‘Listen and weep!’ How Grammy-nominated hitmaker The-Dream propelled Beyoncé to even greater heights
LA TimesOn a September evening in Manhattan, The-Dream, one of America’s greatest hitmakers, was in the Plaza Hotel. Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” Justin Bieber’s “Baby,” Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies ” — the 45-year-old songwriter and producer has written or co-written touchstone after touchstone. He also remembers Mr. Styles rejecting his pleas to play Lionel Richie: “You’re not playing anything that says all night long!” Later, in his famously horny solo work, The-Dream would be less inhibited. What better place to gather than here on Beyoncé’s album?” The critically acclaimed ballad “1+1,” from Beyoncé’s 2011 album “4,” was “a hundred percent” written by The-Dream “in Vegas, by myself, chilling. One of the five Grammys he has won was a song of the year statuette, for “Single Ladies.” “You realize the song can’t be good enough,” he says.
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