Barbro is a Copenhagen based artist. They graduated from the RMC in 2025, and holds a previous bachelor-degree in Musicology from the University of Copenhagen.
Barbro has been active in the Copenhagen underground for many years, before debuting their solo project in their own name. Since their debut in 2022, Barbro has established themselves as one of the most distinctive voices in Denmark. With roots in Copenhagen’s underground, they have cultivated a voice that blends DIY spirit and internet-savvy wit with poetic intimacy and social awareness. In 2022, they received the Steppeulven as “Årets Håb” (Hope of the Year) and the Carl Prize for their compositions, played at Roskilde Festival three times, played two national tours, and - both headlined, and supported artists such as Florence Sinclair, - internationally.
Barbro moved to Denmark at the age of five with their Dutch family, and in the village near Kolding Fjord, music quickly became both a refuge and a space for freedom: in the church choir, in local ensembles, and perhaps most importantly, in the school basement’s art room, where brushes, colors, and paper opened up worlds of possibility. When the school closed ten years ago, the rooms remained as empty, silent shells. In 2024, Barbro returned and transformed that very space into a temporary studio and there, ‘Crossfade’ came to life.
With ‘Crossfade’, Barbro takes a step further. The album is rooted in specific geography – the peninsula, the school, the basement – while also opening to broader, global conversations about body, identity, belonging, and transformation. The title captures the essence of the album: transitions without abrupt beginnings or endings, moments where two things coexist – equally vivid, almost merging into one. It’s a process-driven, collage-like work where sound, image, and memory merge, and where the act of collecting, observing, and maintaining is as essential as the music itself. Listening to Barbro still feels like being let in on a secret, but this time, the secret has grown – and the spaces around us begin to speak. On every track, echoes of both longing for home and yearning for elsewhere resonate.
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