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EUROPE | One On One - Starring Peter Stormare
29/04/26 10:37
Patric Ullaeus Directs Europe’s New Video “One On One” – Starring Peter Stormare
Europe return with “One On One”, the first single from their upcoming album Come This Madness — their first studio album in nine years. The official music video is directed by Swedish filmmaker Patric Ullaeus, whose long-running creative relationship with the band goes back to the Last Look At Eden era. The video stars acclaimed actor Peter Stormare in a stripped-down, cinematic performance.
After nine years, Europe are back with new music. Their upcoming album Come This Madness is set for release on September 25, 2026 via Silver Lining Music / Hell & Back Recordings, with “One On One” marking the first single from the record.
The official music video for “One On One” was directed by Patric Ullaeus through rEvolver Film Company. Ullaeus has worked with Europe since the Last Look At Eden era, directing several of the band’s music videos as well as live productions and concert DVDs over the years. With “One On One”, the collaboration takes a new direction, more stripped-down, more actor-driven and clearly rooted in cinematic storytelling.
The video takes place inside a large abandoned warehouse. In the middle of the room, a man sits alone on a chair. He looks as if he has just survived a brutal fight. One leg is in a cast, one arm rests in a sling, his face is bruised, and his body carries the marks of physical struggle.
But when the music begins, the contrast becomes the heart of the piece.
“One On One” is a rock song, but the lyrics are about missing someone, distance and longing for someone who is no longer there. In the video, the emotional becomes physical: Peter Stormare’s character sits alone in an empty warehouse, bruised and broken, as if the body is carrying what the heart is going through.
“What interested me was making the feeling physical,” says Patric Ullaeus. “The song is about missing someone and wanting to reach her again. I wanted Peter to carry that longing in his whole body — not just in his face or in the words.”
The video stars Peter Stormare, internationally known for his work in Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Minority Report, Armageddon, Prison Break and John Wick: Chapter 2. For Ullaeus, working with Stormare meant approaching the music video format more like a short film than a conventional performance video.
“With Peter Stormare in front of the camera, I could approach the music video as a short film,” says Ullaeus. “He gave the character weight, humour, pain and humanity — without us having to explain everything.”
The stripped-down idea was central from the beginning: one man, one chair, one empty room and a camera slowly moving closer. No big effects. No over-explaining. Just a body, a face and a song about missing someone.
“Peter understands exactly how the camera reads small things,” says Ullaeus. “A look, a movement, the way he sinks into the chair or tries to stand up — that is enough for the audience to feel that there is a whole story behind the character.”
For rEvolver Film Company, the project is another international production at the intersection of music video, live film and visual storytelling. Patric Ullaeus has built a strong visual identity through his work with some of the world’s leading rock and metal artists, while increasingly moving toward a more cinematic expression where music video, drama and performance meet.
“I have always seen the music video as a cinematic format,” says Ullaeus. “It’s not just about showing a band. It’s about creating a world around the song. With Europe and Peter Stormare, we had the chance to make something raw, simple, human and cinematic, a video that feels bigger than the format.”
EUROPE | new stuff in the making
21/09/17 16:55
Joey Tempest and director Patric Ullaeus is taking a break in the rEvolver couch. New stuff is coming up.
EUROPE | concert film
24/09/15 16:56
Director Patric Ullaeus and EUROPE’s Joey Tempest in the rEvolver Studio checking the progress of their concert film.
EUROPE | Days Of Rock'n'Roll
04/05/15 02:52 Filed in: svt
PRESS RELEASE: EUROPE IN AMERICA – DAYS OF ROCK ’N’ ROLL INVADES THE USA.
Fresh from bringing the true spirit of rock ’n’ roll back to the UK in March, superstar Swedish rockers EUROPE come to America for a fresh crusade, with their brand new video for “Days of Rock ’n’ Roll”.
Directed by Patric Ullaeus, (one of Sweden’s most celebrated video directors who has worked with In Flames and Dimmu Borgir among many)
“Days of Rock ’n’ Roll” shows Europe leading sold-out audiences in Manchester & Wolverhampton through approximately 3 minutes and 20 seconds of classic, unadulterated, ear-catching-melodic-memory-sticky rock ’n’ roll songwriting.
“The main riff for “Days of Rock ’n’ Roll” was written back in ’88, and was meant as a follow up to The Final Countdown,” says Tempest. “Last year I finished the song, the band loved it, and we always felt it would be a great song in our live set.”
“Days of Rock ’n’ Roll” is symbolic of the success Europe have been enjoying worldwide with their latest album War Of Kings. With over 20 million albums sold worldwide in their career, it is clear that Europe have become the modern vanguard for classic rock ’n’ roll music.
“The love and effort you put into rock albums and videos are more important than ever!” furthers Tempest.
“It’s not about over producing or simply recreating the past, but going to “that deeper place” and making new, interesting, heartfelt, primal yet soulful music.”
“Classic Rock and hard rock music are built with eternal qualities,” says Tempest, “and it is our duty as artists, songwriters and music lovers, to make sure this music is elevated yet again.”
With Europe continuing to successfully spread the word worldwide, the “Days Of Rock ’n’ Roll” are in strong, safe and dynamic hands.
EUROPE | Wings Over Sweden
09/03/14 21:15 Filed in: svt
Director Patric Ullaeus filmed EUROPE’s Wings Over Sweden concert in Sundsvall, Sweden.
EUROPE | Blu-Ray release 16th October 2013
03/09/13 10:06 Filed in: svt
"EUROPE LIVE AT SWEDEN ROCK - 30th ANNIVERSARY SHOW"
Produced & Directed by Patric Ullaeus | www.revolver
This concert which was captured at Sweden Rock Festival 7th of June 2013 is not only a massive greatest hits show in front of 30,000 people, it also marks the 30th anniversary of the bands existence. They celebrate this by playing 28 songs spanning their whole career including songs never before performed.
Between the heavy rock songs they also sit down for an emotional acoustic set which brings a unique intimate feel to this otherwise massive arena show.
To pay tribute to their own heroes they invite legendary guests artists Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy) and Michael Schenker (UFO, MSG) to join them on stage.
The DVD Includes songs like:
Seven doors hotel, Open Tour heart, Rock The Night, Carrie, Superstitious, Prisoners in Paradise. Always the pretenders, Last look at Eden, New love in town, Not supposed to sing the blues, Firebox, Lights out (with Michael Schenker), Jailbreak (with Scott Gorham) and many more.
Over two hours and forty minutes of concert footage, behind the scenes material and an exclusive interview with the band, makes this the definitive Europe Live DVD. Also released as Blu-Ray.
EUROPE | promo pictures
24/04/12 18:34 Filed in: svt
Joey Tempest 2012
Photo by Patric Ullaeus | www.revolver.se
