Music nowadays has become one of the most significant parts of our lives. It’s always there for us to enjoy, explore and make us feel various kinds of emotions. Everything we do, music finds its way to be with us.
Expanding our DON’T STOP THE MUSIC Instagram series, you can expect articles about different musicians, songs, albums and other music projects!
To start off this series, we would like to introduce you to a young Swedish singer-songwriter, Clara Klingenström.
Clara is a 26-year-old artist and songwriter from Sweden. She writes pop and pop-rock music in Swedish, with very raw lyrics and a very nostalgic, dreamy and calm sound. Coming from a musical family, she was influenced at a very young age and started writing her own music at the age of six. Living in the small town of Garda in Gotland, she was inspired and determined to succeed.
Her passion led her to move out of her hometown and start to study at Rytmus Musikgymnasium at the age of 16. Sadly, she had to drop out because of mental issues, but that didn’t stop her from fulfilling her music dreams. She was longing for something more and moved to Miami. There she found her sound, influences and inspiration. She came back ready to start her music career.
In early 2019, she was signed to Freebird Entertainment and released her first single “Ensam i en stad” which was well received and Clara made her TV debut during the summer of 2019.
After various singles and modest success, Clara participated in Melodifestivalen 2021 with her song ''Behöver inte dig idag''. It quickly became a huge success, peaking at 3rd place on the Swedish Singellista Chart (Singles Chart), being awarded a platinum certification from Swedish Recording Industry Association and having reached more than 17 million streams on Spotify. Being one of the fan's favorites, she made it to the finals and was 5th, being 3rd in the public televoting with 1 445 605 votes.
That same year, her debut album ''Claras dagbok'' (Clara’s diary) came out. The album consists of 17 songs Clara wrote from when she was 11 years old to today.
She was nominated for numerous awards, including a Swedish Grammy for "Newcomer of the Year", and she even won a Rockbjörnen award in 2021 for ''Breakthrough artist of the year''.
In collaboration with Spotify Sweden, she released her latest single "Nu kan du få mig så lätt" for the ’’Made in Sweden’’ music playlist project. The song explores love and a wish for a loved person; the summer-like, fuzzy, nostalgic, dreamy, film-like sounds uniquely combined with her strong vocals is what Clara is recognised and praised for. This single peaked at number 20 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart and is currently streamed more than 700 000 times on Spotify.
Nu kan du få mig så lätt:
Made in Sweden playlist:
Now, Clara is on a major tour across her country and still making music on the go. She is inspired to make more and we are looking forward to hearing new music from her!
Nikola Jakovljević 16 July 2022
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