Back in 2018, Swedish group ABBA announced they would be releasing two new tracks, ‘I Still Have Faith In You,’ and ‘Don’t Shut Me Down’ as part of their long-awaited reunion. Due to technical difficulties and the coronavirus pandemic, the production of the tracks had been put on hold.
Despite the delay, the pop group will be releasing not only two, but five new tracks in 2021. Co-host of the Reasons To Be Cheerful podcast, Geoff Lloyd explained:
“I got to spend an hour […] with Björn Ulvaeus from Abba via Zoom. He’s quarantining – he’s got an island in the Stockholm archipelago… They’ve recorded five new songs. They should have been out at the end of last year… Because of technical difficulties and the pandemic, it’s delayed things. But he promised me that the new Abba music will be out in 2021.”
In their initial statement ABBA said, “We all four felt that, after some 35 years, it could be fun to join forces again and go into the recording studio. So we did. And it was like time had stood still and that we only had been away on a short holiday. An extremely joyful experience!”
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