Aron Forbes

In 2009, Forbes was asked to music direct and play guitar for Justin Timberlake's Tennman Records artist Esmee Denters. For two years he toured the world opening and playing alongside acts such as Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas and Ne-Yo.

Beginning in 2011, Forbes began playing as the guitarist for The X Factor's US and UK series. That gig led to playing guitar for One Direction on their first US tour[5] and allowed him to begin his journey into the studio to pursue writing and production.

Forbes's career as writer and producer began to emerge in 2014. That year, ASCAP named the Mr Little Jeans track "Dear Santa," which Forbes co-wrote, one of its best original holiday songs of the year.[6] In 2015 he was asked by long-time mentor and collaborator Tim Anderson to add production to Halsey's "Drive" from her debut debut studio album Drive.[7] He also wrote and played guitar on BANKS' song "Someone New" for her debut studio album Goddess.

In 2017 he co-wrote Billie Eilish's RIAA Gold record "Bored,"[8] and it was included in the first season and soundtrack of 13 Reasons Why.

In 2015-2016, Forbes worked closely alongside BANKS to create her second studio album The Altar, penning two songs and producing throughout.[9] In 2018, he continued his musical journey with BANKS, writing four songs for her 2019 album III.

In 2016 he worked with VÉRITÉ,[10] Nawas, and FYOHNA, for whom he produced another track in 2019.[11]

Meanwhile, in 2018 he worked as writer and producer with Donna Missal,[12] Mr Little Jeans, COIN, and The Born Love, his own duo with Kevin Daniel,[13][14] whose single "Badlands" reached the Top 15 on Spotify's Top 50 US Viral Chart, and the Top 10 on Hype Machine.[15]

In 2019 he wrote and produced four more tracks for Mr Little Jeans. Additional credits for the year included writing and producing tracks for Hey Violet's album Crawl[16] and working again with FYOHNA.[17]