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Artist: Suzie
Title: Dirty Pop
Formats: CD, LP, Digital Download, Streaming, Cassette
Genre: Dirty Pop, Electro Pop, Avant Pop, Experimental
Producers: Suzie Stockholm (exec.), Karma Kid, Dijon, Gloo, Chicago Nobody, The Wolverines, Gusten Dahlqvist, Reesy G, Sega Bodega, Robo Erotica, Wuki, Jakwob
Recorded: 2014, 2019-21
Label: Swedish House Records
"Dirty Pop" is the highly anticipated album by Swedish singer, Suzie Stockholm set to be released in December 2021 through the Swedish pop stars own label, Swedish House Records. Dirty Pop marks the first album release since "Rise Above", a highly controversial album which spawned the hits "Rise Above" and "Dance with The Queen". Dirty Pop's initial release was set for 2015, and then again in 2019 under the name "P.O.P". However, Suzie decided to go another route with her sound moving into the new decade and decided to only keep just three records from the previous recording sessions for the newly revamped Dirty Pop material. Suzie's marriage, pregnancy, birth of her daughter, engagements with the Fan Choice Awards, and the pandemic were the main reasons for the push backs for the follow up from the last album. It wasn't until September of 2021 when the pop world got a new taste of Stockholm's newly recorded material with the release of "Bad Behavior".
"Dirty Pop" is the first project executively produced by Suzie herself, as the pop star was responsible for the business decisions pertaining to the album as well as the organization of the recordings with the album's music producers. Dirty Pop is predominately an Electro Pop album but is also majorly influenced by industrial and experimental pop music. It also delves into Glitch Pop, Hyper Pop, Dance, Hip House and Trap. The albums daring concoction of genre's ultimately gave birth to an all-new genre that Suzie has called her very own, "Dirty Pop" music. "Addiction" was released as the lead single of the then titled "P.O.P" album and reached #1 position on Chart Heat Singles. It became Suzie's first number one single. "Dirty Little Things" featuring Puerto Rican rapper Payton was then released in 2019 as a promotional single for the then album. Like its predecessor, Dirty Little Things also went on to reach the summit of Chart Heat Singles. On September 7th, 2021 Suzie released "Bad Behavior" as the lead single of "Dirty Pop", followed by its remix featuring Billy. Both the solo recording and remix reached #1 position on Chart Heat Singles, becoming Suzie's fastest selling single, and her best sales figures since 2014.
The initial era that is Dirty Pop started as an album named "P.O.P", an acronym for the phrase Princess of Pop. During these days, Suzie entered the studio with some of the industry's most popular producers, which was something that become a signature of Suzie's during those days. After recording tracks with the likes of The Wolverines, Suzie selected what would be the initial lead single for the then titled album. "Addiction" was released and was met with mostly positive reviews, with critics alike applauding the catchy, dance heavy nature of the record. After the release of "Addiction", Suzie made a surprise performance at the Fan Choice Awards where Suzie performed five of her greatest hits including a preview of a song entitled, "Like A Waterfall" which does not appear on Dirty Pop and never experienced a release to this day. Along with debuting "Addiction" and "Like a Waterfall", Suzie also performed past hits like "Dance With The Queen", "Are You Ready?", "Glory Hole", "I'm Rich B*tch, and "Burn Away". After the Fan Choice Choice Awards, Suzie got back into the studio with a range of different producers like The Wolverines who as said earlier, produced Addiction. Most of these records were put away in a vault, as the musical landscape was changing, and Suzie felt the need to take control of her sound and create something all new to herself. Despite recording the "P.O.P" album for more than three years with over 40 tracks being written, recorded and mixed, only three wound up being put on the final track list for the newly recorded "Dirty Pop".
In 2019 the wheels really started turning for a follow up from the release of "Addiction". After relocating to London, UK the Swedish born pop star was inspired by up-and-coming producers who she felt offered fresh new sounds. A stark difference from the premise of her career, where she was known infamously for paying the most exposed and hottest producers to work with her. Word got through the grapevine that Suzie was looking for new U.K producers to work with. In late 2018, an up-and-coming producer by the name ReesyG personally emailed the singer some demo recordings. Impressed by his work, Suzie flew ReesyG out to London to discuss the initial sound she was going for. At the time, Suzie was clear that she wanted to try something totally new.
After receiving a written track entitled "Dirty Little Things" from Cara Zayn, ReesyG produced a dark hyper-pop, trap-inspired track driven by thumping drum grooves, and a rumbling basslines track. Suzie was very involved in the direction for the song and its arrangements. After recording the song, Suzie thought it would be a great idea to get Latin rapper Payton on the song. Despite the last-minute addition, Payton was very excited to get on a track with someone like Suzie and thought it was going to be "fire". It only took Payton a few hours to write his verse, record it, and send it back to Suzie. Dirty Little Thing was released in 2019 to positive reviews, with Culture Uncut's Brianna Harrington calling it a "fast-paced club anthem, with one of the most contagious beats heard in a very long time. It's an extremely sexual song which we're likely to be hearing in nightclubs for years to come, it's just made for the party mentality, and it's done very well from its high-energy beats to the lyrics".
Dirty Little Things went on to reach #1 on the Chart Heat Singles Chart. Following the release of Dirty Little Things, Suzie entered the studio with Chicago Nobody to release the critically acclaimed "sticky n' sweet" which saw a release Suzie in 2020. Suzie then got married to actor Jordan Avogadro, became pregnant and gave birth to a beautiful daughter, who's name Suzie has continually withheld. Suzie initially announced her pregnancy and break from music during a surprise interview during 2021's Fan Choice Awards. After the announcement, all recordings for the upcoming album were put on hold as Suzie did not record throughout her pregnancy and the first 4 months after giving birth. This was also during the time that the Coronavirus pandemic rocked the world, further delaying the album process.
It wasn't until July of 2021 that Suzie began recording again for the album. Suzie put out what many would call a "roll call" for up-and-coming producers in the U.K. Suzie then went on to choose producers based on records either sent to her or her personally choosing producers using outlets such as SoundCloud, Audio Mack and YouTube. Each producer was flown out to London for a producers and writers' meeting where Suzie and the albums team of writers and record producers would discuss and brainstorm the direction for the new album. One of these new offerings from the new recording sessions entitled "Bad Behavior" was produced by one of the underground industrial pop producers, Karma Kid. Bad Behavior was named the new lead single for the newly titled "Dirty Pop" and was released without notice on September 7th, 2021. The song really emphasized the new daring direction of Suzie, while still staying true to her lyrical content. Bad Behavior's success gave way to the Suzie's continued push against the grain, offering charismatic Avant pop records that perfectly fit her.
"Dirty Pop" boasts 12 songs and is an Electro Pop album but is also majorly influenced by industrial and experimental pop music. Drawing influences from the likes of Glamazon and Chicago Nobody; Dirty Pop unapologetically delves into other music genre's such as Hyper Pop, Glitch Pop, Dance, Hip House and Trap. The albums daring concoction of genre's ultimately gives birth to an all-new genre that Suzie calls her very own; "Dirty Pop" music. The album delivers a darker, heavier, more vocally alluring and charismatic Suzie as she oozes her own specific kind of sexuality and sound:
"My absolute best work. This album allowed me to really experiment with a lot of unknown underground U.K producers and really just create a body of work that allows me to express myself with my very own sound, that kind taps in and out of what 'is' considered mainstream pop music. That's what's so special about the upcoming album. Aside from that, we got in the studio and really just had fun. This was so much fun to record because I was able to play around and find exactly what I'm good at and play up to my strengths as a recording artist. Back in the day, I would get in the studio and sing songs producers made for me based off of what they think I would sound good on and how I should sound on it. Not this time. This time I took full control and these producers and I really played up to my strengths and really tapped into something different. I'm doing things on this album that I'm not good....but great at. Dirty Pop really doesn't sound like anything that you currently hear from other pop artists and it's not very conventional, not only in it's sound but also in it's content. The album is Dirty Pop, it sounds...like Dirty Pop. It's very unique and it's sexy and after listening to the album you'll come out of feeling very fucking liberated." (Suzie, 2021)
The album revolves around the pop star, her body, how dirty and sexually liberated and free she is, as she offers compelling glances into her glamorous and dirty life. Through futuristic, distorted vocals and synths that makes the album sound unique to what we hear today in the pop music landscape. "Dirty Pop" comes as a true testament to Suzie's force of a personality, an identity she further imprints through this musical ride with the pop star never getting lost in the underground dirty beats, which deserves recognition of its own. Especially for an artist notoriously panned for vocal abilities.
"No one has done it like me. The true icons in music all represent something different and can say no one has done it like them and have carved a lane for themselves. I've done just that and will continue. I'm gonna be the girl that made the girls and boys who were too afraid to show their inner sexy to the world feel like it's okay. Because it fucking is. And my impact will be impacted MY way. I don't need to follow suite. I'm not for the faint hearted, and that's okay." (Suzie, 2021)
Dirty Pop ultimately proves that Suzie is in full control of her artistic vision no matter the past criticisms. On this album, it's Suzie's complexity that steals the show and ultimately solidifies her return as better than ever.
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HALF-MOON-MUSIC: IN CONVERSATION WITH SUZIE STOCKHOLM [2021]
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