Wouter Hardy | |
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| Also known as | Hrdy |
| Born | (1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (age 34) Boxtel, Netherlands |
| Genres | Pop music |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | Sony Music Publishing |
| Website | wouterhardy hrdy |
Wouter Hardy (Dutch:[ˈʋʌutərˈɦɑrdi]; born 3 April 1991), also known by his stage nameHrdy (stylised inall caps), is a Dutch musician, songwriter and producer.[1] He is known for his work with, among others,Duncan Laurence,Gjon's Tears andAlika Milova.
Hardy was born and raised inBoxtel,North Brabant.[2] After graduating from theRock City Institute inEindhoven, he moved toRotterdam to study at theCodarts University for the Arts.[2][3] During his studies, he joined the band ofSharon Kovacs, with whom hetoured through Europe until 2016.[2][3]
In late 2016, Hardy metDuncan Laurence throughSony Music Publishing.[3] Together, they worked on the song "Arcade" for two years.[3] Prior to its public release, the song was internally selected by the Dutch broadcasterAVROTROS to represent the Netherlands in theEurovision Song Contest 2019.[4] "Arcade" went on to win the competition, giving the Netherlands its first Eurovision win since 1975, and became one of the most successfulEurovision Song Contest winning entries on streaming platforms and international charts in recent history.[5]
Following the cancellation of theEurovision Song Contest 2020, Hardy was invited to participate in a songwriting camp inZürich to help write a new song for the Swiss representativeGjon's Tears for the2021 edition.[6] Together with Gjon's Tears and the Belgian songwriterNina Sampermans, he wrote the song "Ground Zero", which was later translated intoFrench as "Tout l'univers".[6] Out of five finalists, a professional jury ultimately chose this song to representSwitzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.[6] At Eurovision, the entry finished in third place with 432 points, Switzerland's best placement since 1993.
In December 2022, it was announced that Hardy and Sampermans will be participating in the2023 edition ofEesti Laul, the Estonian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, as co-writers of the entry "Bridges" byAlika.[7] "Bridges" eventually won the competition and thus became the Estonian entry for the2023 contest, where it finished in eighth place with 168 points.[8]
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| Lockdown EP |
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| Making Memories EP |
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| Title | Year | Album |
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| "A New Dawn" | 2021 | Lockdown EP |
| "Brother" | ||
| "Sunday" | ||
| "Forgiven" | ||
| "Making Memories" | Making Memories EP | |
| "Me and My Piano" | ||
| "Empty" | 2022 | |
| "Dad" |
| Title | Year | Artist | Co-written with |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Arcade" | 2019 | Duncan Laurence | Duncan de Moor,Will Knox, Joel Sjöö |
| "Caroline" | 2020 | Nambyar | Jesse Nambiar, Joel Sjöö, Morien van der Tang |
| "Tout l'univers" | 2021 | Gjon's Tears | Gjon Muharremaj, Xavier Michel,Nina Sampermans |
| "Long Night" | Ola | Olamide Polet, Nina Sampermans | |
| "Snow in New York" | Cheryl van Tricht | — | |
| "Wasted Time" | Charles [fr;nl] | Charlotte Foret, Nina Sampermans | |
| "Riddle" | |||
| "Without You" | |||
| "The Fall" | |||
| "Far Gone" | |||
| "He Knows" | |||
| "Stars" | Duncan Laurence | Duncan de Moor, Jordan Garfield,Brett McLaughlin | |
| "Alright" | Hanin al Kadamani | Hanin al Kadamani, Amber Gomaa, Billie Maluw | |
| "Er is nog zo veel" | Stef Bos,Lucas Hamming [nl] andFriday | — | |
| "Als jij maar bij me bent" | 2022 | Meau | Meau Hewitt |
| "Half a World Away" | Remme feat.Clara Mae | Remme ter Haar, Clara Hagman, Isa Azier | |
| "Know" | Dion Cooper | Dion Cooper, Jordan Garfield, Loek van der Grinten, Duncan de Moor | |
| "Bridges" | Alika | Alika Milova, Nina Sampermans | |
| "Skyboy" | 2023 | Duncan Laurence | Duncan de Moor, Jordan Garfield |
| Year | Country | Song | Artist | Semi-final | Final | ||
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| Place | Points | Place | Points | ||||
| 2019 |  Netherlands | "Arcade" | Duncan Laurence | 1 | 280 | 1 | 498 |
| 2021 |  Switzerland | "Tout l'univers" | Gjon's Tears | 1 | 291 | 3 | 432 |
| 2023 |  Estonia | "Bridges" | Alika | 10 | 74 | 8 | 168 |
