“It’s tough to say! Every song I’ve ever produced is special to me, and having the chance to work with some of my favorite artists is truly amazing”.
Kygo last released a single with Calum Scott and Gryffin, entitled “Woke Up in Love”. It was released on January 20, 2023 with a love story of someone who feels lucky because of the presence of his partner. Currently, “Woke Up in Love” has 54 million listeners on Spotify.
Kygo is currently busy preparing a new album. “The album I’m currently working on is different from anything I’ve made in the past and it’s been a fun experience in the studio”.
Kygo was born as Kyrre GørvellDahll on 11 September 1991 in Singapore to Norwegian parents and raised in Tønsberg. He is the son of Kjersti Gjerde, a dentist in Norway, and Lars Gørvell-Dahll, who was working abroad in the maritime industry. He has an older stepbrother, Mads, two older sisters, Johanne and Jenny, and a younger half-brother, Sondre. Throughout his childhood, he lived and travelled with his family in Brazil, Japan, Kenya and Egypt.
His stage name Kygo can be pronounced in Norwegian as ky:gu (for Norwegian speakers) and kaɪɡoʊʊ (for English speakers). Both pronunciations can be used interchangeably. Kyrre got the idea for his stage name through a username he received in high school for the “itslearning” digital learning platform. The service used parts of his name to create a nickname, thereof “Ky-” standing for the first two letters in his given name “Kyrre” and “-go” for the first two letters in his surname “Gørvell-Dahll”. The letter ø is usually replaced with letter o in computing.
