shellback
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To make “Showgirl,” she reteamed with the Swedish producers Max Martin and Shellback, with whom she’d collaborated on some of her biggest singles, including “Blank Space,” “Bad Blood” and “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”
From Los Angeles Times
Before Wolf started recording with Martin, he remembers him saying, “I want to bring in Shellback, because I think we need somebody who’s younger, who’s hungry, to give it that energy and perspective.”
When Martin accepted the Polar Music Prize, a Swedish honor that has also been awarded to Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, in 2016, he shouted out Shellback in his speech.
To prevent this from happening again, he has been careful to seek out co-writers—Ali Payami, Savan Kotecha, Shellback and more—who will challenge him, collaborators he’s “scared of playing stuff to,” as he put it in 2020.
Shellback, who played in metal bands before joining forces with Martin, adapted quickly to his new environment.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
