Icona Pop: The break-up behind I Love It

Icona Pop are Aino Jawo (left) and Caroline Hjelt (right)

Stockholm pop stars Icona Pop are at number one with the exuberant summer anthem I Love It.

A frenetic break-up fantasy, it finds Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo screaming: "I crashed your car into a bridge. I don't care - I love it!"

First released in Sweden last May, it has had a tortuous journey to the top of the charts - as detailed by music website Popjustice earlier this week.

Aino spoke to the BBC about the delays, and the band's forthcoming album.

The group's name is Italian for "pop icon" - and was suggested by Caroline's mother

Congratulations on getting to number one.

What took you so long?

It was featured in US cult comedy series Girls. How important was that?

How did the band start?

What was that first song?

It sounds like you just clicked.

How soon after that did I Love It come about?

The shouting is pretty important, isn't it?

Was this the same boyfriend that had you confined to bed for two weeks?

The band have spent most of 2013 in the US, where I Love It eventually reached number seven

Have you ever deliberately crashed a car into a bridge?

How many times did you have to take your driving test?

In the best possible way, I Love It is very repetitive. How important is that in a pop song?

You've attracted a lot of celebrity fans. Who's the most impressive?

You once told Pitchfork you had enough material for five albums. Where are they, then?

The next single, Girlfriend, samples the old Tupac song Me And My Girlfriend. What made you choose that?

Usually that sort of request would got through the record company - but you actually sat down and wrote a letter?

The band have released one self-titled album in Sweden, but plan to start from scratch for the international market

Who else have you been working with?

So it's a proper pop album?

Why is Sweden so good at pop music?

Does everyone study pop at school?

That bittersweet quality is true of so many Swedish acts - Abba, Robyn, The Cardigans...

What's his speciality?

And what's your speciality?

I Love It is out now on Atlantic Records. Icona Pop play XOYO in London on 9 October, with an album due later this year.