In 2015, Canadian singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr. released his debut album, Goon. The project earned some acclaim and was one of the year’s best-reviewed albums. He even performed with The Roots on Fallon.
After that, though, he shifted gears, instead carving out a career in more of a background role, as a songwriter. Over the past decade, he was at least partially responsible for a lot of songs you’ve probably heard of: Adele’s “When We Were Young” and Niall Horan’s “Slow Hands” are a couple examples, while he also all over projects like Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism, Dijon’s Baby, and Justi...
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