Hit Songwriter Amy Allen Talks ‘Espresso,’ ‘Greedy,’ ‘Feather’ and Her Other Smashes This Year
14.05.2024 - 15:17
/ variety.com
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music When any artist, even a Drake or Taylor Swift, has three major hits in under three months, it’s a big headline. When a songwriter reaches that same milestone, it takes an article like this to make people notice. In 2024 alone, hit songwriter Amy Allen has seen four of her songs bounding around the top 10 of several Billboard charts: Tate McRae’s “Greedy” (No.
3 on the Hot 100), Sabrina Carpenter’s “Feather” (No. 1 Pop Airplay) and Justin Timberlake’s “Selfish” (No. 9 Pop Airplay), and they’d barely started to fade before Carpenter’s “Espresso” began vaulting up the Hot 100 — it premiered at No.
7 three weeks ago, is currently at No. 4 and is already a candidate for song of the summer. On top of that, last week, she also dropped a solo single, “Girl With a Problem,” a teaser from her forthcoming debut solo album, due later this year.
In the six years since she moved to Los Angeles, Allen, 32, also has had a hand in hits for Harry Styles (“Adore You,” “Matilda”), Halsey (“Without Me,” “Be Kind”), Selena Gomez (“Back to You”), Olivia Rodrigo (“Run for the Hills”), Rosé (“On the Ground”), Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Justin Bieber and many others. Last year, she was nominated for the inaugural songwriter Grammy for her work with Styles, Carpenter, King Princess, Alexander 23, Lizzo and Charli XCX, and she also got an album of the year Grammy for her work on Styles’ “Harry’s House.” “Amy is a once-in-a-lifetime writer and friend — it all comes to her very naturally and effortlessly,” Sabrina Carpenter, who is a frequent co-star in Allen’s Instagram feed, tells Variety. “She’s super versatile: She can wear any hat and yet it still feels authentic. I’ve learned a lot from her and admire what
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