Ashlyn Rae Willson (born April 24, 1993), better known as Ashe, is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2019 single "

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", which was featured in the Netflix film '' To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You'' (2020) and was produced by Noah Conrad with additional production from Finneas O'Connell. Ashe also co-wrote

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's 2017 single " You Don't Do It for Me Anymore" and has toured with

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, Lauv and Whethan. She was nominated for a

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for her gold-certified single "Let You Get Away" with

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. Her debut studio album '' Ashlyn'' was released on May 7, 2021. Her second album, ''

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'', was released on October 14, 2022.

Early life

Ashlyn Rae Willson was born on April 24, 1993, in San Jose, California. She began attending piano and vocal lessons at the age of 8. Ashe says that she grew up listening only to Christian radio and that she thanks her grandfather for introducing her to music from names like Bob Dylan, The Beatles and

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. She attended

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and graduated with a major in contemporary writing and production in 2015.

Career

2015–2017: Early career

Ashe started out by singing demos in

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before catching the attention of Swedish

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producer Ben Phipps, who asked her to sing on his track "Sleep Alone" in 2015. Over the next two years, Ashe specialized in appearing on a number of dance and

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tracks from names like

and Whethan. Her 2016 single "Can't Hide" with Whethan was her fifth No. 2 on both the US and Global

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charts.Peaks on the US and Global Spotify Viral 50: * "Can't Hide" (Global and US): * "Used to It" (Global): * "Back of Your Hand" (Global): * "Moral of the Story" (Global): * "Moral of the Story" (US): Her 2017 single "Let You Get Away" with Canadian DJ

was nominated for Dance Recording of the Year at the 2017 Juno Awards and was certified gold in Canada in 2019. Ashe assisted

in composing her 2017 single " You Don't Do It For Me Any More" from their US platinum-certified album '' Tell Me You Love Me'' (2017). Between October 2017 and January 2018, Ashe embarked on tours with

, Lauv, and Whethan. After signing to

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independent label, she released her debut single "Used to It" in June 2017 and "Girl Who Cried Wolf" in November 2017. "Used to It" was her second single to reach No. 1 on the Global Spotify Viral 50 chart. Ashe was placed alongside Billie Eilish and Lewis Capaldi on Vevo's list of Artists to Watch in 2018. Throughout April 2017, Ashe supported

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during their

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and performed onstage with Big Gigantic during Coachella Festival 2017.

2018–2020: ''The Rabbit Hole'' EP & Moral of the Story

By the time Ashe had released her debut EP, ''The Rabbit Hole,'' in June 2018, she had clocked over 200 million accumulative

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and nine No. 1 songs on

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. The EP was described as "a versatile and compelling seven-track affair." Ashe supported

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on his ''From Michigan with Love World Tour,'' during which she also released her single "

"''.'' On April 5, 2019, Ashe released the four-track EP, ''Moral of the Story: Chapter 1'', which Finneas O'Connell entirely produced. O'Connell also produced three of the four tracks on her sequel EP, ''Moral of the Story: Chapter 2.'' In February 2020, the single "

" was used in the Netflix teen rom-com '' To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You'' (2020), which caused the song to reach number 2 on both Global and US

chart. Ashe made her debut chart appearance on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with "Moral of the Story" and the ''Billboard'' 200 with ''Moral of the Story: Chapter 1''. Ashe has also recently released a duet of "Moral of the Story" featuring

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. As of June 2020, the single has been used in over 901,400 videos on the online platform TikTok. As of september 2022, her collaboration with

has reached over 160 million streams on Spotify.

2021: ''Ashlyn''

In March 2021, Ashe released another song with O'Connell titled " Till Forever Falls Apart". Her debut album '' Ashlyn'' was released on May 7, 2021, including the songs "I'm Fine" and "When I'm Older" issued prior to the album, along with "Me Without You", released on May 5. ''Ashlyn'' debuted at number 194 on the ''Billboard'' 200 dated May 22, 2021.

2022–present: ''Rae''

On March 3, 2022, Ashe released the single "Another Man's Jeans" after releasing snippets of the song on social media. Ashe released another single, "Hope You're Not Happy" on May 6, 2022. Three months after her song, "Hope You're Not Happy" released. She returned to her "home", which is the Bay Area in San Francisco as was set to perform exclusively at

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on the 6th of August. The day of the 6th she performed at the Twin Peaks stage at 3:45 pm. She sung a few of her singles off her, new ''

'' such as, "Angry Woman", "Shower With My Clothes on", and "Another Man's Jeans" off her album that would release a two months after. During her set she also sang, " Somebody To Love" by Queen (band) Soon after, Ashe announced her second studio album, ''

'', on June 22, 2022, the same day that she released the song "Angry Woman". The album was released on October 14, 2022. Before the release of the album, Ashe released three more of its songs; "Shower with My Clothes On" on July 29, "Emotional" on August 26, and "OMW" along with its music video on October 12, 2022. On November 4th, 2022 she released a single with

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, titled "

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" with a duration of 3 minutes and 55 seconds.

Artistry

Ashe says that jazz music, Diane Keaton, and

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are major influences and inspirations to her own music. Ashe put an "e" on her stagename to pay homage to Carole King. Artists she admires are

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, Justin Vernon and Bon Iver.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Songwriting credits

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashe Living people Berklee College of Music alumni 21st-century American women singers Musicians from San Jose, California 1993 births 21st-century American singers Singers from Los Angeles American women singer-songwriters Mom + Pop Music artists Singer-songwriters from California