Winona Oak

Winona Oak is the stage name of Johanna Ekmark, a Swedish singer-songwriter. Oak grew up as a trained horse acrobat during her childhood which was spent more with animals than people.

She was born into a musical family that encouraged her talent to flourish, her grandmother performed in the Swedish Royal Opera, and passed that legacy onto Winona, who began playing violin at 5 years old and piano at 9 years, in addition to singing throughout her youth.

After moving to Stockholm to pursue her passion for music from her hometown Sollerƶn, she was invited to attend Neon Gold Records' writing retreat in the Nicaraguan jungle in 2017, there she met the Australian electronic producer What So Not. With him, she co-wrote his next two singles ā€œBetterā€ and ā€œStuck In Orbitā€, later in 2018, Winona was the featured artist on his 2018 single ā€œBeautifulā€.

Winona was signed in 2017 as an artist to Neon Gold/Atlantic Records, she closed 2018 with her biggest writing credit and feature to date on The Chainsmokersā€™ hit song ā€œHopeā€.

Her first single, ā€œHe Donā€™t Love Meā€, was released on Neon Gold/Atlantic Records in late April, the song was be accompanied by visual by director, Andreas Ohman filmed throughout their native Stockholm.

On the theme of her debut single, Winona explained,

ā€œWeā€™re all capable of falling for people who donā€™t value us, grasping for a leaving hand. But we must understand that weā€™re just as capable of realizing that our worth does not lay in those heavy hands.ā€

Just a couple of months later, she released her second single, ā€œBreak My Broken Heartā€.

Prior to her official debut, a cover of ā€œDonā€™t Save Meā€ a song by Neon Gold Record signees, HAIM, was released and it can be found featured on the labelā€™s 10 year anniversary compilation: NGX: Ten Years of Neon Gold.

Winonaā€™s debut EP is set to be released in October 2019 along with a new single, ā€œLet Me Knowā€ co-written by american singer-songwriter Ryn Weaver.

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