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Marion Raven: Lead singer, piano, hollow guitar, drum, harpsichord.

Marit Larsen: Singing, rhythm guitar, hollow guitar.

M2M (My Fair Lady) is a group composed of two little girls from Norway, Marit (my good girl-Marion) and Marion (my active girl-Marion). Because their names all start with m, they are called M2M.

Marit and Marion met at 1990 (about five years old). Because of their love of music, they became good friends and often performed together for family and friends. Their first record was the children's album Synger Kjente Barnes Anger (singing famous children's songs) recorded in Norwegian at the age of eight, and this album was nominated as "Best Children's Album" by Spillemanspriest (equivalent to the Grammy Award in Norway). At that time, their group name was Marit &；; Marion

1July 1998, M2M signed a contract with Atlantic Records. The first single "Don't Say You Love Me" was written by M2M and co-produced by celine dion and Jennifer Paige. It became the theme song of Pokemon: The First Movie. With the release of the movie, it received extensive response from radio stations all over the United States and continued to have a fever. At present, single sales rank fifth, exceeding 40,000 copies. M2M's debut album Purple Shadow was released in March 2000. M2M arranged all the songwriting, and invited album producers from pop artists such as Spice Girl, Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears. Do your best.

Following the release of the best-selling album Shades of Purple by Atlantic Records in 2000, M2M finally released its latest album under the expectation of everyone. Norwegian teen pop Band returns to the music scene with their most delightful and touching works to date! Marion Raven and Marit Larsen, two big girls of M2M, once again cooperated with producer/musician Jimmy Bralo (donna louise and Jennifer Paige). Together, the three made a very attractive album, which was full of pop songs created with confidence and skill. Their own songs "Miss Popular" and "Everything" shine with irresistible melodies, frank and straightforward lyrics and, of course, a chorus as perfect as their registered trademarks.

In 200 1' s new album "Big Room", we will hear their music growth after M2M took the first step in music.

"It's been two years since my last album, and many things have changed. Marion of 17 said, "When we released our first album, we were still looking for our own position. Now the second album will show our progress. Some fans will be surprised whether in the field of singing or in their personal lives, but I think they should know that this change will happen eventually. 」

"Our fans have grown up. Marit of 18 said, "I hope they will grow up with us. The songs we write are all about our current experience and what we have experienced since the first album. Fans may have experienced many new things. I think it's important for everyone to see our progress, because we don't want to make the same album at all. 」

The album "Big Room" was recorded in the famous Bearsville studio in Woodstock, new york. The name of this album is taken from the main room of this studio. At the same time, it has another meaning, because the songs in the new album were created by M2M during her world tour. For these two big girls, the world seems to be a "big room". In order to record this album, they stayed in the recording studio for six weeks in the cold winter of 200 1 early.

"We lived there in January and February," Marion recalled. "It's very quiet and comfortable here, so we can concentrate on recording. Much better than the noisy recording studio downtown. 」

During the recording, M2M was accompanied by an outstanding small jazz band, including Tom "T-bone" Wolk (bass, hollow/electronic guitar, organ and synthetic instrument), Jimi K. Bones (electronic/hollow guitar) and Kenny Aronoff (drum and percussion instrument).

"The recording process is very surprising. Marit said, "We finished eleven songs in the first six days. We recorded all the basic tracks by singing live in the studio, just like The Beatles recorded before: one, two, three, four, start recording! This way is really cool, because we have the opportunity to capture the atmosphere and vitality of the scene, which is lacking in many albums at present. Now a lot of music has been computerized, and everyone wants their music to be perfect, so they forget that music itself contains a kind of vitality. 」

The goal of "Big Room" album is to create a kind of pop music with natural guitar music as the main sound. This sounds reminiscent of Joni Mitchell, Sheryl Crow and Jewel, as well as alternative singers Count Crow and Travis, who are all musical inspiration sources of M2M.

"Now, this kind of music seems to be a popular trend. Marit said, "I think people are beginning to return to the music of the 1960s and 1970s. 」

"Although our music will never belong to the rock category," Marion said, "we will always write pop songs, which we like to call" organic pop music ". 」

In addition to eight songs written by M2M, such as Jennifer and Farewell, these two older girls also brought many extra melodies and lyrics when they arrived at the studio. In order to shape their ideas, they immediately started working with Bralo and Peter Zizo (they are the heroes behind the hit single "Don't Say You Love Me" in M2M's debut album). Therefore,

"Most of the songs on the album were written during the tour," Marion said. "We wrote a song library together during the tour, about 18 songs, and then co-wrote two other works, Everything and What Did You Do to Me, with Jimmy and Peter. We like working with them very much. We feel very comfortable and interesting. 」

Through this album, M2M's songs capture the feelings of the seeds of love, whether it is the infatuation of young couples or the jealousy that there is no room for a grain of sand in their eyes.

"Our songs are all about love, because we are only seventeen or eighteen. In our minds, we spend most of our time thinking about this problem. Marit said, "But our song is not about' I love you, do you love me? Things like this will go deeper. 」

"These songs are all our experiences or our ideas. Marion said, "Most of this album is about love, but some of it is also about jealousy or the way we look at the world. It is different from previous works, but it still has M2M style. 」

Everything is a fascinating single and the most outstanding work of M2M. It has an infectious pop melody, depicting the bitterness of post-adolescent love and the feeling of expectation and fear of being hurt.

"This is one of our crazy works," Marion said. "It describes the relationship with a rotten man. When you look back on everything, you will find that this man ruined everything. 」

"Basically, it describes the crazy feeling of girls when their boyfriends don't call. Marit said: "You know you should forget him, but this man has all kinds of attractions for you, so you just don't want to let go, so this feeling makes you crazy!" 」

Is the hero in this song a real person?

"Maybe! Marion said with a smile.

Besides gripping melody and careful arrangement, M2M's sweet and harmonious chorus and strong lyrics make the album Big Room more audible. The forming process of this album, like these two big girls, is very natural. The existence and complementary relationship between them injected enthusiasm and purity into their music.

"Our music is natural," Marion said. "We only do the music we like and never consider the market trend. Marit also said: "Nowadays, people are full of money. They forget that music itself is the most important thing, and they are only willing to make some pop music that will not lose money. But the reason why we enter the music world is because we want to communicate with people with our own music! 」

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1999, Atlantic Records released the soundtrack of the cartoon "Sing Pikachu-Poké mon" and the first single "Don't Say You Love Me", making lead singer M2M the focus of the global music spotlight! This single is number one in Denmark, Norway, Finland and the whole of Asia. In Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Canada, Ireland, Britain and the Netherlands, there are also top 20 achievements; In Australia and New Zealand, it won the recognition of gold records.

With the success of this single, M2M followed closely, releasing their first album "Love in Purple", which included another best-selling single "Mirror, Mirror", which caused a sensation all over the world and sold more than1500,000 copies, especially in Southeast Asia, which won seven platinum in Thailand, six platinum in Indonesia, four platinum in the Philippines, three platinum in Malaysia, double platinum in Singapore, platinum in Taiwan Province Province and platinum in South Korea.

M2M and their "purple romance" are also very popular in America. Two singles, "Don't Say You Love Me" and "Mirror Mirror", made it to the top five, thanks to these two singles affirmed by gold records. This album has reached the top of Billboard's popular search list for new artists. Shadow of Purple is not only loved by the audience, but also praised by American music critics. Many well-known music magazines give high praise, including Three and a Half Stars by Rolling Stone magazine.

In order to make Romance in Purple released smoothly in the United States, M2M arranged many publicity activities, including singing in the Epcot Center of Disneyland, recording and editing the whole process into a special program M2M &；; In this special program, M2M sang all their best-selling songs live, including behind-the-scenes tidbits when Larsen and Raven visited the famous attractions of Disneyland in Florida. In the autumn of 2000, M2M joined the Korean Brothers' concert tour in North America.

Next, the single/music videos "Mirror, Mirror", "Beautiful Man" and "Everything You Do" were released one after another, making the M2M craze continue to spread around the world. In order to promote the album Shadow of Purple, the two of them traveled all over the world, including Europe, Latin America, North America, Asia and Australia.

M2M has also won many awards in the international music industry, including the "Best Norwegian Group Award" in the 2000 Norwegian Golden Melody Award (they were also nominated for the best song of the year). Nomination of "Best Choir" for spelman Prize in 20001year: In June 2000, the Singapore Radio Association awarded M2M the "Discovery Award of the Year".

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