New Album out in 2015! >>GROWING PAINS<<

the vimeo video works in the US, just fyi

@limpy: Great!

On the Norwegian version of the streaming platform Tidal there is a list called "top 100 streamed tracks in Norway" that is updated every Monday. This Monday the list shows that "I Don't Wanna See You with Her" is at #46. A screenshot is added to the post.

The CD Growing Pains is also available to pre-order here: cdon.no/musikk/mena_maria/growing_pains-35900067
The vinyl version of Growing Pains can also be pre-ordered here: cdon.no/musikk/mena_maria/growing_pains-35900061

NRK is doing/has done an interview with Maria. Picture: instagram.com/p/-eVKeDReFs/?taken-by=mariamena_official. ETA: Maria replied to someone's comment that it's a feature for the radio station NRKP3's annual awards P3Gull. P3Gull will be aired on NRK3 (TV) on Saturday 28th (Source: tv.nrk.no/guide/28-11-2015). They had a feature on P3 Gull in 2013 where there was a comedian who did a parody on her gold records (it's here: tv.nrk.no/serie/p3-gull-tv/MYNG22005013/29-11-2013#t=53m19s).

Today Maria posted this picture: instagram.com/p/-gOFhqxePj/?taken-by=mariamena_official. The caption goes: "Artists are some of the most insecure people out there. Think about it, we pour our hearts out in whatever we do but we hide behind our "art" by calling it just that, and we do so for very good reasons. It is not who i am! it's how i choose to express myself. You do not know me or my struggle, but you've been invited in to see a picture that I have painted, in colors that i chose. You're listening to A story that i have written.. Subjectively, with words that i carefully picked out. I love connecting with you. I love singing for you and i love that some of my songs become YOUR songs. But i do not approve of people (media) telling me what i've written about as if they know. I do not enjoy it when people take out single sentences from my lyrics and read them back to me to prove some point, because I was there, i wrote them, i wrote every word and i felt every single emotion. These are my stories and although I welcome you all in to enjoy and to make them your own.. I need you to remember that art is art and life, well Life isn't actually possible to capture in a song or a painting. Believe me i've tried;) Love❤️ m @solveigselj".

About "This Isn't Easy", which is not on the track list for Growing Pains -

"demi9000Why isn't "This isn't easy" not on the album??
mariamena_official@demi9000 cus it did not make the cut
demi9000@mariamena_official so sad I love that song. But thanks for answering ♥"
- Copied from the comments under this picture: instagram.com/p/-gOFhqxePj/?taken-by=mariamena_official.

Today she posted a picture with the location NRK (Norway's national broadcaster): instagram.com/p/-jCX0eReAG/?taken-by=mariamena_official.

On today's top 100 streamed tracks-list on the Norwegian version of the streaming platform Tidal, "I Don't Wanna See You with Her" is now at #32. A screenshot is attached.

Maria is doing promotion at SWR3 (in Mainz) today: instagram.com/p/-yRWgzxeGi/?taken-by=mariamena_official

you can hear the tracklist on bol.com! http://www.bol.com/nl/p/growing-pains/9200000051474760/

Can't wait to hear the full songs!

Thanks for posting the link, juliatjeee29! I've been checking the cede.de and cede.ch websites several times today, but no snippets are available there yet. I'm planning to buy the album on Friday, as I really appreciate to have the booklet in my hands.

They didnt ok i will Check them And another swiss webside. I Made preorders for the real And the digital version.

Maria posted that she's shooting with NDR in Hannover for the show "DAS!" and it's going to air tomorrow at 6:45 PM (instagram.com/p/-1I_PtReO7/?taken-by=mariamena_official). More about "DAS!" here: ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/das…e-Welt,sendung448986.html.

Absolutely amazing and awesome album! No need for more words.

I've listened to the albums four times since midnight. Bought the CD at the record store nearby this morning. The song that doesn't quite stand out to me is "Where I Come From". I wish there was someone would proofread the spelling/grammatical correctness of her lyrics in the booklet, but that's just me being nit-picky. I have to say that I'm kind of curious to see if Maria will work with Thomas Eriksen (one of the three producers who worked on Weapon in Mind) in the future.

P.S.: Did anyone figure out which song this snippet of vocal recordings (instagram.com/p/6SSupyxeNE/?taken-by=mariamena_official) is from yet?

And ETA: In the booklet it says that Jaz Ellington, Kirsten Ellington and Soraya Joseph have done backing vocals on "Good God". I think this picture that Martin Sjølie posted (instagram.com/p/76JMzuk9LZ/) is from that recording session in London (Wendyhouse Studios).

Eine Review zum neuen Album (in deutscher Sprache):
http://musicheadquarter.de/cds/maria-mena-von-wachsenden-schmerzen-und-wachstumsschmerzen/

I just saw that mariamena.de (the German official website) has been re-launched with new design! Here: mariamena.de

An Instagram photo from Martin Sjølie (one of the two producers Maria worked with for this album) about Maria and Growing Pains: instagram.com/p/-4sbWak9GB/

ETA: On the iTunes charts Growing Pains is currently in the top 100 in Austria, Finland Germany, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland (It's possible to follow the iTunes charts of several countries through this site: snkhan.co.uk/stuff/iTunes.php?chart=DEalbums, just pick a country code and see if it's on the list of charts there).