1. Bonnie Leigh McKee was born on January 20,1984 and is an American singer and songwriter.
50 Facts About Bonnie McKee
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Bonnie McKee has written 10 singles that have reached number one in either the United States or the United Kingdom, which have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide combined.
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Right after the cancellation of her album, some tracks meant to be featured on it leaked on the internet, and since then have been cherished by her fans, prompting McKee to rerecord them, after getting inspired over the Taylor Swift masters dispute, then dropping several tracks originally meant for her shelved 2013 album as singles from mid-2023 to early 2024, and finally independently releasing the 16-track album on music streaming platforms.
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Bonnie McKee is particularly known for collaborating with singer Katy Perry.
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Bonnie McKee co-wrote "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz, which became the second-best-selling song by a British artist in the digital era.
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Bonnie McKee co-wrote other songs including "Hold It Against Me" by Britney Spears and "C'Mon" by Kesha.
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Bonnie McKee additionally has written for Cher, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, and Adam Lambert.
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Bonnie McKee was born in Vacaville, California, and raised in Seattle.
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Bonnie McKee studied classical piano and became a member of the Seattle Girls Choir Prime Voci at age 12; she toured with the choir throughout North America and Europe.
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Bonnie McKee recorded two albums with the choir, titled Jackson Berkey Meets The Seattle Girls' Choir and Cantate 2000.
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Bonnie McKee briefly attended The Bush School during her freshman year of high school, where she recorded a demo album with other student musicians as part of an experiential class project with The President's musician Dave Dederer, an alumnus and former English teacher at the school; unrelatedly, she was kicked out soon afterward.
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At age 12, Bonnie McKee's mother gave a demonstration CD featuring her singing Bette Midler and Fiona Apple songs to a friend of hers who is the co-founder of the Sub Pop label, Jonathan Poneman.
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Bonnie McKee wrote songs and performed in the Seattle area when she was 15.
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Bonnie McKee flew her to Los Angeles and welcomed her into his family; she was only 17 at the time.
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Bonnie McKee inspired her to sing and write songs and to trust her instincts.
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Bonnie McKee spoke about the album being unsuccessful, saying, "It was devastating when the album didn't happen," she said.
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Bonnie McKee was dropped from the label after defacing the CEO's car with lipstick during the middle of the night.
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Bonnie McKee lived in poverty, without hot water, a cell phone, or a car while spending many hours in the recording studio, learning how to use Pro Tools and crafting new songs alongside Elliott Yamin and Leighton Meester.
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In 2009, Bonnie McKee was introduced to music producer Dr Luke by her manager Josh Abraham, who signed her to his production label Prescription Songs.
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Perry and Bonnie McKee began writing songs, eventually producing the hits that would appear on Perry's third album, Teenage Dream.
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In 2012, Bonnie McKee co-wrote two songs that appeared on Adam Lambert's album Trespassing, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart.
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Bonnie McKee appeared as a featured performer on "Thunder" from Rusko's album Songs, released on Mad Decent.
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Bonnie McKee posted a promotional video for "American Girl" on YouTube in June 2013 which garnered 2.3 million views.
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Bonnie McKee confirmed that the song was not a single, but rather an "inbetweengle", a portmanteau meaning "in between single", meant to tide fans over until her next official release.
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Bonnie McKee had spent several years under a joint deal between Epic and Kemosabe Records and had planned to release her second studio album in the summer of 2014.
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Bonnie McKee left Epic and Kemosabe Records after feeling she had a lack of control over her career and the creative direction that she wanted to take.
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On December 18,2014, Bonnie McKee released a song called "California Winter" on to her SoundCloud and iTunes.
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Bonnie McKee stated that this was because she favors her being an independent artist because she felt controlled and like she had no creative freedom.
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Bonnie McKee stated her intentions for it to be a visual EP.
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At the Billboard Music Awards 2015, Bonnie McKee revealed in an interview that Charlie Puth, with whom she had previously worked on her song "California Winter", had co-written her next single, which she said would be released in the next week.
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Bonnie McKee appears in Eden xo's music video for her single "The Weekend" as Cinderella.
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On January 12,2016, Bonnie McKee released the music video for "Wasted Youth" on her VEVO channel.
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Bonnie McKee uploaded a cover of Prince's song, "When Doves Cry" on her YouTube channel on April 28,2016, as a tribute to Prince following his death on April 21,2016.
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On June 21,2016, Bonnie McKee released a remix for "I Want It All" featuring Vicetonr as the third single from the EP and published a music video for the original version on her VEVO account.
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In September 2016, in collaboration with Quest Nutrition brand, Bonnie McKee released the video for the song "Stud Muffin" inspired by the movie Grease.
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On November 2,2016, Bonnie McKee released "Easy"'s music video on her VEVO account.
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On December 16,2016 Bonnie McKee released her single called "Stars in Your Heart", alongside the shelved music video from 2013, as a gift for her fans.
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Bonnie McKee was featured on Norwegian DJ Kygo's track "Riding Shotgun" from his album Kids in Love, which was released on November 3,2017.
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On May 10,2018, Bonnie McKee released the single called "Mad Mad World", which premiered in Billboard Magazine.
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On February 15,2019, Bonnie McKee featured on Armin van Buuren single called "Lonely For You".
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Bonnie McKee released a cover of Billie Eilish song called "Lovely", featuring AUGUST 08 on June 28,2019.
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Bonnie McKee released her collaboration with Eden xo called "Bad Girls Go To Heaven" on October 25,2019.
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In 2020, Bonnie McKee directed and starred in her first short film, April Kills The Vibe.
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For some interviews, Bonnie McKee talked about finding an internet forum which had a thread to about 500 pages discussing that era and songs correspondent, where it was found to have been titled Hot City.
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Bonnie McKee stated that the main goal behind the process to re-record and release Hot City, besides the constant asking from fans of an official release to the demos from the discarded era, which led her to "give the people what they want," was her own desire to see the scrapped tracks get such treatment.
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Still during Hot City promotional campaign, Bonnie McKee released, on July 4,2024, a reedited EP for her 2013 single, American Girl, including a remix by duo of DJs Oliver, previously released through Soundcloud and uploaded to Bonnie McKee's official YouTube account.
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On October 9,2024, Bonnie McKee made available for pre-order both CD and vinyl formats off Hot City, the former through her official webstore, and the latter through Graffiti Records website.
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On Halloween's Eve of 2024, Bonnie McKee released an EP to her 2013 single, "Sleepwalker," including a remix featuring American indie artist Mothica.
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On March 28,2025, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bombastic, Bonnie McKee teamed up again with Graffiti Records to deliver a vinyl release to this EP in its original tracklist, in translucent pink color, with signed copies among some of them; the EP in its first official physical since 2016 has been sold out as of now, to no repressings.
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Bonnie McKee has cited Mariah Carey, Madonna, Tina Turner, Blondie, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Prince as major influences.