New Music Report: Emerging Artist of the Week - Emily Warren

Whether or not you're familiar with Emily Warren yet, you've definitely heard her music. It's all over the radio ... all over everything, in fact. Emily has helped pen songs for artists like Shawn Mendes, Fifth Harmony, Becky G, 5 Seconds of Summer, Little Mix, Sean Paul, Noah Cyrus, and Dua Lipa, among a long list of others. But she is also worthy of the title as The Chainsmokers' "Secret Songwriting Weapon."

Emily has been touring with the duo, and co-wrote their hit collab with Daya "Don't Let Me Down," as well as several songs off of their debut full-length album Memories...Do Not Open, including "The One," "Don't Say," "My Type," and "Wake Up Alone," which features Jhené Aiko. In a recent interview with iHeartRadio, Emily said of writing with the duo, that she's learning a lot from the guys, and adds, "We're kind of like best friends and making music together, which is an ideal situation. So, it's been amazing."

Now, Emily has her own solo single called "Hurt By You," and it's about a subject that anyone can relate to if they're in a new relationship. 

"'Hurt By You' is a song that I wrote early on in the relationship I'm in now, where I was having a conversation with the guys I wrote it with, Nick Ruth and Scott Harris, about how it seems like all relationships are doomed," she explains. "People get divorced, or they start fighting, or someone cheats on the other and how scary it is to know that when you're trying to fall in love with someone. And for me, it was holding me back. It was making it impossible to actually open up and be vulnerable in front of him. So, this song was kinda a reminder to myself to let go of that." 

And there is plenty more where that came from. Emily has a few more singles coming our way very soon, as well as an entire album. She says, "We set a few weeks aside to write, and then at the end of it, we realized we basically had an album's worth. So now, we're just trying to finish the production. But, it's cool. It's a complete story, and it's a mark of time."

Check out Emily's single "Hurt By You" below:

Photo: Rachel Kaplan