Jetta (musician)

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Jetta
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Jetta performing live
Background information
Birth nameJetta John-Hartley
Origin Liverpool, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
  • Producer
Years active2014 – present
Labels

Jetta (full name Jetta John-Hartley) is a singer-songwriter and record producer from Liverpool who is based in London.

Contents

Early life

When she was 15 years old, Jetta was gifted the music editing software Logic on which she taught herself to produce music. [1]

Career

In 2014, Jetta released a self-shot music video for her song "Start A Riot" which gained thousands of views in its first week on YouTube and brought her significant attention. The same year, her cover of Ten Years After's song "I'd Love To Change The World" was used in a trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes , the first trailer for the movies Nightcrawler and Terminator Genisys , and in the first episode of the fourth season of CBS' TV series Person of Interest .

In 2015, after pairing up with electronic producer Matstubs on a remix of Jetta's cover, the song received further significant attention after being posted to the Trap Nation YouTube channel. It then hit gold, generating over 200 million plays on YouTube, and 120 million on Spotify, becoming her most listened to song. In 2017, L'Orchestra Cinématique released the remix cover of the song on the trailer for Star Trek: Discovery . [2]

Jetta has written songs for rapper Machine Gun Kelly ("Merry Go Round"), girl group Neon Jungle ("Louder", "Fool Me"), DJ Sam Feldt ("Runaways"), and singers P!nk ("More"), Medina ("Runnin Out of Love", "We Survive") and Ashley Roberts ("Clockwork"). [3]

Between 2019 and 2020, Jetta released four standalone singles, "No Fire", "Livin'", "I Wanna Know" and "Taste". [4] Jetta released her next single "He Usually Likes Boys" on 22 July 2021, followed by "Honey", on 3 December the same year.

On 12 August 2022, she released the extended play Livin' which was composed of her four previously released singles (including "Livin'") and two stripped versions of "Livin" and "No Fire". [5]

In 2023, Jetta released a series of back to back, along with self-shot music videos for each single.

On 26 January 2024, Jetta released her debut album Relax, The House Is On Fire. [6]

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums with selected details
TitleAlbum details
Relax, The House Is On Fire
  • Released: 26 January 2024
  • Label: 3Beat, Universal Music Group, Casablanca Records
  • Status: Full-length
  • Format: Streaming

Extended plays

List of extended plays with selected details
TitleExtended play details
Start a Riot
Feels Like Coming Home
  • Released: 19 April 2014 [8]
  • Label: Lava, Republic Records
  • Status: Promotional
  • Format: CD
Crescendo
  • Released: 16 May 2014 [9]
  • Label: Polydor
  • Status: Promotional
  • Format: CD
Start a Riot
(Re-release)
  • Released: 11 May 2018 [10]
  • Label: Lion's Roar Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Tonic
  • Released: 24 August 2018 [11]
  • Label: Lion's Roar Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Livin'

Singles

TitleYear Certifications Album
"Feels Like Coming Home" [13] 2013Start a Riot
Feels Like Coming Home
"Start a Riot" [14] 2014Start a Riot
"Crescendo"Crescendo
"I'd Love to Change the World/Matstubs remix" [15] RIAA: Gold [16] non-album singles
"Take it Easy (Matstubs Remix)" [17] 2016
"Zoo" [18] 2018
"Hangin'" [19] Tonic
"Losing Control" [20]
"Fool" [21]
"Enemy in Me"
"No Fire" [22] 2019Livin'
"Livin'" [23] 2020
"I Wanna Know" [24]
"Taste" [25] non-album single
"He Usually Likes Boys" [26] 2021Livin'
"Honey" [27] non-album single
"sticky icky" [28] 2023Relax, The House Is On Fire
"sicklysweet" [29]
"teardrops on the radio"
"teardrops (chopped n screwed)"
"what happens now?"
"call me when it’s over"
TitleYearAlbum
"Electrify"
(Jakwob featuring Jetta) [30]
2012non-album single

Other appearances

TitleYearAlbum
"You Win" [31] 2013Kokowääh 2 (Original Soundtrack)
"Slow Down"
(Sigma featuring Jetta) [32]
2015 Life (Deluxe)
"Slow Down (Calyx and Teebee Remix)"
(Sigma featuring Jetta, Calyx and Teebee) [33]
2017 Life (Remixes)
"Can't Catch Me 2.0"
(NoMBe featuring Mikky Ekko and Jetta) [34]
2019They Might've Even Loved Me (Re:Imagination)
"More (Demo)"
(Busbee featuring Jetta) [35]
2023non-album single

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