Evelyn
Evelyn (real name Eva Lindgren) is a Swedish Contemporary Bubblegum dance artist most well-known for her hit single "Funny Bunny Boy."
Brief History
Evelyn is from Stockholm in Sweden, and was 24 years old when she started her musical carreer. She worked as a fashion model in Barcelona and has been voted 'Miss Täby' in her homeland. Her musical background ranges from choir singing in school to several live solo performances in the U.S.A where she lived for one year.
Evelyn's debut single Funny Bunny Boy was released in autumn 1998. It has been produced by Johnny Jam & Delgado who also produced Aqua's famous song Barbie Girl. The single didn't do as well as it was hoped for in the charts, but it was played quite often in the clubs. Her next song was called Blue Sky Black, a song that was not released as a single, but was included on a soundtrack to a swedish film called 'F**king Åmål', along with Funny Bunny Boy and Combayah's "Fantasy Dreamworld."
Evelyn's debut album "Partystarter" was produced by Floom.
Play With Me Controversy
Evelyn's second official single was called Play With Me. The song was about a dildo, and one was actually offered to the first buyers of the CD-single. The whole thing made people furious, particularly in Norway.
Moviestar
Evelyn released a cover of Harpo's "Moviestar", which was included on her debut album and was also released as a single. Movistar is a popular 1975 song written and sung by Harpo from Sweden. The Swedish language version entered the first place on the Swedish hitlist Svensktoppen on July 10, 1976.
Evelyn's Comments
Below Evelyn comments about each song released on her debut album "Partystarter."
Everybody : this song starts the album, just because this was the first song that Roy, the label's director, heard. The chorus was very hard, I had to do it again a thousand times (she laughs) ! It gave a partystarter feeling.
Funny Bunny Boy : a song full of humor ! During the recordings, people asked me what my mood was. I replied : "It's Funny Bunny". Mats told me "What a great title !". As soon as I got home, I started working on this idea. 2 months later, the song was completed and it really sounded great !! (This song became her first hit single in Europe)
Moviestar : it's a fast-paced dance track ! The original was a song recorded by Harpo and released in 1976. I just love this pop cover.
Blue Sky Black : the writing and recording of this track were completed in only 2 days, in spite of what this song became my favourite. She was the last song to be added to the album.
Get It Up : the elegant chorus id not fit well, we had a lot of troubles. We finished the recorded after 2 weeks
I Belong To You : it was quite a bothering song at the beginning, since lyrics and melody did not fit together. However, we wanted to complete it, and finally we obtained a Madonna-like chorus. The acoustic guitar sound and the wind noise provide a nice sensation, which makes of this song one of my favourites.
Play With Me : if I listen to this song again, I understand with how much pleasure I finished it. Lyrics are about friendship. One may say that this song personifies the album. I recommend it for happy evenings.
All That I Need : this song changed a lot since the first demo version. Even if it was very powerful at the beginning, it finally became very groovy because of the accumulation of voices. This one must be played very loud !
Give Me Some Time : this is the very first song we wrote together ! It's a special song, not only because it was the first milestone of the album, but also the beginning of our friendship. It was finished faster than expected.
Let's Forget About Time : the lyrics were not written yet, I always hummed it Even if this one was quickly finished, I like the sound and the lyrics.
Be My Baby : Daniel found this song among his oldies as he was working as a DJ. Meanwhile, Mats who was completely drunk shouted : "This will be the next song we'll do !". That's the reason why we did this cover. Anyway, this song had a great feeling, hasn't it? Otherwise, I wouldn't have finished it...
Third Album
In 2001 Evelyn started to work on her 3rd studio album. However, the release, which was planned for the Summer, never came.
