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Björn Ulvaeus, one of the four members of iconic Swedish band ABBA, has spoken out about their reunion.
Answering a question from Gay Star News at a press conference for Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again today, the star said it felt like no time had passed at all when he his bandmates got back in the studio.
‘It’s just coincidence we should meet and they make those sounds together’
‘We [himself and Benny Andersson] wrote two new songs and we went into the studio with the ladies [Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad] and it was a fantastic experience,’ he said.
‘We have never been in a studio together since we split up in 82 and sort of looked around and… “This situation is so incredibly familiar”. It took seconds and we were back, like yesterday.’
Bjorn furthermore added: ‘It was great fun doing it again. The strange thing is when those two ladies start singing together there is that sound which is not like any other sound. It just happened that way.
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‘It’s just coincidence we should meet and those two should make those sounds together, which is the ABBA sound.’
When asked if the band are likely to record a new album in addition to the new songs, Bjorn said: ‘No, I don’t think so.’
The last Mamma Mia! movie, based on the hit musical of the same name, is one of the highest-grossing films of all time in the UK.
The sequel, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again (featuring Cher singing Fernando!) is released in UK cinemas on 20 July.
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