When former Berghain check girl Molly Nilsson turns on the CD-player and approaches the microphone, all murmur stops. Men and women alike adore her, the mirror ball stands still when her silver hair lightens the room. Oh, sweet melancholia! Oh, saving nostalgia! Oh Molly, icon of this city, queen of the underground, star of the internet and blueprint for so many to come. Molly Nilsson has recorded five albums and published them on her own label Dark Skies Association, with early copies circulating on CD-Rs. Molly does not give interviews, she wears black and travels a lot. She is an aloof performer, poised in the spotlight. Her voice is cool, her beats are cheap. Camp as it couldn’t be more campy. Molly Nilsson is a DIY-diva, her spectacle is handmade. A wonderfully obvious staging, a modest glamour which (and that’s the beauty of it!) can’t quite mask the authenticity that lies in her music. Anyone who knows Molly from her videos knows a different woman, silly and charming, dreamy and contemplative. The clips are shaky impressions of her Berlin life, evenings with friends, nostalgic train journeys, making faces and riding the ferris wheel. Molly is a fascinating personality, both distant and confiding, genuine, artificial and elusive at once. A sparkling diamond and one of us. We’re looking forward to hearing songs from a new album on the big stage of Volksbühne. 

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