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An ‘Ace of Base’ Docuseries Is Coming and Will Reveal the Darkness Behind Their Upbeat Music · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: When you talk about Swedish pop music, its foundational pillars
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Speaker 2: are the two a's first Abba, then Asa Bass. The
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Speaker 2: reggae infuse pop band was responsible for seven top forty
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Speaker 2: songs across the nineties, most famously I Saw the Sign,
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Speaker 2: All That She Wants and Don't Turn Around. They're known
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Speaker 2: for their happy, care free sound, but their story was
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Speaker 2: anything but that. They were huge worldwide except in their
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Speaker 2: native Sweden, where they were almost universally hated. The money
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Speaker 2: wasn't evenly shared in the band, so there was infighting
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Speaker 2: and now all those challenges will finally be told in
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Speaker 2: the three part series arriving next month. Named after one
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Speaker 2: of those hits, Asa Bass All That She Wants. It
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Speaker 2: will feature unseen footage and interviews of the band and
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Speaker 2: also reveal how they directly paved the way for Robin
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Speaker 2: the cardiganst Max Martin and other Swedes. Asa Bass All
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Speaker 2: That She Wants debuts on via Play December fifth.
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