Tobias MacDonald Jesso Jr. (born July 11, 1985) is a Canadian musician from

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, British Columbia. His debut album ''

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'' was released in 2015 on True Panther Sounds. He was included in '' Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the 20 Biggest Breakouts of 2015''.'' He was nominated for the first ever Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards for his work on releases by

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, Adele, FKA Twigs,

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, King Princess,

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and

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Career

After living and playing bass in Los Angeles for 4 years, Jesso moved back to his home in North Vancouver. Retrieved 7 February 2015. He started playing the piano in his spare time while working for a moving company. It was during this period that he wrote his first piano-based song "Just a Dream." Eventually, he sent one of his demos in an email to former Girls bassist JR White. Jesso co-wrote the songs " When We Were Young" and "Lay Me Down" (featured on the Target version of '' 25'') with Adele, which is included in her 2015 album '' 25''.

''Goon''

Jesso's first demo was released in August 2013 after a painful break-up and his mother's cancer diagnosis. JR White, along with

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of The Black Keys,

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of The New Pornographers, and Ariel Rechtshaid, helped produce Jesso's debut album entitled ''

''. Aaron Sperske plays drums on the album except Danielle Haim plays drums on the track "Without You." His song "

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" garnered increased attention after being tweeted about by both Adele and Alana Haim. He collaborated with Sia and Adele on the song "Alive". Originally intended for Adele and

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, the song was eventually recorded by Sia and appeared on her album '' This Is Acting''. His first major tour started in 2015.

Musical style

Jesso's music has been compared to singer/songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s from

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to Harry Nilsson and Emitt Rhodes. He cites Newman as one of his favourite artists. Even though he was a bassist and guitarist for years, his new music was written by him on the piano—an instrument he started playing at the age of 27.

Awards

Jesso was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the 2015 Juno Awards. On June 20, 2016, Jesso was the recipient of the SOCAN Breakout Award at the SOCAN Awards in Toronto.

Personal life

Jesso married Australian musician

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in January 2019; they have since had a child.Instagram
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Discography

Singles

* "True Love" * "Hollywood" * "

Songwriting and production credits

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jesso, Tobias, Jr. 1985 births Living people Canadian male singer-songwriters Musicians from British Columbia Canadian people of Portuguese descent 21st-century Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian guitarists 21st-century Canadian bass guitarists 21st-century Canadian pianists Canadian indie rock musicians Canadian indie pop musicians Canadian songwriters