Ida Redig

Ida Redig
Ida Redig (2018)
Ida Redig (2018)
Background information
Birth nameIda Carolina Redig
Born (1987-07-10) 10 July 1987 (age 37)
Gothenburg, Sweden
GenresPop, Soul
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter

Ida Carolina Redig (born 10 July 1987), also known as GIRL, is a Swedish singer, actress, music producer and songwriter.[1] She participated in Melodifestivalen 2018 in the second semifinal with the song "Allting som vi sa", where she placed fifth and got eliminated.[2]

In recent years, Redig has mainly written her lyrics in Swedish. As a music producer, she has, among other things, been nominated for SKAPS' "Music Producer of the Year" award.[3]

Career highlights

In 2007, she had one of the leading roles when she played the character Annica in the Sveriges Television TV-series How Soon Is Now?[4] She released her debut album, Standing Here, with the record label Universal Music Group.[5]

In 2013, she wrote the song "Let's Make Love" and performed "Everywhere" for the film Love and Lemons starring Rakel Wärmländer and Sverrir Gudnason.[6][7][8] As GIRL she wrote and produced the music and soundtrack for several TV commercials such as McDonald's, BMW, Burger King and Coop along with the soundtrack to Kanal5 TV series Gåsmamman.[9]

She released her second album, Thou Shall Not Be A Pussy, in 2014.[10]

Redig has performed on television shows such as SVT (Det kungliga bröllopet), TV4 (Nyhetsmorgon), SR (Musikhjälpen) and ZTV.[11][12] She has toured with Marit Bergman.[13]

She participated in Melodifestivalen 2018 in the second semifinal with the song "Allting som vi sa", where she placed fifth and got eliminated.[14]

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[15]
"Allting som vi sa" 2018 74 Non-album single

References

  1. ^ "DN gratulerar: Ida Redig - DN.SE". Dagens Nyheter. 10 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ Ida Redig är med i Melodifestivalen för att vinna Archived 2020-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Göteborgsposten. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Laleh, Ida Redig och Nisj nominerade till SKAP:s nyinstiftade producentpris". News Powered by Cision (in Swedish). 10 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  4. ^ Eriksson, Karoline (30 August 2007). "Birro gör tv-filmom proggåren". Svenska Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Ida Redig: "Standing here" - DN.SE". Dagens Nyheter. 2 June 2010. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  6. ^ Radio, Sveriges (10 February 2013). "Filmmusik och schlagersax bland det nya... - DigiListan". Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Ida Redig – Everywhere - Popmuzik". popmuzik.se. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Små citroner gula (2013) – Svensk Filmdatabas". Swedish Film Database. Archived from the original on 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  9. ^ "Det här visste du nog inte om Melodifestivalen-stjärnan Ida Redig". 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Ida Redig - Thou shall not be a pussy". Göteborgs Posten. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  11. ^ Radio, Sveriges. "LIVE: Ida Redig - Musikhjälpen". Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Ida Redig: "Jag gick från att vara snäll till att inte ta skit" - Malou Efter tio - tv4.se" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  13. ^ "Ida Redig: "Jag är här för att vinna"". Metro (in Swedish). 2018-02-09. Archived from the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  14. ^ Ida Redig är med i Melodifestivalen för att vinna Archived 2020-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Göteborgsposten Retrieved 10 February 2018
  15. ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

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