Michel Henry Allan Zitron (; born June 29, 1981) is a Swedish record producer, singer-songwriter and DJ. He has, along with his main music partner John Martin, worked with

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and most notably

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. He is also co-writer and was the vocalist on

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's track " Red Lights".

Early life

Zitron was born to a

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

father and a

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mother, and grew up in

Tensta Tensta is a district in Spånga-Tensta, Spånga-Tensta borough, Stockholm, Sweden. There are about 6,000 apartments in Tensta

, Stockholm. He attended a Finnish-language school until he was 12 years old.

Music career

2018: ''VCATION''

On 27 July 2018, Michel Zitron along with John Martin launch a new music project called "VCATION". This was followed by the duo's debut single under this name entitled "Lay Low". Their second single, "When We Went Gold", was released on 21 September 2018.
/ref> VCATION's first song of 2019 was released on 18 January and was called "Whiskey and Cola".

Discography

Singles

As featured artist

Songwriting and production credits

Releases under an alias

As VCATION (with John Martin)

Awards and nominations

Grammis Awards

Notes

References

External links

Michel Zitron swedishcharts.com
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