Swedish DJ synthpop duo Icona Pop has just dropped the music video for their second international single, "Girlfriend." To follow up the meteoric success of their breakout single "I Love It," the girls of Icona Pop is ready to set forth on their next electro-pop voyage and needed an equally huge sophomore single, presumably bigger than anything on their self-titled Swedish debut, and their new catchy track "Girlfriend" is as enormously infectious as you'd expect given that their recent collaborators have included Stargate, Benny Blanco and Shellback.
Just in time for summer, "Girlfriend" is the next roll-down-your-windows, put-your-hands-up ode to friendship and freedom, and it marks the beginning of the international promotion for the launch of their global debut album "This Is..." which the girls described as "almost done" in a Billboard interview last February and will released later this summer. It's easy to identify with Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt as they sing about going on adventures together and making it up as they go, but it's also, as usually, really easy to get down and jump around to their catchy, irresistible beats. The duo say this is a taste of what's to come and we're looking forward to the rest.
The track was produced by Stargate and finds the duo reaffirming their friendship. "All I need in this life of sin/Is me and my girlfriend!" The duo happily sing together on their latest track, which snatches its lyrics from the chorus of Tupac Shakur's 1996 track "Me and My Girlfriend," which was later sampled by Jay-Z and Beyoncé on "'03 Bonnie And Clyde." By using the late Los Angeles icon rhymes, these girlfriends rework the hook, changing "bloody" to "happy" for the Bonnie and Clyde-referencing "down to ride" portion. But the message is still the same. It's buried under pounding electropop, the foundation of this celebratory fizzy fist-pump of a song.
Directed by Mackash, the three-minute video for "Girlfriend" gives glimpses at the Swedish electro-pop duo riding their Mini car looking incredibly flawless through deserted roads, town and villages, and stepping off of it to search a train they can hop on. They are then seen boarding a moving freight train and end up performing their female friendship anthem on top of the roof while in motion. Icona Pop also give the music video an extra dose of excitement by performing "Girlfriend" in a room filled with light effects. It's simple and perfect for an anthem of their love.
Just in time for summer, "Girlfriend" is the next roll-down-your-windows, put-your-hands-up ode to friendship and freedom, and it marks the beginning of the international promotion for the launch of their global debut album "This Is..." which the girls described as "almost done" in a Billboard interview last February and will released later this summer. It's easy to identify with Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt as they sing about going on adventures together and making it up as they go, but it's also, as usually, really easy to get down and jump around to their catchy, irresistible beats. The duo say this is a taste of what's to come and we're looking forward to the rest.
The track was produced by Stargate and finds the duo reaffirming their friendship. "All I need in this life of sin/Is me and my girlfriend!" The duo happily sing together on their latest track, which snatches its lyrics from the chorus of Tupac Shakur's 1996 track "Me and My Girlfriend," which was later sampled by Jay-Z and Beyoncé on "'03 Bonnie And Clyde." By using the late Los Angeles icon rhymes, these girlfriends rework the hook, changing "bloody" to "happy" for the Bonnie and Clyde-referencing "down to ride" portion. But the message is still the same. It's buried under pounding electropop, the foundation of this celebratory fizzy fist-pump of a song.
Directed by Mackash, the three-minute video for "Girlfriend" gives glimpses at the Swedish electro-pop duo riding their Mini car looking incredibly flawless through deserted roads, town and villages, and stepping off of it to search a train they can hop on. They are then seen boarding a moving freight train and end up performing their female friendship anthem on top of the roof while in motion. Icona Pop also give the music video an extra dose of excitement by performing "Girlfriend" in a room filled with light effects. It's simple and perfect for an anthem of their love.
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