ABBA, 1976. But their ageless avatars will remain ready to take the stage.
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“Shut the doors, please.” The director of a video production studio in London is wearing headphones and holding a clipboard as he prepares for our first take. He looks me up and down.
“The avatar is going to be wearing whatever you’re wearing,” he says. “You’re okay to have it like this?”