Ida Redig

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Ida Redig
Melodifestivalen 2018, Ida Redig 09.jpg
Ida Redig (2018)
Background information
Birth nameIda Carolina Redig
Born (1987-07-10) 10 July 1987 (age 31)
Gothenburg, Sweden
GenresPop, Soul
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
WebsiteOfficial website

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]

Career highlights[edit]

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?[3] She released her debut album, Standing Here, with the record label Universal Music Group.[4]

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.[5][6][7] 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.[8]

She released her second album, Thou Shall Not Be A Pussy, in 2014.[9]

Redig has performed on television shows such as SVT (Det kungliga bröllopet), TV4 (Nyhetsmorgon), SR (Musikhjälpen) and ZTV.[10][11] She has toured with Marit Bergman.[12]

Singles[edit]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[13]
"Allting som vi sa" 2018 74 Non-album single

References[edit]

  1. ^ "DN gratulerar: Ida Redig - DN.SE". Dagens Nyheter. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ Ida Redig är med i Melodifestivalen för att vinna Göteborgsposten Retrieved 10 February 2018
  3. ^ Eriksson, Karoline. "Birro gör tv-filmom proggåren". Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Ida Redig: "Standing here" - DN.SE". Dagens Nyheter. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  5. ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Filmmusik och schlagersax bland det nya... - DigiListan". Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Ida Redig – Everywhere - Popmuzik". popmuzik.se. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Små citroner gula (2013) – Svensk Filmdatabas". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  8. ^ "Det här visste du nog inte om Melodifestivalen-stjärnan Ida Redig". 10 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Ida Redig - Thou shall not be a pussy". Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  10. ^ Radio, Sveriges. "LIVE: Ida Redig - Musikhjälpen". Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Ida Redig: "Jag gick från att vara snäll till att inte ta skit" - Malou Efter tio - tv4.se" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  12. ^ "Ida Redig: "Jag är här för att vinna"". Metro (in Swedish). 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  13. ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

External links[edit]

Media related to Ida Redig at Wikimedia Commons