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I love a bit of Eric Saade. Have done long time. He sparkled in boy band What's Up! (Such A Fool was a lovely bit of boyband nostalgia). His debut album was a pop triumph (Manboy, Upgrade and It's Gonna Rain in particular sounded like world wide smashes to me). And of course now he's back representing Sweden at Eurovision with the stonkingly good pop gem that is Popular. And hurrah! He's only gone and done a proper video for it (no head chopping off this time around) in which he looks more grown up than ever. Here is an alarmingly detailed breakdown of what is going on in it. Now bring on the remixes and eurovision victory please :)

• Eric is lying on his back in some alley. He has possibly been beaten up as it looks like there is a cut on his cheek. That doesn't make him very popular at all, does it??!
• His name then pops up on screen just so you know who he is. Or in case he has amnesia and has forgotten himself. This happens quite a lot in soap opera land and perhaps pop stars have cottoned on to how "popular" this can be in boosting ratings/youtube viewings!!
• It then flits from Eric lying in an alley all beaten, to Eric standing behind lots of cabling and looking quite attractive actually. He has mastered that "getting out of bed" hair look that you need a lot of confidence to pull off :)
• Ooo - intriguing. Lots of boys have run into the building with what one can only describe as plenty of swagger. I think Eric is one of them. He is now in three places at once!! This is a fascinating plot development. WHAT ON EARTH DO THEY WANT??
• Eric is now back solo behind the cables. He pops on quite a snazzy pair of sunglasses and to be honest, looks well foxy. He then busts some moves during the chorus. As does beaten up Eric. As does boy ganger Eric. So much going on!!
• Ah, the boy gangers are teaching Eric some "fly" dance moves. They seem to be quite happy with what they have achieved and move on. That was quick. It takes me ages to perfect a dance routine...
• Second verse, same as the first... oh wait no, that's some playground chant. Anyway, what is it with boy popstars and gloves? Simon Curtis wears one too and I just don't understand?! Is it some latent tribute to Michael Jackson. I must seek answers!!
• The boy gangers have now all gone to some "banging" club. They are boy gang banging as it were ;) Anyhoo, they seem very happy to be there. This is probably because being Eric Saade's entourage they didn't have to pay to get in. Hurrah!
• Christ on a bike! Some other dudes are dancing on the floor, probably having practiced to PS3 Broadway dance! It cannot be confirmed that this is rival boy popstar Danny Saucedo in disguise :P
• The boy gangers aren't having this, they start some sort of dance off just as the second chorus starts. There are lots of very precise and pointed elbow lines and fancy footwork. It's quite mesmerising if I'm honest with you. It's like some sort of modern day West Side Story just without a Juliet...
• Ah, the story is coming together. Interspersed with more 'eric behind cables', the scene down at the club has turned a bit nasty. The rival boy gangers are distracting Eric's 'posse' with some So You Think You Can Dance style action, while some nasty fellas take Eric outside for what I can only assume is a ballet version of the bitch slap, because it's portrayed quite beautifully despite the unpleasantness!
• So that's how Eric got beaten up in the alley. On a tv show, you would have seen this and then had the cliche'd 12 hours earlier type story. Smallville loves doing this!!
• Thanks to some blonde chickadee helping him up, Eric will not be stopped. He runs back into the club (to the sounds of those dramatic glass breaks - surely a tribute to Madonna's Til Death Do Us Part??) and 'throws down' to those bruisers on the dance floor. Dance, Eric, dance! Dance like you've never danced before!!
• And dance he does. it nearly descends into a brawl at one point, but Eric just steals a man's cap (don't do this at home kids) and dances on like the music of Abba is his boxing glove. Or something.
• Hurrah again! Eric's boy gang wins! The crowd go wild. The blonde chickadee gets very excited. The evil boy gangers hang their heads in shame (probably). And just to finish you off (take that as you will), there is a nice shot of hunky sunglasses Eric at the end.
• MAGNIFICENT

So eric for the win then :)