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'''Jeppe Breum Laursen''' is a Danish singer-songwriter and producer. Performing under the name "Senior", Laursen was the lead vocalist of the [[Pop music|pop]] duo [[Junior Senior]]. In 2008 the British magazine ''[[Dazed & Confused (magazine)|Dazed & Confused]]'' praised Laursen's music for its "urgency and club appeal" and described it as "[[Industrial music|industrial]] [[synth-pop]] and bone-rattling drama".<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/187/1/jeppe-from-denmark |title=Jeppe from Denmark &#124; Dazed |website=Dazeddigital.com |date=2008-06-19 |accessdate=2017-02-26}}</ref> His first solo release was a collaboration with American electronic music duo [[Classixx]] entitled "I'll Get You", which was released in 2009 on [[Kitsuné]]. Laursen's song "Lucky Boy" was a contender for Denmark's entry for the [[Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2009#Dansk_Melodi_Grand_Prix_2009|2009 Eurovision Song Contest]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dombal|first=Ryan|title=Ex-Junior Senior Guy Enters Danish Eurovision Finals|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/34387-ex-junior-senior-guy-enters-danish-eurovision-finals/|access-date=2020-11-19|website=Pitchfork|language=en-us}}</ref> Laursen also remixed "Off Our Backs" by American [[electropop]] band [[MEN (band)|MEN]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iamsoundrecords.com/store/men/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123014359/http://www.iamsoundrecords.com/store/men/ |archive-date=2011-01-23 |df= }}</ref>▼

Laursen co-wrote and co-produced [[Lady Gaga|Lady Gaga's]] 2011 single "[[Born This Way (song)|Born This Way]]", the title track from her [[Born This Way (album)|second studio album of the same name]].<ref name="Aswad">{{cite web|last=Aswad|first=Jem|title=Single Review: Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473082/single-review-lady-gaga-born-this-way|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|accessdate=13 February 2011|date=11 February 2011}}</ref> The song reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on 16 February 2011.<ref name="Trust">{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|title=Lady Gaga Claims 1,000th Hot 100 No. 1 with 'Born This Way'|magazine=Billboard|date=2011-02-16|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473025/lady-gaga-claims-1000th-hot-100-no-1-with-born-this-way|accessdate=2011-02-16}}</ref>▼

==Personal life==▼