Nicole "Coco" Morier (lives in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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,
United States
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) is an American singer-songwriter and producer. She began her career in 2002 as one half of the
electronic rock
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duo
Electrocute
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The term "electrocution" was coined ...
before becoming a songwriter for artists including
Britney Spears
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,
Tom Jones,
Selena Gomez
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,
Ellie Goulding
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,
Demi Lovato
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, and
Icona Pop
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. Her best-known compositions include "
Heaven on Earth" and "
How I Roll", recorded by Britney Spears, the latter of which was named the #1 song of 2011 by ''
Rolling Stone
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''.
As a songwriter Nicole has collaborated with the world's top songwriters and producers including
,
Ryan Tedder
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,
Stargate
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, and
Bloodshy and Avant
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.
Biography
Morier was born in
San Francisco
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but moved as a small child to
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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. Her father Johnny Morier, was a folk musician and songwriter who'd written a few minor hits for bands in the Sixties, including
Spanky and Our Gang
Spanky and Our Gang was an American 1960s sunshine pop band led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane. The band derives its name from Hal Roach's ''Our Gang'' comedies of the 1930s (known to modern audiences as ''The Little Rascals''), because of the si ...
's top 10 "Makin' Every Minute Count",
The Cowsills
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The band was formed in early 1965 by brothers Bill, Bob, and ...
' "Yesterday's Girl" and
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
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' "Banned in Boston". He had also spent time playing the local folk circuit in Greenwich Village, NYC and had befriended musicians such as
Joan Baez
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and
Taj Mahal
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whom Nicole met as a child. With her father she began singing in churches and local venues and she learned to play an array of instruments.
Nicole first considered pursuing a career as a songwriter for other artists in 2006 when talking with musician-songwriter
Greg Kurstin
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, while working on Electrocute's song "Bikini Bottom" for the ''
SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
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'' soundtrack in Los Angeles. Kurstin had just begun writing songs for pop artists and introduced her to his publisher.
Morier soon after signed with music publishers Kobalt.
and landed her first cut when "Heaven on Earth", a song she'd co-written with
Freescha
Freescha is the musical collaboration of Nick Huntington and Mike McGroarty, based in the San Fernando Valley, California. Huntington and McGroarty have been friends and partners since they met in high school. The duo has released most of their m ...
, was recorded by Britney Spears for her album ''
Blackout''.
Work
In 2009-2010 Morier toured as lead guitarist and backing vocalist with
Charlotte Gainsbourg
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from 2009-2010.
In 2011, Morier released a self-titled solo EP as "Coco Morier." The five-song extended play album contains production from
Miike Snow
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members Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg as well as
Freescha
Freescha is the musical collaboration of Nick Huntington and Mike McGroarty, based in the San Fernando Valley, California. Huntington and McGroarty have been friends and partners since they met in high school. The duo has released most of their m ...
and
Magnus Lidehall.
In 2012, Morier began the artist collective
INGRID
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* Ingrid (given name)
* Ingrid (record label), and artist collective
* Ingrid Burley, rapper known mononymously as Ingrid
* Tropical Storm Ingrid, various cyclones
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* InGrid, the grid computing project ...
along with
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 ca ...
,
Peter Bjorn and John
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,
Lykke Li
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, members of the
Teddybears and others.
Morier collaborated with Nick Ebeling on the ''Gunwolf Comic Book'' Soundtrack which was released through her label
INGRID
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* Ingrid (given name)
* Ingrid (record label), and artist collective
* Ingrid Burley, rapper known mononymously as Ingrid
* Tropical Storm Ingrid, various cyclones
* 1026 Ingrid, an asteroid
* InGrid, the grid computing project ...
in October 2013. She executive-produced the album and contributed as writer and producer of 7 of the 16 tracks. The soundtrack was released as a package containing the first edition of Gunwolf Comic Book and a limited-edition tape cassette and later on picture disc.
In March 2014, Morier signed to
OneRepublic
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vocalist and songwriter
Ryan Tedder
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's publishing company Patriot Games in a joint deal with Brill Building Songs and Kobalt Music Publishing.
Shoe designer Jerome C. Rousseau as a fan of her music named two shoes from his fall collection of 2015 the "Coco" and the "Morier".
In 2016,
''V'' magazine called her "one of pop's best kept secrets" on the release of her debut solo album.
Morier composed the all original music for "
For the Love of a Glove: An Unauthorized Musical Fable About the Life of Michael Jackson As Told By His Glove" which opened January 2020 in Los Angeles, California along with co-composers Drew Erickson and Max Townsley.
The lyrics and book were written by the shows director
Julien Nitzberg
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. Choreography was by
Cris Judd
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Dance career
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and Bryan Anthony. Cris Judd was Michael Jackson’s former lead dancer on the
HIStory World Tour
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. It was the premiere production at the
Carl Sagan
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and
Ann Druyan
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Theater in Los Angeles.
Andrew Limbong on
NPR
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’s
Weekend Edition
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called the show “Raunchy, surreal and absurd… While For the Love of a Glove isn't a hagiographic jukebox musical, it also isn't interested in tearing Michael Jackson down completely.” In his interview with him, Nitzberg told NPR, "He's the King of Pop… And theater usually deals with flawed kings, flawed gods, etc."
[
The show suspended its successful run because of the coronavirus pandemic.]
Discography
Songwriting discography
Solo discography
Albums
Extended plays
Singles
Guest appearances
Electrocute discography
;Full-length albums and EPs
*2003 - ''Tribute to Your Taste''
*2005 - ''Troublesome Bubblegum''
*2008 - ''On the Beat''
*2009 - ''Double Diamond''
;Singles
*2003 - "Sugar Buzz"
*2005 - "Shag Ball"
*2005 - "Cops Copulating"
*2008 - "Bad Legs"
*2008 - "On The Beat"
*2008 - "Mad Pursuit"
;Other appearances
*2004 - "Bikini Bottom" (on
''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' soundtrack)
*2008 - "Mad Pursuit" (Junkie XL featuring Electrocute) (on
''21'' soundtrack)
References
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Living people
Singers from San Francisco
Synth-pop singers
American women singer-songwriters
Songwriters from San Francisco
1982 births
21st-century American singers
21st-century American women singers
Singer-songwriters from California