SEAN GARRETT IS EVERGREEN: THE ‘STILL OVER IT’ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON HIS 17-YEAR SONGWRITING RUN
Sean Garrett discusses the "unbelievably irresistible" R&B genre and why Summer Walker's 'Still Over It' is today's 'Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.'
At 19, Sean Garrett was already songwriting for Beyoncé. “I really went there to do ‘Is She The Reason,'” he says. But once the Atlanta-born multi-hyphenate arrived to work on the Destiny’s Child deep cut, there was no looking back. A teenage Garrett ended up co-writing five of the 11 tracks on the girl-group’s fifth and to date final studio album, Destiny Fulfilled.
There was “Girl.” And “T-Shirt.” Then “Through With Love,” “Soldier” and “Lose My Breath,” the latter two, both peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Between phrases, Garrett interrupts himself, recalling additional song titles he went on to write for Beyoncé: “Check On It,” “Upgrade U,” “Ring The Alarm,” “Get Me Bodied.”
At 19, Sean Garrett was already songwriting for Beyoncé. “I really went there to do ‘Is She The Reason,'” he says. But once the Atlanta-born multi-hyphenate arrived to work on the Destiny’s Child deep cut, there was no looking back. A teenage Garrett ended up co-writing five of the 11 tracks on the girl-group’s fifth and to date final studio album, Destiny Fulfilled.
There was “Girl.” And “T-Shirt.” Then “Through With Love,” “Soldier” and “Lose My Breath,” the latter two, both peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Between phrases, Garrett interrupts himself, recalling additional song titles he went on to write for Beyoncé: “Check On It,” “Upgrade U,” “Ring The Alarm,” “Get Me Bodied.”