Joakim With Steen (born 26 June 1989), better known as Jowst (stylised in

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), is a Norwegian music producer and songwriter. He represented Norway in the

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alongside vocalist

Aleksander Walmann Aleksander Walmann Åsgården (born 12 January 1986) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 alongside Jowst with the song "Grab the Moment", finishing in 10th place. Early life and caree ...

with the song "

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", finishing in 10th place.

Early life and career

Steen was born in

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and raised in

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. At age 14, his family moved to

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. At the age of fifteen his main focus was guitar,

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, songwriting and band. After finishing his sound and music production education at the renowned Noroff Institute in

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, where he later also worked as a teacher and held lectures in the same field. At the same time he also worked as sound technician and producer for Earport Studios in

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. Joakim started Red Line Studio where he has worked as a sound engineer and producer since 2011. With the project "Making a Hit" and the hit song "Grab the Moment" he is now focusing on his own music under the artist name JOWST, an acronym formed from the first letter of his names. Steen and Norwegian singer

were confirmed to be taking part in ''

Melodi Grand Prix 2017 Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Grab the Moment" written by Joakim With Steen and Jonas McDonnell. The song was performed by Jowst, which is the artistic name of music producer Joakim With Steen, with un ...

'', Norway's national selection for the

, on 7 February 2017. In the final, held on 11 March, JOWST and Walmann received the maximum 12 points from four of the eleven international juries in addition to winning the televote. They subsequently advanced to the gold final, where they won the competition. Norway competed in the second half of the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest, and they managed to advance to the final. In the final, they placed 10th out of 26th. Steen also co-wrote Walmann's song for

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"Talk To The Hand", which progressed to the Gold Final, but failed to progress to the final two, coming fourth in the televote. In October 2022, Steen along with Byron Williams Jr. was announced as one of the 21 competitors for

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with the song "Freaky for the Weekend". They were placed into the 1st semi-final, performing last (7th). They failed to qualify for the finals.

Personal life

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Discography

Singles

;As lead artist ;Promotional singles

Remixes

Production credits

References

External links

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Official Eurovision representation
{{DEFAULTSORT:JOWST Living people 1989 births Norwegian record producers Musicians from Steinkjer Musicians from Kolbotn Melodi Grand Prix winners Norwegian electronic musicians Norwegian dance musicians Eurovision Song Contest entrants