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The Secret ABBA Influence on Magdalena Bay’s New Album
“I think, hopefully, there’s a little bit that makes its way into it.”
It’s a lofty record, so Switched on Pop sat down with Magdalena Bay to talk about how this album manages to sound so gorgeous, taking cues from ABBA and Tony Banks in the process. My favorite song on the record is “Cry for Me.” In terms of the narrative, it feels like an emotional breakthrough.Matthew Levin: The writing of that one was interesting because we started with that first section, then there’s this middle sort of bridge that ties it together. Mica Tenenbaum: Yeah, “Cry for Me,” I feel like it’s one of those that’s written from the perspective of this character who’s a villain and has somehow been, like, cast out and is on a journey of wanting absolution, but is just begging to be remembered in a positive light, and then craving to be washed free of their sins and reborn as a pure being.
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