From Icelandic cool to Finnish trap, here’s something a little different for your playlists this month.

Isac Elliot’s latest album Mansion Music has been blowing up in his native Finland this spring. It’s been a start-to-finish staple for me these past few weeks; on repeat with highlights aplenty standing out. But the song Reissumies has really bedded in as one of his all-time best. It’s likely the combination of the Scandipop melody mixed with the expensive trap production and peppered with those distinct Baroque undertones. It’s quite the intoxicating concoction he’s poured up for listeners, so it’s no wonder it’s been going down so well at home.

Another multiple-masterpiece album that’s been delivered recently is Wildfire – by Sweden’s golden girl Loreen. From the Sia-penned Feels Like Heaven to the Eurovision-winning Tattoo, there are lots of gems to be unearthed. But there’s one new song in particular that hasn’t been given the single treatment (yet…) but which deserves its flowers, its moment in the sun and its time to shine. On True Love, she’s managed to strike that balance between the kind of song that she loves doing and the kind of song that the fans of her biggest hits want her to do. And this labour of love has got biggest-hit potential written all over it.

And now, three hot new tunes from Iceland, which should have every hipster heart beating to their rhythm this month. What sounds like a timeless radio staple being revived via an on-trend hyperpop remix is actually the adorable new single from dóttir.x. Stay With Me is the first single from her debut EP out in June and based on this taster, we’re in for a treat and a half. The Icelandic band ex.girls, meanwhile, have served up something for those kids of the ‘90s and those kids that wish they had been. City of Fear evokes both the clubland ravers and the indie-scene misbehavers of the decade, giving both references a fresh new glow. Finally, international megastar Laufey deserves all that global attention for her brand-new single Madwoman. It’s a jazzy lil’ piece with a retro sheen so glaringly camp it’ll have you putting an involuntary Fosse spring in your step.

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