 Sparks produced the album , their first in this genre , after it was commissioned as a radio musical by Sweden 's national broadcasting service , Sveriges Radio . The project was proposed to Sparks by Marie Wennersten of SR Radioteatern , the station 's radio drama department . Wennersten had become a Sparks fan after watching the duo perform in Sweden in 2004 : " I had never seen such energy and love from the audience . I thought the Södra Theatre was going to take off and fly away . I wrote to the Sparks fansite and thanked them for the experience . " Wennersten subsequently travelled to Los Angeles as a journalist , to attend and report on another Sparks concert . By that time , the idea of a collaboration had formed in her mind : " I always dreamed of dragging them into the radio world . " 
