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Birth name | Matthew Bair |
Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | June 2, 1987
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Years active | 2002–present |
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Matthew Bair (born June 2, 1987), [1] [2] known professionally as Matthew Koma, is an American singer. Songs written by Koma include " Spectrum" and Grammy Award-winner " Clarity", both performed by Zedd. Koma has collaborated with Hardwell, Zedd, Miriam Bryant, Sebastian Ingrosso, Alesso, Afrojack, Tiësto, Vicetone and Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic.
He was born on 2 June 1987. Koma was born in Brooklyn and raised in Seaford, New York, on Long Island. [3] [2] His father, Gerald D. Bair, was a singer/songwriter and Koma first performed on stage with his father when he was four years old. [4] Koma wrote his first song when he was nine years old and credits Elvis Costello and Bruce Springsteen for his inspiration at a young age. [5] Koma attended Seaford High School. [6]
In June 2011, Jimmy Iovine signed Koma to Interscope Records after watching an acoustic performance of the record "She". [1]
In May 2012, Koma released his first EP, Parachute, in which he wrote, produced and co-produced all four tracks with collaborators Twice as Nice, Alex da Kid, Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, and Ari Levine. [7]
Also in 2012, he performed at the Sorry for Party Rocking Tour with LMFAO and Far East Movement, [8] In the fall of 2012, he toured with Owl City. [4]
In March 2012, Bruce Springsteen released "Rocky Ground", a remix that Koma co-produced with Ron Aniello as a single from his album Wrecking Ball. [9]
In July 2012, Koma did the main vocals for the song "End of Pretend" by Black Cards. [10]
In April 2013, he toured Europe supporting Ellie Goulding alongside Charli XCX. [11]
In November 2013, Koma and DJ Hardwell released the single " Dare You", [12]
In March 2014, Showtek's " Cannonball (Earthquake)", featuring Koma, was released. [13] In April 2014, Koma appeared on RAC's debut album, featuring on the single "Cheap Sunglasses". [14] In May 2014, Koma was featured on Audien's single "Serotonin". [15] Also in May 2014, Afrojack's album Forget the World, which featured two songs written and sung by Koma, "Keep our Love Alive" and "Illuminate", was released. [16]
In January 2015, Koma was featured in Kia Motors' online video series Rediscovered, where he recorded a cover of The Miracles' " The Tracks of My Tears" before Smokey Robinson made a surprise visit in the studio. [17]
Koma collaborated with The Knocks on "I Wish (My Taylor Swift)", which was released as a single in September 2015 and later appeared on the Knocks' 2016 album, 55. [18]
In 2016, he worked with Britney Spears on her album Glory producing the song “ Swimming in the Stars”, which was released in 2020. [19]
In June 2017, Koma produced several tracks for Shania Twain's fifth studio album Now, including the lead single " Life's About to Get Good". [20]
In November 2017, he was featured on the Downes Braide Association album Skyscraper Souls. [21]
In August 2018, he premiered "On the 5", both single and video under his new project, Winnetka Bowling League via RCA Records. [22]
In August 2020, he co-wrote and co-produced the single " Change Your Mind" by Keith Urban. [23]
Koma dated Carly Rae Jepsen from 2012 until 2015, after meeting while they were working on her album Kiss. [24]
In May 9, 2019, he got engaged to Hilary Duff who was his girlfriend from two years and they were married in December 21, 2019 after 7 months of engagement at their home in Los Angeles. [25] [26] They have three daughters. [26] He is also a stepfather to Duff's son from her previous marriage to ice hockey player Mike Comrie. [27]
In May 2017, he released "Dear Ana", a song about his anorexia and confessed that the disease almost killed him. [28]
Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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BMI Pop Awards | 2014 | Award-Winning Song | " Clarity" | Won | [29] |
Billboard Music Awards | 2012 | Top Dance/Club Song | " Spectrum" | Won | [30] |
International Dance Music Awards | 2013 | Best Progressive Track | "Years" | Nominated | [31] |
2016 | Best Dubstep/Drum & Bass Track | "Emotional" | Nominated | ||
MTV Video Music Awards Japan | 2012 | Best Dance Video | " Spectrum" | Nominated |