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Amy Rosé Allen is an American songwriter, record producer, and singer. She is primarily known as a songwriter for artists such as Rosé, Harry Styles, Halsey, Shawn Mendes, Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello, and Pink Sweat$.[1]

Amy Allen
Allen in 2018
Background information
Origin	Windham, Maine, U.S.
Genres	Indie rock indie pop bluegrass folk
Occupation(s)	Songwriter singer record producer
Instrument(s)	Bass vocals guitar
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Warner APG

Early life and education

Amy Allen grew up in Windham, Maine with her parents and two sisters. While in elementary school, Allen played bass in her sister's band Jerks of Grass, and as a teenager, she played folk and bluegrass music at bars and pubs. Allen attended Boston College and later graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston.[2] While at Berklee, Allen was taught by singer and producer Kara DioGuardi.[3]

Career

In 2015, Allen was featured in Teen Vogue, after releasing two solo EPs and appearing in season 2 of The Voice.[4] Allen began her career by working on a number of solo projects and formed Amy & The Engine, a four-piece indie pop rock group, before relocating to New York for a year.[5] The band released their first single "Last Forever" on February 14, 2015. TandeMania, their debut EP, was released on September 22, 2016.[6]

Amy & The Engine announced their EP Get Me Outta Here! in 2017 and an East Coast tour in the summer of 2017 and a US tour in 2018.[7] Allen described the sound of Get Me Outta Here! as being "a bit darker and heavier than the first".[8] Amy & The Engine released the EP's lead single "Chasing Jenny" in January 2017. Allen relocated to Los Angeles in November 2017, where she began collaborating with Scott Harris and eventually signed to Artist Publishing Group.[2] Allen subsequently began writing and producing music with other singers, including Glades and JELLO.

In 2018, Allen produced Back to You with Selena Gomez, and Without Me with Halsey which reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100.[9] In 2019, Allen signed to Warner Records, and it was expected that her debut solo album would be released the following year.[10] That same year, Allen collaborated with Harry Styles on his single Adore You, and collaborated with Halsey once more on the single Graveyard. Allen also collaborated with alternative rock band Pvris on their 2019 EP, Hallucinations.[11] She was named as one of Variety's "2019 Hitmakers" for the single "Without Me".[12]

In January 2020, Allen was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Music.[13] She has been announced as a panelist for the 2020 ASCAP Experience.[14] On January 22, 2020, it was announced that Allen would be performing at the annual St. Jude Songwriters Showcase to benefit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, along with Gretchen Peters.[15] On March 9, 2020, the ASCAP Experience event was cancelled due to concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[16] Variety named Allen a "2020 Hitmaker" for co-writing Harry Styles’ “Adore You”.[17]

Allen signed a recording deal with Warner Records in 2019.[18][19] Over the following two years she released five singles: "Queen of Silver Linings",[20] "Difficult",[21] "Heaven",[22] "What a Time to Be Alive"[23] and "One".[24] Her debut solo EP, AWW!, was released on November 5, 2021[25] with singles "A Woman's World" and "End of a Dark Age" having been released in the preceding two months.[26][27]

Style and influences

Allen has cited bands like The Cranberries and The Cure as influences on Amy & The Engine.[8] In a 2020 interview with Variety, Allen stated that she prefers to write darker, more serious songs and that she felt the single "Adore You" was her first "feel-good song".[28]

Discography

With Amy & The Engine

Studio albums by Amy & The Engine

• Get Me Outta Here! (2017)
• TandeMania (2016)
• Summer Of '15 Sampler (2015)

Singles by Amy & The Engine

Year	Title	Album
2017	"Chasing Jenny"	Get Me Outta Here!
2015	"Last Forever"

Singles written by Allen

List of singles, showing key details

Year	Title	Artist	Peak Chart Positions			Certifications
			AUS	US	CAN
2022	"For My Friends"	King Princess	—	—	—	—
	"My Mind & Me"	Selena Gomez	—	—	—	—
2021	"Lifestyle"	Jason Derulo featuring Adam Levine	—	—	—	—
2020	"Be Kind"[29]	Halsey Marshmello	—	—	—	—
	"Forever"[30]	Fletcher	—	—	—	—
2019	"Graveyard"	Halsey	24[31]	34[32]	38[32]	US (RIAA): Gold[33] Canada (Music Canada): Gold[34] Australia (ARIA): Platinum[35]
	"Undrunk"	Fletcher	—	61[36]	24[37]	US (RIAA): Gold[38] Canada (Music Canada): Gold[39]
	"Adore You"	Harry Styles	7[40]	6[41]	17[41]	Australia (ARIA): 4× Platinum[42] Canada (Music Canada): 4× Platinum[43] US (RIAA): 3× Platinum[44]
	"Hallucinations"	Pvris	—	—	—
	"The First One"	Astrid S	—	—	—
	"Long Way To Go"	Four of Diamonds	—	—	—
	"Stick Around"	Rak-Su	—	—	—
	"Proud"	Aaron Carpenter	—	—	—
	"Criminal"	Grey (28)	—	—	—
2018	"Without Me"	Halsey	2[45]	1[46]	2[32]	US (RIAA): 6× Platinum[47] Canada (Music Canada): 7× Platinum[48] Australia (ARIA): 7× Platinum[49]
	"Back to You"	Selena Gomez	4[50]	18[51]	4[51]	US (RIAA): 2× Platinum[47] Australia (ARIA): 2× Platinum[52]
	"Jello"	PRETTYMUCH	—	—	—
	"Do Right"	Glades	51[53]	—	—	Australia (ARIA): Gold[54]

Albums featuring Allen

List of albums showing year, artist and label

Year	Title	Artist	Label	Credited as
2022	Emails I Can't Send	Sabrina Carpenter	Island	Writer
	Girl of My Dreams	Fletcher	Capitol
	Harry's House	Harry Styles	Columbia, Erskine
	Hold On Baby	King Princess	Zelig
	Special	Lizzo	Nice Life, Atlantic Records
	Crash	Charli XCX	Asylum Records, Atlantic Records, Warner
2021	Poster Girl	Zara Larsson	TEN, Epic
	Nurture	Porter Robinson	Mom + Pop
	-R-	Rosé	YG Entertainment
2020	Love Goes	Sam Smith	Capitol
	Heartbreak Weather	Niall Horan	Capitol
	Rare	Selena Gomez	Interscope Records	Writer, backing vocals
2019	Fine Line	Harry Styles	Columbia, Erskine
	All the Feels	Fitz and the Tantrums	Elektra Records	Writer
	Hallucinations	Pvris	Warner
	It's Your Bed Babe, It's Your Funeral	Maisie Peters	Atlantic Records UK
	You Ruined New York City for Me	Fletcher	Capitol
	Kidz Bop 39	Kidz Bop
	Kidz Bop 40
	Now That's What I Call Music! 70
	Romance	Camila Cabello	Epic, Syco
2018	13 Reasons Why: Season 2 soundtrack
	Kidz Bop 2019	Kidz Bop UK
	One in a Million	Matoma	Parlophone, Warner
	Only Human	Calum Scott	Capitol
	Shawn Mendes	Shawn Mendes	Island
2015	Omnipresent	Old Soul		Vocals

References

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