Listen to 'Never Met a Cloud That I Didn't Like'!
Jelly Crystal is the moniker of the Stockholm-based artist Filip Johnson. In 2021, he's ready to release his debut album "Freak Show", a loosely shaped concept album gravitating around his alter-ego, Jerry. It's both a twisted and alluring vaudeville, and even though he's got one foot in the timeless melodies of pop history, Jelly Crystal never hesitates to dash head-first into yet uncharted territories. Happy go lucky by nature, he might come off as carefree at first glance, but underlying his charismatic crooning, there's the strokes of sadness of someone who knows he'll never fully fit in.
"Freak Show" is the left-field glam pop of a street entertainer on the Sunset strip, singing his heart out for nickels and dimes. It's the music of the worn-out organ grinder on Yellow brick road, and the music of a wide-eyed kid in wonderland. Innocence and decadence are never far from each other on "Freak Show", and even though it's ceaselessly exhilarating, you're never left with the feeling that the rollercoaster will ever derail.
