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Savan Kotecha

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Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

millions of albums and Simon you know people know him as a television producer but he or like a judge before he was he was the best A&R pop A&R person in in Europe like everything Simon Cowell touched sold records it was always cheesy pop it wasn't like the cool stuff but I was like I love that stuff so I just became one of Simon's guys and I was in Sweden and and he would send artists and I would write songs for Simon's acts with a lot of the Swedish producers I befriended

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

millions of albums and Simon you know people know him as a television producer but he or like a judge before he was he was the best A&R pop A&R person in in Europe like everything Simon Cowell touched sold records it was always cheesy pop it wasn't like the cool stuff but I was like I love that stuff so I just became one of Simon's guys and I was in Sweden and and he would send artists and I would write songs for Simon's acts with a lot of the Swedish producers I befriended

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

millions of albums and Simon you know people know him as a television producer but he or like a judge before he was he was the best A&R pop A&R person in in Europe like everything Simon Cowell touched sold records it was always cheesy pop it wasn't like the cool stuff but I was like I love that stuff so I just became one of Simon's guys and I was in Sweden and and he would send artists and I would write songs for Simon's acts with a lot of the Swedish producers I befriended

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And yeah, and that's how I got my sort of big break because I was having hits all over, like multiple hits a year in the UK and Europe with Simon Cowell. And then X Factor happened sort of after we had a long, you know, relationship. He, I think, I think if I remember correctly, a DJ got us falling in love.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And yeah, and that's how I got my sort of big break because I was having hits all over, like multiple hits a year in the UK and Europe with Simon Cowell. And then X Factor happened sort of after we had a long, you know, relationship. He, I think, I think if I remember correctly, a DJ got us falling in love.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And yeah, and that's how I got my sort of big break because I was having hits all over, like multiple hits a year in the UK and Europe with Simon Cowell. And then X Factor happened sort of after we had a long, you know, relationship. He, I think, I think if I remember correctly, a DJ got us falling in love.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And If You Seek Amy happened for me because by then I started working with Max once in a while. And he, yeah, he asked me if I would do X Factor. He's like, I don't know, Simon, because I previously worked with a lot of the winners and stuff like that. He's like, I don't know, Simon, I'm starting to have hits outside America. I was, I was...

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And If You Seek Amy happened for me because by then I started working with Max once in a while. And he, yeah, he asked me if I would do X Factor. He's like, I don't know, Simon, because I previously worked with a lot of the winners and stuff like that. He's like, I don't know, Simon, I'm starting to have hits outside America. I was, I was...

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And If You Seek Amy happened for me because by then I started working with Max once in a while. And he, yeah, he asked me if I would do X Factor. He's like, I don't know, Simon, because I previously worked with a lot of the winners and stuff like that. He's like, I don't know, Simon, I'm starting to have hits outside America. I was, I was...

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

trying to like separate myself from the UK cheesy pop I was doing. Cause I wanted to finally do, I was finally getting like the calls to do like cooler American stuff. And, um, and he goes, she was Savannah, just go meet the contestants, you know? And I went to London. I was like, okay. Cause I owed Simon so much. I go meet the contestants and share a Lloyd walks in.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

trying to like separate myself from the UK cheesy pop I was doing. Cause I wanted to finally do, I was finally getting like the calls to do like cooler American stuff. And, um, and he goes, she was Savannah, just go meet the contestants, you know? And I went to London. I was like, okay. Cause I owed Simon so much. I go meet the contestants and share a Lloyd walks in.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

trying to like separate myself from the UK cheesy pop I was doing. Cause I wanted to finally do, I was finally getting like the calls to do like cooler American stuff. And, um, and he goes, she was Savannah, just go meet the contestants, you know? And I went to London. I was like, okay. Cause I owed Simon so much. I go meet the contestants and share a Lloyd walks in.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And I was like, Oh, that's something. And then these five kids walk in. And what I noticed when the kids walk in is that for the rest of the contestants, they had sort of got me like this meeting room where like I had 30 minutes with each contestant. That's what we did just to get to know them and see if anything inspires me.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And I was like, Oh, that's something. And then these five kids walk in. And what I noticed when the kids walk in is that for the rest of the contestants, they had sort of got me like this meeting room where like I had 30 minutes with each contestant. That's what we did just to get to know them and see if anything inspires me.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And I was like, Oh, that's something. And then these five kids walk in. And what I noticed when the kids walk in is that for the rest of the contestants, they had sort of got me like this meeting room where like I had 30 minutes with each contestant. That's what we did just to get to know them and see if anything inspires me.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And Cher inspired me, but it was always like the artists would go in by themselves. But when these five boys walked in, I noticed that all the women from the office walked, came in the room as well. I was like, oh, that's interesting. And they had, they were the funniest kids. You know, they had known me from some of my songs like Westlife that they grew up with because they were UK and Ireland.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And Cher inspired me, but it was always like the artists would go in by themselves. But when these five boys walked in, I noticed that all the women from the office walked, came in the room as well. I was like, oh, that's interesting. And they had, they were the funniest kids. You know, they had known me from some of my songs like Westlife that they grew up with because they were UK and Ireland.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And Cher inspired me, but it was always like the artists would go in by themselves. But when these five boys walked in, I noticed that all the women from the office walked, came in the room as well. I was like, oh, that's interesting. And they had, they were the funniest kids. You know, they had known me from some of my songs like Westlife that they grew up with because they were UK and Ireland.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And like, oh my God, you did these songs. And I thought they were just the best kids. And I was like, they have something. And it was One Direction. And yeah. And then I did X Factor that year, which was the funnest three months. I mean, I've made lifelong friends from the people that worked on that show. And yeah.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And like, oh my God, you did these songs. And I thought they were just the best kids. And I was like, they have something. And it was One Direction. And yeah. And then I did X Factor that year, which was the funnest three months. I mean, I've made lifelong friends from the people that worked on that show. And yeah.