Ramón Torres Andresen (born 1998) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. He is known for the song "ok jeg lover" (ok I promise) and the follow-up song "17. mai".

Education and career

Andresen is from Ski, Norway. He went to Ski Upper Secondary School, and studied songwriting and production at Kristiania University College. In 2016 he participated in the talent program '' The Stream,'' where he came in fifth place. He signed with

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later the same year. The next year, he sang the 2017 BlimE! song, "Venn''" (Friend)'', together with TRXD. In 2020 he released the EP ''HVIS JEG VÅKNER OPP IGJEN (IF I WAKE UP AGAIN)','' and in 2021 the EP ''SMILE PENT, STÅ I RO'' (''SMILE PRETTY, STAND STILL'') was released Andresen went viral on the video-sharing app TikTok in the summer of 2021, with a video of him talking about his "swimming problem". As of October 31st 2022 the video has 2,7 million views. On 10 June 2022 he and Viktor Leksell released the single "''leilo brenner''" (''the apartment is burning'') together. The song was recorded at one of the

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studios in Stockholm. A week later Andresen performed at VG-Lista Rådhusplassen, together with Viktor Leksell. February 2022 he experienced huge success with the single "ok jeg lover" (ok I promise), which broke the record for most

-plays within a day in Norway, with 605 000 plays. He released his debut album ''Så klart det gjør vondt'' (''Of course it hurts'') on September 30, 2022 with

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. The album placed number one on the Norwegian official record chart,

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. It was well received by the public, but got mixed critical reception by the press.

Personal life

Andresen lives in

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. He defines himself as gay, and has a boyfriend. They met on the dating app

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, and his boyfriend works in the entertainment industry as well.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://ramonofficial.com/ 1998 births Living people Norwegian male singer-songwriters Norwegian singer-songwriters 21st-century Norwegian male singers Norwegian LGBTQ singers Norwegian LGBTQ songwriters