# Tourist (musician)

William Edward Phillips (born 12 February 1987), also known by his stage name Tourist, is an English electronic musician and songwriter.

## Biography

In 2015 he won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for co-writing Sam Smith's "Stay with Me", along with James Napier. Since then, he has gone on to release five full-length albums, U (6 May 2016), Everyday (15 February 2019), Wild (18 October 2019), Inside Out (20 May 2022), and Memory Morning (19 April 2024) alongside several more EPs. He remains active as a writer, producer, and remixer, including remixing artists like Christine & The Queens, Hozier, Wolf Alice, and Chvrches.

## Discography
### Albums

* U (2016)
* Everyday (2019)
* Wild (2019)
* Inside Out (2022)
* Memory Morning (2024)

### EPs

* Tourist (2012)
* Tonight (2013)
* Patterns (2014)
* Wash (2017)
* Wild (Reworks) (2020)

### Singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Wait" | 2014 | U |
| "Patterns" (featuring Lianne La Havas) | 2014 | Patterns EP |
| "Illuminate" (featuring Years & Years) | 2014 | Non-album single |
| "I Can't Keep Up" (featuring Will Heard) | 2014 | Patterns EP |
| "Holding On" (featuring Josef Salvat and Niia) | 2015 | Non-album single |
| "Waves" | 2015 | U |
| "To Have You Back" | 2016 | U |
| "Run" | 2016 | U |
| "We Stayed Up All Night" (featuring Ardyn) | 2017 | Wash EP |
| "Sleepwalking" (featuring Swim Mountain and Esther Joy) | 2017 | Wash EP |
| "Apollo" | 2018 | Everyday |
| "Someone Else" | 2018 | Everyday |
| "Hearts" | 2018 | Everyday |
| "Emily" | 2019 | Everyday |
| "Love Theme" (with Shura) | 2019 | Everyday |
| "Elixir" | 2019 | Wild |
| "Bunny" | 2019 | Wild |
| "Last" | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Siren" | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Avalanche" | 2022 | Inside Out |
| "Your Love" | 2022 | Inside Out |
| "Howl" (with Elderbrook) | 2022 | Non-album single |

### Songwriting and production credits

List of songwriting and production credits :
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with: | Produced with: |
| "Stay with Me" | 2014 | Sam Smith | In the Lonely Hour | Co-writer | Samuel Smith, James Napier, Thomas Petty, Jeffrey Lynne | - |
| "Pieces" | 2014 | Jessie Ware | Tough Love | Co-writer | Jessica Ware, James Napier | |
| "Hurt Me" | 2015 | Låpsley | Long Way Home | Co-writer/Co-producer | Holly Fletcher, James Napier, James Draper | Låpsley, Rodaidh McDonald, Charlie Hugall |
| "Arm's Length" | 2015 | Kacy Hill | Bloo EP | Co-writer/Producer | Kacy Hill | Stuart Price |
| "Anywhere" (featuring Will Heard) | 2016 | Dillon Francis | Non-album single | Co-writer/Producer | Dillon Hart Francis, James Napier, William Heard | Dillon Francis |
| "Waterloo" | 2016 | Jones | New Skin | Co-writer/Producer | Cherie Jones-Mattis | Tom Skyrme |
| "Together" | 2017 | Ardyn | Bloom EP | Producer | - | - |
| "Throwing Stones" | 2017 | Ardyn | Bloom EP | Co-writer/Producer | Katherine Pearson, Robert Pearson, James Napier | Tom Skyrme |
| "Out of Luck" | 2018 | Chloe Howl | Work EP | Co-writer | Chlöe Howl | - |
| "Freak" | 2019 | Avicii | Tim | Co-writer | Tim Bergling, Kristoffer Fodgelmark, Albin Nedler, Hachidai Nakamura, Justin Vernon, Rokusuke Ei, Sam Smith, James Napier, Thomas Petty, Jeffrey Lynne | - |
| "That's Me, Just a Sweet Melody" | 2019 | Shura | Forevher | Co-writer | Aleksandra Yakunina-Denton | - |

### Remixes

* Sharon Van Etten – "We Are Fine" (2012)
* Montevideo – "Castles" (2012)
* Sam Smith – "Safe with Me" (2013)
* Haim – "The Wire" (2013)
* Chvrches – "Lies" (2013)
* London Grammar – "Sights" (2014)
* Years & Years – "Desire" (2014)
* Shura – "What's It Gonna Be?" (2016)
* Christine and the Queens – "Saint Claude" (2016)
* Wolf Alice – "Don't Delete the Kisses" (2018)
* Rostam – "Gwan" (2018)
* Hozier – "Almost (Sweet Music)" (2019)
* Frere – "Often Wrong" (2020)
* Deftones – "Change (In the House of Flies)" (2020)
* Sofia Kourtesis – "La Perla" (2021)
* Swedish House Mafia and the Weeknd – "Moth to a Flame" (2022)
* Pheelz featuring BNXN – "Finesse" (2022)
* The Range – "Bicameral" (2022)
* Flume featuring Caroline Polachek – "Sirens" (2022)