France: Agnes Live @ NRJ

Agnes Carlsson en live au 6/9 - Release Me

France: Agnes Live @ Voltage!

Agnes is apperantly in France doing promo right now!
Watch a fierce performance from yesterday, when Agnes had a concert on Voltage Hit Radio, above.
On Monday "Dance Love Pop" were released in France.
The first single "Release Me" has been a huge hit there, it´s right now #2 on France Airplay and has sold more than 70.000 copies!
The next single to be released in France is "On And On".

Watch another video from the gig, at Voltage.

I Need You Now - My thoughts

Well i have to say, a couple of days ago i was really disappointed with this selection of the 2nd single in the UK. I thought Agnes were doomed, by this. But i have actually changed my mind about the whole thing.
Even though i think "I Need You Now" is the weakest song on the album, it´s still an amazing song! And the UK version will not be like the original at all, it´ll be more up-tempo but it will still have the beautiful strings. Someone has said that it will be a dance mix of the song.
This is good news, since i think the original is too slow to be a big hit. This also shows that the UK-label want to show Agnes versitility, by choosing a different kind of song.
But i still don´t think it will be as huge as "Release Me" (or as "On And On" would have been), but i´m hoping for it to at least reach the top10 in the singlechart.
What happened to the new song/songs is still a mystery, hopefully we´ll get more info about them later on.
I still think the releasedate is terrible though, 16th November, it´s a long time since "Release Me" were released. I really think October would be a much better time to release it!
At least it should be released to radio and Tv sometime in October.
Well, i´m very excited to hear how the new version will sound like, how the musicvideo will look like and what they come up with for the cover.

Germany: Agnes @ RTL Stars For Free

See more pictures here.

Release Me - Behind the scenes of the new musicvideo - Article

Agnes borrows from - Britney
Here starts the Swedish star's U.S. career
LONG BEACH. Here is where Agnes Carlsson record her first foreign video.

"Nojesbladet" was there when the 21-year-old singer added the foundation for what will be her springboard into the U.S. market.

- "Idol" feels very far away right now, says the Vanersborg girl who won the contest 2005.

It is the middle of the night.
We are in an abandoned port warehouse far out on Terminal Island in Long Beach.
The lighting is dim. The locale represents a blackclub.
Agnes is in the middle of the dance floor in a glittering dress.
Behind her, she has about 30 dancers and extras. From the speakers roar "Release Me", which is her debut song in the U.S.

Another 50 persons are involved in the production.
- It's unbelievable. Here their is one person to each job. It is so professional, says Agnes.
There was already a video recorded in Sweden.
But it was rejected by the American label, Interscope.
- She looked too grown up - as 28, says director Thomas Kloss, Austria, which previously made "Bottle Pop" for the Pussycat dolls.

Therefore, he has borrowed from the early Britney. In a scene where Agnes is singing in the recording studio, she has a ponytail.
- Now she looks like she is 20. It feels both hip and fun and fit the audience better, he says.

New images of the break
Agnes seems to have no objection.
The broad smile that rests between takes on her lips was not affected by the fact that she's already been here for eight hours.
- I do not feel tired, she assured.
- It's just fun.
Not even when it's recording pause, she may be left in peace. A promotional photograph dragging away her to a corrugated, rusty tin wall.
He gets her to pose in various positions and take the picture image on the image.

"Can relax"
- Stop it now, cry Kloss while the camera and camera trolley rails are moved to a new position.
- She needs to rest. She has several hours of work ahead of her. She will be completely exhausted.
In the makeup trailer later Agnes reflects the turnaround her life has taken.
- It's the first time I am in Los Angeles and now I get to work with the best in the industry. I feel like I just can relax and concentrate on what I should do.

By: Magnus Sundholm Aftonbladet

Contracts worth £ 7 million (1 million dollars)

• As "Nojesbladet" previously disclosed Agnes has signed a contract with the world's largest record company, Interscope and Geffen.
• According to "Nojesbladet", she gets more than seven million in so-called "signing bonus.
• The agreement means that she will launch in North America and Japan.
• The focus on the Swedish singer has already launched in the U.S.
• The song "Release Me" has been released to clubs and is available on iTunes. 16th September will be the debut of the video.
• The Japanese market will have to wait until next year.

UK: Next single - I Need You Now

The next UK single is "I Need You Know" and will be released on 16th November. There will be a new version, plus remixes. It´s written by Anders Hansson and Sharon Vaughn, who also wrote "Release Me" together with Agnes.
According to wikipedia, it will also be released in Sweden.
This is sadly not a joke. I can´t see why they have made this choice, it´s actually the worste one in my opinion. Even though i think it´s a great song, but it´s not a hit-single. Also, Agnes is being promoted as a disco-diva, and "I Need You Now" is far from disco! And to release it so late? That´s just stupid, it´s a half year after "Release Me" were released.
I can´t understand what they are thinking with! I feel like this is the end in the UK for Agnes, she have had major success with "Release Me", but "I Need You Now" is going to flop.
I always thought the new single would be one of the brand new songs Agnes has recorded, but for some strange reason it isn´t.
Well let´s focus on the US & the rest of Europe now, thanks to UK for this time.
But i´m still hoping for the best, maybe it will go better than i think, time will tell!

Agnes Live @ Virgin Club FG (FR)

Release Me - Gets a new musicvideo!

For the US release of "Release Me" the single got a brand new cover, and now it´s getting a brand new musicvideo too! I have to admit i´m pretty surprised, beacuse the original "Release Me" video has worked just fine in Europe, and is in my opinion fantastic! But then again, according to the latest article in "Aftonbladet" Agnes got 1 million dollars from Interscope/Geffen Records!
The video has apperantly been shooted in Los Angeles today! According to sources the video is centered around a danceparty.
Seems like they are thinking about everything, wich must be a good sign.
Below you can see the original musicvideo, that almost have 8 million views on YouTube!

EMA 2009!

Agnes has been nomineed for the best Swedish Act Award at MTV´s Europe Music Awards. On 12th October the winner will be announced and will then compete against 21 other artists from Europe, for the titel as the "Best European Act"!
This years EMA´s will take place in Berlin 5th November.
Vote on Agnes here! Just press on "Rosta" next to Agnes.

New press photos!