Jesse Saint John | |
---|---|
Birth name | Jesse St. John Geller |
Born | October 5, 1989 |
Origin | California, United States [1] |
Genres | Pop [2] |
Occupations |
|
Jesse St. John Geller (born October 5, 1989) is an American songwriter and singer. [1] [3] St. John has written for a number of artists, most notably Britney Spears, Kim Petras, Dorian Electra, Charli XCX, Brooke Candy, and The Neighbourhood, among others. He released his debut EP, Don't Stop Dancing. Life Gets Sad, in May 2019. Saint John co-wrote the Billboard number-one single, "Truth Hurts", by Lizzo.
St. John grew up in Orange County, California, and attended a conservatory art school there. [1] [2]
Jesse Saint John began his career in songwriting writing for Brooke Candy, a personal friend. [1] [2] After a while, he started doing sessions with producers and other writers and ended up turning it into a career. He has also worked with artists such as Britney Spears, Camila Cabello, Lauv, the band The Neighbourhood, Charli XCX and Aquaria. [2] [3]
In February 2018, he released his first single, "Move", followed by a second single in May 2018 titled, "Fake It". He also signed on to perform at the LA Pride event in June 2018. There he performed both tracks as well as debuting a new song called "Last Dance" that is expected to drop later in the year. [2] [3]
In 2019, a song Saint John wrote with Lizzo in 2017 titled "Truth Hurts" gained popularity, eventually topping the Billboard Hot 100. According to Billboard, "Truth Hurts" is officially the longest-running Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 by a solo female rapper. [4]
In 2020, he wrote an English version of the song "Voice" (목소리; Moksori) by Loona, called "Star". It was released as a music video through YouTube on November 17, 2020.
Title | Details |
---|---|
Don't Stop Dancing. Life Gets Sad |
|
Title | Year | Album |
---|---|---|
"Move" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
"Fake It" | ||
"What Do U Like" | Don't Stop Dancing. Life Gets Sad |
Title | Year | Album |
---|---|---|
"Banjee Power (Blok Remix)" (AB Soto featuring Jesse Saint John) | 2011 | F*g Out, Vol. 1 |
"Love It When You Love Me" (with Ieuan) | 2018 | Over the Garden Wall |
Title | Year | Artist | Album | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
"Bomb" | 2018 | Big Freedia | 3rd Ward Bounce | Uncredited vocals | [5] |
"Got My Number" | 2019 | Kim Petras | Clarity | Uncredited vocals |
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
"Das Me" | 2012 | Brooke Candy | Non-album single | |
"Opulence" | 2014 | Opulence | [6] | |
"Bed Squeak" | ||||
"Free Yourself (Alcohol)" | ||||
"Rubber Band Stacks" | 2015 | Non-album single | [7] | |
"Only a Girl" | Gia | |||
"Changes" | 2016 | Brooke Candy | ||
"Secret (Shh)" | Charli XCX | Vroom Vroom | ||
"Love Me Down" | Britney Spears | Glory | [8] | |
"What I Like" | Gia | Non-album single | ||
"Freedom" (featuring Jussie Smollett) | Empire Cast | Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 2 | [9] | |
"Crown" (featuring Jamila Velazquez, Raquel Castro, and Yanira Marin) | ||||
"Body Speak" (featuring Serayah) | ||||
"Heart Won't Forget" |
| Non-album single | ||
"W Face" | 2017 | Koda Kumi | W Face ~Outside~ | [10] |
"Thankful" | New Kids on the Block | Thankful | ||
"Volcano" | Brooke Candy | Non-album single | [11] | |
"Truth Hurts" | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) | ||
"Freeze" | Andy Grammer | The Good Parts | ||
"Xxpen$ive" | Erika Jayne | N/A | ||
"Something's Gotta Give" | 2018 | Camila Cabello | Camila | [12] |
"Tightrope" | LPX | Bolt in the Blue | ||
"Could U Love Me" | Liz | Non-album single | ||
"Super Duper Nova" | ||||
"Pandemonium" | ||||
"Blue" | The Neighbourhood | The Neighbourhood | [13] | |
"Heaven" | ||||
"Dust" | ||||
"For Free" | Brooke Candy | Non-album single | ||
"War" | War | [14] | ||
"Look Back" | Betty Who | Betty, Pt. 1 | ||
"Easy Love" | Lauv | I Met You When I Was 18. (The Playlist) | ||
"Paranoid" | ||||
"Bomb" | Big Freedia | Third Ward Bounce | ||
"Your Side of the Bed" | Loote | Your Side of the Bed (EP) | ||
"I Bet" | Charlotte Lawrence | Young | ||
"Burn Rubber" | Aquaria | Non-album single | ||
"Close Your Eyes" | Kim Petras | Turn Off The Light, Vol. 1 | [15] | |
"Turn Off The Light (featuring Elvira, Mistress of the Dark) | ||||
"Tell Me It's A Nightmare" | ||||
"In The Next Life" | ||||
"Mr. to You" | 2019 | Dorian Electra | Flamboyant | |
"There Will Be Blood" | Kim Petras | Turn Off The Light | ||
"Wrong Turn" | ||||
"Massacre" | ||||
"Everybody Dies" | ||||
"목소리 (Voice)" | 2020 | Loona | 12:00 | [16] |
"Verse" | 2024 | Chrissy Chlapecka | Girlie Pop | [17] |
"Diamonds" | Kylie Minogue | Tension II | ||
"Dance to the Music" |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2020 [18] | "Truth Hurts" (as a songwriter) | Grammy Award for Song of the Year | Nominated |
The KIIS-FM Jingle Ball is an annual concert produced by the Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM that takes place in early-to-mid December. Since 2000, the concert series has been staged at various venues around southern California, including the Shrine Auditorium and Staples Center in Los Angeles, and the Honda Center in Anaheim.
Kim Petras is a German singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Between 2016 and 2020, she released music as an independent artist under her own imprint, BunHead Records, before signing with Amigo and Republic Records in 2021.
Charlotte Emma Aitchison, known professionally as Charli XCX, is an English singer and songwriter. Born in Cambridge and raised in Start Hill, Essex, she began posting songs on Myspace in 2008, which led to her discovery by a promoter who invited her to perform at warehouse raves. In 2010, she signed a recording contract with Asylum Records, releasing a series of singles and mixtapes throughout 2011 and 2012.
Brooke Dyan Candy is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and tattoo artist. Raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, she rose to prominence after starring in Grimes' music video for "Genesis" (2012). Following its success, Candy's status in the underground scene rose as she began to release her own music, including the songs "Das Me" (2012), "Everybody Does" (2013), and "I Wanna Fuck Right Now" (2013). In 2014, she signed a recording contract with RCA and released her debut major label single, "Opulence", with an accompanying EP of the same name. Later, she joined Columbia's UK roster.
Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the pop girl group Fifth Harmony, which became one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. While in the group, Cabello began to establish herself as a solo artist with the release of her collaborative singles "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "Bad Things" —the latter peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100. She left Fifth Harmony in late 2016.
Justin Louis Raisen is an American record producer, songwriter, audio engineer, and mixing engineer. His early credits include working with Charli XCX and Sky Ferreira. He has also worked with Lawrence Rothman, Yves Tumor, Drake, and Lil Yachty.
English singer Charli XCX has released six studio albums, five mixtapes, three extended plays, one live album, one soundtrack album, one remix album, two DJ mixes, 48 singles, and 13 promotional singles. In 2007, XCX began recording her debut album on a loan granted by her parents. Titled 14, after her age at the time, it received only a restricted public release. Two singles, "!Franchesckaar!" and double A-side "Emelline" / "Art Bitch", were released in late 2008 under Orgy Music. In June 2012, Charli XCX released her first mixtape, titled Heartbreaks and Earthquakes, a one-track file consisting of eight songs. A second mixtape, titled Super Ultra, was released in November of the same year. Charli XCX's major-label debut studio album, True Romance, was released in April 2013, and peaked at number 85 on the UK Albums Chart. While failing to appear on any main album charts internationally, the album reached number five on the Heatseekers Albums chart in the United States and number 11 on the ARIA Hitseekers chart in Australia. The album spawned five singles—"Stay Away", "Nuclear Seasons", "You're the One", "You " and "What I Like". In 2012, Charli XCX was featured on Icona Pop's song "I Love It", which peaked at number one in the UK and reached the top 10 in various countries including the US, Canada, Ireland and Germany.
Jesse Samuel Shatkin is an American songwriter, producer and engineer. He has worked with Sia, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, Fitz and the Tantrums, One Direction, and Miley Cyrus, among others. Shatkin was nominated in 2014 for Grammy Awards as both a producer and as a songwriter. Both nominations were based on his work on the Sia track "Chandelier", which he co-wrote and co-produced. He was also nominated in the Record of the Year category in 2013 as an engineer on Clarkson's single "Stronger ".
American rapper, singer, and songwriter Brooke Candy has released two studio albums, one extended play, one mixtape, thirty-one singles, and thirty music videos.
"I Have Questions" is a song by American singer and songwriter Camila Cabello. It was released on May 22, 2017, by Epic Records and Syco. It was first featured as an intro on the music video for her debut single "Crying in the Club". It was written by Cabello with Bibi Bourelly and Jesse Shatkin, who also produced, recorded and programmed the track.
Camila is the debut solo studio album by American singer Camila Cabello. It was released on January 12, 2018, through Epic Records and Syco. Work on the album began in January 2017, following Cabello's departure from the girl group Fifth Harmony. The project was originally titled The Hurting. The Healing. The Loving., with Cabello's debut solo single "Crying in the Club" intended as the lead single. The album was later retitled Camila with "Havana" serving as its official lead single due to the rising success of the song, and "Crying in the Club" was cut from the final track listing. "Havana" became an international success, topping the charts of multiple countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, the UK, and the US, and reaching the top 10 of several others. Primarily a pop record, it also incorporates elements of R&B, Latin, reggaeton, dancehall and hip hop. Camila was produced by Frank Dukes, Skrillex and T-Minus, among others.
"OMG" is a song by American singer Camila Cabello featuring American rapper Quavo. It was released on August 3, 2017, as a promotional single alongside "Havana". The song was written by the artists, Charli XCX, Noonie Bao, Sasha Sloan, and its producers Stargate. "OMG" has a slow, trap production that is characterized by use of double hi-hat rolls, flute flows and a smooth bass. In the lyrics, Cabello praises the appearance of her love interest while Quavo responds to her affirmation in his verses, where he also added a line from his Migos's song "Bad and Boujee" (2016). The song was included as part of Cabello's set list for Bruno Mars's 24K Magic World Tour, where she served as an opening act.
"Truth Hurts" is a song released by American singer and rapper Lizzo. It was originally released on September 19, 2017, by Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Records, but then re-released as a radio single on March 22, 2019. It was written by Lizzo alongside Jesse Saint John and producers Steven "Tele" Cheung and Ricky Reed.
"Dirty Sexy Money" is a song by French music producer David Guetta and Dutch music producer Afrojack featuring English singer Charli XCX and American rapper French Montana. It was released on 3 November 2017 as a bonus track from the former's seventh studio album, 7 (2018). Noonie Bao and A. G. Cook assisted the artists in writing the song with Skrillex being listed as a co-producer.
Pop 2 is the fourth mixtape by English singer Charli XCX, released on 15 December 2017 by Asylum Records. Executively produced by A. G. Cook of PC Music, sessions for the mixtape began several months before its release and featured a wide variety of guest contributions. The mixtape was backed by its only single "Out of My Head" featuring Alma and Tove Lo, released exactly one week before its release.
"Unlock It" is a 2017 song by Charli XCX featuring Kim Petras and Jay Park from XCX's mixtape Pop 2. Released as the second teaser from that mixtape either side of "Out of My Head" featuring Tove Lo and Alma and "I Got It" featuring Cupcakke, Brooke Candy, and Pabllo Vittar, the track samples A. G. Cook's "Beautiful" and was premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show the day of release. Reviewers praised the song, especially its lyrics. A mashup of the song with Tinashe's "Superlove" went viral on TikTok in 2021, shortly after which XCX renamed the track "Unlock It (Lock It)" to fan discontent. In 2022, Piri & Tommy released a cover that Vice rated as the 14th best song of 2022.
"1999" is a song by English singer Charli XCX and Australian singer Troye Sivan, released as the lead single from the former's third studio album Charli on 5 October 2018. The single cover was inspired by the 1999 film The Matrix. It follows several singles released earlier in 2018 by Charli XCX and Sivan's 2018 album Bloom. The track reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart dated 22 November 2018, becoming Charli XCX's tenth top 40 single and first top 15 single since 2015, as well as Sivan's fourth top 40 single and his first top 20 single.
"Blame It on Your Love" is a song by English singer Charli XCX featuring American singer and rapper Lizzo. It was released on 15 May 2019 as the second single from Charli XCX's third studio album, Charli, and soon after debuted on BBC Radio 1 as Annie Mac's "Hottest Record in the World". It is Charli XCX's first single since her 2018 collaboration with Troye Sivan, "1999". The single is a reworked version of "Track 10", the final track from Charli XCX's mixtape Pop 2 (2017). The music video was released on 13 June 2019.
Charli is the third studio album by English singer Charli XCX. It was released through Asylum and Atlantic Records UK on 13 September 2019. Charli was preceded by the singles "1999" with Troye Sivan, "Blame It on Your Love" featuring Lizzo, and "Gone" with Christine and the Queens. Charli was also promoted by the promotional singles "Cross You Out" featuring Sky Ferreira, "Warm" featuring Haim, "February 2017" featuring Clairo and Yaeji, and "2099" also featuring Sivan. Musically, it has been described as avant-pop, electropop, futurepop, and hyperpop.