Career
He is best known for his songs like "Starlight (Otto Knows Remix)", "Parachute" and "Million Voices" Brought to the attention of Sebastian Ingrosso, thanks to a chance meeting in their native Stockholm, his development as a DJ and producer came through first hand experience of touring alongside the Refune head honcho. Debuting alongside none other than Tim Bergling, a.k.a. Avicii and Swedish peer Oliver Ingrosso, with their collaboration ‘iTrack’.
Followed by his breakthrough single ‘Million Voices’, created in the back room of the studio whilst Ingrosso and Alesso penned festival favourite ‘Calling’.
Receiving widespread attention ‘Million Voices’ crossed over into mainstream consciousness, topping the Shazam chart and being added to the prestigious A playlist at British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1, reaching a surge of new fans with each airing. 2010-2013: Breakthrough His break came in 2010 on the electronic scene with a remix of "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap.
This caught the attention of Tim Berg that used his production in "Hide & Seek (Avicii Remix)". He has had a number of chart successes including his single "iTrack" credited to Tim Berg vs Oliver Ingrosso & Otto Knows and with his remix of Dada Life"s "Kick Out the Epic Motherf**ker".
His biggest hit is his 2012 European single "Million Voices" that has reached number three on the Ultratop 50, the Belgian Chart and number six on the Dutch Chart.
lieutenant has also charted within the top 15 of the United Kingdom Chart. In late 2012, Otto remixed "Lies" by British DJ/record producer Burns, which was included in the extended play release of the single in the United Kingdom. The remix proved to fair commercially better and peaked at number 32 in the United Kingdom Chart on December 24, 2012 after four weeks. In 2013, he co-wrote and co-produced "Work Bitch" by Britney Spears.
2014–present In June 2014 Otto’s follow‐up single "Parachute" was released, it was premiered by Danny Howard on his BBC1 radio show.
In September 2014 Otto Knows also released a rework of Bebe Rexha"s "Can"t Stop Drinking About You". The track was premiered by Otto at Bråvalla Festival in June and was played throughout the summer at Ushuaïa in Ibiza.
In October 2014, four remixes of "Parachute" were released by Bottai, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, CamelPhat and Zastenker. In May 2015 Otto released the single "Next to Maine".
In 2016 Otto released the single "Dying for You" featuring Lindsey Stirling and Alex Aris.
The lyric video for the song was released on YouTube on 14 January 2016, with the official video following on 1 February.
