Andrew Wyatt Blakemore is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Born and raised in

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, he began his career playing in New York bands such as The A.M. and Black Beetle. He gained wider notability as the frontman of the Swedish electronic pop band

Miike Snow Miike Snow (pronounced "Mike Snow") is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Bloodshy & Avant and American singer Andrew Wyatt. The band is often represented by a silhouette image of a jackalope. In their ...

, which released its acclaimed debut album in 2009. Since that time, Wyatt has released two other with the band as well as his solo debut ''Descender'' on

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in 2013. Wyatt has worked with other artists, writing and/or producing songs with artists including

Liam Gallagher William John Paul Gallagher (born 21 September 1972) is an English singer and songwriter. He achieved fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band Oasis from 1991 to 2009, and later fronted the rock band Beady Eye from 2009 to 2014, before starti ...

Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...

, Lorde,

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and others. As a songwriter, Wyatt has been nominated for the Song of the Year Grammy Award twice. In

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, he won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for his work with

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, and Anthony Rossomando on " Shallow" from '' A Star is Born;'' the group was awarded the

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Academy Award for Best Original Song as well.

Early life and education

Wyatt grew up on Perry Street in

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, New York City, in the 1980s. At 18, he and musician

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formed the short-lived experimental pop band Funkraphiliacs, whereupon he was signed to Capitol Records as a solo artist. He worked on the album Peter Gabriel's Real World studios for about a year until drug addiction and psychological issues forced him into hospitalization. After his stay in rehab, Wyatt moved to a small mountain town in

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for several years, and he briefly attended the University of Colorado.

Career

After briefly studying at classical conservatory, Wyatt returned to New York City and shortly thereafter formed the group The A.M. with Michael Tighe and

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, formerly of

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's band. The group released one album on Universal UK before disbanding in 2005. Wyatt is currently the lead singer and co-songwriter for the Swedish band

. Outside of his own projects, Wyatt has worked extensively with other artists, writing and/or producing songs with

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, Tiggers, Dragons of Zynth, Coco Sumner, and others. In 2011 Wyatt co-wrote " Grenade" with

. The song went to number one in several countries including the U.S, and earned a Grammy Nomination for Song of the Year. Recently, Wyatt began creating sound installations and video art for galleries, and debuted Waves, a collaboration with photographer / video artist Sebastian Mlynarski, at

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in New York. He co-created the music for the 2012 one-act

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"Carbon Life" along with Mark Ronson and Wayne McGregor. Wyatt released his debut solo album Descender on April 16, 2013, on INGRID/Downtown Records, the album features the 75-piece Prague Philharmonic Orchestra with additional appearances by

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' Anthony Rossomando,

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's bassist Brad Truax, Amen Dunes' Damon McMahon, and

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. The only live performance of the album was at Capitale in New York City on May 10, 2013, as part of the Downtown Festival. A short documentary directed by Sebastian Mlynarski, entitled "The Making of Descender," was made in collaboration with The Creator's Project on March 19, 2013. In the documentary Wyatt discussed the challenges of completing the album in only a month, as that was the only time he had between

tours and it gave a behind the scenes look at the recording process. The first single from the project, "And Septimus...", was made available for streaming on February 19, 2013, and a music video for the single that was filmed in Buenos Aires and directed by Sebastian Mlynarski, premiered on

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.com on May 7, 2013. In May 2015, Wyatt collaborated with

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on his track "Some Minds", featuring vocals and lyrics. Andrew Wyatt earned the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2019 for " Shallow", which he co-wrote with

and Anthony Rossomando. For Wyatt, Ronson and Rossomando, it was their first nomination and first win; for Lady Gaga, it was her second nomination and first win. On June 29, 2019, Wyatt joined

onstage at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival, playing guitar on " The River", which he co-wrote with the former Oasis frontman. It was one of eleven tracks co-written by Wyatt to feature on Gallagher's second album '' Why Me? Why Not.'', seven of which he also produced. The album was released in September 2019, and reached number one in the UK charts.

Production and songwriting credits

Institutional works

Discography

;Studio albums (selected) *2004: '' The A.M.'' *2009: ''

'' *2012: ''

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'' *2013: ''

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'' *2016: '' iii'' ;Sound installations *2010: ''Waves'' at

: Initiation w/Sebastian Mlynarski ;Ballet Scores *2012:

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of London: ''Carbon Life'' with Mark Ronson

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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