TroyBoi Details How Monster Collaborations With Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish Came Together

TroyBoi displays on his time teaming with a few of up to date music’s greatest artists.

From entice fanatics to Latin music lovers, there’s a TroyBoi sound for everybody. And for each fan, from aspiring DJs to international superstars Justin Bieber and Billie Eilish.

TroyBoi discovered himself with prime actual property when his identify was featured on 2021’s Justice, Bieber’s sixth studio album. The virtuosic digital music producer shared album credit with mainstream heavy-hitters Chance the Rapper, Khalid, The Kid LAROI, Benny Blanco, Lil Uzi Vert and Quavo, amongst others.

His collaboration with one among up to date music’s greatest commodities was an train in endurance, humility and execution.

“It was during COVID. I was in London. It was super, super random,” Troyboi just lately instructed EDM.com in an intimate interview. “I got an email from my manager, from his manager, just saying, ‘Hey, Justin is a huge fan. He really wants to work with you. Could we set up a phone call?’ I’m like, ‘Is this for real? Is this a fake email or something?'”

“My manager contacted back and said we were going to set up a call,” TroyBoi continued. “He was meant to call me a week later. A week went by and nothing. Two weeks went by and nothing. A month went by and nothing. Two months went by and nothing. Three months went by and nothing… Out of nowhere, I had this random number call me on my phone. I pick up the phone and someone says, ‘Hey, it’s Justin.'”

“We were working on some ideas for a couple of months. We actually did a lot more than one song. We did some really insane stuff. We decided on ‘Red Eye.'”

TroyBoi and Bieber linked up properly after the Canadian singer-songwriter’s rise to famous person standing. Years earlier, TroyBoi crossed paths with a younger artist simply scratching the floor of her potential. Billie Eilish recruited TroyBoi in 2018—one yr earlier than she shook up the music business together with her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?—for a remix of her tune “My Boy,” appropriately dubbed, “MyBoi.”

“It’s just surpassed 100 million plays on Spotify. Which is just insane,” TroyBoi mentioned. “I’m so grateful for the opportunity that she gave me… She’s a fan, which is great, and I’m a fan of her’s too. I’m glad that it happened.”

TroyBoi’s teamwork with artists like Bieber and Eilish has make clear the depth of his personal discography. “MyBoi” and “Red Eye” are his most rotated Spotify songs, weighing in at a staggering 100.7 million and 74.4 million streams, respectively.

But TroyBoi actually holds his personal, with authentic songs like “Afterhours” and “Do You?” hovering round 50 million.

“As you sort of do these things and you get these accolades and features, you do get a certain level of respect to go onto the next thing,” he added. “It has opened doors for other projects and tracks.”

“I’m just super, super grateful for every opportunity that I’ve had to work with all these incredible artists and to have the platform and respect to do what I want to do, which is to make music and vibe. That’s it really. It’s all clean-hearted. It’s all just a way for me to express myself.”

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