# Andrew Wyatt
**Andrew Wyatt** (legal name Andrew Wyatt Blakemore) is an American songwriter, record producer, and singer, best known as the lead singer of the Swedish electronic pop group [Miike Snow](https://www.edgepedia.org/miike-snow) and as an Academy Award- and Grammy-winning writer of songs for film, including "Shallow" from *A Star Is Born* and "I'm Just Ken" from *Barbie*.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Wyatt Blakemore[1](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/73b23b50-8523-4808-a519-2fff19ab8c8a?all=1) |
| Born | 1971, New York, NY[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171) |
| Band role | Lead singer of Miike Snow, formed in 2007 with Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171) |
| Signature songs | Co-wrote "Grenade" (Bruno Mars, 2011) and "Shallow" (*A Star Is Born*, 2018), which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Original Song[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171) • [3](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019) |
| Barbie (2023) | With Mark Ronson, wrote and produced the score and soundtrack, including "I'm Just Ken" and "Dance the Night"; the album reached number two on the Billboard 200[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171) |
| Solo work | Debut solo album *Descender* (2013); single "Beyond the Pale" (2023), his first solo material in over a decade[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171) |
| Film credits | Composer or music department credits include *Barbie* (2023) and *The Last Showgirl* (2024)[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1961278/) |
## Early life and training
Wyatt was born in 1971 in New York City and grew up in Manhattan, where he studied dance and music from a young age[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171). After high school he briefly studied jazz at [The New School](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-new-school), where he met the musician [Greg Kurstin](https://www.edgepedia.org/greg-kurstin) and formed the short-lived experimental pop group Funkraphiliacs[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171). He attracted the attention of [Capitol Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/capitol-records) and signed a solo contract, spending a year recording an album at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios; drug and mental health problems led him into rehab, and he subsequently spent several years studying classical music at the University of Colorado before returning to New York City[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171).
[In New York](https://www.edgepedia.org/in-new-york) he formed the group the A.M. with former [Jeff Buckley](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeff-buckley) bandmates Michael Tighe and Parker Kindred; the band released one self-titled album in 2005 before breaking up[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171).
## Miike Snow
In 2007 Wyatt visited Sweden, where he was introduced to the musicians Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, who had already worked together as the production duo Bloodshy & Avant[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171) • [5](https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/miike-snows-andrew-wyatt-talks-future-albums-flume-son-never/). The three formed the dance-rock band Miike Snow, releasing their self-titled debut in 2009, *Happy to You* in 2012, and *iii* in 2016; the latter two both reached the Top 50 in Sweden and the United States[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171). Wyatt sings and writes in the band, with credits on songs such as "Animal" and "Genghis Khan"[6](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/miike-snow-mn0001583976). In interviews he has described the first Miike Snow album as an influence on how a generation of artists approached pop[7](https://www.gigwise.com/features/105894/andrew-wyatt-of-miike-snow-in-interview-about-new-album-iii/).
## Songwriting and production career
Wyatt's outside work began just before Miike Snow launched, with writing and production on the soundtrack to the [Hugh Grant](https://www.edgepedia.org/hugh-grant) comedy *Music and Lyrics*, including the song "PoP! Goes My Heart"[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171). In 2011 he co-wrote [Bruno Mars](https://www.edgepedia.org/bruno-mars)' chart-topping single "Grenade", which earned a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171).
His co-writing and production credits span pop, indie, and electronic artists including [Charli XCX](https://www.edgepedia.org/charli-xcx), Beck, Florence + the Machine, Flume, Lorde, Liam Gallagher, Miley Cyrus, Caroline Polachek, and [Emile Haynie](https://www.edgepedia.org/emile-haynie)[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171). A credits database counts 412 credits across his career, with songwriting spanning 194 tracks and his most extensive work with [Liam Gallagher](https://www.edgepedia.org/liam-gallagher)[8](https://readdork.com/credits/andrew-wyatt). Away from pop records, he has recorded sound installations for galleries and collaborated with Mark Ronson and the choreographer Wayne McGregor on the music for the 2012 one-act ballet *Carbon Life*[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171).
## Film music and awards
**"Shallow" and A Star Is Born.** In 2018 Wyatt co-wrote "Shallow" for the [Bradley Cooper](https://www.edgepedia.org/bradley-cooper) and [Lady Gaga](https://www.edgepedia.org/lady-gaga) film *A Star Is Born*, with Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, and Anthony Rossomando[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171). The song won the [Academy Award for Best Original Song](https://www.edgepedia.org/academy-award-for-best-original-song) at the 91st Academy Awards in February 2019, credited for music and lyric to Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt[3](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019). It received four Grammy nominations and won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171).
**Barbie.** In 2023 Wyatt again worked with Ronson, building both the score and the soundtrack for [Greta Gerwig](https://www.edgepedia.org/greta-gerwig)'s *Barbie*. The two co-wrote and produced "I'm Just Ken", sung by Ryan Gosling, and Dua Lipa's "Dance the Night", and co-produced Billie Eilish's "What Was I Made For?" among other tracks[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171). The soundtrack album reached number two on the Billboard 200[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171). MusicBrainz lists the *Barbie* score as a Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt release[1](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/73b23b50-8523-4808-a519-2fff19ab8c8a?all=1).
His later film work includes producing the score for *The Last Showgirl* (2024)[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1961278/), and IMDb lists him as composer for the post-production *Narnia: The Magician's Nephew*, scheduled for 2027[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1961278/).
## Solo work
Wyatt issued his debut solo album, *Descender*, in 2013, recorded during a month-long break from Miike Snow in Prague with a large orchestra and with contributions from Anthony Rossomando, Brad Traux of Interpol, Damon McMahon of Amen Dunes, and John Herndon of Tortoise[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171). In 2023 he released the single "Beyond the Pale", described as a moody breakup anthem and his first solo material in over a decade[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171). In a September 2023 podcast interview he discussed a then-forthcoming second solo album, *Someday It Won't Feel Like Dying*, slated for release that fall[9](https://share.snipd.com/episode/1b825083-0aca-48f6-82de-cef257f4dfb0).
## References
1. [Andrew Wyatt, MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/73b23b50-8523-4808-a519-2fff19ab8c8a?all=1)
2. [Andrew Wyatt Biography by Matt Collar, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wyatt-mn0001032171)
3. [The 91st Academy Awards (2019), Oscars.org](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019)
4. [Andrew Wyatt (I), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1961278/)
5. [Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt Talks The Future Of Albums, Music Feeds](https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/miike-snows-andrew-wyatt-talks-future-albums-flume-son-never/)
6. [Miike Snow, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/miike-snow-mn0001583976)
7. [Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt on his troubled past and extraordinary present, Gigwise](https://www.gigwise.com/features/105894/andrew-wyatt-of-miike-snow-in-interview-about-new-album-iii/)
8. [Andrew Wyatt Credits, Dork](https://readdork.com/credits/andrew-wyatt)
9. [Andrew Wyatt, Snipd podcast episode (LSQ, September 2023)](https://share.snipd.com/episode/1b825083-0aca-48f6-82de-cef257f4dfb0)
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