Much to everyone’s surprise, in October 2014 Frida announced that she was working on a new musical project.
The new song, ‘1865’ is scheduled for release on 13 February. It’s a duet with Swiss entertainer Dan Daniell, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn, near Frida’s and Dan’s hometown of Zermatt.
Frida and Dan have previously collaborated in 2003 on the single ‘Lieber Gott’, which also featured a cover of ABBA’s ‘I Have A Dream’. Like that previous single, proceeds are donated to the charity Kinder in not (children in need).
Like all of Frida’s releases after 1996, she’s singing in support of a friend. Fans expecting “Frida’s next single” have expressed disappointment. But this is the Frida we have in the 21st century – an occasional song on another artist’s release. If not for these collaborations, we wouldn’t hear Frida’s voice at all.
‘1865’ will be available on CD from retailers in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, and from ABBA The Museum and the ABBA Fan Club Shop, and download from iTunes and Amazon (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, USA).
Tags: 1865, Dan Daniell, Frida
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26 January, 2015 at 15:19 |
I think other than another edition of ABBA Gold, the thing we need most is a Frida duet album-she’s has done more than an album’s worth of duets by now-and it would be really cool if they were all released together on a album. Of course that’s not going to happen.
26 January, 2015 at 18:49 |
The song is beautiful!