Omer Fedi
עומר פדי
Born (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 23)
Tel Aviv, Israel
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Guitar, bass, drums
Years active2018–present
LabelsUniversal

Omer Fedi (Hebrew: עומר פדי; born 25 March 2000) is an Israeli record producer, songwriter and musician from Tel Aviv. He has co-written, produced and performed on "Mood" by 24kGoldn ft. Iann Dior, "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" by Lil Nas X, "Unholy" by Sam Smith and Kim Petras and "Stay" by the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, all of which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100,[1][2][3] the Kid Laroi and Juice Wrld's platinum single "Go!"[4] and Machine Gun Kelly's Tickets to My Downfall album which peaked at number one on the Billboard 200.[5] He was included on XXL magazine's list of the "best hip hop producers of 2020".[6]

Early life

Omer Fedi's father, Asher Fedi, is a drummer who MTV described as "one of the most accomplished and well-respected drummers in Israel". Asher taught Fedi to play drums from a young age, however at ten he began pursuing guitar instead, inspired by Drake Bell's character in Drake & Josh..[2] At age 16, Fedi and his father moved to Los Angeles in order to find further musical opportunities, where Fedi then enrolled in Calabasas High School. Joining his high school's jazz ensemble, his playing soon began drawing audiences from outside of the regular parent attendees. A jazz clinician he worked with as part of the ensemble said Fedi "could speak through the instrument" when he played guitar.[2] In 2018, he entered the Reno Jazz Festival, where he won the "Outstanding Performer" award, against over 9,000 other contestants. Within the following year, he was approached by songwriter Sam Hook to collaborate.[2] Fedi says that he had never written a song until then, but he worked with Hook every day after school.[2]

Career

Working with Sam Hook, Fedi began writing songs for artists like Ella Mai. He started working with Yungblud shortly after he finished high school and began branching out to other artists as well.[2] Fedi soon met 24kGoldn at a party, then they started writing together just a week later.[2] Beginning in March 2020, Fedi began performing on Machine Gun Kelly's COVID-19 lockdown session, where he covered songs such as "Misery Business"[7][8] and "Waiting on the World to Change".[9] On 31 March 2020, "City of Angels" by 24kGoldn was released, which Fedi co-wrote, produced and performed on.[10] On 12 June, "Go!" by the Kid Laroi featuring Juice Wrld was released, which Fedi produced.[11][12] On the same day, I'm Gone by Iann Dior was released, which Fedi produced and composed.[13] On 21 July, Fedi co-wrote and performed on Mood by 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior, which was released on 24 July 2020, which peaked at number one and remained in the charts for 33 weeks.[14] On the same day, the Kid Laroi's mixtape F*ck Love was released, which Fedi produced and helped compose. On November 6, "Without You" was released along with the "F*ck Love" deluxe titled F*ck Love Savage by the Kid Laroi was released, which Fedi co-wrote, composed and produced.[15] The song peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100.[16] He performed guitar and bass and co-produced on Machine Gun Kelly's album Tickets to My Downfall, which was released on 25 September, and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200.[17] On 4 December, Yungblud's album Weird! was released, which Fedi performed on.[18]

The song peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100.[19] The Kid Laroi later released "Without You" with Miley Cyrus which Fedi performed at SNL on May 8th, 2021 alongside Miley and Laroi. Lil Nas X's song "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)", was released on March 26th, 2021, making its debut at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.[20] Lil Nas X proceeded to release his full length Montero album which Fedi executive produced. Lead single "That's What I Want" continued to go #1 on the Top 40 Chart.[21] Fedi worked with The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber on their single "Stay" (released July 9th, 2021.) "Stay" peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, along with the Billboard Global 200 and spent seven weeks at the top of the chart, becoming the second longest running song of all-time on the chart and spent the most weeks at No. 1 in pop radio history.[22][23][24] On 2 September 2022 Sam Smith and Kim Petras released "Unholy" which Fedi co-wrote and co-produced. "Holy" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to win a grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.[25]

Discography

Year Title Artist Role Chart Position
2018 Ella Mai Ella Mai Composing[26]
2019 Hotel Diablo Machine Gun Kelly Guitar[26]
Nothings Ever Good Enough Iann Dior Composition[26]
Industry Plant Iann Dior Composition[26]
Dropped Out of College 24kGoldn Composition, production[27]
2020 Nicotine Trevor Daniel Production, songwriting[28]
I'm Gone Iann Dior Composition, production[26]
F*ck Love The Kid Laroi Composition, production[29]
Tickets to My Downfall Machine Gun Kelly Bass, guitar, production, composition[26]
Weird! Yungblud Guitar, bass, production, composition[26]
Mood 24kGoldn, iann dior Songwriting[30][21][31]
  • Billboard Hot 100 Number One Single
  • Top 40 (Billboard Pop Airplay) Number One Single
  • UK Official Chart Number One Single
2021 Pink Planet Pink Sweats Guitar[26]
El Dorado 24kGoldn Guitar, keyboards, programming[32]
Montero Lil Nas X Songwriting, production, guitar[33][34][21]
  • Billboard Hot 100 Number One Single
  • Top 40 (Billboard Pop Airplay) Number One Single
  • UK Official Chart Number One Single
Stay The Kid Laroi, Justin Bieber Songwriting
  • Billboard Hot 100 Number One Single
  • Top 40 (Billboard Pop Airplay) Number One Single
  • UK Official Chart Number One Single
2022 Yungblud Yungblud Songwriting, guitar
Unholy Sam Smith, Kate Petra Songwriting
  • Billboard Hot 100 Number One Single
  • Top 40 (Billboard Pop Airplay) Number One Single
  • UK Official Chart Number One Single
That’s What I Want Lil Nas X


Songwriting
  • Top 40 (Billboard Pop Airplay) Number One Single
2023 Gloria Sam Smith Songwriting, production, guitar

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Nominee / Work Award Result
2022 Montero (Call Me By Your Name) Record Of The Year[35] Nominated
Montero (Call Me By Your Name) Song Of The Year[36] Nominated
Montero Album Of The Year [37] Nominated
2023 Special Album Of The Year[38] Nominated
Special Best Pop Vocal Album[38] Nominated
Mainstream Sellout Best Rock Album[38] Nominated
Unholy Best Pop Duo/Group Performance [39][40] Won

iHeartRadio Music Awards

Year Nominee / Work Award Result
2022 Omer Fedi Songwriter Of The Year[41] Won
2023 Omer Fedi Songwriter Of The Year[42][43] Nominated

BMI Awards

Year Nominee / Work Award Result
2022 Mood Song Of The Year[44] Won
Omer Fedi Songwriter Of The Year[44] Won
2023 Stay Song Of The Year[45] Won
Omer Fedi Songwriter Of The Year[46] Nominated

Variety Awards

Year Nominee   Award Result
2021 Omer Fedi Variety Hitmaker of the Month[47] Won
2022 Omer Fedi Variety Hitmaker of the Month[48] Won

Filmography

Year Title Role Ref.
2021 Downfalls High Extra [49]

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