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A misunderstood and unwary child left in the child’s room, or a mega-commercial giant with a well-thought-out marketing strategy? With his genuine direction, Håkan Hellström has sold Ullevi after Ullevi, and the photos of him are many. Now he is celebrating 20 years as a soloist.
In “Together in the Dark” Håkan Hellström sings about a Jonna. Annah Björk has a theory that it is a rewrite of Johnny, the one with a black cloud over him in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and that he is a frequent name in rock history. “I think Håkan Hellström may have made this person a woman, to keep up with the contemporary,” she says. Stock Photography.
In 2000, former bassist for brother Daniel and drummer for Honey is Cool released their first solo album “Feel No Sorrow For Me Gothenburg”, after which critics often heard Håkan Hellström with the highest score.
14 years after debut, Västra Frölunda’s father of three drew a record audience for Ullevi, since then there doesn’t seem to be a stop for how often he can sell the sand. But then came a global pandemic between Håkan Hellström and its 20th anniversary.
The first part The album “Rampljus”, which in a crownless universe would cheer fans of concerts this summer, will be released on Friday. The singles “Together in the dark” and “Studentfylleflaken” are on sale now, the first with a perfect beat, according to music journalist Annah Björk.
– “Together in the Dark” came just as we entered the very compact darkness of the crown. He felt safe with Håkan Hellström’s classic rock and pop music and is heard in the song that he returned and collaborated with Jocke Åhlund, she says.
The more stripped The “student filler flake,” on the other hand, caused critics to pick up the saw. Music magazine Gaffa named the single “worst at the moment”, while Hymn’s writer gave criticism of Gaffa the same rating. Johan Lindqvist of the Gothenburg Post, who has long guarded Håkan Hellström, believes that strong feelings about the artist belong to the ordinary.
– Always storm around you, whatever you do. From the beginning, he can’t sing, the fact that he’s hypermarketed, the fact that he was better in the past, the fact that Woah Dad (the record company) is fake in different ways. It has always sparked emotions, and it is nothing new to a great artist, he says.
As the The size of the concerts grew, Håkan Hellström began to move away from the media. In recent years, he’s been communicating primarily through his own channels, and fans have received little information about the thoughts behind the new album. However, someone who knows everything about the album is producer Jocke Åhlund.
– The first thing I said to Håkan was “Now we have to roll up our sleeves and spit correctly if there is going to be any of this.” But there was also a record at the end, he tells TT.
Jocke Åhlund describes “Rampljus” as “fairly naked” and more “loose” than “Two Steps from Paradise”, which they did together ten years ago.
– I do a lot and I have tricked Håkan into playing a lot of guitar, because I think he does it very well. He doesn’t have that much self-confidence, he usually says “No, do it, I’m not good”. Although he is funky, he is known to be an old drummer, says Jocke Åhlund.
Annah Björk has followed Håkan Hellström from the breakthrough during the romanticized awakening of his 20s to the crises of medieval life. She criticizes that Håkan Hellström often conveys the image of himself as underdog, because at the same time he is one of the most powerful artists in Sweden.
– Somehow, Håkan Hellström seems to stay in his son’s room, even in the intermediate conversation with Ullevi it is as if he plays the role of being an unhappy lover and a misunderstood guy, she says.
At the same time, there is a whole public relations machine around him to create strings for Ullevi tickets, according to Annah Björk. She asks who Håkan Hellström is today, and where he is in various questions.
– There are so many marketing ideas around Håkan that one wonders where this genuine artist everyone wants is. If there is something against Håkan Hellström and his future, it is that he is hidden behind his record label. I think you would benefit from going out and talking a little bit. Her silence is strange, she says.
Also read Photo excerpts: Håkan Hellström over the years.
Håkan Hellström
He was born in 1974 in Gothenburg.
After playing drums and bass in the groups Brother Daniel and Honey is Cool, he broke the year 2000 as a solo artist with the album “Feel No Sorrow For Me Gothenburg”.
Since then he has released eight albums, “This is How I Say It” (2002), “The Confessions of a Colicky Child” (2005), “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue” (2005), “Too Late for Edelweiss “(2008),” 2 Steps from Paradise “(2010),” It will never end for me “(2013),” You Old You Free “(2016) and” Illusions “(2018).
The tenth album, “Spotlight” is released in two parts. The first on May 15 and the second sometime in August.
