{"id":117218,"date":"2024-02-29T18:01:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T18:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/02\/29\/cyndi-lauper-sells-majority-share-in-her-catalog-to-company-behind-abba-avatar-show-voyage\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T18:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T18:01:10","slug":"cyndi-lauper-sells-majority-share-in-her-catalog-to-company-behind-abba-avatar-show-voyage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/02\/29\/cyndi-lauper-sells-majority-share-in-her-catalog-to-company-behind-abba-avatar-show-voyage\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyndi Lauper sells majority share in her catalog to company behind ABBA avatar show &#8216;Voyage&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-02-29\/Getty_CyndiLauper_022924.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Theo Wargo\/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Will we one day be able to watch a virtual <strong>Cyndi Lauper<\/strong> in concert? It could happen, since the Grammy-winning singer has now entered into a deal with the company behind <strong>ABBA<\/strong>&#8216;s 3D avatar show,\u00a0<em>Voyage<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Cyndi <a href=\"https:\/\/pophouse.se\/news\/pophouse-and-cyndi-lauper-enter-partnership-to-create-new-experiences-promoting-her-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>has sold<\/strong><\/a> the majority share of her master recording revenue and publishing to the Swedish entertainment company Pophouse, which was co-founded and partly owned by ABBA&#8217;s <strong>Bjorn Ulvaeus<\/strong>. In addition to being a founding investor in <em>Voyage,<\/em>\u00a0Pophouse is the company behind <strong>KISS<\/strong>&#8216; plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/pophouse.se\/news\/kiss-to-become-first-u-s-band-to-go-fully-virtual-and-stage-avatar-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>launch<\/strong><\/a> an avatar-based show.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pW61LVFzB2M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>video conversation<\/strong><\/a> with Ulvaeus that&#8217;s posted on the Pophouse website, Cyndi says, &#8220;When I saw the ABBA <em>Voyage<\/em>, I started to think about what could be done.&#8221; He replies, &#8220;It&#8217;s just the beginning!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the company, as part of the deal Pophouse will &#8220;create new content and experiences to enrich Cyndi Lauper&#8217;s catalog&#8221; \u2014 including hits like &#8220;Girls Just Want to Have Fun,&#8221; &#8220;Time After Time&#8221; and &#8220;True Colors&#8221; \u2014 for &#8220;fans old and new.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In an additional statement, Cyndi said, &#8220;I can\u2019t wait to participate in this new stage in my musical evolution and I could not be more pleased to know my music will now be in Pophouse\u2019s safe hands as they build upon my legacy in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theo Wargo\/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival Will we one day be able to watch a virtual Cyndi Lauper in concert? It could happen, since the Grammy-winning singer has now entered into a deal with the company behind ABBA&#8216;s 3D avatar show,\u00a0Voyage. Cyndi has sold the majority share of her master<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/02\/29\/cyndi-lauper-sells-majority-share-in-her-catalog-to-company-behind-abba-avatar-show-voyage\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,430],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}