Keep
the "Play"-ful Side in You
by Carole J. Brandi
Two
years ago, four gals from Sweden made quite a stir on
the American airwaves with their song "I'm Gonna
Make You Love Me." Now in their mid-teens, they're
doing it all over again with a fresh new sound, on their
latest album, Replay. They just played at New
York's Z-100 Zootopia concert, and will be hitting major
radio airwaves across the nation this summer. Two new
videos by this quartet are also ripping up MTV, "I
Must Not Chase the Boys" and "Whole Again."
Go
Girl.com sat down with PLAY at Sony Records' New
York office right after their photo shoot and found
out that these girls are definitely playing for keeps!
GG:
Tell us about high school.
Anna: I attend Kunskapsskolan High
School in Sweden. My favorite subjects are Swedish and
history.
Anais: For the last two years, the
rest of us have been schooling on the Internet. We went
to an actual school for one year.
GG:
How does online school compare to regular classroom
learning? How many hours do you spend each day studying?
Faye: Three to four hours a day. The
fun part about regular school is your friends.
Anais: Working hard in school can be
really boring, but then being rewarded with a good grade
is awesome. That feeling of 'Wow! I did it! I got an
A' feels really good.
Anna: Good grades are great for your future.
GG:
Do any of you aspire to go to college?
Anais: Yes, someday in the future.
College will be so much fun. If we could, we would experience
it, but we don't have time right now because we're doing
so much.
GG:
How did you meet and get involved in Play?
Anais: Three years ago, Anna and I
were singing and dancing in musicals. Our manager Laila
Bagge asked us if we wanted to start a group. Then she
wanted to add two other members. She held auditions
for 700 girls and picked Faye and Rosie.
GG:
Rosie, how did you feel about winning the audition?
Rosie: It was cool because we [Faye
and I] were friends before the audition and Laila picked
both of us without even knowing that. So it was fate.
GG:
How did you come up with the group name Play?
Anais: That was actually our manager's
idea, and we thought it was really good because it stands
for what we do. We express ourselves in music... We
"play" music, "play"
instruments. Be "playful..." and be positive
in life.
GG:
How was walking the orange carpet for the Nickelodeon's
Kids' Choice Awards?
Anna: It was awesome! BRITNEY SPEARS,
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, JIM CARREY and BRAD PITT were there.Yes,
it's true! We actually met Brad Pitt and he is
all that.
GG: What was your most
embarrassing concert moment?
Rosie: When I split my pants. Everyone
was there, including O TOWN and BOW WOW. The funny thing
was we were going to have a press conference right after
the show and I didn't have any clothes to change into.
Anna: I was actually standing behind
her and I saw how she went down. She was doing this
dance step and suddenly, I saw her underwear!
GG: So you just kept dancing?
Rosie: I was trying to hide it. You
can only do so much about it. You have to go on with
the show. It's worse if you run off the stage.
GG:
How do you girls kick back?
Anais: I like being home with my closest
girlfriends. We meet up and eat ice cream, do facials,
watch romantic movies, and cry and talk about everything.
Having those moments with your friends is so important
because you get to know them better and you can really
relate to them.
Rosie: I like walking. I can walk into the city
and back all by myself just listening to music and relaxing.
I get to see so [many] different [things], and the music
makes me feel good. I get a little tired, but it keeps
me in good shape.
Faye: The first day I come home [from
being on the road] is so special because I've missed
my bed so much. Then I eat a Swedish breakfast. After
a couple of hours, I meet up with friends at a cafe
and talk about everything that happened to me and the
group. It's great to see them again when I've been gone
for a while.
Anna: When I'm home I just relax and
take it easy, chill out with my friends, and go to parties.
I just do normal things, like go to school.
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Must-Have-When-Traveling
CDs:
Acoustic Soul - INDIA.ARIE
Justified - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill -
LAURYN HILL
Away From the Sun - 3 DOORS DOWN
Bad Reputation - THIN LIZZIE
Dream
teacher you'd like to play with:
Anais: EMINEM
Rosie: LAURYN HILL
Faye: THE ROLLING STONES
Anna: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Fave
places visited:
New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Paris
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Take
a break with the Playin' Around
DVD and the girls' CDs. Play our cool
trivia game and 
