It's official: ABBA are back. Four decades after going on a "break" from recording that seemed to be definitive, the Swedish supergroup are making history by releasing a brand new album, "Voyage", with 10 completely new songs, in what is probably the greatest musical event of the year, if not the decade. At the time where the world most needed light and happiness, after almost two years in a pandemic, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad put a smile on millions of people's faces, including my own. ABBA has been my favorite band since I was about five years old, when was visiting my aunt and one day she put an ABBA video on her VHS player. From then on I became completely bewitched by their music, and never stopped listening to them. I even learned a big part of my English from ABBA lyrics. And yes, for the record I AM aware of the fact that I’m a Gen Z’er, but then I suppose I’m wired differently than the ...
Hi, I'm Gaby! I'm a twenty-something grandma, world citizen, hopeless pacifist, social worker and activist. Topics I like to write about include the Consistent Life Ethic, growing up in a binational household, Liberation Theology and navigating life with a disability.