Omer Fedi

Omer Fedi at the MTV EMAs on 24 October 2020 in Los Angeles, California photographed by Rich Fury (source)

### Birth name

Omer Fedi
(Hebrew: עומר פדי)

### Hair colour

Black
Red (dyed)
Blonde (dyed)

### Occupation

Songwriter · Guitarist · Bassist · Drummer

### Genre(s)

Pop · punk · alternative · punk-rock · jazz · emo-rap · hip-hop

### Facebook

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**Omer Fedi** (Hebrew: עומר פדי; born 25 March 2000) is an Israeli guitarist, songwriter and producer from Tel Aviv. He has co-written, produced and performed on *"Mood"* by 24kGoldn and Iann Dior, *"Montero (Call Me By Your Name)"* by Lil Nas X, *"Stay"* by the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, which all peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the Kid Laroi and Juice Wrld's platinum single *"Go!"* and Machine Gun Kelly's Tickets to My Downfall album which peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. He was included on XXL magazine's list of the "best hip hop producers of 2020".

## Early life

His father, Asher Fedi, is a drummer who MTV described as *"one of the most accomplished and well-respected drummers in Israel"*. His father taught him to play drums from a young age, however at age 10, he began pursuing guitar instead, inspired by Drake Bell's character in Drake & Josh. At age 16, Fedi and his father moved to Los Angeles in order to find further musical opportunities, where Fedi then enrolled in Calabasas High School. Joining his high school's jazz ensemble, his playing soon began drawing audiences from outside of the regular parent attendees. A jazz clinician he worked with as part of the ensemble said Fedi "could speak through the instrument" when he played guitar.

In 2018, he entered the Reno Jazz Festival, where he won the "Outstanding Performer" award, against over 9,000 other contestants. Within the following year, he was approached by songwriter Sam Hook to collaborate. Fedi says that he had never written a song until then, but he worked with Hook every day after school.

## Career

Working with Sam Hook, Fedi began writing songs for artists like Ella Mai. He started worked with YUNGBLUD shortly after he finished high school and started branching out to other artists as well. Fedi soon met 24kGoldn at a party, then they started writing together just a week later.

Beginning in March 2020, Fedi began performing on Machine Gun Kelly's COVID-19 lockdown session, where he covered songs such as *"Misery Business"* and *"Waiting on the World to Change"*. On 31 March 2020, *"City of Angels"* by 24kGoldn was released, which Fedi co-wrote, produced and performed on. On 12 June, *"Go!"* by the Kid Laroi featuring Juice Wrld was released, which Fedi produced. On the same day, *"I'm Gone"* by Iann Dior was released, which Fedi produced and composed. On 21 July, Fedi co-wrote and performed on *"Mood"* by 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior, which was released on 24 July 2020, which peaked at number one and remained in the charts for 33 weeks. On the same day, the Kid Laroi's mixtape F\*ck Love was released, which Fedi produced and helped compose. On 6 November, *"Without You"* was released along with the *F\*ck Love* deluxe titled *F\*ck Love (Savage)* by the Kid Laroi was released, which Fedi co-wrote, composed and co-produced. The song peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100. He performed guitar and bass and co-produced on Machine Gun Kelly's album Tickets to My Downfall, which was released on 25 September, and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. On 4 December 2020, YUNGBLUD's album *weird!* was released, which Fedi performed on.

He performed on and produced Lil Nas X's song *"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"*, which was released on 26 March 2021. The same day 24kGoldn's El Dorado album was released, which Fedi also performed on and produced. On 21 May 2021, *"Sun Goes Down"*, the second single from Lil Nas X's album *Montero* was released, which Fedi co-wrote and co-produced. He produced the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber's single "Stay" which was released on 9 July 2021.

## Credits

* "teresa" - songwriter, composer, lyricist, bassist
* "cotton candy" - producer, composer, lyricist, bassist
* "mars" - producer, keyboards, programming,
* "superdeadfriends" - bassist
* "love song" - programming

## Discography

### Guitarist

* *Hotel Diablo by Machine Gun Kelly*
* *Tickets to My Downfall by Machine Gun Kelly*
* *Weird!|weird! by YUNGBLUD*
* *Pink Planet by Pink Sweats*
* *El Dorado by 24kGoldn*
* *Montero by Lil Nas X*

### Composer

* *Ella Mai by Ella Mai*
* *Nothings Ever Good Enough by Iann Dior*
* *Industry Plant by Iann Dior*
* *Dropped Out of College by 24kGoldn*
* *I'm Gone by Iann Dior*
* *F\*ck Love by The Kid Laroi*
* *Tickets to My Downfall by Machine Gun Kelly*
* *weird! by YUNGBLUD*

### Songwriter

* *Nicotine by Trevor Daniel*
* *Montero by Lil Nas X*

### Bassist

* *Tickets to My Downfall by Machine Gun Kelly*
* *weird! by YUNGBLUD*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 NME — "The Kid LAROI talks new single ‘Stay’ with Justin Bieber and shares update on debut album". Written by Will Lavin. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 MTV — "OMER FEDI IS THE GUITAR-POP PRODIGY BEHIND 24KGOLDN AND MACHINE GUN KELLY". Written by Ethan Shanfeld. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
3. ↑ Billboard — "Lil Nas X's 'Montero (Call Me by Your Name)' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100". Published 5 April 2021. Written by Gary Trust. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
4. ↑ Billboard — "Omer Fedi Rules Alternative Songwriters Chart Thanks to Hits by 24kGoldn & Machine Gun Kelly". Written by Xander Zellner. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
5. ↑ Billboard — "Machine Gun Kelly Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Tickets to My Downfall'". Written by Keith Caulfield. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
6. ↑ XXL — "Here Are the Best Hip-Hop Producers of 2020". Written by Kemet High. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
7. ↑ MTV — "Omer Fedi Is The Guitar-Pop Prodigy Behind 24kGoldn and Machine Gun Kelly". Published 20 October 2020. Written by Ethan Shanfeld. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
8. ↑ Kerrang! — "Watch Machine Gun Kelly And Travis Barker Cover Paramore’s Misery Business". Retrieved 14 March 2022.
9. ↑ NME — "Watch Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker cover Paramore’s ‘Misery Business’ during self-isolation". Written by Will Lavin. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
10. ↑ NME — "Watch Machine Gun Kelly cover John Mayer’s ‘Waiting On the World to Change’ for his #LockDownSessions". Written by Will Lavin. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
11. ↑ New York Times — "24kGoldn Became a Pandemic Pop Star. Now Comes the Real-World Test.". Written by Joe Coscarelli. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
12. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Corporation (triple j) — "Hottest 100 hotshot The Kid LAROI on Juice WRLD collab, Aus tour, Elton John co-sign". Written by Al Newstead. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
13. ↑ Genius — "The Kid Laroi Breaks Down The Meaning Of “Go”". Written by Steven Reneau. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
14. ↑ The 360 Mag — "IANN DIOR – SICK AND TIRED". Published 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
15. ↑ Slate — "When TikTok Makes You Famous, How Do You Turn That Into IRL Success?". Published 30 March 20221. Written by Melinda Fakuade. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
16. ↑ ABC NewsRadio — "How The Kid Laroi knew "Without You" would be a big hit". Published 23 February 2021. Written by Andrea Dresdale. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
17. ↑ Billboard — "The Hot 100". Retrieved 14 March 2022.
18. ↑ Young Hollywood — "EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT MACHINE GUN KELLY AND MOD SUN’S ‘DOWNFALLS HIGH’ MOVIE!". Published 13 January 2021. Written by Madison Murray. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
19. ↑ AllMusic — "Yungblud Weird!". Retrieved 14 March 2022.
20. ↑ The Fader — "Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” video is a surreal and biblical experience". Published 26 March 2021. Written by David Renshaw. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
21. ↑ Revolt — "Twitter reacts to Lil Nas X giving Satan a lap dance in “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” video". Published 26 March 2021. Written by Victoria Moorwood. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
22. ↑ Complex — "Lil Nas X Shares Video for New Song “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”". Published 26 March 2021. Written by Joe Price. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
23. ↑ Stereogum — "We’re About To Find Out If 24kGoldn Can Keep That “Mood” Momentum Going". Published 29 March 2021. Written by Chris DeVille. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
24. ↑ Rolling Stone — "Lil Nas X Helps Struggling Younger Version of Self in 'Sun Goes Down' Video". Published 21 May 2021. Written by Althea Legaspi. Retrieved 14 March 2022.