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She is a truly Scandinavian Star from Sweden and she made the big stages on a great Motown hit by the name Monday Child, in Swedish named "Mandagsbarn" Here are some describing words form her homepage, freely translated from her homepage http://veronicamaggio.se/biografi/ On a berth in a port, a girl and a guy are chewing on duty free licorice. They are both quiet. The journey is over now and nothing has happened. The boat dims , the cabins are cleaned . The girl has her hand in his pocket and is trying to look unconcerned. She knows that whatever he asks, her answer will be "no" But beneath the surface, she feels her heart racing . The image is taken from the song "I promise" from Veronica Maggios fourth album - "Hand in my pocket though I care" It is a picture Veronicas recognizes herself in - the girl who hides a softer and uncertain internal behind a hard exterior. There is also an image that serves as a metaphor for the whole of the new album. Veronica knew almost immediately what direction she wanted to go after the success of "Satan in the street" The album not only firmly establishing her as one of Sweden's biggest artists, it also brought her closer and closer to its own expression. An expression she wanted to continue to refine. Lyrically it was about administering what she always contained - contrasts. The boredom, the bad decisions versus the beating heart. But also about daring to go in a new direction. It was noticed already in the first song she wrote, "Pretend that it's raining" Veronica wanted to dare to be beautiful, honest and poetic, but to hide behind humor, irony or universality . She would dare expose a softer inside. Musically, she sought the complete opposite. The foundation would still be in the well-produced pop but the surface would feel harder, sloppier and more spontaneous . The vision led her to the artist and producer Salem al Fakir . The collaboration worked out was obvious. The very first day the duo hit single was written "Sergelstorg" . Another song that grew in no time was "Dallas". As soon as Salem al Fakir featured an instrumental sketch, Veronica began to hum the melody , while the text was rolled out as it often does for her - as a single slide of disjointed scenes and sequences. When an additional song, whole house began to take shape, the question arose whether to do a duet with Håkan Hellström. After Veronica gathered courage and sent an email with a request came for an affirmative response after just a few seconds. Halfway into the work of the album joined Vincent Pontare and Magnus "Filthy" Lidehäll to production work . With them as a contributing creative duo alongside Salem Al Fakir reached Veronica exactly what she wanted to convey with the disc. A musical version of the girl with her hand in his pocket, though she cares. Sloppy and hard on the outside. Honest and insecure under the surface. Feely translated from the homepage biography of Veronica Maggio by Lars Hansen (Danish)