ALL THE WORLD'S A LOVE SONG FOR ELIJAH WOODS

Let's get it out of the way: not Frodo. The same year Elijah Wood (the actor) starred in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Elijah Woods (the singer) was seven years old, already learning to produce music.

- By ANDREA PANALIGAN

Let's get it out of the way: not Frodo. The same year Elijah Wood (the actor) starred in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Elijah Woods (the singer) was seven years old, already learning to produce music.

The fact that he (almost) shares the same name as an actor is perhaps the least interesting thing about Elijah. His song 24/7, 365, which took over TikTok in 2023, makes it appear as if he came out of nowhere; in reality, he was almost a decade into a music career already, having won a televised singing competition in Canada as part of the duo Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine.

The duo parted ways in 2020, prompting Elijah to begin his solo career. Since then, he has released six EPs, moved to Los Angeles, and gotten married. He did a sold-out Asia tour last year. In Manila, he succumbed to the audience's request for an encore and did a short acoustic set after the show.

He returns to the Philippines, a nation of "love song-loving people," this July 25 and 26, with shows in Manila and Cebu. Below, Elijah tells Young STAR about his experiences writing love songs that reach the other side of the world and what it's like to make a name for himself, literally.

YOUNG STAR: You share your songwriting process on social media, and I noticed that you release songs almost as soon as you finish them. I know some artists tend to dwell on the work before showing it to the world—why do you think you work more quickly?

ELIJAH WOODS: I feel really lucky that I have the luxury to put music out as quickly as I can make it. I make 90 percent of it myself, and I have a studio at my house. But some songs would be great in the package of an album to give it more context, and fighting the urge to put everything out as I make it is really difficult sometimes.