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Roy English September 17, 1991 | |
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| Birth name | Brandon Roy Wronski |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Unsigned |
| Website | royenglish |
Brandon Roy Wronski, better known as Roy English, is an American record producer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His current girlfriend is Victoria Richard. He has written and produced alongside music industry legends such as, Jeff Bhasker (Fun, Kanye West), S1 (Kanye West, Beyoncé), Teddy Riley (Michael Jackson, Blackstreet), Rick Nowels (Lykke Li, Lana Del Rey), Dan Heath (Hans Zimmer, Lana Del Rey), Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Faith No More) and Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio, Santigold).
History
English toured the United States in his former indie-rock band Eye Alaska from 2007–2011.[1] In 2012 while in the process of moving to Boise, Idaho to work at Pizza Hut, he met producer Jeff Bhasker who then helped English on his songwriting and production skills.
He was signed by Jason Flom to Lava and Republic Records in April 2013, only to be dropped one year later in April 2014. Despite being dropped, later that year English signed a publishing deal with Janice Brock and Guy Moot at Sony ATV for Europe.
English completed some production on Lana Del Rey’s single "I Can Fly,” alongside Rick Nowels and S1 which was featured in Tim Burton’s 2014 movie Big Eyes.
Roy is currently touring with pop-punk band, 5 Seconds of Summer. He, alongside another opening band, Hey Violet, signed to 5 Seconds of Summer's label, Hi or Hey Records, are opening for 5 Seconds of Summer on their latest and current tour, Sounds Live Feels Live.
Releases
On January 22nd 2015, English premiered his first single “Julianne” on Pigeons and Planes."[2] The record was produced by English, and Stefan Ponce (Vic Mensa, Chance the Rapper), and written by English and Roc Nation artist Sunni Colon.
English gained attention after writing and singing on the Swedish DJ Alesso’s single “Cool” [3] which premiered on February 13, 2015, on BBC Radio 1. The song was originally a vocal and orchestra piece written by English before being reinterpreted and produced by Alesso. English performs this song live at select tour dates with Alesso.[4]
In 2015, Michael Brun made the track Tongue Tied July together with Roy, which has been very successful.
On Friday, April 29TH, English released the first part of his new EP, "I'm Not Here Pt.1" which featured 3 brand new songs including "Wasted Youth," "Can't Lie," and "Oxy." Part 2 and Part 3 of his new EP is expected to be released throughout the rest of 2016. On Friday, May 20TH, Roy released at exclusive stripped down music video for the song "Can't Lie" through People.com, who also announced that Roy would be the opening act for 5 Seconds of Summer during their summer tour on selective dates.[5][6]
References
- ^ "ROY ENGLISH RELEASES THE FEARLOVE EP". underthefunreview.net. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ "PREMIERE: ROY ENGLISH – "JULIANNE"". pigeonsandplans.com. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Alesso Releases His "Cool" Video". idolator.com. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Alesso Ultra Music Festival Miami 2015 [FULL SET]". youtube.com. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ http://www.people.com/article/roy-english-cant-lie-video
- ^ http://www.upfrontny.com/an-interview-with-roy-english/