SYMPHONY OF SWEDEN – Peek Behind The Scenes of ‘Bad Thoughts’

SYMPHONY OF SWEDEN recently released their brand new single, “Bad Thoughts” along with its official video. The new track is doing pretty well: at the moment it’s the 4th most streamed Symphony Of Sweden song! The band recently surpassed 200k listeners on Spotify – to celebrate these achievements Lee is now about to share some secrets of the official video for “Bad Thoughts”. This video was shot nowhere else than Lee‘s own home!

Lee’s statement about the official video of “Bad Thoughts“: “We wanted to be somewhere else and try some close and personal shooting of us. Evan also really likes my apartment and it has a cool style to it so we went for that.
I’m into art and baroque style: old oil paintings of forests, deer, and old ships are my favorites. But the picture has to speak to me or else I can’t have it. When I look at my paintings I do see a theme, but those are the paintings that have spoken to me.
I started collecting them a couple of years ago. When I saw this old replica of a battle from the 1700s, I thought: what amazing artists have lived, and the artwork they made! I’m literally in trans when I see it. This painting is a replica, the original is worth millions of euros and maybe one day I can see it for real.”

At the end of the video, a beautiful chess set also appears which has its special story: “That piece I bought in Greece. I have always wanted a beautiful chess set, but they are hard to find. Like 7 years ago I was in Greece with my family and the very first day I saw this piece, so I blow almost all my money on the first day of the vacation because I knew I have to have it – and now it’s in our video. So shout-out to Greece for having the piece I couldn’t find anywhere else!”

And what’s the story behind the video? “This whole song came to me after I saw a video of a woman dressed in the classy style from the ’40-’50s in today’s society. She walked into a crowded city and everyone stopped to look at her. (Damn, I wish more style would come back!) You admire her dress but you also get intrigued by her confidence, class, and her way of doing her own thing and dressing like a million dollars.”

“Bad Thoughts” is available on:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/3c-600IItpg
Spotify: spoti.fi/43ErfEH

About the band

Welcome to the musical world of Symphony Of Sweden!

Coming from the North of Sweden with winter and ice bears all over the place, the music is the other way around. Grand and epic with huge arrangements, the missing link between pop and metal – this is Symphony of Sweden! Add the powerful voice of Linus “Lee” Wester and the creative talent of Pontus “Evan” Hagberg you will have a concept that brings you on a journey from here to eternity.

Symphony Of Sweden is:
Pontus „Evan” Hagberg
Linus „Lee” Wester

Evan and Lee lived in the same small town up north in Sweden. Lee had his own little service point, betting shop, tobacco store nearby which also happened to be Evan’s local service point where he went to get his parcels. After saying hello to each other for a couple of years, there was one day Evan had a parcel to get – which obviously was music-related. They fell into conversation with each other, a few days later Evan invited Lee to his studio. Evan: „he had found one of my instrumental tracks on Youtube and sang it with a new melody on top and lyrics for me in the studio, right there when he just arrived! I was blown away, and a week later we had our first ever track produced and completed. As soon he sang his first two words in the studio I wanted to work with him!”

The band released their first album, Inner Demons in January 2021, and their second album, Saints Of Yesterday came out on the 3rd of February, 2022.

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