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When Johanne, at 17, writes a memoir about her passion for teacher Johanna, the precocious result rattles three generations

Here is the third in a playful trilogy from Norwegian novelist and film-maker Dag Johan Haugerud. This one is a sly, garrulous, mischievous piece with something of Lukas Moodysson’s early film Show Me Love; it saunters lightly and entertainingly along, breaking all the screenplay-seminar rules against voiceovers (of which it has lengthy stretches but it never feels oppressive). I can imagine two different sorts of US English-language remake: one which ramps up the wry indie comedy, and another which transfers the emphasis to a dead-serious generational family drama. Neither would have this insouciant flavour.

The setting is Oslo and Ella Øverbye plays Johanne, a 17-year-old at high school who is dissatisfied with her life; she lives with single mum Kristin (Ane Dahl Torp) and is also close to her grandmother Karin...

Madonna has made a country choir’s dreams come true, sharing their video performing one of her hits with her 19.8 million followers on Instagram.

The choir from Northampton in the middle of the UK had sung their own version of Madonna’s 2000 hit Music and shared it on social media – where the BBC reports it was spotted by the pop superstar and re-posted it on her own Instagram Stories.

The Northants Sings Out choir had previously appeared on the UK’s Britain’s Got Talent, but the choirmaster Gareth Fuller told the BBC receiving this tick of approval from Madonna was “just unreal.”

Their version of Music was part of a montage which included the hymn All is Well and also Show Me Love by Robin S. So far, the BBC reports that 280,000 viewers have watched the clip on YouTube, but this number will no doubt rocket as a result of Madonna’s endorsement.

“AGT: Fantasy League” concluded on February 19 with the “Final Results” of which of the 10 Dream Team acts became the newest AGT champion. The new spin-off series saw judges Mel B, Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel go head-to-head in a competition to mentor an all star ‘AGT’ act through the season to victory.

The 10 finalist acts that performed for the win on February 12 were: Billy and Emily England and Aidan Bryant on Team Mel; Ramadhani Brothers, Kodi Lee and Shadow Ace on Team Howie; Sofie Dossi and V.Unbeatable on Team Heidi; and Pack Drumline, Musa Motha and Sainted on Team Simon.

Below, read our minute-by-minute “AGT: Fantasy League” recap of episode 8 to find out who became the next AGT champion and which of the judges earned official bragging rights on Monday, February 19 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section...

In my opinion, the two greatest directors to emerge from the nexus of international cinema in the 1990s were both Scandinavian. One of them, Lars von Trier, became quite famous, for reasons both good and bad. The other director I’m speaking of never got famous, and his movies, even during his brief heyday, didn’t become art-house sensations. Yet for a time, Sweden’s Lukas Moodysson burned with an intoxicating flame.

He made three films of astonishing organic craft and humanistic purity: “Show Me Love” (1998), a shockingly lyrical love story about two high-school girls who fall for each other in a small town that didn’t look very tolerantly upon them; “Together” (2000), an ensemble comedy set in a sharehome commune in Stockholm in 1975 that is one of the only films that totally gets the counterculture; and “Lilya 4-ever” (2002), a haunting tragedy about a wayward girl in the former Soviet...

Sf Studios and REinvent have dropped the first trailer for Lukas Moodysson’s comedy “Together 99,” the Swedish director’s sequel to his 2000 hit movie “Together.”

Sf Studios will release the film in Sweden on Oct. 13, while REinvent will represent it in international markets.

“Together 99” follows a group of very different people who lived in a Swedish community called Together in 1975. The story picks up 24 years later, in 1999, with Göran and Klasse who are the last two members of the community. Feeling a bit lonely, they start thinking of a reunion with old friends and Klasse sets off to surprise Göran on his birthday.

“Together 99” is produced by Lars Jönsson and Anna Carlsten at Memfis Film, in co-production with Film i Väst, Sf Studios and Zentropa Entertainments, with support from the Swedish Film Institute, Det Danske FilminsHtut and Nordisk Film & TV Fond.

A critical and commercial hit, “Together” played at...

From trans lives to celebrations of drag, queer film pulled no punches as it hit screens in the 90s with a DIY bravura that transformed the movie industry

Queer film exploded like a glitter cannon in the 1990s, sending sparkling product raining down in every direction. Trans lives hit the screen in Orlando and Boys Don’t Cry, alongside dynamic bulletins from the Black queer experience. We had jubilant celebrations of drag with Paris Is Burning and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, provocations from New Queer Cinema in the shape of Poison, Swoon and Edward II; there were auteurist masterpieces and timeless coming-out stories. The Wachowski sisters, Lisa Cholodenko, François Ozon and Bruce Labruce all made their debuts; Pedro Almodóvar and Gus Van Sant went stratospheric. Benefiting from a surge in the fortunes of independent cinema, and a defined focus for anger brought about by Aids activism, queer...

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Sweden's Guldbagge Award, designed by Karl Axel Pehrson, looks like something out of a Cronenberg movie and we respect that. It doesn't look much like any other golden film award. It's chased in copper and enameled before the gold enters the picture. The Guidbagges were first handed out in 1964 when the late Ingmar Bergman, still Sweden's most famous auteur, took home Best Film and Best Director for The Silence. Other Swedish classics that have won the top prize include other Bergman masterpieces like Persona, Fanny & Alexander, and Cries and Whispers, arthouse auteur pics like You the Living and Border, Oscar darlings like The Emigrants, Pelle the Conquerer, and My Life as a Dog, and LGBTQ favourites like the teen lesbian drama Show Me Love and gay dance drama And Then We Danced.

This year's big winner was Oscar-nominated satire Triangle of Sadness which took home six prizes.

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Beyoncé just made history when she took home the Grammy for best dance/electronic music album for "Renaissance," netting her 32nd Grammy - the most of any artist ever. From the start, Beyoncé's "Renaissance" era has been a celebration of house music, beginning with its lead single, "Break My Soul," which was released in June 2022.

"Break My Soul" features a sample of Robin S.'s house hit "Show Me Love." Before she was sampled on the song, Robin S. was a major hitmaker in the house-music world. Her 1993 track "Show Me Love" was a hit in the early '90s, and her singles "Luv 4 Luv" and "What I Do Best" also topped the charts and helped establish the house genre around the world.

Beyoncé's feature gave "Show Me Love" a second life, and it also catalyzed a fresh wave of love for house,...

Confrontational, provocative, outrageous, heartbreaking, hilarious – all can be applied to director Lukas Moodysson, who has been hailed internationally as one of Sweden’s greatest filmmaking talents, delighting and confounding audiences in equal measure. Drawing his inspiration from an eclectic and startling array of subjects, including commune living, teenage angst, punk rock, reality TV and graphic novels, Moodysson’s extraordinary filmography is keenly observed and deeply felt. Later this month, on the essential, alternative streaming service Arrow, you can see all of his films together for the first time (and the collection is released on a Limited Edition Blu-ray boxset on January 30th by Arrow Video). Here’s a look at each film and what to expect from this unique talent.

Show Me Love (Aka F*Cking Amal) (1998)

Moodysson’s multiple-award winning first film, Fucking Åmål (released overseas as Show Me Love), tells the story of awkward smalltown teenager Agnes and...

Since announcing her first solo album of new material in more than five years, Beyoncé has yet again taken over the cultural conversation. As always, the legendary musician didn’t disappoint. From the instant hit “Break My Soul” to her photo shoot for British Vogue and making physical copies available for pre-order on her website (sorry, they’re currently sold out), the release of Reniassance has been one of the more refreshing, and exciting, rollouts of the past year. Even an unexpected leak two days before the July 29 release date sparked controversy,...

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Beyoncé returns with Renaissance, her highly anticipated seventh studio album that she released on Friday via Columbia Records and Parkwood Entertainment.

The pop superstar released “Act 1” of Renaissance with 16 tracks, including guest appearances from Beam on “Energy” as well as Grace Jones and Tems on “Move.” More superstars are enlisted on the writing and producing credits, such as her husband Jay-Z, Drake, Skrillex, The-Dream, Syd, Lucky Daye, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Nile Rodgers, Nija Charles, 070 Shake and more.

She dropped fans a note about Renaissance on her official website hours before Act 1 dropped Friday night. “This three act project was recorded over three years during the pandemic. A time to be still, but also a time I found to be the most creative,” she started. “Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world.

Follow-up to international hit from 2000 is set to film in Sweden in August.

Swedish director Lukas Moodysson is readying Together 99, a sequel to his 2000 international hit Together.

It will tell the story of a group of very different individuals who in 1975 lived in a commune called “Together”. Now it is 1999, and the collective has turned into a commune of just two people - Göran and Klasse. They decide to reconnect with their old friends. Gustaf Hammarsten will return in the role as Göran and Shanti Roney will play his friend Klasse. Further cast will be announced ahead of shooting in August.

Follow-up to international hit from 2000 is set to film in Sweden in August.

Swedish director Lukas Moodysson is readying a sequel to his international hit Together.

Titled Together 99 and produced by Memfis Film, the sequel takes place in 1999, 24 years after the first film.

Together 99 tells the story of a group of very different individuals who in 1975 lived in a commune called “Together”. Now it is 1999, and the collective has turned into the world’s smallest. The commune consists of only two people - Göran and Klasse. Feeling a bit lonely, the idea occurs of a reunion with their old friends.

Charli Xcx embraces transformation in the new music video for her Crash track, “Used to Know.”

“Used to Know,” with its sample of the Robin S. house classic “Show Me Love,” is an anthem for post break-up freedom, and the clip finds Charli fully embracing that liberation. The clip follows the pop singer and a pair of dancers as they perform the track in an array of different settings with complementary costumes, like high school cheerleaders, Eighties fitness mavens, and blasphemously sexy monks. The clip ends with a Marie Antoinette rave up,...

Legacy artists need exit strategies. These days, with pandemic disruptions closing off lucrative live-performance opportunities, a lot of the biggest names in rock and pop history have taken headline-grabbing catalog buyouts of their sizable discographies for eight- to nine-figure sums. But departing the entertainment industry isn’t solely about cashing out; it’s also about leaving one’s fans on the best possible terms, ensuring that those who supported you all those years aren’t left unsatisfied. So over this past weekend, when Daddy Yankee formally announced his retirement from music,...

When it comes to touring, Tove Styrke has been indie-pop royalty’s secret weapon. She provided the perfect prelude for Lorde on her massive Melodrama tour in 2018, and just wrapped as an opener for Marina. But it’s Tove’s time now. And you should say her name right, too. It’s Too-vah Steer-kah.

Zooming from her cozy Stockholm bedroom, Styrke reveals to Rolling Stone that her upcoming project, Hard, out June 3, is likely the rawest she’s ever been. “Every artist says that but it’s true,” she says...

When used to DJ around Bradford, England, in the mid-2010s, he noticed something about his hometown. “It’s the land that time forgot,” he says, with affection and resignation. “Everyone else is up to date, and we’re still spinning a record that’s 25 years old. Certain tunes, like Robin S.’s ‘Show Me Love,’ they still go off in a Bradford nightclub like it’s just come out. And when you start playing the new stuff, they didn’t like it.”

A few years later, he...

Alicia Keys was scheduled to release her latest studio album, Alicia, on March 20th of this year. But like many artists, she chose to delay the album — and its tour, originally scheduled to kick off in June — because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. She initially picked a May 15th release date, then decided to delay the album indefinitely.

Now, the wait is finally over: On Monday, Keys announced in a Twitter promo that Alicia would officially drop this Friday, September 18th.

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It’s kind of been a minute since we heard from Swedish writer/director Lukas Moodysson, at least in the world of film. Known for his often tender, heartfelt, and yet uncompromising works generally centered around children or coming of age tales, Moodysson made his name with films like “Show Me Love” and “Lilya 4-ever.” His last film, however, was 2013’s exuberant teen/punk coming of age film “We Are the Best!” and it’s been mostly silence since—even for his career as a novelist (his last book is 2012).

Continue reading ‘Gösta’ Trailer: Lukas Moodysson Returns With A Heartwarming New Series For HBO at The Playlist.

Alicia Keys and Khalid celebrate freedom and “living the way I want” in their new music video for “So Done.” The single will feature on Keys’ upcoming album Alicia, set for release this fall.

In the visual, directed by Andy Hines, Keys and Khalid perform onstage at a high school prom, where a girl (played by American Honey‘s Sasha Lane) who has just arrived at the gymnasium has trouble fitting in. When a band of motorcyclists blast through the gym, she suddenly finds her pathway to the life she wants to live.

Avoiding the trappings of other melodramas about the short lives of terminally ill teens, Asia is a restrained and nuanced exploration of the relationship between a mother and daughter. Anchored by two knockout performances, Shira Haas (currently starring in Netflix’s Unorthodox) plays the 17-year-old Vika and Alena Yiv is Asia, her 35-year-old single mother who is a nurse working the night shift at a local hospital. Asia immigrated to Israel from Russia, taking her daughter away from an absentee father and, in doing so for reasons that become clear later in the picture, keeps her close to her side.

Asia spends her nights away from Vika working and later we discover picking up on where she may have left off as a young woman: going to bars and having sex with a regular acquaintance on his car on the top of a wooded hill. Vika also experiments with drinking down at a skatepark,...

Alicia Keys doles out a mix of motivation and gratitude on her new song, “Good Job,” set to appear on her forthcoming album, Alicia.

“Good Job” is a classic Keys ballad that puts her piano and voice front-and-center, with a few atmospheric touches for good measure. “You’re doing a good job,” Keys sings during the chorus, “Don’t get too down/The world needs you now/Know that you matter.”

Per a press release announcing the song earlier this week, Keys wrote “Good Job” last year with her husband,...

Alicia Keys will release her new album, Alicia, March 20th via RCA Records then kick off a North American tour in support later this summer.

Alicia marks Keys’ seventh studio album and follows her 2016 effort, Here. The album announcement comes in the wake of her new single, “Underdog,” which was released earlier this month. Last year, Keys shared two additional new songs, “Time Machine” and “Show Me Love,” a duet with Miguel (a full tracklist for Alicia has yet to be released).

Keys will kick off her world tour in...

Alicia Keys released a new single on Thursday called “Underdog,” co-penned with Ed Sheeran and co-produced with Johnny McDaid (Ed Sheeran, Pink).

The accompanying visual shows Keys and her posse encouraging underdogs to “rise up.” It focuses on a man selling CDs on the side of the road and a girl in a hijab going to prom with her friends.

“Some people may think of the word underdog as a negative word, but I see it as a powerful word representing people who may be underestimated and yet still rise...

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.

Film at Lincoln Center

The career-spanning Agnès Varda retrospective has its final weekend.

Museum of Modern Art

Films by Truffaut, Jane Campion, Nobuhiko Ôbayashi and more play in “Show Me Love: International Teen Cinema.”

Metrograph

“Holidays at Metrograph” winds down with Phantom Thread and Eyes Wide Shut.

Downtown ’81 and A Bigger Splash play in “Metrograph Standards.

Alicia Keys has released a studio cover of Billie Eilish’s “Ocean Eyes” as part of Spotify’s Singles series. Recorded at Jungle City Studios in New York, Keys’ version incorporates piano — and the 15-time Grammy winner’s soulful voice — into Eilish’s 2016 single.

Keys originally shared her cover on Instagram back in August. And while accepting the Innovator Award at this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards, she highlighted Eilish as one of “the artists out here who continue to break the mold.”

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For their latest radio pop/soft-rock cover, Haim have decided to perform a Robyn song — but it’s not “Dancing on My Own” or anything from the Body Talk era, when Robyn became the international patron saint of dancing out your feelings.

Instead, the sisterly trio from L.A. performed “Show Me Love” — one of Robyn’s early radio hits from the Nineties — on BBC Radio 1’s Piano Sessions with Este Haim on lead vocals. The band beautifully adapted the pop song into a searing piano ballad, and it...

Alicia Keys and her squad don roller skates and hit the rink in her new “Time Machine” video, which features a cameo from Tierra Whack. The track is slated for Keys’ as-yet-untitled seventh studio album.

Directed by Art Johnson and Keys’ brother Cole Cook, the visual was filmed at Los Angeles’ World on Wheels. The singer stars as a daydreaming rink worker, who skates and sings along to her upbeat tune alongside her friends. At the end of the clip, Keys is caught lost in her own thoughts as Whack brings her back to reality.

Miguel has released a new single, “Funeral,” a terse, electro-driven number about death and sex, which makes the first release from his upcoming Ep of the same name. The song, which clocks in at just over two minutes, sees Miguel singing over a bed of dramatic, surging synth beats.

“Send my regards to the mother and father,” he intones on the track, which was produced by Miguel, Deion Gill, Alekaei Savchenko and Arutiun Tamamian. “‘Cause somebody’s daughter I just fucking slayed/Blood on the carpet, it came from my heart/Once I start,...

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Alicia Keys is a master of many genres. Proof of that recently came in the form of an unexpected Post Malone cover she performed at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. In the video, shown below, Keys sings her recently released "Show Me Love" before transitioning into the rapper's 2016 hit "Congratulations."

Related: Alicia Keys and Sara Bareilles Turned Their Dueling Pianos Duet Into a Badass Anthem

"I just want to vibe on this song right here," Keys said as she walked toward the piano. Following the fun interlude, she seamlessly went back to singing her own song like the pro she is. In her caption, Keys suggested she was down to collaborate with Malone, an idea we are certainly not opposed to.

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Alicia Keys took over the stage at Barclays Center in New York City to perform her song “Show Me Love” as part of Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s Brooklyn special.

Accompanied by a live band and several backup singers, Keys performed the sultry ballad on piano and vocals before stepping out from the piano to croon the lyrics for the live audience, who were in attendance for the Tidal X concert to benefit Rock the Vote. “Show Me Love” was released as a one-off single earlier this year featuring Miguel.

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Alicia Keys and Miguel float through a rain-soaked room in the video for the former’s new song, “Show Me Love.” The clip also features actors Michael B. Jordan and Zoë Saldana, along with Saldana’s artist husband, Marco Perego Saldana.

In the Cara Stricker-directed video, couples move languidly through literal and figurative stormy scenes. Jordan struggles against a torrential downpour as he moves towards a woman, while Keys and Miguel find themselves on opposite sides of a room and “swim” to meet at a piano. The Saldanas, meanwhile,...

After a six-year hiatus, Lukas Moodysson is back in the director’s chair with a 12-part TV series for HBO Europe. Any new work by Lukas Moodysson is going to be worth watching. His first television series, produced by HBO Europe, tackles many of the themes he has discussed in his seven narrative features, from 1998’s Fucking Åmål (aka Show Me Love) to his 2013 teen punk musical We Are the Best!, which played at the Venice Film Festival. The 12-part series Gösta is a comedy that mocks Swedish niceties, featuring stories about refugees, broken families, failed relationships and the desire to do good, with a particular focus on teen lives. Vilhelm Blomgren's character of Gösta is at the heart of each of the half-hour episodes. Gösta has just transferred to the small village of Småland, where he is starting his career as a psychiatrist. Gösta wants to be kind to.

New York-born singer Robin S. (real name Robin Stone) was only 30 years old when she shot to fame when her dance jam, "Show Me Love," hit the airwaves in 1993 and made the world move with its infectious groove. Robin S. also had success on Billboard's Dance Club Songs with the jams, "Luv for Luv" and "What I Do Best" ... also on her "Show Me Love" album on Big Beat and Atlantic records -- solidifying...

2 Chainz and TeeFLii straight-up jacked Robin S.'s club banger to make their sexed up track, "24 Hours" ... according to her songwriters. The 3 songwriters to Robin's "Back It Up" are going after the L.A. singer and Atl rapper, claiming "24 Hours" -- TeeFLii's 2014 debut song, featuring 2 Chainz -- is practically the exact same song with very few differences. In docs, obtained by TMZ, the songwriters claim "Back It Up" is an uptempo song while "24 Hours" is...

“Sometimes it’s necessary to not function,” says Robyn in the most functional, Scandinavian way possible: quiet and measured and with the soothing tone of some sort of woodland creature emerging after a long, restorative sleep from a cave of mystical wonders. In fact, it’s been four years since Robyn stopped touring for her beloved 2010 Body Talk trilogy, four long years in which her legend has lived on, out of step with her actual self. “When I was challenged before, I would go into this mode where I was...

Swedish pop star Robyn is making a comeback. The 39-year-old rose to fame in the late '90s with hit songs such as "Show Me Love" and "Do You Know (What It Takes)." Earlier this summer, Robyn released "Missing U," her first solo single in eight years. It is featured on her new album Honey, which is set for release in October. An unfinished version of its title track was featured on the final season of HBO's Girls in 2017. When asked in March where she's been all these years, Robyn told The New York Times, "Rebooting." In recent years, Robyn released collaborative EPs such as Trust Me and Do It Again. But she has yet...

Lukas Moodysson is directing the eight-part comedy-drama.

Filming is now underway on Gösta, the first Scandinavian original from HBO Europe.

Produced through the company’s HBO Nordic division, the comedy-drama is being written and directed by Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson, whose feature credits include Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål), Together (Tillsammans), Lilya 4-Ever (Lilja 4-ever), and We Are the Best! (Vi är bäst!).

The eight-part series is shooting in the Småland forests, south Sweden. Producers are Lars Jönsson for Memfis Film. Executive producers for HBO are Hanne Palmquist, Steve Matthews and Antony Root.

Vilhelm Blomgren will play the lead role of Gösta,...

Six-part thriller follows the hunt for a network of hackers.

HBO Europe has revealed its first international co-production, Hackerville, which it is making with German company TNT Serie.

The six-part thriller is a Germany-Romania co-production and is about a network of hackers and the investigators tracking them down.

Created by Ralph Martin and Joerg Winger from Ufa Fiction, the series will be produced by Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days and Beyond The Hills) and Tudor Reu through Mobra Films.

The story will open with the hacking of a major German bank and will follow cyber crime expert Lisa Metz as she works with investigators in her hometown of Timisoara in an attempt to catch the perpetrators. Igor Cobileanski (Umbre) and Anca Miruna Lazarescu (That Trip We Took With Dad) will direct, with Winger and Johnathan Young amongst the executive producers.

HBO Europe will premiere Hackerville across its territories in Central Europe, Scandinavia and Spain, with...

In the summer of 1997, we met Robyn for the first time. After releasing a full-length debut in Sweden in 1995, the then-18-year-old singer dropped Robyn Is Here in North America two years later and ushered in the era of “Show Me Love” and “Do You Know (What It Takes).” And while the album didn’t... Read more »...

In the summer of 1997, we met Robyn for the first time. After releasing a full-length debut in Sweden in 1995, the then-18-year-old singer dropped Robyn Is Here in North America two years later and ushered in the era of “Show Me Love” and “Do You Know (What It Takes).” And while the album didn’t... Read more »...

Three schoolgirls are magically turned into boys in this ambiguous Swedish teen fantasy, which might remind you of Lukas Moodysson’s films

Teen-angst drama merges with trans identity parable in this pointed fantasy movie from suburban Sweden. It could remind you of Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In or Lukas Moodysson movies such as Show Me Love and We Are the Best!

Three teenage girls are getting bullied at school by misogynist, homophobes in their class, and their useless teacher stands by and lets it happen. They are Kim (Tuva Jagell), Bella (Wilma Holmén) and Momo (Louise Nyvall). Posters of David Bowie and Patti Smith in the bedroom hint at identity issues; the girls yearn for deliverance from the prison of gender. Then, in a coven-like defensive huddle, these three drink from the fermented juice of a strange fruit growing in a greenhouse in one of their gardens – and they turn into boys,...

Hannes Holm, the director of Sweden’s Oscar submission, will direct the story of Swedish pop star Ted Gärdestad.

Hannes Holm, the director of huge box-office hit and Sweden’s Oscar submission A Man Called Ove, will next tell the story of Swedish pop star Ted Gärdestad.

His next film, Ted-Show Me Love is produced by Cecilia Forsberg-Becker and Lena Rehnberg for Stockholm-based Stella Nova Film. Peter Birro (Waltz for Monica) writes the script.

Adam Pålsson (Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves) will play the singer/songwriter; he reunites with Holm after also appearing in his 2010’s Behind Blue Skies. The role of his brother and songwriting partner Kenneth is still being cast.

“He started a music career and Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus produced him before they started Abba,” the director explains of the musical wunderkind who could play multiple instruments. He became a huge star in the 1970s and suffered from schizophrenia...

After receiving some top notch remixes for their song “No Money” courtesy of Skrillex and Marshmello over the summer, Galantis are teasing some new material in the form of an upcoming collaboration with Australian producer Hook n Sling. The Swedish duo unveiled their latest creation during a performance over the weekend in Las Vegas, offering up the first taste of the new collaboration to the crowds at Life Is Beautiful.

The new song was debuted during a live stream from the Nevada based festival, meaning that the audio quality is somewhat wanting. However, the duo offer up a fairly lengthy preview that gives us a good idea of the direction they’ve taken.

Titled “Show Me Love,” the new collab starts off with some ear catching female vocals over sparse synth chords, before a steel drum melody takes over as the percussion begins to build up. The clip then skips forward into the drop,...

Hardwell has unveiled a new remix over the weekend during the latest episode of his regular radio show Hardwell On Air, dropping a re-imagining of Steve Angello and Laidback Luke’s classic “Show Me Love” with Robin S.

Hardwell’s remix opens with the familiar organ melody and massive vocal hooks from the original version, but the Dutch producer crafts a high octane big room beat underneath to give the tune a more contemporary edge. The new rework opts for a restrained arrangement, allowing the percussion to gradually build up and repeat in a linear fashion. The original tune’s identity is maintained while the production is given a fresh revamp, making for a dancefloor ready update.

For long time fans, Hardwell’s new “Show Me Love” rework should come as no surprise, as a bootleg from 2009 served as the blueprint for what would go on to become a dance music classic.

Skrillex dropped the twelfth episode of his bi-weekly Owsla radio show this week, delivering an epic two hour mix brimming with expertly selected dance music. The new mix was put together for a party for clothing line Pink Dolphin, and features 91 tracks packed into a cohesive listening experience.

The new Owsla mix plays like a who’s who of dance music, featuring an eclectic blend of artists and styles. The Chainsmokers, Mija, Autoerotique, Getter and more appear throughout, while a number of Skrillex remixes grace the tracklist as well.

The produced debuted his Owsla radio show back in January, using it as a platform to expand on his Skrillex Selects SoundCloud series that saw the famed DJ curating his favorite songs of the moment. You can check out the staggering tracklist for latest episode below, and as always, feel free to leave a comment letting us know what you think.

Ultra Music Festival has dropped a massive recap film this week, delivering over an hour of 4K footage detailing their worldwide events from last year. Set to a star studded soundtrack that features the likes of Skrillex, Martin Garrix, Steve Angello and more, the epic aftermovie boasts high production values and incredible footage shot around the globe at Ultra’s many events in 2015.

The Ultra recap video captures all the excitement and craziness of one of the world’s biggest festival brands, with plenty of live performances, crowd shots and incidental footage from its exotic locations portrayed in the film. It’s hard to imagine a more comprehensive memento of a year’s worth of Ultra events, and the new recap is the perfect way to relive your favorite events from 2015.

With live appearances from major talent like Oliver Heldens, Nervo, Disclosure and more, the new aftermovie is by far the craziest recap Ultra Music Festival has produced yet.

Check it out at the top of this page along with the track list below and let us know if you were able to attend any of the events this year.

1. Sam Feldt – Show Me Love (Edx’s Indian Summer Remix)

2. Michael Calfan – Mercy (Original Mix)

3. Oliver Heldens & Shaun Frank – Shades of Grey (Ft. Delaney Jane) (Club Mix)

3.5 Oliver Heldens and Shaun Frank – Shades of grey (Josh Philips remix)

4. Zonderling feat. Bishøp – Crazy For You (Extened Mix)

5. Martin Garrix – Poison

6. Martin Garrix vs Matisse & Sadko – Dragon

7. Nick Martin – Red Lion (Deniz Koyu Edit)

8. Firebeatz & Jay Hardway – Home (Extended Mix)

9. Nicky Romero & Stadiumx – Harmony

10. Curbi & Bougenvilla – Butterfly Effect (Extended Mix)

11. Tiesto & Tony Junior – Get Down

12. Goldfish – Heart Shaped Box feat Julia Church (Radio Edit)

13. Mercer – Encore (Extended Mix)

14. Martin Solveig & GTA – Intoxicated (Sleepy Tom Remix)

15. Valentino Khan – Deep Down Low

16. Skrillex Ragga Bomb Feat Ragga Twins Skrillex & Zomboy Remix

17. Fono – Real Joy

18. Hi-lo – Renegade Mastah

19. Chocolate Puma – Popatron

20. Sultan + Shepard vs. Futuristic Polar Bears – Manila (Original Mix)

21. W&W – The One

22. Holl & Rush – Napoleon (Original Mix)

23. Raiden – Heart Of Steel feat.Bright Lights (Extended Mix)

24. John Christian, Arin Tone & Corey James – Collage

25. Steve Angello ft. Mako – Children Of The Wild (Simon Alex Remix)

26. Bobby Burns feat. Hannah Robinson – Satellites (Asonn Remix) v3

27. Alpharock – Fawl

28. Martin Garrix – Break Through the Silence

29. Fedde Le Grand feat. Mozella – Beauty From The Ashes (Original Mix)

30. Fedde Le Grand feat. Jared Lee – Shadows (Original Mix)

31. Julian Jordan – Lost Words

32. Danny Avila & Kaaze – Close Your Eyes

33. Deniz Koyu & Amba Shepherd – The Way Out

34. Martin Garrix – ‘Now That I’ve Found You

35. Steve Angello feat. The Presets – Remember (Original Mix)...

Skrillex and Chance the Rapper have a longstanding collaborative relationship – a photo of the pair appeared on Instagram back in 2014. In March, Skrillex debuted a remix of Hundred Waters' “Show Me Love,” and the famous producer recruited Chance to provide new verses.

The two artists were presented with a different sort of remix challenge on The Late Show this week: after Stephen Colbert delivered a series of jokes about new developments in the world of breakfast cereal, Skrillex and Chance put the monologue to music. Most of the burden...

On May 7th, Edm superstar Kaskade played to a packed crowd at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The sold out show saw about 20,000 people piling into the venue to hear the DJ and producer perform – and he didn’t disappoint. As a special treat to his fans, Kaskade has now uploaded a full recording of the show to Soundcloud, and it can be heard in the player above.

The live set opens with a brief introduction from the DJ himself, before a beautiful passage of ambient jazz fills the speakers. From there, Kaskade masterfully curates the set, focusing mostly on his own work both in original and remixed form. A number of tracks from other artists are included in the mix as well though, with music by Galantis, Max Vangelli, and Missy Elliot all featuring in the tracklist.

A whopping forty tracks compose the more than two hour long live set,...

It’s been a quick rise to the top for Dutch producer Sam Feldt. Though he only signed to Spinnin’ Records two years ago, he’s had some absolutely massive hits released through the label (“Show Me Love” and “Midnight Hearts,” to name but two).

Now, coming off a very successful Ep, Sam’s stock is soaring higher than ever and as one of the more prominent faces of the Tropical House movement, his influence and impact on the dance music scene is certainly being felt around the world.

When we were at Coachella last weekend, we had the chance to catch up with Sam for an exclusive interview. Having just finished his set at the Sahara Tent, he was in a great mood and eager to chat about his experience playing the festival, what new music he has coming up, his experience working with Spinnin’ Records and more.

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