Justin Tranter talks about receiving a Grammy nomination for his songwriting, delves into the songs he wrote last year and submitted for nomination, why he feels it's important for the Grammys to recognize songwriters, what he wants to accomplish with the Facet label And publish and write with artists like Reneé Rapp, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus and more!
Justin Tranter:
Hello Hello hello. Check check. One two, one two. This looks fantastic. Thank you for this opportunity to speak in front of my own beauty. Hi, I'm Justin Tranter and I'm Billboard News.
Katie Bain:
Hi, I'm Katie Bain from Billboard News and I'm really excited to be here with Grammy-nominated songwriter Justin Tranter. Justin, thanks for joining us.
Justin Tranter:
Thanks for having me.
Katie Bain:
First of all, November. I want to know what you were doing when you found out you were nominated for this Grammy.
Justin Tranter:
I will be very honest with you. Last year was the first year the category existed and I had high hopes. I was not nominated. So this year I kept my hopes very low. My amazing publicist and I didn't campaign. We just… I just… I just showed up and I was very proud of the songs that I submitted, but I intentionally didn't get my hopes up. And right before the nominations came in, I went to walk my dog, I wasn't looking, and I really thought I wasn't… I wasn't going to be nominated. I was walking my dog and all of a sudden I looked at my phone and there were like 300 text messages.
Katie Bain:
Yes, that's great. Yes, that actually gives me goosebumps. Did you stop in your tracks?
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