Tourist

In 2015, English songwriter and producer William Phillips, better known as Tourist, achieved something extraordinary: he won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year, as a co-writer for Sam Smith’s ‘Stay With Me.’ He’s still “bewildered and delighted” by it. “Winning a Grammy is an absurd compliment; it’s shorthand, like a musical Pulitzer. But my intention with music has never been to win Grammys, only to write music and work with great musicians.” True to that aim, Phillips has released three solo albums — 2016’s ‘U’ and 2019’s ‘Wild’ and ‘Everyday’ — on Monday Records. They bolster a discography dating back to 2012.

Alongside several EPs, he’s remixed a striking variety of artists; from Christine and the Queens Churches and Deftones, to Wolf Alice, Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd and Sofia Kourtesis. In May 2022, his fourth solo album, ‘Inside Out,’ will be released on Monday Records.