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Early life

Zitron was born to a Finnish-Romani father and a Finnish mother, and grew up in Tensta, Stockholm. He attended a Finnish-language school until he was 12 years old.


Music career


2018: ''VCATION''

On 27 July 2018, Michel Zitron along with John Martin launch a new music project called "VCATION". This was followed by the duo's debut single under this name entitled "Lay Low". Their second single, "When We Went Gold", was released on 21 September 2018.
/ref> VCATION's first song of 2019 was released on 18 January and was called "Whiskey and Cola".


Discography


Singles


As featured artist


Songwriting and production credits


Releases under an alias


As VCATION (with John Martin)


Awards and nominations


Grammis Awards


Notes


References


External links


Michel Zitron swedishcharts.com
Swedish male singer-songwriters Swedish record producers Living people 1981 births Place of birth missing (living people) Swedish people of Finnish descent Swedish people of Romani descent Stmpd Rcrds artists Swedish electronic dance music DJs Musicians from Stockholm {{Sweden-music-bio-stub