Young Summer

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Young Summer
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Young Summer in 2023
Background information
Birth nameBarbara Elizabeth Allen [1]
Origin Washington D.C., United States
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocal, Guitar, Piano
Years active2013-Present
LabelsReady Set Music, Dead Spirit Animal
Website youngsummermusic.com

BobbieAllen, known professionally as Young Summer, is an American singer, songwriter based out of Nashville, Tennessee. Her first studio album, Siren, was released in August 2014. [2] The first single "Alright" from her second EP, You Would Have Loved It Here, was released in June 2016 to positive reviews. [3]

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Allen co-wrote Echosmith's song "Goodbye", the lead single from their EP Inside a Dream . [4]

In 2019, Allen covered "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand. Her version appears on the soundtrack for the Hulu TV series, Looking for Alaska , which is based on the 2005 novel by John Green.

In May 2023 Allen began promoting her self-titled second full-length album, with the single "Make Waves" of which the video [5] has been watched over 400,000 times as of July 2023. Her self-titled full-length album was released on October 13, 2023. It was named one of the best albums of 2023 by Spin . [6]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Songwriting credits

List of songwriting credits
TitleYearArtistAlbumCo-written with
Party Tricks2024LippyParty TricksMatt Lipkins, Sammy Martin
Stand Still2023GatlinI Sleep Fine NowGatlin, Carrie Karpenin
Too Sensitive2023BryeToo SensitiveBrye, Ruslan Odnoralov
My Apartment2023James DrollMy ApartmentJames Droll, Caro Bae
Stop Looking Over The Edge2022James DrollStop Looking Over The EdgeJames Droll, Reed Berin
Fly On2022 Karen Elson The Birdsong ProjectKaren Elson, Konrad Snyder
Shapeshifter2022BryeShapeshifterBrye, Nick Lobel
Rage2021 Madi Diaz History Of A FeelingMadi Diaz, Konrad Snyder
Slow Motion Doves2021 Shadowboxers Slow Motion DovesMatt Lipkins, Adam Hoffman, Sammy Martin, Tyler Schwartz
Need You Now2021William BlackPiecesForester, William Black
Automatic World2020The BrummiesAutomatic WorldJohn Davidson, Jacob Bryant
Being Alone2020GatlinSugarcoatedGatlin, Konrad Snyder
Summer Coat2020GatlinSugarcoatedGatlin, Nick Lobel
Don't Know What You Have2020 Desert Noises Everything AlwaysKyle Henderson, Bill Reynolds
Skywriter2019 Copeland Blushing Aaron Marsh
Goodbye2017 Echosmith Inside a Dream

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References

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