Getting to know CRONICLE
Swedish singer, songwriter and extreme sports lover, CRONICLE, has recently dropped a new single. We asked her to tell us about herself:
I am… currently trying to not melt away from this heatwave. I take every chance I get to jump in the sea in Stockholm. I don’t know how many times I’ve skated down to the water just to cool down now and it’s gotten to the point where I skate back to my flat in just my bikini. Showing that much skin on the streets of Stockholm can be seen as very un-swedish behavior but I’ve completely lost track of my ’jantelag’ (Law of Jante) boundary. I’m pretty convinced I’m in Barcelona really!
Need U To Want Me is… an emotional banger that makes you want to tell the flawless fckboy in your life to fck off.
Home is… my family’s summer house in Stockholm’s archipelago. My great grandfather built what was the first summerhouse on the island ’Solö’ and I’ve spent most of every summer there for as long as I can remember. It’s where I learnt how to swim, waterskii, wakeboard and two of the friends I made there when I was a kid are still two of my best friends today. It’s my favourite place on earth and I feel incredibly lucky to be able to hang out with my entire family there and share amazing memories with them and my friends.
I spend too much time… worrying. I can’t watch the news without feeling completely drained and I spend hours worrying about the state of the world, where it’s heading and the misery that exists out there. I definitely need to work harder on roughening up my skin and go to action rather than stare at the ceiling, trying to find some sort of solution for climate change, poverty etc in my head.
I’ve never… smoked a cigarette in my life. My grandfather died of lung cancer when I was a kid and I made a promise to my dad that I would never smoke a cigarette before I was 18. Then I’ve just never felt the desire to since 🙂
It might surprise people to learn that… I used to act in TV shows and movies in Sweden between age 7 – 14. I’ve also done pretty much every musical you can think of. I was a super happy and kinda crazy kid. I think that might be surprising to some people when you listen to my lyrics today hehe…
In the future… I hope my family, friends and I are healthy and happy. It’s been a heavy year so far… My 3 year old nephew (the love of my life) was diagnosed with leukemia, then a close friend of mine passed away and the whole pandemic and a bunch of other rough personal things have happened. All I can think of right now is for things to just cool down and get better. I’ve always had big dreams of the future and worked consistently, undoubtedly my entire life to live and fulfill them. I’m sure I’ll find my way back to them once life is more stable but for now, the first time ever really, they’re out of sight.
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Interview by Bobby Townsend.
