is the debut studio album by Swedish pop band PG Roxette, released on 19 October 2022 by Elevator Entertainment and Parlophone.
The album was recorded alongside several long-time Roxette contributors, including keyboardist and producer Clarence Öfwerman, bassist Magnus Börjeson, guitarists Jonas Isacsson and Christoffer Lundquist, and vocalists Helena Josefsson and Dea Norberg.
Five singles were released from the album: "The Loneliest Girl in the World", "Walking on Air", "My Chosen One", "Headphones On", and a Lost Boys remix of "The Craziest Thing".
Several other releases were issued by the band during the album's promotion cycle, including the non-album single "Wish You the Best for Xmas", and the four track Incognito EP.
"[7] Gessle created the band name PG Roxette, and chose vocalists Helena Josefsson and Dea Norberg to sing on Pop-Up Dynamo!.
[4] Both singers had provided vocals on Gessle's previous work, either on his solo material or as backing vocalists on Roxette's later discography.
[8] The album was recorded alongside several other long-time contributors to Roxette, including keyboardist and producer Clarence Öfwerman, bassist Magnus Börjeson, and guitarists Jonas Isacsson and Christoffer Lundquist.
[16] "You Hurt the One You Love the Most" was co-written by Gessle with German producer Giorgio Tuinfort, who had previously worked with artists including Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Lady Gaga.
[1][10] "Watch Me Come Undone" is a mid-tempo synth-pop ballad that features Dea Norberg singing lead vocals on the chorus.
The album version features vocals from Helena Josefsson and Dea Norberg in the chorus, with Lundquist performing Ondes Martenot.
Gessle said producers Öfwerman and Börjeson altered the track considerably to make it fit alongside the rest of the album, a process which included removing the song's bridge.
"[24] Renowned for Sound said the song begins as "a sweet slow-burner, [but] quickly transforms into a disco-inspired Blondie/Donna Summer toe-tapper", describing it as a "memorable closing to the record.
[25][26] The recording appeared on tribute album The Metallica Blacklist, released digitally in September 2021 and physically the following month, with all proceeds donated to charity.
[33] "My Chosen One" was released as a digital single on 24 October, containing a remix of album track "Jezebel" by Bridge & Mountain as the b-side.
[40][41] A Lost Boys remix of "The Craziest Thing" was released as a single on 18 August, containing an exclusive b-side titled "Just Perfect".
[42] The Lost Boys remix of "The Craziest Thing" was used as the official song for the 2023 European Table Tennis Championships, held in Malmö in September 2023.
In their review, Aftonbladet said the ballads were the best songs on the album, but said Roxette fans would find the "danceable melodies and disco-pulsing synths" of the uptempo tracks appealing.
[1] Expressen commented on the album's production aesthetic, saying Gessle "takes Roxette's legacy forward by glancing back fondly", summarising that Pop-Up Dynamo!
Barometern lamented the loss of the acoustic sound of Gessle's latter solo work, describing the production of Pop-Up Dynamo!
signified the beginning of a new era of Gessle's discography, Roxette fans would "discover a lot of familiar elements in it, both musically and in the people involved".
[7] Renowned for Sound gave a glowing, detailed review of every track on the album, praising Gessle's decision to continue under the Roxette name.