Savan Kotecha

you know, it was, it was, it was mentally is pretty tough to sort of feel like the black sheep of a community that raised you, you know, but then there you go. It worked out.

No, next part of the story was Sweden. So I signed my first publishing deal. This is like 1999 or 2000s. And they were like, go to Sweden. This is where all the pop music is happening. Don't go to LA. I had yet to meet another songwriter in my life.

No, next part of the story was Sweden. So I signed my first publishing deal. This is like 1999 or 2000s. And they were like, go to Sweden. This is where all the pop music is happening. Don't go to LA. I had yet to meet another songwriter in my life.

No, next part of the story was Sweden. So I signed my first publishing deal. This is like 1999 or 2000s. And they were like, go to Sweden. This is where all the pop music is happening. Don't go to LA. I had yet to meet another songwriter in my life.

And I did everything by myself on Cakewalk on a PC. And they sent me to Sweden for a writing trip. At first, you know, there was a company called Merlin. So there was Cheron with Max and Dennis Pop and all these people, and they did all those songs.

And I did everything by myself on Cakewalk on a PC. And they sent me to Sweden for a writing trip. At first, you know, there was a company called Merlin. So there was Cheron with Max and Dennis Pop and all these people, and they did all those songs.

And I did everything by myself on Cakewalk on a PC. And they sent me to Sweden for a writing trip. At first, you know, there was a company called Merlin. So there was Cheron with Max and Dennis Pop and all these people, and they did all those songs.

And then there was a company called Merlin, which basically, so if Cheron did like Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys, Merlin would do like 98 Degrees and Jessica Simpson. So whatever, like, you know. And record labels were giving any Swedish producer like... like four or five song deals or album deals because they were like, there's something in the water in Sweden. We have to be a part of it.

And then there was a company called Merlin, which basically, so if Cheron did like Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys, Merlin would do like 98 Degrees and Jessica Simpson. So whatever, like, you know. And record labels were giving any Swedish producer like... like four or five song deals or album deals because they were like, there's something in the water in Sweden. We have to be a part of it.

And then there was a company called Merlin, which basically, so if Cheron did like Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys, Merlin would do like 98 Degrees and Jessica Simpson. So whatever, like, you know. And record labels were giving any Swedish producer like... like four or five song deals or album deals because they were like, there's something in the water in Sweden. We have to be a part of it.

So at the time, BMG was talking to Merlin to be their admin administrator. I think they ended up going to Universal at the end, but they were like, oh, we have this new kid. They're like, oh, send them to Sweden. And I'd never been anywhere other than the UK and America. So I'd never like, you know, they sent me to Sweden.

So at the time, BMG was talking to Merlin to be their admin administrator. I think they ended up going to Universal at the end, but they were like, oh, we have this new kid. They're like, oh, send them to Sweden. And I'd never been anywhere other than the UK and America. So I'd never like, you know, they sent me to Sweden.

So at the time, BMG was talking to Merlin to be their admin administrator. I think they ended up going to Universal at the end, but they were like, oh, we have this new kid. They're like, oh, send them to Sweden. And I'd never been anywhere other than the UK and America. So I'd never like, you know, they sent me to Sweden.

And I just, you know, the first songwriter I met there, the guy from BMG picks me up from the hotel and he goes, I want to introduce you to a couple of writers and producers. So the first writer he introduced me to was a guy named Red One. Wow. Wow. And Red introduced me to some of his friends. Again, broke Ryder at the time.

And I just, you know, the first songwriter I met there, the guy from BMG picks me up from the hotel and he goes, I want to introduce you to a couple of writers and producers. So the first writer he introduced me to was a guy named Red One. Wow. Wow. And Red introduced me to some of his friends. Again, broke Ryder at the time.

And I just, you know, the first songwriter I met there, the guy from BMG picks me up from the hotel and he goes, I want to introduce you to a couple of writers and producers. So the first writer he introduced me to was a guy named Red One. Wow. Wow. And Red introduced me to some of his friends. Again, broke Ryder at the time.

I started getting, you know, collaborations in Sweden and like I would get cuts like in Europe. And I like had a hit in like Denmark or had a hit and, you know, and then BMG was like, oh, this is going good. So every time I go back to the States, after a few months, they'd send me back to Sweden.

I started getting, you know, collaborations in Sweden and like I would get cuts like in Europe. And I like had a hit in like Denmark or had a hit and, you know, and then BMG was like, oh, this is going good. So every time I go back to the States, after a few months, they'd send me back to Sweden.

I started getting, you know, collaborations in Sweden and like I would get cuts like in Europe. And I like had a hit in like Denmark or had a hit and, you know, and then BMG was like, oh, this is going good. So every time I go back to the States, after a few months, they'd send me back to Sweden.

And eventually one of my friends there who was part of Red One's team at the time was like, hey, why do you keep going back? Cause it's like pre nine 11. So I had an American passport. He's like, you don't need to go back all the time. If you're keep complaining, when you go back, I would, you know, miserable, you're writing by yourself.