YouTube fame straight from the heart of Uppsala: 'Cottage Cheese Girls' channel Robyn's "Tell Your Girlfriend" with a clever hook
SVT video: Kesotjejerna gör succé (Cottage Cheese Girls Succeed)SVT Uppland reporter Bernt Hermerle describes the tale of how one ad hoc decision -to turn on a video-cam- during an otherwise boring Wednesday night led to YouTube fame and international media attention for AMANDA WIKSTRÖM, PETRA BROHÄLL and EBBA LOVISA ANDERSSON.
I originally saw them sing on Thursday when I found myself on SVT's website looking for something else entirely. Not finding what I was looking for, I clicked on some of the recent news videos, in this case, Wednesday's edition of Sverige Idag (Sweden Today).After watching it for a bit I started fast-forwarding and eventually got to the last segment.And then at the 22:04 mark, I saw something that I was completely unprepared for.For about 45 seconds I was dumb-struck
Three talented and clever women from an Uppsala band called Erato had turned their boredom one night into a YouTube phenomena... a phenomena that I had heard nothing about, which is strange.
I mean, how many Swedish YouTube sensations can there be at any one time, right? Especially, a capella?
On Friday morning, I saw that Damian over at his very popular blog, SwedishStereo, had also posted something about the girls which I completely agree with: http://swedishstereo.blogspot.com/2011/10/erato-call-your-girlfriend.html
I'd actually received his post Thursday, but literally as I pulled his post up, I got a surprise phone call from someone with a great political tip I need to follow-up on, so... this post is at least 24 hours late.
The original caught LIVE...
Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend - Live at Skellefteå 2011, July 1, 2011.
Robyn's official website: http://www.robyn.com/
Robyn performance above was recorded at a concert in northern Sweden by a Robyn fan whom I've referred to here on the blog simply as "Sofia from Umeå," and her very interesting YouTubeChannel is at http://www.youtube.com/user/Hia80
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