Hitmakers is a music docu-reality series that premiered on Netflix on July 24, 2025. It follows a group of songwriters and music producers brought together to write, produce and record demos for new songs that will be pitched to recording artists John Legend, Shaboozey, Usher and Lisa.
A group of songwriters and music producers are brought together in a "songwriting camp" to write, produce and record demos for new songs that will be pitched to recording artists John Legend, Shaboozey, Usher and Lisa. They live together and work for a few days at a time in The Bahamas, Cabo San Lucas and Nashville, Tennessee, grouped in different combinations for each session. Each episode ends with a listening session where the participants present and critique their creations.[1][2]
Steven J. Horowitz of Variety called Hitmakers "a well-intentioned and entertaining yet superficial look inside the hit factory", explaining that it depicts the luxury and glamour that can accompany the songwriting process, but shines little light on the more common realities, like sparse income. Arguing that the show "shines" in the songwriting sessions themselves, Horowitz wrote, "Each writer has his or her own strengths, and it’s like watching athletes at the top of their game reach across genre lines to hatch kernels of ideas into full-blooded songs. Hitmakers intends to show the human side of songwriting, and the writers clearly love their craft. Their excitement and glimpses of brilliance radiate off the screen as a song’s puzzle pieces come together".[1]
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