Abba are now set to release five new tracks as part of their long-awaited reunion, which has been postponed until 2021.
The Swedish pop icons announced back in 2018 that they would be sharing two new tracks: âI Still Have Faith In Youâ and âDonât Shut Me Downâ. At the beginning of 2020, the group’s Benny Andersson promised that the material was “coming this year”.
It has now been revealed that Abba’s return has been pushed back due to “technical difficulties” as well as the ongoing coronavirus crisis. However, fans’ patience will be rewarded as the band plan to release five new songs in total.
Geoff Lloyd, co-host of the Reasons To Be Cheerful podcast, explained (via The Independent): âI got to spend an hour [âŠ] with Björn Ulvaeus from Abba via Zoom. Heâs quarantining â heâs got an island in the Stockholm archipelago.
Ulvaeus previously hinted at the direction of two of the new cuts, describing one of them as “a pop tune, very danceable” and the other “more timeless, more reflective”.
Announcing their first foray into the studio in 35 years, Abba said in their initial statement: âWe all four felt that, after some 35 years, it could be fun to join forces again and go into the recording studio. So we did.
âAnd it was like time had stood still and that we only had been away on a short holiday. An extremely joyful experience!â
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