Exclusive: Hitmaker Amy Allen, who's collaborated with Halsey, Camila Cabello and Selena Gomez, talks about signing with WarnerRecords as an artist.
to a recording contract. The deal was inked last July when Allen began cutting back on session work with other artists and focusing on her forthcoming solo debut. Not only did she co-write all of the songs on the album, she also co-produced nearly every track.
In an industry where the vast majority of producers are male, Allen’s insistence on creative control is as bold as as her lyrical content: “I don’t give any f–s about what words I’m saying or what stories I can’t tell,” she says. Warner Records’ CEO and co-chairman Aaron Bay-Schuck shares that optimism. “I think artists could spend their entire career trying to write a song as good as Amy Allen’s ‘Queen of Silver Linings,’ ” says the executive. “Every melody is memorable and addictive. Every lyric is important. Every line keeps you in suspense while you wait with anticipation for what the next line will be.
Bay-Shuck was already well-acquainted with Allen; in fact, he’s responsible for her big break — and one of Selena Gomez’s biggest hits — in his former position as a senior A&R executive at Interscope. “One of the early songs that I wrote in New York with a couple of my friends was ‘Back to You,’ says Allen. “It was a really small acoustic demo with me singing and somehow it got to Aaron Bay-Schuck.
To that end, Allen describes her second single as “anthem for being a woman right now” because, she says, “it’s all about being quote-unquote difficult. When men disagree or put up a fight about something it [viewed] as good. And when a woman takes a stand, it’s taken a different way — like she’s being a bitch. So that’s me making a satire and calling myself ‘difficult’ because I’m running from love and towards independence.
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