Icona Pop 'Girlfriend' [VIDEO]: Swedish Duo Influenced By Tupac 'Me And My Girlfriends', Asked Amari Shakur to Sample Song Off This Is...Icona Pop Album, Tour Dates

Tupac's message transcends color, time, and boarders. All the way from California to Sweden Tupac's influence is uncanny. Icona Pop's new single "Girlfriend" is an example of Pac's influence as the Swedish duo revealed to Page 31, that Tupac was on their mind while in the studio.

Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo may be pop stars, but that doesn't mean they can't relate to an Outlaw from L.A.  Although Tupac was refering to his .45 gun on the 1996 single, Icona Pop interpreted the hit to literally mean girlfriends.  The dup chated with Page 31 about how and why they sampled the song.

"Page 31: You guys just put the video for Girlfriend out which samples the hook from, most recently, Beyonce and Jay-z's Bonnie and Clyde 03. Whose idea was it to use that hook and is that something that was played in Sweden 10 years ago?

Caroline: Yeah but, we went into it thinking more about the Tupac version-I mean it was Tupac's song from the beginning and he's singing me and my Girlfriend and he's referring to his gun but were doing it more like a celebration for our friendship. We were sitting in the studio talking about, we don't even have a home, we don't have-we just have each other and that's all we need in this life of sin, and we thought it  just related to what we were going through so we sent a letter to Tupac's mother to ask if we could use the song, and she said yes."

Check out the original Tupac version of "Me and My Girlfriend:"

Watch the video for Icona Pop's Spin on the 'Pac classic:

Check out Icona Pop U.S. tour dates below:

08/02 - Chicago, IL, Lollapalooza Festival
08/03 - ON, Canada, Grove Music Festival
08/04 - Montreal, QC, Osheaga Festival
08/12 - Asheville, NC, Orange Peel
08/13 - Nashville, TN, Exit / In
08/14 - Atlanta, GA, Masquerade
08/16 - Orlando, FL, House of Blues
08/17 - Miami, FL, Grand Central
08/18 - Tampa, FL, The Ritz
08/20 - New Orleans, LA, House of Blues
08/21 - Houston, TX, Fitzgerald's
08/23 - Austin, TX, Emo's East
08/26 - Phoenix, AZ, The Crescent Ballroom
08/28 - Santa Ana, CA, The Observatory
08/29 - Los Angeles, CA, The Fonda Theatre
08/30 - San Francisco, CA, The Fillmore
09/03 - Vancouver, BC, Commodore Ballroom
09/06 - Salt Lake City, UT, The Complex
09/07 - Denver, CO, Gothic Theatre
09/10 - Minneapolis, MN, Varsity Theatre
09/11 - Milwaukee, WI, Turner Hall Ballroom
09/15 - Cleveland, OH, House of Blues
09/22 - Philadelphia, PA, Theatre of the Living Arts