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Daya
American singer and songwriter (born 1998)
Grace Martine Tandon, known professionally as Daya, is an American singer and songwriter from the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
She released her self-titled debut extended play (EP), Daya, on September 4, 2015. The album includes the song "Hide Away," which peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.
She released her debut studio album Sit Still, Look Pretty on October 7, 2016. She is currently signed to ONErpm.
Grace Martine Tandon was born on October 24, 1998, in Pittsburgh, and grew up in the suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Her paternal grandfather was a Punjabi Indian immigrant from Delhi, India. She has four siblings, Lou, Mariana, Celia, and Avery. Her stage name Daya ([dɐˈjaː] ) is the Sanskrit word for "compassion" or "kindness". She attended grade school at St. Bernard School and later graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School. At the age of three, Daya began to learn the piano, and started jazz piano at the age of 11. By this time, she had also learned to play the guitar, ukulele, saxophone, and flute. Daya also spent a summer studying songwriting at Interlochen Arts Camp.
Daya's professional career began when her parents accompanied her to Los Angeles to work with Christina Chirumbolo and Gino Barletta, founders of INSIDE ACCESS by Accelerando, Brett McLaughlin, Britten Newbill and Noisecastle III at Paramount Recording Studios. It was during one of these writing sessions that her debut single "Hide Away" was written and recorded, and Barletta consequently introduced Daya to Steve Zap of Z Entertainment. Daya, who was a junior in high school at the time, said she didn't think anything would happen for a while, and went back to school the next day. A radio promotions veteran, Zap liked the song and was interested in helping to promote the singer, leading to forming an independent label with Barletta called...
Grace Martine Tandon (born October 24, 1998), professionally known as Daya, is an American singer and songwriter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is currently signed to Artbeatz, Z Entertainment, and RED Distribution, and released her self-titled debut extended play (EP), Daya, on September 4, 2015, which includes the song "Hide Away", which has peaked within the Top 40 in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and several European countries.
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2015 ep
Before, Then, & After EP
2015 ep
Sit Still, Look Pretty
2016 album
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The Difference
2021 ep
In Between Dreams
2022 ep
Til Every Petal Drops
2025 album
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"Hide Away" is the debut single by American singer Daya, and was released on April 22, 2015. It is also the lead single from her debut self-titled extended play (EP), Daya (2015) and her debut studio album Sit Still, Look Pretty (2016).
The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Daya's first top 40 single in the U.S. The single also reached the top ten in Australia and the top forty in Belgium, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, and Slovakia.
Background
"Hide Away" was released through Artbeatz, Z Entertainment, and RED Distribution on April 22, 2015. It was written by Gino Barletta, Brett McLaughlin, Britten Newbill, Grace Tandon and Scott Bruzenak. it was also produced by Bruzenak.
Composition
Musically, "Hide Away" is composed in the key of D major, with a tempo of 95 beats per minute. It is set in common time.
Critical reception
Billboard's Jason Lipshutz featured the single on his list "Pop Playlist Summer 2015: 15 Awesome Songs You Might Have Missed", labelling it "a gorgeous debut".
Music video
A music video for the song was released on October 28, 2015. The video features a bunch of overprotective fathers who banded together to kidnap a boy who Daya goes on dates with. Daya is confused to why her date disappears one day at the bowling alley, until she comes home from a pool party arranged by her friends to get her mind off her date, she sees her date run out of her house followed by Daya's father running behind him. Daya scolds her father for kidnapping him.
