Jenny Wilson

Biography

Jenny Wilson (born 20 October 1975) is a Swedish singer-songwriter. Her music has a distinct electro-influenced style.

Career

Wilson founded the band First Floor Power in 1997 and released two albums, There Is Hope and Nerves, before leaving the band to go solo around 2004. She also studied graphic design at Konstfack for one year.
Wilson was signed to The Knife's Rabid Records, and was a guest vocalist on The Knife's album Deep Cuts on the song You Take My Breath Away which is about The Knife's Karin Dreijer Andersson going to a First Floor Power show. Wilson is also featured in the music video for the song.
Wilson's debut solo album Love and Youth×LOVE AND YOUTH6 April 2005 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Crazy Summer3:162Summer Time - the Roughest Time3:303Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward4:264Those Winters3:315Bitter? No, I Just Love to Complain4:226Would I Play With My Band?4:067Love and Youth4:338A Hesitating Cloud of Despair3:069Love Ain't Just a Four Letter Word5:0810Common Around Here4:0811Hey, What's the Matter4:5612Balcony Smoker2:32 was released in 2005 in Sweden and then, in August 2006, in Australia on Hussle Recordings' album imprint (later to launch independently as etcetc). The first single from the album, Summertime – The Roughest Time, received extensive airplay on Triple J. In 2010, her first album was included in NME's "The 100 Greatest Albums You've Never Heard" list. It was chosen by Elly Jackson of La Roux.
In November 2006, Wilson appeared on Robyn's promotional The Rakamonie EP, featuring in a live recording of the song List of Demands.
On 25 February 2009, Wilson self-released her second solo album Hardships!×Hardships!25 February 2009 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1The Path5:192Like a Fading Rainbow3:473Clattering Hooves4:434The Wooden Chair3:155Porcelain Castle3:366Anchor Made of Gold4:487Bad Waters4:298Only Here for the Fight4:559Pass Me the Salt3:1910Motherhood1:0611Hardships4:2412We Had Everything5:3213Strings of Grass4:37 on CD and vinyl. In January 2010 Wilson won a European Border Breakers Award for her international success.
In the summer of 2010, Wilson was diagnosed with breast cancer. After undergoing chemotherapy she went into remission.
In 2011 Wilson released her third album Blazing×Blazing2011 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 19 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Pass Me the Salt4:162Work3:443Anchor Made of Gold5:054Like a Fading Rainbow6:475Bad Waters4:546Hardships3:287Would I Play With My Band4:038Clattering Hooves4:439Only Here for the Fight5:2010Done!0:2911Coming 'Round the Mountain3:55Disc 21The Steps6:352Beyond That Wasteland12:503Psaltar12:004Woodcuts6:455Motherhood — Warm Your Hands in the Heat8:366Pass Me the Salt (Richard Brain rmx)5:527Faded Rainbow Delta (Richard Brain rmx)7:528Anchor Made of Gold (Into the Woods rmx)5:51; a re-recorded counterpart to her previous album Hardships!
Wilson made a short film Beyond that Wasteland with director Daniel Wirtberg in 2011; it was filmed in Iceland and premiered in Sweden in October 2012.
Wilson began work on her fourth album Demand The Impossible in 2012 after finishing a Scandinavian tour for her previous album Blazing. However, she then found out that her cancer had returned. She continued to work on the new album whilst undergoing treatment and then during the recovery process. Demand The Impossible was released in 2013.
In 2018 Wilson announced her fifth album, Exorcism×Exorcism23 March 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks1Rapin*3:252Lo’ Hi’4:103Disrespect Is Universal3:304The Prediction3:135It Hurts5:306Your Angry Bible4:507Exorcism5:148It’s Love (and I’m Scared)3:439Forever Is a Long Time5:20, released on 23 March.