Tigerdrottningen | ||||
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Studio album by Kent | ||||
Released | April 30, 2014 | |||
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Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles, United States) |
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Genre | Alternative rock, pop rock | |||
Length | 48:42 | |||
Label | Sonet, Universal | |||
Producer | Kent, Daniel Alexander, Stefan Boman | |||
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Singles from Tigerdrottningen | ||||
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Helsingborgs Dagblad | |
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Värmlands Folkblad |
Tigerdrottningen (Swedish for The Tiger Queen) is the eleventh studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released on April 30, 2014 by Sonet Records (Universal Music). The album was preceded by the lead single "La Belle Epoque" on March 12, 2014. "Var är vi nu?" was released as the album's second single on July 24, 2014. The music video was released on May 21, 2014. The third single "Mirage" was released on September 3, 2014, with an accompanying video released on the same date.
Lyrically, Tigerdrottningen is more politically charged than previous albums. Lead singer Joakim Berg told Gaffa that the album was inspired by the events leading up to the 2014 Swedish election where far-right party Sweden Democrats doubled their support: "Exactly the things you were terrified of happened. The shift towards right [wing politics] followed by nationalism. It is a pattern we are seeing again and again. It also affects the Swedish music scene."
Three promotional singles were released from Tigerdrottningen through Spotify preceding the album's release: "Skogarna" on April 25, "Godhet" on April 26, and "Din enda vän" on April 27, 2014.
Tigerdrottningen debuted at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart on the chart dated May 9, 2014, becoming Kent's tenth consecutive number-one album. The same week the album was certified gold for 20,000 copies sold. On the chart dated June 5, 2014 the album was certified platinum for 40,000 copies sold.
All music and lyrics written by Joakim Berg, except "Den andra sidan" music written by Berg and Martin Sköld.