STOCKHOLM - Aftonbladet has published a story about Marie who's now working on new songs, as we told earlier this week. "She writes and records songs whenever she's able to," says manager Marie Dimberg to Aftonbladet. "She works when she feels like it. Sometimes it's more intensive, sometimes less. Just like it always goes."

  "She's been talking about the album a long time. I suppose she's now started to work on it," says Per. "She has a studio at home, so she can record an album in her attic if she wants to."

  "We decided that we'll do solo albums after we finished 'Room Service' in 2001. But after that Marie became ill," Per sighs. "Lately I've been in contact with her quite a lot. She has a house in Halmstad and she's been here for a couple of weeks now."

  "Her condition hasn't changed so much from the beginning of the year. She's quite alright, spirited and fit, but everything that happened still affects her. All of us, in fact. It's been a tough year for her, heavy medication and all."

  Naturally Marie's album doesn't have a release date yet. Manager Dimberg also says that it's not even clear if the album will be in Swedish or English. According to Dimberg, Marie has written songs in both languages.

• Aftonbladet article (in Swedish)