ABBA Joins TikTok with 'Dancing Queen' Video: 'We've All Been Waiting for This,' Fans Say

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ABBA’s music has long been trending onTikTok, and now, the Swedish supergroup has finally taken the plunge and joined the popular app.

The band uploaded its first video to TikTok on Sunday night, a slowed-down piano version of “Dancing Queen,” its seminal 1976 No. 1 hit.

“We’ve all been waiting for this,” wrote another, while a third fan added: “I screamed when I saw u guys have an account.”

ABBA followed up its first video with a second that teased ABBA Voyage, amysterious impending announcementthat the band previously revealed would come on Sept. 2.

“Thank you for waiting, the journey is about to begin,” the video said.

Though the pop stars have been dominating the charts with their disco hits since winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, TikTok — along with theBroadway hitMamma Mia!and its subsequent film adaptation — has helped breathe new life into their songs, and has introduced a new generation to their catalog.

Songs like “Slipping Through My Fingers,” “Chiquitita” and a remix of “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) have all trended on the app, and “Dancing Queen” was recently the subject of a challenge that asked users to sing the song’s chorus in just one breath.

Though the project has long been delayed, Ulvaeus toldThe Timesin April that ABBA has recorded five new songs and are still planning an “avatar tour” for 2022.

The songs will be the first new material in nearly 40 years from ABBA, who reunited in June 2016 toperform in publicfor the first time in three decades.

source: people.com