# Carolina Liar

Carolina Liar is a Swedish-American pop rock band. Lead vocalist Chad Wolf is originally from Moncks Corner, South Carolina; other members originate from Stockholm, Sweden.

## History

The band is best known for the platinum certified single "Show Me What I'm Looking For" and gold certified "I'm Not Over" from their 2008 major-label debut album, Coming to Terms, produced by Max Martin and Tobias Karlsson.
The song "I'm Not Over" featured in the 2008 film What Happens in Vegas, starring Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz, in the 2008 King of the Hill episode "Cops and Robert", and in the video game UEFA Euro 2008.
On March 3, 2009, the single "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was featured on the iTunes Store as the Free Single of the Week. "Show Me What I'm Looking For" appeared in FOX Sports commercials for the 2009 MLB All-Star Game, as well as MTV's The Hills.
"Show Me What I'm Looking For" and "Open the Door" were featured in commercials for Investigation Discovery's new show, Disappeared, and in promo spots for We TV's The Locator.
In the spring of 2014, an instrumental version of "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was used in an advertising campaign for Swinton Insurance. The TV advert featured the Britain's Got Talent 2013 winners, Attraction.
Carolina Liar was the supporting act on the David Cook/Gavin Degraw 2011 Fall Tour. In 2012, they were the opening act for the Kelly Clarkson/The Fray Tour.
Carolina Liar also played as the opening act for Rob Thomas while he was playing in New York City at the Beacon Theatre and the rest of the stops on his Cradlesong Tour.
Peter Carlsson co-produced Ariana Grande's single titled "Love Me Harder". Johan Carlsson co-wrote and co-produced her single titled "Dangerous Woman".

### 2019–present

Over 10 years after its release, YouTuber and media mogul David Dobrik started using "Show Me What I'm Looking For" in his videos, shooting the single shot back up in streams and uses on TikTok, and amassing tens of millions of new views across the platforms. Chad Wolf from Carolina Liar surprised David Dobrik in January 2022 with an acoustic performance on David's VIEWS podcast, with David gifting him a classic Volkswagen bus. Chad Wolf/Carolina Liar has announced he releasing an alternate version of the hit single "Show Me What I'm Looking For" and is currently working on new music and new touring plans for 2022.

## Band members
### Current members

* Chad Wolf – lead vocals, guitar (2007–present)
* Rickard Göransson – guitar (2007–present)
* Johan Carlsson – keyboards (2007–present)
* Erik Hääger – bass (2007–present)
* Peter Carlsson – drums (2009–present)

### Past members

* Jim Almgren Gândara – guitar (2007–2009)
* Max Grahn – drums (2007–2009)

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Album details | US | US Rock | US Heat |
| 2008 | Coming to Terms Released: May 19, 2008 Label: Atlantic Records, Maratone AB | 140 | 43 | 3 |
| 2011 | Wild Blessed Freedom Released: September 27, 2011 Label: Maratone AB | — | — | 8 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Year | Single | US | US Alt | US Adult | AUS | DNK | GER | IRL | NLD | UK | Certifications | Album |
| 2008 | "I'm Not Over" | — | 3 | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | | Coming to Terms |
| 2008 | "Show Me What I'm Looking For" | 67 | 28 | 8 | — | 28 | 93 | 6 | 74 | 31 | RIAA: 2× Platinum | Coming to Terms |
| 2009 | "Beautiful World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Coming to Terms |
| 2011 | "Drown" | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Wild Blessed Freedom |
| 2012 | "Me and You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Wild Blessed Freedom |
| 2015 | "Here I Go Again" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non Album Single |
| 2015 | "Wrestling an Angel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non Album Single |
| 2020 | "Battlefields" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non Album Single |
| 2023 | "Thank You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non Album Single |
| 2024 | "Slowly Breaking My Heart" | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | | Non Album Single |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||||||

## Production discography
### Johan Carlsson

| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Songwriting | Producing |
| "Nothing to Lose" | 2013 | Emblem3 | Nothing to Lose | Y | Y |
| "Just a Little Bit of Your Heart" | 2014 | Ariana Grande | My Everything | Y | Y |
| "Fire" | 2014 | Gavin DeGraw | Finest Hour: The Best of Gavin DeGraw | Y | Y |
| "Live It Up" | 2014 | Colbie Caillat | Gypsy Heart | Y | Y |
| "Blaze" | 2014 | Colbie Caillat | Gypsy Heart | | Y |
| "Nice Guys" | 2014 | Colbie Caillat | Gypsy Heart | Y | Y |
| "Stockholm Syndrome" | 2014 | One Direction | Four | Y | |
| "Goodnight" | 2014 | Cher Lloyd | Sorry I'm Late | Y | Y |
| "M.F.P.O.T.Y." | 2014 | Cher Lloyd | Sorry I'm Late | Y | Y |
| "Pieces" | 2014 | Ella Henderson | Chapter One | Y | |
| "Give Your Heart Away" | 2014 | Ella Henderson | Chapter One | Y | Y |
| "1996" | 2014 | Ella Henderson | Chapter One | Y | Y |
| "I Love You" | 2014 | Alex & Sierra | It's About Us | Y | Y |
| "Unkiss Me" | 2014 | Maroon 5 | V | Y | Y |
| "Falling Slow" | 2015 | Tori Kelly | Unbreakable Smile | Y | Y |
| "My House" | 2015 | Flo Rida | My House | Y | Y |
| "If I Could Fly" | 2015 | One Direction | Made in the A.M. | Y | Y |
| "For You" | 2015 | Demi Lovato | Confident | Y | Y |
| "Mr. Hughes" | 2015 | Demi Lovato | Confident | Y | Y |
| "Held By Me" | 2015 | The Vamps | Wake Up | Y | |
| "Painkiller" | 2015 | Jason Derulo | Everything Is 4 | Y | Y |
| "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight" | 2015 | R5 | Sometime Last Night | Y | Y |
| "Take This Chance" | 2015 | Anastacia | Ultimate Collection | Y | |
| "Talk About You" | 2015 | Mika | No Place in Heaven | Y | |
| "Dangerous Woman" | 2016 | Ariana Grande | Dangerous Woman | Y | Y |
| "Harder to Believe" | 2016 | Gavin DeGraw | Something Worth Saving | Y | Y |
| "New Love" | 2016 | Gavin DeGraw | Something Worth Saving | Y | Y |
| "Then There's You" | 2016 | Charlie Puth | Nine Track Mind | Y | Y |
| "Hopeless Romantic" | 2016 | Meghan Trainor | Thank You | Y | Y |
| "Mom" | 2016 | Meghan Trainor | Thank You | Y | Y |
| "I Believe in You" | 2016 | Michael Bublé | Nobody but Me | | Y |
| "Nobody but Me" | 2016 | Michael Bublé | Nobody but Me | | Y |
| "Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow" | 2016 | Michael Bublé | Nobody but Me | | Y |
| "Someday" | 2016 | Michael Bublé | Nobody but Me | | Y |
| "Zillionaire" | 2016 | Flo Rida | The Perfect 10 | Y | Y |
| "You Gotta Not" | 2016 | Little Mix | Glory Days | Y | Y |
| "Old Friends" | 2017 | Jasmine Thompson | Wonderland | Y | Y |
| "Change" (featuring James Taylor) | 2018 | Charlie Puth | Voicenotes | Y | Y |
| "Somebody Told Me" | 2018 | Charlie Puth | Voicenotes | Y | Y |
| "Diamonds are Forever" | 2018 | Sabrina Carpenter | Singular: Act I | Y | Y |
| "Exhale" | 2019 | Sabrina Carpenter | Singular: Act II | Y | Y |
| "Looking at Me" | 2019 | Sabrina Carpenter | Singular: Act II | Y | Y |
| "Perfect Now" | 2020 | Louis Tomlinson | Walls | Y | Y |
| "El Tejano" (featuring Sofía Reyes) | 2020 | Lauv | ~how i'm feeling~ | Y | Y |
| "Lion of Love" | 2020 | Erik Mjönes | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Y | |
| "Champagne Problems" | 2020 | Katy Perry | Smile | Y | Y |
| "Tucked" | 2020 | Katy Perry | Smile | Y | Y |
| "Harleys in Hawaii" | 2020 | Katy Perry | Smile | Y | Y |
| "What Makes a Woman" | 2020 | Katy Perry | Smile | Y | Y |
| "Small Talk" | 2020 | Katy Perry | Smile | Y | Y |
| "Never Worn White" | 2020 | Katy Perry | Smile | Y | Y |
| "What Do You Think Of?" (with Lukas Graham) | 2020 | Lauren Alaina | Getting Over Him | Y | |
| "Elita" | 2020 | Gary Barlow, Michael Bublé and Sebastián Yatra | Non-album single | Y | Y |
| "The Christmas Sweater" | 2021 | Michael Bublé | Christmas (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) | | Y |
| "Seven Days" | 2021 | THRDL!FE with Conor Maynard | Non-album single | Y | |
| "Next" | 2021 | Olivia Holt | Dance Like No One's Watching | Y | Y |
| "i miss you (skin to skin)" | 2022 | Dylan Conrique | Non-album single | Y | Y |
| "Remind Me" | 2022 | Bastille | Give Me the Future + Dreams of the Past | Y | |
| "The Story" | 2022 | Jewel | American Song Contest | Y | Y |
| "Stay" | 2022 | Sofia Carson | Sofia Carson | Y | |
| "Sorry That I Miss You" | 2022 | Ella Henderson | Everything I Didn't Say | Y | Y |
| "One Life" | 2023 | Michael Bolton | Spark of Light | Y | Y |
| "1-800-GOT-STRESS" | 2023 | Devon Cole | Non-album single | Y | Y |

### Peter Carlsson

| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Producing |
| "Hold on Tight" | 2013 | Britney Spears | Britney Jean | Y |
| "Problem" | 2014 | Ariana Grande | My Everything | Y |
| "Love Me Harder" | 2014 | Ariana Grande | My Everything | Y |
| "Just a Little Bit of Your Heart" | 2014 | Ariana Grande | My Everything | Y |
| "Fire" | 2014 | Gavin DeGraw | Finest Hour: The Best of Gavin DeGraw | Y |
| "M.F.P.O.T.Y." | 2014 | Cher Lloyd | Sorry I'm Late | Y |
| "First Love" | 2014 | Jennifer Lopez | A.K.A. | Y |
| "Once in a Lifetime" | 2015 | Flo Rida | My House | Y |
| "Ghost Town" | 2015 | Adam Lambert | The Original High | Y |
| "There I Said It" | 2015 | Adam Lambert | The Original High | Y |
| "Lucy" | 2015 | Adam Lambert | The Original High | Y |
| "The Light" | 2015 | Adam Lambert | The Original High | Y |
| "Heavy Fire" | 2015 | Adam Lambert | The Original High | Y |
| "For You" | 2015 | Demi Lovato | Confident | Y |
| "Mr. Hughes" | 2015 | Demi Lovato | Confident | Y |
| "Thinking Bout You" | 2016 | Ariana Grande | Dangerous Woman | Y |
| "Still Falling for You" | 2016 | Ellie Goulding | Bridget Jones's Baby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Y |
| "Miss You More" | 2017 | Katy Perry | Witness | Y |
| "Finish What We Started" (featuring Brandi Carlile) | 2019 | Zac Brown Band | The Owl | Y |

### Rickard Göransson

| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Songwriting | Producing |
| "Rock n Roll" | 2013 | Avril Lavigne | Avril Lavigne | Y | Y |
| "Bang Bang" | 2014 | Jessie J Ariana Grande Nicki Minaj | Sweet Talker My Everything | Y | Y |
| "Burnin' Up" | 2014 | Jessie J | Sweet Talker | Y | |
| "There Goes My Baby" | 2014 | Enrique Iglesias | Sex and Love | Y | Y |
| "Skippin a Beat" | 2014 | Zara Larsson | 1 | Y | |
| "Rooftop" | 2014 | Zara Larsson | 1 | Y | |
| "Call It Whatever" | 2014 | Bella Thorne | — | Y | |
| "Nobody Love" | 2015 | Tori Kelly | Unbreakable Smile | Y | Y |
| "California Lovers" | 2015 | Tori Kelly | Unbreakable Smile | Y | |
| "Once in a Lifetime" | 2015 | Flo Rida | My House | | Y |
| "Around the World" | 2015 | Natalie La Rose Fetty Wap | TBA | Y | |
| "Under You" | 2016 | Nick Jonas | Last Year Was Complicated | Y | |
| "Never Been Hurt" | 2016 | The Band Perry | TBA | Y | |
| "DNCE" | 2016 | DNCE | DNCE | Y | |
| "Toothbrush" | 2016 | DNCE | DNCE | Y | |
| "Zoom" | 2016 | DNCE | DNCE | Y | |
| "Pay My Rent" | 2016 | DNCE | DNCE | Y | |
| "Still Falling for You" | 2016 | Ellie Goulding | Bridget Jones's Baby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Y | |
| "Don't Talk About It" | 2016 | Tove Lo | Lady Wood | Y | |
| "Breathe" | 2017 | Astrid S | Party's Over | Y | Y |
| "Empty Cups" | 2018 | Charlie Puth | Voicenotes | Y | Y |
| "God Is a Woman" | 2018 | Ariana Grande | Sweetener | Y | |
| "Love Her Too" (featuring G-Eazy) | 2018 | Marc E. Bassy | Postmodern Depression | Y | |
| "not ur friend" | 2020 | Jeremy Zucker | Love Is Not Dying | Y | |
| "Husavik" | 2020 | Will Ferrell and Molly Sandén | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Y | |
| "Upgrade" | 2020 | Joji | Nectar | Y | Y |
| "Oh Na Na" | 2021 | Camila Cabello, Myke Towers and Tainy | Non-album single | Y | |
| "No Time (For My Life to Suck)" | 2022 | Nina Nesbitt | Älskar | Y | |

## Appearances

* Jimmy Kimmel Live! (June 12, 2008)
* 90210 (February 3, 2009, US) (April 27, 2009, UK)
* MTV Spanking New Session (June 23, 2009)
* The Ellen DeGeneres Show (May 6, 2009)
* BalconyTV Hamburg (September 8, 2009)
* Die Oliver Pocher Show (March 12, 2010)
* BETA Records TV (November 10, 2009)