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Sweden was resisting
ABBA's pop superstardom because it simply didn't align
with their image of themselves as a humble, socialist nation. At least, not yet. When I grew up it was more like,
"You shouldn't listen to ABBA, they have too many hooks,
you can hurt yourself." Speaking of hooks, here's another Swedish writer and producer
who's worked with everyone from Robyn,
to Lykke Li, to The Pretenders, and even oddball American filmmaker
David Lynch, of all people. Björn Yttling is behind
many poppy, catchy tunes, like this one he wrote
for his indie rock outfit, Peter Bjorn and John. He's Björn, obviously
ABBA's pop superstardom because it simply didn't align
with their image of themselves as a humble, socialist nation. At least, not yet. When I grew up it was more like,
"You shouldn't listen to ABBA, they have too many hooks,
you can hurt yourself." Speaking of hooks, here's another Swedish writer and producer
who's worked with everyone from Robyn,
to Lykke Li, to The Pretenders, and even oddball American filmmaker
David Lynch, of all people. Björn Yttling is behind
many poppy, catchy tunes, like this one he wrote
for his indie rock outfit, Peter Bjorn and John. He's Björn, obviously
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Sweden was resisting
ABBA's pop superstardom
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because it simply didn't align
with their image of themselves
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as a humble, socialist nation.
00:00:09.175 --> 00:00:11.076
At least, not yet.
00:00:11.844 --> 00:00:14.722
When I grew up it was more like,
"You shouldn't listen to ABBA,
00:00:14.805 --> 00:00:18.601
they have too many hooks,
you can hurt yourself."
00:00:20.186 --> 00:00:21.353
Speaking of hooks,
00:00:21.437 --> 00:00:24.565
here's another Swedish writer and producer
who's worked with everyone
00:00:24.648 --> 00:00:27.818
from Robyn,
to Lykke Li, to The Pretenders,
00:00:27.902 --> 00:00:30.988
and even oddball American filmmaker
David Lynch, of all people.
00:00:31.002 --> 00:00:35.999
Björn Yttling is behind
many poppy, catchy tunes,
00:00:35.117 --> 00:00:37.411
like this one he wrote
for his indie rock outfit,
00:00:37.494 --> 00:00:39.288
Peter Bjorn and John.
00:00:39.371 --> 00:00:41.207
He's Björn, obviously.
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Movie Summary
Uncover the real stories behind your favorite pop songs as this docuseries charts the impact of the festival scene, Auto-Tune, boy bands and more.
