YOU'VE undoubtedly had more important things to think about, but, can I just tell you that over the last two decades, Stockholm has been consistently bringing it when it comes to pop music.
The Swedes have good pop in their DNA. I mean, hello, ABBA.
And they've also produced a lot of cutting edge pop stars in recent years, of whom I absolutely love Robyn.
But if you're a pop music lover, you need to know that Stockholm is to pop what Milan is to fashion and what Seoul is to electronic goods.
If you could imagine an industrial city where instead of churning out cars or refrigerators they instead churn out pop music, then it would probably look like Stockholm.
So, if you want a hit record, you'd best hop on a plane and head to the northern capital, that way, the odds will be in your favour. If you need a reminder, this article from a couple of years back sums things up pretty nicely.
Sweden's influence in pop began to come to everybody's attention in the nineties, and, naturally, as Alekzandr is a pop star, he eventually hops on the Swedish bandwagon (not long after hopping on an actual Swede).
Stockholm becomes Alekzandr's new base in the mid nineties after years spent in New York and London. Stockholm provides its challenges for someone who had become accustomed to living in the world's metropolises, but it also set the scene for a profound change in his personal life. The kind of change that a sea change can coerce and that would often be unthinkable in a big city.
I visited Stockholm way back in the nineties and I enjoyed it. Even back then I could already sense that there was more to the city than the picture postcard old town. You might not think it, but Stockholm has an edge to it as well, even if it might not be able to compete with cities twice its size.
But it has never really needed to: it knows who it is and is quite comfortable being one of Northern Europe's most important cities thank you very much.
Practically everything you need to know about Stockholm and Swedish life has helpfully been put together in this rad hipster guide.
The Swedes have good pop in their DNA. I mean, hello, ABBA.
And they've also produced a lot of cutting edge pop stars in recent years, of whom I absolutely love Robyn.
But if you're a pop music lover, you need to know that Stockholm is to pop what Milan is to fashion and what Seoul is to electronic goods.
If you could imagine an industrial city where instead of churning out cars or refrigerators they instead churn out pop music, then it would probably look like Stockholm.
So, if you want a hit record, you'd best hop on a plane and head to the northern capital, that way, the odds will be in your favour. If you need a reminder, this article from a couple of years back sums things up pretty nicely.
Sweden's influence in pop began to come to everybody's attention in the nineties, and, naturally, as Alekzandr is a pop star, he eventually hops on the Swedish bandwagon (not long after hopping on an actual Swede).
Stockholm becomes Alekzandr's new base in the mid nineties after years spent in New York and London. Stockholm provides its challenges for someone who had become accustomed to living in the world's metropolises, but it also set the scene for a profound change in his personal life. The kind of change that a sea change can coerce and that would often be unthinkable in a big city.
I visited Stockholm way back in the nineties and I enjoyed it. Even back then I could already sense that there was more to the city than the picture postcard old town. You might not think it, but Stockholm has an edge to it as well, even if it might not be able to compete with cities twice its size.
But it has never really needed to: it knows who it is and is quite comfortable being one of Northern Europe's most important cities thank you very much.
Practically everything you need to know about Stockholm and Swedish life has helpfully been put together in this rad hipster guide.
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