Linnéa Handberg Lund

Linnéa Handberg Lund, also known as Papaya , Miss Papaya, or Lynn. Born Linnéa Handberg 22 October, Hillerød, Denmark, a Danish eurodance musician. She specialized in bubblegum dance music, in the same vein as Aqua, Bambee, Smile.dk, or Toy-Box. In addition to her own music, Lund has also written songs for other artists producing similar music, such as the aforementioned Bambee and Smile.dk.

Several of her songs, including Operator, Hero, and Pink Dinosaur, have appeared in the wildly popular Dance Dance Revolution video games. Lund has also contributed the songs "No Princess" and "Spaceman" to In The Groove 2.

History

Ms. Handberg was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she currently resides.

She began her music career in the early 1990s, signing with record labels Maverick, Warner, and Scandinavian Records. After Aqua's success in influencing other artists with their upbeat, dancy dancy music, Ms. Handberg decided to try it for herself (After teaming up with producers "Honeycutt"), using the same happy style as Aqua. The resulting "Miss Papaya Project" was at first a bit of a joke, intended to be quite silly and childish, as Ms. Handberg later admits "nobody expected Miss Papaya to get the success she did". Papaya released her first single, Jingle Bells in 1997. It was a small hit, but nothing extremely encouraging. Producers decided to release another single, Hero originally written by Ms. Handberg and Honeycutt. To everyone's surprise, Hero was a smash hit, and Papaya was cemented as a Bubblegum Artist in the same style as Aqua.

Pink

Her First album, Pink, went on sale in 1998, at the peak of the Bubblegum boom, after the success of Hero, and was worked on by Ms. Handberg and Honeycutt. Containing 11 sugar-coated tracks and one Ballad (something all bubblegum albums seemed to require), the album was an instant success. Miss Papaya soon became a household name throughout Denmark. In 1998 Hero went across the pond to the US, something few Bubblegum artists get to do. The single was quite a success, attracting many fans outside of Scandinavia. Even Madonna's daughter was a fan, Madonna inviting Papaya over to meet her child and praising Papaya on her songwriting skills. While in America, Papaya was given a shopping spree for her American music video of Hero. She says it was one of the most fun things she had ever done, getting to pick out brightly colored outfits for the shoot. Her album was never actually released in the US... and her singles failed to chart due to bad promotion.

Two singles were released after Pink, Supergirl in 1998 and Operator in 1999, and were received with the same amount of success. However, by that time, Ms. Handberg was beginning to tire of the Bubblegum scene, moving on to more "Mature" projects. In 1999 she quit her contract with Scandinavian Records & Honeycutt, and abandoned the Miss Papaya Project. She began on a solo career and in 2000 released an album, This Is Who I Am, under her real name. The album was a success, being well received by critics. Fans proclaimed it "one of the most complete pop albums of all time". Ms. Handberg still works as a songwriter and backup singer for current artists (including CH!PZ, from the Netherlands) and still writes some bubblegum tunes, though she doesn't spread that around.

Ms. Handberg was an artist behind Bambee, writing many of Bambee's songs along with Honeycutt. As Bambee's third album was being planned, however, Ms. Handberg was tiring out of the Bubblegum genre, and Bambee Project was dropped along with the Miss Papaya Project. Ms. Handberg released some songs under the psudeonym Lynn including Are You Online? and No Princess, for Bambee and In The Groove 2, respectively.

Music

Albums

Pink (As Papaya) (1998)

1. Operator
2. Hero
3. Pink Dinosaur
4. Supergirl
5. Teddy Bear
6. Sugarboy
7. Sweet Senorita
8. Casanova
9. Cinderella
10. Mr.Macho Man
11. Party Song
12. Please Don't Leave Me Tonight
13. Hero (Joyworx Hi Octane Club Mix) *
14. Supergirl (Team 33 Club Mix) *

• bonus tracks

This is Who I Am (as Linnea) (2000)^[1]

1. This Is Who I Am
2. I'll Believe It When I See It
3. Why You Doin' Like That
4. I've Had Enough
5. Letter In My Heart
6. No Good For Me
7. You&Me
8. Show Me What You Got
9. Friends Like That
10. Will You Be Mine
11. Make Up My Mind
12. Every Time

Japanese Edition(2001)^[2]

1. No Good For Me
2. This Is Who I Am
3. Make Up My Mind
4. I'll Believe It When I See It
5. Friends Like That
6. Letter In My Heart
7. Why You Doin' Like That
8. Show Me What You Got!
9. I've Had Enough
10. You&Me
11. Will You Be Mine
12. Every Time
13. No Good For Me (Joy Worx Hi Motion Edit)
14. No Good For Me (DJ SOMA Grow Sound Remix)

Singles

Jingle Bells (1997)

1. 2size Radio Edit (3:00)
2. Honeycutt's Original Radio Mix (3:11)
3. 2size Club Mix (5:28)
4. Instrumental 2size Radio Edit (3:00)

• Hero (1997)
• Supergirl (1998)
• Operator (1999)
• Hero (2001) (re-release)

Dancemania

• Main series : 8 (1998), X1 (1999), X2 (1999), X3 (1999)
• Delux : 3 (1999), 4 (2000)
• Speed : 4 (2000), Best 2001 (2000)
• Bass : #6 (2000), #10 Super Best 1998-2001 (2001)
• Zip Mania : II (1999), Best (2001)
• Others : Extra (1998), Diamond Complete Edition (2000) Best Red (2002), Treasure (2006), Hime Trance 2 (2006), Trance Paradise The Best (2008), Summer Story 2008 (2008),

Sources

• Miss Papaya at Bubblegum Dancer
• Discogs : Papaya
• EMI Music Japan, Trance Paradise The Best, Dancemania Extra, Dancemania X2, Dancemania Bass #6, Diamond Complete Edition, Zip Mania II, Zip Mania Best, Summer Story 2008

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ [2]

External links

• Miss Papaya at Bubblegum Dancer
• The song "Hero" by Miss Papaya at YouTube.com

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