You probably wouldn't expect 70s pop Gods ABBA to be massive fans of prolific controversial rappers, but it turns out that they are.
In fact, the group namechecked Eminem in a recent interview, praising the way that "pain" is translated better in rap than it is in, say, punk.
Bjorn Ulvaeus told The Guardian: "I never quite understood [punk]. There was a musical element missing.
The musicians at the Tate Modern this month (WENN)
"The rage, I could hear that. But young men have always been angry, that was no different from other young men."
"Punk never got into my heart," Anni-Frid Lyngstad agreed. "You hear the anger now in rap, for example, but it's different and I like that very much. Eminem is one of my favourites."
Ulvaeus labelled the star's 2002 anthem 'Cleaning Out My Closet' as his personal favourite Marshall Mathers hit.
Did someone say COLLABORATION?
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