Jetta (musician) explained

Jetta
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Birth Name:Jetta John-Hartley
Origin:Liverpool, England
Years Active:2014 – present

Jetta (full name Jetta John-Hartley) is a singer-songwriter and record producer from Liverpool who is based in London.

Early life

When she was 15 years old, Jetta was gifted the music editing software Logic on which she taught herself to produce music.[1]

Career

In 2014, Jetta released a self-shot music video for her song "Start A Riot" which gained thousands of views in its first week on YouTube and brought her significant attention. The same year, her cover of Ten Years After's song "I'd Love To Change The World" was used in a trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the first trailer for the movies Nightcrawler and Terminator Genisys, and in the first episode of the fourth season of CBS' TV series Person of Interest.

In 2015, after pairing up with electronic producer Matstubs on a remix of Jetta's cover, the song received further significant attention after being posted to the Trap Nation YouTube channel. It then hit gold, generating over 200 million plays on YouTube, and 120 million on Spotify, becoming her most listened to song. In 2017, L'Orchestra Cinématique released the remix cover of the song on the trailer for .[2]

Jetta has written songs for rapper Machine Gun Kelly ("Merry Go Round"), girl group Neon Jungle ("Louder", "Fool Me"), DJ Sam Feldt ("Runaways"), and singers P!nk ("More"), Medina ("Runnin Out of Love", "We Survive") and Ashley Roberts ("Clockwork").[3]

Between 2019 and 2020, Jetta released four standalone singles, "No Fire", "Livin'", "I Wanna Know" and "Taste".[4] Jetta released her next single "He Usually Likes Boys" on 22 July 2021, followed by "Honey", on 3 December the same year.

On 12 August 2022, she released the extended play Livin which was composed of her four previously released singles (including "Livin'") and two stripped versions of "Livin" and "No Fire".[5]

In 2023, Jetta released a series of back to back, along with self-shot music videos for each single.

On 26 January 2024, Jetta released her debut album Relax, The House Is On Fire. [6]

Discography

Studio albums

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Relax, The House Is On Fire
  • Released: 26 January 2024
  • Label: 3Beat, Universal Music Group, Casablanca Records
  • Status: Full-length
  • Format: Streaming

Extended plays

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Start a Riot
Feels Like Coming Home
  • Released: 19 April 2014[8]
  • Label: Lava, Republic Records
  • Status: Promotional
  • Format: CD
Crescendo
  • Released: 16 May 2014[9]
  • Label: Polydor
  • Status: Promotional
  • Format: CD
Start a Riot
(Re-release)
  • Released: 11 May 2018[10]
  • Label: Lion's Roar Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Tonic
  • Released: 24 August 2018[11]
  • Label: Lion's Roar Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Livin

Singles

TitleYearCertificationsAlbum
"Feels Like Coming Home" [13] 2013Start a Riot
Feels Like Coming Home
"Start a Riot" [14] 2014Start a Riot
"Crescendo"Crescendo
"I'd Love to Change the World/Matstubs remix"[15] RIAA: Gold [16] non-album singles
"Take it Easy (Matstubs Remix)"[17] 2016
"Zoo"[18] 2018
"Hangin'"[19] Tonic
"Losing Control"[20]
"Fool"[21]
"Enemy in Me"
"No Fire"[22] 2019 Livin
"Livin'"[23] 2020
"I Wanna Know"[24]
"Taste"[25] non-album single
"He Usually Likes Boys"[26] 2021Livin
"Honey"[27] non-album single
"sticky icky"[28] 2023Relax, The House Is On Fire
"sicklysweet"[29]
"teardrops on the radio"
"teardrops (chopped n screwed)"
"what happens now?"
"call me when it’s over"

Other appearances

TitleYearAlbum
"You Win"[31] 2013Kokowääh 2 (Original Soundtrack)
"Slow Down"
(Sigma featuring Jetta)[32]
2015Life (Deluxe)
"Slow Down (Calyx and Teebee Remix)"
(Sigma featuring Jetta, Calyx and Teebee)[33]
2017Life (Remixes)
"Can't Catch Me 2.0"
(NoMBe featuring Mikky Ekko and Jetta)[34]
2019They Might've Even Loved Me (Re:Imagination)
"More (Demo)"
(Busbee featuring Jetta)[35]
2023non-album single

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Renaissance Woman: Independent, free-thinking and serious in her artistry, Jetta is finally getting the attention she deserves. Line of Best Fit. 18 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Star Trek: Discovery Trailer Music [Netflix Original] : I'd Love To Change The World]. YouTube. 20 July 2020.
  3. Web site: [Musician's Galore] Jetta]. Hamada Music Mania Blog . 5 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Jetta Drops 90s Leaning Throwback 'Livin'. 24 January 2020 . Clash. 31 May 2021.
  5. Web site: Livin'. Spotify. 16 October 2022.
  6. Web site: Relax, The House Is On Fire'. Spotify. 26 January 2024.
  7. Web site: AllMusic. Start a Riot by Jetta. 21 August 2018.
  8. Web site: Genius: Feels Like Coming Home by Jetta. 21 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180821223440/https://genius.com/albums/Jetta/Feels-like-coming-home-ep. 21 August 2018. dead.
  9. Web site: Discogs. Jetta - Crescendo. 7 November 2022.
  10. Web site: iTunes: Start a Riot by Jetta. Itunes.apple.com. 14 January 2014. 21 August 2018.
  11. Web site: iTunes: Tonic by Jetta. Itunes.apple.com. 21 August 2018.
  12. Web site: Livin' (EP). music.apple.com. 16 October 2022.
  13. Web site: Feels Like Coming Home - Single by Jetta. Music.apple.com. 31 December 2013. 20 July 2020.
  14. Web site: Summer Festival Guide: Start a Riot by Jetta. 2018-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20180821223446/https://www.summerfestivalguide.co.uk/Music-News/2012/10/28/Jetta-releases-debut-single-Start-A-Riot. 2018-08-21. dead.
  15. Web site: I'd Love To Change the World - Single by Jetta. Music.apple.com. 19 May 2014. 20 July 2020.
  16. Web site: Gold & Platinum. Riaa.com. 20 July 2020.
  17. Web site: Take It Easy (Matstubs Remix) - Single by Jetta. Music.apple.com. 29 April 2016. 20 July 2020.
  18. Web site: ZOO - Single by Jetta. Music.apple.com. 25 May 2018. 20 July 2020.
  19. Web site: Hangin' - Single by Jetta. Music.apple.com. 15 June 2018. 20 July 2020.
  20. Web site: Losing Control - Single by Jetta. Music.apple.com. 6 July 2018. 20 July 2020.
  21. Web site: Fool - Single by Jetta. Music.apple.com. 10 August 2018. 20 July 2020.
  22. Web site: No Fire - Single by Jetta. open.spotify.com. 4 October 2019. 30 May 2021.
  23. Web site: Livin' - Single by Jetta. open.spotify.com. 24 January 2020. 30 May 2021.
  24. Web site: I Wanna Know - Single by Jetta. open.spotify.com. 19 June 2020. 30 May 2021.
  25. Web site: Taste - Single by Jetta. open.spotify.com. 9 October 2020. 30 May 2021.
  26. Web site: Pre-save "he usually likes boys". open.spotify.com. 24 June 2021.
  27. Web site: Honey. open.spotify.com. 29 November 2021. 3 December 2021.
  28. Web site: sticky icky. Spotify. 4 August 2023. 1 September 2023.
  29. Web site: sicklysweet. Spotify. 25 August 2023. 1 September 2023.
  30. Web site: Electrify by Jakwob. YouTube. 20 July 2020.
  31. Web site: You Win. 20 July 2020. Open.spotify.com. 8 February 2013.
  32. Web site: Life (Deluxe) by Sigma. Music.apple.com. 4 December 2015. 20 July 2020.
  33. Web site: Slow Down - Calyx & TeeBee Remix - song and lyrics by Sigma, Jetta, Calyx & TeeBee . Spotify. 3 December 2021 .
  34. Web site: Can't Catch Me 2.0 . open.spotify.com. 6 March 2019 . 5 July 2021.
  35. Web site: More (Demo) . Deezer. 25 July 2023 . 1 September 2023.