Johan Bobäck also known as "Kermit" is a

record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

and

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

from Sweden. "Kermit" has written and produced songs for and together with

Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper ( ; born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Known for her distinctive image, featuring a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing, and for her powerful four-octave vocal range;Jerome, ...

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, Garou,

Jay Graydon Jay Joseph Graydon (born October 8, 1949, Burbank, California) is an American songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, keyboardist, producer, arranger, and recording engineer. He is the winner of two Grammy Awards (in the R&B category) ...

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, Darin,

Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
AllMusic known professional ...

Peer Åström Peer Åström (born in Ljusdal, Sweden) is a Swedish composer, lyricist, musician, and record producer and partner. He has collaborated with artists such as Madonna, Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez, contributing to a st ...

Andreas Carlsson Andreas Mikael Carlsson (; born 3 April 1973) is a Swedish music producer and pop songwriter. Biography Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2000. In January 2001, former Cheiron-members Andreas Carl ...

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, Troy Bonnes aka Troy This,

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(Undress to the Beat),

Linda Sundblad Linda Caroline Sundblad (born 5 July 1981, in Lidköping) is a Swedish singer, actress and model. Career Lambretta Dropping out of school at the age of 15 to join the pop rock music band Lambretta, she experienced much success at a young ...

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Ola Svensson Ola Nils Håkan Svensson (born 23 February 1986) is a Swedish artist and songwriter, known professionally by the mononym Ola until 2014, and as Brother Leo from 2018 to present. Born in Lund, Skåne, his career began in 2005, when he finished eig ...

aka

Brother Leo (musician) Ola Nils Håkan Svensson (born 23 February 1986) is a Swedish artist and songwriter, known professionally by the mononym Ola until 2014, and as Brother Leo from 2018 to present. Born in Lund, Skåne, his career began in 2005, when he finished eig ...

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from

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among others. He wrote and produced two songs (''Into the Nightlife'' and ''Echo'') with

, Peer Åström and

Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
AllMusic known professional ...

for Lauper's, Grammy Nominated, 2008 album ''

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''. Both songs became singles. Linda Sundblad's single ''2 all my girls'' and Darin's single ''Viva la vida'' by Coldplay are both produced by Kermit. He was also involved, both as writer and producer, in Linda Sundblad's album ''Manifest'', released in early 2010. Bobäck has also been involved as a music producer for the Golden Globe winning TV show ''Glee'' by Fox. In 2011, the song ''1000 ships'' with

appeared in the TV show ''

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''. His other songs as a writer and producer include ''I´m in love'' and ''One day'' with Ola (

), ''I'm in love'' together with

Shellback (record producer) Karl Johan Schuster (; born 1 February 1985), known professionally as Shellback, is a Swedish record producer and songwriter. He was listed as the No. 1 producer of 2012 on '' Billboard'' magazine's year end chart, and he also topped the list of ...

. During 2017-2018 Kermit's been involved in

NoNoNo NoNoNo (stylised as NONONO) is a Swedish indie rock band formed in 2012. Their debut single, "Pumpin Blood", has charted in Europe and the US, peaking at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart and at number 32 on the Pop Songs ...

's new album "Undertones". In 2024 - 2025 Kermit released two new artists, IDA-L and ASTRID (an indie-synt pop duo from Sweden).

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