Astrid S

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Astrid Smeplass (born 29 October 1996), known professionally as Astrid S, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. In 2013, she placed fifth in the Norwegian version of Pop Idol, entitled Idol – Jakten på en superstjerne. In 2020, she released her debut studio album, Leave It Beautiful, through Universal.

Astrid S
Astrid S performing in March 2019
Born	Astrid Smeplass (1996-10-29) 29 October 1996 (age 28) Rennebu, Norway
Other names	Astrid
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	2013–present
Musical career
Genres	Pop alternative pop electropop[1]
Instruments	Vocals guitar piano
Labels	Island Universal
Website	astridsofficial.com

Early life

Growing up in the tiny village of Berkåk, Smeplass, played piano at home and flute in her school's marching band. However, she felt classical music was too confining, so she learned guitar and began writing her own songs, inspired by her main influence, John Mayer.^[2] At age 13, Smeplass learned to speak English.^[3]

Career

Smeplass on the VG-Lista red carpet in 2014

16-year-old Smeplass released her first single "Shattered", which was co-written by American singer-songwriter Melanie Fontana, after participating in Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne in 2013. She signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV Music Publishing shortly after. Her first single under her new artist image, "2AM", was released through Universal Music in 2014, releasing in the US the following year. She also released a cover of the single "FourFiveSeconds" by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney. In 2016, she released the song "Hurts So Good", which was included on her debut self-titled extended play, Astrid S.^[4] She also supported Troye Sivan on his European tour. The following year she released her second EP, Party's Over. In 2017, Smeplass provided backing vocals on "Hey Hey Hey" by American singer Katy Perry from her album Witness.^[5]

In 2017, Smeplass's cover of Cezinando's "Vi er perfekt, men verden er ikke det" was featured on the soundtrack of the fourth season of Skam and Smeplass performed it at the award ceremony P3 Gull the same year. On 30 June 2017, she released her second EP, Party's Over, which featured the singles "Breathe" and "Such a Boy". Two weeks later, an acoustic rendition of the EP was released, with an additional song entitled "Mexico". In September 2017, her single "Think Before I Talk" peaked at number 14 on the Swedish charts, where it was later certified platinum. It was also certified gold in Denmark, where it peaked at number nine. In February 2018, Smeplass was awarded Årets Spellemann (Artist of the Year) at the annual Spellemannsprisen, being the first female artist to do so since 2003.^[6] After the release of the song "Emotion", Smeplass joined Years & Years on their UK tour at the end of 2018, followed by her supporting Zara Larsson on her US tour in 2019. In April 2019, Astrid became the face of Fendi's F for Fendi campaign.^[7] She joined 16-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg for her Fridays For Future event in Sweden, performing a cover of "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner.

Smeplass performing at The Observatory OC in Santa Ana, California in 2019

In August 2019, her fourth EP was released, entitled Trust Issues.^[8] The EP features previously released singles "Someone New", "Emotion" and "The First One", in addition to two new released; "Doing To Me" and "Trust Issues".^[9] Smeplass's first release of 2020 was "I Do", a collaboration with country singer Brett Young. The song peaked at number three in Norway.^[10] In September of the same year, Smeplass announced her debut studio album, Leave It Beautiful, which was released on 16 October 2020. It was preceded by the lead single "Dance Dance Dance", as well as the second and third singles, "Marilyn Monroe" and "It's Ok If You Forget Me".^[11]

In 2021, similarities were noted in the lyrics of the French Montana track "How You King?" with the Astrid S song "Jump".^[12] Astrid S retroactively got proper attribution as a co-songwriter and receives compensation on the track.^[13]

That same year, she played Askepott (Cinderella) in Tre nøtter til Askepott (Three Wishes for Cinderella), a Norwegian remake of the 1973 Czechoslovak/East German film Tři oříšky pro Popelku, for which she also released the single "Når Snøen Smelter", her first original Norwegian-language song.^[14][15]

Discography

Main article: Astrid S discography

• Leave It Beautiful (2020)
• Joyride (2024)

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note	Ref.
2016	Skam	House party attender	1 episode; guest appearance	[16]
2018	Astrid S tilbake fra verden	Herself	5 episodes	[17]

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Note	Ref.
2021	Three Wishes for Cinderella	Cinderella		[18]

Concert tours

Headlining

• Party's Over World Tour (2017)
• World Tour Part_One (2020)

Supporting

• Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood Tour (2016)
• Troye Sivan – Suburbia Tour (2016)
• Years & Years – Palo Santo Tour (2018)
• Zara Larsson – Don't Worry Bout Me Tour (2019)

Awards and nominations

Year	Organization	Award	Work	Result	Ref.
2015	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Norwegian Act	Herself	Won
	P3 Gull	Årets Nykommer (Newcomer of the Year)		Won
		Årets Låt (Song of the Year)	"2AM"	Won
2016	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Norwegian Act	Herself	Nominated	[19]
2017	Spellemannprisen '16	Årets Nykommer & Gramostipend (Newcomer of the Year & Gramo scholarship)		Won	[20]
		Årets Låt (Song of the Year)	"Hurts So Good"	Nominated
	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Norwegian Act	Astrid S	Nominated	[21]
2018	Spellemannprisen '17	Årets Spellemann (Artist of the Year)	Herself	Won	[22]
	Sweden GAFFA Awards	Best Foreign New Act		Won	[23]
	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Norwegian Act		Nominated	[24]
2019	Sweden GAFFA Awards	Best Foreign Solo Act		Nominated	[25]
	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Norwegian Act		Nominated	[26]
2020	P3 Gull	Årets Artist (Artist of the Year)	Herself	Nominated	[27]
2022	P3 Gull 2022	Årets Låt (Song of the Year)	"Pretty" (shared with Dagny)	Nominated	[28]

References

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5. Thomas Talseth (8 June 2017). "Astrid Smeplass synger med Katy Perry". VG.
6. Clausen, Vilde Brandtzæg (25 February 2018). "Astrid S (21) ble årets Spellemann". TV2. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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8. Holth, Madeline (29 August 2019). "Norwegian Pop Princess Astrid S on her New EP 'Trust Issues' and Staying Humble". V. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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12. "Astrid S Accuses French Montana Of Ripping Off Her Song". Stereogum. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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14. "Ukens låter uke 44: Silk Sonic, Astrid S., U2 og Post Malone". VG. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
15. "Filmanmeldelse "Tre nøtter til Askepott": Tre prikker til Askepott". VG. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
16. "Her er "lille" Marius og Astrid S i "Skam"". VG. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
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18. "Sola Boards 'Three Wishes for Cinderella,' Starring Pop Star Astrid S (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
19. "Alan Walker ble den eneste norske vinneren under gårsdagens prisutdeling i Rotterdam". gaffa.no (in Norwegian). 7 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
20. "Marcus og Martinus ble Årets Spellemenn". NRK (in Norwegian). 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
21. "Breaking: The 2017 MTV EMA Nominations Are Here!". MTV. 4 September 2017. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
22. Lynum, Sissel. "Astrid S er kåret til Årets Spellemann". Adressa. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
23. "GAFFA-Priset 2018 – här är alla vinnarna". Gaffa.se. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
24. "Best Norwegian Act". MTV. 5 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
25. "GAFFA-priset 2019 – här är artisterna som ligger bäst till". GAFFA (in Swedish). Sweden. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
26. "THESE ARE THE BIG WINNERS AT THE 2019 MTV EMA". MTV. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
27. "Vinnerne av P3 Gull 2020". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 28 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
28. "Slik blir årets «P3 Gull»". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 15 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

External links

• Official website