Working under the name Sally Shapiro, the duo of Sally Shapiro and Johan Agebjörn combine her delicate vocals with his production skills to replicate of the sound of 1980s Italo disco, then add the melancholic yet hopeful sentimentality associated with twee pop. Their debut single from 2006, "I'll Be By Your Side," became something of an overnight sensation and set the parameters of their sound. They rarely deviated from that template over the course of their career, though 2013's Somewhere Else dipped a toe into the neon noir Drive aesthetic. This connection was solidified when the duo collaborated with Johnny Jewel on 2022's Sad Cities, which was issued on Italians Do It Better.