Tomorrow the final of Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s Eurovision qualifiers, takes place and as usual it’s set to be a fight to the finish between some great pop songs… and a few that you must need to be Swedish to see the appeal of! Last year I had fun reviewing each Melodifestivalen semi-final by giving every performer… Continue reading The MF Awards
Category: Melodifestivalen
Tweets Of The Week
This week’s top 5 most poptastic tweets! 1. Had a break from #Melodifestivalen to watch The Wanted on Let’s Dance. Shame they’re not in MF, they’d blow EMD out the water boyband-wise.2. The new Sky Ferreira song (http://bit.ly/gQxP9N) is so close but so far from this supreme pop masterpiece http://youtu.be/2FrTA8Xi4SY3. What a poptastic lunch –… Continue reading Tweets Of The Week
The MF Awards – Part 4
This week we saw the last of the Melodifestivalen semi-finals, and several of my favourite Swedish acts participated. I expected Love Generation and Nicke Borg to be the top 2 (who go straight into the final) but in fact Linda Bengtzing beat both of them, so that means it’s very unlikely that either of them… Continue reading The MF Awards – Part 4
The MF Awards – Part 3
This week’s Melodifestivalen was equal parts exciting and upsetting as it included three entries which will go down as MF classics for sure, but only one of them even made it past the first cut! The only advantage is that I can actually post the videos of two of my favourites, Linda and Sara, as… Continue reading The MF Awards – Part 3
The MF Awards – Part 2
This week’s Melodifestivalen was a bit of a triumph – I liked 6 of the 8 songs and all 4 that went through to the final/Andra Chansen were among my favourites. That’s a pretty rare occurence! So who won which award this week? NB: I’ve only linked to videos on the songs that didn’t make… Continue reading The MF Awards – Part 2
The MF Awards – Part 1
I’ve come up with a fun new way to review this year’s Melodifestivalen entries: give them awards! Read on to see who won Best Colour Scheme, Best Chorus and more… NB: I’ve only linked to videos on the songs that didn’t make it through, as the TV channel have a policy to remove all the… Continue reading The MF Awards – Part 1
Thank You for the Music: Tommy Tysper
It’s been a while since I’ve done a songwriter interview for my Thank You for the Music series, so I decided to get in touch with one of the writers from my new favourite writing/production trio. Tommy Tysper, Gustav ‘Grizzly’ Jonsson and Marcus ‘Mack’ Sepehrmanesh were responsible for Erik Hassle’s album, as well as tracks… Continue reading Thank You for the Music: Tommy Tysper