#Ann Winsborn

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Eurovision 2004 - Number 4 - Autolove - "Bulletproof Heart"

With a song from Melodifestivalen that seems to be as well remembered as this one, you'd expect me to have more biography and information about the band and their long career. Yet this is a one-off and even then, there appears to be some debate as to who exactly who Autolove were. However, I think in this case there is some resolution.

Starting with the song, Bulletproof Heart is a new wave/synthwave throw-back/throw-forward both harkening back to the early 1980s as well as anticipating bands like LaRoux by a clear half decade. It stands out by a mile amidst all the other Melfest entries. It's a pounding beat with sci-fi retrofuture synth noodling. The lyrics follow the conventions for any song with the word bulletproof in the title. Metaphors involving love and guns are de rigueur. The whole song is so to congruent with my musical palate I knew from the first time I heard it, it was going to be top ten.

There are two things against it. First is the pole-dancing, cabaret aesthetic - which I can understand but it needs way more choreography and connection to the song. Second is the lead-singer's voice. It is a little thin, airy, and lacks some power. Maybe this was illness, but who knows. Not only did Autolove not try again, but they never released another piece of music. This is their one and only outing.

The band are actually three people, two of who are not on stage. The two non-appearing members are song-writers and synth-programmers Gustave Lund and Peder Enrerot, both from the Ur-Swedish hip-hop group Just D from the early 90s. They were possibly Sweden's first rap group and used samples exclusively from Swedish music for their first two albums. Following on from introducing Swedish to hip hop, they took a bit of back seat in the mid-1990s, they'd both been involved in a few other projects such as Sverige, occasionally adopting noms de plume.

For their 2004 Melfest outing, they linked up with singer Ann Winsborn . She was having a big year in 2004, she was releasing her first singles under her own name, one of which became Poland's biggest hits of 2004. In her native Sweden though, she had not made an impact. Joining up with the Autolove project would appear to have been an attempt to break her home market.

There is a small amount of debate about whether the singer is Ann Winsborn though. She'd dyed her blonde hair black for this performance to fit with the aesthetic, and her live voice sound distinctly different to her recorded voice, which is all air-high and sugar-coated. This may have been her first performance live on Swedish TV in which case this might be a case of nerves. I'm fairly confident that this is her though as the next year, she released her second album and Bulletproof Heart was one of the tracks.

In reality, this failed to make it through the heat, ending up sixth of the eight songs. For Melfest fans it's one of those that stuck in the memory and does keep being brought up as a lost Melfest gem, in the 'what-could-have-been' file.

After this, all those involved seem to have left the music industry for a few years after 2005, but more recently all three of them have had another go. Just D reformed in 2015 and released more music. Ann made a short-lived comeback in 2020. For those who like to compare live with studio, here's the Ann Winsborn version of the song from her second album Pink Collar Crime.

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ICYMI: Swedish golden girl teams up with iconic UK songwriter: Ann Winsborn & Dominic Bugatti 'Same Old Missing You' - #dominicbugattiofficial #annwinsborn http://dlvr.it/T1jM0y

[oppaiokudasai]

Music Video of the Day: La La Love On My Mind by Ann Winsborn (2005, dir. ???)

Music Video of the Day: La La Love On My Mind by Ann Winsborn (2005, dir. ???)

Happy homecoming, Spider-Man! What does this catchy song by a Swedish singer have to do with Spider-Man? Thanks to a bootleg called Spider-Man Motorcycle, the two are connected. If you turn him on, then he plays this song. I’ve included the Bootleg Zones review of it. It will take you right to the part where it is turned on.…

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DJ - Ann Winsborn - Everything I Do.

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ICYMI: Swedish golden girl teams up with iconic UK songwriter: Ann Winsborn & Dominic Bugatti 'Same Old Missing You' - #dominicbugattiofficial #annwinsborn http://dlvr.it/T1hg70

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ICYMI: Swedish golden girl teams up with iconic UK songwriter: Ann Winsborn & Dominic Bugatti 'Same Old Missing You' - #dominicbugattiofficial #annwinsborn http://dlvr.it/T1hc18

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Swedish golden girl teams up with iconic UK songwriter: Ann Winsborn & Dominic Bugatti 'Same Old Missing You' - #dominicbugattiofficial #annwinsborn http://dlvr.it/T1g7mm

[musicnewsweb]

Swedish golden girl teams up with iconic UK songwriter: Ann Winsborn & Dominic Bugatti 'Same Old Missing You' - #dominicbugattiofficial #annwinsborn http://dlvr.it/T1g7m1

[entertainmehub]

Swedish golden girl teams up with iconic UK songwriter: Ann Winsborn & Dominic Bugatti 'Same Old Missing You' - #dominicbugattiofficial #annwinsborn http://dlvr.it/T1fhjj

[musicnewsweb]

Swedish golden girl teams up with iconic UK songwriter: Ann Winsborn & Dominic Bugatti 'Same Old Missing You' - #dominicbugattiofficial #annwinsborn http://dlvr.it/T1fhjf