Icona Pop team up with Galantis for new single ‘I Want You’
nme.comIcona Pop have returned with a new single, ‘I Want You’, featuring Galantis.The song is expected to be the first taste of a new album, which, per a press release, the Swedish duo are currently putting the finishing touches to.Check out ‘I Want You’ below:The duo, made up of Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo, left Los Angeles as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning and returned to Stockholm.
There, they found themselves going back to the studio “where it all started”, pushing them to re-engage with their electronic and alternative roots.“We got back to what we love,” said Jawo. “It was the quietest period we’ve experienced in ten-plus years, so it’s crazy we made such danceable music.
We felt the need to do something more up-tempo.”Icona Pop haven’t released an album since 2013’s ‘This Is… Icona Pop’, which spawned the global smash hit ‘I Love It’, featuring Charli XCX.
They have released several stand-alone singles in that time, including 2019’s ‘Emergency’.Courting recently released a cover of ‘I Love It’ after it “accidentally became a live staple” on their previous tour. “It is silly, shouty, faithful, and a mere drop of water in the ocean of how much we adore Charli XCX.
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