Ji Nilsson is a rising star in Sweden’s musical universe, but the young swede is far from a noobie. She is already an experienced Billboard hit-producer – and the songwriter behind the infamous controversy ”#gwengate”."Scandinavian Pain" is Ji Nilssons first soloalbum, a image painted using a canvas with different shades of blue – stories of personal break-ups, blackest grief and lesbian love affairs. – Blue is the color of the things we never reach. The ocean, the sky and the horizon. Her musical heritage lies in traditional Swedish folk music still played in many rural parts of the country. But instead of often used fairytale-esque themes with gnomes and trolls, Ji Nilsson collects the potions to her magic in the urban and contemporary, and throws them into a pot of productions flirting with 90's r'n'b heroes and dreamy tropical beaches. "Scandinavian Pain" is about 2016 - ”The blue year”, a year filled with deep mourning, broken hearts and painful passions. Ji Nilsson ended an eight year long love story, started and ended a new one – and lost a close family member. Everything became a mountain of hardship, too big to deal with - she found herself unable to go to work, write or even to venture outside her own apartment. – To see death that close to me, made me afraid of life. I realized how fragile everything was and thought that everyone, including myself, would die. It became a terrible anxiety.