In front of the Melodifestivalen 2018, Robin Stjernberg told in a frank interview for Kristianstadsbladet about the heavy time. Maybe the trip to the top had gone too fast? He didn't feel good. Had to stop and take hold of the inner journey. When we talk a year later it is a Robin Stjernberg in harmony. The songwriter / producer / artist has said what he needed to say. Been open with their problems, marked a new start with the autumn ep 'Under water'.

 

- It's a plate that is based on stories I've been carrying with me for a while. It was very nice to tell.

The music - soulpop and r'n'b at varying pace. Robin Stjernberg says that the songs he writes today are the result of a long journey. Working with other artists, such as songwriter and producer, has taught him the craftsmanship. Made him grow.

 

- I have had distance to the music, and to myself, in a healthy way. Everyone works, in different ways, with their own performance anxiety. Then the experience that comes with different collaborations means a great deal.

 

- It's cool. I have worked a lot with myself. Become friends with myself. I don't want to show off a facade. There is no more extrovert version of Robin.

 

The old poles - Joel Strömgren (guitar), Johan Danving (drums) - was with you in the TV studio.

- It's fun. Joel has been with me since the upper secondary school in Kristianstad. Two incredibly talented musicians, both living and working in Stockholm.  

 

2019 can be a great year for Robin Stjernberg. The Melodifestivalen - where he has a decent facet with double victory ("You" 2013, songwriter for Robin Bengtsson's "I can't go on" 2017) - is again topical. Stjernberg, together with Johan Linbrandt, Jens Hult and Omar Rudberg, have written FO & O-Omar's contribution "Om och om igen".

 

 Do you have a winner?

- Hard to say. Can be tough for a song in Swedish. But it is strong and Omar is a good artist. I am pretty sure that it is going well.

 

In the next breath, Robin Stjernberg tells that: He has written new to Omar's FO & O friend Oscar Enestad, produced what becomes Lisa Ajax Mellolåt ("Tower") - and been in the studio with Jill Johnson.

 

- I have written and produced Jill's next single. Jill Johnson, I love her! She enters a room and everything just stops. What a pound, and what voice!

 

- When everything just feels fun, it's hard to stop. You just want to keep having fun. It can definitely be too much. I have learned to be more attentive, and more cautious.  

 

In just a few days, Robert Stjernberg, with destination Nashville, Tennessee, will take off.

- I was there last August last year. Went over as a songwriter. Now they have asked me to come back, and this time we are focusing on what can be my own project.

 

- My music is not direct country ... but so much else happens in Nashville. We work with soul and pop.

 

- I am a partner in Bobby and Maria Ljunggren's Freebird Entertainment. We made a deal in the US and I was signed to a large publisher called Cobolt. It is a worldwide agreement, Nashville became a natural place to go.

 

- Something very special happens there. Everyone, really everyone, lives for the music. The office people linger when the work day is over. They come to the studio ... listen, discuss. There is a passion for the music in Nashville that I can miss here at home.

 

- "Always" becomes the third single from the ep. The next release, in April, is completely new material.

 

- We'll see. I get away for a while and hope that good things happen in the meantime.

- By the way, have to catch a trip to Memphis too. Should visit Graceland and jaw the Elvis burger. Robin Stjernberg laughs and we talk about the continuation.

 

- I had a meeting with the booking the other day. Want to play and play...100 percent! We release new in April and try to match that music with the summer. Everything is about having clearly enough very good material. Right now, the feeling is that I shit in where and when, only I can get out with the band and play.

Source:

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