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Joonas
Joonas is a London-based, Norwegian-born artist who is known for his musical balancing act between the commercial and the crazy.

Joonas is a very passionate and intimate artist who is driven by the idea that love should be the biggest factor in any decision, and he lives by his own mantra: LET LOVE LEAD.

Growing up he always found himself as the odd one out in his friend groups, but after a long time discovered that this was his greatest strength. Through his music he wants to take you on a journey through the parts of life that we might not be able to see, the parts of life that borders to the realm of fantasy, but still the parts of life we all need to escape to sometimes.

Joonas is an experienced singer and performer who has performed around the world in various shows and concerts. With his unique voice, large range and inspired stage presence, he really got to develop his own style.

In 2022 Joonas released his first single Psycho Ex-Boyfriend. The singles Hazel Eyes, Taking it Good and Bednight Stories followed the same year and together became the EP, Bednight Stories.

In 2023 Joonas released Live a Little (Gold), Swimming Pool and Heavy Water. His lates single in 2024 released in April and is called Lying On My Back.

Early life and education
Joonas was born on 14 July 1995 in Norway.

He attended Bårdar Akademiet from 2014 where he studied muscial theatre for 3 years.

Music
In 2022 Joonas released his first single Psycho Ex-Boyfriend. The singles Hazel Eyes, Taking it Good and Bednight Stories followed the same year and together became the EP, Bednight Stories.

In 2023 Joonas released Live a Little (Gold), Swimming Pool and Heavy Water. His lates single in 2024 released in April and is called Lying On My Back.

Music videos
Joonas created his first music video for Psycho Ex-Boyfriend together with directors Philip Reinking & Thomas James Linton. The music video was inspired by old horror movies. The official music video for this song was followed by a lyric video and a live performance video.

His music video for the single Hazel Eyes was made in Italy together with directors Luca Grazioli & Davide Bianco. This single also got a lyric video which was filmed and edited by Joonas himself using an old 80s analog film camera.

The single Taking it Good also got a lyric video created by Joonas, and a official video filmed in Italy together with director Francesco Sorresina.

Bednight Stories was filmed in London with directors Philip Reinking & Thomas James Linton.

His song Live A Little (Gold) was also filmed in London with director Harry Baker.

Heavy Water was heavily inspired by Arcade games and was filmed in London with director João Amante.

Musical Theatre
Before becoming a singer-songwriter Joonas worked as a muscial theatre artist in Oslo, New York and London. His debut role in Oslo was the understudy as Grey Brother in The Jungle Book in 2017. In 2018 he got a role in Hair the musical at Oslo Nye. He then moved on to becoming the lead soloist at the Aida Cruise Ships, sailing all over the world.

Discography

 * Psycho Ex-Boyfriend (2022)
 * Hazel Eyes (2022)
 * Taking it Good (2022)
 * Bednight Stories (2022)
 * Live a Little (Gold) (2023)
 * Swimming Pool (2023)
 * Heavy Water (2023)
 * Lying on My Back (2024)