The Anti-Queens cancel. Scarlet steps in!

Published: March 26 2024 at 13:25

Scarlet is the name of the alternative metal duo that stirred this year's Melodifestivalen ( Sweden's qualification contest for Eurovision) pot together with Smash Into Pieces. Scarlet made it as far as the finals with "Circus X", which shows that their theatrical rock went home in the cottages. The two anonymous front figures call themselves Scarlet Hunts and Thirsty and are made up like skeletons and vampires respectively. Scarlet was started in 2018 and with only a couple of singles on Spotify, they were on Sweden's big festival stages in 2019, including the Sweden Rock Festival. That gig made Scarlet a real talk of the town and the duo hadn't even released their first full-length at the time. Scarlet Hunts also showed up in 90s rocker Erika's new music video for the song "Ball Gag". In other words, the ball was rolling... The debut, "Obey the Queen" was released in November 2020 and when "you know what" was already underway, Scarlet's progress was slowed down, just like for all other artists in the industry. When "you know what" was over, the girls went on a tour with the aforementioned Smash Into Pieces and after that they released a number of singles again. Most recently "Circus X", of course, but songs like "Kill Me Another Day", "Pow Pow Pow" and "Everybody Dies" are really worth highlighting. The ball is rolling again and in July it will roll all the way to Knislinge.