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Icona Pop (English: / aɪ ˈ k ɒ n ə ˈ p ɒ p / eye-KON-ə POP) are a Swedish synth-pop duo that formed in 2009, with electro house and indie pop music influences. [5] Its two members, Aino Jawo (born 7 July 1986) and Caroline Hjelt (born 8 November 1987), grew up in Stockholm and created what the Swedish press has described as music which "you can both laugh and cry to at the same time".
Club Romantech (consisting Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo) is the third studio album by Swedish synth-pop duo Icona Pop. It was released on 1 September 2023 through Swedish independent record label TEN Music Group and Ultra .
Aino Jawo – executive producer; Mark Knight – producer; Kool Kojak – additional production, keyboards; Markus Krunegård – musician, producer, programming; Brian Lee – musician, producer, programming; Colin Leonard – mastering; Rafi Levy – guitar; Tove Lo – background vocals
Lead vocals – Icona Pop Lyrics – Marcus Sephermanesh, Aino Jawo, Caroline Hjelt, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Marvin Harper, Ricky Rouse, Tupac Shakur, Tyrone Wrice
The music video presented a mock ballroom battle. ICONA POP members Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo were inducted to the House of Xtravaganza as special members during the video filming. [41] [42] An "interactive murder mystery" play titled The Murder of Venus Xtravaganza 1988 was presented by a New York City theater group in the fall of 2013. [43]
Band member Aino Jawo said she felt a connection to the song because it mirrored her own experiences, and the line "You're from the 70s but I'm a 90s bitch" reminded her of an older man she had known. [7] Member Caroline Hjelt described Charli XCX's original demo as "more cute, in a way…really cool and cocky". [8]
In May 2019, he married Sonja Jawo in Paris. She is the older sister of Aino Jawo, of Swedish electropop duo Icona Pop. [36] [37] They divorced in the summer of 2021. [38] In 2020, Rapace published his autobiography Romeo: Min flykt i fem akter. [39]
Although there are estimated to be at least 30,000 Ainu people in Japan, [5] there is a low rate of self-identification as Ainu among people with Ainu ethnic roots. [6] Knowledge of the language was already endangered by the 1960s and has continued to decline since.