Säkert! – Säkert!
To me Säkert! (Annika Norlin) defined the year of 2007 with this album. She had previously released an album as Hello Saferide and I liked that album a lot as well, but it was when she started singing in Swedish that she really moved me.
The album was very emotional and Annika sings about subjects such as rape, never being good enough, thinking about an ex, finally telling the truth to all of your friends and a lot more. She always sings it with such heart and such devotion that you can almost touch her pain. She is brave enough to sing her heart without bothering to hit the notes perfectly and she dares to sing in her local accent. This makes it a lot more personal and at times it’s almost as if you’re reading her diary.
But that’s what makes Annika such a special artists. She sings about things that have happened to her, and even when it hasn’t she still writes the songs from her heart and she puts her soul into it when she performs the songs. Once you’ve heard a song of hers it will always be there with you, somehow it will leave it’s mark on you.
And in the midst in all of this she still manages to create music that you’ll want to sing a long to and take to your own heart and she has to hers. That is nothing short of amazing, and this is one of the albums that I cherish the most. I suggest that you listen to it whether you speak Swedish or not, because I am confident that she will be able to move you either way.
10/10
- For the love of pop
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