Robin Lundbäck (born 17 May 1994), known professionally as Boy in Space, is a Swedish singer-songwriter and musician from

Alingsås Alingsås () is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Alingsås Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 24,482 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Geographically the city is situated by the outlet of the small rivulet Säv ...

, Sweden. His

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refers to his personality, which he has described as "spacey". Before starting his solo career, Lundbäck was one of the members in the Swedish boy band JTR. The band participated in the fifth season of '' The X Factor Australia'' and has released two studio albums.

Career and background

Lundbäck was born and raised in Alingsås in Sweden which is also the place where he currently resides and creates music. His moniker has been described as the following: "To be 'In Space' is to exist in the in-between. It's not quite the beginning but it's so far from the end. It's standing apart from those who've found their conventional fit in this world, and recognizing that to be different is to be special. It's the courage to depart the familiar to a destination unknown. The 'space' is the intensity of youth. The cold sting of heartbreak. The suffocation of betrayal. And the fiery passion of young love". In an interview with Wonderland magazine, Lundbäck said that he was set to perform with American singer and songwriter

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, which he did in 2019. He was supposed to perform solo in London in 2020, but was cancelled or delayed to 2021 or 2022 due to the

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. Furthermore, Lundbäck announced a European Tour Support together with

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and he also was supposed to perform at "

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in Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham from 22nd to 24th May 2020. However, the performances were either delayed or cancelled due to the

. In 2018, Lundbäck released his first single as a solo artist, called "Goodbye". He released two more singles that year, "Give Me" and "California". In 2019, he released the singles "7UP", "Drown" and "Cold", with the latter having received close to 90 million streams on

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. Lundbäck subsequently released a remix for the song "7UP", which he created with Tiger Tom (Tom Lundbäck), his brother, who also was a member of the band JTR. A music video was released for Boy In Space's song "Caroline", which by ''

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'' magazine was described as " ''Alice in Wonderland''-Inspired". The song "u n eye" has been described as a "R&B-infused pop track". Lundbäck has also spoken regarding the songwriting of "Drown", saying that "I undbäckwas actually watching ''

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'' on

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and I watched the episode where Ross and Rachel break up. I don't know why, but it made me so irrationally sad. It reminded me of when my parents got divorced when I was younger, and I felt like I had to put that energy somewhere… so I went into the studio and wrote 'Drown' later that day." In 2019, Lundbäck performed the song at

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. He also sang his single "On A Prayer", which in the original song features vocals and songwriting from

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. Lundbäck released a live version of "u n eye" on 27 March 2020. On 1 May 2020, Lundbäck released a cover of Alphavilles song " Forever Young" as a single. Regarding the release of the cover, Lundbäck stated that "The song has a message that is timeless for all generations and I'm proud to join the ever-growing list of talented artists who have covered it." In 2021, he released a song titled "

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" with the Norwegian DJ

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and music producer

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Discography

Extended plays

* ''Live'' (2020) * ''Frontyard'' (2021) * ''Backyard'' (2022) * ''Copium'' (2024)

Singles

As lead artist

As a featured artist

Remixes

With JTR

Albums

Singles

Tours

Supporting

: ''Caught in the Middle World Tour'' (2019) *

: ''love is not dying European Tour'' (2020; cancelled due

)

References

{{Reflist Swedish pop singers Swedish male songwriters 21st-century Swedish singer-songwriters 21st-century Swedish male singers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Alingsås Musicians from Västra Götaland County