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Birth name | Andrew Wyatt Blakemore [1] |
Born | Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
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Years active | 2003–present |
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Andrew Wyatt Blakemore is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. [2] Born and raised in Manhattan, New York, he began his career playing in New York bands such as The A.M. and Black Beetle. [3] [4] He gained wider notability as the frontman of the Swedish electronic pop band Miike Snow, which released its acclaimed debut album in 2009. [5] Since that time, Wyatt has released two other albums with the band as well as his solo debut Descender on Downtown Records in 2013.
Wyatt has worked with other artists, writing and/or producing songs with artists including Liam Gallagher, Lady Gaga, Lorde, Bruno Mars and others. [6] [7] As a songwriter, Wyatt has been nominated for the Song of the Year Grammy Award twice. In 2019, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for his work with Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, and Anthony Rossomando on "Shallow" from A Star is Born; the same year, the group was also awarded the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
Wyatt grew up on Perry Street in Manhattan, New York City, [6] in the 1980s. [8] At 18, he and musician Greg Kurstin formed the short-lived experimental pop band Funkraphiliacs, whereupon he was signed to Capitol Records as a solo artist. [9] He worked on the album at Peter Gabriel's Real World studios for about a year [10] until drug addiction and psychological issues forced him into hospitalization. [11] After his stay in rehab, Wyatt moved to a small mountain town in Colorado for several years, and he briefly attended the University of Colorado. [12] [13]
After briefly studying at classical conservatory, Wyatt returned to New York City and shortly thereafter formed the group The A.M. with Michael Tighe and Parker Kindred, formerly of Jeff Buckley's band. The group released one album on Universal UK before disbanding in 2005. [14] [15]
Wyatt is currently the lead singer and co-songwriter for the Swedish band Miike Snow. [16] [17] [18]
Outside of his own projects, Wyatt has worked extensively with other artists, writing and/or producing songs with Carl Barat, [19] [20] Mark Ronson, [21] [22] [23] Tiggers, Dragons of Zynth, Coco Sumner, and others. In 2011 Wyatt co-wrote "Grenade" with Bruno Mars. The song went to number one in several countries including the U.S, and earned a Grammy Nomination for Song of the Year. [24] [25] Recently, Wyatt began creating sound installations and video art for galleries, and debuted Waves, a collaboration with photographer / video artist Sebastian Mlynarski, at The New Museum in New York. [1] He co-created the music for the 2012 one-act ballet "Carbon Life" along with Mark Ronson and Wayne McGregor. [26]
Wyatt released his debut solo album Descender on April 16, 2013, on INGRID/Downtown Records, the album features the 75-piece Prague Philharmonic Orchestra with additional appearances by The Libertines' Anthony Rossomando, Spiritualized's bassist Brad Truax, Amen Dunes' Damon McMahon, and Tortoise's John Herndon. [27] The only live performance of the album was at Capitale in New York City on May 10, 2013, as part of the Downtown Festival. [28] A short documentary directed by Sebastian Mlynarski, entitled "The Making of Descender," [29] was made in collaboration with The Creator's Project on March 19, 2013. In the documentary Wyatt discussed the challenges of completing the album in only a month, as that was the only time he had between Miike Snow tours and it gave a behind the scenes look at the recording process. [30] [31]
The first single from the project, "And Septimus...", was made available for streaming on February 19, 2013, and a music video for the single that was filmed in Buenos Aires and directed by Sebastian Mlynarski, premiered on Rolling Stone.com on May 7, 2013. [27]
In May 2015, Wyatt collaborated with Flume on his track "Some Minds", featuring vocals and lyrics. [32]
Andrew Wyatt earned the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2019 for "Shallow", which he co-wrote with Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson and Anthony Rossomando. [33] For Wyatt, Ronson and Rossomando, it was their first nomination and first win; for Lady Gaga, it was her second nomination and first win. [34]
On June 29, 2019, Wyatt joined Liam Gallagher onstage at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival, playing guitar on "The River", which he co-wrote with the former Oasis frontman. [35] It was one of eleven tracks co-written by Wyatt to feature on Gallagher's second album Why Me? Why Not. , seven of which he also produced. [36] The album was released in September 2019, and reached number one in the UK charts. [37]
Year | Song | Artist | Album | Details |
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2024 | "Beautiful That Way" | Miley Cyrus | Producer/Songwriter | |
"Omega" (feat. Ralphie Choo) | Rosalía | Songwriter | ||
"Maybe You Know Me Now" | Andrew Wyatt | Maybe You Know Me Now - Single | Performing Artist/Producer/Songwriter | |
"These Walls" | Dua Lipa | Radical Optimism | Producer/Songwriter | |
"Maria" | ||||
"You For Christmas" | Kelly Clarkson | When Christmas Comes Around... | Songwriter | |
2023 | "Dance the Night" | Dua Lipa | Barbie the Album | Producer/Songwriter |
"I'm Just Ken" | Ryan Gosling | Songwriter | ||
"What Was I Made For?" | Billie Eilish | Producer | ||
"Pink" | Lizzo | Producer/Songwriter | ||
"Beyond The Pale" | Andrew Wyatt | Beyond The Pale - Single | Performing Artist/Producer/Songwriter | |
"Creation of Barbie" | Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson | Barbie (score) | Producer/Songwriter | |
"Pink - "Barbie" Opening Theme" | ||||
"Beach Off" | ||||
"Ken Thinks" | ||||
"Stairway to Weird Barbie" | ||||
"Thoughts of Death" | ||||
"Send Me Through the Portal" | ||||
"Ken Makes a Discovery" | ||||
"Bus Stop Billie" | ||||
"Mattel" | ||||
"Meeting Ruth" (feat. Molly Lewis) | ||||
"Lose These Chuckleheads" | ||||
"You Failed Me!" | ||||
"Alan vs Kens" | ||||
"Deprogramming" | ||||
"Warmth of Your Gaze" | ||||
"An Ending" | ||||
"I Don't Have an Ending" | ||||
"What Was I Made For? (Epilogue)" | ||||
2022 | "More Power" | Liam Gallagher | C’MON YOU KNOW | Producer/Songwriter |
"Diamond in The Dark" | ||||
"Don't Go Halfway" | ||||
"It was not meant to be" | ||||
"Moscow Rules" | ||||
"I'm Free" | ||||
"Better Days" | ||||
"Oh Sweet Children" | ||||
"The Joker" | ||||
"Wave" | ||||
"C'mon You Know" | Producer | |||
"World's In need" | ||||
"Burning" | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Cool It Down | Producer/Songwriter | |
"Different Today" | ||||
"Bless You" | Liam Gallagher | Diamond In The Dark EP | Producer | |
"Sorry If I Hurt You" | Charli XCX | CRASH | Songwriter | |
2021 | "Spinning (with Charli XCX & The 1975)" | No Rome, Charli XCX, The 1975 | Non-Album Single | Songwriter |
"Bonnie Hill" | Jungle | Loving in Stereo | Songwriter | |
2020 | "High" | Miley Cyrus | Plastic Hearts | Producer |
"Golden G String" | Producer/songwriter | |||
2019 | "Trigger" | Major Lazer, Khalid | Songwriter | |
"Hit Me Where It Hurts" | Caroline Polachek | Pang | Co-producer/songwriter | |
"Slide Away" | Miley Cyrus | Producer/songwriter | ||
"One of Us" | Liam Gallagher | Why Me? Why Not. | Producer/songwriter | |
"Once" | ||||
"The River" | ||||
"Alright Now" | ||||
"Gone" | ||||
"Invisible Sun" | ||||
"Glimmer" | ||||
"Shockwave" | Songwriter | |||
"Halo" | ||||
"Be Still" | ||||
"Meadow" | ||||
"Don't Leave Me Lonely" (feat. YEBBA) | Mark Ronson | Late Night Feelings | Songwriter | |
"When U Went Away" (feat. YEBBA) | ||||
"Mother's Daughter" | Miley Cyrus | She Is Coming | Producer/songwriter | |
"Party Up the Street" | ||||
"Unholy" | ||||
"Cattitude" | ||||
"So Bad (feat. HAIM)" | Gesaffelstein | Hyperion | Songwriter | |
"Mixer" | Amber Mark | Producer/songwriter | ||
2018 | "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" | Miley Cyrus | Revamp: The Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Producer |
"The Bitch is Back" | Miley Cyrus | Restoration: The Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Producer | |
"Amen" | Lil Wayne | Creed II: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Co-producer/songwriter | |
"Shallow" | Lady Gaga | A Star Is Born Soundtrack | Songwriter | |
"No Choir" | Florence and the Machine | High as Hope | Songwriter | |
"So Sad So Sexy" | Lykke Li | So Sad So Sexy | Songwriter | |
2017 | "Perfect Places" | Lorde | Melodrama (Lorde album) | Co-producer |
"First Time" | Kacy Hill | Like a Woman | Songwriter | |
"Doesn't Have to Be That Way" | Liam Gallagher | As You Were | Songwriter | |
"Come Back to Me" | ||||
"Paper Crown" | ||||
"Wall of Glass" | ||||
"Chinatown" | Producer/songwriter | |||
"Heaven" | liv | Heaven | Songwriter/producer | |
2016 | "Dream Awake" | Dream Awake | ||
"Wings of Love (Tantra Version feat. Jasbir Jassi)" | Wings of Love (Tantra Version) | |||
"Wings of Love" | Wings of Love | |||
"Wild Season" | Banks & Steelz | Anything But Words | Producer/songwriter | |
"Wish That You Were Here" | Florence + The Machine | Original Soundtrack for the film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Songwriter | |
"The Heart of Me" | Miike Snow | iii | Producer/songwriter | |
"Genghis Khan" | ||||
"Heart Is Full" | ||||
"For U" (feat. Charli XCX) | ||||
"I Feel the Weight" | ||||
"Back of the Car" | ||||
"Lonely Life" | ||||
"Over and Over" | ||||
"Longshot (7 Nights)" | ||||
"My Trigger" | ||||
"Heart Is Full" (Remix feat. Run the Jewels) | "Heart Is Full (Remix)" | |||
"Empire Underground" | The Big Pink | Empire Underground | Songwriter | |
"Decoy" | Producer/songwriter | |||
"Everyday Life" | Lion Babe | Begin | Producer/songwriter | |
2015 | "New Love" | Dua Lipa | Dua Lipa | Co-producer/songwriter |
"Some Minds" (feat. Andrew Wyatt) | Flume | Some Minds | Featured artist/songwriter | |
"Little Ballerina" | Emile Haynie | We Fall | Songwriter | |
"Who to Blame" (feat. Randy Newman) | ||||
"Come Find Me" (feat. Lykke Li and Romy) | ||||
"Nobody Believes You" (feat. Andrew Wyatt and Colin Blunstone) | Featured artist/songwriter | |||
"Falling Apart" (feat. Andrew Wyatt and Brian Wilson) | ||||
"Dreams" | Beck | "Dreams" (single) | Songwriter | |
"Hand in the Fire" (feat. Charli XCX) | Mr. Oizo | Hand in the Fire | Songwriter | |
"Heavy and Rolling" (feat. Andrew Wyatt) | Mark Ronson | Uptown Special | Featured artist/songwriter | |
"The Heart of You" | Anna Calvi | Original Soundtrack for the film Insurgent | Songwriter | |
2014 | "Push" (feat. Andrew Wyatt) | A-Trak | Push | Featured artist/songwriter |
"Die Tonight" | Charli XCX | Sucker | Songwriter | |
"I Need Ur Luv" | ||||
2013 | "Horse Latitudes" | Andrew Wyatt | Descender | Producer/songwriter |
"Harlem Boyzz" | ||||
"Cluster Subs" | ||||
"She's Changed" | ||||
"And Septimus..." | ||||
"It Won't Let You Go" | ||||
"Descender (Death of 1000 Cuts)" | ||||
"In Paris They Know How to Build a Monument" | ||||
"There Is a Spring" | ||||
"Empty Church" (feat. Andrew Wyatt) | Creep | Echoes | Featured artist/songwriter | |
2012 | "Remedy" (feat. Miike Snow) | Crookers | From Then Until Now | Featured artist/songwriter |
"When I Was Your Man" | Bruno Mars | Unorthodox Jukebox | Songwriter | |
"Moonshine" | ||||
"Enter the Jokers Lair" | Miike Snow | Happy to You | Producer/songwriter | |
"The Wave" | ||||
"Devil's Work" | ||||
"Vase" | ||||
"God Help This Divorce" | ||||
"Bavarian #1 (Say You Will)" | ||||
"Pretender" | ||||
"Archipelago" | ||||
"Black Tin Box" (feat. Lykke Li) | ||||
"Paddling Out" | ||||
2011 | "Dazed" | Daniel Merriweather | Original Soundtrack for the film Arthur | Producer/songwriter |
2010 | "Change" | Love & War | Co-producer/songwriter | |
"For Your Money" | Love & Money | Songwriter | ||
"Je Regrette, Je Regrette" | Carl Barât | Carl Barât | Songwriter/mixing-engineer | |
"The Magus" | ||||
"Ode to a Girl" | ||||
"What Have I Done" | ||||
"Somebody to Love Me" (feat. Andrew Wyatt and Boy George) | Mark Ronson & the Business Intl | Record Collection | Featured artist/songwriter | |
"Grenade" | Bruno Mars | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | Songwriter | |
2009 | "Animal" | Miike Snow | Miike Snow | Producer/songwriter |
"Burial" | ||||
"Silvia" | ||||
"Song for No One" | ||||
"Black & Blue" | ||||
"Sans Soleil" | ||||
"Cult Logic" | ||||
"Plastic Jungle" | ||||
"In Search Of" | ||||
"Faker" | ||||
"The Rabbit" | ||||
"Billie Holiday" | ||||
"Garden" | ||||
"No Starry World" | ||||
2007 | "PoP! Goes My Heart" | Hugh Grant | Original Soundtrack for the film Music and Lyrics | Producer/songwriter |
"Buddha's Delight" | Haley Bennett | Songwriter | ||
"Entering Bootytown" | Songwriter | |||
"Invincible" | Producer/songwriter | |||
2005 | "Shine" | Ricky Fanté | Original Soundtrack for the film Robots | Songwriter |
2003 | "Deep City Diver" | The A.M. | The A.M. | Songwriter |
"If I Was the Sheriff" | ||||
"Utopia" |
Year | Title | Institution | Collaborators |
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2016 | Valium Valentine | MoMA PS1 | Sarah Ortmeyer |
2012 | Carbon Life | Royal Opera/The Royal Ballet | Mark Ronson and Wayne McGregor |
2010 | Waves | The New Museum | Sebastian Mlynarski |
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