Cameron Alexander Francis Walker-Wright[1] (born April 24, 1989) professionally known as Cameron Walker, is a singer, songwriter, producer, and artist from Southport, Connecticut. He is currently in the supergroup band Twin XL along with John Gomez and Stephen Gomez.[2]
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| Birth name | Cameron Alexander Francis Walker-Wright |
| Born | April 24, 1989 Southport, Connecticut |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
| Member of | Twin XL |
| Formerly of | Nekokat, Animal Fiction, Weatherstar |
| Website | https://www.cameronwalkerwright.com/ |
He is currently based in Los Angeles, CA and has written songs for bands and artists such as Lindsey Stirling, All Time Low, Sabrina Carpenter, The Ready Set, among many others.[3] He is also known from the band Weatherstar.
Cameron has composed music for brands such as Apple, T-Mobile, Victoria's Secret, Sleepy's and other brands. In addition, he has composed music for networks such as NBC, ABC, ESPN, among many others.[4]
Career
editIn 2009, Walker formed the band Weatherstar.[5] The band released their self-titled debut EP in 2010 and includes the songs, "Wish You Would Stay" and "Postcards".[6] The group toured with The Bigger Lights, The Graduate and You Me and Everyone We Know, as well as performing at the Vans Warped Tour in 2010.[7] In April 2011, an EP entitled, Crystal Ball was released.[8] In November 2011, a christmas EP titled, Christmas Makes the Heart Grow Fonder was released along with the lead single, "It's Not Christmas Without You Here".[9]
In 2012, his band Nineteen 80 Five (1985) was signed to Songs Music Publishing.[10] Since then the band has gone on to release a collection of EPs and released the single, Summer Forever, on Hollywood Records.[11] In September 2012, Walker debuted a new project with his brother Julian Walker called Brothers. They released their debut single, "12 Degrees" that same month.[12] The duo later released "It's Not Christmas Without You Here" and cover of "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" for streaming via Alternative Press in December 2012.[13] In January 2013, Nineteen 80 Five released "Everything's Perfect" as the lead single from their second EP, which was released in February.[14] In 2014, Cameron signed to songwriter and producer, David Hodges, as his first signing to his publishing company Third & Verse which was a joint venture with Kobalt Music Group.[15]
Walker-Wright has played guitar, bass guitar and wrote several songs for The Ready Set.[16] Walker wrote "Disappearing Act", "Concrete", "Run with Me" and "Swim" on The Ready Set's fifth studio album, I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love.[17]
He is one third of the indie pop group Nekokat along with Jordan Witzigreuter (The Ready Set) and Jess Bowen (drummer of The Summer Set).[18] In September 2016, he released a single titled, "Just Come Home".[19] In May 2017, he released another single titled, "I'm Sorry", under the name, Alexander Francis.[20]
In 2018, he joined brothers Stephen and John Gomez of The Summer Set to form the band Twin XL.[21] As of 2023, they released one studio album titled Hyperfantasia, two EPs and 13 singles. The band makes all of their own music, start-to-finish, and have admitted that it is "sometimes difficult" to balance recording with performances.[22] Previously, the band toured with Jukebox The Ghost and The Mowgli's for the Making Friends Tour of 2019,[23] and toured with I Don't Know How But They Found Me the same year.[24] They ended 2019 touring with The Maine for The Mirror tour,[25] and toured with Fitz and the Tantrums in 2020.[26] The band released their debut studio album, Hyperfantasia on May 19, 2023.[27]
In early 2021, Cameron started a music label with fellow artist Jordan Witzigreuter, Swim Team Records.[28] The company has featured a multitude of artists such as Future Coyote, TALKBAK, and Casey Abrams. The label's music has been featured in promotion for things such as the PGA Tour.[29] Walker wrote "Rock with You" by Seventeen for their ninth EP, Attacca.[30]
Discography
edit| Year | Projects | Albums/ EPs | Singles |
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| 2009 | Weatherstar | Weatherstar
Acoustic Crystal Ball Go Closer Christmas Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (A Weatherstar Holiday Collection) Out In The Rain Covers EP |
Snow
For The First Time (Cover) Believe All Talk |
| 2012 | Brothers | 12 Degrees | |
| 2012 | 1985 | Congratulations
Everything's Perfect |
Summer Forever
Days Like This |
| 2012 | The Ready Set (touring member) |
I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love (Songwriter) |
Disappearing Act (Songwriter) |
| 2014 | Animal Fiction | Animal Fiction EP
Yellow! Pink! Green! Happy Thoughts We'll Go Places Anything Can Happen I Really Like It Cold Oh No! Symmetry Real Again Start Again (2020, Writer) |
Enjoy The Ride
Lone Wolf |
| 2015 | Bye Bye | Take Me Home | |
| 2016 | Cameron Walker | Just Come Home | |
| 2017 | Nekokat | Communication
Communication II Pleasure Beach |
Boys Don't Cry
Haunted Haunted (Acoustic) Bella, Goodbye Take Warchild Up In Smoke Melt |
| 2018 | Alexander Francis | I'm Sorry | |
| 2018 | Twin XL | How To Talk To Strangers | Messy
Messy (Extended Version) Melt Problematic Lemonade Lonely (with Little Hurt & Rad Horror) Slow Heart Want You (Unreleased) Upgrade |
| Year | Band/ Artist | Album | Song |
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| 2012 | We The Kings | Somewhere Somehow | Say It Now |
| 2013 | Age Of Days | radioactivity | Ready To Go |
| 2014 | The Kettles | You're Not You Soundtrack | Finally Free |
| 2014 | Heffron Drive | Happy Mistakes | Had to be Panama |
| 2014 | Sabrina Carpenter | Eyes Wide Open | We'll be the Stars |
| 2015 | Wish I Was | Wish I Was | Cutting Ties |
| 2015 | All Time Low | Future Hearts | Cinderblock Garden |
| 2015 | David Hodges | The December Sessions, Vol. 3 | Under The Influence |
| The Other Road | |||
| The Only Story | |||
| 2016 | David Hodges | The December Sessions, Vol. 4 | Lovers In Orbit |
| 2016 | Sophia Kameron | Connected | Connected |
| 2016 | Borgeous | 13 | Over the Edge |
| 2016 | Tor Miller | All Fall Down | |
| 2016 | The Summer Set | Stories For Monday | All In |
| 2016 | Tonight Alive | Limitless | How Does It Feel |
| 2016 | Arrows to Athens | Exile | City Of Angels |
| 2016 | The Ready Set | I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love | Disappearing Act |
| Swim | |||
| Concrete | |||
| Run With Me | |||
| 2017 | Outasight | Ritchie | Feel Good |
| 2018 | Lindsey Stirling | Warmer In The Winter | Time To Fall In Love |
| 2018 | The Ready Set | V1 | Life In Pink |
| Real | |||
| Let U Go | |||
| 2018 | The Ready Set | V2 | Stitch |
| 2018 | Animal Island | Animalistic | Imagine All You Can Do |
| 2018 | The Mowglis | I was Starting to Wonder | I Feel Good About This |
| 2018 | Cade Foehner | Breathe Out | |
| 2018 | Vanessa Mai | Schlager | Vergessen dich zu vergessen |
| 2018 | Set it Off | Midnight | Lonely Dance |
| 2019 | Saint PHYNX | Sorry | |
| 2019 | Onlychild | solstice, part 2. | Royal Blue |
| 2019 | Derek Hough | Say It Now | |
| 2019 | Dreamers | Launch Fly Land | Dizzy |
| 2019 | Mannequin Online | So Cool | |
| 2019 | Little Hurt | It's Okay Not To Be Okay | |
| 2020 | Set it Off | After Midnight | So Predictable |
| 2020 | Animal Fiction | Like I Do | |
| 2020 | Animal Fiction | Start Again | |
| 2020 | Em Rossi | The Other Side | |
| 2020 | The Veil | Batwoman Soundtrack | Welcome To My World |
| 2020 | Paper Jackets | Drugs & Honey | |
| 2020 | Onlychild | Thank Me Later | |
| 2020 | Little Hurt | Every Second | My Head Hurts |
| 2021 | Future Coyote | Get To Work | |
| 2021 | Little Luna | therapy | |
| 2021 | Little Hurt | Every Second | I Don't Wanna Be Here |
| 2021 | Future Coyote | Coming Alive | |
| 2021 | Trans Violet | Blue Flowers | |
| 2021 | Casey Abrams | To Me, From Me | |
| 2021 | TALKBAK | TALKBAK | Gimme Something Good
Jump Fire Yng4Evr |
| 2021 | Young Rising Sons | Carousel | |
| 2021 | Dreamers | Brainless | |
| 2021 | Riivels | Ain't Seen Nothing Yet | |
| 2021 | Animal Fiction | Eyes To The Sun | Ready 2 Go
Find Our Way Everywhere We Go Eyes To The Sun Take Me Higher Permanent Vacation |
| 2021 | Seventeen | Attacca | Rock With You |
| 2021 | Set It Off | Skeleton | |
| 2021 | Alex Di Leo | Following Feelings |
| Year | Artist | Songs |
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| 2014 | tyDi | Apollo |
| 2015 | Wish I Was | Cutting Ties
Now I Know End Of Faith |
| 2016 | Wish I Was | We're Better Than This
Stop This The Bubble Kill Me We Can't Go On Like This I Want To Believe |
| 2016 | tyDi | Sharpest Weapon
All I Ever Knew |
| 2017 | Wish I Was | This Could Be It? |
| 2018 | Animal Island | New Classic
All You Can Do |
| 2018 | tyDi | Everything I See |
| 2020 | Animal Island | Undefined
Live Loud |
| 2020 | American Teeth | Barred Out [Feat. Twin XL] |
| 2021 | LUNA AURA | Smile |
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- ^ Leslie Simon (June 9, 2010). "The Buzz On: Weatherstar". MTV. Archived from the original on October 30, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
- ^ "Unsigned Find: Weatherstar". Seventeen. December 1, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
- ^ "Crystal Ball - EP by Weatherstar". Spotify. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
- ^ "Weatherstar To Release 'Crystal Ball' Remix, Christmas EP". Top40-Charts. November 14, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
- ^ "1985 Signed To SONGS Music Publishing". Archived from the original on 2016-10-15. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ Kristen Hudak (August 14, 2012). "Band 1985's Summer Forever is Little League World Series' theme". ESPN. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
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- ^ Brian Kraus (December 22, 2012). "Downloads: Brothers, It's Not Christmas Without You Here & Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on April 4, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ^ Cassie Whitt (January 6, 2013). "Song Premiere: 1985, Everythings Perfect". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
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- ^ "I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love - The Ready Set Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
- ^ "New Supergroup NEKOKAT's 'Gimme A Break': Exclusive Single Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ Emillie Marvel (September 22, 2016). "Premiere: Cameron Walker's Just Come Home". idobi Radio. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
- ^ Emillie Marvel (May 10, 2017). "idobi Sessions: Alexander Francis – I'm Sorry". idobi Radio. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
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- ^ Jennifer Dill (February 8, 2019). "TWIN XL release third single Friends and Announce EP". Retrieved January 1, 2023.
- ^ Goeman, Collin (2019-05-22). "iDKHOW extend "Night Heat" tour with summer dates". Alternative Press. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- ^ "Twin XL to Join The Maine on Nationwide Tour This Fall". August 14, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
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- ^ @wearetwinxl (April 11, 2023). "We're back. Our debut album Hyperfantasia comes out 5/19. You cool with that?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
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