Ida Carolina Redig (born 10 July 1987), also known as GIRL, is a Swedish singer, actress, music producer and songwriter. She participated in

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in the second semifinal with the song "Allting som vi sa", where she placed fifth and got eliminated. In recent years, Redig has mainly written her lyrics in Swedish. As a

music producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

, she has, among other things, been nominated for SKAPS '“Music Producer of the Year” award.

Career highlights

In 2007, she had one of the leading roles when she played the character Annica in the

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TV-series

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She released her debut album, ''Standing Here'', with the record label

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. In 2013, she wrote the song "Let's Make Love" and performed "Everywhere" for the film ''

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'' starring

Rakel Wärmländer Rakel Amalia Wärmländer, née ''Zacharias'', (born 3 October 1980) is a Swedish actress. She started with theater work at the age of nine in the play ''Kalas i Lönneberga'' at Dramaten in Stockholm. When she was nineteen she moved to New York Ci ...

and

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. As GIRL she wrote and produced the music and soundtrack for several TV commercials such as

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, BMW,

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and Coop along with the soundtrack to

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TV series

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. She released her second album, ''Thou Shall Not Be A Pussy'', in 2014. Redig has performed on television shows such as SVT (Det kungliga bröllopet), TV4 (

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), SR (

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) and ZTV. She has toured with

Marit Bergman Liv-Marit Bergman (born 21 May 1975) is a Swedish pop musician. Biography Marit Bergman grew up in Rättvik, Sweden, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. She was a member of the 1990s Swedish punk band Candysuck. She has also been playing and ...

. She participated in

in the second semifinal with the song "Allting som vi sa", where she placed fifth and got eliminated.Ida Redig är med i Melodifestivalen för att vinna
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Singles

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Redig, Ida 1987 births Living people Musicians from Gothenburg Swedish women songwriters 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers English-language singers from Sweden Melodifestivalen contestants of 2018