and i came across, you know, kygo. i immediately hit him up on facebook. love to work with you. he basically said, yeah, let's do it, like right after a call. he was sort of, let's see what happens. kygo's real name is -- [ speaking foreign language ] that's how you say it in norwegian. i go with kygo. >> reporter: their partnership was a match made in heaven. before you knew it, they landed a record deal. >> i signed a deal and i released "firestone." >> when he signed that deal i just felt like it was game time. >> reporter: two years later he would release his debut album "cloud nine." what was it like to release original music for the first time? >> yeah, that was -- that was a good feeling. up until that point i was only doing remixes. i think actually some people -- i saw some people on the internet thought that my artist name was "kygo remix." because i was -- every song was "kygo remix." >> reporter: now he's collaborated with some of the biggest names in music. rita ora. ♪ selena gomez. ♪ ♪ it ain't me ♪ we were high and we were sober ♪ >> reporte

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