The popular national selection Melodifestivalen has reached the third destination on its tour around Sweden. In Gothenburg on Saturday we will see a MF-veteran who has been close to winning, a group that had their big breakthrough in MF by reaching last years final and a young performer who could be the next breakthrough act.
Song number 1: Outrigger – Echo (Music & Lyrics: Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, John Löfgren, Simon Peyron, Timmy Andersson, Joakim Agnemyr, Adam Axelsson)
Two of the songwriters to Outtriggers song Echo are Joy Deb and Linnéa Deb who also wrote last years winner You for Robin Stjernberg. Outtrigger describes their music as somewhat anxiety filled, daring and strives to deliver a real punch with their music.
Song number 2: EKO – Red (Music & Lyrics: Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Anna Lidman, Hannes Lundberg, Michael Ottosson)
of the group are Anna Lidman, Michael Ottoson and Hannes Lundberg.
Two of the people behind the song Red is once again the succesful songwriting duo Joy and Linnéa Deb. Anna Lidman describes their song as a heavy, electronic song with influences from the 80’s and Norrland,
the northern part of Sweden.
Song number 3: Oscar Zia – Yes We Can (Music & Lyrics: Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah)
X-factor 2012 and in 2013 he was on stage together with Behrang Miri in Melodifestivalen with the song Jalla Dansa Sawa. Some months later he took part and came 2nd in the the tv-show Let’s Dance (Swedens version of Strictly Come Dancing). He also released two singles the same year.
The song Yes We Can is described by Oscar as a happy, pacey and pop song. One of the songwriters is Fredrik Kempe who has a written many successful MF-entries, among them the winners Hero (2008), La Voix (2009) and Popular (2011).
Song number 4: Shirley Clamp – Burning Alice (Music & Lyrics: Bobby Ljunggren, Marcos Ubeda, Sharon Vaughn, Henrik Wikström)
Behind Shirleys song are the experienced songwriters Bobby Ljunggren, Marcos Ubeda and Henrik Wikström. The song is a ballad about love in a relationship but it is the hurtful kind of love that does nothing good to you.
Song number 5: State of Drama – All We Are (Music & Lyrics: Göran Werner, Sanken Sandqvist, Emil Gullhamn, Sebastian Hallifax)
The band is doing an uptemo rock song called All We Are which is said to be a real sing-a-long song.
Song number 6: CajsaStina Åkerström – En enkel sång (Music & Lyrics: Cajsa Stina Åkerström)
Her MF-song En enkel sång has been written by CajsaStina herself and is a ballad about meeting people in life and is partly autobiographical.
Song number 7: Ace Wilder – Busy Doin’ Nothin’ (Music & Lyrics: Ace Wilder, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb)
Together with Joy & Linnea Deb, the songwriters of last years winning song You, she has written the song Busy Doin’ Nothin which is supposed to serve as a reminder to not take everything too serious. Ace says she wants to create energy on the stage, entertain her audience and to leave an impression that lasts.
Song number 8:Dr. Alban & Jessica Folcker – Around the world (Music & Lyrics: Dr. Alban, Jakke Erixson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm)
The duo tells that they were offered to sing the song Around The World by a common friend and they both liked the song so much that they decided to enter Melodifestivalen 2014. Jessica explains that they want to deliver happiness, warmth, love and Dr. Alban adds also nostalgia to the words that describes their show number.
60 second clips of the eight songs are available to listen from the Tursday and the full songs will be available from 14:00 CET on Saturday at the
official SVT Melodifestivalen website. The show itself will start at 20:00 CET on Saturday the 15th of February and can
be followed by visiting the broadcasters site.
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