Ida Carolina Redig (born 10 July 1987), also known as Girl, is a Swedish singer, actress, music producer and songwriter. She participated in

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in the second semi-final with the song "Allting som vi sa", where she placed fifth and got eliminated. In recent years, Redig has mainly written her lyrics in Swedish. As a

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, she has, among other things, been nominated for SKAPS' "Music Producer of the Year" award.

Career

In 2007, she had one of the leading roles when she played the character Annica in the

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TV-series ''

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'' She released her debut album, ''Standing Here'', with the record label

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. In 2013, she wrote the song "Let's Make Love" and performed "Everywhere" for the film '' Love and Lemons'' starring Rakel Wärmländer and

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. As Girl she wrote and produced the music and soundtrack for several TV commercials such as

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and Coop along with the soundtrack to Kanal5 TV series ''

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''. She released her second album, ''Thou Shall Not Be a Pussy'', in 2014. Redig has performed on television shows such as SVT (''Det kungliga bröllopet''), TV4 (''

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''), SR (''

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'') and ZTV. She has toured with

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. She participated in

in the second semi-final with the song "Allting som vi sa", where she placed fifth and got eliminated.Ida Redig är med i Melodifestivalen för att vinna
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Singles

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Redig, Ida 1987 births Living people Musicians from Gothenburg Swedish women songwriters 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers English-language singers from Sweden