Ana Johnsson

My first artist post is Ana Johnsson.

I suppose she is the first artist I picked of my own free will rather than hearing her music on the radio, not saying I didn't hear some of it first though. I even picked her as my artist to talk about in German class.
She is a Swedish artist and if you have heard anything by her the likelihood is that it was 'We Are' which was her song for the Spiderman 2 movie (it was my first song too).

If you imagine that 'Hero' was the song for the first one, you're not far off getting the vibe for her song.
However her style is varied and different over her three albums like any other artist for that matter.

Her first album 'Cuz I Can' is quite a typical foreign person singing English songs quality but it has some empowering songs like 'The Way I Am' and 'Cuz I Can' (later renamed to 'Coz I Can'). 'What is a Girl To Do' was an anthem for me at times when I was having boy crushes but 'Crest of the Wave' and 'Anything Goes' soon relaxed me whatever was happening.

 

 

Her second album 'The Way I Am' was an international rerelease of her first but with some old track omitted and new ones included. 'Don't Cry For Pain' was the new empowering song and 'I'm Stupid' was the new boy crush song however on the Japanese release it had a song called 'Black Hole' on it which I love. 'Black Hole' doesn't appeal to me relationship wise just like 'Crest of the Wave' did even though the lyrics insinuate partnership. 'Black Hole' would probably be a good song to help you get on your feet when you're numb but I just love it as an anthem.

 

Her third, most recent and my favourite album is 'Little Angel'. It is FULL of gems.
'If I'm Not Dreaming', 'Days of Summer', 'What If', 'Exception', 'Burn', 'Still', 'The Harder We Fall' and 'Playing God' support my idea that the best time to listen to any of Ana's songs is with the setting sun as it has that orange glow. 'Break Through Time' has really spoke to me especially with me moving a way from where I grew up: 'Another town, another place, a chance to start all over'. But 'Coming Out Strong' is my ultimate favourite Ana song! It's hard to explain why so have a listen!
 

 

At the moment her music is on hold due to her personal life but I really hope she makes some more beautiful and empowering music soon ☺

Lotty
xx