Naomi Wild
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Born | India Rain Quateman July 29, 1995 Los Angeles, California , U.S. |
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Years active | 2017–present |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
India Rain Quateman (born July 29, 1995), known professionally as Naomi Wild, is an American songwriter and singer, based in
Early life and career
India Rain Quateman was born in Los Angeles in July 1995, to parents Bill Quateman and Tammy Grady. Her father was signed to RCA Records, where he was a singer and songwriter. Her mother was an actress, and was in Playboy's "The Girls of Rock 'n Roll", and her grandmother, Beverly Harris, was the lead singer in The Platters.[3] When she was born, she and her brother, Dylan, were raised by their father. She also has an older sister. She began singing from the age of five with her dad, (who is also a singer and songwriter), that inspired her father to include her vocals in a soundtrack along with his book, which features her drawings.[4]
She attended a liberal arts school, where she learned to play various instruments such as the violin and saxophone. She would then switch schools where she finished high school at
She attended Santa Barbara City College for 3 years, where she studied psychology and philosophy. During this time, she began songwriting and reaching out to other musicians, and producers on SoundCloud, offering them recorded vocals.
This caught the attention of producer, Tim Legend, who featured her vocals for his song, titled "Hope". Following the success of the song, she was called by
She would begin to work on music full-time and dropped out of college, and started songwriting and recording demos. She would then send electronic duo, Odesza, an a cappella recording of a song that she wrote, in which they responded and put a finalized version of the song with her featured vocals (now titled "Higher Ground"), on their third studio album.[7][8] She then released songs like "Lessons" and "Howlin'" [9] online, and they would respectively garner over thousands of plays.[10][11]
From early 2019, she was heavily involved on
Other media
In 2003, she was the illustrator of her dad, Bill Quateman's book, Daddy Daughter Dinner Dance: A Father's Steps to a Blended Family That Really Works. The book is described as a self-help book, and the experiences and challenges her dad went through as a father, it includes poetry and as well as Naomi's art drawings.[16][17]
Musical style and Influences
She stated in an interview that her personal style lyrically "has hints of hip hop", as well the lyrics being about things she would say in normal everyday conversation. She further stated that "melodically however, I like to be more electronic/alternative. With overall production, i like to mix hip hop with electronic elements." She listed
Discography
As lead artist
- "Lessons" (2017)
- "Howling" (2018)
- "La La Land" (2019)
- "Here Comes a Feeling" (2019, with Louis the Child and Couros)
Guest appearances
- "Hope", Tim Legend (2015)
- "Hold On", Arman Cekin (2015)
- "Lock It Up", Paul Mayson (2016)
- "Wasting My Time", Niko the Kid (2016)
- "Lovers", StayLoose (2017)
- "Higher Ground", ODESZA(2017)
- "Never Enough", Madillac (2018)
- "Glass House", Machine Gun Kelly(2019)
- "Death in My Pocket", Machine Gun Kelly (2019, uncredited vocals)
- "Everytime", Medasin (2020)
- "Milka", Jozels (2020, uncredited vocals)
Songwriting credits
Year | Title | Artist | Album |
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2019 | I Think I'm Okay[19] | YUNGBLUD and Travis Barker
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Hotel Diablo |
Encore [20] | Evan Giia | none | |
2022 | Taurus[21] | Machine Gun Kelly | Taurus |
Filmography
References
- ^ "Watch ODESZA Perform 'Higher Ground' With Naomi Wild on 'Conan'". Billboard. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Machine Gun Kelly Spirals Out of Control in Haunting 'Glass House' Video". Billboard. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "HOWLIN' FOR HIGHER GROUND: A CONVERSATION WITH NAOMI WILD". atwoodmagazine.com. June 5, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
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- ^ "HOW NAOMI WILD LEARNED THE VALUE OF BEING SCARED". Nylon. April 23, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "ODESZA & Naomi Wild Tell Real-Life Fairy Tale Behind 'Higher Ground': Watch". Billboard. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "ODESZA Unveil Official Video for "Higher Ground" f/ Naomi Wild". Complex Networks. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "ODESZA TEAM UP WITH NAOMI WILD ON 'HIGHER GROUND'". DIY. July 12, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Naomi Wild shows off some animal magnetism on 'Howlin". vanyaland.com. April 6, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "NAOMI WILD Interview- song w/ Odesza "Higher Ground", mom in Playboy girls, song w/ Tim Legend". YouTube. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "HOT ARTIST ALERT: NAOMI WILD AND HER NEW SINGLE "RUN THAT" IS THE MIDNIGHT STEREO-BURNER FOR ANY LATE-NIGHT DRIVE". grimygoods.com. March 20, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Blink-182's Travis Barker Lands at No. 1 on the Billboard Rock Songwriters Chart". Loudwire. October 2, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Machine Gun Kelly - Glass House (feat. Naomi Wild) [Official Music Video]". YouTube. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Machine Gun Kelly to Livestream Two Full-Album Concerts in October". YouTube. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "@naomiwild on twitter:"THE ALBUM HAS A NAME"". twitter.com. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Daddy Daughter Dinner Dance (with India)". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ISBN 097298660X.
- ^ "NAOMI WILD on Soundbetter.com". soundbetter.com. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Barker & Yungblud - I Think I'm Okay lyrics". genius.com. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "EVAN GIIA – Encore Lyrics - Genius Lyrics". genius.com. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ Machine Gun Kelly (Ft. Naomi Wild) – Taurus, retrieved December 6, 2022
- ^ "'Taurus': Berlin Review". Screendaily. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
External links
- Naomi Wild at IMDb
- Naomi Wild at AllMusic