¬ Goodbye Nina & Kim :(

Earlier today I was devastated to learn that Nina & Kim split up a few days ago. The picture above is from their last gig ever. For those who didn’t know they were, they used to be the front persons of the Swedish pop “dansband” group called Friends, but after they split a few years ago Nina & Kim decided to continue as a duo, doing more dance oriented pop music. They released an absolutely brilliant - and seriously underrated - album back in 2004 called “En Annan Tid”, which along with Lena Philipsson’s “Det Gör Ont..” is my favourite pop album in Swedish ever. They scored a number one hit song in Sweden with “Om Du Stannar Hos Mig”, and a number two hit with “Bortom Tid Och Rum”. And in 2004 they did the official Stockholm Pride anthem, which was an English version of “Bortom Tid Och Rum” called “Universe Of Love”. They also entered Melodifestivalen in 2004 with the excellent "En Gång För Alla", which criminally ended second last in the semi final.

Apparently Nina is the one who decided to split the duo, due to a depression she’s had for a couple of years. She’s going back to school, and will hopefully get to work with animals in a few years. Kim will stay in show business, presenting the Swedish game television show “Postkodsmilijonären”. I say good luck to both of them, but it’ll be sad not to have them around as popstars anymore.

Nina & Kim – Bortom Tid Och Rum [MP3]
Nina & Kim – Säg Det Nu [MP3]
Nina & Kim – Hallå Hela Pressen [MP3]

2006 has been quite a sad year for Swedish pop, seeing the departure of Le Sport, Weeping Willows, and now Nina & Kim. Plus that A*Teens went from being on a “break” to officially split up.

posted by Chrille @ 12/23/2006