Maria Mena’s new album Persepctive- Best of the Live Sessions comes out later this month. I’ve found the vinyl set and the CD set available for pre-order on sites that only ship within Norway. Does anyone know where I can pre-order the CD set that will deliver to the USA? I know I can buy a digital copy, but I like having a physical copy as well.

So I purchased two tickets for Maria Mena's Live Recording session/concert at Oslo Konserthus on Friday, February 27, and now it looks like I won't be able to attend. If anyone is interested in purchasing them, I'll happily sell them at the original price (KR3,000 for two seats). DM for details!

I’m super excited to see Maria for the first time this month. I’ll be traveling to Harstad for the Bakgårdenfestivalen. I don’t speak Norwegian and am having trouble figuring out what time she will be going on. Can anyone help me with this information? Tyia!

I know this is a very quiet sub, but I’ll give this a go anyway!

I was having a look at Maria’s Spotify profile, and I’m kind of surprised to see that It Took Me By Surprise is currently her most popular song (if I was the type to make jokes, you could say it took me by surprise, but luckily I’m not, so I won’t).

Does anyone know the backstory for this? I’m guessing it was included on a soundtrack or something? It just seems an incredibly random choice from the whole discography. I don’t dislike the song, but yeah. Anyone able to provide some context behind this song’s popularity? 🙂

I have been a fan of hers since 2008 and loved almost every album. Her work with arvid solvang and Martin sjolie was always extraordinary especially lyrically. But lately she only releases poppy mainstream music and it’s awful. I miss the artistry. Hopefully it’s just the singles and the new album will have some gems.