With a sound education, 20-year-old Pilnäs then became a member of the internationally successful R&B band “Robyn”. Once again she caught the attention of the pop producers and this time she couldn’t resist the temptation. She recorded the album “Pretender” under the pseudonym “Isa” - her label, Sony, had given her the name because “there were too many Jessica’s around at the time,” she explains. The album sold particularly well in Japan but Pilnäs soon realised that being told what to do by others, geared towards promotions and singing on playback was far removed from doing what she really wanted to. “That wasn’t me. I no longer felt comfortable dancing around like other pop singers in music videos. I was so disappointed with the music industry and tired of all the pressure which killed off the fun.” She quit the music business and put her back-up plan into action which was to complete her medical studies at Sweden’s most renowned university – the Nobel Prize institution, the Karolinska Institute.

Twelve songs about love. The pros and cons, the bitter and sweet. A soulful, luminous and warm voice and great Swedish jazz musicians like Johan Norberg, Nils Landgren, Dan Berglund a.o.