Three brand-new releases to get excited about from the Nordics

Norwegian pop export Girl In Red is back with her first new music in a while. Her second album – the wonderfully titled I’m Doing It Again, Baby – is slated for an April 12 release. But ahead of that, we have the brand-new single Too Much to get caught up in. It’s a song that builds up beautifully as if to coincide with the artist speaking more and more of her mind to the person who’s been raining on her parade for far too long now. May no one attempt to dim this Girl In Red’s light ever again.

After the remarkable 12 months she’s just had, Norwegian newcomer Alessandra has wrapped it all up by releasing her debut EP – the appropriately titled Best Year Of My Life. The EP takes in all of the singles she’s released since representing her country at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest with the raucous and raved-up Queen Of Kings, as well as two brand-new tracks. The perfect way to close the very first chapter of her career, showcasing all of the sides to her sound that we can look forward to her exploring more of in the next chapter.

Swedish pop supremo Benjamin Ingrosso returns with his first release since 2022. Since then, he’s been touring extensively and elevating himself to pretty-much widespread acclaim and popularity. But now he’s back with the first of a slew of releases for 2024. For his new single Kite, the artist himself cites the classic Swedish pop and soul melodies from the ’70s, as well as the slightly more modern sounds of the late ’90s, as his combined sources of inspiration. And it’s a pairing that he brings together with all of the creative panache we’ve come to expect from him by now.

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