| Background: | person |
| Aldae | |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Birth Name: | Gregory Hein[1] |
| Origin: | Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
| Years Active: | 2016–present |
| Label: | Legends Only[2] |
Gregory Hein, known professionally as Aldae, is an American songwriter and record producer.[3] He has co-written songs for a variety of artists including Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Selena Gomez, Marshmello, John Legend, Machine Gun Kelly, Khalid, Jackson Wang, and Tainy among others.[4] In 2023, Aldae co-wrote Miley Cyrus' record-breaking single "Flowers", for which he achieved his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1.
Aldae grew up in Arlington, Texas, where he was exposed to music listening to KIIS-FM and began writing songs as young as ten years old.[5] He began his career by uploading original music to YouTube, and was signed to Columbia Records as a solo artist in 2016, before shifting his focus to collaborating with other artists.[6] He adopted the moniker Aldae as a reference to spending "all day" in a recording studio.[7]
After moving to Los Angeles, his songwriting caught the attention of Pulse Music Group, where he signed a publishing deal in 2019. Soon after, Aldae co-wrote the single "OK Not to Be OK", released by Marshmello and Demi Lovato in September 2020 in partnership with non-profit Hope for the Day to raise awareness around suicide prevention and mental health education.[8]
After being introduced to Justin Bieber through Skrillex and DJ Tay, Aldae co-wrote 5 songs for his 2021 album Justice: "2 Much," "As I Am," "Unstable," "Somebody," and "There She Go."[9] Aldae received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year at the 64th GRAMMY Awards for his contributions to the album.
In February 2022 Aldae released his debut single "Long Way From Texas" followed by his solo project ALDAE – Vol. 1 in April.[10]
Aldae co-wrote Miley Cyrus' single "Flowers," released January 12, 2023, with Cyrus and Michael Pollack.[11] Originally written as a piano ballad, the song came together "within an hour" according to Aldae. The song debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the chart for 8 total weeks, as well as the Pop Airplay chart for 10 weeks.[12] [13] On Spotify, "Flowers" broke the record for the most weekly streams for two consecutive weeks, and became the fastest song to reach 1 billion streams on the platform.[14] [15] Aldae also co-wrote two other tracks on Cyrus' album Endless Summer Vacation: "Muddy Feet" and "Wonder Woman." "Flowers" was awarded two Grammy Awards at the 2024 Grammy Awards: Best Pop Solo Performance and Record Of The Year.
| Album | Produced | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Merk & Kremont | "Kids" | — | |
| Madison Ryann Ward | "Beyond Me" | Beyond Me | — | |
| Yultron | "Westcoast" (with Jay Park) | On Fire | — | |
| The Rubens | "Falling Asleep at the Wheel" (with Vic Mensa) | ✓ | ||
| Rich Brian | "Yellow" (featuring Bekon) | The Sailor | — | |
| "Rapapapa" (featuring RZA) | — | |||
| "Curious" | — | |||
| "Slow Down Turbo" | — | |||
| "No Worries" | — | |||
| Jackson Wang | "I Love You 3000 II" (with Stephanie Poetri) | Head in the Clouds II | — | |
| Joji | "Walking" (with Jackson Wang featuring Swae Lee and Major Lazer) | — | ||
| Rich Brian | "2 The Face" (with Higher Brothers) | ✓ | ||
| Jackson Wang | "Bullet to the Heart" | Mirrors | — | |
| "Dway!" | — | |||
| "On The Rocks" | — | |||
| "Unless I'm With You" | — | |||
| 2020 | Stephanie Poetri | "Do You Love Me" | ✓ | |
| Kito | "Alone With You" (featuring AlunaGeorge) | — | ||
| Lukas Graham | "Scars" | — | ||
| Aaron Carpenter | "You" | — | ||
| Trevor Daniel | "Things We Do For Love" | Nicotine | ✓ | |
| Go-Jo | "No One Else" | — | ||
| Kina | "Feel Again" (featuring Au/Ra) | Things I Wanted To Tell You | — | |
| Carlie Hanson | "Stealing All My Friends" | DestroyDestroyDestroyDestroy | — | |
| Bryce Vine | "Strawberry Water" | Problems | — | |
| Marshmello | "OK Not To Be OK" (with Demi Lovato) | Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over (Expanded Edition) | — | |
| Machine Gun Kelly | "All I Know" (featuring Trippie Redd) | Tickets to my Downfall | — | |
| Cxloe | "Plans" | Heavy, Pt. 1 | — | |
| Jutes | "Jet Black Mascara" | A Really Bad Dream | — | |
| Arashi | "In The Summer" | This is Arashi | — | |
| Muni Long | "Nekkid" (with YFN Lucci) | Black Like This | — | |
| Sam Feldt | "Home Sweet Home" (featuring Alma and Digital Farm Animals) | — | ||
| Grey | "Jaded" | Dark | — | |
| 2021 | PrettyMuch | "Free" | Smackables | — |
| Celeste | "Some Goodbyes Come With Hellos" | Not Your Muse | — | |
| Selena Gomez | "Vicio" | Revelación | — | |
| Justin Bieber | "As I Am" (featuring Khalid) | Justice | — | |
| "Unstable" (featuring The Kid Laroi) | ✓ | |||
| "2 Much" | — | |||
| "Somebody" | — | |||
| "There She Go" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) | Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) | — | ||
| Demi Lovato | "15 Minutes" | Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over | — | |
| Morray | "That's On God" | Street Sermons | — | |
| Sangiovanni | "Malibu" (with Trevor Daniel) | Sangiovanni | — | |
| Anitta | "Furiosa" | F9: The Fast Saga (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | — | |
| Jxdn | "Tonight" (featuring Iann Dior) | Tell Me About Tomorrow | — | |
| Yungblud | "Fleabag" | — | ||
| Shawn Mendes | "Summer of Love" (with Tainy) | — | ||
| Surfaces | "C'est La Vie" (with Thomas Rhett) | Pacifico (Deluxe) | ✓ | |
| Westlife | "Alone Together" | Wild Dreams | — | |
| Jimmy Fallon | "It Was a... (Masked Christmas)" (featuring Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion) | — | ||
| 2022 | Machine Gun Kelly | "Ay!" (featuring Lil Wayne) | Mainstream Sellout | — |
| Masn | "Love Me For Me" | — | ||
| Aldae | "Long Way From Texas" | Aldae – Vol. 1 | ✓ | |
| "Too Far" | ✓ | |||
| "Safe Word" | ✓ | |||
| "Heart Is So Sick" | ✓ | |||
| "Poltergeist" | ✓ | |||
| "God Complex" | — | |||
| "Honeymoon" | ✓ | |||
| Anitta | "Ur Baby" (featuring Khalid) | Versions of Me | — | |
| MK | "Teardrops" (with Paul Woolford featuring Majid Jordan) | — | ||
| Becky G | "Bailé Con Mi Ex" | Esquemas | — | |
| Umi | "Sorry" | Forest in the City | ✓ | |
| The Chainsmokers | "Something Different" | So Far So Good | — | |
| Marshmello | "Numb" (with Khalid) | — | ||
| Joy Oladokun | "That's How God Made Me" | Anything's Possible (Motion Picture Soundtrack) | — | |
| Machine Gun Kelly | "Last November" | Mainstream Sellout (Life in Pink Deluxe) | — | |
| Jxdn | "Beautiful Boy" | 28 (Songs for Cooper) | ✓ | |
| Chris Brown | "Hate Being Human" | Breezy (Deluxe) | — | |
| Mabel | "Crying On The Dance Floor" | About Last Night... | — | |
| "I Love Your Girl" | — | |||
| Marshmello | "American Psycho" (with Mae Muller featuring Trippie Redd) | — | ||
| Ali Gatie | "Crying in the Rain" | Who Hurt You? | ✓ | |
| "Can't Give Up" | — | |||
| Yungblud | "Cruel Kids" | Yungblud | — | |
| John Legend | "Honey" (featuring Muni Long) | Legend | — | |
| Vicetone | "Always Running" | — | ||
| Sueco | "Last Thing I Do" | It Was Fun While It Lasted | — | |
| "Bad Vibes" | — | |||
| Khalid | "Satellite" | — | ||
| David Guetta | "Together" (with Morten featuring Aldae) | Episode 2 | — | |
| Fletcher | "Healing" | Girl of my Dreams (Deluxe) | — | |
| Adam DeVine | "Know My Name (Bumper Version)" | — | ||
| 2023 | Lukas Graham | "Wish You Were Here" (featuring Khalid) | 4 (The Pink Album) | — |
| Charlieonnafriday | "That's What I Get" | ✓ | ||
| Skrillex | "Don't Go" (with Justin Bieber & Don Toliver) | Don't Get Too Close | — | |
| Skrillex | "Inhale Exhale" (with Aluna and Kito) | Quest for Fire | — | |
| Miley Cyrus | "Flowers" | Endless Summer Vacation | — | |
| "Used To Be Young" | — | |||
| "Muddy Feet" (featuring Sia) | — | |||
| "Wonder Woman" | — | |||
| Illenium | "With All My Heart" (with Jvke) | Illenium | — | |
| Jonas Brothers | "Waffle House" | The Album | — | |
| "Summer Baby" | — | |||
| "Montana Sky" | — | |||
| "Little Bird" | — | |||
| "Summer In The Hamptons" | — | |||
| Maroon 5 | "Middle Ground" | — | ||
| SLANDER | "With I Could Forget" (with blackbear & Bring Me The Horizon) | Non-album single | — | |
| Leigh-Anne | "Don't Say Love" | — | ||
| Loud Luxury | "If Only I" (with Two Friends featuring Bebe Rexha) | — | ||
| Boys World | "Funeral" | Me, My Girls & I | — | |
| Henry Moodie | "pick up the phone" | Non-album single | ✓ | |
| Trippie Redd | "Left 4 Dead" | A Love Letter To You 5 | ✓ | |
| Quavo | "Hold Me" | Rocket Power | ✓ | |
| Sueco | "Yours" (feat. Bea Miller) | Non-album single | ✓ | |
| Jessie Murph | "Wild Ones" (feat. Jelly Roll) | Non-album single | — | |
| TOMORROW X TOGETHER | "Deep Down" | The Name Chapter: FREEFALL | — | |
| blink-182 | "ONE MORE TIME" | One More Time... | — | |
| "CUT ME OFF" | One More Time... | — | ||
| "SEE YOU" | One More Time... | — | ||
| Jung Kook | "Closer to You" (feat. Major Lazer) | GOLDEN | — | |
| "Shot Glass of Tears" | — | |||
| 2024 | FLETCHER | "Lead Me On" | IN SEARCH OF THE ANTIDOTE | — |
| jxdn | "WHAT THE HELL" | Non-album single | ✓ |