Linus ”Lotus IV” Wiklund
Linus ”Lotus IV” Wiklund - Songwriter / Producer
Linus is an incredibly versatile writer, producer and multi instrumentalist with over 7Bn streams across his releases on Spotify alone.
In the last decade Linus have co-written and produced several multi platinum, radio dominating and grammy nominated global hits with artists such as Sam Smith, Charli XCX, Ava Max, Zedd & Alessia Cara, Rita Ora, Future & Ty Dolla $ign, David Guetta & Anne Marie and many more.
Most recently, Linus co-wrote and co-produced the viral global hit Apple, by Charli XCX.
In 2020-2021 Linus co-wrote and produced two songs on Sam Smiths album “Love Goes” as well as Ava Max’s sleeper hit single “Who’s Laughing Now”.
Previously, Linus co-wrote and co-produced “Let You Love Me” By Rita Ora, “Don’t leave me alone” by David Guetta & Anne Marie as well as “Happy Now” by Zedd & Elley Duhé, All three became top 3 radio records across Europe in 2018-2019 and has accumulated 3-500M+ streams each on Spotify alone to date.
In 2017 Linus co-wrote and co-produced "Stay" by Zedd & Alessia Cara. A world wide top 10, multi platinum record with 1Bn+ streams on Spotify. "Stay" spent 7 weeks in the Top 10 on Billboard Hot 100 and 6 weeks as No 1 on US making it the 7th most played song on US Radio in 2017. “Stay” was nominated for a US Grammy for best Pop Duo performance at the 60th annual Grammy Awards in February 2018. Clocking in with over 1,2Bn streams on Spotify alone, and counting.
Linus also co-wrote & co-produced "Dark Side" by Future & Ty Dolla $ign Feat. Kiiara that was part of the soundtrack for the movie "Bright" by Netflix, starring Will Smith, and also featured in the official trailer for the Movie that premiered at the 2017 Comic-con.
In 2013, Linus co-wrote "I could be the one" by Avicii that chartered across the globe and was No 1 on the UK Official Charts.
Linus is also a great film score writer and has produced scores for several Swedish TV and documentary productions.
Linus Wiklund is published by Sony Music Publishing
Zedd Feat. Alessia Cara - Stay
Rita Ora - Let You Love Me
Avicii - I Could Be The One
Ava Max - Who’s Laughing Now