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Sweden Miike Snow is a Swedish indie pop band known for impacting music with their innovative sound and songwriting.
The band began by sharing tracks and remixes on the free music website RCRD LBL that proved successful in the music blogosphere.
"Paddling Out" was featured on the FIFA 13 soundtrack.
"Paddling Out" was featured on the Forza Horizon soundtrack.
"Paddling Out" was used in a new UK Budweiser advertisement.
The song "The Heart of Me" was a frequently used song in the fictional Horizon Pulse radio station in-game for the newly-released Forza Horizon 3 video game.
Miike Snow collaborated with Teenage Engineering and an engineer from Elektronmusikstudion (EMS) to create "The Blob," a custom-built 9 ft × 9 ft hexagonal synthesizer for live performances.
Miike Snow formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2007. The band consists of Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, who were childhood friends and production duo Bloodshy & Avant, and American vocalist Andrew Wyatt. Before forming Miike Snow, Karlsson and Winnberg had achieved significant success as producers and songwriters, working with artists like Madonna, Kylie Minogue, and Kelis. Notably, they won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for Britney Spears’ song “Toxic.” The band adopted an anonymous identity, using a jackalope avatar, before revealing themselves as a three-man group.
The band released their eponymous debut album, “Miike Snow,” in 2009 through Downtown Records. The album received favorable reviews from music critics. Key singles from this album included “Animal” and “Black & Blue,” both of which made a moderate impact on charts in Belgium and the United Kingdom. “Animal” later achieved platinum certification in the United States. Following their debut, Miike Snow released their second studio album, “Happy to You,” in 2012. This album reached the top 50 in Australia, Denmark, Sweden, the UK, and the US, with its lead single “Paddling Out” becoming a top-40 hit in the Netherlands. After extensive touring in 2012, the members pursued individual projects, with Wyatt releasing a solo album, Karlsson forming Galantis, and Winnberg releasing an album with Amason.
The trio reunited in 2014 and released their third studio album, “iii,” in 2016. This album also achieved generally favorable reception and charted in the top 50 in Australia, Canada, Sweden, and the US. “Genghis Khan,” the second single from “iii,” became a top-ten hit on the American Alternative Songs chart and was certified gold in Canada. Miike Snow’s music has been featured in various media, including the FIFA 13 soundtrack and the US Budweiser advertisement, and they have performed at notable music festivals such as SXSW, Coachella, and Lollapalooza. In 2011, Miike Snow received a European Border Breakers Award for their international success.
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