Hitmaker of the Month: Blake Slatkin on Creating Chart-Topping Records With the Kid Laroi, Lil Nas X and 24kGoldn

variety.com:

Ellise Shafer administratorAt just 23 years old, songwriter and producer Blake Slatkin is defining the next decade of pop music — and he already has the No.

1 songs to prove it.Slatkin, an L.A. native, rose to prominence in 2020 as a writer and producer on 24kGoldn and Iann Dior’s pop-rap banger “Mood,” which spent eight non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100.

The song’s catchy hook and guitar backbone made it one of the most unescapable ear worms of the summer — and almost exactly one year later, Slatkin has done it again with the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s “Stay.”The synth-based, fast-paced track debuted at No.