Anderz Wrethov Explained

Anderz Wrethov
Birth Name:Anderz Wrethov
Birth Date:11 April 1979
Birth Place:Trelleborg, Sweden
Genre:Pop, rock, dance-pop, pop rock, Europop, R&B
Occupation:Songwriter, producer

Anders Wrethov (born 11 April 1979) professionally known as Anderz Wrethov, is a Swedish songwriter and producer. He is an accomplished songwriter as part of Melodifestivalen, in which he has written 38 competing entries, the fourth most of all songwriters, winning twice in 2019 and 2021.

Biography

Wrethov was born in Trelleborg and grew up in Vellinge. He graduated from Musikhögskolan in Malmö in 2002.[1] He sings and plays the piano and the guitar.

He began learning to play the guitar at the age of seven, and also took piano lessons. In the 1980s he started listening to hard rock music, and playing the electric guitar.[2]

Since graduating from Musikhögskolan, where he studied guitar, piano and song, he has worked as a producer and songwriter.

Career

Wrethov has worked with a number of artists in Sweden and abroad; he and his sister Elin were part of the songwriting team for the song Always, the Azerbaijani entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, which placed in third in the final.[3] He has also co-written and produced songs for Melodifestivalen, the Swedish qualifying contest for the Eurovision Song Contest, several times. In 2018 he co-wrote the Cypriot entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, Fuego performed by Eleni Foureira which placed second in the competition. In 2019 he co-wrote four of the entries,[4] including the winning song, "Too Late For Love". In 2021, he was part of the team that wrote and produced the song "Voices", which won the Melodifestivalen in that year. He also wrote the official song for the Swedish football team for the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011.

In 2011, Wrethov released his first single and made his debut as a singer.

In 2015, for the Japanese release of the film "", Marvel Japan recruited Wrethov to compose an original song,[5] "In Memories", an emotional ballad that also featured in the movie’s Japanese trailers.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ahlbäck . Thérèse . Anderz Wrethov - skånsk mångmiljonspelad melodifestivalvinnare! . . 10 March 2019 . 5 May 2021.
  2. News: Lundh . Simon . Popfabrikören från Vellinge . Skånska Dagbladet . 24 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180501112442/https://www.skd.se/2017/02/24/444792/ . 1 May 2018.
  3. Book: Barclay, Simon. Eurovision Song Contest – The Complete & Independent Guide 2010. 17 June 2010 . 5 May 2021. Simon Barclay. 978-1-4457-8415-1. 144–.
  4. News: Meierkord . Åsa . Låtrekord för Anderz Wrethov . Lokaltidningen . 1 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181201121848/http://vellinge.lokaltidningen.se/nyheter/2018-12-01/-L%C3%A5trekord-f%C3%B6r-Anderz-Wrethov-3638328.html . 1 December 2018.
  5. Web site: The Japanese Pop Cover of the 'Ghostbusters' Theme Isn't All That Strange . 28 June 2016 .