WHAT IT IS: Maria Jane Smith and Victor Thell met as teenagers at a local music event in their hometown of Helsingborg in Southern Sweden. Since then, they’ve spent their time establishing themselves as one of Sweden’s most sought-after songwriter/producer combos. They’ve contributed as writers on several Top 10 radio hits, and their songs have already been streamed more than 500m times. Latest single “Forgive Me Friend” has earned platinum certification, entering the Top 3 at radio in Sweden, while going Top 10 at Spotify and spreading across the world.
ALBUM: Telephone Wires
RELEASE DATE: 11/16/18
SINGLE: “Forgive Me Friend”
LIVE: Performing ALT 92.3 Summer Open 6/23 at Forest Hills Stadium with Young the Giant, The Head & The Heart and Fitz and the Tantrums
INTERNET: YouTube Artist on the Rise—video trending with 5.5k+ views per hour and a 99% like ratio; 37m+ overall single streams to date
RADIO: Top 30 and climbing at Alternative and AAA; Alt leaders include WNYL, KROQ, WKQX, KITS, KTCL, KKDO, KQGO, WQMP, WEBN, KRBZ, WWCD, WMRQ; AAA leaders include WXRT, WXRV, KGSR, WRNR
PRESS: Recent live sessions with Paste, City Winery, Perez Hilton; Baeble Music (“You’ll be tapping your foot from the second it starts, and it’ll be stuck in your head all day long”)
BOOKING: Ari Bernstein/ICM
PUBLISHING: Sony/ATV
MANAGEMENT: Jon Allen/Buddy Allen Management; Anders Johansson/Albot & Albot