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Birth name | Ashlyn Rae Willson |
Born | San Jose, California | April 24, 1993
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Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
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Years active | 2015–present |
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Website | ashe-music |
Ashlyn Rae Willson (born April 24, 1993), [3] [4] better known by the mononym Ashe, is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 2019 single "Moral of the Story", which was featured in the Netflix film To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020) and was produced by Noah Conrad with additional production from Finneas O'Connell. [5] [6] Ashe also co-wrote Demi Lovato's 2017 single "You Don't Do It for Me Anymore" and has toured with Louis the Child, Lauv and Whethan. She was nominated for a Juno Award for her gold-certified single "Let You Get Away" with Shaun Frank. Her debut studio album Ashlyn was released on May 7, 2021. Her second album, Rae , was released on October 14, 2022. Her third album, Willson , was released on September 6, 2024.
Ashlyn Rae Willson was born on April 24, 1993, in San Jose, California. [3] [7] She also spent her childhood and upbringing in San Jose. [8] [9] She began attending piano and vocal lessons at the age of 8. [7] Ashe says that she grew up listening only to Christian radio and that she thanks her grandfather for introducing her to music from names like Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Jefferson Airplane. [10] She put an e on her stage name to pay homage to Carole King. [11] She attended Berklee College of Music and graduated with a major in contemporary writing and production in 2015. [12] [2]
Ashe started out by singing demos in Nashville before catching the attention of Swedish deep house producer Ben Phipps, who asked her to sing on his track "Sleep Alone" in 2015. [13] [2] Over the next two years, Ashe specialized in appearing on a number of dance and house tracks from names like Louis the Child and Whethan. Her 2016 single "Can't Hide" with Whethan was her fifth No. 2 on both the US and Global Spotify Viral 50 charts. [14] Her 2017 single "Let You Get Away" with Canadian DJ Shaun Frank was nominated for Dance Recording of the Year at the 2017 Juno Awards and was certified gold in Canada in 2019. [15] [16] Ashe assisted Demi Lovato in composing their 2017 single "You Don't Do It For Me Any More" from their US platinum-certified album Tell Me You Love Me (2017). [13] Between October 2017 and January 2018, Ashe embarked on tours with Louis the Child, Lauv and Whethan. [17] After signing to Mom + Pop independent label, [18] she released her debut single "Used to It" in June 2017 and "Girl Who Cried Wolf" in November 2017. [5] [19] "Used to It" was her second single to reach No. 1 on the Global Spotify Viral 50 chart. [14] Ashe was placed alongside Billie Eilish and Lewis Capaldi on Vevo's list of Artists to Watch in 2018. [20] Throughout April 2017, Ashe supported The Chainsmokers during their Memories Do Not Open Tour and performed onstage with Big Gigantic during Coachella Festival 2017. [21] [22]
By the time Ashe had released her debut EP, The Rabbit Hole, in June 2018, she had clocked over 200 million accumulative streams and nine No. 1 songs on Hype Machine. [23] The EP was described as "a versatile and compelling seven-track affair." [24] Ashe supported Quinn XCII on his From Michigan with Love World Tour, during which she also released her single "Moral of the Story". [25]
On April 5, 2019, Ashe released the four-track EP, Moral of the Story: Chapter 1, which Finneas O'Connell entirely produced. [26] O'Connell also produced three of the four tracks on her sequel EP, Moral of the Story: Chapter 2. [5]
In February 2020, the single "Moral of the Story" was used in the Netflix teen rom-com To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020), which caused the song to reach number 2 on both Global and US Spotify Viral 50 chart. [14] Ashe made her debut chart appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Moral of the Story" and the Billboard 200 with Moral of the Story: Chapter 1. Ashe also released a duet of "Moral of the Story" featuring Niall Horan. [27] [28] As of June 2020, the single has been used in over 901,400 videos on the online platform TikTok. [29] As of September 2022, her collaboration with Niall Horan had reached over 160 million streams on Spotify. [30]
In March 2021, Ashe released another song with O'Connell titled "Till Forever Falls Apart". Her debut album Ashlyn was released on May 7, 2021, including the songs "I'm Fine" and "When I'm Older" issued prior to the album, along with "Me Without You", released on May 5. Ashlyn debuted at number 194 on the Billboard 200 dated May 22, 2021. [31]
On March 3, 2022, Ashe released the single "Another Man's Jeans" after releasing snippets of the song on social media. Ashe released another single, "Hope You're Not Happy" on May 6, 2022.
She returned to her "home", the San Francisco Bay Area, to perform exclusively at Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival on August 6.
On August 6, she performed at the Twin Peaks stage at 3:45 pm. She sang songs including "Angry Woman", "Shower With My Clothes on" and "Another Man's Jeans", which would appear on her forthcoming album Rae , released two months later. During her set she also sang "Somebody To Love" by Queen.
Soon after, Ashe announced her second studio album, Rae , on June 22, 2022, the same day that she released the song "Angry Woman". The album was released on October 14, 2022. [32]
Before the release of the album, Ashe released three more of its songs: "Shower with My Clothes On" on July 29, "Emotional" on August 26, and "OMW", along with its music video on October 12, 2022.
On November 4, 2022 she released a single with Stephen Sanchez, titled "Missing You".
Throughout 2023, she was scheduled to embark on her Fun While It Lasted Tour. However, the tour was canceled on February 1, 2023, citing she no longer felt "mentally healthy or resilient enough to go back on tour yet" and forced herself to take a break for her mental health. [33] On June 21, 2024, she gave her first live performance in over a year when she performed "Moral of the Story" with Niall Horan during his Saratoga Springs show on his tour, The Show: Live on Tour. [34]
On June 27, 2024, she announced her third album, and first independent album, titled " Willson ", released on September 6, 2024. The lead single from the album, "Running Out of Time", was released on June 28, 2024. [35]
Ashe says that jazz music, Diane Keaton, and Carole King are major influences and inspirations to her own music. [11] Ashe put an "e" on her stagename to pay homage to Carole King. [11] Artists she admires are Stevie Nicks, Carole King, John Mayer, Justin Vernon and Bon Iver. [36]
Willson got engaged to musician John Canada in July 2024. [37]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [31] | US Heat. [38] | US Alt. [39] | US Indie [40] | ||
Ashlyn |
| 194 | 2 | 18 | 31 |
Rae |
| — | 6 | — | — |
Willson |
| — | — | — | — |
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [31] | US Heat. [38] | US Alt. [39] | US Indie [40] | CAN [41] | ||
The Rabbit Hole |
| — | — | — | — | — |
Moral of the Story: Chapter 1 |
| 157 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 72 |
Moral of the Story: Chapter 2 |
| — | — | — | — | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, or charted on a subchart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [42] | AUS [43] | AUT [44] | CAN [45] | FRA [46] | IRE [47] | NZ Hot [48] | NOR [49] | SWI [50] | UK [51] | ||||
"Used to It" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Girl Who Cried Wolf" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Choirs" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Rabbit Hole | |
"Moral of the Story" (solo or featuring Niall Horan) | 2019 | 71 | 44 | 29 | 42 | 71 | 17 | 5 | 35 | 30 | 31 | Moral of the Story: Chapter 1 and Ashlyn | |
"Bachelorette" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Moral of the Story: Chapter 1 | ||
"In Disguise" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Moral of the Story: Chapter 2 | ||
"Cold in California" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Monday" (with Filous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"Save Myself" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ashlyn | |
"The Same" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Real Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Till Forever Falls Apart" (with Finneas) | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | 27 | — | — | — | Ashlyn | ||
"I'm Fine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"When I'm Older" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Me Without You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Another Man's Jeans" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rae | |
"Hope You're Not Happy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Angry Woman" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Shower With My Clothes On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Emotional" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"omw" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Running Out of Time" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Willson | |
"I Wanna Love You (But I Don't)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"I hope you die first" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Ashe" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Pushing Daisies" (with Suki Waterhouse) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, or charted on a subchart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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US Dance [54] | CAN [45] | |||
"Sleep Alone" (Ben Phipps featuring Ashe) | 2015 | — | — | |
"Don't Look Back" (Ben Phipps featuring Ashe) | 2016 | — | — | |
"Alive" (Ben Phipps featuring Ashe) | — | — | ||
"Orbit" (SŸDE featuring Ashe) | — | — | ||
"Can't Hide" (Whethan featuring Ashe) | — | — | ||
"Recognize" (Win and Woo featuring Ashe) | — | — | ||
"Let You Get Away" (Shaun Frank featuring Ashe) | — | 96 | ||
"The Back of Your Hands" (nimino featuring Ashe) | 2017 | — | — | |
"World on Fire" (Louis the Child featuring Ashe) | — | — | ||
"Rewind" (Louis Futon featuring Ashe & Armani White) | — | — | ||
"Right to It" (Louis the Child featuring Ashe) | 33 | — | ||
"Get Lost" (Bearson featuring Ashe) | 2018 | — | — | |
"Love Me for the Weekend" (Party Pupils & MAX featuring Ashe) | — | — | ||
"Right Where You Should Be" (Quinn XCII featuring Ashe and Louis Futon) | 2019 | — | — | |
"Friends" (Big Gigantic featuring Ashe) | — | — | ||
"Missing You" (Stephen Sanchez featuring Ashe) | 2022 | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, or charted on a subchart. |
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
---|---|---|---|
"Wrong Way" | 2016 | Stone Van Brooken | — |
"You Don't Do It for Me Anymore" | 2017 | Demi Lovato | Tell Me You Love Me |
"Howl" | Delaney Jane | — | |
"No One Has to Know" | Goldfish | Late Night People | |
"the alternative" | 2023 | Lyn Lapid | to love in the 21st century (EP) |
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