Koop Arponen was born in
Lappeenranta, Eastern Finland to a
Finnish father and a
Dutch mother. When he was two, his family moved to
Belgium and to
England a few years later where he attended
Cheam High School in
Cheam,
Greater London, between 1995 and 2002. He was elected as Head Boy of the School in 2001, his final year of sixth form. At the age of five he started to play the
piano, but quit 6 years later. At the age of 16 he started to play it again and also started to compose music. While doing his
national service at the Finnish Army, he learnt to play the
guitar. In England he studied at the
University of Hull Scarborough Campus and graduated with a BA degree in Creative Music Technology with Business Management.> He also used to play in local pubs and clubs. Arponen's father died in 2008, and after that he moved back to
Finland to his grandmother's, who lives in the village of
Pihlajavesi in Keuruu. Arponen has a son, born in 2016, with his British wife Cordelia, whom he married in 2014. They live in London, England. ==Idols==