Jonas stands smiling behind his keyboard as Ulf starts in on the song intro. Ulf starts by clapping his hands and is running all over the stage before long. I have a difficult time keeping the camera focused on him as he runs from one side to the other.
The smoke continues to pour out onstage, while Bengan, their tour manager tries to re-tape an Apple laptop back onto Ulf's drum set.
Jenny walks around the middle of the stage with a determined look, rocking to the music. She starts strongly on the main vocals, reminding me of the early sounds in which we hear a short gruff sound in her vocals when she's really into a song.
I see the photographers in front of us and notice that they're always taking shots of Ulf and Jenny as they're singing together. The papers all seem to include this same shot in every report.
I stand there enjoying the back and forth between Ulf and Jenny during the song. They push each other back from one side of the stage to the next as they sing their respective lines. I wonder how difficult it is to walk backwards in high heels on a smoky stage. Ulf gives a "here's Jenny" wave with his hand as the main vocals begin.
Again, the sound is not as loud as the fans would like. It's still difficult to really hear what they're singing. The lights combine with the smoke to create this eerie green effect in the background.
Ulf continues to run around onstage while singing his electro-vocals. I have a hard time deciding who to focus on. Ulf, Jenny, Jonas and Jakob, Ulf again, back to Jenny, Ulf is back in the frame, Jenny again during vocals...
Ulf jumps down on a platform that's lower than the stage to get closer to the audience. He runs right to left as he's singing the "my dad" lines.
The fans yell as Jenny flips her hair and begins again on the vocals. Ulf jumps around in front of her, stealing the shot until they join up again at the left hand side of the stage.
The stage is so smoky at this point, it's hard to see anything in the background. Everything from the pulsating asterisk to the backing singers is obscured. I begin to wonder what it does to their voices when all this smoke is rolling around onstage.
Ulf takes a little break with Jonas at the keyboard while Jenny launches into the "I'm in love" line. Jonas and Ulf then join her at the back of the stage. All three walk up to the front, creating a dramatic effect similar to the entrance during HN.
Jonas finally gets some face time during WOF as he stands front and center to sing for us. He seems comfortable singing in front of everyone. He generally stands still when he sings, walking to the left-hand side of the stage a little bit, while Ulf is still running from side to side.
Jenny and Jonas meet up at the front and sing together for a few moments, exchanging sibling glances and smiles.
The bass on the song buzzes in the recording, again due to the proximity of the stage. Had we been further back, the bass would have thumped like it should have. At this distance, it buzzes instead.
The three come back to center stage to sing the last little bits together. We whoop and holler as fans tend to do. The band gives a little nod of thanks and it's on to the next song.
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