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Amy Allen Wrote Your Favorite Songs This Year
From ‘Please Please Please’ to ‘APT.’
The Maine native has been one of pop’s steadier hired hands since 2018, when she co-wrote Selena Gomez’s “Back to You” and Halsey’s “Without Me.” But that pales in comparison to Allen’s 2024. She later proved crucial to the rise of Sabrina Carpenter, co-writing every song on her breakout album Short n’ Sweet, including the slick earworm “Espresso” and dreamy “Please Please Please.” And, as the year comes to a close, two more Allen cuts are flourishing: Rosé and Bruno Mars’ high-energy “APT.” has topped the Billboard Global 200 for weeks, while Koe Wetzel and Jessie Murph’s couple-on-the-rocks anthem “High Road” is closing in on a Country Airplay No. “Long gone are the days of people wanting to listen to the artist taking themselves seriously on every track,” says Allen, while breaking down a few of the hits she worked on this year.
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