K-391

Biography

Kenneth Osberg Nilsen (born 2 November 1994), known professionally as K-391, is a Norwegian music producer and DJ. He is best known for his 2018 single "Ignite", a song featuring Alan Walker, Julie Bergan and Seungri which reached number one in Norway.

Career

Kenneth Osberg Nilsen was born on 2 November 1994 in Bamble Municipality, Norway. He first became interested in music at the age of five. He heard a dance song on the radio and liked how it featured guitar and piano but was somehow different from other songs. He began listening to the radio every day, searching for songs in a similar genre. A few years later, he started taking piano lessons, but got bored after a year and quit. He listened mainly to techno and trance, but over the years he gradually developed a preference for electronic dance music. At the age of 14, he wanted to create his own techno and trance music, and while searching for a way to do so, he discovered the FL Studio.
He started out as Keosni391, but soon changed his name to K-391. When he entered high school, he developed a love for hip-hop and freestyle, and decided to pursue a professional career in composition. He continued working for a year without quitting, despite not receiving any feedback. In February 2012, he uploaded his track "Electro House 2012" to YouTube, which garnered over 500,000 views within a few weeks. This marked the beginning of his serious musical endeavors.
He continued to release dubstep and electro house tracks and demos at a rapid pace, with songs like "Summertime" and "Fantastic" becoming online hits. Some of these tracks were included on his digital albums Sunshine×Sunshine23 August 2014 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Sunshine4:122Summertime4:453Don't Stop3:094Sevje3:415Nice Takeoff6:406Farmers (Hockey Exclusive)4:137C'mon3:558New Energy5:19 (2014), Overture×Overture17 March 2017 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Drop It! (remastered)5:382Fantastic (remastered)4:373Dream of Something Sweet (remastered)4:324Godzilla (instrumental)3:475This Is Felicitas4:466Electro House 2012 (remastered)4:327Triple Rush3:538Deep Blue4:369Windows3:4910Solstice3:46 (2017), and Hello, World×Hello, World1 August 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Electro House4:182Summertime4:453Fantastic3:514This Is Felicitas4:455Dream of Something Sweet4:316Electrode4:237Triple Rush3:538Deep Blue4:359Boombox4:4310Nice Takeoff6:40 (2018). In 2013, British record label, NoCopyrightSounds promoted his song "Dream Of Something Sweet×Dream of Something Sweet22 December 2013 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Dream of Something Sweet4:32", featuring Cory Friesenhan, on 22 December 2013. His final song on the label was "Earth×Earth30 April 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Earth3:53", released on 30 April 2016.
In 2017, K-391 and Alan Walker released their collaborative single "Ignite", a reboot of his 2015 track "Godzilla" which featured vocalist Marvin Divine. Although the song was a collaboration, Nilsen was only credited as a feature on the song. The song, which was originally released as an instrumental, was released on 7 April 2017, through Walker's record label MER as well as Sony Music. A version of the song, featuring vocals by Norwegian singer-songwriter Julie Bergan and South Korean singer Seungri was later released on 11 May 2018. Although the instrumental was released through Mer Musikk and Sony Music, the vocal interpretation was released under Liquid State, a record label that focuses on electronic dance music. The vocal interpretation was praised as being significantly better than the instrumental and it was a huge success for K-391. K-391 went on to further collaborate with Alan Walker, remixing such songs as "Tired" and "All Falls Down".
On 30 November 2018, K-391 collaborated with Alan Walker and American singer Sofia Carson on the single "Different World", featuring Chinese producer CORSAK, through MER Musikk and Sony Music Entertainment. The track is a reboot of Nilsen's 2014 track called "Sevje". On 14 December 2018, the single appeared on Alan Walker's debut album of the same name, alongside "Lily" with Emelie Hollow which is the remake from Nilsen's song called "Flux" from "How To Make An Epic Rap Beat" on his YouTube Channel. K-391 later collaborated with Norwegian producers Martin Tungevaag, Mangoo and Alan Walker to create a remake of Mangoo's "Eurodancer", originally released in 2000. The collaboration was released on 30 August 2019 under the name "Play". In March 2020, Nilsen with Alan Walker and Ahrix created a single called "End of Time", the remake version of Ahrix's popular 2013 track "Nova" incorporating uncredited vocals provided by American-born Swedish songwriter Kristin Carpenter. In October 2020, K-391, along with RØRY made a new song called Aurora.
On 24 September 2021, K-391 collaborated with Alan Walker and Boy in Space to release the song "Paradise", taken from Walker's album World of Walker (2021). The song is also a collaboration with PUBG Mobile, and reached number 31 on the Norwegian VG-lista chart. On 12 November 2021, he collaborated with Linko on the song "Go Home×Go Home12 November 2021 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Go Home2:57", featuring Mentum, a reboot of their old track "Away".
In 2022, K-391 decided he would become independent and released "Nightmare×Nightmare24 February 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Nightmare3:24" featuring Julianne Aurora. He went on to release tracks such as 'Lighthouse×Lighthouse29 April 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Lighthouse4:05' with Julianne Aurora, 'Lonely World×Lonely World26 May 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Lonely World3:16' with Victor Crone and 'Not Out of My Mind×Not Out of My Mind12 August 2022 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Not Out of My Mind2:35' with Xillions. In February 2023, he released 'Magic' with Brother Leo under UMG. In March 2024, K-391 collaborated with Vietnamese producer Hoaprox on the single "Die Alone×Die Alone22 March 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Die Alone3:13".

Compilation albums

- Hello, World

Released: 1 August 2018
Label: IIIIXI AS
Format: Digital Download
- Cyber Reality

Released: 13 January 2022
Label: K-391
Format: Digital Download