Crispy (band)

Inspired by the success of Aqua at that time, the young music producer Mads B.B. Krong decided to form a band that fit in the same line as Aqua. In 1997, the band titled 'Crispy' was formed (reasons for choosing the name are unknown), which featured Mette and Christian as lead vocalists for the group. The group's first debut single, "Kiss Me Red", was released in February throughout Scandinavia, but was reasonably performed until "Licky Licky" (her second single) was released and had a huge performance on the main dance charts of that year country, coming to be among the Top 20 and being the group's best known song to date.[2][4][5]

In mid-1998, the group's debut album called The Game was released, which was recorded and mixed in Denmark, Sweden and Germany.[2] Several versions of the album were released, the most common being the release of 12 tracks. The Japanese version of the album also contained four exclusive bonus tracks, including two unreleased songs "Bad Girls" and "Happy King". The band founded a solid base in the Danish pop/dance scene.[3][5]

For Christmas 1998, Crispy was on a big tour in Japan, performing among large crowds in the cities of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. The band was also on sale in part of East Asia (visiting Singapore and the Philippines), and the following year, performing a total of over 150 concerts held on the European continent. The group's success was visualized with a crowd of enthusiastic people and also singing along with the band.[2][5]

With the success of the first album, it led the group to prepare for a second album that featured large numbers of tracks that were recorded and many of them even completed by around 1999. But the release of the second album planned to be released mid-year. from the 2000s was canceled due to the death of vocalist Mette Christensen who died days after the release of "In & Out". In respect of Mette, members Christian and Mads have not released any material under the name of Crispy, and the singles "L/R" and "La Fiesta" that were predicted to be Crispy's next singles, now belong to XPY, and consequently the project was terminated in the year 2000.[3][4]

In the year 2000, after the event, the group underwent major changes, among them: the name of the group "Crispy" is renamed XPY, the Danish singer and actress Gry Bay becomes the new female singer (replacing Mette), XPY was focusing on the classic dance music (moving away from the bubblegum dance of the first album and also the trance that was expected for the second). But this new project was not as successful as Crispy was, and because of this, XPY has a definitive closure in 2001, with members determined to pursue solo careers. Nowadays, the three former members meet very well, Gry Bay these days is a famous Danish most famous actress. Mads BB Krog (he also made music under the name of Blush and remixed the song In & Out) He is a businessman and also remains a music producer and composer. but Christian Møller has decided to dedicate himself to his personal life.[3]

In 2017, Bubblegum Dancer exclusively obtained 3 CDs of Crispy's first demos, recorded around 1999. Dedicated to Mette's memory, Christian (the former member of the group) wanted the site to share the songs between fans and publicly. on YouTube to reach the widest audience possible. Surprisingly all songs except (Whoops!!) were recorded successfully and with good quality, although the CDs were severely damaged by old age. 19 songs were rescued from the CDs, including several bubblegum songs that sound like remnants of "The Game." There is also an early demo of "In & Out" that initially changed its bubblegum dance style to a trance style.[6]

• The Game (1 June 1998)

• 1998: The Game (Danish Release)
• 1998: The Game (Japanese Edition)
• 1998: The Game (Special Edition)[10]