Marie Serneholt first gained success as part of the very popular Swedish group, the A*Teens, who re-released Abba songs to more than 5 million album sales across the world. Once things ended with the A*Teens, Marie started on her efforts to make it as a solo artist. Her first effort, That's The Way My Heart Goes was released in 2006 and reached #2 in Sweden and the top 20 in Finland and Germany. Her following singles failed to have any significant charting either in Sweden or elsewhere.
In 2008 it was announced that Marie would take part in Melodifestivalen 2009 with Disconnect Me and which marked her return back to the music business after a few years off. Marie took part in the first semi-final and came up 6th out of 8 and failed to make it to the finals. Albeit her vocals aren't the best and certainly weren't the best part of the performance, but the song is a piece of Swedish pop perfection and the choreography and rest of the performance should have been more than enough to at least progress it through the next round!
When Melodifestivalen starts in Sweden in February, it's all the country is really interested in musically. Normally, songs from the contest chart very well but even in this setting, Disconnect Me only managed to make it to #46 on the Swedish singles charts. Marie's new album has been put on hold and chances are some tweaks are being done to deal with the lack of reception to this single.
I've got to post two videos for this one - the first is the amazing live performance of the track from Melodifestivalen 2009 and the second is the track's video with costume changes galore and even a dress made of lights! The same director responsible for this video also worked with Elin Lanto on Love Made Me Stupid below.
The Top 20 of 2009 - Marie Serneholt - Disconnect Me
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