Kaelyn Behr, known professionally as Styalz Fuego, is an Australian music producer, songwriter, vocalist and artist based in Melbourne. Styalz is renowned for his diverse production and songwriting, and most known for his eclectic take on hip-hop, electronic, R&B and K-Pop.
Styalz's accomplishments include the 2017 ARIA Song of the Year, 2012 ARIA Producer of the Year,[1][2] 2013 APRA Breakthrough Songwriter Award and 2016 and 2018 APRA Most Played Australian Work awards and integral involvement in many multi-platinum, ARIA award-winning projects across his career in Australia, UK, USA and South Korea.
He has been based in Melbourne, Australia since 2003.
In 2007, Styalz produced Chamillionaire’s hit "Not a Criminal" featuring Kelis, which received negative reviews for its lacklustre lyrics and a pointless Kelis cameo.[3] Around this time, he also began to remix a number of songs for artists including Sneaky Sound System, Savage, and Chris Lilley’s Summer Heights High character Mr. G.[citation needed]
In 2013, Fuego co-wrote the song "Astronaut" for UK singer/songwriter Joel Compass, which was added to BBC 1.[4]
Styalz was involved in a string of multi-platinum singles from Peking Duk including the 2017 ARIA Song of The Year and 3× Platinum Stranger[5] with Elliphant,[6] the 4× Platinum single Take Me Over with Safia and Platinum Let You Down with Icona Pop. Styalz also co-produced Bliss n Eso's 2× Platinum single Moments with Gavin James,[7] The Aston Shuffle's Gold single Tear It Down, Seth Sentry's Gold album This Was Tomorrow and Drapht's ARIA Award-winning Seven Mirrors album.[8]
Styalz has seen an array of international releases, including the “Most Tweeted About Song of 2017”[9] Korean supergroup EXO's smash single Kokobop,[10] which propelled EXO's album The War to #1 in 41 countries on iTunes and now sits at over 1.5 million sales, including a Korean record 800,000 physical pre-orders. Through his other work in South Korea, Styalz also co-produced tracks for K-Pop royalty in EXO-CBX, Nu’Est, TVXQ and Henry Lau.
Styalz also worked on Ride or Die[11] for The Knocks & Foster The People, Phases[12] for ALMA and French Montana, Momma Always Told Me for G-Eazy,[13] Certified for Wiley and co-produced numerous Destructo singles with Ty Dolla $ign, Pusha T, E-40, Too Short, ILoveMakonnen and Starrah.
In October 2013, Fuego's first official credit as a vocalist - under his given name Kaelyn Behr on the Thomas Gold collaboration "Remember" from Axwell's Axtone label - premiered on Danny Howard's BBC Radio 1 Show[14]
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| "Remember" (Thomas Gold (featuring Kaelyn Behr) | 2013 |
| "Sooner or Later" (Adrian Lux (featuring Kaelyn Behr) | 2014 |
| "Never Fade" (Sick Individuals (featuring Kaelyn Behr) | 2015 |
| "Unraveling" (Wax Motif (featuring Kaelyn Behr) | 2018 |
The APRA Awards have been presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".[15]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Simple Man" by Diafrix (featuring Daniel Merriweather) Khaled Abdulwahab, Kaelyn Behr, Glen Christiansen, Mohamed Komba, Daniel Merriweather |
Urban Work of the Year | Nominated | |
| "Throw It Away" – 360 (featuring Josh Pyke) Kaelyn Behr, Matthew Colwel |
Nominated | |||
| 2013 | Matthew Colwell and Kaelyn Behr | Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year | Won | [16][17] |
| "Boys like You" – 360 (featuring Gossling) Kaelyn Behr, Matthew Colwell, Francis Jones, Bradford Pinto, Jack Revens |
Most Played Australian Work | Nominated | ||
| Urban Work of the Year | Nominated | |||
| "Child" - 360 Kaelyn Behr, Matthew Colwell |
Nominated | |||
| 2014 | "Run Alone" - 360 Kaelyn Behr, Matthew Colwell |
Urban Work of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2014 | "Live It Up" - 360 (featuring Pez) Kaelyn Behr, Matthew Colwell, Perry Chapman, Dennis Dowlut, Nicholas Martin |
Urban Work of the Year | Nominated | |
| "Price of Fame" – 360 (featuring Gossling) Kaelyn Behr, Matthew Colwell |
Nominated | |||
| "Tear It Down" – The Aston Shuffle Kaelyn Behr, Mikah Freeman, Vance Musgrove, Amanda Ghost |
Dance Work of the Year | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | "Take Me Over" - Peking Duk (featuring Safia) Kaelyn Behr, Adam Hyde, Reuben Styles, Ben Woolner-Kirkham |
Dance Work of the Year | Won | [18][19] |
| Most Played Australian Work | Won | |||
| 2018 | "Peking Duk" – Peking Duk (featuring Elliphant) - Kaelyn Behr, Adam Hyde, Reuben Styles, Elliphant, Daniel Goudie, Ashley Milton |
Dance Work of the Year | Won | [20][21] |
| Most Played Australian Work | Won | |||
| "Moments" – Bliss n Eso (featuring Gavin James) Kaelyn Behr, Peter James Harding, Max Mackinnon, Nicholas Martin, Jonathan Notley, Ryan Vojtesak |
Urban Work of the Year | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | "Let You Down" – Peking Duk (featuring Icona Pop) Kaelyn Behr, Adam Hyde, Reuben Styles,, Samuel Manville, Robert Taylor |
Dance Work of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2020 | "Sugar" – Peking Duk (featuring Jack River) Kaelyn Behr, Adam Hyde, Reuben Styles, Holly Rankin, Xavier Dunn, Karsten Dahlgaard, Rene Dif, Claus Norreen, Anders Oeland, Johnny Pedersen, Soren Rasted |
Most Performed Dance Work | Nominated | |
| 2020 | "Rush" – Troye Sivan Kaelyn Behr, Troye Sivan, Alex Chapman, Kevin Hickey, Brett McLaughlin, Adam Novodor |
APRA Song of the Year | Won | [22] |
The ARIA Music Awards, hosted by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), recognise "excellence and innovation across all genres" of music in Australia.[23]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Styalz Fuego for 360 – Falling & Flying | ARIA Award for Best Producer | Won | [24][25][26] |
| 2023 | Styalz Fuego for Troye Sivan "Rush" | Best Produced Release | Won | [27] |
| Best Engineered Release | Won |
