Hello Saferide

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Hello Saferide
Annika norlin.jpeg
Hello Saferide in September 2007
Background information
Origin Stockholm, Sweden
Genres Twee pop, indie pop
Years active 2005 – present
Labels Razzia Records
Members Annika Norlin
Andreas Söderlund
Maia Hirasawa
Fredrik Hultgren
Jens Lagergren
Website hellosaferide.com

Hello Saferide is a Swedish twee pop band fronted by songwriter Annika Norlin. According to Norlin's MySpace, the stage name "Hello Saferide" was "inspired by an intelligent bus driver in a drug-addicted small town, don't ask." [1] The Swedish-language version of the band's biography [2] identifies the town as Willimantic, Connecticut.

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Based on the Internet success of the song "Highschool Stalker," Hello Saferide was signed to Razzia Records in 2005.

In 2007, Norlin released a Swedish-language album under the band name Säkert! [3] (a phrase that means "Yeah, right!", but also "Safe"). The album won her two Grammis awards in 2008, for best female pop act and best lyrics. She was chosen by Matt Groening to perform at the edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival he was curating in May 2010 in Minehead, England.

Annika Norlin is a journalist, and has worked for several newspapers in Sweden. She has also hosted different radio shows at Sveriges Radio P3.

Discography

Albums

as Hello Saferide
YearAlbumPeak positionsCertification
SWE
[4]
2005Introducing...Hello Saferide39
2008More Modern Short Stories from Hello Saferide3
2014The Fox, The Hunter and Hello Saferide4
as Säkert!
YearAlbumPeak positionsCertification
SWE
[5]
2007Säkert!8
2010Facit2
2011Säkert! på engelska13
2017Däggdjur2
[6]

EP/Singles

as Hello Saferide
YearAlbumPeak positions
SWE
[4]
2005"If I Don't Write This Song Someone I Love Will Die" –
"My Best Friend" –
2006Long Lost Penpal EP44
2006Would You Let Me Play This EP 10 Times a Day?4
2008Anna43
as Säkert!
YearAlbumPeak positions
SWE
[5]
2007"Allt som är ditt" –
2008"Vi kommer att dö samtidigt"53
2010"Fredrik"53
Featured in
YearAlbumPeak positions
SWE
[4] [5]
2007"Logiskt"
(Petter feat. Säkert!)		10

Notes

  1. ↑ MySpace.com – Hello Saferide – Stockholm, SE – Indie / Pop / Folk – www.myspace.com/saferide
  2. ↑ "Hello Saferide » Press". Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  3. ↑ Säkert!
  4. 1 2 3 "Hello Saferide discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Säkert! discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 11 February 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".


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