When looking at the creative behind the most popular songs in the charts, as a listener we may not be able to see the full team behind each song as it is common that female songwriters are being missed from the credits. Spotify statistics have shown that data taken from the 50 most played songs in Sweden in 2021 only resulted in 19% female songwriters that were correctly credited. Aiming to change these statistics, organisation SLAS have created a songwriting camp for females and non-binary musicians to highlight talent and inspire creatives in the music business.
Hosted for the second year running in Sweden, the five day event that took place early October has been hugely successful. During the event, 21 songs were finished and a celebratory party was thrown for the attendees with partners from Spotify, Tiktok, STIM, Export Music Sweden, TEN, RMV, Sony Music and representatives from Germany, Poland, Denmark labels and publishing companies. The songwriting camp also received brilliant coverage from Vogue Scandinavia, which described the group as some of the most interesting people to meet.
The goal of the event was to increase the number of female creatives on the charts and in the long run create change to improve the statistics. Seeing as the event was widely appreciated by attendees, we believe that Her Songs For Him will do just that.
Words by Carmen Lees-Green