1. Matthew Koma has collaborated with artists such as Shania Twain, Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, Hardwell, Zedd, Miriam Bryant, Sebastian Ingrosso, Alesso, Afrojack, Tiesto, Vicetone, Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, and others.
15 Facts About Matthew Koma
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Matthew Koma was born in Brooklyn and raised in Seaford, New York, on Long Island.
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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.
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Matthew Koma signed to record on Jimmy Iovine's Interscope Records in June 2011, after Iovine watched an acoustic performance of the record "She".
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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.
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Matthew Koma provided the main vocals for the 2012 song "End of Pretend" by Black Cards, and he co-produced a remix of the Bruce Springsteen song "Rocky Ground" with Ron Aniello, which Springsteen released on his album Wrecking Ball.
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In 2012, Matthew Koma joined the Sorry for Party Rocking Tour with LMFAO and Far East Movement, He later toured with Owl City.
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In 2013, Matthew Koma toured Europe supporting Ellie Goulding alongside Charli XCX.
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Afrojack's 2014 album Forget the World featured two songs written and sung by Matthew Koma, "Keep our Love Alive" and "Illuminate".
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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.
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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.
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In 2017, Matthew Koma produced several tracks for Shania Twain's fifth studio album Now, including the lead single "Life's About to Get Good".
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In 2018, Matthew Koma premiered "On the 5", both single and video under his new project, Winnetka Bowling League via RCA Records.
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Matthew Koma dated Carly Rae Jepsen from 2012 until 2015, after they met while working on her album Kiss.
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Matthew Koma is a stepfather to Duff's son from her previous marriage to ice hockey player Mike Comrie.