Alex Karlsson
Alex Karlsson | |
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| Birth name | Alexander Magnus Karlsson |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
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Alexander Magnus Karlsson, known professionally as Alex Karlsson, is a Swedish songwriter, producer, and singer. He has worked on K-pop songs such as AleXa's "Bomb" (2019),[1] BTS's "We Are Bulletproof : The Eternal" (2020), Super M's "Tiger Inside" (2020), Enhypen's "Fever" (2021), TXT's "Loser=Lover" (2021), and ATEEZ's "Bouncy" (2023) and "WORK" (2024).
In 2023, Karlsson gave a talk titled "Has K-pop prepared us for the metaverse?"[2] at the TEDx conference in Brunkebergstorg,[3] exploring the theme of sense of belonging.
Discography
As featuring / co-lead artist
| Year | Song | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | "Holy Water"[4] | Navarra | Non-album single |
| 2022 | "Heart's On Fire"[5] | IMLAY | Non-album single |
| 2023 | "CRUSH"[6] | Kimotion, Alex Karlsson, Romain Saha | Non-album single |
| 2023 | "Gravity"[7] | BELLMAN, Middle Milk | Non-album single |
As producer / songwriter
All credits are adapted from Korea Music Copyright Association unless stated otherwise.[8]
| Year | Song | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | "Holiday" | Henry | Trap |
| 2015 | "Ghost" | Alex & The Talai Lama | Ghost |
| 2017 | "Sunnuntaisin" | Janne Orden | Sunnuntaisin |
| "Six Feet Underwater" | JeL | The Cold War Chronicles | |
| "Talk All Night" | |||
| "Crazy Enough" | |||
| "Long Gone" | |||
| "Funk Like We Used To" | Funk Like We Used To | ||
| 2018 | "Undercover" | Shinee | The Story Of Light |
| "Moondance" | B.A.P | E.G.O | |
| 2019 | "Slowing Me Down" | JeL | Slowing Me Down |
| "Down 4 Life" | Down 4 Life | ||
| "This Life" | Key | Face | |
| "Heads Up" | Super Junior | Time Slip | |
| "Human" | Yuta Sueyoshi | Wonder Hack | |
| "Rainbow" | Twice | Feel Special | |
| "Bomb" | AleXa | Bomb | |
| "Q&A" | Cherry Bullet | Q&A | |
| "Miss Ping Pong" | GWSN | The Park In The Night Part Two | |
| "Dynamite" | Nicky Romero, Mike Williams, Amber Shepard | Dynamite | |
| "Fireflies" | NCT Dream | Fireflies | |
| 2020 | "Ready or Not" | Momoland | Ready or Not |
| "Chained Up" | Now United | Chained Up | |
| "NANANA" | MCND | Earth Age | |
| "슈퍼엠 '호랑이" (Tiger Inside) | SuperM | Super One | |
| "We are Bulletproof: The Eternal" | BTS | Map of the Soul: 7 | |
| "Kitty Run" | AleXa | Do or Die | |
| "Head Above the Water" | Steve Forest, Te Pai | Head above the water | |
| 2021 | "Addicted" | Baekhyun | Baekhyun |
| "Good Time" | WayV | Kick Back | |
| "kasmala" | Alamat | kasmala | |
| "Fever" | ENHYPEN | Border: Carnival | |
| "Mixed Up" | |||
| "Tattoo" | AleXa | Tattoo | |
| "Follow Me" | Cherry Bullet | Cherry Rush | |
| "Keep Your Head Up" | |||
| "Loser=Lover" | Tomorrow X Together | The Chaos Chapter: Freeze | |
| "MOA Diary" | |||
| "Far" | NCT 127 | Sticker | |
| "Flipping a Coin" | Billlie | The Billage of Perception: Chapter One | |
| "Tamed-Dashed" | ENHYPEN | Dimension: Dilemma | |
| "Blessed-Cursed" | |||
| "Attention, Please!" | |||
| "Drip Drop" | MA55IVE THE RAMPAGE | Drip Drop | |
| 2022 | "Papercut" | SixTones | City |
| "Chandelier" | Cravity | Liberty: In Our Cosmos | |
| "Snap Snap" | Red Velvet | Bloom | |
| "Arcade" | NCT Dream | Glitch Mode | |
| "Thursday's Child Has Far To Go" | Tomorrow X Together | Minisode 2: Thursday's Child | |
| "Paradoxxx Invasion" | ENHYPEN | Manifesto: Day 1 | |
| "BAD 4 U" | Baekho | Absolute Zero | |
| "Taste The Feeling" | Tempest | On and On | |
| "Trigger" | CNBLUE | Let It Shine | |
| "Everyday" | Super Junior | The Road | |
| "Sunny Road" | NCT 127 | Non-album single | |
| "Haven't Found You Yet" | Blue | Heart & Soul | |
| 2023 | "Cat Call" | Sixtones | Koe |
| "Parallel Parallel" | TVXQ | Parallel Parallel | |
| "Blah Blah" | The Boyz | Be Awake | |
| "Wild Heart" | Lun8 | Continue? | |
| "This World" | ATEEZ | The World EP.2: Outlaw | |
| "Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers)" | |||
| "WE KNOW" | The World EP.Fin: Will | ||
| "Skateboard" | NCT Dream | ISTJ | |
| "Sacrifice (Eat Me Up)" | ENHYPEN | DARK BLOOD | |
| "Not Enough" | F.T. Island | Sage | |
| "True Romance" | F-R-I-E-N-DS | ||
| "Beam me up (3D)" | Superkind | Profiles of the Future (Λ) : 70% | |
| "FIREWORK" | &TEAM | First Howling : NOW | |
| "月が綺麗ですね (The moon is beautiful)" | |||
| "Flash Forward" | LE SSERAFIM | UNFORGIVEN | |
| "Nice & Slow" | Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe | PSYCHIC FILE I | |
| "Till The Dawn" | Travis Japan | Road to A | |
| 2024 | "Trainwreck" | Lee Jin-hyuk | NEW QUEST: JUNGLE |
| "KICK IT" | WHIB | ETERNAL YOUTH : KICK IT | |
| "BLIND" | ATEEZ | Golden Hour: Part.1 | |
| "WORK" | |||
| "WORK Pt.2 - ATEEZ X Don Diablo" | ATEEZ, Don Diablo | WORK Pt.2 - ATEEZ X Don Diablo | |
| "WORK PT.3 ATEEZ X Eden-ary" | ATEEZ, Eden-ary | WORK Pt.3 - ATEEZ X Eden-ary | |
| "WORK Pt.4 - ATEEZ X G-Eazy" | ATEEZ, G-Eazy | WORK Pt.4 - ATEEZ X G-Eazy | |
| "SHOCK" | All(H)Ours | WITNESS | |
| "Road" | Hwasa | O | |
| "HI-DE-HO" | INI | THE VIEW | |
| "Heart on the Window" | Jin, Wendy | Happy - :') (Remixes) | |
| "Candle Light" | THE BOYZ | Last Kiss | |
| "Dance Again" | TWICE | DIVE | |
| "THE HEAT" | Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe | PSYCHIC FILE II | |
| "Gorgeous" | Tony Yu | Spatial Recorder | |
| "Today" | HiHi Jets | Today | |
| "Sweater" | Lil Ghost, Sueco | Sweater | |
| "GOTCHA" | All(H)Ours | ALL HOURS | |
| "i'm okay" | AleXa | i'm okay | |
| "bye, bye" | MIZUKI | bye, bye | |
| "CHOO CHOO" | NCT Wish | Wishful | |
| "Right Now" | LAY | STEP | |
| "Staring At The Sun" | |||
| "Human In You" | |||
| "I'm Still Learning" | |||
| 2025 | "Skyfall" | KINO | Skyfall |
| "Pitter-Patter-Love" | Fantasy Boys | SHINE THE WAY | |
| "Under The Armor" | AleXa | Sugarcoat | |
| "Last Dance" | Eunhyuk | TIMESCAPE | |
| "Wolken" | Flaire | De Tijd | |
| "In Your Fantasy" | ATEEZ | Golden Hour: Part.3 'In Your Fantasy Edition' |
References
- ^ AleXa – Bomb (English Version), retrieved August 23, 2022
- ^ Karlsson, Alex (March 24, 2023), Has K-pop prepared us for the metaverse?, retrieved April 6, 2023
- ^ "TEDxBrunkebergstorg | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ^ IMLAY 'Heart's On Fire (Feat. Alex Karlsson)' MV, retrieved September 14, 2022
- ^ Holy Water, retrieved September 14, 2022
- ^ Kimotion - Topic (April 6, 2023). CRUSH. Retrieved April 11, 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ Linc Music (June 23, 2023). BELLMAN + Middle milk - Feat. Alex Karlsson - Gravity (Official Visulizer). Retrieved April 11, 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ "저작자 저작물 조회 팝업 | 전체검색 | 한국음악저작권협회". www.komca.or.kr. Retrieved April 6, 2023.