May 24 - Old but gold: Hope There's Someone (Avicii feat. Linnea Henriksson)

  [English version below]

Tim Bergling, conocido profesionalmente como Tim Berg al principio y como Avicii después, fue un DJ y productor musical sueco que comenzó a hacer música en 2006. Tocaba house progresivo, electro house y electro dance. Se retiró de las giras en 2016, después de varios años de estrés y problemas de salud mental. El 20 de abril de 2018, se suicidó mientras estaba de vacaciones en Mascate, Omán.

En Hope There's Someone, incluida en su primer álbum True, unió fuerzas con Linnea Henriksson, cantante y compositora sueca. Aparte de su carrera musical, está muy involucrada en lograr una industria musical más representativa y equilibrada respecto al género.

Esta canción es una versión de la de Anohni and the Johnsons, grupo antes conocido como Antony and the Johnsons. A mí la canción original no me gusta demasiado, pero sí que quiero compartir unas palabras (traducidas) de Anohni: "[...] pude aceptar que está bien ser como soy. Pero no me siento empáticamente mujer, es más sutil que eso".

Otra de mis favoritas es Seek Bromance (con Amanda Wilson), que también tiene unos años. Y si ampliamos la lista de DJs, tenemos She Wolf (con Sia) y Lovers On The Sun (con Sam Martin), ambas de David Guetta; The Only Way Is Up de Martin Garrix & Tiësto; y The Spectre (con Jesper Borgen) de Alan Walker. 

En este caso tampoco he podido encontrar enlaces de Bandcamp o SoundCloud útiles. El que funciona de SoundCloud suena ligeramente más agudo y rápido de lo que debería. 

  [Versión en castellano arriba]

Tim Bergling, known professionally as Tim Berg at the beginning and as Avicii afterwards, was a Swedish DJ and music producer who started making music in 2006. He played progressive house, electro house and electronic dance music. He retired from touring in 2016, after several years of stress and poor mental health. On 20 April 2018, he died by suicide while on holiday in Muscat, Oman.

In Hope There's Someone, included in his debut album True, he joined forces with Linnea Henriksson, a Swedish singer and songwriter. Outside of her musical career, she is committed to working towards a more gender balanced and representative music industry.

This song is a version of the one by Anohni and the Johnsons, formerly known as Antony and the Johnsons. I don't like the original song too much, but I do want to share a few words from Anohni: "[...] I could accept that it was OK to be the way I am. But I don’t feel emphatically female, it’s more subtle than that." 

Another favourite of mine is Seek Bromance (with Amanda Wilson), which is also several years old. And if we expand the list of DJs, we have She Wolf (with Sia) and Lovers On The Sun (with Sam Martin), both by David Guetta; The Only Way Is Up by Martin Garrix & Tiësto; and The Spectre (with Jesper Borgen) by Alan Walker.

In this case I have not been able to find useful Bandcamp or SoundCloud links either. The one that works from SoundCloud sounds slightly higher and faster than it should.

 

 

 

Lyrics/Letra:

Hope there's someone who'll take care of me
When I die, will I go? 

And hope there's someone who'll set my heart free
Nice to hold when I'm tired

There's a ghost on the horizon
When I go to bed
How will I fall asleep tonight
How will I rest my head?

And godsend I don't want to go
To the seal's watershed
And there's a ghost on the horizon
When I go to bed

Oh I'm scared of that middle place
Between light and nowhere
I don't want to be the one
Left in there, left in there

And there's a man on the horizon
Wish that I go to bed
And if I fall to his feet tonight
How will I rest my head?

And godsend I don't want to go
To the seal's watershed
And there's a ghost on the horizon
When I go to bed