Ep. 116: Ant Clemons

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

When this Grammy-nominated artist and songwriter moved across the country from New Jersey to Los Angeles only a couple of years ago in pursuit of his dream career, he started by writing a song a day in exchange for a floor to sleep on. Soon after, he landed a feature as the iconic voice behind Kanye West's hit single, "All Mine" and found himself atop the Billboard charts. His overnight success is years in the making. As the epitome of a “rags to riches” story, he spent nights on park benches, couch hopping, and using songwriting as a means of currency. Today, he is recognized as one of the most in-demand songwriters and upcoming artists, due to his work with Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Camilla Cabello, Kanye West, Kali Uchis, H.E.R., G Eazy, Pharrell, etc. In 2020, he released his debut LP, ‘Happy 2 Be Here,’ which features Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, and Ty Dolla $ign and is nominated for Best R&B Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards. And most recently, he performed his song “Better Days” with Justin Timberlake at the Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. And The Writer Is… Ant Clemons!

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to And The Writer Is. I'm your host Ross Golan. I've written with hundreds
0:15.7	of artists and writers over the years and my favorite part of each session is the first
0:20.1	hour when we catch up about life, the industry, politics, composition, whatever. So this is
0:26.0	a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write songs, and most importantly,
0:31.7	who the people are, who write the songs. I'm producing this with the great Joe London,
0:36.8	big deal music publishing, and mega house music management. If you want to listen to the
0:41.4	songs we discuss in this podcast, follow us on our socials, find out about special live
0:47.7	events, or buy that merch aka that had I always wear. Go to our website www.andthewriteris.com.
0:57.7	For a little bit of context, we just wanted you to know that a lot of these were recorded
1:02.8	before quarantine. And as we know, a lot has changed in 2020. So again, please stay safe out there
1:10.2	and enjoy the new episodes of And The Writer Is.
1:18.0	Welcome to And The Writer Is. I am your host, Ross Golan. Today's legend in the making went
1:23.7	from sleeping on friends, floors to landing tracks on the biggest artists of not just now,
1:28.6	but of all time. Beyoncé and Kanye, Ferrell and Beyoncé, this guy wrote with Jared Myher,
1:35.1	oh my gosh, wait, there's more. He's an artist too. This February, he releases debut with features
1:41.4	like Timberland, Tidalassine and Ferrell from New Jersey. This guy is effortlessly taking over
1:47.7	the industry well. I don't know why I started rhyming his intro, but I was inspired while listening
1:53.7	to happy to be here. So here we go. And The Writer Is Aunt Clemens. Wow, yeah.
2:01.8	I can't tell you how amazing that is to hear that. I dreamed of that like so many different ways
2:08.3	and that was amazing. I was a huge fan of the pod, bro. Like, huge, huge, huge fan. When I was in
2:15.7	LA for the first couple of times, just coming out here, I was only listening to the pod,
2:22.0	and it was giving me hope. The song writers could actually really do it. It was like the Charlie
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