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''. Trey Campbell is an American singer and

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. He is best known for his involvement in

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, who represented

Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Bulgaria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Bones (Equinox song), Bones" written by Borislav Milanov, Joacim Persson, Joacim Bo Persson, Trey Campbell and Dag Lundberg. The song was performed by the group Equinox ( ...

. Based in

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, he has written songs for several artists, including

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, and

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. He is known for his involvement in the

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and in fashion modelling.

Early life

Campbell grew up in

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. During his time at elementary and middle school, he was bullied due to his height and obesity, so he began to sing and make music. He later moved to

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, where he joined a small studio and learned how to make music. He was also a background singer at this time, but avoided being a solo singer due to concerns of further bullying due to his size.

Career

Eurovision

Campbell was one of five members of the group

alongside Bulgarian singers Zhana Bergendorff, Georgi Simeonov, and Vladimir Mihaylov, as well as American artist Johnny Manuel. Equinox competed for

with the song "Bones", where Campbell was a singer and co-producer. Equinox finished in 14th place in the final. Despite plans for the group to continue producing music after the contest, they have been inactive since, with each of the members pursuing solo careers in music. One year after representing Bulgaria at

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, Campbell co-wrote the song "

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" by

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, which represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. It finished in 8th place with 302 points.

Fashion

Campbell became closely affiliated with international company

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when he was selected to be part of the first and second

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Men’s presentations. He became the first plus-size male model to walk exclusively for ASOS.

Songwriting and production

Trey has written songs for several artists, including Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha, Alexandra Stan, and Guy Sebastian. He also co-produced the song "Body" by

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. In 2025, Campbell appeared on the

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music

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series '' Hitmakers''.

External links

Trey Campbell’s Instagram page

References

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