Linus Wiklund

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Linus Wiklund
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Background information
Birth nameLinus Wiklund
Also known asLotus IV
Born (1983-02-03) 3 February 1983 (age 41)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation(s)
  • songwriter
  • record producer

Linus Wiklund (born 3 February 1983), also known as Lotus IV, is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. He has written and produced songs for artists such as Avicii, Zedd, Alessia Cara, Future, Ty Dolla Sign, David Guetta, Sasha Sloan, Sam Smith and Rita Ora.

"Stay" by Zedd & Alessia Cara was co-written and produced by Linus and reached No. 7 on Billboard Hot 100 [1] and No. 1 on Mainstream Top 40. [2] "Stay" was the fourth most performed song on US Radio in 2017. [3]

Discography

YearArtistSongAlbum
2010 Tove Styrke "Million Pieces" Tove Styrke
"Chaos"
"Four Elements"
2012 Noonie Bao "Do You Still Care?"I Am Noonie Bao
"The Game"
"Bodywork Lover"
"About to Tell"
"Big Boys Do Cry"
"Boom Boom"
"In Your Heart"
"You and I"
"No One Knows"
"End of the Road"
Don Diablo "M1 Stinger" feat. Noonie Bao M1 Stinger EP
Avicii "I Could Be the One" vs. Nicky Romero Non-album single
2013 Don Diablo "Starlight (Could You Be Mine)" with Matt Nash
Avicii "Always on the Run" True
2014 Kenneth Bager "Amazing" feat. Damon C ScottFollow the Beat
"Follow the Beat" feat. Damon C. Scott
"What's My Name" feat. Sofie Gråbøl
"Stuck in a Lie" feat. Damon C Scott
Cash Cash "Surrender" Blood, Sweat and 3 Years
Paloma Faith "Ready for the Good Life" A Perfect Contradiction
2015 Alesso "Sweet Escape" feat. Sirena Forever
"All This Love" feat. Noonie Bao
Noonie Bao "Pyramids"Noonia EP
"Criminal Love"
"Ninja"
"I'm in Love"
"Oceans Deep"
2016 Noonie Bao "Reminds Me"Non-album single
"Sorry Not Sorry"
2017 Zedd "Stay" with Alessia Cara
Ty Dolla Sign "Darkside" feat. Kiiara and Future Bright OST
2018 Sasha Sloan "Fall" Sad Girl EP
Zedd "Happy Now" with Elley Duhe Non-album-single
David Guetta "Don't Leave Me Alone" with Anne-Marie 7
Rita Ora "Let You Love Me" Phoenix
Nicky Romero "Paradise" with Deniz Koyu feat. Walk Off the Earth Non-album single
Clean Bandit "Nowhere" feat. Rita Ora and Kyle What is Love?
2019 Léon "What You Said"Léon
Zara Larsson "All the Time"Non-album single
Charli XCX "Gone" with Christine and the Queens Charli
"Cross You Out" feat. Sky Ferreira
"Miss U" 13 Reasons Why OST
AJ Mitchell "Down in Flames"Non-album single
2020 Ava Max "Who's Laughing Now" Heaven & Hell
Sam Smith "So Serious" Love Goes
"Another One"
2021 Charli XCX "New Shapes" feat. Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek Crash
2022"Constant Repeat"
"Used to Know Me"
"Twice"
"Selfish Girl"
"Sorry If I Hurt You"
2024 Charli XCX "Apple" Brat

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