Future Animals

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Future Animals
Origin Copenhagen, Denmark
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Years active2011–2019
Labels
Members Stefan Forrest
Past members Morten Ristorp

Future Animals is a Danish group outfit comprising collaborating music producers Stefan Forrest ("Don Stefano") (songwriter/producer) and Morten Ristorp ("Rissi") (producer/songwriter). [1] After break-up in 2019, Stefan Forrest continues to use the name in his solo releases.

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Career

They composed and produced songs for Lukas Graham's debut album, the self titled Lukas Graham , [1] the follow-up Lukas Graham (Blue Album) and 3 (The Purple Album) . They took part in writing hits for various artist like Aloe Blacc, Selena Gomez [2] Hailee Steinfeld [3] and Julia Michaels. [4] They released their music through the label Rocket Science, a Universal Music Denmark imprint.

Their first single, "Ask For It", hit the Danish singles chart and earned acclaim for its music production. [5] [6] The follow-up "Crazy Love" charted on Hitlisten, the official Danish Singles Chart.

Solo act after break-up

The duo broke up in 2019 and Stefan Forrest (a.k.a. Don Stefan) continues to use the name. He released the song "Last Summer" in 2019 credited to Future Animals. [3]

Discography

YearArtistSongVideoNotes
2017Future Animals"Ask For It"
2018Future Animals"Crazy Love" Peaked at #30
in the Danish Hitlisten charts [7]
2018Future Animals
(Stefan Forrest)
"Last Summer"Stefan Forrest (solo) credited as Future Animals

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References

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