I ♥ You!
Thank you my daaaahlings for spreading the word on forums, reviewing the album on music sites etc etc! It´s worth more than any fancy PR firm could do for me, and please know that it´s amazingly appreciated, THANK YOU! Mwaah!
I´m an Important Event
Tack tack to the magazine Frihet for featuring me in their calendarium for this spring. Apparently, I´m an Important Event. :-D Just like Amanda Jenssen and the Twilight saga. Woohoooo!
Busy Bee
I´m playing a gig this Saturday, so today I rehearsed a bit with Mr Lars, a guy who those of you who´ve followed my blog on MySpace might remember from this post... This time his apartment was in better shape I might add. ;-)
Ok, so here we are; the epitome of concentrated musicians, taking Our Craft very very serious.
...but that was only for the picture... 99% of the time is spent more like this; "un-serious" might be a good word invention to describe above state.
Ok, so here we are; the epitome of concentrated musicians, taking Our Craft very very serious.
...but that was only for the picture... 99% of the time is spent more like this; "un-serious" might be a good word invention to describe above state.
Speaking about Super Bock...
The Penflick-interview got me thinking about my video shoot for "Tired", so I started looking through the pics, and I just have to post some... Here are some behind the scenes-favourites:
Me and my video boyfriend. Talk about power couple.
It´s hard work being a popstar in the making. Like having to sit aboslutely still while the makeup girl puts sunscreen on you.
Haard work indeed.
If the extras start misbehaving you have to put them in their place. So I practice Management By Fear, preferably strangulation. 
The core of the video - the "photo within the photo"-idea. 
Don´t try this at home my friends; just behind me was a ledge where you could fall 30 meters (we were on a roof)... Luckily my balance is pretty good, must be all the hours I´ve spent watching yoga DVD:s.
...and here´s the result, voilà!
(All pics by Miguel Antunes Dias)
The Penflickers are at it again
The lovely lads at Penflick Podcast have once again featured me on their lovely show. This time they did a follow-up interview to see what´s happened in my world since they first played the demo of "Tired" in 2008. Go to their site to listen to the interview and hear me reveal (among other things) what part Super Bock really played in my music video shoot in Portugal...
Reprise
In these digital days it´s always exciting to receive a Real Letter. This exciting package just arrived from my record label... If you´re curious about what´s inside, check below...
...it´s footage from the France Bleu Concerts Privés that I did in Paris in November! In this clip I´m doing a cover of my favourite song from 2009 - "Use Somebody" by the Kings of Leon. And - yup! I know it´s the gazillionth cover of this song, but it´s so good I just couldnt resist. Like häxvrål.
Mirror mirror
My sister was just here taking some pics of me for her photo class. The assigment was to do a portrait, so she snapped me while working on a song. Computer? Check! Keyboard? Check! Microphone? Check! Ukulele.....yup...hehe. Check! All that´s missing is a big heap of salty liquorice. And maybe a platinum album.
I ♥ Deutschlandradio Kultur
The lovely German radio played 6 (!) of my songs in a row yesterday, danke schön! I always knew Germans had great taste, except for maybe that sauerkraut thing...
Nervous
I´m starting off this day with a pic of me, weirdly (?) pulling my hair. Might be because I´m nervous about my record label going to radio to plug my first single "Tired" next week. Or maybe I´m just trying to look cute. Hm.
My own headline? ...not yet
Merci à Olivier for sending this in from a shop called "Cultura" in La Rochelle. Currently I´m under the "U-V-W" sign, let´s hope that someday I´ll only need a "Vanja"-sign. *crossingmyfingersalmostridiculouslyhard*
♥
Download my song "Tired" for free!
My record label is in a Holiday spirit, so they´re giving away my song "Tired" for free. They are also giving away Jenny Wilson, El Perro Del Mar and a remix made by Robyn. Go to the Swedish music blog Musik och Mer to download your copy. Happy holidays! :-)
I ♥ RPA radio
Merci beaucoup RPA radio!
I´m back! ...and I Still...
Hello there! I hope you all had the loveliest of Christmases! I sure did, although I´m kind of happy to be moving on now; three Christmas celebrations in a row (one with my father, one with my mother and one with my boyfriend...) more than fills up your need for constant eating/talking/and opening presents. (Ok, so the present opening thingy doesn´t ever get old.) Anyway, I just got back from the wilderness (Dalarna), and after four computer free days I started up my laptop and found this:
It´s a Dutch girl who posted the lyrics to my song "I Still" on her blog. Dankuwel! I do hope she isn´t as heart broken as I was when I wrote it though.
It´s a Dutch girl who posted the lyrics to my song "I Still" on her blog. Dankuwel! I do hope she isn´t as heart broken as I was when I wrote it though.
Now behave yourselves....
...while I´m away! I´m leaving for a few days to spend Christmas in the land of kurbits (another thing I´m obsessed with. Yup, I obsess about a lot of things.). Have the loveliest of Cristmases - see you on the other side!
Vielen dank Herr Grassi!
The daily Vanja-google (I might change that to "the hourly Vanja-google", I´m becoming obsessive) resulted in me ending up on a lovely fantastic amazing wonderful (yes, it contains nice things about me) blog. It´s a guy who found me on MySpace, bought my record and gives his opinion about it. He does it in German though, but here´s the English translation:
I like to discover good new music and MySpace is the perfect place for that. Not long ago I discovered the swedish singer Vanja there and today I downloaded her album "December Diaries" on iTunes. And I have to say: I'm amazed! Anyone who likes good pop music and wonderful female voices shouldnt miss Vanja. Good pop music has to be exactly like that. It's enjoyable to hear her sing and in addition to that Vanja is amazingly cute. The album is available on iTunes and Amazon MP3 and the CD will be avaible soon. It's the perfect christmas gift and because of that I bought it as a gift for myself today. The current single is called "Tired" and you can watch the really well done video here. And Vanja just started an english blog where she writes about her way in the music business, you should have a look!
A review that contains both "good pop music" and "Vanja is amazingly cute" gets 5 stars out of 5 from me. VIELEN DANK! ...seems I get a lot of early Christmas presents today...!
A review that contains both "good pop music" and "Vanja is amazingly cute" gets 5 stars out of 5 from me. VIELEN DANK! ...seems I get a lot of early Christmas presents today...!
I have a fan site...!
I just got an early Christmas present - my very own fan site! I gotta get some popstar points for that, right? ;-) It was created by Richard, please visit www.vanjawikstrom.com to check it out. Tack snälla fina Richard!
Inspiration
I´m on a constant chase for the perfect song. For me, this is one of those tracks I wish I´d written. And while we´re on the "things I wish I´d have"-list; could I please be re-born as Nina Perssons vocals chords in my next life?
Favorit i repris
On slow weekends you can always make time fly by shooting corny home made music videos. This particular one is for my track "Song for N". It´s the demo version though, so if you want to hear the album version of the song, go to my MySpace player. Enjoy the corny-ness! ;-)
I ♥ Radio Rottu Oberwallis
Vielen Dank!
