Christoffer Semelius (aka. Christoffer Lauridsen) (born 1 August 1986) is a Danish-Swedish songwriter and producer working out of Stockholm.[1] He has produced/co-written and collaborated with and for artists such as Red Velvet,[2][circular reference] K-pop superstars GoT7,[citation needed] Wanna One,[3] Martina Stoessel,[4] and Chord Overstreet.[5]

Early in his career Christoffer moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as an assistant engineer in a recording studio. Shortly after his time in the UK Christoffer was hired to work in one of Copenhagen's prime recording facilities to engineer jazz and classical recordings. Christoffer studied music production in Växjö, Sweden,[6] and afterwards moved to Stockholm where he worked as a producer/songwriter in collaboration with Anders Bagge, Stefan Örn and Johan Kronlund for several years.

Christoffer is a multi-platinum certified songwriter who has co-written/produced songs for/with several international writers/artists and has contributed to several international Billboard charts[7] and won "Song of the year" with Umpah Umpah. He has also done work for Eurovision Song Contest and collaborated with Jay-Z early in his career.

"Losing the Love"(produced and co-written by Christoffer) is featured in the Disney movie titled Tini: El gran cambio de Violetta starring Martina Stoessel, as well as on her debut album. When released on April 29 the album went Gold[8] in Argentina and topped the charts in several countries.

Songwriting/producer discography edit

Title Year Album Songwriter Producer
"Mogę wszystko, nic nie muszę" 2014 Agata DziarmagowskaMogę wszystko, nic nie muszę (Single)  Y  Y
"Drop Drop" 2014 Agata DziarmagowskaDrop Drop (Single)  Y  Y
"People Are Lonely - Chritoffer Lauridsen Remix" 2014 Gravitonas, Army Of LoversPeople Are Lonely  Y
"Tick Tock" 2014 Mariya YaremchukTick Tock  Y
"Blisko Mnie" 2015 Agata DziarmagowskaBlisko Mnie - (Single)  Y  Y
"President" 2015 Agata DziarmagowskaPresident - (Single)  Y  Y
"Renuncio - (Christoffer Lauridsen Remix)" 2015 Ruth LorenzoRenuncio  Y
"The Shining" 2015 Alien HuangALiEN  Y
"Love You Out Loud" 2015 Benjamin LasnierLove You Out Loud  Y  Y
"Losing The Love" 2016 TiniMartina Stoessel[9][circular reference]  Y  Y
"Touch" 2016 She La La Summer Time – Kis-My-Ft2  Y  Y
"Somebody To Hurt" 2017 Benjamin LasnierSomebody To Hurt[10]'  Y  Y
"Ordinary People" 2017 LevinaUnexpected  Y
"Hot!x2" 2017 Kis-My-Ft2Hot!x2[11]'  Y  Y
"Sweet Birthday" 2018 KAT-TUNSweet birthday[12]'  Y  Y
"Into The Rhythm" 2018 TaeminInto The Rhythm[13][circular reference]'  Y  Y
"Umpah Umpah" 2019 Red VelvetThe ReVe Festival: Day 2[14][circular reference]'  Y  Y
"Crash & Burn" 2019 GOT7Call My Name'[citation needed]  Y  Y

References edit

  1. ^ "Eks-vejlenser lever drømmen ud i Sverige | Vejle Amts Folkeblad". Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  2. ^ The ReVe Festival: Day 2
  3. ^ "Paroles / Lyrics : Wanna One : Deeper".
  4. ^ "Växjöstudent gjorde musik till Disneyfilm". 17 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Christoffer producerar musik till Disneyfilm - Lokaltidningen". Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  6. ^ "Reportage - Linnéuniversitetet".
  7. ^ "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!".
  8. ^ TINI [@TiniStoessel] (April 29, 2016). "Wow, no puedo creerlo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Tini (album)
  10. ^ "Watch the New Video for Danish Pop Star Benjamin Lasnier's 'Somebody to Hurt'". Billboard. 9 May 2017.
  11. ^ "歌詞検索サイト うたてん".
  12. ^ "KAT-TUN - Sweet Birthday lyrics".
  13. ^ Taemin (album)
  14. ^ The ReVe Festival: Day 2