# Noonie Bao

Jonnali Mikaela Parmenius (born 9 August 1987), better known by the stage name Noonie Bao, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and record producer. She has written songs for artists such as Don Diablo, Ava Max, Katy Perry, Zara Larsson, Charli XCX, Camila Cabello, Zedd, Avicii, Kygo, David Guetta, Clean Bandit, Alesso, Feed Me Alan Walker, and Carly Rae Jepsen.

## Early life

Parmenius was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She started singing at an early age, inspired by her musical parents, and performed in choir productions as a child. At the age of 12, she began to write her own songs, but at first, she did so in secret because she was embarrassed and uncomfortable singing about feelings. She attended a music school, where she was called a "black sheep". At the age of 15, a friend gave her the nickname Noonie Bao because of her appearance.
She briefly attended the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, but left and went to live with a friend in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She began to take a singing class and recorded her own songs in a friend's attic, which was her first contact with song production. Later, she worked in a recording studio in Paris.

## Career

After two years abroad, Noonie Bao returned to her hometown of Stockholm, where she signed a contract with the label EMI as a songwriter. She also founded a music label called 2many Freckles. Under this label, she wrote and produced songs for Adiam Dymott, Clean Bandit, Frederic Sioen, and Tove Styrke. Bao produced several songs on Tove Styrke's 2010 self-titled album, which spent 35 weeks on the Swedish charts and peaked at number 10. In 2011, the Belgian band Das Pop became aware of a song by Noonie Bao and asked her to sing backing vocals on the song "Fair Weather Friends" from their album The Game. Bao later went on tour with the band in Belgium and Europe.
In January 2012, Bao released her debut single "About to Tell". In October, she released her debut album I Am Noonie Bao, which incorporates indie pop and folk musical styles. In late 2012, she went on tour in Sweden. In 2013, she was nominated for a Grammis award in the category of Best New Artist, but lost to Icona Pop. Bao later had success as a songwriter and featured singer for Avicii and Nicky Romero's song "I Could Be the One".
In 2014, Noonie Bao co-wrote the single "Doing It" from Charli XCX's album Sucker, which peaked at number eight on the UK singles chart, as well as contributing to three other tracks on the album. The two have continued to work together, including the majority of XCX's 2016 Vroom Vroom EP and three tracks from XCX's mixtape Number 1 Angel.
In 2015, Bao released the single "I'm in Love" on SoundCloud and YouTube. In November 2015, she released her first extended play Noonia, which made a transition into more pop-based production than had initially appeared on her debut album. Continuing with this sound, Bao released the Burns-produced single "Reminds Me" in April 2016.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Details |
| I Am Noonie Bao | Released: 31 October 2012 Label: 2many Freckles Formats: Digital download, CD |

### Extended plays

| Title | Details |
| Noonia EP | Released: 13 November 2015 Label: 2many Freckles • Universal Formats: Digital download |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "About to Tell" | 2012 | I Am Noonie Bao |
| "Do You Still Care?" | 2012 | I Am Noonie Bao |
| "Bodywork Lover" | 2012 | I Am Noonie Bao |
| "The Game" | 2013 | I Am Noonie Bao |
| "I'm in Love" | 2015 | Noonia |
| "Pyramids" | 2015 | Noonia |
| "Criminal Love" | 2015 | Noonia |
| "Reminds Me" | 2016 | TBA |
| "Sorry Not Sorry" | 2016 | TBA |

#### As featured artist

List of singles which feature Noonie Bao as a vocalist and songwriter :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Do This Thing" (Blänk featuring Noonie Bao) | 2012 | Áurinko Rising Again |
| "M1 Stinger" (Don Diablo featuring Noonie Bao) | 2012 | M1 Stinger EP |
| "Starlight (Could You Be Mine?)" (Don Diablo and Matt Nash featuring Noonie Bao) | 2013 | Non-album singles |
| "Sunshine Stereo" (The Kenneth Bager Experience featuring Noonie Bao) | 2013 | Follow the Beat |
| "Dust Clears" (Clean Bandit featuring Noonie Bao) | 2013 | New Eyes |
| "Ruby" (Coucheron featuring Noonie Bao) | 2015 | Playground |
| "All This Love" (Alesso featuring Noonie Bao) | 2015 | Forever |
| "Monopoly" (EASYFUN featuring Noonie Bao) | 2016 | PC Music, Volume 2 |

### Guest appearances

List of non-single appearances which feature Noonie Bao as a vocalist and songwriter :
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
| "Prison Break" | 2008 | Kocky | Stadium Status |
| "Just Another Song" | 2012 | Sebjak | Non-album song |
| "Rihanna" | 2013 | Clean Bandit | New Eyes |
| "I Wish I Could Be Happy" | 2014 | The Kenneth Bager Experience | Follow the Beat |
| "All This Love" | 2015 | Alesso | Forever |
| "Let You Down" | 2015 | iSHi | Spring Pieces |
| "Fades Away" | 2019 | Avicii | Tim |

### Songwriting credits

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| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
| 2008 | Kocky | Stadium Status | "Prison Break" (featuring Noonie Bao) | David Åström, Patrik Berggren |
| 2010 | Tove Styrke | Tove Styrke | "Chaos" | Tove Anna Linnea Styrke |
| 2010 | Tove Styrke | Tove Styrke | "Four Elements" | Tove Anna Linnea Styrke |
| 2012 | Blänk | Áurinko Rising Again | "Do This Thing" (featuring Noonie Bao) | Klas Granstrom, Lina Oehman, John Eriksson, Peter Moren, Bjorn Yttling, Simon Trabelsi |
| 2012 | Sebjak | Non-album single | "Just Another Song" (featuring Noonie Bao) | Sabastian Jakobsson |
| 2012 | Don Diablo | M1 Stinger EP | "M1 Stinger" (featuring Noonie Bao) | Don Schipper, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund, Gordon Sumner |
| 2012 | Avicii | Non-album single | "I Could Be the One" (vs Nicky Romero) | Tim Bergling, Nicholas Gotum, Arash Pournouri, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund |
| 2013 | The Kenneth Bager Experience | Follow the Beat | "Sunshine Stereo" (featuring Damon C. Scott) | Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz |
| 2013 | Don Diablo | Non-album single | "Starlight (Could You Be Mine)" (with Matt Nash) | Don Schipper, Matthew Nash, David Silcox, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund |
| 2013 | Galavant | Non-album single | "Tonight" | Alexander Almonte |
| 2013 | Avicii | True | "Always on the Run" | Tim Bergling, Arash Pournouri, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund |
| 2013 | Sub Focus | Torus | "Until the End" (featuring Foxes) | Nicholas Douwmba, Måns Wredenberg, Louisa Rose Allen |
| 2014 | The Kenneth Bager Experience | Follow the Beat | "Amazing" (featuring Damon C. Scott) | Kenneth Bager, Linus Wiklund, Thomas Barrett Jr. |
| 2014 | The Kenneth Bager Experience | Follow the Beat | "Follow the Beat" (featuring Damon C. Scott) | Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz, Linus Wiklund, Neil Ormandy |
| 2014 | The Kenneth Bager Experience | Follow the Beat | "What's My Name" (featuring Sofie Gråbøl) | Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz |
| 2014 | The Kenneth Bager Experience | Follow the Beat | "I Wish I Could Be Happy" | Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz |
| 2014 | The Kenneth Bager Experience | Follow the Beat | "Stuck in a Lie" (featuring Damon C. Scott) | Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz, Linus Wiklund, Ayah Marar, Bernard Hermann, Dawn Joseph, Jacob Emtatsom |
| 2014 | Clean Bandit | New Eyes | "Rihanna" (featuring Noonie Bao) | Jack Patterson, Grace Chatto |
| 2014 | Say Lou Lou | Lucid Dreaming | "Games for Girls" (with Lindstrøm) | Elektra Kilbey-Jansson, Miranda Kilbey-Jansson, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, Jakob Emtestam |
| 2014 | Sharks | Non-album single | "Wait" | Susanna Friberg, Sophia Englund, Johan Sigerud, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsh, Linus Eklow, Karl Sandberg, Joakim Jarl, Marcus Grindeback |
| 2014 | Union J | You Got It All | "Midnight Train" | Eric Frederic, Andreas Schuller, Joseph Spargur, Thomas Peyton, John Ryan II |
| 2014 | Charli XCX | Sucker | "Breaking Up" | Charlotte Aitchison, Patrik Berger, Markus Krunegård |
| 2014 | Charli XCX | Sucker | "Doing It" (solo or featuring Rita Ora) | Charlotte Aitchison, Ariel Rechtshaid, Jarrad Rogers, Matthew Burns |
| 2014 | Charli XCX | Sucker | "Die Tonight" | Charlotte Aitchison, Patrik Perger, Markus Krunegård, Pontus Winnberg, Andrew Wyatt, Rostam Batmanglij |
| 2014 | Charli XCX | Sucker | "Need Ur Luv" | Charlotte Aitchison, Andrew Wyatt, Rostam Batmanglij |
| 2015 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Emotion | "Run Away with Me" | Carly Rae Jepsen, Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson, Karl Schuster, Oscar Holter |
| 2015 | Coucheron | Playground | "Ruby" | Sebastian Teigen |
| 2015 | iSHi | Spring Pieces | "Let You Down" (featuring Noonie Bao) | Eshraque "iSHi" Mughal |
| 2015 | Alesso | Forever | "All This Love" (featuring Noonie Bao) | Alessandro Lindblad, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund |
| 2015 | Tommy Trash | Non-album single | "Wake the Giant" (featuring JHart) | Thomas Olsen, James Abrahart |
| 2015 | Inna | Body and the Sun | "Salinas Skies" | Wayne Hector, Andreas Schuller |
| 2015 | Avicii | Stories | "City Lights" | Tim Bergling, Arash Pournouri, Oskar Jonas Wallin |
| 2015 | Elias | Warcry EP | "Northern Lights" | Elias Sahlin, Patrik Berggren, Andreas Soderlund |
| 2015 | Mr. Oizo | Hand in the Fire | "Hand in the Fire" (featuring Charli XCX) | Quentin Dupieux, Charlotte Aitchison, Amanda Lucille Warner, Andrew Wyatt, Rostam Batmanglij |
| 2016 | Charli XCX | Vroom Vroom EP | "Vroom Vroom" | Charlotte Aitchison, Amanda Lucille Warner, Sophie Xeon |
| 2016 | Charli XCX | Vroom Vroom EP | "Paradise" (featuring Hannah Diamond) | Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Sophie Xeon, Martin Stilling |
| 2016 | Charli XCX | Vroom Vroom EP | "Trophy" | Charlotte Aitchison, Amanda Lucille Warner, Sophie Xeon, Patrik Berger |
| 2016 | Tini | Tini | "Got Me Started" | Daniel Traynor, Jason Evigan |
| 2016 | MØ | Non-album single | "Final Song" | Karen Marie Ørsted, Uzoechi Emenike |
| 2016 | Raye | Second EP | "I, U, Us" | Rachel Keen, Charlotte Aitchison, Fredrik Gibson |
| 2016 | AlunaGeorge | I Remember | "Jealous" | Aluna Francis, George Reid, Charlotte Aitchison, Jonathan Hill, Ajay Bhattacharya |
| 2016 | MØ | Non-album single | "Drum" | Karen Marie Ørsted, Charlotte Aitchison, Michael Tucker |
| 2016 | EasyFun | PC Music, Volume 2 | "Monopoly" (featuring Noonie Bao) | Finn Keane |
| 2016 | Alan Walker | Different World | "Alone" | Alan Walker, Jesper Borgen, Anders Frøen, Gunnar Greve Pettersen |
| 2017 | Zedd | Non-album single | "Stay" (with Alessia Cara) | Anton Zaslavski, Anders Frøen, Alessia Caracciolo, Sarah Aarons, Linus Wiklund |
| 2017 | Charli XCX | Number 1 Angel | "Blame It on U" | Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook |
| 2017 | Charli XCX | Number 1 Angel | "Roll with Me" | Charlotte Aitchison, Sophie Xeon, Klas Ahlund |
| 2017 | Charli XCX | Number 1 Angel | "White Roses" | Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook |
| 2017 | Katy Perry | Witness | "Save as Draft" | Katheryn Hudson, Dijon McFarlane, Nicholas Audino, Lewis Hughes, Elof Loelv |
| 2017 | Camila Cabello | Non-album single | "OMG" (featuring Quavo) | Karla Estrabao, Charlotte Aitchison, Alexandra Yatchenko, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Quavious Marshall |
| 2017 | Odesza | A Moment Apart | "Falls" (featuring Sasha Sloan) | Clayton Knight, Harrison Mills, Alexandra Yatchenko, Alexandra Cheatle |
| 2017 | Alma | Non-album single | "Phases" (with French Montana) | Alma-Sofia Miettinen, Charlotte Aitchison, Alexandra Yatchenko, Ryan Vojtesak, Kaelyn Behr, Rex Kudo, Karim Kharbouch |
| 2017 | Kygo | Stargazing EP | "This Town" (featuring Sasha Sloan) | Kyrre Gorvell-Dahll, Alexandra Yatchenko |
| 2017 | Demi Lovato | Tell Me You Love Me | "Cry Baby" | Demetria Lovato, Taylor Parks, Chloe Angelides, Jamie Sanderson, Kevin Hissink |
| 2017 | David Guetta | Non-album single | "Dirty Sexy Money" (with Afrojack featuring Charli XCX and French Montana) | Pierre Guetta, Nicholas van de Wall, Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Karim Kharbouch |
| 2017 | Charli XCX | Pop 2 | "Track 10" | Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Alexandra Yatchenko, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen |
| 2017 | Ty Dolla Sign | Bright OST | "Darkside" (featuring Kiiara and Future) | Tyrone Griffin Jr., Jeremy "JMIKE" Coleman, Linus Wiklund, Kiara Saulters, Nayvadius Wilburn |
| 2018 | Camila Cabello | Camila | "Never Be the Same" | Karla Estrabao, Alexandra Yatchenko, Adam Feeney, Leo Rami Dawod, Jacob Ludwig Olofsson |
| 2018 | Topic | Non-album single | "Perfect" (with Ally Brooke) | Alexandra Yatchenko, Matthew Radosevich |
| 2018 | Sasha Sloan | Sad Girl EP | "Fall" | Alexandra Yatchenko, Linus Wiklund |
| 2018 | Tinashe | Joyride | "Faded Love" (featuring Future) | Tinashe Kachingwe, Alexandra Yatchenko, Tor Hermansen, Nayvadius Wilburn |
| 2018 | Alma | Heavy Rules Mixtape | "Dance for Me" (featuring MØ) | Alma-Sofia Miettinen, Charlotte Aitchison, Karen Marie Ørsted, Andreas Schuller, Larus Orn Arnarson |
| 2018 | Jim-E Stack | Non-album single | "Somebody" | James Harmon Stack |
| 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | "Dance to This" (featuring Ariana Grande) | Troye Sivan Mellet, Brett McLaughlin, Oscar Holter |
| 2018 | Kungs | Non-album single | "Be Right Here" (with StarGate featuring GOLDN) | Valentin Brunel, Robert "Throttle" Bergin, Karla Estrabao, Charlotte Aitchison, Alexandra Yatchenko, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen |
| 2018 | Zedd | Non-album single | "Happy Now" (with Elley Duhé) | Anton Zaslavski, Sarah Aarons, Linus Wiklund |
| 2018 | David Guetta | 7 | "Don't Leave Me Alone" (featuring Anne Marie) | Pierre Guetta, Sarah Aarons, Linus Wiklund |
| 2018 | MØ | Forever Neverland | "Imaginary Friend" | Karen Marie Ørsted, Carlos Montagnese, William Walsh |
| 2018 | Rita Ora | Phoenix | "Let You Love Me" | Rita Sahatçiu Ora, Ilsey Juber, Linus Wiklund, Finn Keane, Fredrik Gibson |
| 2018 | Nicky Romero | Non-album single | "Paradise" (with Deniz Koyu featuring Walk off the Earth) | Nicholas Gotum, Deniz Akçakoyunlu, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund |
| 2018 | Charli XCX | Charli | "1999" (with Troye Sivan) | Charlotte Aitchison, Troye Sivan Mellet, Brett McLaughlin, Oscar Holter |
| 2018 | Rita Ora | Phoenix | "New Look" | Ilsey Juber, Jordan Suecof |
| 2018 | Clean Bandit | What Is Love? | "Nowhere" (featuring Rita Ora and Kyle) | Jack Patterson, Grace Chatto, Ilsey Juber, Linus Wiklund, Kyle Harvey |
| 2018 | Clean Bandit | What Is Love? | "24 Hours" (featuring Yasmin Green) | Jack Patterson, John Ryan II, Julian Bunetta |
| 2019 | Astrid S | Trust Issues | "Someone New" | Astrid Smeplass, Charlotte Aitchison, Jakob Hazell, Svante Halldin |
| 2019 | Sigrid | Sucker Punch | "Business Dinners" | Sigrid Raabe, Patrik Berger, Martin Stilling |
| 2019 | Sigrid | Sucker Punch | "Never Mine" | Sigrid Raabe, Martin Sjølie |
| 2019 | Marina | Love + Fear | "Enjoy Your Life" | Marina Diamandis, Oscar Holter |
| 2019 | Marina | Love + Fear | "True" | Marina Diamandis, Oscar Holter, Oscar Gorres |
| 2019 | Tritonal | U & Me | "Real" (with Evalyn) | Chad Cisneros, David Reed, Alexandra Yatchenko, Alexander Schwartz, Joseph Khajadourian, Teal Douville |
| 2019 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Dedicated | "Too Much" | Carly Rae Jepsen, Jonathan Hill, Patrik Berger |
| 2019 | Charli XCX | Charli | "Blame It on Your Love" (featuring Lizzo) | Charlotte Aitchison, Alexandra Yatchenko, Finn Keane, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Melissa Jefferson |
| 2019 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Dedicated | "For Sure" | Carly Rae Jepsen, Patrik Berger, Pontus Winnberg |
| 2019 | Zara Larsson | Poster Girl | "All the Time" | Zara Larsson, Ilsey Juber, Linus Wiklund |
| 2019 | David Guetta | Non-album single | "Thing for You" (with Martin Solveig) | Pierre Guetta, Martin Picandet, Alexandra Yatchenko, Alexandra Robotham |
| 2019 | Charli XCX | Charli | "Gone" (with Christine and the Queens) | Charlotte Aitchison, Linus Wiklund, Heloise Letissier, Nicholas Petitfrere |
| 2019 | Charli XCX | Charli | "Cross You Out" (featuring Sky Ferreira) | Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Linus Wiklund |
| 2019 | Charli XCX | 13 Reasons Why OST | "Miss U" | Charlotte Aitchison, Linus Wiklund, Madison Love |
| 2019 | Fall Out Boy | Blievers Never Die - Volume Two | "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" (featuring Wyclef Jean) | Patrick Stump, Joseph Trohman, Peter Wentz, Andy Hurley, Wyclef Jean, Jens Silverstedt, Jonas Wallin |
| 2019 | Charli XCX | Charli | "Official" | Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Finn Keane, Patrik Berger |
| 2019 | Gryffin | Gravity | "Baggage" (with Gorgon City and AlunaGeorge) | Daniel Griffith, Ilsey Juber, Aluna Francis, Jakob Hazell, Svante Halldin |
| 2019 | AJ Mitchell | Non-album single | "Down in Flames" | Aaron Mitchell Jr., Linus Wiklund |
| 2019 | MØ | Non-album single | "On & On" | Karen Marie Ørsted, Patrik Berger, Frederik Berger, Martin Stilling |
| 2020 | Halsey | Manic | "I Hate Everybody" | Ashley Frangipane, Sarah Aarons, Peder Losnegård, Benjamin Levin, Magnus August Høiberg, Nathan Perez, Finneas O'Connell |
| 2020 | Karen | Non-album single | "Repeat" | Karen Firlej, Alma-Sofia Miettinen, Charlotte Aitchison, Gerald Hoffmann, Jonas Lang, Joachim Piehl, Philip Meckseper, Martin Willumeit Jr. |
| 2020 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Dedicated Side B | "Now I Don't Hate California After All" | Carly Rae Jepsen, Markus Krunegård, Patrik Berger, Pontus Winnberg |
| 2020 | Ava Max | Heaven & Hell | "Who's Laughing Now" | Amanda Koci, Linus Wiklund, Måns Wredenberg, Madison Love, Henry Walter |
| 2021 | Charli XCX | Crash | "Good Ones" | Charlotte Aitchison, Caroline Ailin, Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson, Oscar Holter |
| 2024 | Charli XCX | BRAT | "Apple" | Charlotte Aitchison, Linus Wiklund, George Daniel |
| 2024 | Kylie Minogue | Tension II | "Good as Gone" | Benjamin Kohn, Peter Kelleher, Thomas Barnes, Caroline Ailin |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Organization | Award | Result |
| 2013 | Grammis | Best New Artist | Nominated |
| 2017 | Swedish Music Publishers Award | Songwriter of the year | Won |
| 2017 | Swedish Music Publishers Awardsl | International Success | Won |
| 2018 | Grammis | Songwriter of the year | Won |