Rhys Clarstedt (born 27 October 1997), better known as simply Rhys, is a Swedish-American singer and songwriter. Her singles "Swallow Your Pride" and "Last Dance" became hits in Sweden. In 2018 she released her debut album ''Stages''.

Early life

Rhys moved to

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from

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at the age of ten with her parents and sister. During this time she showed interest in arts, theater, dance and music, and she participated in several talent shows. She studied music at Kulturama, and theater at Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium.

Career

At the age of eighteen she got to meet music producer

Jörgen Elofsson Kjell Åke Jörgen Elofsson (born 14 January 1962) is a Swedish songwriter. He was one of the writers of the songwriter-team at Cheiron Studios in Stockholm (along with Denniz PoP, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub, Pe ...

to record a demo. Elofsson really liked her voice, and he started to work with her and help her with her music. Her first music single "Swallow Your Pride" was released on 25 November 2016 and was written by Rhys herself and Elofsson. The song was named Song of the Week by

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. Rhys performed in

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on 14 December 2016. On 17 February 2017, she released her next music single called "Last Dance" written by Elofsson. During the summer of 2017 Rhys has performed at Swedish television shows like ''

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'' and '' Lotta på Liseberg''. During the same summer she performed in several music festivals such as Way Out West,

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and

We Are Sthlm We Are Sthlm is an annual youth music festival, intended for youths in the ages 13 until 19, in the Swedish capital Stockholm. It was first established as a summer music festival for youth in 2001 under the name "Ung08" with free yearly public ...

. On 30 August 2017, the US fashion magazine ''

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'' published an article about Rhys, while she appeared at Stockholm Fashion Week.

Discography

Singles

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhys 1997 births Living people 21st-century Swedish women singers 21st-century American women singers American electronic musicians American emigrants to Sweden American women pop singers American women singer-songwriters American women in electronic music Singers from Portland, Oregon Musicians from Stockholm Swedish electronic musicians Swedish pop singers Swedish singer-songwriters Swedish songwriters Swedish women in electronic music English-language singers from Sweden Warner Music Group artists 21st-century American singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters