Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
Welcome to the first Saturday 9 of 2025.
1) We're beginning the year with a song about new beginnings. What is something new you'd like to try in 2025? I'm not approaching it that way. Instead, I've given myself a goal this year. I'm going to winnow through my books and donate many of them.
2) The lyrics recall what was said "in the mist of the midnight hour." Where were you when the new year dawned? I was asleep. Don't judge me. I had a cold.
3) The Axwell of Axwell and Ingrosso
is Axel Hedfors. He began as a drummer and moved on to experimenting
musically on the computer, eventually mastering music sequencer
software. Do you consider yourself more a technophile like Axwell, who
loves technology and digital devices, or more a technophobe, anxious
about learning new programs? Total phobe.
4)
His musical partner is Sebastian Ingrosso. Sebastian became interested
in dance music when he accompanied his father, a choreographer, to the
studio. When you were young, did you ever go to work with either of your
parents? Not in a "take your daughter to work" kinda way. But we stopped by my dad's work as a family on occasion.
5)
Axwell & Ingrosso gave their premiere performance at the 2014
Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City and their last concert at
the 2017 Ultra Music Fest in Miami. Looking back on 2024, did you
attend any outdoor music or theater performances? Nope.
6)
In 2017, when "Something New" was released, we lost the TV star who
could "turn the world on with her smile." Without looking it up, do you
know who that is? She could take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile.
7) Also in 2017, Today Show anchor Hoda Kotb announced she had adopted her first child. Do you know anyone who is adding to their family in 2025? Maybe. My niece and her hubs have been approved for adoption and are now waiting for their baby.
8) Have you made any New Year's resolutions for 2025? No.
9) What was the first thing to make you laugh in 2025? Probably my girlcat. She's very sweet but silly.
