How ILYA Helped Tate McRae Score Her Highest-Charting Hot 100 Debut With ‘It’s Ok I’m Ok’
By the mid-2000s, Swedish songwriter and producer ILYA — who was then in his late teens — was “grinding, grinding, grinding” without gaining much momentum. It wasn’t until years later, thanks to a fortuitous meeting, that his career finally took off. ILYA, now 38, recalls how meeting producer Shellback changed his life, as the latter…