Emily Warren (songwriter)
| Emily Warren | |
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| Born |
August 25, 1992 New York, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Prescription (Rx) Songs |
| Associated acts | |
Emily Warren (born 1992) is an American singer and multi-platinum songwriter signed to Dr. Luke's label Prescription Songs, who currently splits her time between New York, London, and Los Angeles. She is most notable for the songs she has written for several high-profile pop artists, including The Chainsmokers, Jessie J, Shawn Mendes, 5 Seconds of Summer, Tiësto, Melanie Martinez, Frenship and several more.
Early life and education
Warren was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where she attended Trinity, a prestigious preparatory school, from kindergarten through high school. Out of line with her high school classmates, Warren had a penchant for the creative and performed regularly with her band, Emily Warren & the Betters (members Etienne Bowler and Marc Campbell went on to form part of the pop band MisterWives).[1] A single from The Betters EP, Not at All, was featured on the soundtrack of MTV's short-lived series, Skins.[2][3] She was accepted into the NYU Tisch School/Clive Davis Institute in 2011 and offered a songwriter's contract with Prescription (Rx) Songs in 2013. In 2015 Warren graduated from the university and began splitting her time between Los Angeles and London.[4]
Music career
After signing with Dr. Luke, Warren disbanded the Betters and spent a year in LA. Soon after her arrival, she co-wrote "Masterpiece", the third single on pop artist Jessie J's album, Sweet Talker. "Masterpiece" debuted at #30 on the US Mainstream Top 40[5] and #65 on the US Billboard Hot 100[5] as well as certified gold in Australia[6] and New Zealand.[7] Following the success of that release, Warren eventually teamed up with longtime friend and collaborator Scott Harris to co-write four songs from Shawn Mendes' platinum-selling album, Handwritten: "Strings", "Aftertaste", "Air", and "Lost". September 18, 2015 marked the release of The Chainsmokers' and Tritonal's "Until You Were Gone", which featured Warren's lead vocals. Her performance was immediately praised by Nylon, which wrote, "Her delivery is filled with a longing that packs a strong punch."[8] Additionally, The Chainsmokers hailed Warren as, "one of the best songwriters AND vocalists that they had ever worked with".[9] Shortly after, Warren teamed up again with Scott Harris and together they wrote "Don't Let Me Down" with The Chainsmokers, which reached number 1 on went triple platinum in the United States. It was both The Chainsmokers and Daya's first top 5 on Billboard Hot 100. Around the same time, Warren co-wrote and featured vocals on viral hit "Capsize" with Los Angeles duo Frenship, which is certified gold and has surpassed 200 million streams on Spotify (115 million of which were acquired prior to its radio impact date).
When interviewed by the online music publication Smashed about her writing process, Warren stated, "I think that sometimes songwriting, especially for pop, is viewed as a factory or an assembly line process, and I have to challenge that... I think that good songwriting has a real art to it, and I don’t just mean the profound or thought-provoking ones. Even most of the light-hearted, straight-up pop ones are masterfully written— sometimes even harder to write."[10] Warren's express mission as a writer and artist is to create pop music that has the conceptual backing to influence positive social change. In a Tisch interview, she states, "What excites me about this field is that pop music can be an incredibly powerful and crucial platform for influence and change."[4]
Discography
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | CAN [11] |
NOR [12] |
SWE [13] |
UK [14] | |||
| "Capsize" (with Frenship) |
2016 | 78 | 56 | 11 | 20 | 59 | Truce |
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | |||
| "Until You Were Gone" (The Chainsmokers and Tritonal featuring Emily Warren) |
2015 | —[upper-alpha 1] | Bouquet |
| "Phone Down" (Lost Kings featuring Emily Warren) |
2016 | —[upper-alpha 2] | Phone Down |
Songwriting credits
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
| 2013 | Krewella | Get Wet | "Pass the Love Around" | Scott Harris, SmarterChild |
| 2014 | Karmin | Pulses | "Gasoline" | Amy Heidemann, Nick Noonan, Kyle Shearer |
| Jessie J | Sweet Talker | "Masterpiece" | Britt Burton, Josh Alexander | |
| "Ain't Been Done" | Scott Harris, David Gamson | |||
| Nick & Knight | Nick & Knight | "If You Want It" | Nick Carter, Jordan Knight, Who is Fancy, Jeff Halatrax | |
| Niykee Heaton | Bad Intentions | "Sober" | Niykee Heaton, Michael Keenan | |
| "Champagne" | Niykee Heaton, Nick Bailey, Ryan Ogren | |||
| "Skin Tight" | Niykee Heaton, Tommy Tysper | |||
| "Villa" | Niykee Heaton, Scott Harris, Keenan, SmarterChild | |||
| 2015 | Fifth Harmony | Reflection | "Them Girls Be Like" | Britt Burton, James Abrahart, Victoria Monet, T-Collar |
| Sleeping with Sirens | Madness | "Gold" | John Feldmann, Kellin Quinn | |
| "Heroine" | John Feldmann, Kellin Quinn | |||
| Katy Tiz | N/A | "Whistle (While You Work It)" | Katy Tiz, Kinetics & One Love, J.R. Rotem | |
| Shawn Mendes | Handwritten | "Strings" | Shawn Mendes, Scott Harris, Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters | |
| "Aftertaste" | Scott Harris, Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters | |||
| "Air" (featuring Astrid S) | Scott Harris, Craven J | |||
| "Lost" | Shawn Mendes, Scott Harris, Craven J | |||
| Melanie Martinez | Cry Baby | "Soap" | Melanie Martinez, Kyle Shearer | |
| Sophia Black | Sophia Black | "mizu" | Sophia Black, Aaron Joseph, Jon Castelli | |
| Becky G | N/A | "Break a Sweat" | Dr. Luke, Cirkut, J Kash, LunchMoney Lewis, Chloe Angelides | |
| The Chainsmokers, Tritonal | Bouquet | "Until You Were Gone" | The YoungBoyz, The Chainsmokers, Tritonal, Jared Scharff | |
| OMI | Me 4 U | "Drop in the Ocean" (featuring AronChupa) | Scott Harris, Oscar Scivier, AronChupa | |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | Sounds Good Feels Good | "Safety Pin" | John Feldmann, Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood, Ashton Irwin | |
| 2016 | Tiësto, Oliver Heldens | N/A | "The Right Song" (featuring Natalie La Rose) | Scott Harris, Tiësto, Oliver Heldens |
| The Chainsmokers | N/A | "Don't Let Me Down" (featuring Daya) | Drew Taggart, Scott Harris | |
| Skizzy Mars | Alone Together | "Girl on a Train" | Skizzy Mars, Scott Harris, Michael Keenan | |
| Frenship | Truce | "Capsize" | James Sunderland, Brett Hite, Babydaddy | |
| Becky Hill | N/A | "Back To My Love (ft. Little Simz)" | Becky Hill, Little Simz, Noah Breakfast | |
| Andy Black | The Shadow Side | "Put The Gun Down" | Andy Biersack, John Feldmann | |
| Astrid S | "Astrid S" | "Jump" | Astrid S, Nick Ruth | |
| "I Don't Wanna Know" | Astrid S, Nick Ruth | |||
| Chris Lane | Girl Problems | "Circles" (featuring Mackenzie Porter) | Danny Parker, Steph Jones, Joey Moi, Sno | |
| Various Artists | The Get Down Official Soundtrack | "Just You, Not Now" (Love Theme) by Grace | Grace, Emile Haynie, Baz Luhrmann | |
| Ava Lily | Painkiller | "Painkiller" | Lily Stokes, Shama Joseph | |
| Britt Nicole | Britt Nicole | "No Filter" | Britt Burton, Josh Alexander | |
| Lost Kings | Phone Down | "Phone Down" (featuring Emily Warren) | Scott Harris, Phil Leigh, Matt Holmes, Norris Shanholtz, Robert Gainley | |
| Little Mix | "Glory Days" | "Nobody Like You" | Steve Robson | |
| "No More Sad Songs" | The Electric, Tash Phillips | |||
| Sean Paul | No Lie | "No Lie" (featuring Dua Lipa) | Sean Paul, Andrew Jackson, Sermstyle | |
| Naughty Boy | Should've Been Me | "Should've Been Me" (featuring Kyla & Popcaan) | Scott Harris, MOJAM |
Notes
- ↑ "Until You Were Gone" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 21 on the US Dance/Electronic Charts.
- ↑ "Phone Down" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 25 on the US Dance/Electronic Charts.
References
- ↑ "Emily Warren". Rebel One. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ↑ "Artist Interview: Emily Warren and the Betters". MTV. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ↑ Alford, Dan. "Review: Emily Warren and the Betters at Webster Hall". TheHuffingtonPost.com. Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- 1 2 "Emily Warren: Class of 2015". NYU: Tisch. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- 1 2 http://www.billboard.com/artist/304565/Jessie+J/chart?f=379
- ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 40 Urban Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3958
- ↑ Manders, Hayden. "The Chainsmokers' and Tritonal's New Song will get you Lit". Nylon Magazine. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ↑ "TheChainsmokers on Twitter". 17 September 2015.
- ↑ Tanners, Jon. "Songwriting is Alchemy: The Secret Sauce behind Writing a Hit". Smashed. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ↑ "Frenship - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Norwegian Charts Portal". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Swedish Charts Portal". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved July 22, 2016.