Karl Johan Schuster, also known as Shellback, was born in the south of Sweden along the Baltic Sea. The now-40-year-old got into music as a drummer for local indie rock bands — he told Swedish ...

Max Martin might just be the world’s most successful songwriter of the 21st century. And like his protégé, Shellback, he began his career in a heavy metal band before transitioning to pop music. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The music would be more “upbeat” than her previous record, with “melodies that were so infectious that you’re almost angry at it,” ...

Taylor Swift has hinted that producers Max Martin and Shellback have worked on her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl. The title of the Blank Space singer’s album was revealed by boyfriend Travis ...