Justin Jesso

Justin Stein also known as Justin Jesso is an American singer and songwriter.[1] He is best known for his work as co-writer and featured artist on Kygo’s "Stargazing", released in 2017, hitting over 170 million streams.[2]

Justin Jesso
Singer-songwriter Justin Jesso
Background information
Birth nameJustin Stein
OriginChicago, United States
Occupation(s)Singer – songwriter
InstrumentsVoice, guitar
Years active2016–present
Associated acts
Websitehttps://justinjesso.com

As a songwriter, he has written songs for Hrvy, AJ Mitchell, The Backstreet Boys and Armin van Buuren. In 2017, he was nominated for Song of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards for his single "Vente Pa' Ca", which he co-wrote for Ricky Martin.[3]

Early life

Jesso grew up in a northern suburb of Chicago. As a youngster he wrote his own songs and also performed on stage in various theatres across Chicago. In later life, he studied songwriting at the Clive Davis Institute in New York.[4]

Career

Jesso has written for many artists including HRVY, The Backstreet Boys and AJ Mitchell.

In 2016, he co-wrote the Ricky Martin song "Vente Pa' Ca" featuring Maluma, which was nominated for Best Song at the 2017 Latin Grammy Awards. It lost out to "Despacito".[5]

In 2017, Justin co-wrote "Stargazing" for Kygo with Stuart Crichton and Jamie Hartman. In 2018, he supported Kygo on his sold-out arena tour in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America.[6] More recently, he co-wrote "The Way It Was" for The Backstreet Boy's latest album DNA.[7]

Jesso released an EP, Let It Be Me in December 2018. The lead single "Getting Closer" was written after he toured with Kygo, and was about the loneliness of life on tour. The video, which was directed by Kyle Cogan, shares real footage of Jusso's time spent on tour.[8] The song was popular in Europe, and was a top ten radio hit in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It also charted at 11 in the German iTunes chart.[9]

In February 2019, Jesso supported Tears for Fears on the European leg of their Rule The World tour.[10] Jesso embarked on his first headline tour in North America in April 2019, where we played to venues in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.

In June 2019, he released the title track, "Let It Be Me", a duet with Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt.[11]

Discography

Singles
Title Year
"Lovin' You" (Glowinthedark ft. Justin Stein) 2016
"Better" (Atomic ft. Justin Stein) 2016
"Stargazing" (Kygo ft. Justin Jesso) 2017
"My Body" 2018
"Stitch Em Up" (Frank Walker ft. Justin Jesso) 2019
"Getting Closer" 2019
"Let It Be Me" (with Nina Nesbitt) 2019
"As Far As Feelings Go" (Alle Farben ft. Justin Jesso) 2019

EPs
Title Year Track listing
Let It Be Me 2019
  1. "Let It Be Me"
  2. "Getting Closer"
  3. "I Will"
  4. "My Body"
  5. "One Good Reason"

Songwriting credits
Title Artist Year
Vente Pa' Ca Ricky Martin ft. Maluma 2016
Batman & Robin Cazzi Opeia & Jin X Jin 2017
Critical Beauty Pentagon 2017
Frontiers The Rampage from Exile Tribe 2017
I Don't Think About You HRVY 2017
I Won't Remember You Tomorrow Alli Simpson 2017
Say Hi Codeko & Austin Mahone 2017
Somebody Like You In Real Life 2017
Stargazing (Kygo ft. Justin Jesso 2017
Summer Something Carlos Marco 2017
Weigh Me Down Matt Terry 2017
What U Do? Exo 2017
Convince You Dominique 2018
Getting Closer Justin Jesso 2018
Got A Little Drunk Madcon 2018
I Don't Want You Back AJ Mitchell 2018
I Will Justin Jesso 2018
My Body Justin Jesso 2018
One Good Reason Justin Jesso 2018
Let It Be Me Justin Jesso & Nina Nesbitt 2019
Phone Down Armin van Buuren & Garibay 2019
Stitch Em Up Frank Walker ft. Justin Jesso 2019
The Way It Was Backstreet Boys 2019
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References
  1. "Justin Jesso". IMDb. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  2. Zwart, Marc (January 4, 2018). "Kygo and Justin Jesso's Stargazing hits 170 million streams". Cloud 9 Music. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  3. "2017 Latin Grammy Awards: Complete List of Nominations". E!. September 27, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  4. "Justin Jesso's journey from writing for Ricky Martin to radio play". The National. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  5. "Interview: Justin Jesso discusses new single Let It Be Me and working with Kygo". Entertainment Focus. June 7, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  6. "Blended Exclusive: Interview with "Stargazing" Singer-songwriter Justin Jesso". BLENDED. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  7. "Backstreet Boys – DNA Album Credits and Streams". [istandard]. January 25, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  8. "Justin Jesso Fights to Keep Love Alive on Belting Ballad 'Getting Closer': Video Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  9. "iTunesCharts.net: 'Getting Closer' by Justin Jesso (German Songs iTunes Chart)". itunescharts.net. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  10. "Uncategorized Archives". Tears For Fears. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  11. Currinn, Jonathan (June 8, 2019). "Justin Jesso & Nina Nesbitt Team-Up For New Single & Music Video "Let It Be Me"". CelebMix. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
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