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The Scandinavian sounds of summer 2024 Two of Norway’s biggest music exports unite on a hot new dance track that’s just dropped. Producer Alan Walker and singer/songwriter Ina Wroldsen (she’s written number one hits for the likes of Kylie Minogue, Calvin Harris, James Arthur, Clean Bandit and Anne-Marie) have joined forces for Barcelona – a song which, funnily enough, sounds like it’s tailor-made for fiestas in the Balearics, just south of the Catalan capital. The sun-soaked soundscape is made all the more enjoyable by the la-la-la lyrics of the chorus – convenient to sing-along to once it inevitably gets stuck in your head! They’ve recently worked together with Nelly Furtado on Love Bites, now Sweden’s Tove Lo and her pal SG Lewis have paired up again for a whole EP. Summer just got a whole lot hotter – thanks to
By Karl Batterbee
HEAT! It’s a 15-minute, four-track journey onto the sweatiest dance floor you can imagine – t-shirts optional. On it, we’re treated to a glimpse back at early-’00s trance (hello Desire) as well as a nod to late-’00s electro-house (hej Busy Girl). But it’s the title track HEAT that is warming up to be the potential song of the summer. Swedish entrepreneur, influencer, makeup mogul, talk-show host and occasional popstar Bianca Ingrosso is stepping back into that aforementioned occasional popstar role now, with the release of a new single. Co-written by her little brother Benjamin (whose new tune Look Who’s Laughing Now you’ve already read about in this month’s cover feature), her Boys In The Sea plays on that old adage “plenty more fish in the sea”
and is a chilled-out r&b-pop jam about taking your sweet time in reeling one in. There are some big, warm summer vibes to be enjoyed right here. www.scandipop.co.uk
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Swedish recipes A friend recently asked for a Swedish recipe for a European-themed dinner party. Most of my recipes are in Swedish, so I was delighted when I found a whole website dedicated to Swedish recipes in English. Or I was, before I started looking through them. Scrolling through page after page, I found an abundance of recipes for the same thing. Gravad lax (fish), meatballs and Janson’s temptation (potato and fish). I felt outraged. Surely there’s more to Swedish cooking than fish, meatballs and potatoes?! Where were all the recipes for the wonderful food that we enjoy during the holidays, for a start? I started listing them in my head. Christmas, when the snow is softly falling and we put on a delightful spread of… well… gravad lax, meatballs and potatoes. Midsummer! A totally different holiday, when we decorate our tables with flow140 |
Issue 168 | July 2024
By Maria Smedstad
where finally, triumphantly, I recalled one of my favourites from home. Comforting, humble, yet delicious – it doesn’t get much more Swedish than palt! What’s palt, you may ask. It’s a… well… it’s a potato meatball. Thanking me for my assistance, my friend made an English cake, sprinkled some broken-up Daim bars on top and declared it Swedish. I’m told it was a great success.
ers, dance around maypoles and enjoy… gravad lax, meatballs and potato. Easter! The time for hiding ornate, paper eggs for the kids and tuck into… oh no… gravad lax, meatballs and potato. Disheartened, I gave up on the festive seasons and their foods and turned instead to our everyday dishes. This is
Maria Smedstad moved to the UK from Sweden in 1994. She received a degree in Illustration in 2001, before settling in the capital as a freelance cartoonist, creating the autobiographical cartoon Em. Maria writes a column on the trials and tribulations of life as a Swede in the UK.