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Also credited as IDSF

Swedish eclectic alt-rock/pop project (often stylized IDSF), founded and produced by multi-instrumentalist Håkan Persson after university. Rotating collaborators; psychedelic, punk, and indie pop with sync placements (MTV, Samsung). Two Scoobert Doobert joint singles on Indieshake.

**I Don't Speak French** (IDSF) is a collaborative Swedish project led by [**Håkan Persson**](https://swedishredelephant.com/) — multi-instrumentalist, producer, and Indieshake label founder. The band formed after music-production studies; the name comes from an early lyric (*I don't speak French, or Italian baby*). Style shifts deliberately: samba to punk to massive hooks, with *The Archives, Pt. 1* and *Pt. 2* (2022) and the **BOB** album track **Blow the Speakers Up** among the catalog anchors.

Sync and TV are part of the public record: MTV features (e.g. *Catfish*, *Teen Mom*), and **Samsung** campaigns using IDSF tracks internationally. Luke Francis Walton appears on the **Scoobert Doobert** side of two joint singles — not as Persson's behind-the-scenes mixer, but as a named collab artist on the release.

[**Protoplasmic Prison Cell**](/songs/protoplasmic-prison-cell/) (**Sep 30, 2022**, Beformer / Indieshake) and [**Voulez-Vous**](/songs/voulez-vous/) (**Aug 4, 2023**, Indieshake) are the on-site credit thread. Persson also discussed DIY, Sweden, and sync on [Love Music More](/love-music-more/guests/hakan-persson/).

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