27-year-old Michelle Ullestad writes and sings in Norwegian. She released her first single, Emilie, for the Bergen-based GEMS label late last year. Her second EP is due at the end of March, and she is now out with a new track titled Sol.
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Sol (which translates to sun) is catchy and upbeat. It has a mix of sunny indie rock verses and a thudding, thunderous chorus. Over the last couple of years Ullestad has moved from writing dark, introspective acoustic songs to more bright, addictive pop songs with dark self-analysis at their heart.
Ullestad says Sol was created by a coincidence. "I was on my way home one morning, after a nachspiel [an afterparty]. I had fallen asleep the night before. On the way home I called a friend of mine, we shared a smoke in his garden. I asked if they wanted to make a song there and then. And we made the demo of 'Sol' together. I tried to write the lyrics so they can be interpreted in two ways: winter depression, or being in love. Although the lyrics are sad, the goal of the song is to make you dance! This song is my favourite," she says.
Listen to Sol on Apple Music and Spotify now. Follow Michelle Ullestad on Instagram and Facebook.
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