Per Gessle releases the Pop-Up Dynamo! demos on his birthday

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Per Gessle continues the wonderful tradition, and in 2026, he releases the demos of the Pop-Up Dynamo! songs.

When I did an interview (part 1, part 2) with Per about the album in 2022, I asked him about the demos too.

PP: – Your demos in the “Look Sharp!” and “Joyride” era were quite produced. Now how should we imagine the demos for “Pop-Up Dynamo!”?

PG: – I made pretty produced demos. Hahaha.

PP: – Do they sound almost the same as the final songs?

PG: – Not really, because Clarence and Magnus, especially Magnus is really into the analog synthesizers and I have lots of them myself. You know, Jupiter 8, Jupiter 6 and Prophet 5 and all those synthesizers. So we used those, but when I made the demos, I didn’t use them at all. So it was Clarence and Magnus who created this ’80s sound. But eventually, I’m sure I would release the demos on a birthday. Hahaha.

PP: – Surprise, surprise! Haha.

PG: – These type of songs that are like pop songs, it’s really hard to present them on an acoustic guitar. I have to show Clarence and Magnus what I want with this song, which direction I wanted to go. So I have to make a demo, which sort of makes sense. The only song I didn’t have a demo for is the one [You Hurt The One You Love The Most] I wrote with Giorgio Tuinfort.

So that’s why you won’t find a demo to YHTOYLTM on this release.

It’s fun to read the interview again now that the demos are out.

The Per Gessle Archives – Pop-Up Dynamo! The Demos

  1. Walking On Air (feat. Helena Josefsson) (T&A Demo – Oct 26, 2019 + May 4, 2020)
  2. Me And You And Everything In Between (feat. Helena Josefsson) (T&A Demo – May 5+6, 2020)
  3. Headphones On (Sweetspot Demo – March 1, 2021)
  4. Watch Me Come Undone (feat. Helena Josefsson) (T&A Demo – Jul 20, 2020)
  5. The Craziest Thing (Sweetspot Demo – Feb 10, 2021)
  6. Debris (feat. Helena Josefsson) (T&A Demo – March 5+6+10, 2020)
  7. The Loneliest Girl In The World (T&A Demo – March 8+9, 2020)
  8. Jezebel (feat. Helena Josefsson) (T&A Demo – Nov 27+28, 2017)
  9. My Chosen One (feat. Helena Josefsson) (T&A Demo – Dec 19, 2019)
  10. Walk Right In (feat. Helena Josefsson) (Sweetspot + T&A Demo – May 27 + Jun 9, 2020)
  11. Sunday Driver, Yea (T&A Demo – Jan 22 + Feb 14 + May 4, 2020)
  12. Sunflower (feat. Helena Josefsson) (T&A Demo – Aug 26, 2020)
  13. Necessary (T&A Demo – Sep 29, 2020)
  14. Wish You The Best For Xmas (T&A Demo – Jul 25, 2022)
  15. When She Needed Me The Most (T&A Demo – Jul 26 + Aug 16, 2022)

Listen to it on Spotify or on any other streaming platform!