Alex Karlsson
Swedish songwriter, producer, and singer
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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), SuperM's "Tiger Inside" (2020), Enhypen's "Fever" (2021), TXT's "Loser=Lover" (2021), as well as ATEEZ's "Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers)" (2023) and "Work" (2024).
Born
Alexander Magnus Karlsson
Occupations
- Songwriter
- record producer
- singer
Years active2017–present
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
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 | Let's Play Cherry Bullet | |
| "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 | |
| "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 Zhang | 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 | |
| "Masterpiece" | Ateez | Golden Hour: Part.3 'In Your Fantasy Edition' | |
| "Now This House Ain’t a Home" | |||
| "In Your Fantasy" | |||
| "Locked n Loaded" | Itzy | Girls Will Be Girls | |
| "Iconic" | Xikers | House of Tricky: Wrecking the House | |
| "Head Shoulders Knees Toes" | TWS | Play Hard | |
| "Trace" | Chanyeol | Hibi (日々) | |
| "Turned Up" | BAE173 | New Chapter: Desear |