Gregory Hein, known professionally as Aldae (homonymous with "all day"[3]), is an American songwriter and record producer.[1][4] 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.[5] In 2023, Aldae co-wrote Miley Cyrus' record-breaking single "Flowers", for which he achieved his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1.
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 Aldae in 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gregory Hein[1] |
| Origin | Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
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Career
editAldae 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.[6] 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.[7] He adopted the moniker Aldae as a reference to spending "all day" in a recording studio.[3]
After moving to Los Angeles, his songwriting caught the attention of Pulse Music Group, where he signed a publishing deal in 2019.[6][7] 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."[6][9] Aldae received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year at the 64th GRAMMY Awards for his contributions to the album.[4]
In February 2022 Aldae released his debut single "Long Way From Texas" followed by his solo project ALDAE – Vol. 1 in April.[3][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.[7] 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."[7] "Flowers" was awarded two Grammy Awards at the 2024 Grammy Awards: Best Pop Solo Performance and Record Of The Year. He cowrote Ego by Halsey of The Great Impersonator.
Songwriting and production credits
edit| Year | Artist | Song | Album | Produced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Merk & Kremont | "Kids" | Non-album single | — |
| Madison Ryann Ward | "Beyond Me" | Beyond Me | — | |
| Yultron | "Westcoast" (with Jay Park) | On Fire | — | |
| The Rubens | "Falling Asleep at the Wheel" (with Vic Mensa) | Non-album single | ✓ | |
| 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" | Non-album single | ✓ |
| Kito | "Alone With You" (featuring AlunaGeorge) | Non-album single | — | |
| Lukas Graham | "Scars" | Non-album single | — | |
| Aaron Carpenter | "You" | Non-album single | — | |
| Trevor Daniel | "Things We Do For Love" | Nicotine | ✓ | |
| Go-Jo | "No One Else" | Non-album single | — | |
| 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) | Non-album single | — | |
| 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" | Non-album single | — | |
| Shawn Mendes | "Summer of Love" (with Tainy) | Non-album single | — | |
| 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) | Non-album single | — | |
| 2022 | Machine Gun Kelly | "Ay!" (featuring Lil Wayne) | Mainstream Sellout | — |
| Masn | "Love Me For Me" | Non-album single | — | |
| 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 | — | |
| Moore Kismet | "Wasteland" | UNIVERSE | — | |
| MK | "Teardrops" (with Paul Woolford featuring Majid Jordan) | Non-album single | — | |
| 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) | Non-album single | — | |
| 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) | Non-album single | — | |
| 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" | Non-album single | — | |
| Sueco | "Last Thing I Do" | It Was Fun While It Lasted | — | |
| "Bad Vibes" | — | |||
| Khalid | "Satellite" | Non-album single | — | |
| David Guetta | "Together" (with Morten featuring Aldae) | Episode 2 | — | |
| Fletcher | "Healing" | Girl of my Dreams (Deluxe) | — | |
| Adam DeVine | "Know My Name (Bumper Version)" | Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (soundtrack) | — | |
| 2023 | Lukas Graham | "Wish You Were Here" (featuring Khalid) | 4 (The Pink Album) | — |
| Charlieonnafriday | "That's What I Get" | Non-album single | ✓ | |
| 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" | Non-album single | — | |
| SLANDER | "With I Could Forget" (with blackbear & Bring Me The Horizon) | Non-album single | — | |
| gnash | "Time" | The Art of Letting Go | — | |
| Ari Abdul | "Last Breath" | CCTV | — | |
| Natalie Jane | "I'm Good (feat. charlieonafriday)" | Non-album single | — | |
| Leigh-Anne | "Don't Say Love" | Non-album single | — | |
| Loud Luxury | "If Only I" (with Two Friends featuring Bebe Rexha) | Non-album single | — | |
| 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 | — |
| FLETCHER | "Maybe I Am" | — | ||
| FLETCHER | "Pretending" | — | ||
| FLETCHER | "Antidote" | |||
| charlieonnafriday | "When I'm Leavin" | Non-Album single | ||
| jxdn | "HOW FAR" | WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS | ✓ | |
| "STRANGER" | ||||
| Henry Moodle | "beat up car" | Non-album single | ✓ | |
| Jackson Wang, BIBI | "Feeling Lucky" | Non-album single | ✓ | |
| Shakira | "Nassau" | Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran | ✓ | |
| Armin van Burren, David Guetta | In The Dark (feat. Aldae) | Non-album single | — | |
| David Guetta, OneRepublic | "I Don't Wanna Wait" | Non-album single | — | |
| Khalid | "It's All Good" | Sincere | — | |
| jxdn | "WHAT THE HELL" | Non-album single | ✓ | |
| Jelly Roll | "Little Light" | Beautifully Broken | — | |
| Halsey | "Ego" | The Great Impersonator | — | |
| Rosé | "Two Years" | Rosie | — | |
| "Gameboy" | — |
References
edit- ^ a b Curto, Justin (March 25, 2021). "How Justin Bieber Pivoted Back to Pop on Justice". Vulture. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
Vulture spoke to two of Bieber's key collaborators on the album: Bieber's band member since 2010 and current music director, Bernard "Harv" Harvey, and songwriter Gregory "Aldae" Hein.
- ^ Shepard, Ryan (April 19, 2022). "Grammy-Nominated Songwriter ALDAE Delivers His Debut Solo Project". Def Pen. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
- ^ a b c d Connor, DJ (February 28, 2022). "Aldae Finds Himself a "Long Way From Texas" on Introspective Debut Single [Q&A]". Ones to Watch. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ a b "AlDae". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ a b "Gregory Aldae Hein is a songwriter". Spotify. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ a b c Scott, Jason (April 9, 2021). "ALDAE Reaches New Heights As Vital Co-Writer On Justin Bieber's 'Justice'". American Songwriter. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ a b c d Degrazia, Leah (March 30, 2023). "ALDAE Talks Co-Writing Miley Cyrus' "Flowers," The Formula For A Good Pop Song, & More". Genius. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ Rose, Anna (September 11, 2020). "Marshmello and Demi Lovato team up for new awareness song 'OK Not To Be OK'". NME. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ Blanchet, Brenton (April 6, 2021). "Doing It Justice: Producers Harv, Shndō, And Aldae Talk Justin Bieber's New Album". Clash. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ "GRAMMY-Nominated Songwriter Aldae Drops Debut Project 'ALDAE – Vol. 1'". Elevator Mag. April 11, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ Trust, Gary (January 24, 2023). "Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ Trust, Gary (March 27, 2023). "Miley Cyrus Holds Atop Hot 100, Coi Leray & Bailey Zimmerman Score First Top 10s". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ "Pop Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ Rowley, Glenn (January 17, 2023). "Miley Cyrus Doubles Down on 'Flowers' Record as Most-Streamed Song in a Week on Spotify". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ Rowley, Glenn (May 4, 2023). "Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' Hits 1 Billion Streams on Spotify in Record Time". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2023.