15 Facts About Matthew Koma

Songs written by Koma include "Spectrum" and Grammy Award-winner "Clarity", both performed by Zedd.

Matthew Koma has collaborated with Hardwell, Zedd, Miriam Bryant, Sebastian Ingrosso, Alesso, Afrojack, Tiesto, Vicetone and Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic.

Matthew Koma was born in Brooklyn and raised in Seaford, New York, on Long Island.

Matthew Koma wrote his first song when he was nine years old and credits Elvis Costello and Bruce Springsteen for his inspiration at a young age.

Matthew Koma's older half brother, Kris Mazzarisi, is a musician.

In May 2012, Matthew Koma released his first EP, Parachute, in which he wrote, produced and co-produced all four tracks with collaborators Twice as Nice, Alex da Kid, Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, and Ari Levine.

In March 2012, Bruce Springsteen released "Rocky Ground", a remix that Matthew Koma co-produced with Ron Aniello as a single from his album Wrecking Ball.

In July 2012, Matthew Koma did the main vocals for the song "End of Pretend" by Black Cards.

In May 2014, Matthew Koma was featured on Audien's single "Serotonin".

Also in May 2014, Afrojack's album Forget the World, which featured two songs written and sung by Matthew Koma, "Keep our Love Alive" and "Illuminate", was released.

In January 2015, Matthew Koma was featured in Kia Motors' online video series Rediscovered, where he recorded a cover of The Miracles' "The Tracks of My Tears" before Smokey Robinson made a surprise visit in the studio.

Matthew Koma collaborated with The Knocks on "I Wish ", which was released as a single in September 2015 and later appeared on the Knocks' 2016 album, 55.

In June 2017, Matthew Koma produced several tracks for Shania Twain's fifth studio album Now, including the lead single "Life's About to Get Good".

From 2012 until 2015, Matthew Koma dated Carly Rae Jepsen, after meeting while they were working on her album Kiss.

Matthew Koma is a stepfather to Duff's son, Luca, from her previous marriage to ice-hockey player Mike Comrie.