US singer-songwriter Julia Michaels is currently enjoying her third Top 40 hit on the Official UK Singles Chart with If The World Was Ending - an apocalyptic love song whos timing was strangely perfect, released around the time lockdown set in due to the coronavirus crisis. While it's Julia's third UK Top 40 hit as a named artist, she's racked up another 13 as a songwriter. Discussing the track, Dua explained: "I felt like the album needed a little something in the middle [of the album] to slow it down because it's so relentless in terms of how upbeat all the songs are. Although the meaning behind the song is not chill at all. Because of the lyrics it borrows from pop's hits of yesteryear, eighteen songwriters are listed on Anne-Marie's Top 5 smash If you think it sounds a lot like Prince, it'll be because he also worked on the song prior to his death in The song's lyrics about being addicted to bad relationships would form a blueprint for Julia's future work with Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber. Julia helped Linkin Park deliver one of their biggest mainstream hits in years with this electropop-rock song released in - inculding their highest charting single in the UK in four years. It is also the band's last single to be released during the lifetime of frontman Chester Bennington, who died in July that year. This emotional ballad is perhaps the strongest display of Jessie's crystalline vocals from her safe-but-solid third album Glasshouse.


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After releasing her debut solo single "Issues" back in , singer-songwriter Julia Michaels made a name for herself after hiding in the shadows of the music scene for many years prior. The Iowa native, who has toured with the likes of Maroon 5 and Pink , previously wrote hits for other big-name artists such as Selena Gomez and Gwen Stefani , but she broke away from anonymity when she burst into the music scene headfirst with her breakout track. Since then, Michaels has continued to pen not only hits for herself, but for her fellow artists as well, including her latest song "If the World Was Ending" with JP Saxe. The two singers teamed up to write this beautiful track. Saxe said in a press release, "It was a couple weeks after the last earthquake in LA. View On One Page. Photo 0 of Previous Next Start Slideshow. Music Julia Michaels.
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You may already be obsessed with Julia Michaels 's super raw and relatable hit " Issues ," but chances are you've also been obsessed with a lot of other songs she's written. You just didn't know it. Michaels is currently slaying the pop scene, writing lyrics for songs that tend to soar up the charts. At only 23, she has written for artists like Gwen Stefani and Fifth Harmony and has worked as head songwriter on albums for Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber. No big deal. In an Instagram post earlier this year, Gomez credited Michaels — one of the main writers on Gomez's most recent and arguably most personal album, Revival — as one of the people who "changed her life. Here are the top tracks you may not have known she wrote.
Julia Carin Cavazos born November 13, , [1] [2] known professionally as Julia Michaels , is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Iowa and raised in California, Michaels began her career writing for other artists. Her major-label debut extended play, Nervous System , peaked at number 48 on the Billboard chart in the United States. Julia Michaels was born in Davenport, Iowa but moved to Santa Clarita, California , about 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles , with her family including her older sister Jaden who is also a songwriter. When she was 20, she met her songwriting partner Justin Tranter with whom she frequently collaborates.