Kid Harpoon

Kid Harpoon
Kid Harpoon at the Glastonbury Festival in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Thomas Edward Percy Hull [1]
Also known as	Tom Hull
Born	(1982-04-20) 20 April 1982 (age 42) Chatham, Medway, Kent, England
Genres	Folk indie rock electronic
Occupations	Songwriter record producer musician
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Years active	2002–present

Thomas Edward Percy Hull (born 20 April 1982), known professionally as Kid Harpoon, is a British songwriter, record producer, and musician. In 2023, he won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and the Brit Award for Songwriter of the Year for his work on Harry's House by Harry Styles. He co-produced the best-selling global single of 2022, "As It Was" and the best-selling global single of 2023, "Flowers". The latter won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

Career

Already a fixture at local venues in his hometown of Chatham, Kid Harpoon first emerged on the London live music scene in early 2006 as a resident singer-songwriter at Nambucca. His first single, "The River, The Ocean, The Pearl" was released by independent label Brikabrak in 2006 to critical acclaim, earning an instant following from tastemakers NME and Drowned in Sound. ^[2] Two EPs followed, The First EP, in October 2007, and The Second EP in February 2008.

Upon signing to influential label Young Turks, Kid Harpoon's debut album Once was released in September 2009. The album was recorded in Los Angeles by producer Trevor Horn and received an 8/10 from NME. ^[3]

Kid Harpoon has also worked with an array of artists. He co-wrote "Shake It Out", "Never Let Me Go", and "Leave My Body" on the Florence + the Machine album Ceremonials with Paul Epworth and Florence Welch. He also co-wrote Calvin Harris's number one single Sweet Nothing with Florence Welch and Harris. Additional writing credits include "The Devil in Me" for Jamie N Commons and three songs on Jessie Ware's debut album Devotion including the single "Wildest Moments".

In 2012, Kid Harpoon received an Ivor Novello nomination for Florence + the Machine's "Shake It Out". ^[4]

Kid Harpoon co-wrote and produced Harry Styles's 2022 album, Harry's House , including the number one Billboard Hot 100 best-selling global single of 2022, "As It Was". The album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. He co-produced Miley Cyrus' best-selling global single of 2023, "Flowers", which similarly reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. He has also written hit songs for Maggie Rogers, and many more.

Personal life

Hull married his long-time girlfriend Jenny Myles at Dairsie Castle in Scotland on 15 May 2015. ^[5]

Songwriting and production credits

Year	Artist	Song	Written with	Produced with	Album
2009	The Jacka	"Storm" feat. Cormega	N/A	N/A	Tear Gas
2011	Florence + the Machine	"Never Let Me Go"	Florence Welch Paul Epworth	N/A	Ceremonials
		"Leave My Body"	Florence Welch Paul Epworth	N/A
2012	Jamie N Commons	"Devil in Me"	Jamie Nick Commons	No additional producers	Non-album single
	Spector	"Celestine"	N/A	Trevor Horn	Enjoy It While It Lasts
	Jessie Ware	"Wildest Moments"	Jessica Ware	Dave Okumu	Devotion
	Spector	"Twenty Nothing"	N/A	No additional producers	Enjoy It While It Lasts
	Jessie Ware	"Night Light"	Jessica Ware Dave Okumu	Dave Okumu	Devotion
		"Taking in Water"	Jessica Ware	Dave Okumu
	Calvin Harris	"Sweet Nothing" feat. Florence Welch	Adam Wiles Florence Welch	N/A	18 Months
	Jack Beats	"Storm" feat. Kid Harpoon	Benjamin Geffin Niall Dailly	N/A	Somebody to Love EP
2013	Miles Kane	"Give Up"	Miles Kane	N/A	Give Up EP
	Jamie N Commons	"Wash Me in the Water"	Jamie Nick Commons	N/A	Rumble and Sway EP
	Lewis Watson	"It Could Be Better"	Lewis Watson	N/A	The Wild EP
	Florence + the Machine	"Over the Love"	Florence Welch Aaron Jerome Stuart Hammond	Emile Haynie Baz Luhrmann	The Great Gatsby OST
	Joel Compass	"Fucked Up"	Joel Compass	Joel Compass	Astronaut EP
	Miles Kane	"Tonight"	Miles Kane	N/A	Don't Forget Who You Are
		"Caught in the Act"	Miles Kane	N/A
	Mayer Hawthorne	"Robot Love"	Andrew Cohen John Hill William Curtis	Mayer Hawthorne John Hill (co.)	Where Does This Door Go
	Professor Green	"Are You Getting Enough?" feat. Miles Kane	Stephen Manderson Miles Kane	No additional producers	Growing Up in Public
	Birdy	"Light Me Up"	Jasmine Bogaerde	N/A	Fire Within
	Haim	"Days Are Gone"	Danielle Haim Alana Haim Este Haim Jessica Ware	N/A	Days Are Gone
	Eliza Doolittle	"Back Packing"	Eliza Caird	No additional producers	In Your Hands
		"Walking on Water"	Eliza Caird	No additional producers
		"Missing Kissing"	Eliza Caird	No additional producers
		"One in a Bed"	N/A	Eliot James
	Bipolar Sunshine	"Drowning Butterflies"	Adio Marchant	No additional producers	Drowning Butterflies EP
2014	Shakira	"Nunca Me Acuerdo de Olvidarte"	Daniel Alexander Erik Hassle Shakira John Hill Jorge Drexler	Shakira John Hill	Shakira
		"Can't Remember to Forget You" feat. Rihanna	Shakira Ripoll Kaj Hassle Daniel Ledinsky John Hill Robyn Fenty	Shakira John Hill Kuk Harrell (voc.)
	Foxes	"Let Go for Tonight"	Louisa Allen	Mike Spencer Future Cut (add.) Ben Preston (add.)	Glorious
	Skrillex	"Fire Away" feat. Kid Harpoon	Sonny Moore	N/A	Recess
	Christina Perri	"Burning Gold"	Christina Perri	N/A	Head or Heart
	Lily Allen	"Bass Like Home"	Lily Cooper	No additional producers	Non-album single
	LP	"One Last Mistake"	Laura Pergolizzi	N/A	Forever for Now
	Years & Years	"Take Shelter"	Oliver Thornton Michael Goldsworthy Emre Turkmen	N/A	Communion
	Professor Green	"Little Secrets" feat. Mr. Probz	Stephen Manderson	Alex "Cores" Hayes	Growing Up in Public
	Years & Years	"Desire" solo or feat. Tove Lo	Oliver Thornton Michael Goldsworthy Emre Turkmen Ebba Tove Nilsson (remix)	N/A	Communion
	Jessie Ware	"Desire"	Jessica Ware Daniel Daley Mitchum Chin Paul Jeffries	N/A	Tough Love
	Rae Morris	"Closer"	Rachel Morris	N/A	Unguarded
	Brooke Fraser	"Je Suis Pret"	Brooke Ligertwood	N/A	Brutal Romantic
	Quvenzhané Wallis	"Who Am I?" with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz	Sia Furler Greg Kurstin William Gluck	N/A	Annie OST
	James Bay	"Collide"	James Bay	N/A	Chaos and the Calm
	James Bay	"Wait in Line"	James Bay	N/A	Hold Back the River EP
2015	Florence + the Machine	"What Kind of Man"	Florence Welch John Hill	N/A	How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
	Years & Years	"Gold"	Oliver Thornton Michael Goldsworthy Emre Turkmen Mark Ralph	Mark Ralph Years & Years	Communion
		"Worship"	Oliver Thornton Michael Goldsworthy Emre Turkmen Thomas Barnes Peter Kelleher Benjamin Kohn	N/A	Communion
	Sigma	"Higher" feat. Labrinth	Wayne Hector Thomas Barnes Peter Kelleher Benjamin Kohn	N/A	Life
	Denai Moore	"Absent"	Denai Moore	N/A	Elsewhere
	Florence + the Machine	"Ship to Wreck"	Florence Welch	Markus Dravs	How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
		"Make Up Your Mind"	Florence Welch	Charlie Hugall
	Gin Wigmore	"In My Way"	Virginia Wigmore	N/A	Blood to Bone
	Tourist	"Holding On" feat. Josef Salvat and Niia	William Phillips	N/A	Non-album single
	Omi	"Babylon"	John Ryan II	John Ryan	Me 4 U
	James Morrison	"Naked with You"	James Morrison Timothy Bran Roy Kerr	N/A	Higher Than Here
2016	Years & Years	"Meteorite"	Oliver Thornton Michael Goldsworthy Emre Turkmen	Mark Ralph	"Bridget Jones's Baby" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
	Foxes	"Cruel"	Louisa Allen	N/A	All I Need
		"Shoot Me Down"	Louisa Allen Jonas Quant	N/A
	Aurora	"Home"	Daniel Wilson	N/A	All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend
	JP Cooper	"Five More Days" feat. Avelino	John Paul Cooper Achi Avelino	No additional producers	Non-album single
	Simonne Jones	"Gravity" original and remix	Simonne Jones	No additional producers	Gravity EP
	Banks & Steelz	"Giant"	Paul Banks Robert Diggs John Hill	John Hill	Anything But Words
	AlunaGeorge	"Wanderlust"	Aluna Francis George Reid John Hill Ajay Bhattacharya	N/A	I Remember
	Shawn Mendes	"Roses"	Shawn Mendes Tobias Jesso Jr.	N/A	Illuminate
2017	Lea Michele	"Heavy Love"	Alexandra Hughes Christopher Braide	N/A	Places
	Harry Styles	"Sweet Creature"	Harry Styles	Tyler Johnson (add.) Alex Salibian (add.) Jeff Bhasker (add.)	Harry Styles
	Niia	"Hurt You First"	Niia Bertino Robin Hannibal	N/A	I
	Harry Styles	"Carolina"	Harry Styles Ryan Nasci Mitch Rowland Tyler Johnson Alex Salibian Jeff Bhasker	Tyler Johnson Alex Salibian Jeff Bhasker	Harry Styles
	Mabel	"Bedroom"	Mabel McVey Sarah Aarons	Josh Crocker Cameron Gower Poole	Bedroom EP
	Portugal. The Man	"Easy Tiger"	John Gourley Michael Hart Ammar Malik John Hill Ajay Bhattacharya	N/A	Woodstock
	PVRIS	"No Mercy"	Brian MacDonald Lindsay Gunnulfsen Blake Harnage	N/A	AWKOH, AWNOH
	Jessie Ware	"Alone"	Jessica Ware Sarah Aarons	ST!NT	Glasshouse
	Mabel	"Ivy"	Mabel McVey Cameron Gower Poole Brian Kennedy	N/A	Ivy to Roses
	Jessie Ware	"Thinking About You"	Jessica Ware	Sammy Witte (add.)	Glasshouse
	Kailee Morgue	"Discovery"	Kailee Morgue Christopher Baran	N/A	Medusa EP
2018	Years & Years	"Sanctify"	Oliver Thornton	No additional producers	Palo Santo
	Seeb	"Drink About" feat. Dagny	Simen Eriksrud Espen Berg Sarah Aarons Alexandra Robotham	N/A	Nice to Meet You EP
	Plan B	"Grateful"	Benjamin Drew Dominic Betmead Ellis Taylor	N/A	Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose
	Lykke Li	"Sex Money Feelings Die REMIX" feat. Lil Baby, snowsa	Rick Nowels Dacoury Natche Dominique Jones Ilsey Juber James Ryan Ho Lykke Li Sarah Aarons Verneisha Snow	Malay DJ Dahi	So Sad So Sexy
		"Sex Money Feelings Die"	Li Zachrisson Ilsey Juber Sarah Aarons James Ryan Ho Dacoury Natche	Malay DJ Dahi
		"Bad Woman"	N/A	Malay
	Years & Years	"Don't Panic"	Oliver Thornton	No additional producers	Palo Santo
	Noah Cyrus	"Mad at You" with Gallant	Noah Cyrus Sarah Aarons	Jenna Andrews	Good Cry EP
	Maggie Rogers	"Light On"	Maggie Rogers Greg Kurstin	Greg Kurstin Maggie Rogers (add.)	Heard It in a Past Life
	Lauren Jauregui	"Expectations"	N/A	No additional producers	Non-album single
	Junior Empire	"Danger"	Diego Porto Belmonte Hannah Van Den Brul Jack Balfour Scott James Eliot Joey Arnold Zapata Jonas Jeberg Jordan Grispino	Mark Rankin	Junior Empire
2019	Kiesza	"Sweet Love"	Kiesa Rae Ellestad Philippe Sly Kasper Falkenberg Nicholas Furdal	NamahFalcon	Crave
	Radio Fluke	"Medicine"	Harry Styles	No additional producers	Radio Fluke EP
	Lykke Li	"Neon"	Li Zachrisson	No additional producers	Still Sad Still Sexy EP
		"So Sad So Sexy (Alt.)"	N/A	No additional producers
		"Deep End (Alt.)"	N/A	No additional producers
	Wrabel	"Magic"	Stephen Wrabel	No additional producers	One of Those Happy People EP
	Patrick Martin	"Both of You"	Patrick Martin Jesse Mason	Jesse Mason	Non-album single
	Alfie Templeman	"Used to Love"	Alfie Templeman	Alfie Templeman	Don't Go Wasting Time EP
	Harry Styles	"Lights Up"	Harry Styles Tyler Johnson	Tyler Johnson	Fine Line
	Grace Carter	"Fired Up"	Grace Carter George Flint Henry Flint	The 23rd DetoNate (add.)	Non-album single
	King Princess	"If You Think It's Love"	Mikaela Straus	King Princess	Cheap Queen
	Jessie Ware	"Mirage (Don't Stop)"	Jessica Ware Clarence Coffee Jr. James Ford Matthew Tavares Benjamin Bernstead Keren Woodward Sara Dallin Siobhan Fahey Steven Jolley Anthony Swain	N/A	What's Your Pleasure?
	Harry Styles	"Golden"	Harry Styles Mitch Rowland Tyler Johnson	Tyler Johnson	Fine Line
		"Adore You"	Harry Styles Amy Allen Tyler Johnson	Tyler Johnson (co.)
		"Watermelon Sugar"	Harry Styles Mitch Rowland Tyler Johnson	Tyler Johnson
		"Cherry"	Harry Styles Sammy Witte Jeff Bhasker Tyler Johnson	Tyler Johnson Sammy Witte
		"Falling"	Harry Styles	Tyler Johnson (add.)
		"To Be So Lonely"	Harry Styles Mitch Rowland Tyler Johnson	Tyler Johnson
		"She"	Harry Styles Mitch Rowland Jeff Bhasker	Tyler Johnson (co.)
		"Sunflower, Vol. 6"	Harry Styles Greg Kurstin	N/A
		"Canyon Moon"	Harry Styles Mitch Rowland	Tyler Johnson (add.)
		"Fine Line"	Harry Styles Mitch Rowland Sammy Witte Tyler Johnson	Tyler Johnson
2020	Alfie Templeman	"Forever Isn't Long Enough"	Alfie Templeman	Alfie Templeman Jeremy Hatcher	Forever Isn't Long Enough
	Shawn Mendes	"Intro"	N/A	Shawn Mendes Scott Harris (add.) Nate Mercereau (add.)	Wonder
		"Wonder"	Shawn Mendes Scott Harris Nathaniel Mercereau	Shawn Mendes Nate Mercereau Scott Harris (add.)
	Cam	"Changes"	Harry Styles Lori McKenna Tyler Johnson	N/A	The Otherside
	Shawn Mendes	"Higher"	N/A	Shawn Mendes Nate Mercereau Scott Harris (add.) Sly (add.)	Wonder
		"24 Hours"	Shawn Mendes Scott Harris Nathaniel Mercereau	Shawn Mendes Scott Harris Nate Mercereau (add.)
		"Teach Me How to Love"	Shawn Mendes Scott Harris Nathaniel Mercereau	Shawn Mendes Nate Mercereau Scott Harris (add.)
		"Call My Friends"	Shawn Mendes Scott Harris John Ryan II Nathaniel Mercereau	Shawn Mendes John Ryan Nate Mercereau (add.) Scott Harris (add.)
		"Dream"	Shawn Mendes Scott Harris Nathaniel Mercereau	Shawn Mendes Nate Mercereau Scott Harris (add.)
		"Song for No One"	N/A	Shawn Mendes Frank Dukes Nate Mercereau Scott Harris (add.)
		"305"	Shawn Mendes Scott Harris Nathaniel Mercereau	Nate Mercereau Scott Harris (add.)
		"Always Been You"	N/A	Shawn Mendes Nate Mercereau Scott Harris (add.)
		"Piece of You"	N/A	Shawn Mendes Ricky Reed Nate Mercereau (add.) Scott Harris (add.)
		"Look Up at the Stars"	Shawn Mendes Scott Harris	Shawn Mendes Nate Mercereau (add.) Scott Harris (add.)
		"Can't Imagine"	N/A	Shawn Mendes Nate Mercereau (add.) Scott Harris (add.)
2021	WORRYWORRY	"Outside"	Jessica Ware WORRYWORRY Jay Mooncie	Kurisu WORRYWORRY	Miserable
	Celeste	"Tonight Tonight"	N/A	Josh Crocker Charlie Hugall	Not Your Muse
2022	Harry Styles	"Music for a Sushi Restaurant"	Harry Styles Tyler Johnson Mitch Rowland	Tyler Johnson	Harry's House
		"Late Night Talking"	Harry Styles	Tyler Johnson
		"Grapejuice"	Harry Styles Tyler Johnson	Tyler Johnson
		"As It Was"	Harry Styles Tyler Johnson	Tyler Johnson
		"Daylight"	Harry Styles Tyler Johnson	Tyler Johnson
		"Little Freak"	Harry Styles	Tyler Johnson
		"Matilda"	Harry Styles Tyler Johnson Amy Allen	Tyler Johnson
		"Daydreaming"	Harry Styles Tyler Johnson Alex Weir Louis Johnson Quincy Jones Tom Bahler Valerie Johnson	Tyler Johnson
		"Keep Driving"	Harry Styles Tyler Johnson Mitch Rowland	Tyler Johnson
		"Satellite"	Harry Styles Tyler Johnson	Tyler Johnson
		"Boyfriends"	Harry Styles Tyler Johnson Tobias Jesso Jr.	Tyler Johnson
		"Love Of My Life"	Harry Styles Tyler Johnson	Tyler Johnson
	Lizzo	"If You Love Me"	Amy Allen Lizzo Nate Mercereau	Nate Mercereau	Special
	Maggie Rogers	"Want Want"	Maggie Rogers Samuel Holden Jaffe	Del Water Gap Maggie Rogers	Surrender
		"Horses"	Maggie Rogers	Maggie Rogers
		"Overdrive"	Maggie Rogers	Maggie Rogers
		"Shatter"	Maggie Rogers	Maggie Rogers
		"Be Cool"	Maggie Rogers	Maggie Rogers
		"I’ve Got A Friend"	Maggie Rogers	Maggie Rogers
		"Honey"	Maggie Rogers	Maggie Rogers
		"Different Kind of World"	Maggie Rogers	Maggie Rogers
		"That's Where I Am"	Maggie Rogers	Maggie Rogers
	Florence + the Machine	"Heaven Is Here"	Florence Welch	Dave Bayley Florence Welch Jack Antonoff	Dance Fever
		"Cassandra"	Florence Welch	N/A
2023	Miley Cyrus	"Flowers"	Miley Cyrus Gregory Aldae Hein Michael Pollack	Tyler Johnson	Endless Summer Vacation

Solo discography

Studio albums

Title	Details
Once	Released: 28 September 2009 [6] Label: Young Turks Formats: Digital download, CD, vinyl

Extended plays

Title	Details
The First	Released: 2007 [7] Label: Young Turks Formats: CD, vinyl
The Second	Released: 18 February 2008 [8] Label: Young Turks Formats: CD, vinyl

Singles

Kid Harpoon – The River, The Ocean, The Pearl, Brikabrak Records – 2006 (Limited CD and vinyl)

1. "Riverside"
2. "It's Time"

Awards and nominations

Brit Awards

Year	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref.
2023	Himself	Songwriter of the Year	Won	[9]

Grammy Awards

Year	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	"What Kind of Man"	Best Rock Song	Nominated	[10] [11]
2023	Special	Album of the Year	Nominated
	Harry's House		Won
		Best Pop Vocal Album	Won
	"As It Was"	Record of the Year	Nominated
		Song of the Year	Nominated
2024	Endless Summer Vacation	Album of the Year	Nominated
	"Flowers"	Record of the Year	Won

References

1. Sonia Zhuravlyova (28 October 2007). "The Word on the Web: Kid Harpoon has us hooked for good". The Independent. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
2. "Single Review: Kid Harpoon - The River, The Ocean, The Pearl". drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
3. "Music & Film Reviews - NME.COM". nme.com. 27 September 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
4. "The Nominations for the Ivor Novello Awards". Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
5. "Instagram post by @jenmagsmyles • May 16, 2015 at 9:46am UTC". instagram.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
6. "Kid Harpoon – Once (2009, CD)". Discogs . 28 September 2009.
7. "Kid Harpoon - the First E.P." Discogs . 2007.
8. "Kid Harpoon – the Second E.P. (2008, Vinyl)". Discogs . 18 February 2008.
9. Habbouchi, Hayley (11 February 2023). "BRIT Awards 2023: The Full List Of Winners". Capital FM . Retrieved 12 February 2023.
10. "Tom Hull". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
11. "Kid Harpoon". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 19 July 2023.