Ólafur Arnalds and Loreen release new project SAGES

Award-winning Icelandic composer and producer Ólafur Arnalds and Swedish singer songwriter
and producer Loreen — the only woman to have won the Eurovision Song Contest twice — announce their genre-defying collaborative project SAGES.

'SAGES', a 3-track EP out today - is a bold exploration of artistic kinship that bridges the worlds of euphoric, minimalist electronic composition and emotive pop.

Ólafur and Loreen hadlong admired each other’s work from afar and instantly connected on social media shortly after her “Tattoo” performance in 2023. 

The first track ‘In The Sound Of Breathing’ was born in just half a day at Arnalds' Reykjavik studio. The delicate synth landscape grows in intensity, beautifully complementing Loreen’s haunting lyrics: “I’m on the edge, stop breathing… Chasing my head, chasing my feelings”. On second single ‘Opening’, there’s a palpable sense of cathartic creativity; based on the skeleton of an instrumental track Arnalds had written years ago, it found its home when he met Loreen.

The track features a stunning electronic crescendo; “There’s a bit where you feel like you’ve
reached the roof,” Loreen says. “I remember the chills in my body. It’s like chaos and harmony
together.”