BloodPop
Michael Tucker[1][2] (born August 15, 1990),[3] known professionally as BloodPop (stylized as BloodPop®), is an American musician, record producer, and songwriter. He has previously used the monikers Blood Diamonds, Blood, and Michael Diamond. He is known for writing and producing songs for Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Madonna, and John Legend. In 2017, he released a collaboration with Bieber, "Friends", as his debut single under the BloodPop moniker.
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| Birth name | Michael Tucker |
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| Born | August 15, 1990 Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
| Genres | Electropop |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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Life and career
Tucker was born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.[4] Tucker studied jazz guitar in school and, under the guidance of Cody Critcheloe of SSION, learned how to produce music in his parents' basement while he studied at the Kansas City Art Institute.[5] He moved to Vancouver in the late 2000s to study video editing and bonded with fellow creatives while frequently DJ'ing at school parties.[6] In his spare time, he continued producing music with Ableton and sporadically released glitchy, multi-layered electropop instrumentals online, eventually catching the attention of Transparent Records and dubstep artist Skrillex's OWSLA imprint.[7][8] He then relocated to Los Angeles.
After relocating to Los Angeles and using the monikers Blood and Blood Diamonds, Tucker began to make his mark by working with established artists. He collaborated with Grimes (on his debut 2011 EP, Phone Sex, and later on her 2014 track, "Go"),[1] while also being drafted in to officially remix tracks by artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Ellie Goulding, and Major Lazer. In 2014, he worked alongside fellow producers Avicii and DJ Dahl on Madonna's 13th album. The record, Rebel Heart, was released the following year, with Tucker providing input on the tracks "Devil Pray", "Iconic", and "Body Shop".[9] Tucker also earned a prominent production credit for smash hit, "Sorry", on Purpose, the fourth album by Justin Bieber, in 2015. [10]
Tucker then went on to produce tracks for Britney Spears, Fifth Harmony, and Hana before working on Lady Gaga's 2016 album, Joanne, alongside Mark Ronson and Kevin Parker of Tame Impala.[11] Tucker began operating under the name BloodPop that year, and he rounded off 2016 by producing John Legend's "What You Do to Me". The following year saw him return with a remix of "Little of Your Love" by indie pop trio HAIM, as well as a single co-written with Bieber entitled "Friends". 2019 saw Tucker issue the jubilant single "Newman" under the BloodPop moniker,[12] as well as contributing to Post Malone's "Internet".[13]
Tucker executive produced Lady Gaga's sixth studio album, Chromatica, including lead single, "Stupid Love".[14][15]
Personal life
Tucker has dated American songwriter and producer Hana since May 2013. They met in a recording session.[16]
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
| Year | Title | Artists | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| US [17] |
AUS [18][19] |
CAN [20] |
DEN [21] |
FRA [22] |
GER [23] |
IRL [24] |
NZ [25] |
SWE [26] |
UK [27] | |||||
| 2019 | "Newman"[28] | BloodPop | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 2018 | "Capital Letters" | Hailee Steinfeld, BloodPop | —[upper-alpha 1] | 36 [30] |
69 | 34 [31] |
— | 32 | — | —[upper-alpha 2] | 42 | 39 |
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Fifty Shades Freed: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| 2017 | "Friends" | Justin Bieber, BloodPop | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Non-album single | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||
Songwriting and production credits
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album | Credit |
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| 2020 | "Lucid" | Rina Sawayama | Sawayama (Deluxe edition) | Producer |
| "Face Down: Reborn" | Arashi | Non-album single | Producer | |
| "Ghosts" | Tchami, Hana | Year Zero | Co-writer | |
| "Rain on Me" | Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande | Chromatica | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Stupid Love" | Lady Gaga | Producer, songwriter, bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion | ||
| "Alice" | Producer, songwriter, bass, drums, keyboard, guitar, percussion, programming | |||
| "Free Woman" | Producer, songwriter, bass, drums, keyboard, guitar, percussion | |||
| "Fun Tonight" | ||||
| "911" | ||||
| "Plastic Doll" | ||||
| "Sour Candy" | Lady Gaga, Blackpink | Producer, songwriter, bass, drums, keyboard, percussion | ||
| "Enigma" | Lady Gaga | Producer, songwriter | ||
| "Replay" | Songwriter | |||
| "Sine from Above" | Lady Gaga, Elton John | Producer, songwriter, bass, drums, keyboard, guitar, percussion | ||
| "1000 Doves" | Lady Gaga | Producer, songwriter, bass, drums, keyboard, guitar, percussion, programming | ||
| "Babylon" | Producer, songwriter, bass, drums, keyboard, percussion | |||
| "Stupid Love" (BloodPop® and Burns Vitaclub Warehouse Mix) | Lady Gaga, BloodPop, Burns | Chromatica (Deluxe Edition) | Remixer, producer, songwriter, bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion | |
| 2019 | "South East London" | Raye | Rapman Presents: Blue Story OST | Songwriter |
| "Internet" | Post Malone | Hollywood's Bleeding | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin" | Vampire Weekend | Father of the Bride | Producer | |
| "Spring Snow" | Producer, songwriter | |||
| "Unbearably White" | Producer | |||
| "Sweettalk My Heart" (BloodPop® and Burns Vitaclub Remix) | Tove Lo, BloodPop, Burns | Non-album single | Remixer[41] | |
| "RIP Harambe" | Elon Musk | Non-album single | Producer | |
| "We Appreciate Power" (BloodPop® Remix) | Grimes, Hana, BloodPop | Non-album single | Remixer[42] | |
| 2018 | "A Good Night" | John Legend, BloodPop | Non-album single | Artist, producer, songwriter, drums |
| "Capital Letters" | Hailee Steinfeld, BloodPop | Fifty Shades Freed: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Artist, producer, songwriter | |
| "Carousel" | Travis Scott, Frank Ocean | Astroworld | Songwriter | |
| "Enemies" | Lauv | I Met You When I Was 18 (The Playlist) | Producer | |
| "My One" | Lily Allen | No Shame | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Cowboy" | Alma | Non-album single | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Depressed" | 12 Honcho | Non-album single | Producer, songwriter[43] | |
| 2017 | "Want You Back" | Haim | Something to Tell You | Producer |
| "Wanna Know Love" | Jasmine Thompson | Wonderland EP | Songwriter[44] | |
| "Friends" | Justin Bieber, BloodPop | Non-album single | Artist | |
| "...Ready For It?" (BloodPop® Remix) | Taylor Swift, BloodPop | Non-album single | Remixer | |
| "Lust For Life" (BloodPop® Remix) | Lana Del Rey, The Weeknd, BloodPop | Non-album single | Remixer | |
| "Little of Your Love" (BloodPop® Remix) | Haim, BloodPop | Non-album single | Remixer | |
| 2016 | "Body" | Dreezy, Jeremih | No Hard Feelings | Producer |
| "Clay" | Hana | Hana EP | Songwriter | |
| "Avalanche" | ||||
| "Underwater" | ||||
| "A Noite" | Pedro Ratao | Non-album single | Producer | |
| "Scared of Happy" | Fifth Harmony | 7/27 | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Hands" | Various artists | Non-album single | Songwriter | |
| "Seavvorld" | Rome Fortune | VVorldwide Pimpstation | Producer | |
| "Better" | Britney Spears | Glory | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Drum" | MØ | Non-album single | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Me Now" | Denzel Curry | Imperial | Producer | |
| "Diamond Heart" | Lady Gaga | Joanne | Producer | |
| "A-Yo" | Producer, songwriter | |||
| "Perfect Illusion" | Producer, songwriter | |||
| "Joanne" | Producer | |||
| "John Wayne" | Producer, songwriter | |||
| "Dancin' in Circles" | Producer, songwriter | |||
| "Million Reasons" | Producer | |||
| "Sinner's Prayer" | Producer | |||
| "Come to Mama" | Producer | |||
| "Angel Down" | Producer | |||
| "Grigio Girls" | Producer, songwriter | |||
| "Hey Girl" | Lady Gaga, Florence Welch | Producer | ||
| "Blow You Up" | Yogi, Aluna George, Less is More | Non-album single | Producer, songwriter | |
| "What You Do to Me" | John Legend | Darkness and Light | Songwriter | |
| 2015 | "U" | Mikky Ekko | Time | Producer, songwriter |
| "They. Resurrect. Over. New." | Lupe Fiasco, Ab-Soul | Tetsuo & Youth | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Iconic" | Madonna, Mike Tyson, Chance The Rapper | Rebel Heart | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Devil Pray" | Madonna | |||
| "Body Shop" | ||||
| "Beautiful Scars" | ||||
| "Borrowed Time" | ||||
| "Paw Due Respect" | Run the Jewels | Meow the Jewels | Remixer | |
| "Tell Me" | Raye | Second EP | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Touch" | Pia Mia | Non-album single | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Sorry" | Justin Bieber | Purpose | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Mark My Words" | Producer, songwriter | |||
| "I'll Show You" | Producer, songwriter | |||
| "Children" | Producer, songwriter | |||
| "Hit the Ground" | Songwriter | |||
| "Lisa" | LE1F | Riot Boi | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Haunted" (Michael Diamond Remix) | Beyoncé, BloodPop (credited as Michael Diamond) | Non-album single | Remixer | |
| 2014 | "Go" | Grimes, BloodPop (credited as Blood Diamonds) | Non-album single | Producer, songwriter |
| "No Evidence" | Rome Fortune | Small VVorld | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Bet" | Tinashe, Devonte Hynes | Aquarius | Producer, songwriter | |
| "Giant in My Heart" (Blood Diamonds Remix) | Kiesza, BloodPop (credited as Blood Diamonds) | Non-album single | Remixer | |
| "You're Not the One" (Blood Diamonds Remix) | Sky Ferrerira, BloodPop (credited as Blood Diamonds) | Non-album single | Remixer | |
| 2013 | "Grins" | Charli XCX | True Romance | Producer, songwriter |
| "Anything Could Happen" (Blood Diamonds Remix) | Ellie Goulding, BloodPop (credited as Blood Diamonds) | Non-album single | Remixer | |
| 2012 | "Swimming Pools/Drank" (Blood Diamonds Remix) | Kendrick Lamar, BloodPop (credited as Blood Diamonds) | Non-album single | Remixer |
| 2011 | "Girl" | Das Racist | Relax | Producer |
| "Hauntin' Me" | Keep Shelly in Athens | Non-album single | Remixer | |
| 2010 | "So What?" | Far East Movement | Free Wired | Songwriter |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Awards | Category | Work | Outcome |
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| 2015 | Much Music Video Awards | Video of the Year | Grimes (feat. Blood Diamonds) – "Go" | Nominated |
| Best Post-Production | Nominated | |||
| Best Director | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Grammy Awards[45] | Album of the Year | Purpose (credited as "Blood") | Nominated |
Notes
- "Capital Letters" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 12 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[29]
- "Capital Letters" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart.[32]
References
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- "Capital Letters": "Hailee Steinfeld & BloodPop". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
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