EQ Interview With Agnes - "When I go back to Sweden, people see me a little bit differently..."
A few weeks ago, I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting rising international pop superstar Agnes as she was on the promotional trail for her new single "I Need You Now". I must say, that girl is as beautiful as she is in-person as to how she appears on TV and I think for any gay man - like myself, it was even a little hard for me to concentrate during the interview. I felt like I had a grade school crush after the interview even! But aside from that, I really wanted to chat to Agnes about everything that's been going on in her world since her rise to fame with "Release Me" and how she's been coping with her huge rise to international fame. We talked about her upcoming live appearances and comparisons to Leona Lewis to what she misses most about Sweden - enjoy!
EQ: Well hello Agnes - how are you today?
Agnes: I am good, nice to meet you Raj!
Nice to meet you too! So I must ask you - how does it feel to have such a huge international hit like "Release Me" under your belt? Did you ever anticipate that it would be such a big hit single outside of Sweden?
I feel really really blessed to be singing this song that many people like - everytime I hear the song on the radio I just feel so happy. I don't think anyone can understand the feeling you feel inside when you hear your music on the radio - it's really rewarding! To find your own thing - do your own thing and really believe in what your doing and to have good people around you is so important. It's so funny because now when I go back to Sweden, people see me a little bit differently - I got two prizes from MTV. And when I read about myself in the papers (I never do that) but I did this time, they said things like "the international star!" and things like that [Laughs]. It's so funny because I don't quite feel like how they describe me now - it's so funny, but I just really want to show people that I can do this and I want them to see that.
You know, I don't mind at all that I will have to sing that song for the rest of my career - I really love the song and I hope to be singing it for many years - I hope [Laughs]!
You actually filmed two videos to "Release Me" one for the Europe and on in LA for the US Audiences - which one was more fun to film?
I loved filming the video in LA, but you know filming videos is never easy - lots of early mornings and lack of sleep, but when I saw the final video I was really proud of it and it's just so much fun so everything was worth it in the end! [laughs]
Tell me about your new single - "I Need You Now"...
Actually it's a little different than the original version you might have heard - more up-tempo. The original version is more of a ballad, but my team thought for the UK it would be well-received if we made it more of an upbeat song and what you hear now is the song, but remixed and it gives the song a whole different dancey feel!
Did you enjoy filming that video with Indians and wind machines and cool space age cars in the desert....
You know, even though we filmed that video in the desert - it was so cold - I was freezing especially with the wind machines and that open flowing dress! [laughs]














