Omer Fedi

Omer Fedi (Hebrew: עומר פדי; born 25 March 2000) is an Israeli record producer, songwriter and musician from Tel Aviv. He has co-written, produced and performed on "Mood" by 24kGoldn ft. Iann Dior, "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" by Lil Nas X, and "Stay" by the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, all of which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100,[1][2][3] the Kid Laroi and Juice Wrld's platinum single "Go!"[4] and Machine Gun Kelly's Tickets to My Downfall album which peaked at number one on the Billboard 200.[5] He was included on XXL magazine's list of the "best hip hop producers of 2020".[6]

Omer Fedi
עומר פדי
Born (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000
Tel Aviv, Israel
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Guitar, bass, drums
Years active2018–present
LabelsUniversal

Early life

His father, Asher Fedi, is a drummer who MTV described as "one of the most accomplished and well-respected drummers in Israel". His father taught him to play drums from a young age, however at ten he began pursuing guitar instead, inspired by Drake Bell's character in Drake & Josh. At age 16, Fedi and his father moved to Los Angeles in order to find further musical opportunities, where Fedi then enrolled in Calabasas High School. Joining his high school's jazz ensemble, his playing soon began drawing audiences from outside of the regular parent attendees. A jazz clinician he worked with as part of the ensemble said Fedi "could speak through the instrument" when he played guitar.[2]

In 2018, he entered the Reno Jazz Festival, where he won the "Outstanding Performer" award, against over 9,000 other contestants. Within the following year, he was approached by songwriter Sam Hook to collaborate.[2] Fedi says that he had never written a song until then, but he worked with Hook every day after school.[2]

Career

Working with Sam Hook, Fedi began writing songs for artists like Ella Mai. He started working with Yungblud shortly after he finished high school and started branching out to other artists as well.[2] Fedi soon met 24kGoldn at a party, then they started writing together just a week later.[2]

Beginning in March 2020, Fedi began performing on Machine Gun Kelly's COVID-19 lockdown session, where he covered songs such as "Misery Business"[7][8] and "Waiting on the World to Change".[9] On 31 March 2020, "City of Angels" by 24kGoldn was released, which Fedi co-wrote, produced and performed on.[10] On 12 June, "Go!" by the Kid Laroi featuring Juice Wrld was released, which Fedi produced.[11][12] On the same day, I'm Gone by Iann Dior was released, which Fedi produced and composed.[13] On 21 July, Fedi co-wrote and performed on Mood by 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior, which was released on 24 July 2020, which peaked at number one and remained in the charts for 33 weeks.[14] On the same day, the Kid Laroi's mixtape F*ck Love was released, which Fedi produced and helped compose. On November 6th, "Without You" was released along with the "F*ck Love" deluxe titled F*ck Love Savage by the Kid Laroi was released, which Fedi co-wrote, composed and produced.[15] The song peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100.[16] He performed guitar and bass and co-produced on Machine Gun Kelly's album Tickets to My Downfall, which was released on 25 September, and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200.[17] On 4 December, Yungblud's album Weird! was released, which Fedi performed on.[18]

He performed on and produced Lil Nas X's song "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)", which was released on 26 March 2021.[19][20][21] The same day 24kGoldn's El Dorado album was released, which Fedi also performed on and produced.[22] On 21 May 2021, Sun Goes Down, the second single from Lil Nas X's album Montero was released, which Fedi co-wrote and co-produced. [23] He produced the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber's single "Stay" which was released on 9 July 2021.[1]

Discography
Year Title Artist Role
2018 Ella Mai Ella Mai Composing[24]
2019 Hotel Diablo Machine Gun Kelly Guitar[24]
Nothings Ever Good Enough Iann Dior Composition[24]
Industry Plant Iann Dior Composition[24]
Dropped Out of College 24kGoldn Composition, production[25]
2020 Nicotine Trevor Daniel Production, songwriting[26]
I'm Gone Iann Dior Composition, production[24]
F*ck Love The Kid Laroi Composition, production[27]
Tickets to My Downfall Machine Gun Kelly Bass, guitar, production, composition[24]
Weird! Yungblud Guitar, bass, production, composition[24]
2021 Pink Planet Pink Sweats Guitar[24]
El Dorado 24kGoldn Guitar, keyboards, programming[28]
Montero Lil Nas X Songwriting, production, guitar[29]
2022 Yungblud Yungblud Songwriting, guitar
2023 Gloria Sam Smith Songwriting, production, guitar

Filmography
Year Title Role Ref.
2021 Downfalls High Extra [30]

References
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  2. Shanfeld, Ethan (20 October 2020). "OMER FEDI IS THE GUITAR-POP PRODIGY BEHIND 24KGOLDN AND MACHINE GUN KELLY". MTV. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. Trust, Gary (5 April 2021). "Lil Nas X's 'Montero (Call Me by Your Name)' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. Zellner, Xander. "Omer Fedi Rules Alternative Songwriters Chart Thanks to Hits by 24kGoldn & Machine Gun Kelly". Billboard. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. Caulfield, Keith. "Machine Gun Kelly Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Tickets to My Downfall'". Billboard. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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  7. "Watch Machine Gun Kelly And Travis Barker Cover Paramore's Misery Business". Kerrang!. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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  9. LAVIN, Will. "Watch Machine Gun Kelly cover John Mayer's 'Waiting On the World to Change' for his #LockDownSessions". NME. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. Coscarelli, Joe. "24kGoldn Became a Pandemic Pop Star. Now Comes the Real-World Test". New York Times. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. Newstead, Al. "Hottest 100 hotshot The Kid LAROI on Juice WRLD collab, Aus tour, Elton John co-sign". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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  21. PRICE, JOE. "Lil Nas X Shares Video for New Song "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)"". Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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  23. Legaspi, Althea (21 May 2021). "Lil Nas X Helps Struggling Younger Version of Self in 'Sun Goes Down' Video". Rolling Stone.
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  25. "Dropped out of College". Tidal. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  26. "Credits / Nicotine / TREVOR DANIEL". Tidal. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  27. "Credits / F*CK LOVE (SAVAGE) / The Kid LAROI". Tidal. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  28. "Credits / El Dorado / 24kGoldn". Tidal. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  29. "Credits / MONTERO (Call Me by Your Name) / Lil Nas X". Tidal. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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