Aldae grew up in Arlington, Texas, where he was exposed to music listening to KIIS-FM and began writing songs as young as ten years old.[6] He began his career by uploading original music to YouTube, and was signed to Columbia Records as a solo artist in 2016, before shifting his focus to collaborating with other artists.[7] He adopted the moniker Aldae as a reference to spending "all day" in a recording studio.[3]
After moving to Los Angeles, his songwriting caught the attention of Pulse Music Group, where he signed a publishing deal in 2019.[6][7] Soon after, Aldae co-wrote the single "OK Not to Be OK", released by Marshmello and Demi Lovato in September 2020 in partnership with non-profit Hope for the Day to raise awareness around suicide prevention and mental health education.[8]
After being introduced to Justin Bieber through Skrillex and DJ Tay, Aldae co-wrote 5 songs for his 2021 album Justice: "2 Much," "As I Am," "Unstable," "Somebody," and "There She Go."[6][9] Aldae received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year at the 64th GRAMMY Awards for his contributions to the album.[4]
In February 2022 Aldae released his debut single "Long Way From Texas" followed by his solo project ALDAE – Vol. 1 in April.[3][10]
Aldae co-wrote Miley Cyrus' single "Flowers," released January 12, 2023, with Cyrus and Michael Pollack.[11] Originally written as a piano ballad, the song came together "within an hour" according to Aldae.[7] The song debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the chart for 8 total weeks, as well as the Pop Airplay chart for 10 weeks.[12][13] On Spotify, "Flowers" broke the record for the most weekly streams for two consecutive weeks, and became the fastest song to reach 1 billion streams on the platform.[14][15] Aldae also co-wrote two other tracks on Cyrus' album Endless Summer Vacation: "Muddy Feet" and "Wonder Woman."[7] "Flowers" was awarded two Grammy Awards at the 2024 Grammy Awards: Best Pop Solo Performance and Record Of The Year. He cowrote Ego by Halsey of The Great Impersonator.
Songwriting and production credits
List of singles as songwriter and producer, showing year released, artist, song title, and album[5]
^ abCurto, Justin (March 25, 2021). "How Justin Bieber Pivoted Back to Pop on Justice". Vulture. Retrieved June 19, 2023. Vulture spoke to two of Bieber's key collaborators on the album: Bieber's band member since 2010 and current music director, Bernard "Harv" Harvey, and songwriter Gregory "Aldae" Hein.
