JOWST

Joakim With Steen (born 26 June 1989), better known as Jowst (stylised in all caps), is a Norwegian music producer and songwriter. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 alongside vocalist Aleksander Walmann with the song "Grab the Moment", finishing in 10th place.

== Early life and career == Steen was born in Trondheim and raised in Tiller. At age 14, his family moved to Steinkjer Municipality. At the age of fifteen his main focus was guitar, punk, songwriting and band. After finishing his sound and music production education at the renowned Noroff Institute in Oslo, where he later also worked as a teacher and held lectures in the same field. At the same time he also worked as sound technician and producer for Earport Studios in Fornebu. Joakim started Red Line Studio where he has worked as a sound engineer and producer since 2011. With the project "Making a Hit" and the hit song "Grab the Moment" he is now focusing on his own music under the artist name JOWST, an acronym formed from the first letter of his names.