Swedish dream-pop trio ViVii release their spine tingling new single ‘Savant’ on May 25th through Dumont Dumont (Ry X, Charlie Cunningham, Josin). It’s intricate and uplifting, and each bar is packed tight with butterfly-inducing heart. ‘Savant’ is the title track to their debut EP that will be released on the same day.

The inspiration for the track ViVii explains “is all about fiction and non fiction at the same time. It’s about the parallel universe that we created for ourselves as kids growing up. But at the same time it’s as real as it gets, we wanna be untouchable with super powers, so that we can soar over any kind of problem or anxiety.”

The EP features ViVii’s stunning debut single ‘Siv (You & I)’ – which was released in March, reaching the #2 spot on the Hype Machine chart and saw praise from online tastemakers including The Line of Best Fit, Indie Shuffle (Best of April), Hilly Dilly, All Things Go (Best Songs of the Week), Crack in The Road amongst many others and has clocked up over 400K streams online collectively – plus two other brand new tracks ‘Ali’ and ‘Some Other Time’.

Speaking about the EP they explain “All four songs on our EP are a cut from our love story from the steady rides, to the crazy rollercoasters of life. Making new friends, having fun, seeing places and telling secrets. Our creative process is all about being comfortable. We almost never prepare any ideas. We always let them ”happen” to us. Anders can be playing something on the guitar and then our imagination takes over. When the 3 of us are together, we feel safe and therefore we can create.”

The trio is made up of Emil and Caroline Jonsson and their enigmatic work partner Anders Eckeborn. Speaking about their relationship Emil explains, “We work with another guy, but he doesn’t like the limelight at all…” “Anders is amazing, he loves all noises,” continues Caroline. “It took ages, we were so slow before, but once we met Anders it became easy – we are all slow workers individually but together it’s beautiful. It’s always so natural.”

Caroline and Emil, who were born and raised in the coastal city of Gothenburg, met at summer camp as children and formed a strong, life-long bond that pulses powerfully decades later. Friendship swiftly blossomed into romance and by their late teens they were a couple; by their early twenties they were married. The childhood sweethearts then embarked on a dream honeymoon to New York City, staying so long they had to traverse the Atlantic multiple times to renew visas. Eventually, funds dwindled and they had to find work, with Emil reviving his teenage modeling career to supplement their vacation of a lifetime – but that’s far from the end of the hurricane tale.

A chance encounter at an Eric Roberson gig – part of their trip’s purpose was to absorb as much music as they could – led to a wild journey with soul sensation Tye Tribbett. An instant connection erupted between the trio (“he had a crazy energy,” says Emil), and they spent a few heady months touring the East Coast as part of his gospel choir and immersing themselves in a completely different lifestyle than they were used to, fulfilling one of Caroline’s lifetime goals in the process. But still, they weren’t done.

Emil and Caroline lived a full, enviable life before deciding to relocate to Stockholm and focus on themselves. Life, of course, had different plans, and soon they were blessed with children; and this is where ViVii begins life in earnest. Perhaps surprisingly, young children didn’t derail musical ambitions – quite the opposite. “When the kids came we got to actually write and record,” explains Emil. “When they arrived the structure came into our lives. We knew we had to do it then.”

So the duo got down to business on their own sounds, fusing tones and melodies and taking inspiration from the music of their youth: the old tunes crackling on grandparents’ vinyl records, hymns from church, indie-pop jewels, classical opuses (“Bach, of course,”) and gospel choirs. Still, something was missing…With Anders thrown into the mix, ViVii galloped into life: “he slowly but surely grew into our producer and a third member of ViVii.

Although they tried to write lyrics about the world around them, the couple always found themselves sculpting tracks focused on their relationship and life together – and so this first EP, a four-track collection of dreamy, delirium-laced pop bolted thick with layers and gossamer strands, serves as a perfect introduction to their story. As Emil puts it: “These are the first songs we made when we started making music, and they have to come first… it’s our love story, it’s about me and Caroline.”

It’s taken ViVii decades to reach this point – a fairytale ending with a full EP of glorious, gorgeous music to show for it. Everything has led them to a dizzy high; but this is no true end to anything – this is just the beginning.