Yik Nam Jason Wu[2] (born August 2, 1993), known professionally as Rabitt,[3] is a Grammy Award and Emmy Award nominated record producer and songwriter from Hong Kong, now based in Los Angeles, CA.[1] Rabitt has produced and written songs for Andy Grammer, Anyma, Kiiara, Charlotte Lawrence, VÉRITÉ, Álvaro Soler, Eric Nam, Ingrid Andress, and others.[4][5][6]
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| Birth name | Yik Nam Jason Wu |
| Born | August 2, 1993 Hong Kong[1] |
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| Years active | 2014−present |
| Website | www |
Early life and education edit
Wu was born and raised in Hong Kong.[1][7] He started playing piano at the age of 5 and soon developed a passion for the drums. He then attended Berklee College of Music in 2011 and moved to Los Angeles, California shortly after graduation.[1][7] It was at Berklee where he would meet the woman who would eventually sign him to her label, Kara DioGuardi, CEO of Arthouse Entertainment. DioGuardi is a visiting scholar with expertise in songwriting at Berklee.[8]
Wu credits his parents' moral and financial support with allowing him to succeed in the music industry.[1]
In 2014, Wu signed his first publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing and Arthouse Entertainment. The deal helped him obtain the visa necessary to stay in the United States after finishing school.[1]
Professional career edit
After connecting with DioGuardi, Wu collaborated with another of Arthouse Entertainment's artists, Claire Rachel Wilkinson, then going by the name Clairity. Wu's production was featured on her 2015 debut EP "Alienation".[5][3]
Wu co-wrote and produced Andy Grammer's 2017 track "Freeze" off his album, The Good Parts. It was the last song Grammer wrote for the album, and he considered it a "little ode" to his days as a street performer singing "Sunday Morning" by Maroon 5.[9] In 2019, Wu said hearing the song play in the Italian underwear store Calzedonia was the "proudest moment of his career".[1]
In 2018, Wu co-wrote and produced an original composition titled "Perfume Smoke" for the soap opera General Hospital.[10] The song was nominated for an Outstanding Original Song – Drama Emmy at the 45th Daytime Emmy Awards.[11]
Discography edit
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| "Exorcism" | 2015 | Clairity | Alienation | 
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| "The Warrior" | Diego Boneta | Single |
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| "Over You" | Jebe & Petty | x Factor Indonesia |
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| "Words Like Weapons" | 2016 | Clairity | Single |
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| "Saint Lo" | Megan Washington | Single |
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| "Break Your Ways" | Shaan | Single |
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| "Break Your Waves" | Uhre | UHRE |
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| "Freeze" | 2017 | Andy Grammer | Good Parts |
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| "Higher & Higher" | Joe Ghost | Single |
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| "Risky Love" | Lime Cordiale | Permanent Vacation |
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| "Lost" | 2018 | MOONZz | Aftershock |
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| "Don't Call Me" | Eric Nam | Honestly |
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| "Stain" | Colin Chase, Gill Chang, Miranda Glory | Single |
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| "Leave Me Alone" | William Bolton | Anti Love Love Songs |
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| "I Bet" | Charlotte Lawrence | Young |
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| "L*** Is A Bad Word" | Kiiara | Single |
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| "Loca" | 2019 | Alvaro Soler | Mar De Colores |
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| "On My Own" | Trevor Moran | Single |
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| "Lovers + Strangers" | Starley | Single |
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| "Pushing All My Friends Away" | Quinn Lewis | Single |
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| "Hurt Me Now" | Single |
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| "Empty" | Single |
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| "One of Us" | Single |
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| "Free" | Sam Tsui | Trust |
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| "Nowhere Fast" | Valley | Maybe - Side B |
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| "First Time" | Andy Grammer | Naïve |
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| "She'd Say" featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
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| "Electric" | Max and Harvey, Jayden Bartels | Single |
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| "Ocean" | VÉRITÉ | Single |
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| "faded" | New Skin |
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| "Sunflowers" | Matthew Chaim | Mathematics of Nature |
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| "Reason" |
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| "Departed" |
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| "Tender" |
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| "Thoughts" |
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| "Byways" |
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| "Winter/Fall" |
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| "Love Die Young" | Eric Nam | Before We Begin |
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| "Congratulations" featuring Marc E. Bassy |
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| "Come Through" |
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| "How'm I Doing" |
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| "You're Sexy I'm Sexy" |
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| "Egoist" | 2020 | Jenna Holiday | Single |
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| "Great Advice" | Hayley Gene Penner | Single |
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| "Paradise" | Eric Nam | The Other Side |
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| "잘 지내지 (How You Been)" |
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| "Down For You" |
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| "Love Die Young (Korean Version)" |
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| "Achilles Heart" | Megan Washington | Batflowers |
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| "Batflowers" |
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| "Bounce" | King & Prince | L & |
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| "Island" | Matthew Chaim | Social Gathering by Gatsby Global |
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| "Form" | Single |
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| "Tear" | Single |
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| "Life of the Party" | Ingrid Andress | Lady Like |
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| "Feeling Things" |
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| "Sin Again" | Rotana | Single |
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| "twenty something" | sad alex | songs that you'll probably never hear pt. 2 |
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| "Lesson Zero" | 2021 | Epik High | Epik High is Here |
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| "True Crime ft. Miso" |
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| "Red Balloons" | Matthew Chaim | Single |
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| "Walk Backwards" | Maude Latour | Single |
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| "Confident" | Kat Cunning | Single |
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| "untitled" | Jayde | sad songs about sad things |
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| "Necessary Death" | Rotana | Single |
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| "One That Got Away" | sad alex | Single |
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| "Fuck Your Friends" | Matluck | Single |
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| "Bitch Don't Be Mad" | Maeta | Habits |
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| "Bitch Don't Be Mad Remix ft. Mura Masa & Nao" |
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| "I Don't Know You Anymore" | Eric Nam | There and Back Again |
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| "Any Other Way" |
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| "Lost on Me" | 2022 |
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| "Wildfire" |
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| "Admit" |
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| "What If" |
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| "One Way Lover" |
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| "Rich Kids Anthem ft. Lee Hi" | Epik High | Epik High is Here |
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| "Jake From State Farm" | Salem Ilese | Unsponsored Content |
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| "You Might Not Like Her" | Maddie Zahm | Single |
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| "Uhuh Uhuh (Mama)" | HARVEY | Single |
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| "I'd Love To" | 2023 | Francis Karel | Crash & Burn |
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| "Romantic Comedies" |
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| "Enemy" | eaJ | Single |
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| "One (Me Trago Al Sol)" | Songcamp, Kathleen Regan, Alan Lili, Rabitt | C4 Camp |
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| "2x2" | Kiki Riggs | Single |
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| "Lovely Enough" | Emily James | Single |
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| "Heartbeat" | Rowan Drake | Single |
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| "July" | Johnny Orlando | Single |
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| "part of his world" | sad alex | Single |
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| "Salt" | Matthew Chaim | NaCl |
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| "NaCl" | Rabitt, Matthew Chaim |
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| "Second to Last" | Ryan Nealon | Single |
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| "House on a Hill" | Eric Nam | House on a Hill |
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| "House on a Hill ft. Em Beihold" |
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| "Don't Leave Yet" |
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| "undefined" |
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| "Sink or Swim" |
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| "Exist" |
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| "The Maze" | J. Maya | Single |
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| "Hellbent" |
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| "Pictures of You" | 2024 | Anyma | Single |
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| "Here I Am" | Rotana | Single |
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| "Us" | Single |
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| "the end" | Shoffy, Emilia Ali | Single |
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| "In My Mind ft. Zak Abel" | Eric Nam | House on a Hill Deluxe Album |
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| "Strawberries" |
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| "Wish I Didn't Care ft. Lyn Lapid" |
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Awards and nominations edit
- Emmy Awards
- 2016: Outstanding Original Song – Drama – "Perfume Smoke" – ABC's, General Hospital (Nominated)
- Grammy Awards
- 2021: Best Country Album – "Lady Like" – Ingrid Andress (Nominated)
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g "Meet Jason Wu". VoyageLA. November 4, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Rabitt -Genius Bio". Genius.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ a b "Rabbitt". Universal Music Publishing Group. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Rabitt Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Lipshutz, Jason (July 13, 2015). "Clairity Song Premiere: Hear 'Velcro' from her Debut EP". billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Eric Nam - How'm I Doing Lyrics".
- ^ a b Basford, Tom (June 22, 2011). "The Jazz Tellers". Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Kara DioGuardi". Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ Weatherby, Taylor (December 1, 2017). "Andy Grammar Shares Stories Behind Tracks on 'The Good Parts'". billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "AIR + WATER AND SESAC CONGRATULATE AXEL MANSOOR ON EMMY NOMINATION". April 25, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR THE 45TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY® AWARDS". March 21, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2019.