Swedish band ABBA teases first new music in nearly 40 years
Fans have been asking ABBA for new music for nearly 40 years — and judging by a cryptic new social media post, it seems the band might finally be ready to deliver.
The Swedish band shared a social media post recently, announcing something called ABBA Voyage, which linked to new social media pages and invited fans to "join" them on September 2.
Agnetha Fältskog, 71, Björn Ulvaeus, 76, Benny Andersson, 74, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, 75, also shared a clip of their 1982 song "You Owe Me One" on Instagram in addition to news of ABBA Voyage, the art for which featured a photo of a solar eclipse.
Fans have been eagerly awaiting new music from the pop stars for years after ABBA announced in October 2016 that they would reunite for a live entertainment experience, produced by Simon Fuller that would blend virtual reality and digital technology.
Though the project has long been delayed, ABBA has recorded five new songs and are still planning a tour for 2022, according to media reports.
Ulvaeus and Andersson had teamed up for some new songs that would be released by ABBA in the fall.
The songs will be the first new material in nearly 40 years from ABBA, who reunited in June 2016 to perform in public for the first time in three decades.
ABBA rocketed to international stardom in 1974 after their song "Waterloo" won the Eurovision Song Contest.
Though they split in 1982, their music has found new life thanks to the success of the Broadway hit and subsequent movie adaptation of "Mamma Mia!", as well as ABBA's surprise popularity on the social media app TikTok, where songs like "Chiquitita" and "Slipping Through My Fingers" have been trending.
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