Swedish pop artist Marcus Lindeberg presents us with "Aretha Franklin", an upbeat memory of a summer in Paris. The song’s bouncy melody and mid-tempo pop sound bring Maroon 5 to mind. Produced by Jonathan Thorpenberg, also known as The Unguided’s frontman.  

"This is a song about one night in Paris when my best friend and I visited a friend and her twin sister", Lindeberg explains. "We sat on a rooftop all night, drank wine, smoked cigarettes, and sang to old classics such as Aretha Franklin."

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Aretha Franklin

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1984 (Let's Dance)

Written, Produced, Recorded, Mixed, Mastered - Chris Birdd

Guitars - Nick Manche'


Let's go back to california 
with plans to never leave
smoke tonnes of marijuana
buy a crib upon the beach 
On the west coast
visit hollywood
baby lets go
yeah we probably should 

lets just run away 
lets just run away
lets just run away
lets just run  



I wanna go back
oh so bad
used to be a dream

yeah i know that 
won’t be long till
I could up and leave

i need forever for a while 
lets go together i don’t mind 
we chill smoke drink lean 
on me if need
Ima' let her do whatever that she want to
yeah i want exactly what you want too

know that we gon be alright
when i go back to that place i like

Let's go back to california 
with plans to never leave
smoke tonnes of marijuana
buy a crib upon the beach 
On the west coast
visit hollywood
baby lets go
yeah we probably should 

lets just run away 
lets just run away
lets just run away
lets just run run run

I don’t really smoke tho
only occasion
i don’t need to trip to
feel I’m on vacation

life is for the taking
we just celebrate it
i know that I’m blessed though
lets all just get faded 

Life been great man i can’t complain
doing what i love and im on way
to the place that i call my second home
wow everybody bout to know our name
then I’m flying private jets
trying to find the best way
to put me on 
i don’t really have much but these tracks 
and my ticket back to cali babe I’m coming


Let's go back to california 
with plans to never leave
smoke tonnes of marijuana
buy a crib upon the beach 
On the west coast
visit hollywood
baby lets go
yeah we probably should 

lets just run away 
lets just run away
lets just run away
lets just run run run

California

California (Prod. Chris Birdd)

Perhaps someday, they can't order me to stop dreaming

This rooftop’s burning, even though it’s now past 1 am.
And I am gazing as she lights up a hand rolled cigarette

Then she inhales hard, looks lost a while, then just utterly content.
Saying: I wouldn’t mind to, do a bit of singalong

Pre: Em G F#
Take out your phone put on any Aretha Franklin

Chorus:
Her tone’s carried round, by the pearly walls
Oh I have never heard a vibrato quite like yours

Darling oh, gimme your heart, your soul
Gimme that beat, your pulse
Gimme your heart, your soul,
I barely know who you are, but I’m addicted to your soul
your
Choir: Soul
Gimme your heart and your
Choir: Soul
MMhhh


Verse:
She feels kind of filmic, undeniably a character,
Lots of passion for music, but a scholar of theatre

Mmh, a new track's come on, puts her game face on
and turns to look at me
Hear the drop of a penny, feel a love for Avicii
Pre:  She’s going ”oh, oh, oh, sometimes I get a good feeling”

Middle 8: Em F# D A Bm - G A Bm
We’re so
High, on life, and a dose of Aretha Franklin
 Oh my, she’s like, sometimes I get a good feeling

So high, on life, and a dose of Aretha Franklin 
Oh my, she’s like, sometimes I get a good feeling


Take out your phone
And put on
Any Aretha Franklin

-Chorus-

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Lyrics:
I need to find a source of positivity 
Because of late, my life has drained it out of me

Feels like I’m missing out on things, Yeah I need
To spend less time going through media feeds 

Pre: 
Lately I’ve been feeling
Like I’m suffocating
Yeah I’ve been feeling
Like I’m suffocating

But
Chorus:
I won’t be broken
Someday I’ll be free 
From all they say I need
I know, you say it’s heresy

But I won’t be broken
As long as I breath
I’m going where I please
I know, I’m bound to bruise my knees

But what’s the point in living and to be
If I take a path that’s not meant for me 

Verse:
I know there are many things that fill my head with doubt
But it’s not clear to me what I should filter out

I guess I have to think of whom I want around
And to get rid of those that I can live without

Pre:

-Chorus- 

M8:

I tried to follow the words they, 
Said would be leading me
But I can’t comprehend, 
Where they are taking me

I’ll throw them away, and replace them
With words I believe
Will show, the right way
On from here for me

-Chorus- 

M8:

Broken - Marcus Lindeberg

George Ezra - Shotgun (Cover by Marcus Lindeberg)

You will find this aint my forte
Whatever you might say
Not my type of conversation
Let us change pace

I will tell you all my secrets
Up until this day
Every fault and my achievements
But I need you to meet me half way

Show me your scars
Tell me your fears
Tell me the part
You played to get here
I am, intrigued
Tell me what you’ve seen

Oh don’t you hold back
There is no need
I know the past’s
Full of stories
We’d like to keep 
Hid away safely

Speak your mind
Tell me bout the ties you severed
Tell me every lie
You tell yourself to make it better

You know, everyone has
Scars that force them to remember
Pain yeah I don’t know why
It tends to bring people together

Well who knows but
It may bring us two together
Well who knows but
It may bring us two together

Verse:
I will tell you all the reasons
You know the ones that made
Me become this cynical creature
I am today 

I will tell you bout the treason
Nested in my brain
And the day my brother got beaten 
But I need you to meet me half way

Show me your scars
Tell me your fears
Tell me the part
You played to get here
I am, intrigued
Tell me what you’ve seen

Oh don’t you hold back
There is no need
I know the past’s
Full of stories
We’d like to keep 
Hid away safely

Speak your mind
Tell me bout the ties you severed
Tell me every lie
You tell yourself to make it better

You know, everyone has
Scars that force them to remember
Pain yeah I don’t know why
It tends to bring people together

Well who knows but
It may bring us two together
Well who knows but
It may bring us two together

Speak your mind
Tell me bout the ties you severed
Tell me every lie
You tell yourself to make it better

You know, everyone has
Scars that force them to remember
Pain yeah I don’t know why
It tends to bring people together

Well who knows but
It may bring us two together
Well who knows but
It may bring us two together

Bring Us Two Together

London-based pop artist Marcus Lindeberg has a bit of an outsider soul. Starting with music at a later age than usual, his upbeat sound draws inspiration from figures like Ed Sheeran and Maroon 5. The Swedish producer and singer-songwriter attended BIMM Institute (with alumni like George Ezra).

Aretha Franklin

Marcus Lindeberg

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