Gravitonas is a brand new Stockholm-based music project, fronted by lead vo… Read Full Bio ↴Gravitonas is a brand new Stockholm-based music project, fronted by lead vocalist Andreas Öhrn and celebrated record producers and songwriters Alexander Bard and Henrik Wikström. Gravitonas was formed in the autumn of 2009 and immediately signed by Maria Molin-Ljunggren to her Universal Music-associated company Lionheart Music, where the band is the first act to be launched on the brand new pop/rock label Sofo Records with the release of the Gravitonas debut single and video "Kites" on April 28, 2010.

"Kites" will be released globally as a digital download and streaming maxi-single in no less than 15 different versions with a total playing time of over 77 minutes, a new Guinness Book of World Records for a single release! Featured remixers on the "Kites" release include Dada Life, SoundFactory, Adam Rickfors, Holter/Erixson, Ambience, Freakchild, and Håkan Lidbo among others. A second single or EP is planned for an August release to be followed by a Gravitonas debut album in September 2010.

Andreas Öhrn rose to fame as the founder and front figure of Swedish Amateurs, Sweden's leading underground punk rock band. Feeling the urge to cross over to the mainstream rock scene, Öhrn decided to skip the traditional rock'n'roll production clichés and instead opted to work with electronica producers Bard and Wikström to create a more innovative hybrid sound. A first demo tape from the new project Gravitonas began circulating in August 2009, a bidding war quickly ensued, and the band chose to sign with Molin-Ljunggren's Lionheart Music, introducing their own SoFo Records label in the process. Öhrn has since also established himself as an internationally successful songwriter, scoring his first Japanese #1 hit single in October 2009 as a songwriter for Japanese boy band Hey! Say! JUMP. Öhrn's co-producer Ben Smith is also involved with Gravitonas as the main guitar player of the project.

Attempting to avoid the cliché image of a fixed-member rock band churning out records, promoting and touring in a loop, Gravitonas is working towards a more original band model better suited for the web-, mobile- and streaming-dominated environment of the music industry beyond 2010. With this circus-like model, Gravitonas has artistically more in common with say Daft Punk or Gorillaz than with otherwise similarly sounding bands like Coldplay or Muse. Gravitonas will consequently be launched with a variety of soundbytes, pictures and short video clips online throughout 2010 and 2011, for example on the gravitonas.net website, concentrating on a bizarre audiovisual interplay between internet-savvy front figure Öhrn and producer/director Bard, inspired by the likes of Sparks and The KLF. More musicians and actors will gradually be introduced in Gravitonas.

Although this is the first time the two work together, Alexander Bard and Henrik Wikström are both legendary record producers in Sweden. Bard first rose to fame in the early 1990s as one of the founders of the Swedish electro-pop scene (the other two being producers Denniz Pop and Max Martin). In 1992, with his own band Army Of Lovers (over 7 million records sold) as its only signing, he partnered with legendary entrepreneur and producer Ola Håkansson to launch the classic record label Stockholm Records. Stockholm Records expanded rapidly, breaking major international stars like The Cardigans, A-Teens and Stakka Bo, and by the time the company was sold to Universal Music in 1998 it had already become Scandinavia's biggest independent record company.

Bard has since proceeded with an internationally successful career as an innovative writer and lecturer (his first book, co-written with Jan Söderqvist and released in 2000, has sold over 300,000 copies worldwide and been translated to 17 languages) but always maintained his career as a prolific and visionary producer and songwriter with acts such as Vacuum, Alcazar and BWO under his belt. His last incarnation BWO was voted Sweden's most popular rock and pop band in both 2006 and 2007 and went on to top the charts in over 20 countries on 4 continents.

Henrik Wikström, originally schooled as a Rachmaninov pianist, has been the leading in-house producer at Lionheart Music during the past decade. Mixing his broad knowledge of classical music with rock history and the latest electronics, he made his first international album production in 2009 for Greek superstar Michalis Hatzigiannis, signed to Universal Music Germany. Wikström is now engaged full-time as the head of all musical production for the Gravitonas project and is its main musical coordinator both for the planned record releases and upcoming live productions.

Singles:
* Kites - April 28 2010 (released globally as a digital download and streaming maxi-single in no less than 15 different versions)

You're Killing Me
Gravitonas Lyrics

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Crying out in an empty room
I still breathe but my heart is barely beating
weaving dreams on a broken law
healing wounds will not stop my soul from bleeding
Because you're killing me
You've been killing me since you said hello
Because you're killing me
You kill me and I cant let you know

Reaching out to an empty space
Holding on to another fading day dream
looking out for the perfect face
There you are far beyond the human mainstream
Because you're killing me
You've been killing me since you said hello
Because you're killing me
You kill me and I can't let you know
Crying out in an empty room
I still breathe but my heart is barely beating
weaving dreams on a broken law
healing wounds will not stop my soul from bleeding
Because you're killing me
You've been killing me since you said hello
Because you're killing me
You kill me and I can't let you know
Because you're killing me
You've been killing me since you said hello

Because you're killing me
You kill me and I can't let you know

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "You're Killing Me" by Gravitonas explore the pain of a one-sided love. The singer is crying out in an empty room, feeling like they are barely alive despite still breathing. They have been hurt deeply by the person they are in love with, who seems to be indifferent to their feelings. The singer is still holding onto hope, however, weaving dreams on a broken law, trying to heal their wounds, but knowing that it will not stop them from bleeding. The pain is so great that they feel like they are being killed, hence the lyric "You're killing me".

The second verse continues the exploration of the singer's feelings, with them reaching out to an empty space and holding onto another fading daydream. They are constantly searching for someone who will make them feel whole, looking out for the perfect face, and there they see the person who is causing them so much pain. The singer acknowledges that the person they love is far beyond the human mainstream, implying that they are out of reach, and they know that they cannot let this person know how they feel or risk getting hurt even more.

Overall, the lyrics of "You're Killing Me" by Gravitonas are a poignant exploration of the pain and heartbreak of unrequited love, capturing the intense emotions that arise when we love someone who does not love us back.

Line by Line Meaning

Crying out in an empty room
I'm expressing my pain, but no one is there to hear it.

I still breathe but my heart is barely beating
I'm alive, but your actions have left me feeling empty and lifeless.

weaving dreams on a broken law
I'm dreaming of a relationship that's based on something that's already been broken.

healing wounds will not stop my soul from bleeding
Although I'm trying to heal from this pain, it's not enough to stop the emotional damage you're inflicting on me.

Because you're killing me
Your actions are causing me overwhelming pain and heartbreak.

You've been killing me since you said hello
From the moment we met, you've been causing me pain and leaving me feeling emotionally drained.

You kill me and I can't let you know
Your actions are affecting me deeply, but I can't show it or tell you because it will only make things worse.

Reaching out to an empty space
I'm desperately seeking support and comfort, but finding nothing.

Holding on to another fading daydream
I'm struggling to hold onto hope for us, but it's slipping away.

looking out for the perfect face
I'm searching for the perfect partner, but realize you are not it.

There you are far beyond the human mainstream
Despite your flaws, I'm still drawn to you and can't explain why.

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