William Ernest Weeks

William Ernest Weeks
Born (1986-08-05) 5 August 1986 (age 38)
Occupations
Websitewillieweeksmusic.com

Willie Weeks (born 5 August 1986) is a British musician, songwriter, and record producer.[1] One of his songs with Matt Redman reached No. 1 in the U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums chart in 2013,[citation needed] and he has since worked with and contributed music for Stray Kids, BTS, Monsta X, Cravity, Taeyeon, SF9, TVXQ, Mark & Xiumin, Oh My Girl and Newton Faulkner.

Career

His first achievement came in 2013, writing for Matt Redman's Your Grace Finds Me. Weeks has since been involved in other songs for Redman's albums, including These Christmas Lights,[2] Unbroken Praise and Glory Song.[3] He was also a part of writing "27 Million", a song by Matt Redman and LZ7, who released it with the intention to raise awareness for the A21 Campaign, with the aim to abolish modern day slavery. The song reached No. 12 in the UK official singles chart.[4]

He wrote the Kpop song, "Wishing on a Star" for BTS's Youth album in 2016. Since then, Weeks has written and produced several songs which led UKP magazine to name him the brain behind K-pop.[5]

He wrote the Monsta X songs "Follow: Find You",[6] which reached No. 1 on the Gaon Music Chart, "Fantasia X"[7][8] and "Love Killa" from the band's Fatal Love album. He also wrote "Extra VIP" for SixTones' 1ST. He has also written for Ive,[9][10] Cravity,[11] Taeyeon,[12] SF9,[13] Mark & Xiumin and Oh My Girl.[14] He has also worked as a songwriter and producer with Newton Faulkner,[15] TVXQ and Kizzy Crawford[16]

In 2023, he arranged and composed[17] the song "Blind Spot" for the album Rock-Star with Stray Kids members Bang Chan, Changbin, and HAN (known collectively as 3RACHA). The album, Rock-Star, reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts.[18]

In 2024, he and Kyler Niko produced and wrote a song (titled "Infinity") with NIJISANJI EN Livers, Shu Yamino and Sonny Brisko, as part of the monthly NIJI ENcounter project.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Interview: Willie Weeks". issuu. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. ^ These Christmas Lights - Matt Redman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, archived from the original on 22 November 2021, retrieved 3 November 2020
  3. ^ Glory Song - Matt Redman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, archived from the original on 22 November 2021, retrieved 3 November 2020
  4. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  5. ^ "INTERVIEW Willie Weeks". issuu. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  6. ^ "[NEWS] Cravity work with European composers and producers for debut album". UnitedKpop. 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  7. ^ "[NEWS] MONSTA X works with Willie Weeks and OLLIPOP for "FANTASIA X"". UnitedKpop. 27 April 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  8. ^ Cage, Matthew (24 May 2020). "MONSTA X reveals preview of Fantasia X, their new album". Somag News. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  9. ^ Shin, Hye-young (11 September 2023). "아이브 미니 1집 트랙리스트 공개...타이틀곡 3개" [Ive's 1st mini album tracklist revealed...3 title songs] (in Korean). Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Payback". 13 October 2023. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  11. ^ "[NEWS] Cravity work with UK producer Willie Weeks on latest album". UnitedKpop. 24 August 2020. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  12. ^ "[NEWS] TAEYEON Works With UK Producer Willie Weeks on "#GirlsSpkOut"". UnitedKpop. 11 October 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  13. ^ "[NEWS] SF9 works with Willie Weeks and Chris Meyers for "9loryus"". UnitedKpop. 3 July 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  14. ^ jdbae (12 May 2019). "Album Review: Oh My Girl - The Fifth Season". hellokpop. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  15. ^ Hit the Ground Running - Newton Faulkner | Credits | AllMusic, archived from the original on 11 September 2023, retrieved 4 November 2020
  16. ^ "Newest Releases | Freestyle Records". Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  17. ^ "사각지대 - Stray Kids (스트레이 키즈)". 멜론 (in Korean). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  18. ^ Caulfield, Keith (19 November 2023). "Stray Kids Score Fourth No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'ROCK-STAR'". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  19. ^ "NIJISANJI EN announces "NIJI ENcounter" project with new songs to be released each month!". ANYCOLOR Inc. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.