A Conversation with CECILIA KALLIN

Artist and songwriter Cecilia Kallin has been a part of the Swedish pop scene since 2010. She started off her career as the lead singer and guitarist in the girl band Timoteij, well-known in Sweden for their characteristic mix of pop and folk music.

With thirteen years in the business including performances in Sweden’s biggest TV show Melodifestivalen, more than 26 million streams on the song Kom alone and 15 major national tours to her name, Cecilia Kallin today releases music as a solo artist. Her most popular songs on Spotify are Play Pretend and her cover of Juni Juli Augusti - both tracks have gained over 2 million streams.

2023 was a successful year for Cecilia Kallin. Together with Joel Núñez, she won second place in the big music competition P4 Next with the country pop duet "Wait for Me". The song placed itself on A-rotation on Sweden’s biggest radio channel and also made it onto the prestigious Swedish top list Svensktoppen.

Now Cecilia releases the sequel to the hit single. The new song is called "Coming Home" and this time Cecilia has chosen her siblings Charles and Michelle Kallin as duet partners. Together they call themselves SIBLINGS.

Cecilia Kallin’s debut EP Honey was released in November 2020 and is a collection of feel-good guitar-based pop songs with a laid-back 90’s vibe, plus an acoustic version of the song Music Won’t Stop. The music and lyrics are written by Kallin herself in collaboration with Bobby Ljunggren, David Lindgren Zacharias and Josef Melin, all recognized songwriters. Cecilia Kallin's second EP Cloud 9, was released in 2023.

In 2021 Cecilia Kallin launched the club music project CERA where she released a Spanish club version of Timoteij’s big hit Kom in collaboration with Universal Music. Listen to CERA and Sí Sí Sí here.

Cecilia is a big fan of music videos and has in a unique collaboration with South Africa Tourism released a music video shot in Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, South Africa. Heaven music video is shot in the streets of Paris, and I Really Like You music video is a tribute to the singer's listeners, who were invited to submit clips of themselves singing along. Music Won’t Stop music video was recorded in Cecilia's home area Södermalm, Stockholm, where she tried her acting skills for the first time.

As a songwriter, Cecilia has a dozen of songs for Swedish, Norwegian and Korean artists on her discography. In 2017 she competed as a songwriter in Melodi Grand Prix Norway and in May 2024 she has a major release with the very popular Korean band ITZY. Check out the Spotify playlist Written by Cecilia Kallin for more.

Cecilia Kallin has also released her own collection as a jewellery designer: Harmony by Cecilia Kallin in collaboration with the Swedish accessory brand SEVEN/EAST.

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