Andrew Wyatt

Andrew Wyatt
Wyatt performing with Miike Snow in Los Angeles, California
Wyatt performing with Miike Snow in Los Angeles, California
Background information
Birth nameAndrew Wyatt Blakemore[1]
BornManhattan, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboards
Years active2003–present
Labels

Andrew Wyatt Blakemore is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer.[2] Born and raised in Manhattan, New York, he began his career playing in New York bands such as The A.M. and Black Beetle.[3][4] He gained wider notability as the frontman of the Swedish electronic pop band Miike Snow, which released its acclaimed debut album in 2009.[5] Since that time, Wyatt has released two other albums with the band as well as his solo debut Descender on Downtown Records in 2013.

Wyatt has worked with other artists, writing and/or producing songs with artists including Liam Gallagher, Lady Gaga, Lorde, Bruno Mars and others.[6][7] As a songwriter, Wyatt has been nominated for the Song of the Year Grammy Award twice. In 2019, he won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for his work with Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, and Anthony Rossomando on "Shallow" from A Star is Born; the group was awarded the 2018 Academy Award for Best Original Song as well.

  1. ^ "Initiation: Max G. Morton, Johanna Constantine, Sebastian Mlynarski, and F. Sean Martin". The New Museum. September 9, 2010. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  2. ^ Mori. "Andrew Wyatt". www.dmpgroup.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  3. ^ Jones, Neil (October 13, 2003). "The A.M." Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  4. ^ "Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt on his troubled past and extraordinary present". www.gigwise.com. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  5. ^ Chinen, Nate (January 16, 2009). "Sonic Adventures, From a Cappella to Zydeco". The New York Times. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference interviewmag was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Putting the I's in Miike Snow". Interview Magazine. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2020-09-16.

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