Konichiwa Records

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Konichiwa Records
Parent companyUniversal Music Group
Founded2005 (2005)
FounderRobyn
Distributor(s)
Genre
synthpop, dance-pop
Country of originSweden
LocationStockholm
Official websitekonichiwa.se

Konichiwa Records is a record label founded by Swedish pop singer Robyn. The label has only one other artist signed, Zhala. The name "Konichiwa" is derived from the Japanese greeting こんにちは (Konnichi wa (with 2 n's)), meaning "hello" or "good day" (literally "this day is").

Background

Amid the mid 1990s teen-marketed dance-pop renaissance that emerged from the cultural backlash and commercial slowdown in both North America and Europe to the grunge and Britpop waves, respectively, building tension regarding numerous creative differences between Robyn and RCA to capitalize on her rising star-power in the late 1990s, then between her and new label Jive (later bought by the former) in the early 2000s on her sonic, songwriting and aesthetic direction lead to Robyn striking out on her own, buying out of the latter contract and starting her own label entirely. Distribution deals with other major labels were later set up that wouldn't impact many of the creative decisions she wished to make for her records.

Following the release of the U.S. version of her 1995 debut

Rolling Stone as "Sweden's Lolita
-pop dollhouse".

Her label Jive then raised concerns in early 1999 about the lyrics regarding her

Teddybears STHLM, Swedish duo The Knife, and former Cheiron producer Alexander Kronlund. Robyn and Max Martin would later reunite on 2010s "Time Machine".[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Snapes, Laura (28 September 2018). "How Robyn transformed pop". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ Wortham, Jenna (24 March 2008). "Maverick Swedish Pop Star Reveals What Britney Could Have Been". Wired. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. ^ Teen Pop Music Genre Overview AllMusic Staff. AllMusic. Retrieved June 23, 2018
  4. ^ Seabrook, John (30 September 2015). "Blank Space: What Kind of Genius Is Max Martin?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. ^ Sands, Victoria (14 January 2019). ""...Baby One More Time" and the Pop Princesses Who Started a Moral Panic". Bitch Media. Retrieved 8 November 2021.