Alex Karlsson

{{Infobox musical artist

| background = person

| name = Alex Karlsson

| birth_name = Alexander Magnus Karlsson

| genre = {{hlist|K-pop|Pop|EDM}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Songwriter|Record producer|Singer}}

| years_active = 2017–present

| label = {{hlist|EKKO Music Rights}}

}}

Alexander Magnus Karlsson, known professionally as Alex Karlsson, is a Swedish

songwriter, producer, and singer. He has worked on K-pop songs such as AleXa's "Bomb" (2019),{{Citation |title=AleXa – Bomb (English Version) |url=https://genius.com/Alexa-bomb-english-version-lyrics |access-date=2022-08-23}} BTS's "We Are Bulletproof : The Eternal" (2020), Super M's "Tiger Inside" (2020), Enhypen's "Fever" (2021), TXT's "Loser=Lover" (2021), and ATEEZ's "Bouncy" (2023) and "WORK" (2024).

In 2023, Karlsson gave a talk titled "Has K-pop prepared us for the metaverse?"{{Citation |last=Karlsson |first=Alex |title=Has K-pop prepared us for the metaverse? |date=2023-03-24 |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_karlsson_has_k_pop_prepared_us_for_the_metaverse |access-date=2023-04-06}} at the TEDx conference in Brunkebergstorg,{{Cite web |title=TEDxBrunkebergstorg {{!}} TED |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/51549 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=www.ted.com}} exploring the theme of sense of belonging.

Discography

= As featuring / co-lead artist =

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2018

|"Holy Water"{{Citation |title=IMLAY 'Heart's On Fire (Feat. Alex Karlsson)' MV |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5xTBsoVBgc |access-date=2022-09-14 |language=en}}

|Navarra

|Non-album single

2022

|"Heart's On Fire"{{Citation |title=Holy Water |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAebxRB_6y4 |access-date=2022-09-14 |language=en}}

|IMLAY

|Non-album single

2023

|"CRUSH"{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWoylm8uHjU |title=CRUSH |date=2023-04-06 |last=Kimotion - Topic |access-date=2025-04-11 |via=YouTube}}

|Kimotion, Alex Karlsson, Romain Saha

|Non-album single

2023

|"Gravity"{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhMptmFvkww |title=BELLMAN + Middle milk - Feat. Alex Karlsson - Gravity (Official Visulizer) |date=2023-06-23 |last=Linc Music |access-date=2025-04-11 |via=YouTube}}

|BELLMAN, Middle Milk

|Non-album single

= As producer / songwriter =

All credits are adapted from Korea Music Copyright Association unless stated otherwise.{{Cite web |title=저작자 저작물 조회 팝업 {{!}} 전체검색 {{!}} 한국음악저작권협회 |url=https://www.komca.or.kr/srch2/srch_01_popup_mem_right.jsp?S_MB_CD=Z0502899 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=www.komca.or.kr}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

! rowspan="1" |Year

! rowspan="1" style="width:16em;" |Song

! rowspan="1" style="width:12em;" |Artist(s)

! rowspan="1" style="width:10em;" |Album

2013

|"Holiday"

|Henry

|Trap

2015

|"Ghost"

|Alex & The Talai Lama

|Ghost

rowspan="6" |2017

|"Sunnuntaisin"

|Janne Orden

|Sunnuntaisin

"Six Feet Underwater"

| rowspan="5" |JeL

| rowspan="4" |The Cold War Chronicles

"Talk All Night"

"Crazy Enough"

"Long Gone"

"Funk Like We Used To"

|Funk Like We Used To

rowspan="2" |2018

|"Undercover"

|Shinee

|The Story Of Light

"Moondance"

|B.A.P

|E.G.O

rowspan="11" |2019

|"Slowing Me Down"

| rowspan="2" |JeL

|Slowing Me Down

"Down 4 Life"

|Down 4 Life

"This Life"

|Key

|Face

"Heads Up"

|Super Junior

|Time Slip

"Human"

|Yuta Sueyoshi

|Wonder Hack

"Rainbow"

|Twice

|Feel Special

"Bomb"

|AleXa

|Bomb

"Q&A"

|Cherry Bullet

|Q&A

"Miss Ping Pong"

|GWSN

|The Park In The Night Part Two

"Dynamite"

|Nicky Romero, Mike Williams, Amber Shepard

|Dynamite

"Fireflies"

|NCT Dream

|Fireflies

rowspan="7" |2020

|"Ready or Not"

|Momoland

|Ready or Not

"Chained Up"

|Now United

|Chained Up

"NANANA"

|MCND

|Earth Age

"슈퍼엠 '호랑이" (Tiger Inside)

|SuperM

|Super One

"We are Bulletproof: The Eternal"

|BTS

|Map of the Soul: 7

"Kitty Run"

|AleXa

|Do or Die

"Head Above the Water"

|Steve Forest, Te Pai

|Head above the water

rowspan="16" |2021

|"Addicted"

|Baekhyun

|Baekhyun

"Good Time"

|WayV

|Kick Back

"kasmala"

|Alamat

|kasmala

"Fever"

| rowspan="2" |ENHYPEN

| rowspan="2" |Border: Carnival

"Mixed Up"

"Tattoo"

|AleXa

|Tattoo

"Follow Me"

| rowspan="2" |Cherry Bullet

| rowspan="2" |Cherry Rush

"Keep Your Head Up"

"Loser=Lover"

| rowspan="2" |Tomorrow X Together

| rowspan="2" |The Chaos Chapter: Freeze

"MOA Diary"

"Far"

|NCT 127

|Sticker

"Flipping a Coin"

|Billlie

|The Billage of Perception: Chapter One

"Tamed-Dashed"

| rowspan="3" |ENHYPEN

| rowspan="3" |Dimension: Dilemma

"Blessed-Cursed"

"Attention, Please!"

"Drip Drop"

|MA55IVE THE RAMPAGE

|Drip Drop

rowspan="12" |2022

|"Papercut"

|SixTones

|City

"Chandelier"

|Cravity

|Liberty: In Our Cosmos

"Snap Snap"

|Red Velvet

|Bloom

"Arcade"

|NCT Dream

|Glitch Mode

"Thursday's Child Has Far To Go"

|Tomorrow X Together

|Minisode 2: Thursday's Child

"Paradoxxx Invasion"

|ENHYPEN

|Manifesto: Day 1

"BAD 4 U"

|Baekho

|Absolute Zero

"Taste The Feeling"

|Tempest

|On and On

"Trigger"

|CNBLUE

|Let It Shine

"Everyday"

|Super Junior

|The Road

"Sunny Road"

|NCT 127

|Non-album single

"Haven't Found You Yet"

|Blue

|Heart & Soul

rowspan="17" |2023

|"Cat Call"

|Sixtones

|Koe

"Parallel Parallel"

|TVXQ

|Parallel Parallel

"Blah Blah"

|The Boyz

|Be Awake

"Wild Heart"

|Lun8

|Continue?

"This World"

| rowspan="3" |ATEEZ

| rowspan="2" |The World EP.2: Outlaw

"Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers)"

"WE KNOW"

|The World EP.Fin: Will

"Skateboard"

| NCT Dream

| ISTJ

"Sacrifice (Eat Me Up)"

|ENHYPEN

|DARK BLOOD

"Not Enough"

| rowspan="2" |F.T. Island

|Sage

"True Romance"

|F-R-I-E-N-DS

"Beam me up (3D)"

|Superkind

|Profiles of the Future (Λ) : 70%

"FIREWORK"

| rowspan="2" |&TEAM

| rowspan="2" |First Howling : NOW

"月が綺麗ですね (The moon is beautiful)"

"Flash Forward"

|LE SSERAFIM

|UNFORGIVEN

"Nice & Slow"

|Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe

|PSYCHIC FILE I

"Till The Dawn"

|Travis Japan

|Road to A

rowspan="25" |2024

|"Trainwreck"

|Lee Jin-hyuk

|NEW QUEST: JUNGLE

"KICK IT"

|WHIB

|ETERNAL YOUTH : KICK IT

"BLIND"

| rowspan="2" |ATEEZ

| rowspan="2" |Golden Hour: Part.1

"WORK"

"WORK Pt.2 - ATEEZ X Don Diablo"

|ATEEZ, Don Diablo

|WORK Pt.2 - ATEEZ X Don Diablo

"WORK PT.3 ATEEZ X Eden-ary"

|ATEEZ, Eden-ary

|WORK Pt.3 - ATEEZ X Eden-ary

"WORK Pt.4 - ATEEZ X G-Eazy"

|ATEEZ, G-Eazy

|WORK Pt.4 - ATEEZ X G-Eazy

"SHOCK"

|All(H)Ours

|WITNESS

"Road"

|Hwasa

"HI-DE-HO"

|INI

|THE VIEW

"Heart on the Window"

|Jin, Wendy

|Happy - :') (Remixes)

"Candle Light"

|THE BOYZ

|Last Kiss

"Dance Again"

|TWICE

|DIVE

"THE HEAT"

|Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe

|PSYCHIC FILE II

"Gorgeous"

|Tony Yu

|Spatial Recorder

"Today"

|HiHi Jets

|Today

"Sweater"

|Lil Ghost, Sueco

|Sweater

"GOTCHA"

|All(H)Ours

|ALL HOURS

"i'm okay"

|AleXa

|i'm okay

"bye, bye"

|MIZUKI

|bye, bye

"CHOO CHOO"

|NCT Wish

|Wishful

"Right Now"

| rowspan="4" |LAY

| rowspan="4" |STEP

"Staring At The Sun"

"Human In You"

"I'm Still Learning"

rowspan="5" |2025

|"Skyfall"

|KINO

|Skyfall

"Pitter-Patter-Love"

|Fantasy Boys

|SHINE THE WAY

"Under The Armor"

|AleXa

|Sugarcoat

"Last Dance"

|Eunhyuk

|TIMESCAPE

"Wolken"

|Flaire

|De Tijd

References

External links

[https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_karlsson_has_k_pop_prepared_us_for_the_metaverse "Has K-pop prepared us for the metaverse?" (TEDxBrunkebergstorg, 2023)]

Category:Living people

Category:Swedish record producers

Category:Swedish male songwriters

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)