Another anniversary, this time the 20th anniversary of Peter’s Christmas album “Jag kommer hem igen till jul”.
A special website has been set up to commemorate the anniversary of what has become a Swedish classic as well as a turning point in Peter’s career. The website can be found here: peterjobackjul.se
On the site, there are stories, facts, images, videos to discover. It is all in Swedish but Google Translate will help if you don’t understand Swedish. Well worth checking out.
There is also a Christmas Advent Calendar on the site with four dates to check out.
It’s been a little difficult to update the site recently and all though Christmas is behind us, I thought I would combine a few newsy type items in the one post.
Peter’s Christmas movie has done well, reaching number 2 on the Swedish box office charts, just behind”Joker”. Reviews have been positive, some noting the dark themes, darker than you would expect from a Christmas movie. Despite this, there is still a feel good factor and critics have praised the director and of course Peter. Keep an eye out for it at film festivals or the DVD and Blu-ray releases due in March.
Alas, no soundtrack but there is a 3 track digital EP available through the usual online providers. It contains the single “När natt flyr” and new versions of “Jag kommer hem igen till jul” and “Jag tror på dig”. Well worth checking out.
There is a music video for the new version of”Jag kommer hem igen till jul” (above), featuring more clips from the movie.
You may recall that “Jag tror på dig” is the Bob Dylan song from Peter’s Christmas album sung as a duet with Eva Dahlgren. The New version has a second uncredited male voice and although I haven’t seen the movie, I am guessing it is Johannes Kuhnke, who plays the brother. Johannes is also a singer and he even participated in Melodifestivalen back in 2010, the same year that Peter competed with”Hollow”.
Finally, another Christmas song from Peter, a duet with Moonica Mac. It is taken from a new animated short film based on the Astrid Lindgren picture story called “Räven och Tomten” (the story has been published in English as “The Tomten and the Fox”). The song with the same name is available through the usual online providers. The film was shown on SVT on Christmas Eve and can still be seen on SVTPlay albeit only in Sweden.
The music video features Peter at the piano intercut with clips from the movie. Great video for a beautiful song. It really makes me wish I could see the movie but it’s not playing in Australia. Maybe at next year’s Scandinavian Film Festival.
Posted onNovember 1, 2019|Comments Off on New single “När natt flyr”
A new Christmas single from Peter has just been released. “När natt flyr” (When the night flies by) is a beautiful song and is the first single to be taken from the forthcoming soundtrack (no details yet) for the movie “Jag kommer hem igen till jul”.
It is available through the usual digital outlets including Spotify.
A new movie hits Swedish cinemas on 8 November 2019. It stars Peter and he also acts as executive producer. The story is based on an idea from Peter. The title is “Jag kommer hem igen till jul” in line with Peter’s classic Christmas album.
Peter plays Simon, a world star returning home to Sweden to celebrate Christmas with his family in a small town. Simon’s brother, Anders is organising the annual Christmas concert. Anders has always lived in Simon’s shadow so when Simon is asked to get involved with the concert, old tensions come to the fore. Simon has to confront long buried family secrets.
As well as Peter, the movie stars Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Suzanne Reuter, Jennie Silfverhjelm, Loa Falkman, Anja Lundqvist and Rennie Mirro. The director is Ella Lemhagan.
There will be a DVD and Blu-ray release on 23 March 2020.
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