Ep. 117: Jeremy Zucker

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Growing up in suburban New Jersey, this singer, songwriter, and producer has always been surrounded by music. In 2015, he released his first EP as a freshman at Colorado College pursuing a degree in Molecular Biology, and by 2017 he had signed a major label record deal with Republic Records. Since then, he has released four EP’s with breakthrough singles, such as Gold Certified singles, “talk is overrated” featuring blackbear and “all the kids are depressed,” and his biggest song to date, “comethru,” which is Platinum Certified and has surpassed over one billion streams. In 2019, he collaborated with Chelsea Cutler on ‘brent’ and their Platinum-Certified global viral hit, “you were good to me.” Last spring, he released his long-awaited debut album, ‘love is not dying,’ to praise from critics and fans alike, as he recently crossed over a staggering 3.2 billion total streams across his catalogue with his latest single, "supercuts." Most recently, he and Chelsea Cutler released their new single “this is how you fall in love” and EP, ‘brent ii.’ And The Writer Is… Jeremy Zucker!

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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.
1:13.7	Welcome to And The Writer Is. I am your host, Ross Golan. We're excited to highlight and introduce
1:22.5	one of the industry's most promising artists. And today's guest has been racking up hundreds
1:27.5	of millions of streams. He is the next up in a world of quote bedroom pop stars with a few platinum
1:34.5	plaques in tow. This do-it-yourself artist managed to maintain control of his copyrights while still
1:40.3	procuring a record deal with the biggest label in the business. Without further ado, let's get
1:46.7	to know this guest all the way in Brooklyn via Zoom. Well, actually, I think it's LA via Zoom.
1:53.6	And The Writer Is Jeremy Zucker. Thanks for having me. Yeah, man. So wait, are you in,
2:04.5	you're usually in Brooklyn, but you're in LA right now. Is that what's going on?
2:08.7	That's correct. Yeah. What are you doing in LA?
2:13.1	It's kind of a good question. I normally work pretty much alone out of my studio in Brooklyn.
2:20.5	And every once in a while, it gets like really stuffy. And I need to just like get out and work with
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