MUSIC: DUA LIPA, ERASURE, DARIN AND MORE.

So much great pop music has emerged from Sweden over the years – ABBA, Army Of Lovers, Roxette, Ace Of Base, Alcazar, Robyn, not to mention producer Max Martin’s hit factory – it’s time there was an openly gay Scandi star. That’s where Darin Zanyar, one of Sweden’s most popular artists who found fame on Swedish Idol, comes in, or out, as the case may be. “Everyone in the world should be able to be proud and accepted for who they are,” the 33-yearold singer/songwriter announced on Instagram in August, “Took me a while but I am proud to be gay.” Tvilligen (which translates as Gemini) is his most recent album, but he’s had six more #1 albums before that, five in English. How

Swede it is!

Took me a while, but I am proud to be gay…