Nina Nesbitt will release new album 'Älskar' on September 2nd.
The title means 'to love' in Swedish, a nod to her heritage and a country that played a key role in the making of the record.
Sessions for 'Älskar' date back to 2019, but when the pandemic intervened Nina Nesbitt began completing sessions over Zoom, using the spare bedroom in her mother's house.
She comments: “Making this album was a completely different experience to anything I’ve made before, although a lot of the music was created remotely, I feel that I’ve processed so much and learnt a lot about the relationships in my life during the last few years. I wanted to capture all types of love in their raw forms, whether it be romantic, heartbreak, friendship, coming of age, familial or self love.”
New single 'Pressure Makes Diamonds' is out now, a polished return with a lyric that discusses the way society treats women as they mature.
Crafted alongside producers Jack & Coke, Swedish artist SHY Martin was also on hand during the sessions.
Nina adds: “I wrote ‘Pressure Makes Diamonds’ about trying to navigate my way through the societal pressures I started to feel as a woman in my mid-twenties.”
Director Wolf James worked on the video, a playfully stylish return from Nina – tap in below.
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‘Älskar’ tracklist:
‘Gaol’
‘Teenage Chemistry’
‘No Time (For My Life To Suck)’
‘Pressure Makes Diamonds’
‘Dinner Table’
‘When You Lose Someone’
‘I Should Be A Bird’
‘Colours of You’
‘Limited Edition’
‘Older Guys’
‘Heirlooms’
‘Älskar’
Photo Credit: Natalie Sakstrup
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