Noonie Bao

Jonnali Mikaela Parmenius (born 9 August 1987), better known by her stage name Noonie Bao, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and record producer. She has written songs for artists such as Don Diablo, Ava Max, Katy Perry, Zara Larsson, Charli XCX, Camila Cabello, Zedd, Avicii, Kygo, David Guetta, Clean Bandit, Alesso, Feed Me, Alan Walker, and Carly Rae Jepsen.

Early life Parmenius was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She started singing at an early age, inspired by her musical parents, and performed in choir productions as a child. She attended a music school, where she was called a "black sheep". At the age of 15, a friend gave her the nickname Noonie Bao because of her appearance.

She briefly attended the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, She began to take a singing class and recorded her own songs in a friend's attic, which was her first contact with song production. She also founded a music label called 2many Freckles. Under this label, she wrote and produced songs for Adiam Dymott, Clean Bandit, Frederic Sioen, and Tove Styrke. Bao produced several songs on Tove Styrke's 2010 self-titled album, which spent 35 weeks on the Swedish charts and peaked at number 10. In 2011, the Belgian band Das Pop became aware of a song by Noonie Bao and asked her to sing backing vocals on the song "Fair Weather Friends" from their album The Game. Bao later went on tour with the band in Belgium and Europe. In October, she released her debut album I Am Noonie Bao, which incorporates indie pop and folk musical styles. In 2013, she was nominated for a Grammis award in the category of Best New Artist, but lost to Icona Pop. Bao later had success as a songwriter and featured singer for Avicii and Nicky Romero's song "I Could Be the One".

In 2014, Noonie Bao co-wrote the single "Doing It" from Charli XCX's album Sucker, which peaked at number eight on the UK singles chart, as well as contributing to three other tracks on the album. The two have continued to work together, including the majority of XCX's 2016 Vroom Vroom EP and three tracks from XCX's mixtape Number 1 Angel.

In 2015, Bao released the single "I'm in Love" on SoundCloud and YouTube. In November 2015, she released her first extended play Noonia, which made a transition into more pop-based production than had initially appeared on her debut album. Continuing with this sound, Bao released the Burns-produced single "Reminds Me" in April 2016.

Charli XCX's "I Think About It All the Time," featured on Brat, was inspired by Charli's feelings about Bao having her first child.

Discography

Studio albums Title Details I Am Noonie Bao Released: 31 October 2012 Label: 2many Freckles Formats: Digital download, CD

Extended plays TitleDetails Noonia EP Released: 13 November 2015 Label: 2many Freckles • Universal Formats: Digital download

Singles As lead artist + Title Year Album "About to Tell" 2012 I Am Noonie Bao "Do You Still Care?" "Bodywork Lover" "The Game" 2013 "I'm in Love" 2015 Noonia "Pyramids" "Criminal Love" "Reminds Me" 2016 "Sorry Not Sorry"

As featured artist

Guest appearances + List of non-single appearances which feature Noonie Bao as a vocalist and songwriter Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Prison Break" 2008 Kocky Stadium Status "Just Another Song" 2012 Sebjak "Rihanna" 2013 Clean Bandit New Eyes "I Wish I Could Be Happy" 2014 The Kenneth Bager Experience Follow the Beat "All This Love" 2015 Alesso Forever "Let You Down" iSHi Spring Pieces "Fades Away" 2019 Avicii Tim

Songwriting credits indicates a background vocal contribution.

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Year Artist Album Song Co-written with 2008 Kocky Stadium Status "Prison Break" David Åström, Patrik Berggren 2010 Tove Styrke Tove Styrke "Chaos" Tove Anna Linnea Styrke "Four Elements" Tove Anna Linnea Styrke 2012 Blänk Áurinko Rising Again "Do This Thing" Klas Granstrom, Lina Oehman, John Eriksson, Peter Moren, Bjorn Yttling, Simon Trabelsi Sebjak "Just Another Song" Sabastian Jakobsson Don Diablo M1 Stinger EP "M1 Stinger" Don Schipper, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund, Gordon Sumner Avicii "I Could Be the One" Tim Bergling, Nick Rotteveel, Arash Pournouri, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund 2013 The Kenneth Bager Experience Follow the Beat "Sunshine Stereo" Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz Don Diablo "Starlight (Could You Be Mine)" Don Schipper, Matthew Nash, David Silcox, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund Galavant "Tonight" Alexander Almonte Avicii True "Always on the Run" Tim Bergling, Arash Pournouri, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund Sub Focus Torus "Until the End" Nicholas Douwmba, Måns Wredenberg, Louisa Rose Allen 2014 The Kenneth Bager Experience Follow the Beat "Amazing"Kenneth Bager, Linus Wiklund, Thomas Barrett Jr. "Follow the Beat" Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz, Linus Wiklund, Neil Ormandy "What's My Name" Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz "I Wish I Could Be Happy" Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz "Stuck in a Lie" Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz, Linus Wiklund, Ayah Marar, Bernard Hermann, Dawn Joseph, Jacob Emtatsom Clean Bandit New Eyes "Rihanna" Jack Patterson, Grace Chatto Say Lou Lou Lucid Dreaming "Games for Girls" Elektra Kilbey-Jansson, Miranda Kilbey-Jansson, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, Jakob Emtestam Sharks "Wait" Susanna Friberg, Sophia Englund, Johan Sigerud, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsh, Linus Eklow, Karl Sandberg, Joakim Jarl, Marcus Grindeback Union J You Got It All "Midnight Train" Eric Frederic, Andreas Schuller, Joseph Spargur, Thomas Peyton, John Ryan II Charli XCX Sucker "Breaking Up" Charlotte Aitchison, Patrik Berger, Markus Krunegård "Doing It" Charlotte Aitchison, Ariel Rechtshaid, Jarrad Rogers, Matthew Burns "Die Tonight" Charlotte Aitchison, Patrik Perger, Markus Krunegård, Pontus Winnberg, Andrew Wyatt, Rostam Batmanglij "Need Ur Luv" Charlotte Aitchison, Andrew Wyatt, Rostam Batmanglij 2015 Carly Rae Jepsen Emotion "Run Away with Me" Carly Rae Jepsen, Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson, Karl Schuster, Oscar Holter Coucheron Playground "Ruby" Sebastian Teigen iSHi Spring Pieces "Let You Down" Eshraque "iSHi" Mughal Alesso Forever "All This Love" Alessandro Lindblad, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund Tommy Trash "Wake the Giant" Thomas Olsen, James Abrahart Inna Body and the Sun "Salinas Skies" Wayne Hector, Andreas Schuller Avicii Stories "City Lights" Tim Bergling, Arash Pournouri, Oskar Jonas Wallin Elias Warcry EP "Northern Lights" Elias Sahlin, Patrik Berggren, Andreas Soderlund Mr. Oizo Hand in the Fire "Hand in the Fire" Quentin Dupieux, Charlotte Aitchison, Amanda Lucille Warner, Andrew Wyatt, Rostam Batmanglij Kshmr "Imaginate" Niles Hollowell-Dhar, Julian Dzeko, Luis Torres 2016 Charli XCX Vroom Vroom EP "Vroom Vroom" Charlotte Aitchison, Amanda Lucille Warner, Sophie Xeon "Paradise" Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Sophie Xeon, Martin Stilling "Trophy" Charlotte Aitchison, Amanda Lucille Warner, Sophie Xeon, Patrik Berger Tini Tini "Got Me Started" Daniel Traynor, Jason Evigan MØ "Final Song" Karen Marie Ørsted, Uzoechi Emenike Raye Second EP "I, U, Us" Rachel Keen, Charlotte Aitchison, Fredrik Gibson AlunaGeorge I Remember "Jealous" Aluna Francis, George Reid, Charlotte Aitchison, Jonathan Hill, Ajay Bhattacharya MØ "Drum" Karen Marie Ørsted, Charlotte Aitchison, Michael Tucker EasyFun PC Music Volume 2 "Monopoly" Finn Keane Alan Walker Different World "Alone" Alan Walker, Jesper Borgen, Anders Frøen, Gunnar Greve Pettersen 2017 Zedd "Stay" Anton Zaslavski, Anders Frøen, Alessia Caracciolo, Sarah Aarons, Linus Wiklund Charli XCX Number 1 Angel "Blame It on U" Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook "Roll with Me" Charlotte Aitchison, Sophie Xeon, Klas Ahlund "White Roses" Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook Katy Perry Witness "Save as Draft" Katheryn Hudson, Dijon McFarlane, Nicholas Audino, Lewis Hughes, Elof Loelv Camila Cabello "OMG" Karla Estrabao, Charlotte Aitchison, Alexandra Yatchenko, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Quavious Marshall Odesza A Moment Apart "Falls" Clayton Knight, Harrison Mills, Alexandra Yatchenko, Alexandra Cheatle Alma "Phases" Alma-Sofia Miettinen, Charlotte Aitchison, Alexandra Yatchenko, Ryan Vojtesak, Kaelyn Behr, Rex Kudo, Karim Kharbouch Kygo Stargazing EP "This Town" Kyrre Gorvell-Dahll, Alexandra Yatchenko Demi Lovato Tell Me You Love Me "Cry Baby" Demetria Lovato, Taylor Parks, Chloe Angelides, Jamie Sanderson, Kevin Hissink David Guetta "Dirty Sexy Money" Pierre Guetta, Nicholas van de Wall, Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Karim Kharbouch Charli XCX Pop 2 "Track 10" Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Alexandra Yatchenko, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen Ty Dolla Sign Bright OST "Darkside" Tyrone Griffin Jr., Jeremy "JMIKE" Coleman, Linus Wiklund, Kiara Saulters, Nayvadius Wilburn 2018 Camila Cabello Camila "Never Be the Same" Karla Estrabao, Alexandra Yatchenko, Adam Feeney, Leo Rami Dawod, Jacob Ludwig Olofsson Topic "Perfect" Alexandra Yatchenko, Matthew Radosevich Sasha Sloan Sad Girl EP "Fall" Alexandra Yatchenko, Linus Wiklund Tinashe Joyride "Faded Love" Tinashe Kachingwe, Alexandra Yatchenko, Tor Hermansen, Nayvadius Wilburn Alma Heavy Rules Mixtape "Dance for Me" Alma-Sofia Miettinen, Charlotte Aitchison, Karen Marie Ørsted, Andreas Schuller, Larus Orn Arnarson Jim-E Stack "Somebody" James Harmon Stack Troye Sivan Bloom "Dance to This" Troye Sivan Mellet, Brett McLaughlin, Oscar Holter Kungs "Be Right Here"

Awards and nominations