Pulse Music Group and Wide Eyed Entertainment extend worldwide publishing deal with Solly

12 September 2023 - Press release

 

PULSE Music Group has renewed their deal with Sarah Solovay, professionally known as Solly (writer of “Heart Wants What It Wants” recorded by Bebe Rexha, “Take You Dancing” recorded by Jason Derulo, and “Summer of Love” recorded by Shawn Mendes & Tainy) via a creative joint venture with Beka Tischer’s Wide Eyed Entertainment, as announced today by Scott Cutler and Josh Abraham, co-CEO’s of PULSE Music Group and Ashley Calhoun, President/Head of Creative, PULSE Music Group.

“I am so thrilled to be re-signing with my team at Pulse Music Group and Wide Eyed Entertainment,” said Solly. “Their expertise, creativity and collaboration have been essential to my growth as a songwriter, and I feel deeply inspired by the vision we all share for our next chapter together."

“PULSE Music Group believes in cultivating great writers and we’re incredibly excited to be investing in Solly’s future. We’re thrilled to have worked with Beka to put together this deal with Solly, who is a tremendous talent that absolutely belongs on this roster. With so many clients from our joint venture with Wide Eyed Entertainment seeing impact and chart success, our partnership with Beka continues to go from strength to strength,” said Josh Abraham, Scott Cutler, and Ashley Calhoun. 

“It’s such an honor and privilege to continue our relationship with Solly! Her talent and work ethic are unmatched,” said Beka Tischer of Wide Eyed Entertainment.  

"Solly is a true talent. She began writing songs at a young age and has really put in her 10,000 hours—the music speaks for itself in that way,” commented Annie Aberle, Vice President, A&R, PULSE Music Group. “Solly’s secret weapon is her unique ability to connect deeply and thoughtfully with her collaborators—she is a real artist whisperer. I am proud to be on Solly's team and proud to be her friend. She is a genuinely special person who has accomplished so much and will only continue to do incredible things. It has been a real honor having the opportunity to work with Beka and the Wide Eyed team on such an exciting client. The best is definitely yet to come."

Solly is a singer and songwriter from NYC, currently residing in Los Angeles, whose lyrical sensibility has become her recognizable strength among the artist and songwriter community. Most recently, Solly co-wrote Marshmello & Dove Cameron’s brand new single “Other Boys” and David Guetta & Bebe Rexha’s newly released “One in a Million.” Solly collaborated closely on Bebe Rexha’s album earlier this year, co-writing Bebe’s pop radio single “Heart Wants What It Wants,” as well as “Seasons feat. Dolly Parton”, “Miracle Man” and “I’m Not High I’m in Love” from the album. Solly has also been an integral collaborator on Nessa Barrett's project, contributing to five songs on her latest EP, including singles “hell is a teenage girl”, “american jesus”, “BANG BANG!”, and prior single “tired of california". Other co-writing highlights include Shawn Mendes x Tainy’s radio single “Summer of Love”; Jason Derulo’s “Take You Dancing” (RIAA Platinum single, BMI Pop Award Winner); GAYLE’s single “god has a sense of humor”; Alana Springsteen’s single “ghost in my guitar feat. Chris Stapleton” and Jimmy Fallon and Dolly Parton’s “Almost Too Early For Christmas”. 

In January 2018, Wide Eyed Entertainment formed a joint venture with Pulse Music Group to publish artists/writers Tobi Lou, Avena Savage, Todd Spadafore, Noel Zancanella, Aldae and Solly and more. Wide Eyed was founded by music industry veteran Beka Tischker (formerly of Prescription Songs).

In addition to their joint venture with Wide Eyed Entertainment, PULSE Music Group has established creative joint ventures with American Songs, the publishing entity founded by legendary music producer Rick Rubin; Creative Nation, the multiple award-winning and country chart dominating music publishing and management company created by Luke and Beth Laird; long-time Ariana Grande collaborator, TBHits; and Mike Dean (producer of hits by Jay-Z, 2Pac, Beyoncé, Nas, Travis Scott, 2 Chainz, Migos, Kid Cudi, Justin Bieber, Big Sean, Snoop Dogg, John Legend, A$AP Rocky, Madonna, The Weeknd, Young Thug, Christina Aguilera, and Kendrick Lamar) and Stargate (GRAMMY-winning production duo, 10X #1 Hot 100 Hit-makers).

This year, PULSE Music Group’s Tyler Johnson won the IVOR Novello Award for PRS for Music Most Performed Work for Harry Styles “As It Was” (winning alongside co-writers Harry Styles and Kid Harpoon). PULSE Music Group also took “Song of the Year” honors at this year’s BMI Pop Awards for The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber’s “Stay” - co-written by PULSE Music Group writers FNZ.   PULSE writers collaborated on 5 songs on Travis Scott's #1 Billboard album UTOPIA including the lead single “K-Pop Ft. Bad Bunny & The Weekend” (via DVLP) which debuted at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Noah Kahan's “Dial Drunk” (via Noah Levine) is at #2 Mediabase Triple A and #12 at Alternative. PULSE Music Group currently holds the #1 Mediabase Mainstream AC position for twenty-three consecutive weeks with “Flowers” – Miley Cyrus (via ALDAE). “Flowers” is the longest running female chart-topper this decade for Billboard Adult Airplay as well as the fastest song to reach 1 billion Spotify streams in Spotify history. Doechii & Kodak Black - “What It Is (Block Boy)” (via PULSE writer Verse Simmonds) is #10 on Mediabase Top 40 and marks Doechi’s first Top 10 radio single and her first Hot 100 single. Young Thug’s "Oh U Went ft. Drake" (via FNZ) is Top 10 at Mediabase Urban and #13 at Mediabase Rhythmic. Noah Kahan’s “Dial Drunk” (via Noah Levine) secured the #1 spot at both Alternative and Triple A radio.

PULSE Music Group was built by songwriters/producers for songwriters/producers as a world class incubator and frontline music publisher for culturally impactful songs. As the company enters its 15^th anniversary year in 2023, PULSE Music Group’s award-winning client roster is credited with more than 200 million units of recorded music sales and more than 75 billion music streams. With more than 250 active clients, PULSE Music Group has amassed 350+ Gold & Platinum certifications.

Solly was represented in the deal by Boyarski Fritz, LLP.