Jason Evigan
Jason Gregory Evigan (born June 10, 1983) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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Jason Evigan performing with his rock band After Midnight Project at the 2010 Warped Tour. | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Jason Gregory Evigan |
Born | [1] | June 10, 1983
Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Occupation(s) |
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Years active | 2006–present |
Associated acts | Charlie Puth |
His songwriting credits include co-writing and production of Maroon 5's "Girls Like You" and "What Lovers Do", Madonna's "Ghosttown", Demi Lovato's "Heart Attack",[2] Jason Derulo's three-time platinum "Talk Dirty", David Guetta's "Lovers on the Sun", and Robin Schulz's "Shed a Light".
Evigan was the vocalist for the rock band After Midnight Project, although the band is on hiatus as of October 2, 2014. Jason and Victoria Evigan began their artist project Elephant Heart, known for songs "Hiya" and "Warfare" released in June 2018.
Early life
Evigan was born in Los Angeles, California, to actor Greg Evigan and model-actress Pamela C. Serpe. He is the brother of actresses Briana Evigan and Vanessa Lee Evigan.[2]
Career
He has worked with numerous recording artists including Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato, Avicii, Madonna, Nick Jonas, Kiiara, Zedd, Rufus Du Sol, Bebe Rexha, Skylar Grey, Jon Bellion, Starrah, Troye Sivan, Julia Michaels and Britney Spears. He has also produced records with Selena Gomez, Fifth Harmony, Zendaya, and Lupe Fiasco.[3]
Prior to his career as a writer and producer, Evigan was the lead singer of the Los Angeles-based band After Midnight Project. The band released one album and four EPs. They participated in the Warped Tour and played with artists including Chevelle, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Papa Roach, Thirty Seconds to Mars, 10 Years, and Story of the Year.
Evigan is a member of the production duo "The Suspex" with fellow writer and producer Mitch Allan. The pair have penned numerous hits including Demi Lovato's "Heart Attack". Evigan credits his entry into pop songwriting to Disney A&R executive Mio Vukovic after Vukovic introduced him to Demi Lovato.[4] Evigan went on to have four songs on Demi and two on Selena Gomez's debut album Stars Dance.
Discography
Songwriting and Production credits
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with | Produced with |
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"Talk Dirty" (featuring 2 Chainz) |
2013 | Jason Derulo | Tattoos | Co-writer | Jason Desrouleaux, Taheed Epps, Eric Frederic, Sean Douglas, Ori Kaplan, Tamir Muskat, Tomer Yosef | - |
"Miss Movin' On" | Fifth Harmony | Better Together EP | Co-writer/Producer | Mitch Allan, Lindy Robbins, Julia Michaels | Mitch Allan | |
"Better Together" | Co-writer | Harmony Samuels, Savan Kotecha, Patrick Bianco | - | |||
"Leave My Heart Out of This" | Co-writer/Producer | Tebey Ottoh, Marcus Lomax, Stefan Johnson, Jordan Johnson | The Monsters and the Strangerz | |||
"Power" | Kat Graham | Non-album single | Katerina Graham, Mitch Allan, Julia Michaels, Sean Douglas | Mitch Allan | ||
"Buffalo Bill" | Moxie Raia | Non-album single | Producer | - | Freddy Wexler | |
"Kids Itz Kinetic" | Kate Crash | Non-album single | Co-writer/Producer | - | - | |
"Heart Attack" | Demi Lovato | Demi | Mitch Allan, Sean Douglas, Nikki Williams, Aaron Phillips, Demetria Lovato | Mitch Allan | ||
"Made in the USA" | Demetria Lovato, Jonas Jeberg, Corey Chorus, Blair Perkins | Jonas Jeberg | ||||
"Two Pieces" | Olivia Waithe, Mitch Allan | Mitch Allan | ||||
"Never Been Hurt" | Demetria Lovato, Alexandra Tamposi, Jordan Johnson, Marcos Lomax, Stefan Johnson | The Monsters and the Strangerz | ||||
"Forget Forever" | Selena Gomez | Stars Dance | Clarence Coffee Jr., Alexander Izquerdio, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax | The Monsters and the Strangerz, Dan Book | ||
"Save the Day" | Mitch Allan, Olivia Waithe | Mitch Allan | ||||
"Butterflies" | Zendaya | Zendaya | Sam Watters, Jordan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Stefan Johnson | The Monsters and the Strangerz, Sam Watters | ||
"Bottle You Up" | Olivia Waithe, Mitch Allan | Mitch Allan | ||||
"It Was Always You" | 2014 | Maroon 5 | V | Adam Levine, Samuel Martin, Marcus Lomax, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson | The Monsters and the Strangerz, Sam Martin, Isaiah Tejada | |
"Coming Back for You" | Adam Levine, Samuel Martin, Marcus Lomax, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson | The Monsters and the Strangerz, Sam Martin, Isaiah Tejada | ||||
"Dangerous" (featuring Sam Martin) |
David Guetta | Listen | Co-writer/Co-producer | Pierre Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Samuel Martin, Lindy Robbins | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Sam Martin | |
"What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) |
Co-writer | Pierre Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Breyan Stanley Issac, Samuel Martin, Sean Douglas, Alicia Cook | - | |||
"Lovers on the Sun" (featuring Sam Martin) |
Co-writer/Vocal producer | Pierre Guetta, Tim Bergling, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frederic Riesterer, Michael Einziger, Samuel Martin | David Guetta, Avicii, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frederic Riesterer, Daddy's Groove | |||
"Goodbye Friend" (featuring The Script) |
Co-writer | Pierre Guetta, Frederic Riesterer, Giorgio Tuinfort, Samuel Martin, Sean Douglas, Breyan Stanley Issac, Danny O'Donoghue, Mark Sheehan, Zsolt Milichovszki, David Nagy | - | |||
"Listen" (featuring John Legend) |
Pierre Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Austin Bisnow, Frederic Riesterer, John Stephens, Sarah Rayne, Joaquin Banuelos | - | ||||
"Chains" | Nick Jonas | Nick Jonas | Co-writer/Producer | Ammar Malik, Danny Parker | Nick Jonas | |
"Teacher" | Ammar Malik, Danny Parker | Nick Jonas | ||||
"Don't Talk About Love" | G.R.L. | G.R.L. EP | Mitch Allan, Lindy Robbins, Julia Michaels | Mitch Allan | ||
"Fun" (featuring Chris Brown) |
Pitbull | Globalization | Armando Perez, Clarence Coffee Jr., Marcus Lomax, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Alexander Izquerdio, Christopher Brown, Al Burna | The Monsters and the Strangerz | ||
"Heartbeat Song" | 2015 | Kelly Clarkson | Piece by Piece | Co-writer | Kara DioGuardi, Audra Mae, Mitch Allan | - |
"Ghosttown" | Madonna | Rebel Heart | Co-writer/Producer | Madonna Ciccone, Sean Douglas, Evan Kidd Bogart | Madonna, Billboard | |
"Inside Out" | Co-writer | Madonna Ciccone, Sean Douglas, Evan Kidd Bogart, Michael Dean | - | |||
"Cheyenne" | Jason Derulo | Everything Is 4 | Jason Desrouleaux, Ian Kirkpatrick, Samuel Martin, Lindy Robbins, Marcus Lomax, Stefan Johnson, Jordan Johnson | - | ||
"Get Ugly" | Jason Desrouleaux, Eric Frederic, Sean Douglas | - | ||||
"When Love Hurts" | JoJo | III EP | Co-writer/Producer | Benjamin Levin, Erin Wuthrich, Ammar Malik, Daniel Omelio | Benny Blanco | |
"Old Ways" | Demi Lovato | Confident | Olivia Waithe, Scott Hoffman | Babydaddy, Mitch Allan | ||
"Waitin for You" (featuring Sirah) |
Demetria Lovato, Julia Michaels, Steve McCucheon, Sara Mitchell | Steve Mac, Mitch Allan | ||||
"Papercut" (featuring Troye Sivan) |
Zedd | True Colors | Co-writer | Anton Zaslavski, Julia Michaels, Samuel Martin, Lindy Robbins, Austin Paul Flores | - | |
"Daisy" (featuring Julia Michaels) |
Anton Sazlavski, Andreas Schuller, Julia Michaels, Danny Parker | - | ||||
"Who's With Me" | 2016 | Flo Rida | Non-album single | Co-writer/Producer | Tramar Dillard, Justin Franks, Alexander Izquerdio, Breyan Stanley Issac, Daniel Majic, Oliver Peterhof | DJ Frank E, Danny Majic, Breyan Issac, Nick Sweeley, Ryan Gladieux |
"Voodoo" | Nick Jonas | Last Year Was Complicated | Nicholas Jonas, Dewain Whitmore Jr. | - | ||
"Champagne Problems" | Nicholas Jonas, Sean Douglas, Jonathan Tucker, Dewain Whitemore Jr. | - | ||||
"Good Girls" (featuring Big Sean) |
Nicholas Jonas, Sean Douglas, Sean Andersson | - | ||||
"The Difference" | Nicholas Jonas, Dewain Whitmore Jr. | - | ||||
"Comfortable" | Nicholas Jonas | Nick Jonas | ||||
"Man on the Moon" | Britney Spears | Glory | Ilsey Juber, Phoebe Ryan, Brandon Lowry, Marcus Lomax | Dan Book, Pat Thrall | ||
"Liar" | Breyan Stanley Issac, Danny Parker, Nash Overstreet | - | ||||
"Still Standing" | Tini | Tini | Lindy Robbins, Maureen McDonald | - | ||
"Got Me Started" | Jonnali Parmenius, Daniel Traynor | Grades | ||||
"My Stupid Heart" | Co-writer | Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander | - | |||
"Don't Cry for Me" | Co-writer/Producer | Ross Golan, Ammar Malik, Kevin Snevely | Kevin Svenely | |||
"Sigo Adelante" | Co-writer | Lindy Robbins, Maureen McDonald | - | |||
"Si Tu de Vas" | Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander | - | ||||
"Morning in America" | Jon Bellion | The Human Condition | Co-writer/Producer | Sean Douglas, Sam Martin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Bellion | Ian Kirkpatrick, Jon Bellion, Mark Williams, Volta | |
"Gangsta" | Kehlani | Suicide Squad: OST | Co-writer | Holly Hafferman, Jeremy Coleman, Jacob Lutrell, Kehlani Parrish, Andrew Swanson | - | |
"Wreak Havoc" | Skylar Grey | Co-writer/Producer | Holly Hafferman, Glenda "Gizzle" Proby | - | ||
"Shed a Light" (with David Guetta featuring Cheat Codes) |
Robin Schulz | Uncovered | Co-writer | Pierre Guetta, John Ryan II, Dennis Bierbrodt, Jurgen Dohr, Guido Kramar, Giorgio Tuinfort, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Ammar Malik, Robin Schulz | - | |
"Options" (featuring Stephen Marley) |
2017 | Pitbull | Climate Change | Armando Perez, Ian Kirkpatrick, Joshua Gallander, Mitch Allan, Samuel Martin, Sean Douglas, Stephen Marley | - | |
"Educate Ya" (featuring Jason Derulo) |
Co-writer/Producer | Armando Perez, Ian Kirkpatrick, Lindy Robbins, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax | Ian Kirkpatrick, The Monsters and the Strangerz | |||
"Bom Bidi Bom" (with Nicki Minaj) |
Nick Jonas | Fifty Shades Darker: OST | Breyan Stanley Issac, Marcel Botezan, Sebastian Barac, Onika Maraj | Breyan Issac | ||
"Good Days" | Shawn Hook | My Side of Your Story EP | Shawn Hlookof, Ammar Malik | Ammar Malik, Gian Stone | ||
"Kanye's In My Head" | Boy Epic | Non-album single | Matt Stallings, Cut Down Trees | Cut Down Trees | ||
"Hoodie" | Hey Violet | From the Outside | Julian Bunetta, Ross Golan, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Ammar Malik, Daniel Omelio | Julian Bunetta | ||
"Good Life" (with Kehlani) |
G-Eazy | The Fate of the Furious: OST | Gerald Gillum, Kehlani Parrish, Benjamin Diehl, Marco Rodriguez Diaz, Holly Hafferman, Justin Franks, Daniel Majic, Andrew Thomas, Moses Davies, Steven Marsden, Vanessa Carlton, Dean Mundy | DJ Frank E, Ben Billions, DJ Infamous, Danny Majic | ||
"Mamacita" (featuring Rico Nasty) |
Lil Yachty | Co-writer | Miles McCollum, Johnny Mitchell, Vincent Watson, Glenda Proby, Jocelyn Donald | - | ||
"Ins and Outs" | Sofia Carson | TBA | Co-writer/Producer | Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter | - | |
"Lonely Night" | Fifth Harmony | Fifth Harmony | Oladayo Olatunji, Dinah Hansen, Normani Kordei, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax | The Monsters and the Strangerz | ||
"Born for Greatness" | Papa Roach | Crooked Teeth | Co-writer | Jacoby Shaddix, Jerry Horton, Tobin Esperance | - | |
"What Lovers Do" (featuring SZA) |
Maroon 5 | Red Pill Blues | Co-writer/Producer | Adam Levine, Brittany Tahliah Hazzard, Solana Rowe, Oladayo Olatunji, Victor Radstrom, Elina Stridh | Sam Farrar, Mailbox, Ben Billions | |
"Lips on You" | Adam Levine, Charlie Puth, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Julia Michaels | Charlie Puth | ||||
"Girls Like You" | Adam Levine, Henry Walter, Brittany Tahliah Hazzard, Gian Stone | Cirkut | ||||
"Whole Heart" | Rachel Platten | Waves | Rachel Platten, Brett McLaughlin | Gian Stone | ||
"Collide" | Producer | - | Busbee, Cameron Jaymes, Spencer Bastian | |||
"Shivers" | Co-writer/Producer | Rachel Platten, Sean Douglas | Chris Gehringer, Gian Stone | |||
"Loose Ends" | Rachel Platten, Sean Douglas | Gian Stone | ||||
"Grace" | Rachel Platten, Nathaniel Cypert, Sean Douglas | Gian Stone | ||||
"Whatchachacha" | Sage the Gemini | Morse Code | Co-writer | Dominic Woods, Thomas Eriksen, Sean Douglas | - | |
"Naked" (featuring Sam Martin) |
Robin Schulz | Uncovered | Co-writer/Producer | Robin Schulz, Samuel Martin, Stefan Debruck, Guido Kramer, Dennis Beirbrodt, Ammar Malik, Jurgen Dohr, Joaquin Howard | Robin Schulz, Junxx, Sam Martin | |
"Juice" | Chromeo | Head Over Heels | Patrick Gemayal, David Macklovitch, Sean Douglas | Chromeo, Chris "TEK" O'Ryan | ||
"Trust" | Boy Epic | Non-album single | Matt Stallings, Cut Down Trees | Cut Down Trees | ||
"I Want a Miracle!" | 2018 | Frederic Riesterer | Non-album single | Co-writer | Frederic Riesterer. Samuel Martin | - |
"Must've Been" (featuring DRAM) |
Chromeo | Head Over Heels | Co-writer/Producer | Patrick Gemayel, David Macklovitch, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Gamal Lewis, Isaiah Tejada, Ammar Malik, Shelly Massenburg-Smith, William Bastian | Chromeo, A-Trak, Gian Stone, Ash Harrison, Ben Maddahi | |
"Ferrari" | Bebe Rexha | Expectations | Bleta Rexha, Asia Whiteacre | Gian Stone | ||
"Steal My Thunder" | Keith Urban | Graffiti U | Keith Urban, Emily Weisband, Jordan Minton | Keith Urban | ||
"Same Heart" | Keith Urban, Emily Weisband, Jordan Minton | Keith Urban | ||||
"LA Girls" | Charlie Puth | Voicenotes | Co-writer | Charlie Puth, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Sean Douglas | - | |
"One Track Mind" | Chromeo | Head Over Heels | Co-writer/Producer | Patrick Gemayal, David Macklovitch, Gregory Evigan, Lindy Robbins, Scott Friedman, Talay Riley, Lennard Macaluso | Chromeo, A-Trak, Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, John Cunningham, Ash Harrison, Ben Maddahi | |
"Drowning" | ZHU | Ringos Desert | Co-writer/Background vocals | ZHU | - | |
"She Knows How to Love Me" (featuring Jess Glynne & Stefflon Don) |
David Guetta | 7 | Co-writer/Producer | Pierre Guetta, Timothy Bergling, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frederic Riesterer, Nicholas Seeley, Relph Wegner, Jessica Glynne, Priscilla Renea Hamilton, Jonathan Reuven Rotem, Teal Douville, Stephanie Allen, Rakim Allen, Dorothy LaBostrie, Joseph Lubin, Richard Penniman | David Guetta, Avicii, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frederic Riesterer, J.R. Rotem, Teal Douville, Ralph Wegner | |
"That Song That We Used to Make Love To" |
Carrie Underwood | Cry Pretty | Co-writer | Hillary Lindsey | - | |
"No Place" | Rüfüs Du Sol | Solace | Co-writer/Producer | Jon George, Tyrone Lindqvist, James Hunt | Jon George, Tyrone Lindqvist, James Hunt | |
"Underwater" | ||||||
"Lost in My Mind" | ||||||
"Treat You Better" | Mark Foster, Jon George, Tyrone Lindqvist, James Hunt | |||||
"Paris" | Sabrina Carpenter | Singular: Act I | Co-writer/Producer | Sabrina Carpenter, Brett McLaughlin | Brett McLaughlin, Gian Stone | |
"Baby" (featuring Marina & Luis Fonsi) |
Clean Bandit | What Is Love? | Co-writer | Jack Patterson, Camille Purcell, Matthew Knott, Marina Diamandis, Luis Lopez-Cepero | To be confirmed | |
"Mama" (featuring Ellie Goulding) |
Jack Patterson, Grace Chatto, Caroline Ailin, Elena Goulding | - | ||||
"Everything I Need" | Skylar Grey | Aquaman | Producer | – | – | |
"People You Know" | 2020 | Selena Gomez | Rare | Co-writer | Selena Gomez, Alex HopeSteph Jones, Mathieu Jomphe Lépine, Lil Aaron | |
"Physical" | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | Co-writer/Producer | Clarence Coffee Jr., Dua Lipa, Sarah Hudson | KOZ |
Singles
- 2013: Demi Lovato – "Heart Attack"
- 2013: Demi Lovato – "Made in the USA"
- 2013: Jason Derulo – "Talk Dirty"
- 2014: David Guetta – "Lovers On The Sun"
- 2015: Kelly Clarkson – "Heartbeat Song"
- 2015: Madonna – "Ghosttown"
- 2016: Robin Schulz (featuring David Guetta, Cheat Codes) – "Shed a Light"
- 2017: Papa Roach – "Born For Greatness"
- 2017: Boy Epic – "Kanye's In My Head"
- 2017: Maroon 5 (featuring SZA) – "What Lovers Do"
- 2017: Chromeo - "Juice"
- 2017: Sofia Carson - "Ins And Outs"
- 2017: Boy Epic - "Trust"
- 2017: Sage The Gemini - "Whatchacha"
- 2018: Maroon 5 (featuring Cardi B) – "Girls Like You"
- 2018: Rüfüs Du Sol - "No Place"
- 2018: Rüfüs Du Sol - "Underwater"
- 2018: Rüfüs Du Sol - "Lost in My Mind"
- 2018: Rüfüs Du Sol - "Treat You Better"
- 2018: Elephant Heart - "Hiya"
- 2018: Elephant Heart - "Warfare"
- 2019: Clean Bandit (featuring Ellie Goulding) - "Mama"
- 2019: Madonna - "I Rise"
- 2019: Madonna - "Crazy"
- 2019: Hobo Johnson - "Typical Story"
- 2019: Hobo Johnson - "Ugly Kid"
- 2019: Ellie Goulding (featuring Juice Wrld) - "Hate Me"
- 2019: Illenium (featuring Jon Bellion) - "Good Things Fall Apart"
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Mel | Sammy | |
2004 | Something Sweet | The Artist | Short film |
2006 | Racin' for a Livin' | Himself (guest) | Segment: "Opening Preview" |
2019 | Songland | Himself | Episode: "OneRepublic" |
See also
References
- Jason Evigan - IMDb IMDb
- Jason Evigan Interview - Writing Hits for Demi Lovato and others Songwriter Universe
- "Jason Evigan". www.aaminc.com. Advanced Alternative Media, Inc. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- Widran, Jonathan. "Writer/Producer Jason Evigan Breaks Through, Co-Writing Hits For Demi Lovato". Songwriter Universe. Songwriteruniverse.com. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
External links
- Jason Evigan on IMDb