Dan Henig

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Dan Henig
GenresPop, rock, acoustic, country
OccupationSongwriter
Instrument(s)guitar, piano
Years active2011–present
LabelsManagement: TH3RD BRAIN Publishing: And The Melody Is / Kobalt
Website www.danhenig.com

Dan Henig is a songwriter from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who resides in Los Angeles, California. [1] He moved to Nashville to write country music in 2014, and moved to Los Angeles in 2015 to pursue writing pop music. He started working with TH3RD BRAIN Management in 2016 after remaining independent for the beginning of his songwriting career. He signed with Ross Golan and Jaime Zeluck's publishing company And The Melody Is in 2019.

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In 2020 & 2021, he's had songs with ZAYN, G-Eazy, Noah Cyrus, 24kGoldn, Chelsea Collins, Conor Matthews, and more. Miley Cyrus called Dan's song Liar "the best song in the world" on Noah Cyrus' Instagram and her own Instagram Story.

Henig was the Indie First Place Winner of the American Songwriter 2023 Song Contest. [2]

Artist/writing discography

YearArtistTitleAlbum
2016Dan Henig"Hostage"Paper Planes & Hurricanes
"Crash & Burn"
"Habit"
"Tell Me"
"Paper Plane"
Krewella "Team"Team (Single)
2017 Krewella "TH2C"New World EP Pt. 1
"Parachute"
"Team"
Lauren Duski"Deja Vu" (#43 Billboard Hot 100)Deja Vu (Single)
Chelsea Cutler "You Make Me"You Make Me (Single)
Yellow Claw x Krewella feat. Taylor Bennett"New World"New World (Single)
Grace VanderWaal "Insane Sometimes" Just the Beginning
2018 Krewella "Alibi"Alibi (Single)
"Runaway"Runaway (Single)
ZHU feat. Chris Lee "Privacy"Privacy (Single)
Jauz feat. Krewella "Soldier"Soldier (Jauz Album)
Shaylen"El Dorado"El Dorado (Single)
Thutmose feat. Desiigner "OkOk" OkOk (Single)
KEY feat. Crush "One of Those Nights"FACE – The 1st Album
Austin Brown "In Betweenin'"In Betweenin' (Single)
Star "Don't You Look At Me"Don't You Look At Me (Single)
2019 Krewella "Ghost"Ghost (Single)
Krewella & Nucleya "Good On You"Good On You (Single)
Monsta X feat. French Montana "Who Do U Love"Who Do U Love (Single)
Steve Aoki x Backstreet Boys "Let It Be Me"Let It Be Me (Single)
ITZY "CHERRY"IT'z ICY
Royal & the Serpent "Weddings & Funerals"Weddings & Funerals (Single)
2020 Noah Cyrus "Liar"THE END OF EVERYTHING
G-Eazy feat. Goody Grace"Years To Go"The Beautiful & Damned
Chelsea Collins feat. 24kGoldn "Water Run Dry"Water Run Dry (Single)
Steve Aoki feat. Desiigner & AGNEZ MO"GIRL"Neon Future IV
Conor Matthews"Anyone's But Mine"Balloons
"Drunk"Heartbreak in the Hills
"Loves Me Lonely"fool's elegy
Colton Dixon"Not Goodbye"Colton Dixon
Noah Cunane"Call Him"Call Him (Single)
John K"Learning How To Love"love + everything else
"Days Like This"
2021 ZAYN "Unfuckwitable" Nobody Is Listening
CL"My Way"Alpha
Grentperez "Cherry Wine"single
Weird Genius feat. Violette Wautier"Future Ghost"single
Jeris Johnson"Going Ghost"single
Brynn Elliot"How Dare You" & "Without You"Can I Be Real?
DJ D-Sol feat. Ryan Tedder"Learn To Love Me"single
Loud Luxury feat. Thutmose"Red Handed"single
Naika"Sauce"single

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References

  1. "The Coop Show Talks To Dan Henig!".
  2. Whalen, Shane (10 April 2024). "American Songwriter 2023 Song Contest Winners Announced". American Songwriter. Retrieved 14 December 2024.