Exclusive Interview With Songwriter Melanie Fontana: From Justin Bieber To BTS, She's Done It All

Born in Newington, Connecticut, USA on October 3rd, 1986, Melanie Joy Fontana is an incredibly brilliant songwriter who has contributed much to not just the US pop music scene but also to the K-Pop industry as well.

Having written music for a handful of world famous artists including Justin Bieber (Home This Christmas), Girls' Generation (Stay Girls), f(x) (Boom, Bang, Boom), I.O.I (Crush), AOA (Cherry Pop), Britney Spears (Mood Ring), The Chainsmokers (Setting Fire), and BTS (Euphoria), she has definitely built an admirable reputation for herself as one of this generation's most sought after songwriter.

And despite her enormous success as an industry professional and artist, she is ever so down-to-earth, humble, hard-working, and continues to exhibit a natural finesse in her craft.

 

Exclusive Interview With Melanie Fontana

 

How did you first get into songwriting? 

"I remember I was 5 when my music teacher pulled me aside after class and asked me to sing at an event outside of school. I loved that my teacher saw something special in me, because while my parents knew how much I loved to sing, I don't know if they would've taken the initiative the way he did. Fast forward through the next decade of vocal lessons and theater work to me at age 17 when I begged my family to help me move to NYC. I’d completed high school pretty early through a homeschool program, so for all my hard work, they happily obliged. I think my mom and dad believed in me then much more than I did!

I spent about 10 years plowing away at music and performing live-gigs in NYC. Duri