What's in the Scandinavian water that their female electropop usually sounds just a bit better than elsewhere? course, , , (forward). Please note, in the same week as Robyn's long-awaited new album Forever Neverland, MØ's second album, will be released. This 30-year-old Danish started her career in 2012 and released the debut album two years later. Her international breakthrough, however, was
… with Lean On, a collaboration with Major Lazer and DJ Snake that was briefly the most streamed single of all time. Then it went quiet. 'A classic writer's block', she says herself. But now there is Forever Neverland, which in many ways is reminiscent of , the second album by the Swedish Tove Lo. The short intro, the hit-sensitive but not too smooth sound, the collaborations ( , , ) and even the song title Imaginary Friend. But if on Lady Wood this was a highlight of the strong second half, on Forever Neverland the magic has kind of worked out. Which does not alter the fact that MØ secures its place in the Scandinavian premier league based on the first half hour. (RME)more
