Ep. 150: GAYLE

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

Unknown, Music Interviews, Songwriting, Music, Songwriters, Education, Interviews, Music Creation, Artists

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is a 17-year-old singer/songwriter who creates the kind of self-possessed pop music that’s empowering for both artist and audience. Since making her debut with the boldly confessional “dumbass”—a heavily playlisted track that premiered in early 2020—the Nashville-based musician has independently released a series of singles built on her unfiltered yet beautifully nuanced brand of songwriting. Her debut single for Atlantic Records, “abcdefu” has quickly proved a breakout hit for our guest, topping charts left and right with a viral stint that’s been fueled by the creation of over 1.5 million TikToks using the track. Along with propelling her to #1 on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart, “abcdefu” debuted at #51 on Billboard’s Hot 100 before reaching #15. The infectiously honest track peaked at #1 on both iTunes’ Pop and overall US charts, along with reaching the #1 most-Shazamed song in the US on November 30, 2021. Along with reaching #1 on Spotify’s Viral Songs Global and being featured on the cover of Spotify’s “Today's Top Hits,” “Fierce Femme,” “Pop Rising,” and “Teen Beats” playlists,“abcdefu” has also been added to Spotify’s “New Music Friday” and “The New Alt,” and many more. Now at work on her debut project, our guest is intent on making music that offers her listeners a certain emotional freedom. And The Writer Is… GAYLE!

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0:00.0	Welcome to And The Writer Is with Ross Going.
0:13.9	There are millions of singers, thousands of artists and only 40 songs per genre at a time.
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0:34.8	See you all there, and now, here's this week's episode.
0:48.6	Welcome to And The Update is I Am Your Host, Paige McDonald, and this is your weekly
0:53.1	music industry update.
0:56.6	Swedish House Mafia sold master recordings and publishing catalogs to Pop House.
1:03.0	Universal Music Group has introduced a policy that will see unrecouped balances disregarded
1:08.0	for eligible catalog songwriters and artists on its books.
1:13.3	BMG's annual revenues grew 10.1% to $784 million in 2021.
1:22.1	After raising $34 million, the Music Funding Platform B-Pred has launched a new artist
1:27.0	advocacy council.
1:30.2	Warner Chapel and unknown music publishing have signed a global deal with country singer
1:34.6	Sofia Scott.
1:38.4	Capital Records has launched a new dance label called Lift Me Up.
1:44.0	UMPG UK has promoted Danny Sawyer to A&R director.
1:50.3	Studies and records has launched a new Music Publishing Division called Lift Music.
1:56.7	Creating Vision has appointed Nick Raphael to executive advisor to A&R focus group.
2:03.6	Warner Chapel music has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Juan Pablo Isaza and Juan
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