Jaymes Young

Jaymes Young
Jaymes Young performing in November 2014
Background information
Birth name Jaymes McFarland
Born (1991-09-01) September 1, 1991
Seattle, Washington,
United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
Years active 2013–2018
Labels Atlantic
Website jaymesyng.com

Jaymes Young (born Jaymes McFarland; September 1, 1991) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. On September 9, 2013, he debuted his first extended play, Dark Star EP. His debut album Feel Something was released on June 23, 2017.

Career

Jaymes Young performing at The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on September 27, 2013

In 2013 he was signed to a recording contract with Atlantic Records and toured with the trip hop trio London Grammar.[1] He released his second EP Habits of My Heart on September 28, 2014, on Atlantic Records and opened for Vance Joy on the latter's "Dream Your Life Away" tour. He was featured alongside Birdy in David Guetta's "I'll Keep Loving You" on Guetta's 2014 album Listen. In 2016, he worked with American electronic musician ZHU in co-writing and featuring un-credited vocals on two tracks, entitled "Hometown Girl" which was originally based on Meghan Gier and Benjamin Griffith's relationship and "Cold Blooded" which was based on Jaymes Young's life at a young age. The songs eventually became part of ZHU's debut studio album Generationwhy, which was released on 29 July 2016.

On May 11, 2018, McFarland said he was stepping away from the Jaymes Young project, saying on his Facebook "I’m taking a possibly permanent break from Jaymes Young as a project. I’ll be back somehow someway... I can promise that. I owe a lot more music to those who have supported me. I’m following the path I feel is best. Thanks for listening."[2]

Personal life

McFarland grew up in Seattle, Washington, and attributes his varied interest in music to his music-loving parents and siblings (two older brothers and one younger sister). His musical influences include Coldplay, Radiohead, Maroon 5, Iron & Wine, and Death Cab for Cutie.[1][3] McFarland began playing the guitar and writing lyrics at age 14. Music became a creative outlet for his ideas and inspiration.[1] Apart from music, his interests include science and philosophy.[4] He currently resides in Los Angeles.[4]

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details
2017 Feel Something

Extended plays

Year Album details Notes
2013 Dark Star EP
  • Released: September 9, 2013
  • Label: Atlantic
2014 Habits of My Heart EP
  • Released: September 28, 2014
  • Label: Atlantic

Mixtapes

Year Album details Notes
2013 Dark Star[5][6][7]
  • Released: August 20, 2013
  • Label: Self-released

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Album
"I'll Be Good" 2015 Habits of My Heart EP
"We Won't"
(featuring Phoebe Ryan)		 Feel Something
Year Title Peak positions Album
US
Dance		 FRA
[8]
2014 "I'll Keep Loving You"
(David Guetta featuring Jaymes Young and Birdy)		 — 144 Listen
2015 "Sun Don't Shine"
(Klangkarussell featuring Jaymes Young)		 18 — Non-album single
2016 "Hit Me Harder"
(Skizzy Mars featuring Jaymes Young)		 — — "Alone"
2018 "Same Soul"

(PVRIS featuring Jaymes Young and Marian Hill)[9][10]

 Non Album Single

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dark Star Shining: A Conversation With Jaymes Young". Pigeons & Planes. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Jaymes Young". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  3. ↑ "Rising Alt-Pop Artist Jaymes Young on Breakthrough Phoebe Ryan Collab and Weed As a Creative Tool". Billboard. 4 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Jaymes Young Bio". Atlantic. August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Dark Star by Jaymes Young". SoundCloud. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Jaymes Young – Dark Star (Mixtape)". Hypebeast. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Album Review: Jaymes Young – Dark Star - EARMILK". Earmilk. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Jaymes Young discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Hear PVRIS' Marian Hill remix of "Same Soul" ft. Jaymes Young - Alternative Press". Alternative Press. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  10. ↑ Marotta, Michael (April 27 2018). "PVRIS team with Marian Hill and Jaymes Young for a remix of 'Same Soul'". Vanyaland. Check date values in: |date= (help)


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