JUSTIN TRANTER.
Known for: Lose You To Love Me by (Selena Gomez), Make Me Feel (Janelle Monae), Believer (Imagine Dragons), Sorry (Justin Bieber), Cake By The Ocean (DNCE), Slumber Party (Britney Spears), Make Me Like You (Gwen Stefani), Genetics (Meghan Trainor), How Many Fucks (Erika Jayne)
Ater fronting three albums with Semi Precious Weapons, the band who partied with Kate Moss and toured the world with Lady Gaga, queer artist Justin Tranter turned to songwriting, slowly becoming known as the go-to hitmaker for some of the biggest names in music. Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Janelle Monae - you name a pop star, and Justin’s probably written a song for them. There’s something joyfully subversive about a queer, gender nonconforming wordsmith being a major voice behind the lyrics for straight chart-topping artists.
“I say all the time that there's no reason for a songwriter to do press or to have an Instagram, because we aren't the ones selling the songs,” Justin tells us, “but I do press, and I do have an Instagram, because I want young queer people to know that our queer ideas are mainstream as fuck. I think we're going to get to a time when queer people are going to be able to tell their own stories and have them be huge hits, and between Sam Smith and Lil Nas X we are getting there. But I also feel pride in letting
