Andrew Wotman (born October 20, 1990), known professionally as Andrew Watt or under the mononym of Watt, is an American record producer, singer, songwriter and guitarist.[4][5] As a songwriter he signs Wotman, while as a producer he signs Watt.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Andrew Wotman[1] |
| Also known as | Watt |
| Born | October 20, 1990 New York City, U.S. |
| Origin | Great Neck, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2007–present[2] |
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| Website | thisiswatt |
Watt won the 2021 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year.[6] He has produced albums for Justin Bieber, Post Malone, Miley Cyrus, The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Iggy Pop and many others. Watt is also the guitarist of the Earthlings, the backing band for Eddie Vedder's solo performances.
Career
Watt grew up in Great Neck, New York. He attended John L. Miller Great Neck North High School and graduated in 2008.[7] He briefly attended the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at NYU's Music Business program. "One of the greatest aspects of growing up in Great Neck, Long Island, was that it was literally 30 minutes from Manhattan," Watt said.[8] His first professional gigs were playing guitar for Jared Evan, Cody Simpson, and Justin Bieber.
In 2013, Watt was a founding member and guitarist of the rock band California Breed alongside Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) and Jason Bonham (Foreigner).[9] In 2015, Watt recorded and released his first label EP, Ghost In My Head.[10][11] Its title track was released as a single and peaked at No. 30 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.[12] Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith and Queens of the Stone Age's Joey Castillo played drums on the record.[13]
Watt opened for Jane's Addiction in October 2015. He also opened The Cult's Los Angeles show in February 2016.[14] In February 2016, Rolling Stone praised Watt for his vocal performance in a rendition of "L.A. Woman" performed live with Robby Krieger as part of a tribute to The Doors' Ray Manzarek.[15]
Watt then rose to further fame as a music producer.[11][16][17] Watt produced Ozzy Osbourne's album Ordinary Man which was released on February 21, 2020.[18]
Watt won the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year in March 2021.[19] He contributed to the tribute album The Metallica Blacklist, released in September 2021, by backing Miley Cyrus on a cover of the Metallica song "Nothing Else Matters".[20]
Watt produced Eddie Vedder's 2022 solo album Earthling.[21] Beginning in 2022, Watt became the guitarist of the Earthlings, Vedder's touring band for his solo shows. The Earthlings also feature Chad Smith on drums, Chris Chaney on bass, and Josh Klinghoffer on guitar.[22]
Consequence named Watt the "Producer of the Year" in 2022.[23]
Watt produced Iggy Pop's nineteenth album Every Loser, released in January 2023.[24] He also produced and co-wrote The Rolling Stones' 26th album, Hackney Diamonds, in the same year.[25]
In 2024 Watt produced Pearl Jam's twelfth studio album, Dark Matter.[26]
Discography
Contributions and collaborations
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Sinkin' In" | 2013 | Cody Simpson | Surfers Paradise |
| "Hit the Ground" | 2015 | Justin Bieber | Purpose |
| "Home to Mama" | Justin Bieber and Cody Simpson | Purpose (Japanese Edition) | |
| "Rebel Nation"[27] (featuring Andrew Watt) | 2016 | Steve Angello | Wild Youth |
| "Let Me Love You" (featuring Justin Bieber) | DJ Snake | Encore | |
| "Beat the Sunrise"[28] (featuring Andrew Watt) | SNBRN | Non-album single | |
| "Feeling Whitney" | Post Malone | Stoney | |
| "Burning Man" (featuring Post Malone) | 2017 | Watt | XXX: Return of Xander Cage Soundtrack |
| "It Ain't Me" | Kygo and Selena Gomez | Stargazing | |
| "Havana" (featuring Young Thug) | Camila Cabello | Camila | |
| "Comfortable" (featuring Kranium) | Bebe Rexha | All Your Fault: Pt. 2 | |
| "Let Me Go" (featuring Florida Georgia Line and watt) | Hailee Steinfeld and Alesso | Non-album single | |
| "Lonely Together" (featuring Rita Ora) | Avicii | Avīci (01) | |
| "Anywhere" | Rita Ora | Phoenix | |
| "The Right Way" | PartyNextDoor | Seven Days | |
| "Wolves" | Selena Gomez and Marshmello | Non-album single | |
| "Youngblood" | 2018 | 5 Seconds of Summer | Youngblood |
| "Lie To Me" | |||
| "Better Man" | |||
| "Thru Your Phone" | Cardi B | Invasion of Privacy | |
| "Over Now" | Post Malone | Beerbongs & Bentleys | |
| "Stay" | |||
| "No Shame" (featuring PartyNextDoor) | Future | Superfly (soundtrack) | |
| "Eastside" (with Halsey and Khalid) | Benny Blanco | Friends Keep Secrets | |
| "Jet Lag" | Juice Wrld and Future | Wrld on Drugs | |
| "Hard Work Pays Off" | |||
| "Fast" | 2019 | Juice Wrld | Death Race for Love |
| "Doin' Time" | Lana Del Rey | Norman Fucking Rockwell | |
| "Fuck It, I Love You" | |||
| "Call You Mine" | The Chainsmokers and Bebe Rexha | World War Joy | |
| "Easier" | 5 Seconds of Summer | Calm | |
| "Teeth" | |||
| "Hate Me" | Ellie Goulding and Juice Wrld | Brightest Blue | |
| "The Lay Down" (featuring H.E.R. and Watt) | DRAM | Non-album single | |
| "Señorita" | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | Shawn Mendes | |
| "Shameless" | Camila Cabello[29] | Romance | |
| "Liar" | |||
| "Die for Me" (featuring Future and Halsey) | Post Malone | Hollywood's Bleeding | |
| "Take What You Want" (featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott) | |||
| "Mother" | Charlie Puth | Non-album single | |
| "I Really Wish I Hated You" | Blink-182 | Nine | |
| "White Mercedes" | Charli XCX | Charli | |
| "Always You" | 2020 | Louis Tomlinson | Walls |
| "Straight to Hell" | Ozzy Osbourne | Ordinary Man | |
| "All My Life" | |||
| "Goodbye" | |||
| "Ordinary Man" (featuring Elton John) | |||
| "Under the Graveyard" | |||
| "Eat Me" | |||
| "Today Is The End" | |||
| "Scary Little Green Men" | |||
| "Holy For Tonight" | |||
| "It's a Raid" (featuring Post Malone) | |||
| "Me and My Guitar" | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | Artist 2.0 | |
| "No Shame" | 5 Seconds of Summer | Calm | |
| "Old Me" | |||
| "Best Years" | |||
| "Not in the Same Way" | |||
| "Lover of Mine" | |||
| "Thin White Lies" | |||
| "High" | |||
| "Prisoner" (featuring Dua Lipa) | Miley Cyrus | Plastic Hearts | |
| "Edge of Midnight (Midnight Sky Remix)" (featuring Stevie Nicks) | |||
| "Midnight Sky" | |||
| "WTF Do I Know" | |||
| "Plastic Hearts" | |||
| "Angels Like You" | |||
| "Gimme What I Want" | |||
| "Night Crawling" (featuring Billy Idol) | |||
| "Hate Me" | |||
| "Break My Heart" | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | |
| "Kids Again" | Sam Smith | Love Goes | |
| "Anyone" | 2021 | Justin Bieber | Justice |
| "Hold On" | |||
| "Peaches" | |||
| "Can't Be Myself" | |||
| "Deserve You" | |||
| "Die For You" (featuring Dominic Fike) | |||
| "Hailey" | |||
| "Talk You Down" | Charlotte Lawrence | Charlotte | |
| "You" | |||
| "Slow Motion" | |||
| "Cowboys" | |||
| "Why Do You Love Me" | |||
| "Only Wanna Be with You (Pokémon 25 Version)" | Post Malone | Pokémon 25: The Album | |
| "Can't Leave You Alone" (featuring Juice Wrld) | Maroon 5 | Jordi | |
| "Tender Mercies" | Glen Hansard and Eddie Vedder | Flag Day (soundtrack) | |
| "Forgot About You" | OneRepublic | Human | |
| "Finish Line" | Elton John and Stevie Wonder | The Lockdown Sessions | |
| "Simple Things" | Elton John and Brandi Carlile | ||
| "Stolen Car" | Elton John and Stevie Nicks | ||
| "E-Ticket" | Elton John and Eddie Vedder | ||
| "Always Love You" | Elton John, Young Thug and Nicki Minaj | ||
| "Hate The Game" | Young Thug | Punk | |
| "Fifth Day Dead" | |||
| "2step" | Ed Sheeran | = | |
| "Long Way" | Eddie Vedder | Earthling | |
| "The Haves" | |||
| "Invincible" | 2022 | ||
| "Power of Right" | |||
| "Brother the Cloud" | |||
| "Fallout Today" | |||
| "The Dark" | |||
| "Good and Evil" | |||
| "Rose of Jericho" | |||
| "Try" | |||
| "Picture" | |||
| "Mrs. Mills" | |||
| "On My Way" | |||
| "Wings of Stone" | Adam Levine | The Bubble (soundtrack) | |
| "Thousand Miles" | The Kid Laroi | Non-album single | |
| "2step" Remix | Ed Sheeran and Lil Baby | = | |
| "Wrapped Around Your Finger" | Post Malone | Twelve Carat Toothache | |
| "Patient Number 9" | Ozzy Osbourne | Patient Number 9 | |
| "Immortal" | |||
| "Parasite" | |||
| "No Escape From Now" | |||
| "One of Those Days" | |||
| "A Thousand Shades" | |||
| "Mr Darkness" | |||
| "Nothing Feels Right" | |||
| "Evil Shuffle" | |||
| "Degradation Rules" | |||
| "Dead and Gone" | |||
| "God Only Knows" | |||
| "DARKSIDE BLUES" | |||
| "Hold Me Closer" | Elton John and Britney Spears | Non-album single | |
| "Frenzy" | Iggy Pop | Every Loser | |
| "Strung Out Johnny" | 2023 | ||
| "New Atlantis" | |||
| "Modern Day Ripoff" | |||
| "Morning Show" | |||
| "The News for Andy (Interlude)" | |||
| "Neo Punk" | |||
| "All the Way Down" | |||
| "Comments" | |||
| "My Animus" | |||
| "The Regency" | |||
| "Die 4 Me" | Halsey | Non-album single | |
| "How Long" | Ellie Goulding | Higher Than Heaven | |
| "Middle Ground" | Maroon 5 | Non-album single | |
| "Seven" | Jungkook | Golden | |
| "Standing Next to You" | |||
| "Forever and Again" | The Kid Laroi | Barbie the Album | |
| "Don't Understand" | Post Malone | Austin | |
| "Something Real" | |||
| "Chemical" | |||
| "Novacandy" | |||
| "Mourning" | |||
| "Too Cool to Die" | |||
| "Socialite" | |||
| "Overdrive" | |||
| "Speedometer" | |||
| "Hold My Breath" | |||
| "Buyer Beware" | |||
| "Landmine" | |||
| "Green Thumb" | |||
| "Laugh It Off" | |||
| "Angry" | The Rolling Stones | Hackney Diamonds | |
| "Get Close" | |||
| "Depending on You" | |||
| "Bite My Head Off" (featuring Paul McCartney) | |||
| "Whole Wide World" | |||
| "Dreamy Skies" | |||
| "Mess It Up" | |||
| "Live by the Sword" (featuring Elton John) | |||
| "Driving Me Too Hard" | |||
| "Tell Me Straight" | |||
| "Sweet Sounds of Heaven" (featuring Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder) | |||
| "Rolling Stone Blues" | |||
| "Scared of Fear" | 2024 | Pearl Jam | Dark Matter |
| "React, Respond" | |||
| "Wreckage" | |||
| "Dark Matter" | |||
| "Won't Tell" | |||
| "Upper Hand" | |||
| "Waiting for Stevie" | |||
| "Running" | |||
| "Something Special" | |||
| "Got to Give" | |||
| "Setting Sun" | |||
| "Lovers in a Past Life" | Calvin Harris with Rag'n Bone Man | Non-Album Single | |
| "Pa No Pensar" (featuring Quavo) | Peso Pluma | Éxodo | |
| "Save It For Later" | Eddie Vedder | The Bear Season 3 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
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| U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. Pop | U.S. Rock [30] | U.S. Alt | ||||
| 2016 | "Ghost in My Head" | — | — | 30 | — | Ghost in My Head EP | |
| 2017 | "Let Me Go" (by Hailee Steinfeld and Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and Watt) | 40 | 14 | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Burning Man" (featuring Post Malone) | — | — | — | 40 | |||
Awards and nominations
| Award Ceremony | Year | Nominee(s)/Work(s) | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| Grammy Awards | 2019 | Invasion of Privacy | Best Rap Album | Won | [35] |
| Album of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2021 | Andrew Watt | Producer of the Year, Non-Classical | Won | [19] | |
| Future Nostalgia | |||||
| Best Pop Vocal Album | Won | [36] | |||
| Album of the Year | Nominated | [37] | |||
| Hollywood's Bleeding | Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | Justice | Album of the Year | Nominated | [38] | |
| Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | [39] | |||
| "Peaches" | Record of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best R&B Performance | Nominated | ||||
| Best Music Video | Nominated | ||||
| Anyone | Best Pop Solo Performance | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Patient Number 9 | Best Rock Album | Won | [40] | |
| Patient Number 9 (song) | Best Rock Song | Nominated | |||
| Best Rock Performance | Nominated | ||||
| Degradation Rules | Best Metal Performance | Won | |||
| iHeart Radio Music Awards | 2018 | Andrew Watt | Producer of the Year | Won | [41] |
| 2019 | Andrew Watt | Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | ||
| 2020 | Andrew Watt | Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | Andrew Watt | Songwriter of the Year | Nominated |
References
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