Linus Wiklund (born 3 February 1983), also known as Lotus IV, is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. He has written and produced songs for artists such as Avicii, Zedd, Alessia Cara, Future, Ty Dolla Sign, David Guetta, Sasha Sloan, Sam Smith and Rita Ora.
Wiklund co-wrote "Stay" by Zedd and Alessia Cara, which peaked at number 7 on Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on Mainstream Top 40. "Stay" was the fourth most performed song on US Radio in 2017.
Discography Year Artist Song Album 2010 Tove Styrke "Million Pieces" Tove Styrke "Chaos" "Four Elements" 2012 Noonie Bao "Do You Still Care?" I Am Noonie Bao "The Game" "Bodywork Lover" "About to Tell" "Big Boys Do Cry" "Boom Boom" "In Your Heart" "You and I" "No One Knows" "End of the Road" Don Diablo "M1 Stinger" M1 Stinger EP Avicii "I Could Be the One" rowspan="2" 2013 Don Diablo "Starlight (Could You Be Mine)" Avicii "Always on the Run" True 2014 Kenneth Bager "Amazing" Follow the Beat "Follow the Beat" "What's My Name" "Stuck in a Lie" Cash Cash "Surrender" Blood, Sweat and 3 Years Paloma Faith "Ready for the Good Life" A Perfect Contradiction 2015 Alesso "Sweet Escape" Forever "All This Love" Noonie Bao "Pyramids" Noonia EP "Criminal Love" "Ninja" "I'm in Love" "Oceans Deep" 2016 Noonie Bao "Reminds Me" rowspan="3" "Sorry Not Sorry" 2017 Zedd "Stay" Ty Dolla Sign "Darkside" Bright OST 2018 Sasha Sloan "Fall" Sad Girl EP Zedd "Happy Now" David Guetta "Don't Leave Me Alone" 7 Rita Ora "Let You Love Me" Phoenix Nicky Romero "Paradise" Clean Bandit "Nowhere" What is Love? 2019 Léon "What You Said" Léon Zara Larsson "All the Time" Charli XCX "Gone" Charli "Cross You Out" "Miss U" 13 Reasons Why OST AJ Mitchell "Down in Flames" 2020 Ava Max "Who's Laughing Now" Heaven & Hell Sam Smith "So Serious" Love Goes "Another One" 2021 Charli XCX "New Shapes" Crash 2022 "Constant Repeat" "Used to Know Me" "Twice" "Selfish Girl" "Sorry If I Hurt You" 2024 "Apple" Brat
References
Further reading https://www.musicweek.com/publishing/read/linus-wiklund-signs-global-publishing-deal-with-sony-atv/080358 https://www.svd.se/a/Rjx6Ad/noonie-bao-och-linus-wiklund-bakom-charli-xcx-s-varldshit-apple