Darin (singer)

[2] He grew up in a musical family and began singing at an early age, citing Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston as some of his biggest inspirations.The album included the singles "Breathing Your Love", a duet with American singer Kat DeLuna, "Runaway" and "What If", a song which was released in collaboration with Friends, a Swedish anti-bullying charity.[10] The album of the same name was released in August 2010 and included the singles Viva la Vida[broken anchor], You're Out of My Life, "Can't Stop Love", "Microphone" and "Lovekiller".In October 2012 Swedish television network TV4 aired the first episode of the third season of Så mycket bättre featuring Darin, a reality TV show in which each artist attempts to do their own version of another artists well-known songs, with each person getting an episode featuring a selection of their songs being performed by the other musicians.Darin performed six songs in the show: "Stockholm", "En Apa Som Liknar Dig", "I Can't Get You Off My Mind", "Astrologen", "Magdalena" and "Seven Days a Week".Darin had spent time in the US working with worldwide known producers and songwriters such as Jim Beanz, The Jackie Boyz, Victoria "Lady V" Horn to make the album, Exit.In May 2013 a new single titled "So Yours" was released in Europe due to a performance as the interval act during the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö.[citation needed] In March 2015 Darin released his first single "Ta mig tillbaka" from his (then) upcoming Swedish album Fjärilar i magen.In 2015, Darin was signed by Sony Music for all the Asian countries, including the Middle East for his previous English album Exit.During the spring of 2018, Darin embarked on a concert hall tour with 25 stops, including three sold-out nights at Cirkus in Stockholm.On October 26, 2018, Darin released the new single "Identitetslös" ("Identityless") as well as concert tickets for his first arena tour in Sweden.[13][14] During the same month, he also announced the dates for his summer tour, where he would, among other places, perform at Skansen in Stockholm and Dalhalla outside Rättvik.Miss Li, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Daniela Rathana, and Maja Ivarsson were among the artists who appeared as guests during the concert.[15] During the spring, Darin released the song "Can’t Stay Away," which he co-wrote with British songwriter and producer Jamie Hartman.In another interview with Aftonbladet, he mentioned that he intended the song to "breathe gay culture, colors, 70s, energy, and playfulness" and to be "queer and sexy" in a way that the public had not seen him before.He stated that his intention with the tour was to get close to the audience and share his thoughts behind the music and lyrics, doing so in some of the country's finest theaters.In this program, Darin interviewed artists and songwriters Zara Larsson, Nina Nesbitt, Bryan Higgins, and Jörgen Elofsson.On May 24, Darin paid tribute to songwriter Diane Warren at the Polar Music Prize with a performance of her song "Because You Loved Me".The success in Italy resulted in Darin receiving a request from the Vatican to perform at their annual televised concert Conerto di Natale in December.[37] In an interview with Spindle magazine, Darin shared, "I met with [Harris and Hurr] and another writer, Jordan Shaw, in London, and this was the first song that we wrote together.