Paper Light (Higher)

"Paper Light (Higher)"
Single by Loreen
Released5 March 2015
Recorded2014
GenreElectropop
Length3:41
LabelWarner Music Sweden
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Loreen singles chronology
"We Got the Power"
(2013) 		"Paper Light (Higher)"
(2015) 		"I'm in It with You"
(2015)
"Paper Light Revisited" cover
Revisited Cover

"Paper Light (Higher)" is a song by Swedish singer Loreen. The song was released in Sweden as a digital download on 5 March 2015. The song was written by Loreen Talhaoui, Tom Liljegren and Alexander "Alex" Ryberg and produced by Liljegren and Ryberg. The song has peaked at number 25 on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Background

The song was written by Loreen Talhaoui, Tom Liljegren and Alexander "Alex" Ryberg and produced by Liljegren and Ryberg.[1]

Release

During Loreen's visit in Montenegro in July 2014, she announced that her new album will be probably released in October 2014.[2][3] She performed at the Celebration of Budva Tourist Organization and the National Day event at the Jaz Beach in Budva. During an interview with Prva.rs, she says: "The new album is coming out in October and after that there will be a lot of touring. It's very different from "Euphoria", it's a lot dirtier and more hip-hop."[3] During a performance at Eurovision Gala Night at the Casino Luxembourg in Luxembourg, she confirmed that the single of her new album coming soon in March 2015.[4][5][6] On 27 February, it was announced that Loreen's new single "Paper Light (Higher)" was released on 5 March 2015 in Scandinavia and was released worldwide on 9 March 2015.[1]

Live performances

Loreen premiered the song as interval act during the Second Chance round of Melodifestivalen 2015 on 7 March singing the lead single off of Paperlight, "Paper Light (Higher)" with ukrainian band Kazaky.[7][8] On 30 April, Loreen performed "Paper Light (Higher)" during 7th Humorgalan UNICEF's telethon in Sweden.[9] During the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Loreen headlined the Vienna Life Ball, Europe's biggest charity event supporting people with HIV and AIDS in Austria, attending the event in a dress designed by Jean Paul Gaultier and performed "Paper Light (Higher)".[10][11] On 23 May 2015, Loreen performed "Paper Light (Higher)" onstage at Cirkus in Helsinki as the headline act during the city's annual The Eurovision Party, celebrating the Eurovision Song Contest.[12] One day later, she performed the song during Childhood-dagen at Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden.[13]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Paper Light (Higher)"3:41

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 25
US Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists[15] 7

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Sweden 5 March 2015[16] Digital download Warner Music Sweden

Paper Light (Revisited)

A remixed version of "Paper Light" premiered on Spotify on 17 April 2015. It was produced by Salvatore Ganacci and titled "Paper Light (Revisited)". The official video was released on YouTube on 7 May 2015.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Loreen "Paperlight (Higher)" — Available March 9th". 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Performance at an international Parliamentary Conference" (in Swedish). 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Utisci iz Crne Gore" (in Montenegrin). 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Conchita Wurst sagt Gala in Mondorf ab". Tageblatt (in German). Tageblatt. 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Alexander will perform at Eurovision Gala Night 2014 in Luxembourg". alexanderrybak.com. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Small clip from the interview that @loreenofficial did". Instagram. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Loreen till Melodifestivalen 2015". svt.se. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Se Loreens show i Andra chansen i Melodifestivalen 2015". svt.se. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Loreen med "Paper light (Higher)"". tv4play.se. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  10. ^ Lee Adams, William (17 May 2015). "Watch: Eurovision stars sing live at Life Ball 2015". wiwibloggs.com. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Loreen schwärmt vom Life Ball". kleinezeitung.at (in German). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  12. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest Party: Loreen, Satin Circus". visithelsinki.fi. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Fira Childhood-dagen på söndag med Petter och Loreen i en stor scenshow". childhood.se (in Swedish). 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  14. ^ "Loreen – Paper Light (Higher)". Singles Top 100.
  15. ^ "Loreen - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-21.
  16. ^ iTunes - Musik - Paper Light (Higher) - Single av Loreen
  17. ^ "Loreen - Paper Light Revisited (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.