# Kevin Garrett (musician)

Kevin Garrett (born March 25, 1991) is an American musician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based out of Brooklyn, New York. He has released two EPs, as well as a full-length album, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for his work on Beyoncé's album Lemonade.

## Early life

Garrett was born on March 25, 1991, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was raised in Point Breeze. His first musical experience was playing the violin at a very young age, but he began writing his own songs later in life.

## Career

Garrett is signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation for publishing, and in 2018, he signed a worldwide recording deal with AWAL, Kobalt Music's recording company.
His debut EP, Mellow Drama, was released on April 7, 2015. Garrett co-wrote and co-produced "Pray You Catch Me", the lead track on Beyoncé's 2016 album, Lemonade. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for his work on the album.
In 2017 he released his second EP, False Hope. The release was accompanied by music videos for "Little Bit of You" and "Pulling Me Under", directed by Jean Claude Billmaier, and "Stranglehold" directed by Shervin Lainez.
In October 2018, Garrett released the single "In Case I Don't Feel", from his full-length debut, Hoax, which came out on March 22, 2019.

## Performances

Garrett has opened for Mumford & Sons, Alessia Cara, James Vincent McMorrow, X Ambassadors, James Bay, and Oh Wonder. In 2017 he headlined his False Hope tour, with ARIZONA as openers. He has also performed at Bonnaroo, Sasquatch! Music Festival, and the Firefly Music Festival.

## Personal life

From 2016 to 2018, Garrett was in a relationship with Canadian singer Alessia Cara. Garrett studied music technology at New York University.

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2017 | Grammy Award | Album of the Year | Lemonade by Beyoncé | Nominated |

## Discography
### Albums

List of full-length albums, with selected details :
| Title | Album details |
| Hoax | Released: March 22, 2019 Label: KG Music Formats: Vinyl, CD, digital download |

### EPs

List of extended plays, with selected details :
| Title | Album details |
| Mellow Drama | Released: April 7, 2015 Label: Kevin Garrett Formats: Digital download |
| False Hope | Released: February 3, 2017 Label: Kevin Garrett Formats: Digital download |
| Made Up Lost Time | Released: February 21, 2020 Label: Kevin Garrett, AWAL Formats: Digital download |

### Singles
#### as lead artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Colouring" | 2014 | Mellow Drama EP |
| "Control" | 2015 | Mellow Drama EP |
| "Refuse" | 2015 | Non-album single |
| "Precious" | 2016 | Non-album single |
| "Stranglehold" | 2017 | False Hope EP |
| "Little Bit of You" | 2017 | False Hope EP |
| "In Case I Don't Feel" | 2018 | Hoax |
| "Don't Rush" | 2019 | Hoax |
| "Factor In" | 2019 | Made Up Lost Time |
| "Every Time You Go Away" (with Lennon Stella) | 2020 | Non-album single |
| “Lonely Like Me” | 2021 | Non-album single |

#### as featured artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Baby" (KINGDM featuring Kevin Garrett) | 2016 | Non-album single |
| "Leave" (Whole Doubts featuring Kevin Garrett) | 2017 | Non-album single |

### Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
| "Do You Remember" | 2019 | Rudimental | Toast to Our Differences |

### Songwriting and Production Credits
#### songs written

| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
| 2016 | KINGDM | Non-album single | "Baby" feat. Kevin Garrett | Luca Masini, Beuben Butler, Samuel George Lewis |
| 2016 | Beyoncé | Lemonade | "Pray You Catch Me" | Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, James Blake |
| 2016 | Justine Skye | Ultraviolet | "U Don't Know" feat. Wizkid | Justine Skye, Jaramaye Daniels, Christopher Crowhurst, Ayodeji Balogun |
| 2017 | Whole Doubts | Non-album single | "Leave" feat. Kevin Garrett | Phoebe Ryan, Bryan Frizel, Aaron Kleinstub |
| 2017 | Rudimental | Toast to Our Differences | "Do You Remember" feat. Kevin Garrett | Amir Izadkhah, Piers Aggett, Kesi Dryden, Leon Rolle |
| 2019 | Banks | III | "Contaminated" | Jillian Banks, Brandon Treyshun Campbell |
| 2019 | Vérité | New Skin | "Faded" | Kelsey Byrne, Jason Wu, Zachary Nicita |
| 2020 | Lennon Stella | Three. Two. One. | "Bend Over Backwards" | Lennon Stella, Simon Wilcox, Samuel Whitte, James Ryan Ho |

#### songs produced

| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Produced with |
| 2016 | Beyoncé | Lemonade | "Pray You Catch Me" | Beyoncé, Jeremy McDonald |