Keith Hetrick | |
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Background information | |
Born | Huntington Beach, California, US | March 8, 1988
Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, US |
Genres | Pop, Soul, Folk, Alternative, R&B |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer, Vocal Producer/Arranger |
Instrument(s) | Piano, Keyboard, Guitar |
Website | musical works |
Keith Justin Hetrick is a Grammy-nominated American songwriter and record producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked with notable artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Boyz II Men, Snoop Dogg, Charlie Wilson, Shaggy, T.I., Pitbull, Now United, Fifth Harmony, GOT7, NCT, Cher Lloyd, Roy Wang, Nine Percent, Wanna One, Aston Merrygold, Silentó, The Jacksons, Ray Parker Jr., Teddy Riley, Paulina Rubio, Sophia Grace, and Inna.
In 2016, Hetrick was nominated for a Grammy Award for his writing and production work on the Charlie Wilson album Forever Charlie , [1] which included the songs "Unforgettable" (featuring Shaggy), "Infectious" (featuring Snoop Dogg), and the opening track "Somebody Loves You." Forever Charlie also gartered a NAACP nomination for “Outstanding Album."
In August 2016, ISINA artist New District released the single "Ain't Got Money," which Hetrick wrote and co-produced alongside industry heavyweight Randy Jackson. In December of that same year, Hetrick wrote and produced three songs on the NAACP-nominated [2] Charlie Wilson album In It To Win It , including the lead single "I'm Blessed" (featuring T.I.), [3] which went to #1 on both the Billboard R&B charts [4] and Hot Gospel charts [5] in early 2017. “I’m Blessed” was nominated for an NAACP Award for “Best Duo or Group," [2] as well winning as an ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Award [6] for most airplay on the R&B and Gospel charts.
Charlie Wilson follow-up single "Good Time" featured Pitbull, Teddy Riley and Ray Parker Jr., to which Hetrick is also responsible for.
Hetrick has also had a string of releases with Korean, Japanese and Chinese artists like Girl's Day, A.O.A., SEEART, and the full Season 2 cast of the hit Korean-based talent show Produce 101.[ citation needed ] Song releases include the singles "Whatta Man (Good Man)" by I.O.I, "Can't Stop Won't Stop Loving You" by Japanese artist Daichi Miura, the self-titled single "Playback" [7] by South-Korean group Playback, and "So Beautiful" [8] by South-Korean artist Jin Won. Particularly, "It's Me (Pick Me)," a 2017 single by K-pop group Wanna One, was described as "one of the most influential and memorable K-pop songs of 2017". It later went on to become a certified platinum single.
Rounding out his 2017, the Make-a-Wish Foundation used the Madison McWilliams song "Fighter" [9] (which Hetrick co-wrote and produced) for their campaign in the Texas and Southern US regions.
In September 2018, Hetrick partnered up with End Slavery [10] to perform at their annual Voices of Freedom [11] event, in hopes of raising awareness to human trafficking and sex slavery in the state of Tennessee.
In August 2020, Hetrick wrote/produced the song "Feel It Now" (performed by the group Now United), that was used by Pepsi for their #FeelItNow & #ForTheLoveOfIt international campaign. [12] Also, in October of that same year, the Now United song "Come Together" won "Best International Hit" at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards (Meus Prêmios Nick) in Brazil. [13]
In March 2021, Now United partnered up with Kit Kat to release the songs "Turn It Up" & "Fiesta," along with accompanying limited edition bar [14] on Kit Kat's "Break Society" platform, to which Keith wrote & produced. The special edition bar reflects Now United's colors with 12 different colored fingers.
Hetrick produced the song On My Way for the 2022 Universal Pictures film Marry Me. [15]
Hetrick has had songs on ABC's The Today Show , Dancing With The Stars , NBC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CBS's The Talk , the Netflix series Unplanned America , [16] Lifetime's UnREAL [17] , MTV's Finding Carter , [18] VH1 and BET's Hit The Floor , as well commercials, local TV shows, and airliners all around the world.
Year | Song | Artist | Album | Label |
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2013 | Take Me Down To Mexico [19] | Inna | Party Never Ends [20] | Roton |
2014 | As Long As I'm With You | Boyz II Men | Collide [21] | BMG |
Ladies Man | ||||
Get To Know You [22] | IM5 | |||
2015 | Bad Mutha [23] | Benj | Snack Pack, Vol. 1 | Latium Entertainment |
What I Like (feat. Cher Lloyd) [24] | ||||
Somebody Loves You | Charlie Wilson | Forever Charlie [25] | RCA Records | |
Infectious (feat. Snoop Dogg) | ||||
Unforgettable (feat. Shaggy) | ||||
2016 | Playback [7] | Playback (South Korean band) | single | Clear Company |
Closer [26] | New District | ISINA records, LLC | ||
Ain't Got Money [27] | ||||
Girl In The Mirror (feat. Silentó) [28] | Sophia Grace | Hollywood EP | SGE / Universal | |
Whatta Man (Good Man) [29] | I.O.I | YMC Entertainment | ||
So Beautiful [8] | Jin Won | Loen Entertainment Inc | ||
Cupcake (All This Love) feat. Hanhae [30] | SEEART | Yama & Hot Chicks Entertainment | ||
Smoke From Distant Fires [31] | Will Jay | |||
Christmas Come Early [32] | ||||
The Christmas Song [33] | Sonika Vaid | |||
I'm Blessed (feat. T.I.) [3] | Charlie Wilson | single | RCA Records | |
2017 | Good Time (feat. Pitbull) | Charlie Wilson | In It to Win It [34] | RCA Records |
Precious Love | ||||
U.K. Girl | Sophia Grace | Hollywood EP [35] | SGE / Universal | |
Notayo [36] | Claydee | Down2Earth | ||
I Like It Like That | Sara Serena | Skyline [37] | Nexar | |
Five Years | ||||
Can't Stop Won't Stop Loving You [38] | Daichi Miura | HIT | Avex / Sonic Groove | |
I'll Be Yours [39] | Girl's Day | Girl's Day Everyday #5 | DreamT Entertainment | |
It's Me (Pick Me) [40] | Produce 101 Season 2 & Wanna One | CJ E&M | ||
Coins [41] | Savannah Outen | |||
If This Is Love [42] | RYDYR | WOLF | ||
Wonderful Life (feat. Olivia O'Brien) [43] | ||||
Burn and Crash | Madison McWilliams | Madison - EP [44] | ||
We've Got Today [45] | ||||
Fighter | ||||
Can't Live Without Your Love [46] | Jesse Campbell | Desta Holdings / Hiz Media | ||
Ladies Man [47] | Boyz II Men | Under The Streetlight | Sony Masterworks | |
2018 | Down For You (feat. RYDYR & Alex Moore) [48] | Alex Ritchie | Alex Ritchie Music | |
파르페 (Parfait) [49] | AOA | Bingle Bangle | FNC Entertainment | |
Don't Drag Me Down [50] | Marie Wise-Hawkins | The Road Back To Me [51] | ||
Living For The Weekend [52] | Madison McWilliams | |||
Waste Away [53] | Jaira Burns | Burn Slow [54] | Interscope | |
Change In The Water | Carah Faye Charnow | Watch Me [55] | ||
Rule Breaker [56] | Nine Percent | To The Nines [57] | Sony Music | |
XXX [58] | ||||
Wagon Train Lover | King Margo | Barely Gettin' By [59] | ||
No More Goodbyes | ||||
Everything Is My Fault | ||||
Baby's All Right | ||||
Don't Lose Your Marbles | ||||
Volunteer State of Mind | ||||
Big Girl Cups | ||||
Gotta Go | ||||
Bones | ||||
Pickin' Off The Pickers | ||||
Determined Man "(孤注)" [60] | Roy Wang | TF Entertainment | ||
Tinsel Town (Fa La La Land) [61] | The Lady & The Gent | Hummingbird Hills, LLC | ||
2019 | Harvest Moon [62] | The Lady & The Gent | Hummingbird Hills, LLC | |
Momentum | NSUO | The Sky Is Fiction [63] | Hummingbird Hills, LLC | |
The Meeting | ||||
Set Me On Fire | ||||
Bleeding Thru Blinds | ||||
All That Matters | ||||
Phosphorescent (The Knock) | ||||
M N D S T | ||||
The Gambling Priest | ||||
sHANGri-LA [city wizdumb] | ||||
Quantum Obscuriuum | ||||
Levy Breaking | ||||
Raumzeichnung (The Drawing Room) | ||||
Synthphony in C Major | ||||
In Suspended Animation | ||||
Where Do We Go? [64] | NSUO | Hummingbird Hills, LLC | ||
2U4U [65] | NSUO | Hummingbird Hills, LLC | ||
Want It?[ citation needed ] | ITZY | It'z Different[ citation needed ] | JYP Entertainment | |
Drunk On You [66] | Jus2 | FOCUS [67] | JYP Entertainment | |
Rocket Boom [68] | Rocket Girls 101 | Sony Music / Tencent | ||
8Smoov & The Reckless Brains | NSUO | Beach Tapes, Vol. 1 [69] | Hummingbird Hills, LLC | |
Converse Nation | ||||
indiviDIGITAL pt. 1 | ||||
indiviDIGITAL pt. 2 | ||||
CHillCyphDil | ||||
indie & the beats | ||||
Mainframe | ||||
Hitus.Power | ||||
whyyyCANTweBEEEEfrieeends | ||||
sumpn bout tha kickback kid | ||||
Paintings & Portraits of Strange & Unusual Things (Breakfast in the Afternoon) | ||||
Meta-Cosmoz | ||||
All of Me is Mostly Brain Dead; an Introspective | ||||
And What's Left of Me is Hiding in Spaces Between Words; an Outrospective | ||||
nonversationalism | NSUO | Beach Tapes, Vol. 2 [70] | Hummingbird Hills, LLC | |
wonder | ||||
undecided | ||||
tonight / time | ||||
nessuno | ||||
nuni | ||||
distractions | ||||
drowning / swimming | ||||
xxzxcuzxx / aka / panoramic / paranoia | ||||
waiting | ||||
caught / in / the / middle | ||||
daydreaming / about / coffee / dates / with / van gogh | ||||
Up All Night, Pt. 1 | NSUO | Up All Night, The Quiet High, & The Morning After [71] | Hummingbird Hills, LLC | |
Up All Night, Pt. 2/The Quiet High | ||||
The Morning After | ||||
Figure It Out [72] | Teddi Gold | |||
Priority [73] | Csöke | Top Dog Recordings | ||
Lovin' Too Hard [74] | Annaya | |||
Want It? (Imad Royal Remix) [75] | ITZY | It'z Icy | JYP Entertainment | |
Give It All (Wedding Song) [76] | Drew Ryn | |||
2020 | Come Together [77] | Now United | XIX Entertainment / AWAL | |
By My Side [78] | ||||
Feel It Now [79] | ||||
Habibi [80] | ||||
حبيبي [81] | ||||
Hewale [82] | ||||
Trust My Love [83] | Got7 | DYE | JYP Entertainment / Sony Music Entertainment Japan | |
Annie Oakley [84] | Cassandra Sotos | |||
Isn't You [85] | Alex Ritchie | Alex Ritchie Music | ||
Better [86] | Nikita Karmen | November Records / EMPIRE | ||
Misfit [87] | NCT U | NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1 | SM Entertainment / Dreamus / Capitol / Caroline | |
Fly Away [88] | RYDYR | These Things Always Change [89] | Shadow Wood Records | |
Flight [90] | ||||
Past Midnight [91] | The Southern Gothic | |||
On The Way [92] | Jon Robert Hall | HallPass / EMPIRE | ||
2021 | Lean On Me [93] | Now United | XIX Entertainment / AWAL | |
Turn It Up [94] | ||||
Fiesta [95] | ||||
Badna Nghanni [96] | ||||
I Got You [97] | ||||
On My Way [98] | Jennifer Lopez | Marry Me | Universal Pictures / Sony Music Latin | |
2022 | It's Your Birthday [99] | Now United | XIX Entertainment / AWAL | |
On My Way [100] | Jimmie Allen | Tulip Drive | Stoney Creek Records | |
2023 | Love Louder [101] | The Meeps | The Meeps Drop “Love Louder” | |
Love Me Crazy [102] | Lim Kim & Jaime | SM Station | SM Entertainment | |
Dabke [103] | Now United | XIX Entertainment / AWAL | ||
Rodeo In Tokyo [104] | ||||
Flex That Ego [105] | ||||
Somewhere In Mexico [106] | Marie Wise-Hawkins | |||
Find Me On A Beach [107] | ||||
Island Time [108] | ||||
There's A House ft. Sid Tipton & Keith Hetrick [109] | The Road | J-Ky Music | ||
Go [110] | Alex Ritchie | Alex Ritchie Music | ||
The Ride [111] | Robby Longo | RL Records / Buzzard | ||
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