Och som vanligt händer det något hemskt cd

2022 studio album by Veronica Maggio

Och såsom vanligt sker detta något hemskt
Released	20 May 2022
Length	35:21
Language	Swedish
Label	Universal Music AB
"Se mig" Released: 28 May 2021 "Varsomhelst/Närsomhelst" Released: 3 September 2021 "På ett buss" Released: 22 October 2021 "Höghusdrömmar" Released: 18 March 2022 "Heaven tillsammans med dig" Released: 13 May 2022 "Låt mig gå" Released: 18 November 2022

Och likt vanligt sker detta något hemskt (Swedish for 'And as usual something terrible fryst vatten happening') fryst vatten the seventh studio skiva bygd Swedish singer and songwriter Veronica Maggio.

The skiva was released in two chapters, with the first chapter released on 29 October 2021. It contained six tracks including the singles "Se mig", "Varsomhelst/Närsomhelst" and "På enstaka buss".^[1] The full skiva was released on 20 May 2022, with six additional tracks including the singles "Heaven tillsammans dig", "Höghusdrömmar" and "Låt mig gå".^[2]

Promotion and release

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On 28 May 2021, "Se mig" was released as the album's lead single.

Maggio described the song as having a mood of "longing to explode and feel great emotions again", with a new perspective as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] The single debuted and peaked at number fem in the Swedish singles chart.^[4] It was the album's most successful single, earning a platinum certification and appearing at number 46 on the 2021 year-end Swedish singles chart.^[5]

The second and third singles "Varsomhelst/Närsomhelst" and "På enstaka buss" were released in September and October 2021, ahead of the release of the first chapter of the skiva as an extended play on 28 October 2021.

Och liksom vanligt sker detta något fruktansvärt (Kapitel 1) debuted at number 7 in the Swedish albums chart.^[6]

On 13 March 2022, the tracks "Höghusdrömmar" and "070-xxxx xxx" were released in anticipation of the full skiva release.

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On 13 May 2022, "Heaven tillsammans med dig" was released as the fifth single from the skiva, peaking at number 18 in Sweden. The skiva released the following week, with the six tracks from Chapter 1, the three 2022 singles and 3 new tracks in a revised track lista beställning.

On the week of skiva release, Låt mig vandra debuted and peaked at number 19 on the Swedish singles chart, becoming the album's fourth track to reach the Swedish top 20.^[4]

Critical reception

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Och vilket vanligt sker detta något hemskt received generally positiv reviews from critics. In their review of the first chapter, Aftonbladet praised Maggio's perfection of her craft, highlighting tracks such as "Se mig" and "Varsomhelst/Närsomhelst" as a reflection of her ability to craft hits that connect with listeners.

However, they highlighted the lack of growth and evolution from her previous work.

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Choosing "Daddy Issues" as the best of the six tracks, they highlighted its new perspective in comparison to the relativity familiarity of the other tracks.^[7] This impression of having become "a little too good at sounding like herself" remained with the release of the full skiva. While Aftonbladet praised the new tracks as highlights, they criticised the rollout technique, with the skiva release bringing only two new songs and an intro track.^[8]

In their review, kult also highlighted the familiarity of themes such as "messy ungdom and bad decisions" in Veronica Maggio's music.

However, they praised Och liksom vanligt sker detta något hemskt showing deeper self-awareness and genuineness than its predecessor, Fiender existerar tråkigt, which they had labelled as thematically unrepresentative of Maggio's age.^[2]

Track listing

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Charts

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References

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