Du dansar bort med någon annan
Vänd dig om och stanna
För jag behöver dig, för jag behöver dig
Vet att det är sent nu, vill att det ska bli du
Nu står jag framför dig
För jag behöver dig,
Åh, jag behöver dig

Du dansar bort med någon annan
Vill att du ska stanna
För jag behöver dig, för jag behöver dig
Vet att det är sent nu, vill att det ska bli du
Nu står jag framför dig
För jag behöver dig,
Åh, jag behöver dig

LYRICS [ENGLISH TRANSLATION]:

[Verse 1] We have so many years of memories
Whatever I did, you stayed with me
Then you said those, three words you felt
That frightened me
You got my answer, was holding breath for a while
You left, I felt weak
Something in me, became empty and disappeared
There was something that burned

[Bridge] Tell me, sell me
Say, what do I do now?
I know that I hurt you
So what do I do now?

[Chorus] You are dancing away with someone else
Turn around and stay
Because I need you, because I need you
I know that it is late now, I want it to be you
Now I stand in front of you
Because I need you
Oh, I need you

[Verse 2] Now, I see clearly
I know how it is
You are my everything
How did we end up here?
I see you leaving
I beg you to stay, so stay

[Bridge] Tell me, tell me
Say, what do I do now?
I know that I hurt you
Oh, now I stand here

[Chorus] You are dancing away with someone else
Turn around and stay
Because I need you, because I need you
I know that it is late now, I want it to be you
Now I stand in front of you
Because I need you
Oh, I need you

You are dancing away with someone else
Turn around and stay
Because I need you, because I need you
I know that it is late now, I want it to be you
Now I stand in front of you
Because I need you
Oh, I need you

You are dancing away with someone else
I want you to stay
Because I need you, because I need you
I know that it is late now, I want it to be you
Now I stand in front of you
Because I need you,
Oh, I need you

 

[A-lister]

So, manages another top. 10 ... hopefully things will start to look more bright for us in this year compared to the previous one.

A very big thank you to everyone of you who voted for Sweden in FSC#96 - February 2017

#9
70 pts










... and a reprise of (my) Sweden's votes this edition:

 

[A-lister]

FSC#97 - March 2017

Sabina Ddumba
Time

For March 2017, Sweden is sending the catchy R&B-Pop entry Time performed by 23-year Sabina Ddumba. The track is taken from Ddumba's debut album Homeward Bound, released in the end of 2016.

Born in Stockholm, Ddumba grew up in a suburb to the city in a family of Ugandan origin and one out eight siblings
and she was singing in the Tensta Gospel Choir as part of her early years.

In 2012 she would take her first steps aiming at a professional career in music as a participant in the first, and only, season
of Swedish X-Factor, unfortunately she didn't make it to the weekly finals. It wouldn't take long however until Ddumba
started to get some jobs in the music industry, she started lending her vocals to a couple of musical projec with one of them being
back vocalist on Katy Perry's Walking on Air in 2013.

In 2014 she released her debut single Scarred for Life, but her first commercial success came in the following year with Not Too Young charting in the top. 10
of the official Swedish singles chart. This edition's Swedish entry for FSC; Time, is her fourth single release and was used to push her debut album.

LYRICS:

[Verse 1]
What you're thinking about?
What you're thinking about?
What you're thinking about?
'Cause I'm sure I'm thinking the same thing
There's no way around it, it's bringing me down
It's pulling my doubts and I don't see anything changing

Tell me I'm wrong, say that we're strong
Lie to yourself, and pretend everything is okay
But it's like I was never here, make it so clear
We both know we're not gonna make, not gonna make it

[Chorus]
If it's over, over
Oh, baby you've been listening
It's really time we let this go
'Cause if it's over, over
We're just wasting time
We're just wasting time
If it's over, over
I should really set you free
It's not the way it's supposed to be
'Cause if it's over, over
We're just wasting time
We're just wasting time

[Verse 2]
'Cause when I look at that clock
The time never stops, so I'm just thinking
Maybe we're about to run out
I don't know what I've done wrong
The flame is long gone, hard to go on
It fills me with misery and doubt

We try to pretend that this ain't the end
Make me believe ain't gonna make it, go away
But what if you never say stay in my brain
Got me feeling like we're not gonna make it, not gonna make it
We both know we're not gonna make it
Uuh, maybe we're not gonna make it

[Chorus]
If it's over, over
Oh, baby you've been listening
It's really time we let this go
'Cause if it's over, over
We're just wasting time (time)
We're just wasting time (time)
If it's over, over
I should really set you free
It's not the way it's supposed to be
'Cause if it's over, over
We're just wasting Time
We're just wasting Time

[Bridge]
The time that could be spent give love to someone else
Time that could be spent waiting over you
Time is going by at the speed of light
But we're not gonna cry, for this is goodbye

[Chorus]
If it's over, over
Oh, baby you've been listening
It's really time we let this go
'Cause if it's over, over
We're just wasting time (time)
We're just wasting time (time)
If it's over, over
I should really set you free
It's not the way it's supposed to be
'Cause if it's over, over
We're just wasting time
We're just wasting time
Over, over
We're just wasting time
We're just wasting time

 

[A-lister]

Pleased with the Swedish results in the last edition, we are back in the top. 5 (sooo close to top. 3 though) and it's the best results for Sweden in a very long time! so... with that said...

A very big thank you to everyone of you who voted for Sweden in FSC#97 - March 2017

#4
105 pts









... and a reprise of (my) Sweden's votes this edition:

 

[A-lister]

FSC#98 - April 2017

Maja Gödicke
Blå

Spring is coming (in Europe atleast), and for this April edition, Sweden is sending the catchy Swedish-language singer-songwriter / indie-Pop entry Blå (Blue) by Maja Gödicke with an uplifting sound that fits well to this period of the year.

The 26-year old singer-songwriter Maja Gödicke, daughter of Swedish actor Stefan Gödicke (who starred in movies like Wallander - Mörkret (Wallander - The Darkness) and the 2016 Academy Awards nominee for best movie in foreign language; En man som heter Ove (A Man Called Ove)), didn't release her debut album Omniana until 2015, although it's rather a collection of songs she recorded between 2005-2015 than a standard studio album.

Gölicke previously worked together with indie- music acts Pacific! and Lo-fi Fnk, she's also part of the group Obsi which also consists of Simon Ljungman from Augustifamiljen and Andreas Jensen from the band Fibes! Oh, Fibes!.

The single Blå, which premiered nearly a year ago, is the first single released by Gödicke post her debut album and probably the first peak of what could end up on her yet to be released follow up solo album.

LYRICS:

[Verse 1] Tog en kurs på universitetet, fick en klyscha på halsen.
Mamma sa; "Bli inte kär i en doktorand!", men mamma han var snygg och hade pluggat utomlands.
Så jag bet mig i läppen, för hjärtat,
krossade porslinet och penslade en blå nyans
i rummet där allt tog slut, trasiga drömmar i vår tambur,
Men jag råkade få med mig något stort, den finaste packning jag någonsin gjort.

[Chorus] Livet, det bara händer!
Står med färg på mina händer,
Gått på känslan att det vänder,
Jag har målat om så många gånger nu.
Vi, ska, kommer resa mig i sista ronden!
Alla runt om mig vet om det, jag har målat om så många gånger nu.
(Så många gånger, så många gånger nu)

[Verse 2] I taxin från BB din blick var blå,
minns att jag sa; "Vi kommer snart hitta något bra, bara du och jag",
ett litet torp ute på landet, slippa staden, klippa banden,
våra orosmoln känns obetydligt pyttesmå,
som om man studsar över taket,
Jag på moppen, du på flaket,
sista Bullerbybarnet från 2000-talet.

[Chorus] Livet, det bara händer!
Står med färg på mina händer,
Gått på känslan att det vänder,
Jag har målat om så många gånger nu.
Vi, ska, kommer resa mig i sista ronden!
Alla runt om mig vet om det, jag har målat om så många gånger nu.
(Så många gånger, så många gånger nu)

[Verse 3] Ensam är starkast det vet jag,
kanske lyckan kommer när snubbarna drar.
För inget kan rubba oss nu, för mig finns bara du,
men vi hann knappt flytta in,
det kom en bil och bromsade till
och frågade om vägen,
från det ögonblicket var det han och jag.
Fyra ungar varannan vecka, allt vi rörde vid kändes äkta,
det är som jag skulle fråga, vad skulle du svara? jag sa...

[Chorus] Livet, det bara händer!
Står med färg på mina händer,
Gått på känslan att det vänder,
Jag har målat om så många gånger nu.
Vi, ska, kommer resa mig i sista ronden!
Alla runt om mig vet om det, jag har målat om så många gånger nu.
(Så många gånger, så många gånger nu)

[Middle Eight] Jag var livrädd, du var så vacker,
gjorde mig redo att falla mot marken.
Dina läppar mot min nacke,
kunde inte kväva skratten,
vi låg vakna hela natten.

[Chorus] Livet, det bara händer!
Står med färg på mina händer,
Gått på känslan att det vänder,
Jag har målat om så många gånger nu.
Vi, ska, kommer resa mig i sista ronden!
Alla runt om mig vet om det, jag har målat om så många gånger nu.
(Så många gånger nu, så många gånger nu)

LYRICS [ENGLISH TRANSLATION]:

[Verse 1] Took a course at the university, got a cliché on my back.
Mum said; "Do not fall in love with a PhD student!," but mum he was handsome and had studied abroad.
So I bit my lip, for the heart,
smashed the crockery and penciled a blue nuance
in the room where it all ended, broken dreams in our entry hall,
But I happened to get something big with me, the finest packing I ever made.

[Chorus] Life, it just happens!
Stand with paint on my hands,
Went with the sense that it will turn around,
I have re-painted so many times now.
We, will, will get myself up in the last round!
Everyone around me knows about it, I've re-painted so many times now.
(So ​​many times, so many times now)

[Verse 2] In the Taxi from the birth clinic, your gaze was blue,
remember I said; "We will soon find something good, just you and I,"
a small croft in the countryside, avoid the city, cut the ties,
our storm clouds feel insignificantly tiny,
as if you bounce over the roof,
Me on the moped, you on the carrier,
The last Bullerby Child* from the 2000's.

[Chorus] Life, it just happens!
Stand with paint on my hands,
Went with the sense that it will turn around,
I have re-painted so many times now.
We, will, will get myself up in the last round!
Everyone around me knows about it, I've re-painted so many times now.
(So ​​many times, so many times now)

[Verse 3] Alone is the strongest I know,
Perhaps happiness comes when the dudes leave.
For nothing can shake us, for me there is only you,
but we barely had time to move in,
there came a car and pulled over
and asked for directions,
from that moment it was him and I.
Four kids every other week, everything we touched seemed genuine,
it's as if I would ask, what would you answer? I said...

[Chorus] Life, it just happens!
Stand with paint on my hands,
Went with the sense that it will turn around,
I have re-painted so many times now.
We, will, will get myself up in the last round!
Everyone around me knows about it, I've re-painted so many times now.
(So ​​many times, so many times now)

[Middle Eight] I was terrified, you were so beautiful,
made me ready to fall to the ground.
Your lips on my neck,
could not stifle the laughter,
We laid awake all night.

[Chorus] Life, it just happens!
Stand with paint on my hands,
Went with the sense that it will turn around,
I have re-painted so many times now.
We, will, will get myself up in the last round!
Everyone around me knows about it, I've re-painted so many times now.
(So ​​many times now, so many times now)

* "Bullerby Child" refers to Swedish children-books author Astrid Lindgren's series about "The Bullerby Children"

 

[A-lister]

I didn't have very high expectations for this latest edition, but with a bad 2016 and a quite good start in 2017, it still feels a bit so-so to come back to the average results in this edition, but what can one day? Atleast nice to see some support from nearly half the juries including juries that rarely supports my chosen entries ....

A very big thank you to everyone of you who voted for Sweden in FSC#98 - April 2017

#15
67 pts









... and a reprise of (my) Sweden's votes this edition:

 

[A-lister]

FSC#99 - May 2017

Miss Li
Aqualung

For this edition, Sweden is sending the Sia-esque midtempo Power-Pop ballad Aqualung, performed by the 34-year singer-songwriter Linda "Miss Li" Carlsson. Carlsson is making her comeback to the contest after first entering it back in the October 2009 edition with Dancing The Whole Way Home, which ended up on a 19th position.

This, almost anthemic, big Pop-chorus entry Aqualung is the second single taken from Miss Li's upcoming, yet to be released, eight studio album following the single Bonfire, which was released in 2016.

Miss Li debuted back in 2006 with the album Late Night Heartbroken Blues, however it wasn't until 2008 that the quirky indie-Pop single Oh Boy, taken from that album, charted and gave her her first, out of so far only two, top. 10 peaks on the official Swedish singles chart. Her most successful song to date however, and only chart topper thus far, is the Lars Winnerbäck duet Om du lämnade mig nu (If You Left Me Now), taken from Winnerbäck's 2007-album Daugava.

Miss Li's songs have been frequently used in different TV adverts throughout the years, aswell in international TV shows and as promo for some movies. In 2012 she was one of the participants of the Swedish TV4 show Så Mycket Bättre, which have also featured previous FSC entrants such as the FSC-winner Petra "September" Marklund and former Swedish Idol and Melodifestivalen participant Darin.

So question is, will Miss Li have a bigger success in FSC this time around with Aqualung? It definetely fits the formula and has what it takes to enter the FSC Hall-of-Dame with its big memorable chorus, authentic strong vocals and dramatic lyrics.

[Verse 1]
Aqualung, we were Young
Dancing through the water
Like we could turn the tide
Just you and I
We always survive
Crash into each other
Like when two waves collide

[Bridge]
Well please don't let me drown
Suffocating, water
Deep water, deep water
And if you drag me down
Aqualung breathe harder
Breathe harder, breathe harder

[Chorus]
Gonna swim for my life
Gonna swim for my life
Yeah please don't let me drown
Gonna swim for my life
Gonna swim for my life
Yeah please don't drag me down

Further and further and further we go
Deeper and deeper
We're lost in the storm
Yeah, yeah
Gonna swim for my life
Gonna breathe for my life
Aqualung

[Verse 2]
Put the anchor down
Deeper under ground
Lost in endless ocean
Where no one can be found
Drifting out of line
Floating on our backs
We ignore the warning, the red flag

[Bridge]
Well please don't let me drown
Aqualung breathe harder
Breathe harder, breathe harder

[Chorus]
Gonna swim for my life
Gonna swim for my life
Yeah please don't let me drown
Gonna swim for my life
Gonna swim for my life
Yeah please don't drag me down

Further and further and further we go
Deeper and deeper We're lost in the storm
Yeah, yeah
Gonna swim for my life
Gonna breathe for my life
Aqualung

[Middle Part]
Swim for my life, swim for my life
Yes I gotta swim for my life, swim for my life
Gotta swim for my life, swim for my life
Gotta, gotta, gotta

Swim for my life, swim for my life
Yes I gotta swim for my life, swim for my life
Gotta swim for my life, swim for my life

[Chorus]
Gonna swim for my life
Gonna swim for my life
Yeah please don't drag me down
Gonna swim for my life
Gonna breathe for my life

 

[A-lister]

This win is extra special, being my 50th entry for Sweden to the FSC! Also it's been nearly 3 years since Sweden's last victory, and oh boy did I struggle to reach even close to this again, but always with staying true to my own music taste and trying to showcase different sides of Swedish music to you guys, artists and songs that most people outside of Sweden, and many times even in Sweden, would have barely heard of before, so not necessarily taking the easy road in this while I could have easily done so considering the many choices this small, but big music nation has to offer.

While it's fun to be successful in this, and surely I am quite invested in this and sometimes (like most of us could feel at times), I too felt that my chosen entries were underrated, in the end of the day I am really here for the fun of it all and to share music with you and to get to know music from all around the globe and get to know new people along the way.

A very big thank you to everyone of you who voted for Sweden in the FSC#99 - May 2017 edition, and made my third win (and Sweden's fourth in total thus far) possible

#1
119 pts











... and a reprise of (my) Sweden's votes this edition:

 

[Zorjan]

FSC#99 - May 2017

Miss Li
Aqualung

It's definitely the best Swedish song since my debut last May !