The Cardigans’ 1998 smash My Favourite Game debuted a tougher, more electronic sound and broke the super Swedes in America. Singer and co-writer Nina Persson remembers an alternative rock classic – and an iconic video…

I wasn’t a very happy person when I wrote My Favourite Game, but it was an exciting time.

We were recording Gran Turismo in a big studio in the countryside packed with Pro Tools gear, computers and keyboards. We’d never worked with that before, so ...