Blake Slatkin
Born
Blake Slatkin

(1997-10-16) October 16, 1997
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materNew York University
Occupation(s)Songwriter, record producer

Blake Slatkin (born October 16, 1997) is a Grammy Award-winning record producer and songwriter.[1] He is best known for his work with Justin Bieber,[1] Lil Nas X,[1] Lizzo,[2] The Kid Laroi,[1] Sam Smith,[3] and SZA. Slatkin has charted seven Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 songs, with four reaching No. 1.[1][4]

Career

Slatkin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and began playing guitar at 10 years old.[1] He performed in bands and sang at venues around Los Angeles before discovering a career in production.[1] At 16 he began an internship with producer Benny Blanco before moving to New York City to attend New York University.

As a student at NYU, Slatkin worked with Gracie Abrams[5][6] and Omar Apollo[1][7] as a producer and songwriter and served as an executive producer on both of their debut projects. Upon dropping out of NYU, Slatkin relocated to Los Angeles to work in music full time.

Slatkin worked with longtime collaborators The Kid Laroi, Lil Nas X, Omar Fedi, and 24kGoldn during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. He had his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year with 24kGoldn's "Mood" feat. Iann Dior. The song topped the chart for eight weeks. That year he also produced "Without You" by The Kid Laroi, followed by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber's "Stay,"[8][9][10][11] which also peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, along with the Billboard Global 200 and spent seven weeks at the top of the chart, becoming the second longest running song of all-time on the chart as well as spend the most weeks at No. 1 in pop radio history.[12][13]

Forbes included him in their annual 30 Under 30 List in 2022[14][4] and was a Pop Song of the Year honoree at the 2022 BMI Pop Awards for his work on "Mood",[15][16][17] and was nominated at the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards for Producer of the Year.[18]

At the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards, Slatkin earned "Record of the Year" for his work on Lizzo's "About Damn Time". In addition, he won awards for Best Remixed Record and best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Unholy" with Sam Smith and Kim Petras.

In 2021, Slatkin was added to Variety’s annual Hitmakers of the Year list.[1][19]

Production discography

Title Year Artist Album Songwriting Producing
"Ignorin" 2018 Omar Apollo Stereo check
"Erase" check check
"Heart" check check
"Six Speed" Role Model Non-album single check check
"Ashamed" 2019 Omar Apollo Friends check check
"There For Me (Interlude)" check check
"So Good" check
"Trouble" check check
"Facts" Kevin Gates I'm Him check check
"Mean It" Gracie Abrams Non-album single check check
"Chip On My Shoulder" Rod Wave Ghetto Gospel check check
"Bad Energy" 2020 Juice Wrld Legends Never Die check check
"Clear Bones" Jean Dawson Pixel Bath check check
"Friend" Gracie Abrams Minor check check
"Under / Over" check check
"Tehe" check check
"I Miss You, I'm Sorry" check
"Long Sleeves" check check
"Minor" check check
"Miss Me" Lil Tecca Virgo World check check
"The Bakery" Melanie Martinez After School check check
"I'm Amazing" Omar Apollo Apolonio check check
"Without You" The Kid Laroi F*ck Love (Savage) check check
"Brush Fire" Gracie Abrams Non-album single check check
"Unlearn"
(with Gracie Abrams)		 2021 Benny Blanco Friends Keep Secrets 2 check check
"You"
(with Marshmello and Vance Joy)		 check check
"Care"
(with Omar Apollo)		 check check
"Company"
(featuring Future)		 24kGoldn El Dorado check check
"Outta Pocket" check check
"Butterflies" check check
"Breath Away" check check
"Yellow Lights" check check
"3, 2, 1" check check
"Empty"
(featuring Swae Lee)		 check check
"Cut It Off" check check
"Mood"
(featuring Iann Dior)		 check check
"Mess It Up" Gracie Abrams Non-album single check check
"Stay"
(with Justin Bieber)		 The Kid Laroi F*ck Love 3: Over You check check
"Don't Leave"
(featuring G Herbo and Lil Durk)		 check
"Thats What I Want" Lil Nas X Montero check check
"Sun Goes Down" check
"Feels Like" Gracie Abrams This Is What It Feels Like check check
"Camden" check
"The Bottom" check check
"Older" check
"Painkillers" check
"Alright" check check
"Doom" Juice Wrld Fighting Demons check
"What Would You Do?" 2022 Tate McRae I Used to Think I Could Fly check check
"Hate Myself" check check
"About Damn Time" Lizzo Special check check
"Grrrls" check check
"I Love You Bitch" check check
"Bad Decisions" Benny Blanco, BTS, and Snoop Dogg Non-album single check check
"Too Well" Reneé Rapp Everything to Everyone check check
"What Can I Do" check check
"Special" SZA SOS check check
"I Can't Go Back to the Way It Was (Intro)" 2023 The Kid Laroi Non-album single check check
"Lose You" Sam Smith Gloria check check
"Unholy"
(with Kim Petras)		 check check
"How to Cry" check check
"Happy" Kesha Gag Order check
"Pretty Girl" Ice Spice & Rema Non-album single

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Shafer, Ellise (2021-09-29). "Hitmaker of the Month: Blake Slatkin on Creating Chart-Topping Records With the Kid Laroi, Lil Nas X and 24kGoldn". Variety. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  2. ↑ Mims, Taylor (2022-06-08). "Blake Slatkin Details His Work on Lizzo's 'About Damn Time' and Her New Album: 'She's a Creative Force'". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  3. ↑ "Kim Petras Is the First Out Trans Artist to Hit No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100". PAPER. 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  4. 1 2 "A Younger, Cooler Jack Antonoff". airmail.news. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  5. ↑ Interviews, Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews &; ClashMusic (2021-11-12). "In Her Feelings: Gracie Abrams Interviewed". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 2022-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Interview: Gracie Abrams ready to move beyond heartbreak, play live". RIFF Magazine. 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  7. ↑ Glicksman, Josh (2021-07-13). "How Blake Slatkin Went From Benny Blanco's Former Intern To A-List Producer". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  8. ↑ Molanphy, Chris (2021-08-19). "Is the Song of the Summer Still the Song of the Summer if You've Never Heard It?". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  9. ↑ "It's July, But The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber's "Stay" Is Your Song of the Summer". MTV. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  10. ↑ "10 hip hop tracks that should appear on the triple j hottest 100". Tone Deaf. 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  11. ↑ "Best New Music This Week: Vince Staples, Snoh Aalegra, Post Malone, and More". Complex. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  12. ↑ Trust, Gary (2022-04-01). "Ask Billboard: The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber's 'Stay' Makes History on the Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  13. ↑ Trust, Gary (2022-06-20). "BTS Blasts in Atop Global Excl. U.S. Chart, Harry Styles Rebounds to Top of Global 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  14. ↑ "Forbes 30 Under 30 2022: Music". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  15. ↑ Ju, Shirley (2022-05-11). "BMI Pop Awards Honor Veterans Carole Bayer Sager and Mike Stoller as Next Gen of Songwriters Demands Fair Pay". Variety. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  16. ↑ Grein, Paul (2022-05-11). "Omer Fedi and Michael Pollack Tie for Songwriter of the Year at 2022 BMI Pop Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  17. ↑ "2022 BMI Pop Awards". BMI.com. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  18. ↑ "2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards: See The Full List of Nominees". iHeart. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  19. ↑ Wass, Chris Willman,Jem Aswad,Ellise Shafer,Michael Schneider,Charlie Amter,Michele Amabile Angermiller,Jonathan Cohen,Matt Diehl,Kyle Eustice,Alex Gonzalez,Brooke Mazurek,Lily Moayeri,Jordan Rose,Jessica Shalvoy,Ethan Shanfeld,Mark Sutherland,Leena Tailor,Roy Trakin,Mike; Willman, Chris; Aswad, Jem; Shafer, Ellise; Schneider, Michael; Amter, Charlie; Angermiller, Michele Amabile; Cohen, Jonathan; Diehl, Matt (2021-12-02). "Variety's 2021 Hitmakers and Hitbreakers Revealed". Variety. Retrieved 2022-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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