Bazzi

Biography

Andrew Bazzi (; BAH-zee born August 28, 1997), known mononymously by his surname Bazzi, is an American singer-songwriter. His song "Mine", released in October 2017, gained popularity in early 2018 when it became a meme through Musical.ly edits, and the use of a Snapchat lens filter featuring the song. It peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and appeared on several international charts. He released his debut studio album Cosmic×COSMIC12 April 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Dreams2:272Soarin2:573Myself2:474Star2:495Why2:2863:152:477Honest2:558Mirror2:209Gone2:1210Fantasy2:2811BRB2:4012Cartier2:5213Beautiful2:5814Mine2:1115Changed2:2316Somebody2:50 in 2018, which peaked at number 14 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Early life and education

Bazzi was born in Canton, Michigan. His mother is American and his father is a Lebanese immigrant. He has lived in Beirut and has Lebanese nationality. He grew up in Dearborn, Michigan. He learned to speak Arabic and played the kazoo, oud, and guitar as a child. In 2012, he began posting covers of songs on his YouTube channel. He attended Plymouth-Canton Educational Park. In November 2014, he moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue a music career. He finished high school at Santa Monica High School in 2015.

Career

Bazzi created a Vine account in July 2013. By 2015, he had accrued 1.5 million followers on the site. In September of that year, he became the first artist to release a Vine "Featured Track" which was entitled, "Bring You Home×Bring You Home25 September 2015 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Bring You Home3:36". In 2016, he was featured on the Fancy Cars' track "Fun". Over the course of the next two years, Bazzi released several singles including "Alone×Alone11 November 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Alone3:16" "Beautiful×Beautiful13 July 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Beautiful3:00", "Got Friends", and "Sober×Sober7 April 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Sober3:45". Bazzi has cited artists Justin Timberlake, Bryson Tiller, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson and Guns N' Roses among his influences.
In October 2017, he released the single "Mine". Within days of its release, an A&R executive at Warner Music-affiliated Artist Partner Group had signed him to a deal including his songwriter Henry Fredrickson from Minnesota. The song increased in popularity after becoming an Internet meme, through videos featuring a slideshow of different pictures of the subject of the video with the Snapchat "hearts" filter and overlaying lyrics. In January 2018, the song appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 56. As of April 2018, the song's peak on the list was number 11. Bazzi also released three new singles in 2018, "Why?", "Gone" and "Honest×Honest22 March 2018 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Honest2:56". On March 13, 2018, Bazzi was announced as the special guest on Camila Cabello's Never Be the Same Tour's North American leg. On April 17, 2018, Cosmic debuted at number 35 and later peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. Bazzi joined Justin Timberlake's Man of the Woods Tour as the opening act for the European leg. He received a nomination for an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. Bazzi collaborated with Camila Cabello on a remix of the song "Beautiful", which was released on August 2, 2018. Bazzi performed "Beautiful" on a float in the 2018 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Bazzi worked with K-pop entertainment company SM Entertainment to co-write songs for two of their boy bands, EXO and NCT Dream. With NCT Dream, he co-wrote "We Go Up" with their member Mark for the EP, We Go Up. With EXO, he co-wrote "The Eve" for the studio album The War, and "Ooh La La La" and "Oasis" for the studio album Don’t Mess Up My Tempo. He additionally co-wrote the song "Love Shot" for the repackaged version of Don't Mess Up My Tempo, Love Shot. He also co-wrote song "Give Me a Chance" with Chinese singer and Exo member Lay Zhang for his studio album Namanana.
In April 2019, Bazzi released "Caught in the Fire×Caught in the Fire1 April 2019 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Caught in the Fire2:49" and "Paradise×Paradise4 April 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Paradise2:49". On August 8, 2019, he released his debut mixtape Soul Searching×Soul Searching7 August 2019 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Humble Beginnings3:042Soul Searching2:293Focus2:354No Way!1:525Conversations With Myself1:596Fallin2:317Can We Go Back to Bed?2:588Live Forever2:329I.F.L.Y.2:4610Paradise2:4811Who Am I?2:52, which includes the song "Paradise", as well as "Focus" (featuring 21 Savage) and "I.F.L.Y.×I.F.L.Y.18 July 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1I.F.L.Y.2:45".
In 2020 Bazzi released the singles "Young & Alive×Young & Alive5 March 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Young & Alive2:40", "Renee's Song", "I Got You×I Got You17 April 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1I Got You2:272Young & Alive2:403Renee’s Song2:11", "I Don't Think I'm Okay×I Don't Think I'm Okay9 July 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1I Don't Think I'm Okay2:56", and "Crazy×Crazy20 August 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Crazy2:25".
In a Billboard interview in 2018, Bazzi mentioned that he did not have any other job experiences before his music career.
On September 16, 2022, Bazzi released the long-awaited album Infinite Dreams. Marking his first album in 4 years since Cosmic×COSMIC12 April 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Dreams2:272Soarin2:573Myself2:474Star2:495Why2:2863:152:477Honest2:558Mirror2:209Gone2:1210Fantasy2:2811BRB2:4012Cartier2:5213Beautiful2:5814Mine2:1115Changed2:2316Somebody2:50. The album includes a total of 19 tracks. Bazzi announced his upcoming Infinite Dream Tour following the release of his album. The tour stopped in sixteen cities.

Personal life

Bazzi lives in Los Angeles. He has talked openly about his struggles with mental health and substance abuse while quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an open letter on Twitter, he stated that he "let a drug problem get out of hand, I've been drinking my boredom away." He dated Renee Herbert.