Midsummer festival playlist

Midsummer is here again. Maybe the second important celebration in the Scandinavian culture. Here, I want to introduce few scandinavian songs.

ABBA / A-Teens: Does "Mamma Mia!" movie or musical ring a bell? Well this world famous entertainment show is based on the songs of ABBA. The band won Eurovision song contest in 1974 and after that their success rose like a rocket. After the original band broke up, music industry introduced a derivated band: ABBA teens, later A-teens. A-teens songs were same as original band but more updated.

Ylves: Norwegian comedy duo Ylves made a song, which was suppose to be a commercial for their talk show. However, the song went viral and ended up to be one of the most trending video in Youtube.

Avicii: Tim Bergling, maybe one of the most famous DJ in Scandinavia. He used EDM to fuse, such as country and soul, to create fresh and new songs. This inspired many other DJs around the world.

Jenni Vartiainen: Singer rose famous for the first time after winning Popstars song contest in Finland. Missä muruseni on (Where My Sweetheart Is) remained on the top of the chart many weeks. Translation for the lyrics here. 

Irina: This finnish pop & finnish rock singer is rocking in this Pokka (Guts)-song. She is in the top 30 of the best selling female artist. Translation for the lyrics is here. 

PMMP: Summer won’t be summer without this summer hit Rusketusraidat (Tan lines) -song. Translation for this lyrics here.