Matthew Koma

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Matthew Koma
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Koma in 2024
Background information
Birth nameMatthew Bair
Born (1987-06-02) June 2, 1987 (age 37)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • DJ
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
Years active2002–present
Labels
Spouse
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(m. 2019)​
Website matthewkoma.com

Matthew Bair (born June 2, 1987), [1] [2] known professionally as Matthew Koma and Bagel Man, [3] is an American songwriter and musician. Songs written by Koma include "Spectrum" and Grammy Award-winner "Clarity", both performed by Zedd. Koma has collaborated with artists such as Shania Twain, Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, Hardwell, Zedd, Miriam Bryant, Sebastian Ingrosso, Alesso, Afrojack, Tiësto, Vicetone, Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, and others.

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Early life

He was born on 2 June 1987. Koma was born in Brooklyn and raised in Seaford, New York, on Long Island. [4] [2] His father, Gerald D. Bair, was a singer/songwriter and Koma first performed on stage with his father when he was four years old. [5] Koma wrote his first song when he was nine years old and credits Elvis Costello and Bruce Springsteen for his inspiration at a young age. [6] Koma attended Seaford High School. [7]

Musical career

Koma signed to record on Jimmy Iovine's Interscope Records in June 2011, after Iovine watched an acoustic performance of the record "She". [1] In May 2012, Koma released his first EP, Parachute, in which he wrote, produced and co-produced all four tracks with collaborators Twice as Nice, Alex da Kid, Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, and Ari Levine. [8] Koma provided the main vocals for the 2012 song "End of Pretend" by Black Cards, [9] and he co-produced a remix of the Bruce Springsteen song "Rocky Ground" with Ron Aniello, which Springsteen released on his album Wrecking Ball . [10]

In 2012, Koma joined the Sorry for Party Rocking Tour with LMFAO and Far East Movement, [11] He later toured with Owl City. [5]

In 2013, Koma toured Europe supporting Ellie Goulding alongside Charli XCX. [12] , and he released the single "Dare You" with DJ Hardwell. [13]

In March 2014, Showtek's "Cannonball (Earthquake)", featuring Koma, was released. [14] Also in 2014, Koma appeared on RAC's debut album, featuring on the single "Cheap Sunglasses, [15] and was featured on Audien's single "Serotonin". [16] Afrojack's 2014 album Forget the World featured two songs written and sung by Koma, "Keep our Love Alive" and "Illuminate". [17]

In January 2015, Koma was featured in Kia Motors' online video series Rediscovered, where he recorded a cover of The Miracles' "The Tracks of My Tears" before Smokey Robinson made a surprise visit in the studio. [18] Koma collaborated with The Knocks on "I Wish (My Taylor Swift)", which was released as a single in September 2015 and later appeared on the Knocks' 2016 album, 55. [19]

In 2016, he worked with Britney Spears on her album Glory producing the song “Swimming in the Stars”, which was released in 2020. [20]

In 2017, Koma produced several tracks for Shania Twain's fifth studio album Now , including the lead single "Life's About to Get Good". [21] He also appeared on the 2017 Downes Braide Association album Skyscraper Souls. [22]

In 2018, Koma premiered "On the 5", both single and video under his new project, Winnetka Bowling League via RCA Records. [23]

In August 2020, he co-wrote and co-produced the single "Change Your Mind" by Keith Urban. [24]

Personal life

Koma dated Carly Rae Jepsen from 2012 until 2015, after they met while working on her album Kiss . [25]

On May 9, 2019, he got engaged to Hilary Duff who was his girlfriend of two years, and they were married on December 21, 2019 at their home in Los Angeles. [26] [27] They have three daughters. [27] He is also a stepfather to Duff's son from her previous marriage to ice hockey player Mike Comrie. [28]

In May 2017, he released "Dear Ana", a song about his anorexia and confessed that the disease almost killed him. [29]

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
BMI Pop Awards 2014Award-Winning Song"Clarity"Won [30]
Billboard Music Awards 2012 Top Dance/Club Song "Spectrum"Won [31]
International Dance Music Awards 2013Best Progressive Track"Years"Nominated [32]
2016Best Dubstep/Drum & Bass Track"Emotional"Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2012 Best Dance Video "Spectrum"Nominated

Discography

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