# Teo Halm

Teo Lucas Halm (born May 18, 1999) is an American record producer, songwriter, singer, and actor. As a producer and songwriter, Halm has contributed to several notable projects, including two tracks on SZA's acclaimed album SOS, (Notice Me and Open Arms with Travis Scott,) Rosalía's hit singles "Con Altura" with J Balvin and "TKN" with Travis Scott (the former earning a Latin Grammy Award,) and "Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me at All)" by Omar Apollo. Halm also contributed to two tracks on the Beyoncé-produced The Lion King: The Gift. As an actor, Halm is best known for starring in the 2014 film Earth to Echo.

## Life and career

Teo Halm was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother's family is from France and Morocco and his father is Australian, of British and Czech descent.
Halm grew up performing in theater, performing in productions of The Sound of Music and The Music Man. Some of his first professional credits included a 2009 episode of the PBS series Nova and an UCLA alumni fundraising campaign. In the following years he appeared in a few short films. He was cast in a supporting role in the James Franco-directed Bukowski, an independent film adaption of Ham on Rye; the film was produced in early 2013 but was not distributed due to a copyright issue. Also in 2013, Halm was cast in the pilot of the Disney Channel Boy Meets World follow-up series Girl Meets World as Elliot, the son of Cory and Topanga; his character was ultimately cut from the series after the pilot was shot.
Halm had his most prominent film role in the 2014 sci-fi fantasy film Earth to Echo, for which he received top billing. The film premiered at the LA Film Festival and was released in theaters in July 2014. For his role as Alex, Halm received the Best Actor Award at the ninth annual PICK Awards. As a teenager, he had a supporting lead role in the movie Memoria, which premiered at the Austin Film Festival in 2015 and distributed in North America in 2016, and the film Camp starring Joey King and Nolan Gould. In 2018, Halm played the role of Theo in the independent feature film Spiral Farm; it premiered at Slamdance Film Festival in January 2019 during which it was nominated for Best Narrative Feature.
Since 2016, Halm has worked as a record producer and songwriter, and often collaborates with producers Michael Uzowuru, Frank Dukes, Mark Ronson, Carter Lang and Blake Slatkin. In 2019, he was named to Billboard's 21 Under 21 list of songwriters and producers, having co-written the Latin Grammy-winning song "Con Altura" by Rosalia (featuring J Balvin) and co-writing and co-producing "Mood 4 Eva" by Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Childish Gambino, from the Grammy-nominated album The Lion King: The Gift. In 2021, "Mountains", performed by Charlotte Day Wilson and co-written by Halm, was sampled in the track "Fair Trade" by Drake featuring Travis Scott from the album Certified Lover Boy. At the 2022 Juno Awards, Teo was nominated as a co-writer with Charlotte Day Wilson as Songwriter of the Year for "I Can Only Whisper." Omar Apollo's Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me at All) co-written and produced by Halm reached number 51 on Billboard Hot 100 after going viral on Tiktok. Rolling Stone ranked it at number 29 on the 100 Best Songs of 2022. At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2022, Teo as a writer/producer of four songs on the Rosalia album Motomami won a Latin Grammy for Album of the Year and also best Alternative Music Album. At the 2023 Grammy Awards Motomami won Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album. Halm co-wrote and produced two songs on the SZA album SOS, Notice Me and Open Arms (with Travis Scott). The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and stayed there for ten consecutive weeks, becoming the biggest streaming R&B album of the decade. In May 2024, Omar Apollo announced the June 28 release of his second studio album, God Said No, which was recorded in London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios with executive producer Teo Halm. In September 2024 Rex Orange County released his long-awaited fifth studio album The Alexander Technique with six tracks co-written and produced by his friend Halm. As a songwriter, he is signed to Universal Music Publishing Group and Electric Feel Publishing.

## Filmography

Film and television roles :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Nova | Neanderthal boy | TV series; episode: "Becoming Human: Last Human Standing" |
| 2012 | Waltham Vanguard | Bud | Short film; CINE Golden Eagle winner |
| 2013 | Bukowski | Frank Sullivan | Unreleased |
| 2014 | 15 | Young Brother | Short film |
| 2014 | Girl Meets World | Elliot Matthews | Unaired pilot |
| 2014 | Earth to Echo | Alex | PICK Awards winner – Best Actor |
| 2015 | Lift | The Introvert | Short film |
| 2015 | Memoria | Alex (13 yrs) | |
| 2019 | Spiral Farm | Theo | Slamdance Premiere January 26, 2019 |
| 2024 | Camp | Howard | Tubi Original movie set for release July 12, 2024 |

## Discography
### Singles

* "Ukiyo" (2016)
* "Sweet" 2016
* "she doesn't even know my name" (2017)
* "scumbag demo" (2017)
* "GIIIRL" (2017)
* "Today" (2018)
* "Frankie Muniz wakes up to a perfect morning (2018)
* "outside orbit 124 1" (2018)
* "R3552 INTO THE SUN (2018)
* 3:4 Mystics 126.82 (2018)
* "Momma" (2018)
* "new days" (2020)
* "Sun On Me 147.13 Th" (2021)
* "Alright so now we in the thrashher tee [149.502 BPM]" (2022)
* "Winter 1 Th" (2022)
* "Dnb 2 166 Th" (2023)
* "Blueprint 2" (2024)
* "suite for a friend" (2024)
* "RAIN AMBIENCE 3 TH" (2024)

## Production discography
### Production and songwriting

Tracks credited as producer and songwriter, unless otherwise noted :
| Year | Artist(s) | Song | Album | Notes |
| 2016 | Kevin Abstract | "Tattoo" | American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story | Asst. production credit |
| 2016 | Kevin Abstract | "Yellow" | American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story | Asst. production credit, additional vocals |
| 2016 | Ezra Maeve, Teo Halm | "Ukiyo" | Lavender Hills | |
| 2016 | Raury | "Neveralone" | N/A | Also bass, drums |
| 2018 | ¿Teo? featuring Jaden Smith | "Uno Dos" | ¿Teo? | |
| 2018 | ¿Teo? | "Unitedpalace (Interlude)" | ¿Teo? | Producer only |
| 2018 | Amandla Stenberg | "Always" | The Hate U Give (OST) | |
| 2018 | Omar Apollo, Teo Halm | "Today" | Skate Kitchen (OST) | |
| 2018 | Quadry, Teo Halm | "Momma" | Malik Ruff | |
| 2018 | Choker | "Juno" | Honeybloom | |
| 2019 | Goldlink, Khalid | "Days Like This" | Diaspora | |
| 2019 | Kelsey Lu | "I'm Not in Love" | Blood | Also engineer |
| 2019 | Rosalía & J Balvin | "Con Altura" | N/A | |
| 2019 | 070 Shake & Jessie Reyez | "Scar" | The Lion King: The Gift | |
| 2019 | Beyoncé, Jay-Z & Childish Gambino | "Mood 4 Eva" | The Lion King: The Gift | Misc. production credit |
| 2019 | King Princess featuring Tobias Jesso Jr. | "Isabel's Moment" | Cheap Queen | Also engineer, piano |
| 2019 | Choker | "Lucky" | Forever & A Few | |
| 2019 | Choker | "Guppy" | Forever & A Few | |
| 2019 | Choker | "Guava Tea" | Forever & A Few | |
| 2019 | Charlotte Day Wilson | "Mountains" | Alpha | Also guitar |
| 2019 | UMI | "Love Affair" | Love Language | Also bass guitar |
| 2019 | Omar Apollo | "Trouble" | Friends (Omar Apollo EP) | |
| 2019 | Vegyn | "Fire Like Tyndall" | Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds | Songwriting credit only |
| 2019 | Vegyn | "I Don't Owe U NYthing" | Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds | Songwriting credit only |
| 2020 | Rosalía & Travis Scott | "TKN" | N/A | |
| 2020 | IDK featuring Juicy J | "Square Up" | IDK & FRIENDS 2 | |
| 2020 | Kaash Paige | "FRIENDS" | Teenage Fever | |
| 2020 | Troye Sivan | "could cry just thinking about you" | In A Dream | |
| 2020 | Anne-Marie featuring Doja Cat | "To Be Young" | Therapy | Also bass, drums, piano, programming, synthesizer |
| 2020 | Omar Apollo | "Kamikaze" | Apolonio | |
| 2020 | Bea Miller | "Self Crucify" | elated | |
| 2020 | Zack Villere | "Causeway" | N/A | |
| 2020 | Tierra Whack | "Dora" | TW2* | Co-producer credit, background vocals |
| 2021 | Charlotte Day Wilson feat.BadBadNotGood | "I Can Only Whisper" | Alpha | Songwriting credit only |
| 2021 | Swae Lee featuring Jhené Aiko | "In the Dark" | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| 2021 | Drake featuring Travis Scott | "Fair Trade (song)" | Certified Lover Boy | Composer and lyricist credits only |
| 2021 | Baby Keem | "trademark usa" | The Melodic Blue | |
| 2021 | Omar Apollo featuring Kali Uchis | "Bad Life" | | Also guitar, bass, programming, synth |
| 2021 | HVN | "Hellscat" | All Girls Go To Heaven | |
| 2022 | FKA twigs | "Meta Angel" | Caprisongs | |
| 2022 | FKA twigs | "Pamplemousse" | Caprisongs |
| 2022 | Rosalía | "La Combi Versace" (featuring Tokischa) | Motomami | Songwriting and Miscellaneous Producer |
| 2022 | Lous and the Yakuza | Kisé | LATY2* | Producer only |
| 2022 | Omar Apollo | "Evergreen" | Ivory | Also bass and programming |
| 2022 | Selah Sue | "Twice a Day" | Persona | Songwriting credit only |
| 2022 | Tanna Leone | "Death n’ Taxes" | Sleepy Soldier | |
| 2022 | Tanna Leone | "February" | Sleepy Soldier | Also drums, percussion, bass, guitar, keyboards |
| 2022 | Ravyn Lenae | "Inside Out" | Hypnos | Producer only |
| 2022 | Ravyn Lenae featuring Mereba | "Where I'm From" | Hypnos | Producer only |
| 2022 | Rex Orange County | "Threat" | N/A | Also guitar and bass |
| 2022 | Rosalía | "Aislamiento" | Motomami+ | Songwriting credit only |
| 2022 | Rosalía | "La Kilié | Motomami+ | |
| 2022 | Rosalía | "LAX" | Motomami+ | |
| 2022 | Omar Apollo | "Saving All My Love" | Ivory (Marfil) | Producer only |
| 2022 | Kid Cudi | "Maybe So" | Entergalactic | |
| 2022 | Arima Ederra | "Portals" | Orange Colored Day | Producer only |
| 2022 | Arima Ederra | "Steel Wing" | Orange Colored Day | |
| 2022 | Arima Ederra | "Letters from the Imaginary" | Orange Colored Day | |
| 2022 | Arima Ederra | "Message" | Orange Colored Day | Producer only |
| 2022 | Arima Ederra | "Orange Colored Day" | Orange Colored Day | |
| 2022 | Arima Ederra | "Drugz/Wooden Wheel" | Orange Colored Day | Producer only |
| 2022 | Arima Ederra | "Fall for You" | Orange Colored Day | Songwriting credit only |
| 2022 | Arima Ederra | "Dual Skies" | Orange Colored Day | Producer only |
| 2022 | Arima Ederra | "Yellow Cabi" | Orange Colored Day | Producer only |
| 2022 | Mount Kimbie and Dom Maker | "dvd" (featuring Choker) | MK 3.5: Die Cuts | City Planning | Songwriting credit, drums and bass |
| 2022 | Kenny Beats | "Rotten" | Louie | Songwriting credit only |
| 2022 | Lous and the Yakuza | "Takata" | Iota | Producer only |
| 2022 | Lous and the Yakuza | "Monster" | Iota | Producer only |
| 2022 | Lous and the Yakuza | "Yuzu Balade" | Iota | Producer only |
| 2022 | SZA | "Notice Me" | SOS | |
| 2022 | SZA featuring Travis Scott | "Open Arms" | SOS | Also drums, guitar, keyboards |
| 2022 | Vegyn, Teo Halm, Michael Uzowuru | "Alright so now we in the thrashher tee [149.502 BPM]" | Don't Follow Me Because I'm Lost Too!! | |
| 2023 | Lil Yachty | "Drive Me Crazy!" | Let's Start Here | |
| 2023 | Julián Dysart | "Man Down" | | |
| 2023 | Matt Cleare | "4000!" | | |
| 2023 | Kirby (Ni'Jah) | "Agatha" | Swarm soundtrack | |
| 2023 | Amire Obè | "Blinded Interlude" | after. | |
| 2023 | Vagabon | "Do Your Worst" | Sorry I Haven’t Called | |
| 2023 | Omar Apollo | "Ice Slippin" | Live for Me | Also drums, guitar, synthesizer, programming |
| 2023 | Omar Apollo | "Pilot" | Live for Me | Also drums, bass, synthesizer |
| 2023 | Sampha | "Inclination Compass (Tenderness)" | Lahai | Producer only |
| 2024 | Yeat | "Never Quit" | 2093 P2 | |
| 2024 | Dominic Fike | "Coast2coast" | 14 Minutes | |
| 2024 | Trueno | "Plo Plo!" | El Ultimo Baile | |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "Spite" | God Said No | Also drums, bass, guitar, synthesizer, Juno synthesizer, programming, percussion |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "Dispose of Me" | God Said No | Also bass, drums, percussion |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "Less of You" | God Said No | Also keyboards, synthesizer, background vocals, programming, Oberheim synthesizer, Roland paraphonic keyboards |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "Be Careful with Me" | God Said No | Also background vocals, synthesizer, drum programming, piano |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "Done with You" | God Said No | Also background vocals, programming, guitar, bass, drums, Mellotron |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "Plane Trees" (featuring Mustafa) | God Said No | Also synthesizer, guitar Juno synthesizer, grand piano |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "Drifting" | God Said No | Also background vocals, synthesizer, programming, Prophet synthesizer |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "Empty" | God Said No | Also background vocals, Wurlitzer, upright piano, |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "Life's Unfair" | God Said No | Also synthesizer, programming |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "Against Me" | God Said No | Also Prophet synthesizer |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "While U Can" | God Said No | |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "How" | God Said No | Also drum programming, Juno synthesizer, synthesizer programming |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "Pedro" (featuring Pedro Pascal) | God Said No | Also background vocals, piano,Wurlitzer, celeste piano, horns |
| 2024 | Omar Apollo | "Glow" | God Said No | Also programming, guitar, bass, grand piano, organ, Minimoog |
| 2024 | Bruteman | "And in the Night" | | Also bass, guitar, synths, drums |
| 2024 | Rex Orange County | "Guitar Song" | The Alexander Technique | Also acoustic guitar, background vocal, bass guitar, drum machine, horn arrangement, programmer |
| 2024 | Rex Orange County | "The Table" | The Alexander Technique | Also synth, piano, programmer |
| 2024 | Rex Orange County | "2008" | | Also electric guitar, drum programming |
| 2024 | Rex Orange County | "Therapy" | | |
| 2024 | Rex Orange County | "Lost For Words" | | Also acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mouth trumpet, drum programming |
| 2024 | Rex Orange County | "Finally" | | Also sample chop, programming |
| 2024 | Pearl & The Oysters | "Halfway Where? | Planet Pearl | Songwriting credit only |
| 2024 | Pearl & The Oysters | "Big Time" | Planet Pearl | Songwriting credit only |
| 2024 | Pearl & The Oysters | "Mid City" | Planet Pearl | Songwriting credit only |
| 2024 | Halsey | "Dog Years" | "The Great Impersonator" | Additional production |
| 2024 | Sailorr | "W1LL U L13?" | | |
| 2024 | Arima Ederra featuring Mereba | "Oh God" | | Also guitar, congas, engineering |
| 2024 | Arima Ederra | "Really Tired" | | Also Moog Model D, engineering |
| 2024 | Quadry | "The Ghost of BrandyWine" | Ask a Magnolia | |
| 2024 | Quadry | "I'm Wrong" | Ask a Magnolia | |
| 2024 | Quadry | "The Waterboy" | Ask a Magnolia | |

### Other credits

* Score of Guava Island (2019); guitar, trombone, bass guitar
* Miley Cyrus – "Never Be Me" from Plastic Hearts (2020); keyboards
* Mustafa – "Stay Alive" from When Smoke Rises (2021); bass guitar
* Pearl & the Oysters – Flowerland (2021); engineer, guitar
* Bruteman – "That's Us" from Mosquito (2024); bass, drums

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Notes |
| 2014 | PICK Awards | Best Actor Award | Earth to Echo | Won | |
| 2019 | Latin Grammy Awards | Best Urban Song | "Con Altura" (Rosalía & J Balvin) | Won | Songwriter |
| 2021 | BMI Awards | Award Winning Song | "Con Altura" (Rosalía & J Balvin) | Won | Songwriter |
| 2022 | Juno Awards | Songwriter of the Year | "I Can Only Whisper" (Charlotte Day Wilson) | Nominated | Songwriter |
| 2022 | Latin Grammy Awards | Album of the Year | Motomami (Rosalía) | Won | Songwriter/producer 4 tracks |
| 2022 | Latin Grammy Awards | Best Alternative Music Album | Motomami (Rosalía) | Won | Songwriter/producer 4 tracks |
| 2023 | Grammy Awards | Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | Motomami (Rosalía) | Won | Songwriter/producer 4 tracks |
| 2023 | Grammy Awards | Best Progressive R&B Album | SOS (SZA) | Won | Songwriter/producer 2 tracks |