Yes, the ABBA project featuring new music has been delayed but it's not down to us, says Benny Andersson (and the new songs are still on their way!) #ABBA #BennyAndersson pic.twitter.com/dpNWRz23VH— icethesite (@icethesite) 6 de diciembre de 2018
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ABBA project featuring new music has been delayed
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miércoles, 28 de noviembre de 2018
Björn Ulvaeus on the latest plans for a new Abba tour
"Every single song was a painstaking labour of love: “There wasn’t anything that we hadn’t worked on for months”
Photographer: Ellen Simone
FELICITY CAPON
NOV 28, 2018
CULTURE
We thought our songs would last a couple of years at most’, the songwriter tells The Week Portfolio
Björn Ulvaeus, one quarter of the pop phenomenon, Abba, is sitting smartly dressed in a light grey suit, ready for breakfast at his hotel in Västervik. It’s a small city in southern Sweden, about a three-hour drive from the capital, Stockholm. A beautiful early morning light streams through the window onto the traditional Swedish spread – smoked fish, cold cuts of meat, fruit, coffee. For one half of the songwriting duo responsible for some of the biggest, best known polished pop hits in history, Ulvaeus is quiet, contemplative and unassuming, but with darting, sparkly eyes behind his glasses.
Sleepy Västervik is where Ulvaeus grew up. “Even though I’ve gone global, I still have roots here,” he says, and it’s a place which hasn’t changed much since his childhood. What’s new however is his chic hotel which sits on the island of Slottsholmen, with water on all sides and vast, endless Swedish skies to gaze at. His daughter Anna from his second marriage, to journalist Lena Källersjö, is the boss. It’s a family-run business, says Ulvaeus, and somewhere he hoped would be, in his words, “a meeting place” for locals and visitors alike. Each suite comes with a record player and a choice of vinyl to play, including of course, Abba, and the restaurant menu features dishes inspired by his travels around the world – bangers and mash, a dish he once ate at The Ivy in London; squid, from his time co-producing the hit musical Mamma Mia! on the Greek island of Skopelos; and a throwback to his Swedish childhood – rosehip ice-cream.
Ulvaeus is relaxed and warm, happy to talk about his childhood spent foraging for mushrooms and berries (he stopped cooking after meeting his present wife because he was too “intimidated” by her cooking) and his favourite place on the planet (“an archipelago just off Stockholm, paddling on a kayak. Nothing beats that. It’s so amazing, and I get that here, too.”) And yet despite this tranquil retreat he has created, Abba is still making headlines, keeping Ulvaeus firmly in the global spotlight.
Earlier this year it was announced that after 35 years, the quartet had recorded new music together. They also announced a tour, for which they would appear as digital avatars, or “Abbatars”, looking the way they did in 1979.
Ulvaeus explains that in order to create these “digital twins”, the band was told to make all sorts of facial expressions; to grimace, to smile, in order to capture every single face muscle.
The project’s been delayed and will now be released at the beginning of next summer, but he explains part of the appeal of a digital, touring band: “No one will have to deal with divas demanding their own private jets,” he jokes. It’s hard to imagine the bandmates as divas – Ulvaeus doesn’t drink, and they all live private lives for the most part. The band members remain on good terms, and Ulvaeus says that he hopes to get the others to visit Västerviksomeday.
It’s difficult to get him to pin down a favourite song from a career which produced catchy, chart-topping hits around the world – including nine UK number ones between 1974 and 1980. “We tried to emulate the Beatles. So to begin with our music was younger, more teenager-orientated, then gradually it became more mature.” As a result, he likes different songs from different periods of the band’s career: S.O.S and Mamma Mia in the early days, then Knowing Me, Knowing You, and finally the poignant The Winner Takes It All – the ultimate breakup song, released shortly after Ulvaeus and fellow bandmate, Agnetha Fältskog, divorced. Every single song was a painstaking labour of love: “There wasn’t anything that we hadn’t worked on for months”, he says.
And yet for all Abba’s success, Ulvaeus remains genuinely surprised. “It’s amazing and I don’t know how it happened. I get asked that a lot, and I really don’t know why it is. We thought our songs would last a couple of years at most. I see these artists come and go, and wonder why people are still listening to Abba. I’m very grateful and humble”, he says. Today he listens to a lot of chart music, and is also a big fan of Beethoven’s symphonies.
Finally, the million dollar question: Who really was the dancing queen? Ulvaeus is thoughtful for a moment. “No one in particular, but I could see this young, blonde woman in my mind, who works very hard during the week, and she really becomes the dancing queen at the end of the week. It’s a celebration of all those young women.”
Top photo by Ellen Simone.
Photographer: Ellen Simone
FELICITY CAPON
NOV 28, 2018
CULTURE
We thought our songs would last a couple of years at most’, the songwriter tells The Week Portfolio
Björn Ulvaeus, one quarter of the pop phenomenon, Abba, is sitting smartly dressed in a light grey suit, ready for breakfast at his hotel in Västervik. It’s a small city in southern Sweden, about a three-hour drive from the capital, Stockholm. A beautiful early morning light streams through the window onto the traditional Swedish spread – smoked fish, cold cuts of meat, fruit, coffee. For one half of the songwriting duo responsible for some of the biggest, best known polished pop hits in history, Ulvaeus is quiet, contemplative and unassuming, but with darting, sparkly eyes behind his glasses.
Sleepy Västervik is where Ulvaeus grew up. “Even though I’ve gone global, I still have roots here,” he says, and it’s a place which hasn’t changed much since his childhood. What’s new however is his chic hotel which sits on the island of Slottsholmen, with water on all sides and vast, endless Swedish skies to gaze at. His daughter Anna from his second marriage, to journalist Lena Källersjö, is the boss. It’s a family-run business, says Ulvaeus, and somewhere he hoped would be, in his words, “a meeting place” for locals and visitors alike. Each suite comes with a record player and a choice of vinyl to play, including of course, Abba, and the restaurant menu features dishes inspired by his travels around the world – bangers and mash, a dish he once ate at The Ivy in London; squid, from his time co-producing the hit musical Mamma Mia! on the Greek island of Skopelos; and a throwback to his Swedish childhood – rosehip ice-cream.
Ulvaeus is relaxed and warm, happy to talk about his childhood spent foraging for mushrooms and berries (he stopped cooking after meeting his present wife because he was too “intimidated” by her cooking) and his favourite place on the planet (“an archipelago just off Stockholm, paddling on a kayak. Nothing beats that. It’s so amazing, and I get that here, too.”) And yet despite this tranquil retreat he has created, Abba is still making headlines, keeping Ulvaeus firmly in the global spotlight.
Earlier this year it was announced that after 35 years, the quartet had recorded new music together. They also announced a tour, for which they would appear as digital avatars, or “Abbatars”, looking the way they did in 1979.
Ulvaeus explains that in order to create these “digital twins”, the band was told to make all sorts of facial expressions; to grimace, to smile, in order to capture every single face muscle.
The project’s been delayed and will now be released at the beginning of next summer, but he explains part of the appeal of a digital, touring band: “No one will have to deal with divas demanding their own private jets,” he jokes. It’s hard to imagine the bandmates as divas – Ulvaeus doesn’t drink, and they all live private lives for the most part. The band members remain on good terms, and Ulvaeus says that he hopes to get the others to visit Västerviksomeday.
It’s difficult to get him to pin down a favourite song from a career which produced catchy, chart-topping hits around the world – including nine UK number ones between 1974 and 1980. “We tried to emulate the Beatles. So to begin with our music was younger, more teenager-orientated, then gradually it became more mature.” As a result, he likes different songs from different periods of the band’s career: S.O.S and Mamma Mia in the early days, then Knowing Me, Knowing You, and finally the poignant The Winner Takes It All – the ultimate breakup song, released shortly after Ulvaeus and fellow bandmate, Agnetha Fältskog, divorced. Every single song was a painstaking labour of love: “There wasn’t anything that we hadn’t worked on for months”, he says.
And yet for all Abba’s success, Ulvaeus remains genuinely surprised. “It’s amazing and I don’t know how it happened. I get asked that a lot, and I really don’t know why it is. We thought our songs would last a couple of years at most. I see these artists come and go, and wonder why people are still listening to Abba. I’m very grateful and humble”, he says. Today he listens to a lot of chart music, and is also a big fan of Beethoven’s symphonies.
Finally, the million dollar question: Who really was the dancing queen? Ulvaeus is thoughtful for a moment. “No one in particular, but I could see this young, blonde woman in my mind, who works very hard during the week, and she really becomes the dancing queen at the end of the week. It’s a celebration of all those young women.”
Top photo by Ellen Simone.
domingo, 25 de noviembre de 2018
"We've written a new song and recorded that and this will be sung by those digital twins"
He told Marr on the BBC show: "We've written a new song and recorded that and this will be sung by those digital twins.
"It's been delayed. It was supposed to be released this autumn, but (it will) probably be in the beginning of next summer."
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Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus reveals what he thought of Theresa May's 'Dancing Queen' moves
Theresa May went viral back in August when she was filmed busting some moves with school pupils on a trip to South Africa
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15:43, 25 NOV 2018UPDATED15:49, 25 NOV 2018
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It was the moves that captured the nation's attention earlier this year and now ABBA icon Bjorn Ulvaeus has had his say on the Prime Minister's moves.
Theresa May went viral back in August when she was filmed busting some moves with school pupils on a trip to South Africa.
The 61-year-old was seen throwing some shapes before and after her 12-hour flight to the country where she announced a new scheme, The Chevening Scholarship, which will boost foreign students' education.
Theresa May danced on to stage for her speech at the 2018 Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham (Image: Andy Stenning/Daily Mirror)
After pretty much breaking the internet with gifs and memes, in good spirit, Mrs May decided to dance her way onto the stage for her keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference in October.
And the song of choice? None other than the Swedish pop group's hit, Dancing Queen.
Now, ABBA's Bjorn has spoken about the headline moment, describing the country's leader as not having a lot of rhythm.
He told The Andrew Marr Show: "It made the news, even in Sweden. I think she was very brave in doing that.
Bjorn Ulvaeus with host Andrew Marr discussing the Prime Minister's moves (Image: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire)
"It's a lady with not a lot of rhythm in her braving and doing something like that.
"I was kind of touched actually."
The 70s group are set to reunite to make new music ahead of a digital avatar tour.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/abbas-bjorn-ulvaeus-reveals-what-15462967
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Abba's Bjorn said he was "touched" by Theresa May's Dancing Queen
But the Swedish star said the Prime Minister doesn't have "a lot of rhythm"
Abba star Bjorn Ulvaeus has said he felt “touched” when Theresa May came on stage to Dancing Queen at the Conservative Party conference.
Ulvaeus, who wrote the song for the Swedish band in 1975, said her shimmying to the hit song before her keynote speech made the news in Sweden.
However, speaking on The Andrew Marr show, he added that although he thought she was very brave to do that, he doesn’t think she has much rhythm.
He said: “I saw it, yes I did. It made the news, even in Sweden. I think she was very brave in doing that.
‘Not a lot of rhythm’
“It’s a lady with not a lot of rhythm in her braving and doing something like that. I was kind of touched actually.”
Ulvaeus spoke about Brexit when he appeared on BBC’s The One Show in October.
He said that his response had softened after initially feeling that it was “like a friend not wanting to be a friend anymore.
Björn Ulvaeus on The Andrew Marr Show (Photo by Jeff Overs/BBC via Getty Images)
But he added: “But we have come a long way since then and I’ve come to realise that Britain will always be Britain whatever happens.”
Ulvaeus also spoke about Abba’s plans for a comeback, saying they had been pushed back.
They previously announced they were getting back together to make new music ahead of their digital avatar tour.
‘Britain will always be Britain’
“We’ve written a new song and recorded that and this will be sung by those digital twins.”
He added that it had been delayed and explained: “It was supposed to be released this autumn, but (it will) probably be in the beginning of next summer.”
He described the avatars as “like digital twins of ourselves, version 1979 thereabouts”, adding: “The ladies seem to think that they were the finest back then.
“They will be… our cyber twins and they will be able to do anything and sing anything. I’ll be a street dancer if I want to. I couldn’t back then but can now.”
*additional reporting by Press Association
https://inews.co.uk/news/abbas-bjorn-ulvaeus-touched-theresa-may-stage-dancing-queen
domingo, 19 de agosto de 2018
Frida about holograms
Abba-Frida about the project
Abba has today recorded two new songs and worked hard on the project of four digitally produced "abbatar" in front of the group's hits. But the project has not really gone as planned according to the singer and the Abba member Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
"We are continuing our project so we'll see where it's carrying us somewhere. So far, maybe it has not become as we thought, we're working on it all, says Abba-Frida.
The star star also tells her what she likes about the new Abba songs that the band has recorded together.
Abba-Fridas mystiska ord om comebacken
Publicerad 19 aug 2018 kl 15.01
I våras offentliggjordes Abbas återförening – gruppen har spelat in två nya låtar och är aktuella med en avatar-turné.
Nu berättar Abba-medlemmen Anni-Frid Lyngstad att arbetet inte riktigt har gått som planerat.
– Det är ju spännande för att vi redan hunnit spela in två låtar som är väldigt bra, säger hon.
För 35 år sedan splittrades Abba. Men i våras berättade Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad och Agnetha Fältskog att Abba skulle återförenas i ett nytt projekt.
Det är en turné där Abbas musik kommer framföras av ett liveband, och där digitala kopior av bandmedlemmarna syns på scen – och till det skrevs det två helt nya Abba-låtar.
”Beslutet att sjösätta det spännande Abba-avatar-projektet fick en oväntad konsekvens. Vi fyra kände att det efter 35 år kunde vara roligt att jobba ihop igen och gå in i studion. Så gjorde vi det. Och det var som att tiden hade stått stilla och att vi bara hade varit borta på en kort semester. En extremt glädjande upplevelse!”, skrev medlemmarna i ett pressmeddelande.
Abba-Frida om projektet
Abba har i dag spelat in två nya låtar och arbetat hårt med det projekt där fyra digitalt framställda ”abbatarer” framför gruppens hits. Men projektet har inte riktigt gått som planerat enligt sångerskan och Abba-medlemmen Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
– Vi håller ju på med vårt projekt så vi får se var det bär oss någonstans. Än så länge så har det väl kanske inte blivit så som vi tänkte, vi jobbar på det allihopa, säger Abba-Frida.
Världsstjärnan berättar också vad hon tycker om de nya Abba-låtarna som bandet har spelat in tillsammans.
– Det är ju spännande för att vi redan hunnit spela in två låtar som är väldigt bra, tycker jag själv, säger hon.
Benny Andersson har tidigare berättat att gruppen har mycket arbete framför sig tillsammans då Abbas avatar-projekt ska ut på världsturné 2019, och därför ses med jämna mellanrum.
– Vi ses ju då och då. Framför allt nu när vi har det här avatar-projektet framför oss. Vi har många möten framför oss. Det är kul att det är i sån teknisk framkant. Det ska bli intressant, säger Benny Andersson.
Björn Ulvaeus berättade om glädjen att gå in i studion tillsammans.
– Det har varit jättegod stämning i studion. Vi var tillbaka där vi en gång slutade, egentligen på nolltid, säger Björn Ulvaeus.
Abba-Frida dök upp på Ledins bröllop
Under lördagen var Abba-Frida på plats, bland flera välkända personer, då John Ledin gifte sig med grevinnan Alexandra Hamilton i Heliga Trefaldighets kyrka i Kristianstad.
– Bröllopet var så förtjusande, och avspänt tycker jag med alla de här små söta brudnäbbarna som dansade. Och lyckligt, det är alltid lyckligt med bröllop, man blir glad. Atmosfären gör en glad. Jag hoppas att det blir ett lyckligt liv för dem, sade hon.
updated
Abba has today recorded two new songs and worked hard on the project of four digitally produced "abbatar" in front of the group's hits. But the project has not really gone as planned according to the singer and the Abba member Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
"We are continuing our project so we'll see where it's carrying us somewhere. So far, maybe it has not become as we thought, we're working on it all, says Abba-Frida.
The star star also tells her what she likes about the new Abba songs that the band has recorded together.
Abba-Fridas mystiska ord om comebacken
Publicerad 19 aug 2018 kl 15.01
I våras offentliggjordes Abbas återförening – gruppen har spelat in två nya låtar och är aktuella med en avatar-turné.
Nu berättar Abba-medlemmen Anni-Frid Lyngstad att arbetet inte riktigt har gått som planerat.
– Det är ju spännande för att vi redan hunnit spela in två låtar som är väldigt bra, säger hon.
För 35 år sedan splittrades Abba. Men i våras berättade Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad och Agnetha Fältskog att Abba skulle återförenas i ett nytt projekt.
Det är en turné där Abbas musik kommer framföras av ett liveband, och där digitala kopior av bandmedlemmarna syns på scen – och till det skrevs det två helt nya Abba-låtar.
”Beslutet att sjösätta det spännande Abba-avatar-projektet fick en oväntad konsekvens. Vi fyra kände att det efter 35 år kunde vara roligt att jobba ihop igen och gå in i studion. Så gjorde vi det. Och det var som att tiden hade stått stilla och att vi bara hade varit borta på en kort semester. En extremt glädjande upplevelse!”, skrev medlemmarna i ett pressmeddelande.
Abba-Frida om projektet
Abba har i dag spelat in två nya låtar och arbetat hårt med det projekt där fyra digitalt framställda ”abbatarer” framför gruppens hits. Men projektet har inte riktigt gått som planerat enligt sångerskan och Abba-medlemmen Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
– Vi håller ju på med vårt projekt så vi får se var det bär oss någonstans. Än så länge så har det väl kanske inte blivit så som vi tänkte, vi jobbar på det allihopa, säger Abba-Frida.
Världsstjärnan berättar också vad hon tycker om de nya Abba-låtarna som bandet har spelat in tillsammans.
– Det är ju spännande för att vi redan hunnit spela in två låtar som är väldigt bra, tycker jag själv, säger hon.
Benny Andersson har tidigare berättat att gruppen har mycket arbete framför sig tillsammans då Abbas avatar-projekt ska ut på världsturné 2019, och därför ses med jämna mellanrum.
– Vi ses ju då och då. Framför allt nu när vi har det här avatar-projektet framför oss. Vi har många möten framför oss. Det är kul att det är i sån teknisk framkant. Det ska bli intressant, säger Benny Andersson.
Björn Ulvaeus berättade om glädjen att gå in i studion tillsammans.
– Det har varit jättegod stämning i studion. Vi var tillbaka där vi en gång slutade, egentligen på nolltid, säger Björn Ulvaeus.
Abba-Frida dök upp på Ledins bröllop
Under lördagen var Abba-Frida på plats, bland flera välkända personer, då John Ledin gifte sig med grevinnan Alexandra Hamilton i Heliga Trefaldighets kyrka i Kristianstad.
– Bröllopet var så förtjusande, och avspänt tycker jag med alla de här små söta brudnäbbarna som dansade. Och lyckligt, det är alltid lyckligt med bröllop, man blir glad. Atmosfären gör en glad. Jag hoppas att det blir ett lyckligt liv för dem, sade hon.
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