Alexis Kesselman, also known by her stage name Idarose, is an American singer, songwriter and producer, based in both New York and Los Angeles. She is best known for writing and producing 5 of the 6 Skye Riley songs (performed by

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) for the psychological horror movie ''

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''.

Early life

Kesselman was born and raised in south

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. She studied songwriting, film scoring, and production at the

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at the

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. In 2016, she was selected to attend the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project at

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. She received a master's degree in writing and design for musical theater from

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in New York City.

Career

Kesselman records under the name Idarose, and her 2021 single "When I Don't Have You", generated over 1 million views on

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. As a songwriter and producer, she co-wrote the 2021 song " F Is for Friends" by

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, Trevor Daniel, and

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for the soundtrack to '' The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run''. She co-wrote Joji's 2022 single "

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", which went multi-platinum, peaking at number 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and was number 1 on

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's US and Global charts. It was nominated for Song of the Year at the

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. In 2023, the song entered Spotify's Billions Club for reaching over a billion streams. Kesselman wrote and produced five of the six songs on '' Smile 2: The Skye Riley EP'', from the 2024 film ''

'', with all the songs performed by

as her character Skye Riley. She has also written and produced for artists including

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, and

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Discography

Singles (as Idarose)

* "Talk About Myself" (2018) * "Psychic" (2019) * "thanks 2020" feat. The Verneers (2020) * "When I Don't Have You" (2021) * "Different People" (2021) * "Feel Like That" feat. Daniel Allan (2021)

Songwriting and production

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.alexiskesselman.com Living people University of Miami Frost School of Music alumni Berklee College of Music alumni Songwriters from Florida Record producers from Florida American women songwriters American women record producers Warner Records artists Year of birth missing (living people)