New music recommendation: Esther - Savage Love

Introducing the brilliant Esther with her new single Savage Love. Stockholm-based Esther (Lennstrand), who incorporates the vibraphone into her electronic pop music, launched in 2019 but only last month released her excellent debut album Fragmentality, which features a lot of lovely and unusually structured electronic pop songs.

Two and a half minutes of pop perfection, Savage Love has twinkly laidback production almost reminiscent of Zero 7 at times, but with an urgency and quirkiness usually only found in Swedish indie-pop. I saw Esther supporting The Cardigans in London last month – the band hand-picked her as its support act so you knew she was bound to be good – and good she was; such a talent on the vibraphone, and this delightful track interpolates Satie's classical masterpiece Gymnopédie No. 1.

Throw in a video full of charm and you can see why renowned Swedish radio station P3 has been playing it a lot. Esther has also toured with Lykke Li, Kite, Amason, bob hund, Deportees, and Miike Snow.

Check out Savage Love below:

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 6

1. Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You
2. Esther - Savage Love
3. Alex The Astronaut - Business Man
4. Delta Goodrem - Hologram
5. Rogue Traders - Forever
6. Madonna - Love Sensation
7. Angelina Mango & Marco Mengoni - Canto D'amore
8. Modern English - I Melt With You
9. Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai
10. She Past Away - Mizantrop
11. Ayşen - Nerdesin
12. Helene Fischer - Heute Nacht
13. RABO - Wide Eyed Wonder
14. Madonna & Feid - Read My Lips
15. Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song
16. Antoon - Chaos
17. Katy Perry - Watch It Burn
18. The Cardigans - Communication
19. KitschKrieg, Blumengarten & Shirin David - Gut Genug
20. sombr - My Body Isn't Ready

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 5

1. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
2. DARA - Bangaranga
3. Benefits feat. Zera Tønin - Land Of The Tyrants
4. Mona Wessman - Gå och göm dig, Åke Tråk
5. Nerina Pallot - Come Bring The Sun
6. Ariana Grande - hate that i made you love me
7. Youssou N'Dour - The Lion (Gaiende)
8. Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
9. Freya Ridings - If This Is A Dream
10. The Fizz - A Crazy Shot In The Dark
11. Thaiboy Digital & swedm - Destiny
12. Keisha White - Don't Mistake Me
13. Jasmine Jethwa - I'm Alright Now
14. Charlotte Perrelli - Todas nacemos con alas
15. My New Band Believe - Love Story
16. Lola Young - From Down Here
17. Remember Monday - Delusional
18. Tori Amos - Provincetown
19. Alexandra Căpitănescu - Choke Me
20. Clouds - Diesel Halo

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 4

1. Four Jacks And a Jill - Master Jack
2. Frances - Don't Worry About Me (Live At Union Chapel)
3. Crustation & Bronagh Slevin - Purple
4. Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love
5. Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead
6. Sanna Nielsen - Vågar du, vågar jag
7. DR. GABBA - BBYLUV
8. Loren Kramar - Gay Angels
9. Little Sister - Dear Abbie (One Night of Passion)
10. Sarah McLachlan - All This Disaster
11. Naomi Scott - Cherry
12. Wet - Swinub
13. Leléka - Ridnym
14. Sanna Nielsen - Till En Fågel
15. Winding Stairs - Don't Stay Up Too Late
16. Ruby Roberts - Crush
17. Sheppard - Sayonara
18. Valtos Feat. Ruairidh Gray, Finn MacPherson and Euan McLaughlin - Fal Do Re Ro
19. Maria Rådsten - Vad Som Än Händer
20. Natalie Imbruglia - Upside Down

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 3

1. Delta Goodrem - Eclipse

2. Ziyad Al-Samman - Ya Habibi
3. Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing
4. Helena Bergström - Aldrig ska jag sluta älska dig
5. Dolcenera - My Love
6. Courtney Barnett - Same
7. SIENNA SPIRO - The Visitor
8. Bleach Lab - My Favourite Game
9. LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei
10. Eleh & Kwesta - Ndi A Ni Funa
11. Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho
12. Robyn - Into The Sun
13. Prefab Sprout - Where The Heart Is
14. No Angels - Let's Go To Bed
15. 4hero & Carina Andersson - Les Fleur
16. Michaela - Take Good Care Of My Heart
17. RAYE Feat. Hans Zimmer - Click Clack Symphony
18. Davina Michelle - Still Champagne
19. Olivia Rodrigo - The Book Of Love
20. waterbaby - Srs Ice

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 2

1. FELICIA - My System
2. Kick Angel - Misunderstood
3. Ugress - Radio Aurora
4. Klara Almström - Där hela världen väntar
5. Meira Omar - Dooset Daram
6. Sanna Nielsen - Waste Your Love
7. Keli Holiday - Dancing2
8. Sombr - Homewrecker
9. Ditonellapiaga - Che fastidio!
10. Lowswimmer - IRL (DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ Remix)
11. Aaron Dolan & PERCEVAL - JOYEUX GAULOIS
12. Lücadelic - Erlkönig
13. Robin Schulz - Embers
14. RAYE - Nightingale Lane.
15. Charli xcx - Dying for You
16. GusGus - David
17. Brandsta City Släckers - Rakt in i elden
18. Paris Paloma - Good Girl
19. Dune - Dark Side Of The Moon
20. Cimberly - Eternity

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 1

1. A*Teens - Iconic
2. Ericka Jane - Death Of Me
3. Niteworks & Beth Malcolm - John Riley
4. Robyn - Talk To Me
5. Hubert Kah - Limousine
6. Loreen - Feels Like Heaven
7. K3 - Trouwen
8. Agnes - LOVESONGS
9. Not for Radio - Puddles (Zero 7 Remix)
10. Avery Cochrane - Griever
11. Cherry Bomb - Never Be Me (M★therf★cker)
12. Harry Styles - Aperture
13. Agnes - WAKE UP
14. Jacqline - Woman
15. Omaha feat. Fiona Holt - You Came Into My Life (De Nuit Remix)
16. Greczula - Half Of Me
17. Ema Vella - ACHIKUKU (Don't Think About It)
18. KUZKO - when it starts with an s
19. Tove Styrke - Prayer
20. Agnes - BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES