From top: Shopping at Jumelle; selecting a dress at Built by Wendy.
Dico recorded the soundtrack at the famed Electric Lady Studios in New York’s West Village, along with Danish pal Dennis Ahlgren and Icelandic musician Helgi Jónsson. While Dico and Ahlgren have long collaborated (she sang in his funk cover band when they were both 15), Jónsson is somewhat new to Dico’s lineup. “I was fascinated by this person, her views on life and her being so straightforward,” says Jónsson. “Only after working with her in the studio did I start falling for her songwriting and storytelling.”
Adds Ahlgren: “Tina is a well-balanced mix of pop star and classic singer-songwriter. But more than anything, she delivers universal soundtracks for people’s lives, and she has a unique ability to touch them.”
The trio toured together earlier this year and will likely do so again for the U.S. leg of Dico’s fall concert schedule. “Now I’m reluctant to do solo shows,” she says. “It’s too lonely. I want to have someone to share not only the music but, even more so, to enjoy life on the road.” Her biggest dream, however, is something simple to which most women can relate: to be involved in “an amazing relationship.” And on top of that, she’s still fantasizing about maybe, for once, having nothing to do. “The best thing that can happen in my life is to have a little bit of normality,” she adds. “And maybe a little bit of boredom.”
