{"id":11517,"date":"2011-11-28T08:26:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T07:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-98520-280723.cloudwaysapps.com\/eq-interview-with-eric-saade\/"},"modified":"2017-01-05T19:31:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T18:31:53","slug":"eq-interview-with-eric-saade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/eq-interview-with-eric-saade\/","title":{"rendered":"EQ Interview With Eric Saade"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><strong>Eric Saade<\/strong> is certainly one of pop&#39;s most exciting commodities at the moment.&#0160; A Swedish superstar and overnight European treasure after his showstopping performance at <strong>Eurovision<\/strong>, the world&#39;s stage is set for <strong>Eric Saade<\/strong> to be an international pop phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>Eric&#39;s second album<strong> &quot;Saade Vol 1&quot;<\/strong> is quite easily one of this year&#39;s best pop collections and on Wednesday, <strong>November 30th<\/strong> the world will get to experience<strong> &quot;Saade Vol 2&quot;<\/strong> which features a second collection of tracks that ignite the dancefloor and the European pop charts.&#0160; His latest single<strong> &quot;Hotter Than Fire&quot;<\/strong> with the uber cool <strong>Dev<\/strong> is already one of the most talked about pop tracks right now.<\/p>\n<p>In this EQ Music interview with <strong>Eric Saade<\/strong>, we talk about what it&#39;s like to release two albums in one year, his love affair with <strong>Robyn<\/strong>, collaborating with <strong>Dev<\/strong>, his timeless devotion to his fans and just why he likes singing &quot;sexy&quot; songs.&#0160; Eric is this week&#39;s <strong>EQ Cover Boy<\/strong> and the whole week will be devoted to <strong>Eric Saade <\/strong>and his uplifiting, feel-good, pop stomping electronic tunes.&#0160; Hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/32755024?byline=0\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Saade is certainly one of pop&#39;s most exciting commodities at the moment.&#0160; A Swedish superstar and overnight European treasure after his showstopping performance at Eurovision, the world&#39;s stage is set for Eric Saade to be an international pop phenomenon. 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