Matthew Koma

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Matthew Koma
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Koma in 2014
Background information
Birth nameMatthew Bair
Born (1987-06-02) June 2, 1987 (age 36)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • DJ
  • record producer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
Years active2010–present
Labels
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2019)​
Website matthewkoma.com

Matthew Bair (born June 2, 1987), [1] [2] known professionally as Matthew Koma, is an American singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer. Songs written by Koma include "Spectrum" and Grammy Award-winner "Clarity", both performed by Zedd. Koma has collaborated with Hardwell, Zedd, Miriam Bryant, Sebastian Ingrosso, Alesso, Afrojack, Tiësto, Vicetone and Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic.

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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. [3] [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. [4] 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. [5] Koma attended Seaford High School. [6] His older half brother, Kris Mazzarisi, is also a musician.

Musical career

In June 2011, Jimmy Iovine signed Koma to Interscope Records after watching 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. [7]

Also in 2012, he performed at the Sorry for Party Rocking Tour with LMFAO and Far East Movement, [8] In the fall of 2012, he toured with Owl City. [4]

In March 2012, Bruce Springsteen released "Rocky Ground", a remix that Koma co-produced with Ron Aniello as a single from his album Wrecking Ball . [9]

In July 2012, Koma did the main vocals for the song "End of Pretend" by Black Cards. [10]

In April 2013, he toured Europe supporting Ellie Goulding alongside Charli XCX. [11]

In November 2013, Koma and DJ Hardwell released the single "Dare You", [12]

In March 2014, Showtek's "Cannonball (Earthquake)", featuring Koma, was released. [13] In April 2014, Koma appeared on RAC's debut album, featuring on the single "Cheap Sunglasses". [14] In May 2014, Koma was featured on Audien's single "Serotonin". [15] Also in May 2014, Afrojack's album Forget the World , which featured two songs written and sung by Koma, "Keep our Love Alive" and "Illuminate", was released. [16]

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. [17]

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. [18]

In 2016, he worked with Britney Spears on her album Glory producing the song “Swimming in the Stars”, which was released in 2020. [19]

In June 2017, Koma produced several tracks for Shania Twain's fifth studio album Now , including the lead single "Life's About to Get Good". [20]

In November 2017, he was featured on the Downes Braide Association album Skyscraper Souls. [21]

In August 2018, he premiered "On the 5", both single and video under his new project, Winnetka Bowling League via RCA Records. [22]

In August 2020, he co-wrote and co-produced the single "Change Your Mind" by Keith Urban. [23]

Personal life

Relationships and family

From 2012 until 2015, Koma dated Carly Rae Jepsen, after meeting while they were working on her album Kiss . [24]

In May 2019, he got engaged to Hilary Duff and they were married in December 2019 at their home in Los Angeles, after three years of dating. [25] [26] They have two daughters, Banks Violet Bair, born in October 2018 [26] and Mae James Bair, born in March 2021. He is also a stepfather to Duff's son, Luca, from her previous marriage to ice-hockey player Mike Comrie. [27] On December 12, 2023, Bair and Duff announced that they were expecting their third child. [28]

Anorexia

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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