Finally, though, some questions are being answered. On Wednesday March 12 , the documentary "Leave the World Behind" had its world premiere at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, giving fans an inside look at the events the led up to the group's last show at Ultra Music Festival.
Advance previews and nationwide screenings kick off this month. From there, the film shows them rounding out their trio with the addition of Axwell to become self-proclaimed best friends and the super group known as Swedish House Mafia. As the doc follows the group from city to city on their One Last Tour , the story of their decision to call it quits unfolds.
Axwell is particularly heated about Angello's absence, and as the documentary goes on, you see that his disappointment in his bandmates' perceived lack of effort is very much a trend. We should have focused on Swedish House Mafia and given up our other stuff.
At one point, Ingrosso told the camera: "We're not best friends anymore, and that's the truth. So, of course there was tension and irritation. That's how it works.
We needed to miss each other. We needed to miss making music together again. Aware that a public appearance would cause a tabloid feeding frenzy in Sweden, the trio met up in a private hotel suite with their then-manager Amy Thomson where, after a meal of "meat, salads and red wine", they stayed up until four in the morning, catching up and reminiscing. Those were the memories we all had. By the time they left, the band had agreed to play a one-off show at Miami's Ultra Music Festival in Three months later, Thomson "was on stage at 6am in a leather jacket, testing lasers didn't burn the back off them," she later recalled on her Instagram page.
The set was supposed to be a secret. The three members even stayed in separate hotels to avoid being seen together. But rumours began flying after Angello cancelled an Asian tour and flew to Miami. By the time the first bass hit of Miami 2 Ibiza exploded through the stadium, tens of thousands of fans had gathered in front of the stage.
When a huge mirrored disc flipped around to reveal the band, it was pandemonium. Although plagued with technical issues, the hour-long set was a huge, emotional catharsis for the band. Everybody was in tears," says Ingrosso. It was such an emotion, you could cut the energy with a scissor. It was the most intense I've ever felt. The trio realised immediately that there was no turning back.
The question was what to do next? In the years they'd been away, the "big room" dance sound they'd pioneered had waned in popularity, and the band were opposed to trading on former glories. It took them another four years, and several false starts, to work out their next step. All the while, they were in the studio, dreaming up grand plans for what would become their debut album. If we felt we needed a new song to perform, we made that song in a spare week in Dublin, or London, or New York," says Angello.
The band have a notoriously slow work rate, releasing just six singles and two compilation albums during their heyday.
Sessions for their comeback were similarly languorous. They put together mood boards full of "weird, artsy stuff" including photos, clothes and inspirational phrases "If you want different results, try something different" , while tinkering with vintage synths and delving into each other's record collection.
Several songs were demo'd, auditioned on tour, and then scrapped. Who knows? In fact, they resisted advice from record labels who wanted them to make "another 12 versions of Don't You Worry Child". So it's generally best for us to make some music and present it to them. Things were delayed further in March , when Ingrosso caught coronavirus, incapacitating him for three months.
But the band finally made a breakthrough in early , with a song called It Gets Better - whose claustrophobic urgency finally captured the sound they'd been pursuing. Subsequent singles have seen the band exploring new territory - from the laid-back summer anthem Lifetime to the slow-burning pop of Moth To A Flame. The latter is a collaboration with pop superstar The Weeknd, with whom Swedish House Mafia now share a manager.
But getting him involved wasn't as straightforward as you'd expect, says Ingrosso. We love his dark side, his voice, his mind-set, everything. You guys need to sit down and meet. And so we flew to LA and had two days just hanging out, drinking, having fun - and then we went into the studio. Details of the debut album - including its release date - are still vague; but it sees the trio emerging from suspended animation, just as their biggest heroes called it quits.
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