Matthew Koma (June 2, 1987) is an American musician and singer-songwriter born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, New York. Inspired by Elvis Costello and Bruce Springsteen, Koma started his music career in punk rock, later transitioning into a mixture of genres ranging from pop and hip-hop to EDM. Koma's early collaborations include work with Zedd, Swedish House Mafia, Alesso and Ryan Tedder of One Republic. His collaboration with Zedd has been his most notable accomplishment to date with their song "Spectrum" being premiered by Rolling Stone and spending two weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Dance Club chart. The song was quickly added to the rotation at radio stations like KIIS-FM, and 92.3 Now.
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Koma was noticed by Jimmy Iovine who signed him to Interscope Records after watching an acoustic performance of the record "She". He later released his first EP, Parachute, in May 2012, in which he wrote, produced and co-produced all four tracks with collaborators Twice as Nice, Alex da Kid, Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, and Ari Levine. Since then he has taken part in the Sorry For Party Rocking worldwide tour with LMFAO and Far East Movement, and more recently finished touring with the band Owl City. In March of 2012, Bruce Springsteen released "Rocky Ground," a remix that Koma co-produced with Ron Aniello as a single from his album Wrecking Ball.
Matthew Koma's debut album, Arcadia, is said to release on Cherrytree Records, a venture label of Interscope Records, in late 2013.
"One Night" is the lead single from the forth coming album and was released on April 2, 2013. "One Night" was written and produced by Twice as Nice, Matthew Koma & Tim Pagnotta. The music video - directed by Cameron Duddy - premiered a day later on April 3, 2013.
Koma is currently (6.4.2013-16.5.2013) on tour in Europe supporting Ellie Goulding alongside Charli XCX.
