Whitney Phillips

A native of Seattle, Phillips attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.^[1]

Phillips's first songwriting credit was as the lyricist for the Stafford Brothers' 2012 song "Hello".^[1][2] In 2014, she co-wrote the Stafford Brothers song "This Girl",^[3] and "Delirious (Boneless)" from the Steve Aoki album Neon Future I.^[4] In 2015, Phillips co-wrote the songs "Black and White" and "Your Body" for the Kylie Minogue and Fernando Garibay EP Kylie and Garibay,^[5][6] "Broke" on the Joe Budden album All Love Lost,^[7] and "These Are the Days" on the Omi album Me 4 U.^[8]

In 2016, Phillips co-wrote "Happiness" on the Needtobreathe album Hard Love,^[9] the Cher Lloyd single "Activated",^[10] the Steve Aoki single "Can't Go Home",^[11] and "Shots Fired" on the Sawyer Fredericks album A Good Storm.^[12] In 2017, she co-wrote the Fifth Harmony single "Deliver",^[13][14] the Mr. Probz single "Til You Are Loved",^[15] and DJ Cassidy's track "Honor".^[16] Phillips also co-wrote and performed on the 2017 singles "Out of Love" by Indiia,^[17] and "Mutual" by Tom & Collins.^[18]

In 2018, Phillips co-wrote two tracks, "Sick of Sittin'" and "Like I Do", on the Christina Aguilera album Liberation.^[19][20] She also co-wrote two tracks, "Love Me & Let Me Go" and "Voices in My Head", on the Ashley Tisdale album Symptoms.^[21][22] Phillips also composed "Bad Boy" on the Red Velvet album Perfect Velvet,^[23][24] "Come Clean" on the Conrad Sewell album Ghosts & Heartaches,^[25] and co-wrote the singles "Origami" by Era Istrefi,^[26] and "Done" by Nikki Vianna.^[27] In 2019, Phillips co-wrote "The Hard Way" on the Celine Dion deluxe album Courage,^[1][28] and the Zara Larsson single "Don't Worry Bout Me"^[13] She also co-wrote the tracks "Tomboy" and "Strong Ones" on the Destiny Rogers EP Tomboy,^[29][30] and "Loner" on the Terror Jr album Unfortunately, Terror Jr.^[31]

In 2020, Philips received her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Stuck with U", performed by Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande.^[1][32] She also co-wrote the Aksel Kankaanranta song "Looking Back",^[33] which was selected to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020,^[34] though the contest was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[35] Phillips co-wrote "Kickin' Pushin'" on the Destiny Rogers album Great Escape.^[36] In 2021, she co-wrote "Love You Different" on the Justin Bieber album Justice,^[37] and co-wrote "I Am" on the Bebe Rexha album Bebe in 2023.^[38] In 2024, Phillips co-wrote "Damn Good Country Song" on the Corey Kent album Black Bandana,^[39] and the Teddy Swims single "Funeral".^[40]

In 2025, Phillips appeared on the Netflix music docu-reality series Hitmakers.^[13][41]

As a performer, Phillips was a featured vocalist on "Strike" from the Morgan Page's 2015 album DC to Light,^[42] Bobby Green's 2016 single "Lights",^[43] the 2016 Far East Movement track "Dubs Up",^[44] "Blackout" from Mike Stud's 2016 album These Days,^[45] and the 2017 Glenn Morrison single "Cold Day".^[46] She also co-wrote and performed on the 2017 tracks "Out of Love" by Indiia,^[17] and "Mutual" by Tom & Collins.^[18]

"Hello" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 ARIA Music Awards.^[47] "Like I Do" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap/Sung Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, held in 2019.^[48]