José González og Mikel Cee Karlsson

José González (b. 1978) is a Swedish indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist with Argentinian origins. In 2003, he released his debut album, Veneer. González is also a member of the Swedish band Junip. In 2009, González began collaborating with a group of other Swedish songwriters and German composers on the Gothenburg String Theory project. González's third solo album, Vestiges & Claws, released in 2015, was a critical hit and even managed to break the Billboard Top 100 chart in the US. González returned in 2021 with his fourth album, Local Valley.

Mikel Cee Karlsson (b. 1977) is a director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer from Sweden. He is one of the co-owners of Plattform Produktion, the production company behind Ruben Östlund's films, including Palme d'Or winners Triangle of Sadness (2022) and The Square (2017). As a director, he has made four documentary films; Greetings from the woods (2009), The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of José González (2011), FRAEMLING (2019) and A Tiger in paradise (2023).