FEATURE:
Lay All Your Love on Us
IN THIS PHOTO: ABBA in 1974 (left to right) Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus/PHOTO CREDIT: Olle Lindeborg/AFP/Getty Images
Might We Get Some New ABBA Music in 2021?
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EARLY this week…
there was some tease that ABBA would be releasing new music later this year. There has been this rumour going around for a long time now. It has been forty years since the iconic Swedish band released an album. NME reported the welcome news:
“It will be the first time the Swedish group have released new music in 40 years. The last album the group released was ‘The Visitors’ in 1981.
Speaking to The Herald Sun, Ulvaeus said: “There will be new music this year, that is definite, it’s not a case anymore of it might happen, it will happen.”
He also went on to reveal more about the group’s time back in the studio.
He added: “We’re really, really good friends. The four of us stand in the studio for the first time in 40 years and there’s just something in knowing what we’ve been through. It’s hard to describe, but there are such strong, strong bonds between us.”
Back in April, Ulvaeus gave more information about the band’s forthcoming avatar tour, promising that it “still sounds very much ABBA”.
In 2017 it was announced that the band would reunite in digital form in 2019, performing as “Abbatars” for the first time since they split in 1982.
When the reunion tour was then delayed, the Swedish pop icons announced in 2018 that they would be sharing two new tracks: ‘I Still Have Faith In You’ and ‘Don’t Shut Me Down’, which was then expanded to five new tracks as a reward to fans waiting even longer for the reunion tour due to COVID-related delays”.
ABBA are one of these groups one cannot help but avoid loving! Their music is timeless and has such an infectious spirit about it. I love classics such as Lay All Your Love on Me, Super Trouper and The Winner Takes It All. Dancing Queen is a true classic! Whilst one would not expect ABBA to release anything like they did back in the 1970s and early-1980s, one also would not really feel a softer and more laidback sound is coming. Given the fact that there has been a resurgence of Disco over the past few years – with everyone from Jessie Ware and Kylie Minogue getting involved -, I feel many have been inspired by ABBA and it is only right that the originators show everyone how it is done! It is strange for any band coming back after so long. I think it is extra-odd for ABBA, as they have not really performed since they split - and there has been very little from them until relatively recently. They live quite private lives and, whilst ABBA Mania is coming back to London’s West End, there has not been many public appearances from all four members. This is quite a short feature, as I feel there will be buzz and development over the coming weeks. For those who grew up listening to ABBA or those who are coming to them fresh, the possibility of music – whether they are brand-new recordings or older songs that have not been heard – holds huge excitement and curiosity! I think the return of the Swedish legends is…
WHAT we all need to see and hear!