Brayton Bowman is an American singer-songwriter. Born in Philadelphia, he attended the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, where he studied classical and choral music and dabbled in musical theatre. After high school, he studied jazz at Berklee College of Music, then moved to New York City in February 2015, where he released the four-track EP HERE/NOW, leading to Spin Magazine naming him one of 5 Artists to Watch in May.
He is perhaps best known for his noirish cover of Britney Spears' chart-topping single "...Baby One More Time" in April 2015, which was remixed by DJ Wizza & OVSN, and a mashup of Justin Bieber’s "What Do You Mean?" and Drake's "Hotline Bling" in October of that year. Now based in Los Angeles, Bowman released a second EP, The Update, in August 2015.
Inspired by classic artists such as Stevie Wonder and Amy Winehouse, Bowman describes his sound as "somewhere in between soul-pop and future-funk".Bianca Gracie, ""Brayton Bowman Brings The Funk With New Single “Runaway”: Idolator Premiere", Idolator, October 7, 2014.
The popular June 2016 video "Shy", by The Magician featuring Brayton Bowman, gained notoriety in part because of its bisexual imagery. Bowman's September 2016 single "What's Really Good" was produced by MNEK."BRAYTON BOWMAN – Ask Folks *What's Really Good?* (Music)" ,The LGBT Update, August 21, 2016. He co-wrote MNEK's single "At Night I Think About You", released on Capitol Records UK in May 2016.
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Singles as lead artist Title Year Album "Runaway" 2015 Here / Now EP "Skin Deep" The Update EP "What's Really Good?" 2016 22 Minutes Later "Puff Puff Pass" "High & Low" 2018 High & Low
as featured artist Title Year Album "Shy" 2016
Songwriting Credits Title Year Artist(s) Album Credits Written with "At Night (I Think About You)" 2016 MNEK Co-writer Uzoechi Emenike, Ryan Campbell "World to Me" 2017 Tchami Revelations EP Martin Besso, Uzoechi Emenike, Daniel Fite "Wanna" 2019 Zara Larsson Zara Larsson, Uzoechi Emenike, Georgia "Ku" Overton, Usher Raymond IV, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal
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