Maja Francis Explained

Maja Francis (Maja Francis Alderin)[1] is a Swedish singer best known for her work with First Aid Kit and her closing track on the Netflix series Love & Anarchy.

Biography

Francis grew up in Ängelholm, where her father owned a record store.[2] She is the granddaughter of Scandinavian singer Thory Bernhards. Maja Francis attended Mega Musik Gymnasieskola in Helsingborg.[3]

Francis debuted the single "Last Days of Dancing" in 2015.[4] On August 14, 2015, she released the single "Space Invades My Mind" with Veronica Maggio. On the same day, Francis played on Way Out West's club spinoff Stay Out West, where Maggio visited to perform the single with Francis.[5] In January 2016, her debut EP Come Companion was released.[6] [7] Then in 2017 she appeared with First Aid Kit guesting on their Who By Fire tribute concert to Leonard Cohen where she sang Famous Blue Raincoat and joined in with the So Long, Marianne finale.[8] [9]

She took a break after her pair of 2018 EPs, Cry Baby parts 1 and 2, saying later that "My relationship with music was kind of toxic after releasing my Cry Baby EPs in 2018… so I needed a break."[10] She returned in December 2019, again with First Aid Kit, singing It Must Have Been Love as their tribute to Marie Fredriksson.[11] She released her cover of Kate Bush's This Woman's Work in July 2020. In the same year, she recorded her single 'Anxious Angel' as the final track of the Netflix series Kärlek & Anarki (Love & Anarchy).[12] The CD from First Aid Kit's Who By Fire tribute was released in 2021.[8] Also in 2021, she appeared on a special edition of Jills veranda,[13] and later in the year released her first album A Pink Soft Mess.[14] [15] [16] Her 2024 collaborations include Anna Ternheim with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra at Berwald Hall.[17] In April 2024 she performed SOS at Sveriges Television's En fest för ABBA held at Cirkus (Stockholm).[18]

Francis has a record contract with Universal Music Group under its Sweden Music label[19] [20] and is listed in Sweden by RMV Grammafon.[21]

Discography

Album

Live Album

EP

Singles

Charted singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positions
SWE
[23]
"Douchebag"2022—
"Please Remember Me"65
"Girl Laying Down"74
[24]
"Beg Me (Be mig)"—

With First Aid Kit

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maja Francis - Last Days of Dancing. Swede + Sour. 6 April 2015. 3 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Intervju: Med Maja Francis i rymden. 13 August 2015. Popmuzik.
  3. Web site: Winter may have struck in all of its icy glory, but Maja Francis is here to be 'Saved By The Summer'. Tanyel. Gumushen. 21 November 2017. 9 May 2021. tmrw Magazine.
  4. Web site: All Things Go Music. https://web.archive.org/web/20150607014138/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/maja-francis-last-days-of-dancing/. 7 June 2015. "a surprisingly thoughtful piece of well-crafted fantasy pop for your June playlist"
  5. Web site: Poplight. Way out West 2015: Maja Francis lyfte ljummen inledning. 11 January 2016. Anna-Sopfia. Pehrson. 14 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004131928/http://poplight.se/2015/08/14/way-out-west-2015-maja-francis-lyfte-ljummen-inledning/. 4 October 2015.
  6. News: Maja Francis. Gaffa. January 2016. 35. 9 May 2021. "Simple classic pop where the emotions alternately hover high among the clouds and alternately crawl in the gutter."
  7. Web site: Maja Francis Opens Her Pastel-Drenched World Up In This New Music Video. Hayden. Manders. 8 June 2016. Nylon. 3 July 2021. "There's an air of youthful abandon in Maja Francis' new music video for her soaring optimistic song 'Come Companion.'"
  8. Web site: First Aid Kit – Who By Fire. Zena. Grieg. 5 May 2021. 15 May 2021. Penny Black Music. a dramatic and contemporary-sounding 'Famous Blue Raincoat' with compelling vocals from the singer Maja Francis
  9. Web site: First Aid Kit: Who By Fire. 25 March 2021. Will. Penfold. 14 May 2021. Spectrum Culture. "Famous Blue Raincoat" is dramatic and contemporary-sounding and has an outstanding vocal from Maja Francis; what surprises again and again is that singers with something like the opposite of Cohen's voice and delivery can make his lyrics live so vividly.
  10. Web site: Premiere & Spotlight Interview: Maja Francis - Ja Ja Ja. Francine. Gorman. Jajajamusic. 15 December 2020.
  11. Web site: First Aid Kit and Maja Francis pay tribute to Roxette with "It Must Have Been Love" cover: Watch. Robin. Bacior. 12 December 2019. Consequence.
  12. Web site: Maja Francis, Amason, GRANT & more in 'Love & Anarchy'. 9 November 2020. Universal Music Publishing. 14 May 2021.
  13. Web site: Maja Francis visits Jill Johnson in the program "Jill i Lilla Hult" on SVT and releases single. Listen to me!. 23 July 2020. Helene. Wigren. PR&BEYOND. 4 August 2021.
  14. Web site: Maja Francis: Musiken blev som en destruktiv kärleksrelation. 16 February 2021. 21 November 2021. Dagens Nyheter. sv.
  15. Web site: 15 October 2021. Jason M.. Burns. Maja Francis — A Pink Soft Mess. Americana Highways. 21 November 2021.
  16. Web site: Maja Francis Paints Evocative Pop Pictures on 'A Pink Soft Mess'. Gary. Schwind. 1 November 2021. 21 November 2021. Glide Magazine.
  17. Web site: Maja Francis' & Anna Ternheim's Nashville (2023/2024) – Berwaldhallen. 31 January 2024. Anna Ternheim and Maja Francis connected during the 2022 edition of popular TV programme Så mycket bättre, finding common experiences in their musical lives..
  18. Web site: En fest för ABBASVT Play. 6 April 2024. Sveriges Television. 18 April 2024.
  19. Web site: Music Search. Universal Music Publishing Group ¦ Scandinavia. 4 August 2021.
  20. Web site: Maja Francis. 12 January 2016. luger.se.
  21. Web site: RMV Grammafon Artists. 4 August 2021.
  22. Web site: Nordic Music Prize 2022 Nominees. 5 September 2022. "Maja Francis has created her own little sparkling pink galaxy in the Swedish pop universe."
  23. Web site: Veckolista Singlar, vecka 45. Sverigetopplistan. 12 November 2022.
  24. Web site: Veckolista Singlar, vecka 46. Sverigetopplistan. 19 November 2022.

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