Joel Little: The man behind Lorde: In the simplified version, he's co-written a smash hit album alongside global superstar Lorde, won a Grammy, and in the process created a name for himself that has American recording artists knocking at the door of his new home.
Little moved to the States with Gemma and daughters Lila and three-year-old Emmie four months ago. In the year since the release of Lorde's debut album Pure Heroine, the 31-year-old's production skills had become such hot property in the US that the travel was ridiculous.
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Since Lorde, he has worked with Broods, Sam Smith, Danish singer Karen Marie Ørsted (better known as MØ), Swedish pop artist Elliphant, and has just finished recording with Ellie Goulding.
After winning the Grammy, there was a flash of anxiety, he says. "As winning awards goes, that's kind of as big as it gets. There was a week or so after that when I was like, '****, where do you go from here.' But I think the times that I have done well are when that hasn't been at the front of my mind – it's when I've done what I thought was cool at the time. I guess those songs come from a better place, and when you're trying to concoct success, that's the wrong reason."