The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers held its Pop Music Awards last week, honoring Grammy Award-winning musicians Lovi, Amy Allen and Iggy, along with several other musicians at a ceremony in Los Angeles.
Laufey received the Creative Voice Award from fellow singer-songwriter Suki Waterhouse. The award honors community members whose “significant professional accomplishments derive from their creative spirit and contributions to the role a creative can play in the community,” according to a statement, and has been given to other musicians such as Questlove, Wyclef Jean and Lyle Lovett.
“This is an amazing community of writers, artists, producers and composers. It’s truly an honor for the music I create,” the singer said. Hollywood Reporter Before the ceremony.
“It’s something I wish I could go back and tell myself when I was younger because I never thought I’d be able to bring all my musical ideas and inspirations together and create a cohesive product,” she continued. “I wasn’t one of those kids who was writing songs on the piano at 10 years old. I was very reserved and didn’t think I had anything to say. This [award] “I feel like I have something to say that people agree with.”
The singer also touched on her latest music video, “Manwoman,” which went viral before its release and stars Hudson Williams, Lola Tuna, Alyssa Liu, and Megan Skindell. “I didn’t grow up seeing many people who looked like me on stage or in the media,” she explained.
Lovie noted that Williams, Tong, Liu, and Skindell are all “huge stars in their own right,” and this fact shows that things are changing in terms of Asian representation in media and culture. “We are taking baby steps,” she added.
“To be able to make the video that I wanted to see when I was a kid… I think it would have been very empowering for me to see a video full of artists across different mediums killing it together,” the singer said. She emphasized that there were many moments throughout the video that she was able to honor her Chinese background through.
“It really fed my heart to be able to honor my culture in this way, but it was still fun,” she added. “In the end, it was just a really fun day.”
Allen was named Pop Songwriter of the Year for her work with some of the industry’s biggest stars. The 34-year-old is a go-to producer for the likes of Sabrina Carpenter, and has collaborated with Rosé on her hit single ‘Apt’, among other tracks on her albums and artists, including Jennie, Dua Lipa, Tate McRae and Olivia Deen.
“Seeing face-to-face with so many writers who inspire me every day to get better, step outside the box and learn is so exciting,” Allen said before the awards.
“I love ASCAP because it brought this event together and made it an environment where we could all come together and just talk about what inspires us and why we do it,” she continued. “I think the essence of every great song is someone with a love for telling a story.”
Songwriting was of course a hot topic for everyone in attendance that night. “The songwriting process is this completely invisible chapter in the recording process and what we all do,” Waterhouse said. THR. “I’m a very fragile animal and I sit there and say, ‘I have no idea where this record is going.’ “It’s a fun, fast place.”
For EJAE, the groundbreaking awards season began with Demon hunters in kpopSongwriting is where it all started. The 34-year-old, who was honored for the theme song she wrote for the movie “Golden,” began her career as a trainee in a K-pop group before moving on to writing songs full-time for K-pop artists.
“I love talking to songwriters. I love to know what their process is, what interface they use, what software they use,” EJAE said. The singer-songwriter admits that she finds events like ASCAP very comforting for her.
Despite its great success with… Demon hunters in kpopEJAE’s priorities haven’t strayed too far from what it was working on before the hack. “This is what means the most to me,” she explained when asked what the honor means to her songwriting.
“I think when someone asked me what my dream was [was in this] “In the industry, winning a Grammy has always been a songwriter. I know the K-Pop Grammy is a huge honor as well, but songwriting is my biggest priority,” she said.
She said that while EJAE has made a name writing some of the biggest songs in the K-Pop industry THR She takes the time to find her own voice as an artist. “I’m focused on writing an album, but I’ll definitely always choose to write for other people as well or for movies or whatever,” she said. “Songwriting is very flexible.”
ASCAP also honored Jack Antonoff, Circut, Justin Bieber, Max Martin, Miles Smith, Ashley Gorley, Audrey Hubert, Daniel Nigro, David Guetta, Dijon “Mustard” McFarlane and Timbaland for their hits throughout the past year. The full list of winners can be found on the organization’s website.
