E-Type is signed to British label AATW (you can call them a ‘chav’ label all you like, they’re doing so well they won’t care) and True Believer, one of my top singles of 2007, will be released properly very soon. It’s been on Clubland TV’s playlist for ages but finally seems to be picking up speed. Fingers crossed it will ‘do a Lady GaGa’ and at last gain the success I know it can have. Another hit for Max Martin as well! I bet not many people wasting their £s on Pink and Katy Perry would believe that their songs were written by the guy behind True Believer. Wait… so Pink and Katy don’t actually have any talent of their own? Who’d have thought it!
The other similarly great piece of news is that September’s next single has finally been chosen, and thank the lord it is not some rubbish new song but Can’t Get Over! I would have gone for either that or Satellites, so I’m pleased. Now she will have a great shot at being more than a one hit wonder – the new Cascada at least!
I heard about both September and E-Type’s news from the Scandipop blog, which I recently began to read as I realised that in fact it was not some meanie stealing the pseudonym of Scandipop from the Popjustice boards in the olden days, but actually the good old Scandipop himself! It’s a very informative blog, although a little too promotey at times, but I do think it’s a shame that Swedish pop music blogs are so segregated these days. We have sites like Scandipop for the cheesy pop and dance and the Melodifestivalen info, and then there are those like It’s A Trap providing news on all the indie-pop acts like Hello Saferide and Marit Bergman. While both kinds are great, I do miss the days of Sounds of Sweden where we could hear about the best of both sides of Svenskpop all in one place! It certainly does take much more effort to keep up these days.