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Birth name | Frederick John Philip Gibson |
Also known as | FRED, Fred again.., Fred Gibson |
Born | 19 July 1993 30) Balham, South London, England | (age
Origin | London, England |
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Years active | 2010–present |
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Website | Official website |
Frederick John Philip Gibson (born 19 July 1993), [1] known professionally as Fred Again (stylised as Fred again..) or simply Fred (stylised as FRED), is an English record producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. He frequently collaborates with other artists and in 2024 was nominated for Best New Artist at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards and won Best Dance/Electronic Album for Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) and Best Dance/Electronic Recording for "Rumble".
Born in 1993 in Balham, he is the second son of barrister Charles Anthony Warneford Gibson KC (born 1960), [2] and Mary Ann Frances née Morgan, elder daughter of Sir John Morgan KCMG and the Hon. Fionn O'Neill, who was the only daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocrat and financier Shane, 3rd Baron O'Neill, and British socialite Ann née Charteris [3] (who married secondly Viscount Rothermere, and finally James Bond creator Ian Fleming). [3] : 4124 Descended from Huntingdonshire gentry on his father's side, through his mother Fred's ancestry comprises the Earls of Dundonald, the Earls of Wemyss and March, the Marquess of Crewe, the Dukes of Somerset as well as other peerage and baronetage families. [4] : 3012 [3] : 4124
Gibson attended the private boarding school Marlborough College in Wiltshire, England, between 2006 and 2011. [5] [6]
Aged 16, Gibson joined an a cappella group at the London studio of Brian Eno, who was his family's neighbour at the time. [7] [8] [9] In 2014, he collaborated as co-producer and songwriter with Eno and Karl Hyde on their two project albums Someday World and High Life (songwriter only). Also in 2014, Gibson participated in that year's Red Bull Music Academy, held in Tokyo, Japan. [10]
In June 2018, George Ezra's song "Shotgun", co-written by Gibson, reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, [11] remaining in the top 3 for 12 consecutive weeks from 22 June [12] to 7 September. [13] Later, in the same year, Gibson was also credited with co-writing "Solo" by Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato, and gained further success with Rita Ora's song "Let You Love Me". [14] Gibson is credited with writing and/or producing 12 of 15 of Ed Sheeran's 2019 No.6 Collaborations Project , with credited songs featuring for a total of 14 weeks at No. 1 in the charts. [14]
Gibson won Producer of the Year at the Brit Awards 2020. [15] He is the youngest producer to ever win the title. The win was voted for by a group of industry-wide A&R executives and was then selected by the Music Producers' Guild. [16] [17]
On 23 June 2023, Gibson made his first appearance at Glastonbury Festival. [18] [19]
In 2019, Gibson began a project titled Actual Life, in which he collects samples from various sources – such as voice memos, clips from social media, and music by other artists – and incorporates them into original tracks. [20] Gibson released the first of these albums, titled Actual Life (April 14 - December 17 2020), in April 2021, which he described as a "collaborative diary" reflecting his life experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. [21] He released a follow-up, Actual Life 2 (February 2 - October 15 2021), later that year in November. [22] [23]
In July 2022, Gibson performed a set for Boiler Room in London, the 3rd most-watched set on Boiler Room's YouTube Channel. [24] The same week, he released the single "Turn On the Lights again.." with Swedish House Mafia, which samples Future's 2012 single "Turn On the Lights". [25] [26] [27]
Gibson's third solo studio album, Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022), was released on 28 October 2022. [28] It was preceded by five singles: "Danielle (Smile on My Face)", "Bleu (Better with Time)", "Kammy (Like I Do)", "Delilah (Pull Me Out of This)" and "Clara (The Night Is Dark)".
Gibson's debut tour, which ran between October 2022 and February 2023 stopped in Europe, America, [29] New Zealand and Australia. [30] Prior to this tour, he'd done sporadic pop up shows and festivals starting in late 2021, [31] such as the above-mentioned Boiler Room and going B2B with Swedish House Mafia. [32]
In a TikTok stitch on 31 January 2023 with user "@maddysb99", Fred confirmed that his name "Fred Again.." came from a line (courtesy Doug Booth) in the live action movie Scooby-Doo where Fred, in the voice of Daphne says: "I'm Fred Again..". [33]
On 4 January 2023, Gibson and Skrillex released their collaboration "Rumble" featuring Flowdan. [34] Following this, Fred, Skrillex, and Four Tet played three more shows from 5–7 January across different London venues. [35]
On 18 February 2023, Gibson played at a sold-out Skrillex show alongside Four Tet at New York City's Madison Square Garden. Having announced the performance in the same week as the show, the trio played a warmup set in Times Square the day before. [36]
On 10 April 2023, Gibson appeared on NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts. [37]
On 24 April 2023, he, alongside Skrillex and Four Tet, played the final set of Coachella after being listed on the lineup as "TBA", a last-minute addition following the departure of Frank Ocean. [38]
On 8 December 2023, Gibson released "Leavemealone" featuring Baby Keem.
On 28 February 2024, Gibson released "Stayinit" featuring Lil Yachty and Overmono.
It has been suggested that this section be split out into another articletitled Fred Again discography . (Discuss) (April 2024) |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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UK [39] | AUS [40] | BEL (FL) [41] | GER [42] | IRE [43] | LIT [44] | NLD [45] | NZ [46] | SWE [47] | SWI [48] | |||
Actual Life (April 14 – December 17 2020) |
| — | 75 | 41 | — | — | — | 65 | — | — | — | |
Actual Life 2 (February 2 – October 15 2021) |
| — | — | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) |
| 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 48 | 40 | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
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UK [39] | AUS [51] | BEL (FL) [41] | NZ [52] | ||
Gang (with Headie One) [53] |
| 49 | — | — | — |
Secret Life (with Brian Eno) |
| — | 84 | 57 | 26 |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
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UK [39] | BEL (FL) [41] | IRE [43] | NZ [55] | |||
USB |
| 60 | 41 | 47 [56] | 5 |
Title | Details |
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Actual Life |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
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UK [39] | AUS [58] | IRE [43] | NLD [45] | NZ Hot [59] | ||||
"Kyle (I Found You)" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Actual Life | |
"Charades" (with Headie One) [60] | 2020 | 57 | — | — | — | — | Gang | |
"Marnie (Wish I Had U)" | — | — | — | — | — | Actual Life | ||
"Gang" (with Headie One) | 51 | — | — | — | — | Gang | ||
"Jessie (I Miss U)" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"Don't Judge Me" (with FKA Twigs and Headie One) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Gang | |
"Marea (We've Lost Dancing)" (with The Blessed Madonna) | 36 | — | 41 | 11 | — | Actual Life (April 14 – December 17 2020) | ||
"Dermot (See Yourself in My Eyes)" (featuring Dermot Kennedy) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Baxter (These Are My Friends)" (with Baxter Dury) | — | — | — | — | — | Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) | ||
"Billie (Loving Arms)" | — | — | 46 | — | — |
| Actual Life 2 (February 2 – October 15 2021) | |
"Hannah (The Sun)" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Homies" (featuring Henry Wu) | — | — | — | — | — | Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) | ||
"Faisal (Envelops Me)" | — | — | — | — | — | Actual Life 2 (February 2 – October 15 2021) | ||
"Lights Out" (with Romy and HAAi) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | USB | |
"Admit It (U Don't Want 2)" (with India Jordan) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Jungle" | 78 | 52 | 61 | — | — | |||
"Turn On the Lights Again.." (with Swedish House Mafia featuring Future) | 27 | 71 | 23 | — [upper-alpha 1] | — | |||
"Danielle (Smile on My Face)" | 61 | — | 41 | — | — | Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) | ||
"Bleu (Better with Time)" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Kammy (Like I Do)" | — | — | — | — | 14 | |||
"Delilah (Pull Me Out of This)" | 35 | 25 | 8 | — [upper-alpha 2] | 16 | |||
"Clara (The Night Is Dark)" | 62 | — | 43 | — | 6 | |||
"Strong" (with Romy) | — | — | — | — | 28 | Mid Air | ||
"Rumble" (with Skrillex and Flowdan) | 2023 | 19 | 32 | 29 | — | 2 | Quest for Fire , USB | |
"Mike (Desert Island Duvet)" (with The Streets and Dermot Kennedy) | 78 | — | 44 | — | 11 | Non-album single | ||
"Baby Again.." (with Skrillex and Four Tet) | 52 | 70 | 44 | — [upper-alpha 3] | 3 | USB | ||
"Adore U" (with Obongjayar) | 4 | 41 | 1 | 80 | 3 | TBA | ||
"Ten" (with Jozzy) | 16 | 89 | 13 | — [upper-alpha 4] | 2 | |||
"Leavemealone" (with Baby Keem) | 11 | 13 [69] | 21 | — [upper-alpha 5] | 1 | USB | ||
"Stayinit" (with Lil Yachty and Overmono) | 2024 | 53 | 53 | 57 [72] | — | 4 | ||
"Places to Be" (with Anderson .Paak and Chika) | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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NZ Hot [59] | |||
"Eyelar (Shutters)" | 2022 | 13 | Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) |
"Kelly (End of a Nightmare)" | 17 | ||
"I Saw You" (with Brian Eno) | 2023 | 28 | Secret Life |
"Secret" (with Brian Eno) | 39 | ||
"Enough" (with Brian Eno) | 20 | ||
"BerwynGesaffNeighbours" (with Berwyn and Gesaffelstein) | 2024 | 32 | USB |
Fred has a lengthy discography, with regular releases since 2014. [73] [74] The discography tables below chronicle some of them.
Year | Artist | Title | Album |
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2014 | Eno • Hyde | "Titian Bekh" | Someday World |
"Celebration" | |||
"Brazil 3" | |||
"Big Band Sound" | |||
"To Us All" | |||
"When I Built This World" | |||
"Who Rings the Bell" | |||
"Mother of a Dog" | |||
"Strip It Down" | |||
"Witness" | |||
"A Man Wakes Up" | |||
"Daddy's Car" | |||
"The Satellites" | |||
"Cells & Bells" | High Life | ||
"On a Grey Day" | |||
"Time to Waste IT" | |||
"DBF" | |||
"Moulded Life" | |||
"Lilac" | |||
"Slow Down, Sit Down & Breathe" | |||
"Return" | |||
2015 | Roots Manuva | "Hard Bastards" | Bleeds |
"Don't Breathe Out" | |||
"Cargo" | |||
"Stepping Hard" | |||
"Me Up!" | |||
"I Know Your Face" | |||
"Fighting For?" | |||
"Knee Jerk" | |||
Ellie Goulding | "Around U" | Delirium | |
"We Can't Move to This" | |||
2016 | Charli XCX feat. Lil Yachty | "After the Afterparty" | Non-album singles |
M.O feat. Kent Jones | "Not in Love" | ||
M.O | "Who Do You Think Of?" | Who Do You Think Of? EP | |
Stefflon Don | "Dem Neva Warn Ya" | Real Ting | |
"16 Shots" |
Year | Artist | Title | Album |
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2017 | Abra Cadabra feat. Burna Boy and Jelani Blackman | "Lemme At Em" | Non-album single |
Little Mix | "Is Your Love Enough?" | Glory Days: The Platinum Edition | |
Jax Jones feat. Ina Wroldsen | "Breathe" | Snacks EP | |
2018 | Maisie Peters | "In My Head" | Dressed Too Nice for a Jacket EP |
"Worst of You" | Non-album single | ||
Mr Eazi and Chronixx | "She Loves Me" | Life Is Eazi, Vol. 2 – Lagos to London | |
Mr Eazi feat. Mo-T | "Property" | ||
Mr Eazi | "Yard & Chill" | ||
Shawn Mendes | "Fallin' All in You" | Shawn Mendes | |
Ray BLK | "Run Run" | Empress | |
Burna Boy feat. Lily Allen | "Heaven's Gate" | Outside | |
George Ezra | "Shotgun" | Staying at Tamara's | |
Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato | "Solo" | What Is Love? | |
Rita Ora | "Let You Love Me" | Phoenix | |
Jess Glynne | "Rollin" | Always in Between | |
Octavian | "Stand Down" | Spaceman | |
2019 | Westlife | "Better Man" | Spectrum |
Ellie Goulding | "Sixteen" | Brightest Blue | |
BTS | "Make It Right" | Map of the Soul: Persona | |
Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber | "I Don't Care" | No.6 Collaborations Project | |
Ed Sheeran feat. Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock | "Cross Me" | ||
Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid | "Beautiful People" | ||
Ed Sheeran and Travis Scott | "Antisocial" | ||
Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello and Cardi B | "South of the Border" | ||
Ed Sheeran feat. Stormzy | "Take Me Back to London" | ||
Ed Sheeran feat. Eminem and 50 Cent | "Remember the Name" | ||
Ed Sheeran feat. Young Thug and J Hus | "Feels" | ||
Ed Sheeran feat. Ella Mai | "Put It All on Me" | ||
Ed Sheeran feat. Paulo Londra and Dave | Nothing on You | ||
Ed Sheeran feat. Meek Mill and A Boogie wit da Hoodie | "1000 Nights" | ||
Mist feat. Fredo | "So High" | Non-album single | |
Stormzy | "Big Michael" | Heavy Is The Head | |
Stormzy feat. Aitch | "Pop Boy" | ||
Stormzy feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy | "Own It" |
Year | Artist | Title | Album |
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2020 | Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran | "Those Kinda Nights" | Music to Be Murdered By |
Jayda G | "Both Of Us" | Non-album-Single | |
AJ Tracey and Mabel | "West Ten" | Flu Game / High Expectations | |
Ed Sheeran | "Afterglow" | Non-album Single | |
Romy | "Lifetime" | Non-album Single | |
2021 | Ed Sheeran | Bad Habits [75] | = |
"Shivers" | |||
"Overpass Graffiti" | |||
"The Joker and the Queen" | |||
"First Times" | |||
"Collide" | |||
"Stop the Rain" | |||
"Love in Slow Motion" | |||
"Be Right Now" | |||
2022 | Aitch and Ashanti | "Baby" | Close to Home |
Swedish House Mafia | "Calling On" | Paradise Again | |
2023 | P!nk | "Trustfall" | Trustfall |
Ed Sheeran | "F64" | Non-album Single | |
Sam Smith ft. Ed Sheeran | "Who We Love" | Gloria | |
Skrillex, Boys Noize | "Fine Day Anthem" | Non-album Single |
Year | Awards | Recipient | Category | Result |
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2016 | Ivor Novello Awards | "Cargo" (Roots Manuva) | Best Contemporary Song | Nominated [76] [77] |
2018 | A&R Awards | Fred Again | Songwriter of the Year | Nominated [78] |
2019 | Ivor Novello Awards | "Shotgun" (George Ezra) | PRS For Music Most Performed Work | Nominated [79] [80] |
2020 | Brit Awards | Fred Again | Producer of the Year | Won [81] |
2021 | Grammy Awards | "Both Of Us" (Jayda G) | Best Dance Recording | Nominated [82] |
2022 | Brit Awards | Fred Again | Best Dance Act | Nominated [83] |
DJ Mag Best of British Awards | Best Live Act | Won [84] | ||
Grammy Awards | "Bad Habits" (Ed Sheeran) | Song of the Year | Nominated [85] | |
Libera Awards | "Stay High again.." | Best Dance Record | Nominated [86] | |
Ivor Novello Awards | "Don't Judge Me" | Best Contemporary Song | Nominated [87] | |
2023 | Brit Awards | Fred Again | Artist of the Year | Nominated |
Dance Act | Nominated | |||
Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) | Album of the Year | Nominated | ||
A&R Awards | Fred Again | Producer of the Year | Nominated | |
Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | |||
"Adore U" (with Obongjayar) | Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
2024 | Grammy Awards | Fred Again | Best New Artist | Nominated |
"Strong" (with Romy) | Best Dance/Electronic Recording | Nominated | ||
"Rumble" (with Skrillex featuring Flowdan) | Won | |||
Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) | Best Dance/Electronic Album | Won | ||
2024 | Ivor Novello Award | Enough | Best Contemporary Song | Nominated [88] |
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