John Callum Stewart[2] (born 8 February 1997),[3] known professionally as JC Stewart or Callum Stewart,[4] is a singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland. In 2020, he went viral after Jennifer Aniston reposted his parody of the theme song from Friends.[5] He released his EP When the Lights Hits the Room later that year.
Stewart grew up on a farm in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He has two younger sisters and is the fourth generation of JC Stewarts, with his family running a grocery business of the same name.[2]
Despite not coming from a particularly musical family, Stewart sang in school and was encouraged by his mum to attend a local theatre where he learnt to make music and fell in love with songwriting aged 14.[2][6] He notes that his dad's record collection inspired him to listen to the Who and the Band.[7]
Once he had finished school Stewart took a gap year and then moved to Brighton to study International Relations at Sussex University but dropped out of university and moved to London to pursue music instead.[2][6]
In 2014, Stewart independently released his debut single "Gold".[8]
He signed to Warner Records in 2018 and released two singles, "Medicine" and "Like I Did".[9] Stewart co-wrote the track "Hollywood" which featured on Lewis Capaldi's 2019 debut album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent.[10] Stewart released four further tracks of his own that year:"Have You Had Enough Wine?",[11] "Bones",[12] "Pick Up Your Phone"[13] and "The Wrong Ones".[14] Stewart held a four-night residency at the Islington in September 2019, which sold out within a few hours.[15] He also toured with the likes of Lewis Capaldi, Lauv and Anne-Marie.[16][17]
In 2020, Stewart released two singles "Lying That You Love Me" and "I Need You to Hate Me".[18][19] He uploaded a parody of the Friends theme song, "I'll Be There for You", to TikTok which caught the attention of Jennifer Aniston and subsequently led to his first appearances on U.S. television.[20] His collaboration on a track with 220 Kid, "Too Many Nights", which peaked at number 72 on the UK Singles Chart.[21] Stewart also released his debut EP When the Light Hits the Room in November 2020. He co-wrote the EP in two weeks with Tom Odell, whom he has cited as one of his biggest musical heroes.[22]
In January 2021, Stewart released his single "Break My Heart", which was co-written with Niall Horan and Plested.[23] He was also named MTV's Push Artist of the Month.[24]
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| "Gold"[A] | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Parachute"[A] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Dam"[A][35] | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Medicine" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Like I Did" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Have You Had Enough Wine?" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Bones" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Pick Up Your Phone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Wrong Ones" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Lying That You Love Me" | 2020 | — | — | —[B] | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "I Need You to Hate Me" | — | 36 | 17 | 1 | 75 | — | 12 | 85 | — | ||||
| "Too Many Nights" (with 220 Kid) |
74 [36] |
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| "Rest Of My Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | When The Lights Hit The Room | |||
| "Break My Heart" | 2021 | 96 | 25 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Loud"[38] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Don't Say You Love Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Didn't Know Shit" (with LOVA and Kina) |
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| "On My Mind" (with Jonasu) |
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| "24/7" (with Billen Ted) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Love Like That" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | ||||
| "Come Around Again" (with Armin van Buuren and Billen Ted) |
— | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | 75 | 2 | Feel Again, Pt. 1 | |||
| "Scars" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Hey Babe, I'm a Mess, I'm Sorry" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Space Hurts | ||
| "BT45" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Can't Stop" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Waste" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Tomorrow" | 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Space Hurts" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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