spotlight Wrabel
by joel martens You may not recognize him just yet, but you’ve certainly heard his music. Wrabel
JUST AS HE IS…
has written for everyone from Ellie Goulding to Lea Michele, Prince Royce, Adam Lambert, Will Young, Phillip Phillips, Katharine McPhee and Pentatonix. He followed those successes with his first single in 2014 “Ten Feet Tall” that literally grabbed the attention of the world, via a Bud Light commercial premiering during Super Bowl XLVIII and viewed by around 100 million people. Produced by Grammy-winning DJ and producer Afrojack, who re-recorded the track, the song took off and reached a staggering 77 million on Spotify and amassed 72 million YouTube views. Pretty impressive for such an unassuming guy, who seems as if he’s still trying
to figure it all out. No wonder, it’s been a fast trip up, but as he said, it’s also been a long road in many ways. Coming out made him question whether or not he might be throwing away what he’d gained, but in the end, his honesty and courage won out. It’s a quality that echoes through most of what he says and does…And sings. There’s a vulnerability and wisdom that belies his young age and you hear it in the
way he expresses himself as a writer and as a musician. He’s part of a new genera- tion of out singers/performers who are making their way onto the world stage and doing it honestly, unapologetically and free from the shackles that once plagued many a performer. It’s refreshing and fills this old war horse with a mad glowing hope for the future. Maybe all that hard work and sacrifices, made by so many of those who came
before...Really did make a difference.
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RAGE monthly | JULY 2017
RAGE monthly | JULY 2017
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