Wrethov

Already as a child Anderz passion for music, performing and songwriting has been the main thing in life. He started up playing the guitar at the age of seven after hearing dad’s vinyl with Diana Ross and the Supremes.

Some years later he began to take piano lessons and started to write songs with his older sister Elin. He soon had his first live show at the local music school in Vellinge, South Sweden where Anderz is born and raised.

A couple of years later Anderz started up his first band, playing melodic hard rock and they soon won the attention from the local media with their own composed songs and powerful live shows.

Later he also started to produce and write pop and dance songs and found a new way of creating music beyond his rock band. At the age of 16 Anderz formed a new band with a more funky pop sound, Mighty Nice and got his first record deal and released one album in Sweden and Japan.

After graduating from the Malmoe Academy of Music, where Wrethov had studied guitar, piano and song, he got his first break-through as a producer and songwriter. Wrethov began his international career, with several hit songs in Scandinavia, UK and Germany as a result. Later, Wrethov established his name in Japan and South Korea by writing for the biggest J and K-pop stars, generating huge record sales and earning him several gold and platinum awards.

In 2011, Wrethov released his first single and made his debut as a singer. The single ”Runaway” was released in Sweden, Poland and Russia. Anderz also wrote the official song for the Swedish football team for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2011. The song is called ”One Love One Goal” and became his second single. 2012 Wrethov released the third single ”One Life” together with KASE in Poland, Sweden, Russia, Germany, Spain, France. The song topped the airplay charts in Poland. 2013 Wrethov released the next single ”Break Down”, also together with Kase. The song was a huge success in Poland and Kase and Wrethov continuing their collaboration with another radio success ”Kings Of The World”.

Wrethov has participated in the Swedish Melodifestivalen on four occasions. In 2006 with ”Like Fire Tonight” (Günther & The Sunshine Girls) and in 2008 with ”Upp och hoppa” (Frida feat Headline) which made it to the finals. 2013 with ”Jalla Dansa Sawa” (Behrang Miri feat Oscar Zia and Loulou Lamotte). 2014 with ”Aleo” (Mahan Moin). He is one of the writers behind the Arash song ”Always”, which was performed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 for Azerbaijan and which came in third place. As a curiosa – In 1999, he won Sikta mot stjärnorna, the Swedish version of Soundmixshow, performing as Bryan Adams.