Aldae

Aldae grew up in Arlington, Texas, where he was exposed to music listening to KIIS-FM and began writing songs as young as ten years old.[5] He began his career by uploading original music to YouTube, and was signed to Columbia Records as a solo artist in 2016, before shifting his focus to collaborating with other artists.[6] He adopted the moniker Aldae as a reference to spending "all day" in a recording studio.[7]

After moving to Los Angeles, his songwriting caught the attention of Pulse Music Group, where he signed a publishing deal in 2019.[5][6] Soon after, Aldae co-wrote the single "OK Not to Be OK", released by Marshmello and Demi Lovato in September 2020 in partnership with non-profit Hope for the Day to raise awareness around suicide prevention and mental health education.[8]

After being introduced to Justin Bieber through Skrillex and DJ Tay, Aldae co-wrote 5 songs for his 2021 album Justice: "2 Much," "As I Am," "Unstable," "Somebody," and "There She Go."[5][9] Aldae received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year at the 64th GRAMMY Awards for his contributions to the album.[3]

In February 2022 Aldae released his debut single "Long Way From Texas" followed by his solo project ALDAE – Vol. 1 in April.[7][10]

Aldae co-wrote Miley Cyrus' single "Flowers," released January 12, 2023, with Cyrus and Michael Pollack.[11] Originally written as a piano ballad, the song came together "within an hour" according to Aldae.[6] The song debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the chart for 8 total weeks, as well as the Pop Airplay chart for 10 weeks.[12][13] On Spotify, "Flowers" broke the record for the most weekly streams for two consecutive weeks, and became the fastest song to reach 1 billion streams on the platform.[14][15] Aldae also co-wrote two other tracks on Cyrus' album Endless Summer Vacation: "Muddy Feet" and "Wonder Woman."[6]