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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Emily Warren Schwartz |
| Born | (1992-08-25)August 25, 1992 (age 32) New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano, guitar, harp. |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Labels | Prescription (Rx) Songs |
Emily Warren Schwartz (born August 25, 1992) is an American singer and songwriter. Her debut album,Quiet Your Mind, was released in 2019.
Warren had her first hit as a songwriter in 2016 as a co-writer on theChainsmokers song "Don't Let Me Down." In 2020, she received a Grammy nomination in the Song of the Year category for co-writingDua Lipa's "Don't Start Now", which has since been streamed more than 2 billion times on Spotify, becoming one of the most streamed songs of all time on the platform.[1] In addition to The Chainsmokers and Dua Lipa, Warren has collaborated with artists includingShawn Mendes,Khalid,Camila Cabello,Shakira, andDavid Guetta.
Warren was brought up in New York City, where she attended the preparatory schoolTrinity, from kindergarten through high school.[2] From an early age, she had a penchant for the creative and performed regularly with her band,Emily Warren & the Betters (members Etienne Bowler and Marc Campbell went on to form part of the pop bandMisterWives).[3] A single fromThe Betters EP,Not at All, was featured on the soundtrack of MTV's short-lived series,Skins.[4][5] She was accepted into theNYU Tisch School/Clive Davis Institute in 2011 and offered a songwriter's contract withPrescription (Rx) Songs in 2013.[6] In 2015 Warren graduated from the university and began splitting her time between Los Angeles and London.[7] She currently resides inWilson, Wyoming andLos Angeles, California.
After signing withDr. Luke, Warren disbanded the Betters and spent a year inLA. Soon after her arrival, she co-wrote "Masterpiece", the third single on pop artistJessie J's album,Sweet Talker. "Masterpiece" debuted at number 30 on the USMainstream Top 40 and number 65 on theBillboard Hot 100,[8] it was also certified gold inAustralia andNew Zealand.[9][10] Following the success of that release, Warren eventually teamed up with longtime friend and collaboratorScott Harris to co-write four songs fromShawn Mendes' platinum-selling album,Handwritten: "Strings", "Aftertaste", "Air" and "Lost". September 18, 2015, marked the release ofThe Chainsmokers' andTritonal's"Until You Were Gone", which featured Warren's lead vocals. Her performance was immediately praised byNylon, which wrote: "Her delivery is filled with a longing that packs a strong punch."[11] Additionally, The Chainsmokers hailed Warren as "one of the best songwriters and vocalists that they had ever worked with".[12] Shortly after, Warren teamed up again withScott Harris and together they wrote"Don't Let Me Down" withThe Chainsmokers, which reached number 3 and went on to reach triple platinum in theUnited States. It was bothThe Chainsmokers andDaya's first top 5 on theBillboard Hot 100. "Don't Let Me Down" was also nominated and won a Grammy in 2017 forBest Dance Recording. Around the same time, Warren co-wrote and featured vocals on viral hit "Capsize" with Los Angeles duoFrenship, which is certified platinum and has surpassed 400 million streams onSpotify (115 million of which were acquired prior to its radio impact date).
When interviewed by the online music publicationSmashed about her writing process, Warren stated: "I think that sometimes songwriting, especially for pop, is viewed as a factory or an assembly line process, and I have to challenge that... I think that good songwriting has a real art to it, and I don't just mean the profound or thought-provoking ones. Even most of the light-hearted, straight-up pop ones are masterfully written–sometimes even harder to write."[13] Warren's express mission as a writer and artist is to create pop music that has the conceptual backing to influence positive social change. In aTisch interview, she states: "What excites me about this field is that pop music can be an incredibly powerful and crucial platform for influence and change."[7] She also has uncredited vocals onThe Chainsmokers' track"Paris" from their debut albumMemories... Do Not Open.[14][15] She quotes "I think for the first song introducing their album, they just wanted it to be a Chainsmokers thing and not featuring anyone." The Chainsmokers felt it would be best to release it as a single without any features because it would promote their new album. Although she did not receive credit for the vocals she believed it all worked out and quotes: "It ended up kinda working out for the best 'cause there was all this mystery of who was singing it!".[16] In 2019 Emily, along with her collaboratorsIan Kirkpatrick (record producer) andCaroline Ailin wrote the hitDua Lipa songDon't Start Now.
Warren's beginnings as an artist came with the release of American pop duoFrenship's single, "Capsize".[17][18] Warren not only co-wrote the viral hit, but also performed as a featured vocalist. She made her first televised appearance performing "Capsize" with the duo onJimmy Kimmel Live! on December 8, 2016.[19]
On April 7, 2017, American electronic pop duoThe Chainsmokers released their debut album,Memories...Do Not Open. Warren was credited as a writer on four songs, including "The One", "Don't Say", "My Type" and "Wake Up Alone". She was additionally featured as lead vocalist on "Don't Say" and "My Type" and provided uncredited backup vocals on "Paris".[20] She was announced as a special guest on the duo's American "Memories...Do Not Open" tour and appeared with them for a performance of "Paris" on the April 8, 2017, episode ofSaturday Night Live.[21] The album debuted at #1 on theBillboard 200 Chart.[22]
On May 5, 2017, Warren released her debut single, "Hurt By You", which landed on both the US Viral and Global Viral charts onSpotify. On July 21, 2017, Warren released her second single, "Something To Hold On To", which was also featured on Spotify's New Music Friday playlist. Her most recent single, "Poking Holes", was released on October 12, 2017.
On November 14, 2017, Warren was named as one of theForbes 30 under 30 in the music industry.[23] The list, according to Forbes, is an "annual encyclopedia of creative disruption featuring 600 stars from 20 different industries."[24]Skylar Grey, one of the judges on the panel that selected Warren, said she was selected in part because, "Her sound and style of writing is so fresh, and I find a lot of other writers trying to emulate it. She's young, but she's been in the game for a while, so this isn't some flash-in-the-pan writer. I think she'll be killing it for a long time."[25]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "How It Ends" |
| Mac & Phil | 3:36 |
| 2. | "The Point" |
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| 3:18 |
| 3. | "Say It" |
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| 2:44 |
| 4. | "Poking Holes" |
| Ruth | 3:50 |
| 5. | "Something to Hold On To" |
| Mac & Phil | 3:38 |
| 6. | "Just Click" |
| Shatkin | 3:39 |
| 7. | "As Long as I'm Alive" |
| Mac & Phil | 2:52 |
| 8. | "Like That" |
| Mac & Phil | 3:17 |
| 9. | "Paranoid" |
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| 3:21 |
| 10. | "Hurt By You" |
| Ruth | 3:07 |
| 11. | "Not Ready to Dance" |
| Scott Harris | 3:01 |
| Total length: | 36:23 | |||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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| US [26] | AUS [27] | CAN [28] | NOR [29] | SWE [30] | UK [31] | ||||
| "Capsize" (withFrenship) | 2016 | 78 | 17 | 56 | 11 | 20 | 59 | Truce | |
| "Hurt By You" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Quiet Your Mind | |
| "Something to Hold on To" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Poking Holes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Paranoid" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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| US [26] | US Dance [37] | AUS [38] | CAN [28] | SWE [30] | UK [31] | ||||
| "Until You Were Gone" (The Chainsmokers andTritonal featuring Emily Warren) | 2015 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | Bouquet | |
| "Phone Down" (Lost Kings featuring Emily Warren) | 2016 | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Side Effects" (The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren) | 2018 | 66 | 7 | 61 | 39 | 100 | 50 | Sick Boy | |
| "Using" (Ritual featuring Emily Warren) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| US Bub. [40] | US Dance [41] | CAN [42] | |||
| "My Type" (The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren) | 2017 | 17 | 14 | 66 | Memories...Do Not Open |
| "Don't Say" (The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren) | — | 19 | 63 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
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