Lemon Squeezy
Lemon Squeezy is a Swedish barbershop quartet best known for winning the 2025 Barbershop International Quartet Championships,[1] the most prestigious acapella competition in the world.
Originally formed in 2010 by tenor Alexander Löfstedt, lead Victor Nilsson, baritone Jonathan von Döbeln and bass Martin Jangö, they first came to prominence in 2012, when they won the International Collegiate championship in Portland, Oregon at the same event that their mentors and fellow Swedish singers Ringmasters won the International Quartet Championships. [2] While the International Collegiate championship (which is age-restricted to only younger singers) was a significant step for them, it does not carry the same prestige as the International Quartet Championships (the open division), which Lemon Squeezy failed to medal in.
Over the years, Lemon Squeezy continued competing and placing very well in the International Quartet Championships,[3] culminating in a second-place finish in 2016. They continued singing over the next several years, but both Löfstedt and von Döbeln left the quartet, leaving Nilsson and Jangö to cycle through other singers before finally landing on a lineup with Nilsson sliding over to tenor rather than lead, with David Holst (himself a former International Collegiate champion with Trocadero) assuming lead responsibilities and Sam Molavi taking over at baritone.
This revamped lineup competed in the International Quartet Championships for the first time in nearly a decade in 2023, finishing second. Lemon Squeezy did not participate in the 2024 championships, but returned for the 2025 championships in Denver. Singing songs including "Only One Road" by Celine Dion, "Popular" from Wicked, and a parody of "All-American Prophet" from the Book of Mormon, Lemon Squeezy finally won the gold medal.
Despite a promise from Jangö to leave the quartet if they won the gold, he continued singing with Nilsson and Molavi after the event. Holst continued singing with the others only intermittently, being occasionally replaced by his brother, Mikael Holst. After the group returned for the 2026 World Championships in St Louis, Missouri to perform a small number of songs and to present the gold medals to that year's new champions, the younger Holst brother officially replaced the elder.