Marion Raven《Break You》

Marion Elise Raven is a Norwegian singer and musician. She was born on May 25, 1984 in Lørenskog, a suburb outside Oslo. She was formerly part of the duo M2M, along with Marit Larsen. After M2M broke up in September of 2002, Marion was offered a million dollar recording contract with Atlantic Records.

Raven’s first solo album Here I Am is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2005. The album is scheduled for release in Southeast Asia on June 8, 2005. A European and U.S. release will follow, most likely during early 2006. Ravn is said to have written all of the albums tracks herself, except one. She also plays guitar and the piano. The first single will be “Break You”, which will be released to radio in Japan on April 25, 2005, along with the video, and commercially May 23. The track “End of Me” will also be released in Southeast Asia. Marion shot the video for “Break You” and the title track, “Here I Am” on March 28, 2005. They were shot in Los Angeles by director Brett Simon.

The solo effort displayed a more mature rock songbird that veered away from the bubblegum pop image cultivated by Atlantic Records for M2M. ‘Here I Am’ sees Marion collaborating with veteran producers Max Martin and Rami, Jimmy Harry, and collaborations with Nikki Sixx from Mötley Crüe for the song “Heads Will Roll” and rock band Everclear on the song “At The End of the Day”. The album mostly chronicles Marion’s heartbreak and finding her true identity in an ever changing pop landscape.

The videos for End of Me and Break You are already getting massive rotation on MTV Asia and the songs are already top 10 on many radio charts in Asia and Norway.

Throughout the months of April, May, and June of 2005, there were initially many confusions about the release date of her album in certain countries. A later than expected release date has been set for Mexico and Australia. Norway and Sweden released the album on August 10, 2005. The album has been received well in Asia, with Marion touring different clubs during June and July in the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and other Asian countries. Atlantic Records has also expressed interest in releasing “Here I Am” in the US sometime in 2006.

The album sold over 135,000 copies in Asia after only 3 months of release.

In 2005, Marion recorded a track for the upcoming Hollywood film, Taking Charge. The song, ‘October’ will appear on the movie soundtrack later in the fall of 2005.

In 2006, Marion dueted with Meat Loaf on his latest album “Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose” for the track It’s All Coming Back To Me Now (which was a hit for Céline Dion in the mid-90s). The album was released October 31, 2006.

I was your girl Gave you my world My everything But you wouldn't see I had your back I backed you up Whatever I did Was never enough Just you You That's all you ever thought about No one matters like you do What goes around comes around You should know by now Bet you never thought that I could break you Did you think that I would look the other way Yeah you had it all figured out But tell me who's the one who's crying now The palm of your hand That was your plan Gave me no time But now you want mine It's all about take You took too much Nothing inside I'm all used up Come on Nothing else matters like you do You know what I'm talkin' about don't you On your one night stands (should've thought about that) Says she's just a friend Are you satisfied now Cause you can't hold me down Not now I wanna thank you 'cause now I'm free I can breathe again and I'm never going back to you Yeah yeah (Bet you never thought that I could break you)