Stefan Forrest, also known as Don Stefano (born 10 June 1989), is a Danish-born producer, singer and songwriter, who currently lives and works in Los Angeles, USA, signed with

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Career

Stefan Forrest is best known for his production and song writing contributions to the Danish Band,

Lukas Graham Lukas Graham is a Danish pop band consisting of lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Lukas Forchhammer, bassist Magnus Larsson, and drummer Mark Falgren. The band released their first album, ''Lukas Graham'', with labels Copenhagen Records ...

, Oliver Kesi ("Dumme Penge", Søvnløs") &

Patrick Dorgan Patrick Dorgan is a Danish soul and R&B singer signed to Copenhagen Records. His debut single "On the Way Down" charted among top three on Hitlisten, the official Danish singles chart. His song was also chosen as "Song of the Week" on Denmark's ...

. Forrest is also noted for singing the hook on Kesi's "Dumme Penge" as well the multi-platinum selling hit, "Søvnløs". As one-half of the production duo,

Future Animals Future Animals is a Danish group outfit comprising collaborating music producers Stefan Forrest ("Don Stefano") (songwriter/producer) and Morten Ristorp ("Rissi") (producer/songwriter). After break-up in 2019, Stefan Forrest continues to use the ...

, Forrest's first notoriety came about through his songwriting and production for Lukas Graham.

's debut release album, the self-titled ''

'' topped the Danish charts for 15 weeks, and as of December 2015 has remained in the Danish Top 40 for 100+ weeks. Lukas Graham's sophomore release, the self-titled international album '' Lukas Graham (2015)'' alternatively known as the ''Blue Album'', was released in Denmark on 16 June 2015 debuting at No. 1 for 15 consecutive weeks and has since yielded four Number 1 singles, including " 7 Years". The Future Animals finalized Lukas Graham's 2016 U.S. debut album, which was released on 1 April 2016. "7 Years" has topped

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USA Top 100 most downloaded singles and currently has found its way to three consecutive weeks at No. 2 on

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singles. He has also produced songs for singers Selena Gomez, Julia Michaels and Hailee Steinfeld. In 2019 he released the album Last Summer through his Future Animals outfit. Forrest is also the founder of the Rocket Science record company, through which he has released original music.

Personal life

Stefan is also co-owner of Sliders restaurant located in the

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districts of

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