Ida Redig

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Ida Redig
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Ida Redig (2018)
Background information
Birth nameIda Carolina Redig
Born (1987-07-10) 10 July 1987 (age 37)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres Pop, 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]

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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

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
SWE
[15]
"Allting som vi sa"201874Non-album single

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  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.
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  8. ↑ "Små citroner gula (2013) – Svensk Filmdatabas". Swedish Film Database . Archived from the original on 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
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