The Kennel newsletter, w. 39

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The Kennel newsletter, w. 37

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IT'S DEFINITELY THE NEW AGE NOW!

California star CASSY LONDON is back with her new single "New Age" co-written by Harry Sommerdahl, Jon Eyden and the star herself.

NEW SINGLE FROM JACE CHAN

The Hong Kong artist JACE CHAN har released her new song “Shou Sheng Duo Xie” co-written by Matilda Frommegård and Linnéa Norlén.

NEW ALBUM "MAVERICK" FROM THE BOYZ

THE BOYZ just released their new album and the titletrack “Maverick” is produced and co-written by Ludwig Lindell. The album went straight to No 1 at Gaon album Chart and the single “Maverick” debuted on position 6 at Gaon Singles Chart.

NEW ALBUM FROM ITZY INCL. THE TRACK “SWIPE” - #1 BILLBOARD US TOP ALBUM

ITZY is releasing their new album “Crazy In Love” including the track “Swipe” produced and co-written by Josefin Glenmark, Pontus Kalm and Ludwig Lindell.


ENHYPEN - DEBUT ALBUM INCL. TITLE TRACK “TAMED-DASED”

The Korean band ENHYPEN’s album reached #1 position on both Oricon Chart (Japan) and Gaon Chart (Korea). The title track “Tamed-Dased” is co-written by Daniel Caesar and Ludwig Lindell.


TXT – THE CHAOS CHAPTER – BILLBOARD SUCCESS!

TXT Becomes 3rd K-Pop Act In History To Chart An Album For 11 Weeks On Billboard 200. The Kennel has 2 songs on “The Chaos Chapter: Freeze”. “No Rules”, co-written by Ollipop and “Ice Cream”, co-written by Conrad Sewell. We also got the single “Loser=Lover”, co-written by Daniel Caesar and Pontus Kalm, added to the repackage album “The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape”.

RED VELVET’S NEW ALBUM “QUEENDOM” - PLATINUM AND #2 ON GAON CHART IN KOREA

The new album from the famous RED VELVET includes the track “Pose”, co-written and co-produced by Harry Sommerdahl


LAURELL’S MUSIC VIDEO FOR "HABIT" IS OUT

LAURELL’s single “Habit”, produced and co-written by Thomas Stengaard has got high rotation on radio. It’s the 3rd most played song on german radio and well played all over Europe. The song has more than 17.000.000 spins on Spotify.


NEW EP FROM PEG PARNEVIK

With 6 brand new songs Peg is showing the world how brilliant she is and that she’s in for the long run. All songs are co-written by Peg herself and some songs with Kennel colleagues like Hazlett and Josefin Glenmark.

HANNE MJØEN JUST RELEASED HER NEW SONG "TOO TIRED (DON'T FEEL A THING)"


Hanne Mjøen just dropped a new single titled "Too Tired (Don't Feel A Thing) Co-written by Hazlett

LUKE BOND JUST RELEASED A NEW SONG TITLED "LAST GOODBYE"


Luke Bond just dropped a new song titled "Last Goodbye". Co-written by Cilverback

ZUFFO & ZOOTAH - DON'T WAKE ME UP


Zuffo & ZOOTAH just release a new song titled "Don't Wake Me Up" Co-written by Cilverback

THE VERONICAS JUST RELEASED THEIR NEW ALBUM TITLED "HUMAN"


The Veronicas just released a new album titled "HUMAN" Co-written by Lisa & Jess Origliasso

DREAMDNVR - SLOW IT DOWN


DREAMDNVR just released his new single "SLOW IT DOWN"  Written by Philip Tillström & Robin Lundbäck

STOCKHOLM NOIR JUST RELEASED "BABOUSHKA'S LULLABY"


Stockholm Noir just released a new track titled " Baboushka's Lullaby. Co-written by Iggy Strange-Dahl & Erik Lewander

LUCAS ESTRADA & WAHLSTEDT JUST RELEASED "MAJESTY"

Lucas Estrada & Wahlstedt just dropped their new song titled "majesty"Co-written by Pontus Kalm and Andrei Amartinesei & Johan Gustafsson

EL DIABLO - EL JOYTIDE & MAARLIND REMIX 


Elena Tsagrinou's eurovision hit  "El Díablo" just got released as a remix! Produced by Joytide & Maarlind. Co-written & produced by Thomas Stengaard.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER  - THE CHAOS CHAPTER:FREEZE  ALBUM JUST HIT MULTIPLY NUMBER ONE SPOTS WORLD WIDE!

A huge congrats to The Kennel writers Ollipop who’s co-written and produced ”No Rules” and Conrad Sewell, co-written ”Ice Cream” for TXT and their new world top selling album ”The Chaos Chapter:FREEZE”!!! •  No. 1 World Albums.                                                                                                No. 5 Billboard 200.
No. 1 Current Album Sales. 
No. 1 Top Album Sales. 
No. 1 Top Album Sales. 
No. 1 Hot Albums. 
No. 1 Top Album Sales.




HEARTS & COLORS IS BACK WITH THEIR NEW SINGLE "NEED ME"

Hearts & Colors just released their comeback single "Need Me" Written by Nicolai Kjellberg, Philip Tillström, Robin Lundbäck & Tom Lundbäck

TOMORROW X TOGETHER JUST WENT #1 IN KOREA WITH THEIR NEW ALBUM "THE CHAOS CHAPTER:FREEZE"

TXT drops their new album " The Chaos Chapter: Freeze" INCLUDING  the songs "Ice Cream" Co-written by Conrad Sewell and "No Rules" Co-written by OLLIPOP.
The album just found it's home at the #1 in Korea and it's also #4 on the Billboard World Chart.

MATILDE G DROPS "MILK N' HONEY"


Matilde G drops her new single "Milk N' Honey" Co-written by Caesar & Loui

TOMORROW X TOGETHER JUST RELEASED THEIR NEW ALBUM "THE CHAOS CHAPTER:FREEZE"

TXT drops their new album " The Chaos Chapter: Freeze" which includes the song "Ice Cream" Co-written by Conrad Sewell.

TEAK DROPS HER NEW SINGLE "SEVENTY FIVE"

Teak just released hew new single "Seventy Five" written by Teak herself together with Martin Hansen. 

ORKID JUST RELEASED HER NEW SINGLE 

"FIND ME ANOTHER YOU"


Orkid releases her new single "Find Me Another You" Co-written by Kamilla Bayrak.

CHRIS KLÄFFORD IS OUT WITH A NEW SINGLE TITLED " CHASING HEARTACHERS"

Chris Kläfford just released his new single "Chasing Heartaches" Co-written by Scottie Ritchie.

THE VERONICAS JUST RELEASED THEIR NEW ALBUM "GODZILLA"

The Veronicas teams up with Toby Gad on their new album titled "Godzilla" Co written by Lisa & Jessica Origliasso

EVERGLOW DROPS THEIR NEW EP TITLED "LAST MELODY"

Everglow drops their new EP "Last Melody" including the song "First" Co-written by Ollipop & Haylie Aitken. 

THE VERONICAS WILL KICK OFF GAME 1 WITH A LIVE PERFORMANCE 9TH OF JUNE

Pop duo The Veronicas will kick off the music in Origin I in Melbourne on June 9, "It's a dream come true to play at this iconic sporting event. We know the vital role music plays in hyping and motivating audiences and players, so we intend to show Australia that two girls from Brisbane can do it loud and proud at the MCG." 
See you JUNE 9th in MELBOURNE!! - The Veronicas

DELTA GOODREM'S NEW ALBUM "BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED DREAMS" HITS #1  IN AUSTRALIA

Delta Goodrem’s new album “Bridge Over Troubled Dreams” is now #1 in Australia. Including 6 songs Co-written by Matthew Copley. Take a listen to the album below!

EUROVISION 2021 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS:

Congratulations to Senhit & Flo Rida who represents San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest. The duo is now through to Saturdays final with the song "Adrenalina" Co-written & produced by Thomas Stengaard.

EUROVISION 2021 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS:


Congratulations to Elena Tsagrinou who represented Cyprus in the First Semi-Final of the Eurovision
Song Contest 2021 with the song El Diablo. "El Diablo" Co-written and produced by Thomas Stengaard made it through to the finals on Saturday, May 22nd.
watch the live performance of "El Diablo" Here

JACE CHAN DROPS A NEW ALBUM TITLED "PROCESSING"

Jace Chan drops a new album titled "Processing" including the song "I Wish" Co-Written by Linnéa Norlén & Matilda Frommegård

TSOOBI IS OUT WITH A NEW SINGLE TITLED "SOMETHING BIG"

Tsoobi drops her new single "Something Big" Written by Tsoobi 


MATILDE G - DOORBELL HITS #1 ON THE ITALIAN EMERGING ARTIST CHART.  

Matilde G - Doorbell hits #1 on the Italian charts as the fastest growing music video.  Written  by Josefin Glenmark, Greg Curtis and Rasmus Palmgren.

BOY IN SPACE EP "FRONTYARD"  IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM THE UK.

Having dropped a slew of increasingly expressive and adventurous releases since 2018, Boy In Space shares his debut EP ‘FRONTYARD’ – the biggest creative statement of his career to date. The EP is launched alongside the brand new single ‘Sucker Punch’.

Read the full article below.

AILEE DROPS "LOVIN'" EP 

Ailee drops "Lovin'" EP which includes the song "Make up your mind" Co-written by Ollipop & Hayley Aitken.

   




NILS PONTUS IS OUT WITH HIS DEBUT SINGLE TITLED "MAMMA"

Nils Pontus just released his debut single titled "Mamma". Written and produced by Pontus Kalm & Johan Gustafsson. Pontus  along with Peg Parnevik are also known as the Swedish pop duo GAMMAL. 

ALEX D’ROSSO & SWIZZKNIFE FT. KASH BOYKIN - BAD KARMA


Alex D’Rosso & Swizzknife feat Kash Boykin releases "Bad Karma" Co-written by Andrei Amartinesei & Pontus Kalm

MONSTA X DROPS "FLAVORS OF LOVE" ALBUM

MONSTA X drops "Favors of Love" which includes Co-writes from Greg Curtis, Daniel Caesar, Gustav Efraimsson & Ollipop.

WIKTORIA DROPS "NEED YOU TO KNOW"

Wiktoria is out with her new single titled "Need You to Know" This emotional track is something else, Goosebumps guaranteed! Produced by Johan Gustafsson Co-written by Kamilla Bayrak & Matilda Frommegård

Listen to "Need you to know" Here

BOY IN SPACE IS OUT WITH A NEW EP TITLED FRONTYARD.

Boy In Space (Robin Lundbäck) is out with his new EP titled "Frontyard" He teams up with some familiar names from The Kennel such as Freddy Häggstam, Hazlett, Philip Tillström to give us this piece of art. Boy In Space is a multi talented Swedish artist whose melodies and text lines are well worth a listen! (Link below)
Listen to "Frontyard" here

SHINEE'S "DON'T CALL ME" ALBUM HAS BEEN CERTIFIED PLATINUM

Don't Call Me has been certified platinum on Gaon for more than 250,000 copies sold. This is SHINee's first certification as a group. Don't Call Me is now SHINee's best-selling album. The song "Attention" album track #7 is Co-written by Karl-Oskar "Cage" Gummesson.

CAESAR & LOUI IS NOMINATED TO THIS YEAR'S SWEDISH MPA AWARDS 

Daniel Caesar and Ludwig Lindell is nominated by The Swedish Music Publishers Association, in the category "This years international success" 

The Swedish MPA Awards, is an annual award that honors Swedish songwriters, lyricists and composers of both popular and classical music in 9 different categories. 

The motivation of the jury,
Daniel Caesar & Ludwig Lindell (Caesar & Loui)
Långt innan svensk media började skriva om K-pop gjorde producent- och låtskrivarduon Caesar & Loui hits till några av genrens absolut största grupper, med återkommande topplaceringar på listor i Sydkorea och Japan. De senaste tolv månadernas framgångar inkluderar musik på BTS Map of the Soul:7 – det första albumet av en asiatisk grupp som toppat listorna på världens fem största musikmarknader.





WATCH R1SE PERFORM THEIR NEW SONG "ZOOM"

Watch R1SE perform their new single titled "ZOOM" on the show CHUANG 2021. 
Co-written by NDY

Watch the live performance HERE

BONBON GIRLS 303 - SLAY AND PLAY

BonBon Girls 303 performed live this weekend with their song "Slay and Play".  Written by NDY and Josefine

Watch the live performance HERE

DEFINITION : LIVE PERFORMANCE

CHUANG 2021, produced by Tencent Video, is a variety show of an international boy group formation.  Definition performed this weekend on the show. Co-written by Daniel Caesar, Greg Curtis & Pontus Kalm.

Watch the live performance HERE

TIGGI HAWKE - GONNA RUN
IS OUT NOW!

Tiggi Hawke drops a new single titled "Gonna Run" 

Tiggi Hawke Encourages You To ‘Seize The Moment’ & Hold On Tight In New Song ‘Gonna Run’

Co-written by Darius Kaya & Cecilia Nykvist aka Cilverback

LISTEN TO "GONNA RUN" HERE

RIVA TAYLOR IS OUT WITH A NEW SINGLE TITLED "WOMAN"

Riva Taylor is out with a powerful song titled "Woman". Such a personal one, I loved making this for you. More from these amazing women soon...they tell a story - Riva Taylor

Co-written by by Martin Hansen & Peta Jeffress

Listen to "Woman" Here

DREAMDNVR RELEASES "WHAT'S UP"

DREAMDNVR is out with a new single.

Written by DREAMDNVR and Robin Lundbäck

LISTEN TO "WHAT'S UP" HERE

HELLBERG IS OUT WITH A NEW SINGLE TITLED "LET YOU DOWN"

Hellberg teams upp with Magsy on his new single titled "Let You Down"Co-written by Hazlett!

Listen to "Let you down" Here

MAJORS - RAIN ON ME

"The Beginning of Legend - Rising Star" is the second digital single album by MAJORS. It was released on April 16, 2021 with "Rain On Me" serving as the single's title track.Written by Ollipop, Hayley Aitken and Daniel Caesar


Listen to " Rain On Me " Here

LAURELL IS OUT WITH A NEW SINGLE TITLED "HABIT"

Laurell returns to the mic once more with “Habit” - a song with a highly infectious melody. Entertaining and self-reflective, Laurell’s unusual, distinctive and powerful voice is shaped by R&B influences and is reminiscent of artists such as Jessie Reyez, Anna Marie, Sia or Bebe Rexha.  A driving beat that unfolds its energetic impression fully from the very first tone, “Habit” is an exciting precursor to Laurell’s upcoming solo-album.

Co-written & Produced by Thomas Stengaard.

LISTEN TO "HABIT" HERE

MIKE PERRY FT. MILA JOSEF - IF I RULED THE WORLD 

Mike Perry teams up with Mila Josef on this melodic track. "After one year of covid there's probably a million things i would do instead if i ruled the world, but please enjoy my pre-pandemic thoughts!" - Mila Josef

Co-written by Anders Gukko and Kamilla Bayrak

LISTEN TO "IF I RULED THE WORLD"

SAN MARINO: SENHIT RELEASES EUROVISION 2021 SONG "ADRENALINA" FT. FLO RIDA.



Senhit and Flo Rida co-wrote “Adrenalina” alongside a team of international hitmakers. Jimmy “Joker” Thornfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnéa Deb, Chanel Tukia, Malou Ruotsalainen, Kenny Silverdique, Thomas Stengaard, and Melodifestivalen 2020 entrant Suzi P are all credited on the track. Stengaard and Thornfeldt are also part of the team behind the Cypriot Eurovision 2021 entry, Elena Tsagrinou’s “El Diablo”.
Listen to "Adrenalina" Here

BTS - #1 AT BILLBOARD ALBUM TOP 200

BTS lands its fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with the biggest week of 2020 for any release.


22 Songwriters Who Collaborated With BTS On “MAP OF THE SOUL: 7”

BTS‘s upcoming album has a total of 20 songs; 5 are from their previous album, MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA, and the remaining 15 are brand new. In addition to BTS’s go-to producers, here 22 talented songwriters who had the honor of working with BTS on MAP OF THE SOUL: 7.

PUSSYCAT DOLLS IS BACK!

The newly-reformed Pussycat Dolls performed in public together for the first time in a decade over the weekend. With an amazing choreography they performed a greatest hits medley on X Factor including their new single “React” written by the Kennel writer Johan Gustafson, together with Will Simms, Hannah Wilson and Georgina Buchanan.

A.R. RAHMAN, KEN KRAGEN GATHERING STARS FOR ‘WE ARE THE WORLD’-STYLE CLIMATE CHANGE SINGLE

Three and a half decades after being one of the driving forces behind “We Are the World” and “Hands Across America,” manager Ken Kragen is shifting the focus of his charitable efforts from hunger to the big heat. He’s looking to marshal the same kind of all-star forces and populist appeal that came together in the mid-’80s for a new song, “Hands Around the World,” that’s designed to raise funds and awareness to combat climate change.

The creative driver on this new single-in-progress is A.R. Rahman, the composer and songwriter whose career ranges from two Oscars for “Slumdog Millionaire” to a recent single and live collaboration with U2 in his native India. Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz wrote some of the lyrics for the new song, which also has a team of international co-writers in Poland’s Julia Zuzanna Sokolowska, K-pop hit songwriter Daniel Caesar and Kevin Doucette, who worked on the theme for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

GAMMAL - NOMINATED FOR "BAND OF THE YEAR"

GAMMAL (Peg Parnevik and Pontus Petersson) is nominated for "Band of the Year" in the prestigious P3 Guld Award. The gala will be broadcast live on Swedish TV and radio on January 20, 2020.

SONGS THAT DEFINED THE DECADE:
GIRLS' GENERATION'S 'I GOT A BOY'

"It was the first of its kind."

Regularly, listeners erroneously describe K-pop as a “genre” of music. But unlike Europop, the geographic notation of “K-pop” doesn’t immediately bring a single sonic style to mind. *Though many, many songs coming out of the South Korean pop scene have played with tonal shifts and BPM switcheroos, few have done so with such aplomb as Girls’ Generation’s 2013 hit “I Got a Boy” -- which is often compared to Queen’s tone-hopping epic “Bohemian Rhapsody” due to its pristinely chaotic approach to jumping between musical elements.

BILLBOARD MAGAZINE LISTS THE TOP 100 KPOP SONGS OF THE DECADE.

Billboard magazine is celebrating the 2010's with essays on the 100 KPOP songs that they feel most define the decade. The Kennel has 4 songs within Top50!
No 2. Red Velvet, “Red Flavor” (Caesar & Loui)
No 5. Girls' Generation, “I Got a Boy” (Sarah Lundbäck)
No 33. f(x), “Rum Pum Pum Pum” (Erik Lewander & Iggy Strange Dahl)
No 43. Loona/Odd Eye Circle, “Girl Front” (Ollipop & Hayley Aitken)

THE KENNEL AT THE SWEDISH MUSIC PUBLISHING AWARD 2019 (MUSIKFÖRLÄGGARNAS PRIS)

From left: John Rosén, Erik Lewander, Iggy Strange Dahl, Kamilla Bayrak, Cecilia Nykvist, Darius Kaya, Adele Cechal, Pernilla Svanström, Jenny Hermansson (Spotify) and Helen McLaughlin. Sitting: Josefin Glenmark.

BILLBOARD MAGAZINE: WITH OUTSIZE STREAMING INFLUENCE, INDONESIA'S POTENTIAL SHINES!

"While the Indonesian market is not as well known as Asian powerhouses like South Korea or Japan, its potential is luring major labels and forward-thinking international producers. Swedish hit-making collective The Kennel, started to compose songs for Indonesian artists as early as 2013."

THE KENNEL STARTS JOINT VENTURE COMPANY IN CHINA.

As the powerful colossus China is now seriously starting to implement copyright protection, its revenue will of course increase avalanche.

The Kennel has, through many years of successful work on the Asian market, a huge opportunity in China. A joint venture company - TK Music - has been started together with the leading Chinese music company Taihe. The company will provide productions and place local copyrights. We become like a bridge between the western market and China and for our songwriters and producers this will mean lots of new opportunities. TK Music will work with the entire domestic Chinese market and we already have employees in Beijing working to pitch our roster and productions.

NO STRANGER TO THE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE, JULIA DUCLOS IS SET TO ACCEPT HER CROWN AS MALAYSIA’S NEWEST RISING ARTIST WITH THE

RELEASE OF HER BRAND NEW SINGLE ‘RUNNING’.

Born and raised in Malaysia, Julia Duclos talks about her upcoming EP which was recorded and produced by The Kennel in Stockholm, Sweden.

(Kennel writers: Pontus Petersson, Matilda Frommegård, Josefin Glenmark, Andrei Amartinesei and Adele Cechal)