A few years ago, you probably wouldn’t have recognized the name Julia Michaels, but you also may not have realized that she was behind some of your favorite smash hits by Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez either. In 2015, Julia Michaels was known to industry insiders as one of the top songwriters in the business and a behind-the-scenes songwriting wizardess.
By 2019, she’s now an artist in her own right, and her name is growing popular by the day.
Anyone would be intimidated by her current resume; her biography lists so many cool things you might wonder how someone who is only twenty-five-years-old has managed to accomplish so much — and stay humble along the way.
In 2017, Michaels released her debut EP, Nervous System which exploded into the streaming world with the leading single, “Issues,” and managed to win over the hearts of her fans due to its’ intense honesty and real take on all-things-relatable.
Soon after peeping out from behind the solo artist curtain, Julia received GRAMMY® Award nominations in top categories such as “Best New Artist” and “Song of the Year” for her debut single — and she managed to wrack up damn near every other major accolade an artist could ever dream of. “Issues” went triple-platinum, crossed 1 billion global streams, and emerged as the "Top-Selling Debut Single of 2017.” She scored a spot as the only solo female contribution on Variety’s “30 Most Consumed Songs of 2017” list and collaborated with Clean Bandit, Shawn Mendes, Lauv, Noah Kahan, Selena Gomez, and Trippie Redd, amongst others. And somehow, still managed to find the time to write on songs for Keith Urban, Janelle Monàe, Jesse Ware, P!nk, and Christina Aguilera.
In early 2019, she released a new EP, Inner Monologue, Part 1 of which she’s said “Inner Monologue is literally my innermost thoughts and feelings…[it’s] my take on love, heartbreak, anxiety, and depression.” Some may consider her to be the more real sister of Taylor Swift, and seemingly, the fans are loving it.
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