Bonnie McKee是1984年1月20日在Santa Rosa, California(美國加利福利亞洲圣羅莎)出生的一個屢獲殊榮的美國 歌手,詞曲作者,和女演員。早在之前 麥琪 邦尼就為很多明星合作了很多冠曲,滾石雜志稱她為“秘密武器”。Bonnie參與創作的熱單包括Katy Perry的《California Gurls》《Teenage Dream》《Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)》《Wide Awake》《Part of Me》,Britney Spears的《Ooh La La》《Hold It Against Me》以及《Femme Fatale》中的大多數歌曲,Taio Cruz的《Dynamite》,Rita Ora的《How We Do (Party)》,Ke$ha的《C'mon》《Supernatural》,Adam Lambert的《Cuckoo》《Chokehold》…
Bonnie出身音樂世家,她的家人對于她對舞臺表演的熱愛以及年紀輕輕就自己搬到西雅圖加入知名的西雅圖女子合唱團(Seattle Girls' Choir)的決定抱以相當支持和鼓勵的態度,當Bonnie 12歲時,這位受過古典訓練的鋼琴神童,同時也是正要振翅高飛的創作新秀自己錄了一卷試聽帶,里頭收錄了她以自己的方式所詮釋的幾首流行歌曲,在寄送給一些唱片公司后,獲得了不少好評。 Bonnie讓人印象深刻的初試啼聲使得大部分聽過Bonnie試聽帶的人紛紛表達希望聽到她錄制自己創作作品的意見,他們一致認為要是Bonnie可以錄制一卷自己演唱自己作品的試聽帶,那么她的成功機率一定會更高。但是眼看就要實現的闖蕩流行樂壇的美夢卻因為僵化的社會規范以及Bonnie年少輕狂時的叛逆個性而被擱置,因為Bonnie被學校冠上"不當行為"的罪名而被踢出了校園,頓時她成了被退學的中輟少女。 還好命運眷顧了這位在學業上遭受挫折的年輕女孩,她的試聽帶在被交到Reprise唱片主管手中之后,Bonnie原本陰霾的天空出現了曙光。很快地她就獲得為備受歡迎的青少年喜劇片"征服偶像(Win A Date With Tad Hamilton)"演唱插曲"Somebody"的機會─這首歌曲也是Bonnie堅持做自己以及自立自強的宣示之作─,同時也獲邀在電視節目"American Dreams"里,飾演年輕時候的傳奇女歌手珍妮絲賈普林(Janis Joplin)。 Bonnie的首張專輯“Trouble”收錄了12首全部由她自己創作的歌曲,由Bob Power以及Rob Cavallo(年輕歲月合唱團(Green Day)專輯制作人)共同制作。
2013年Bonnie McKee的新單《American Girl》,可能是有史以來出鏡名人最多的MV!是惡搞?不,都是本尊!Katy Perry、Ke$ha、Kathy Griffin、Macklemore、Joan Rivers、Karmin、George Takei、Adam Lambert、Carly Rae Jepsen、Jenny McCarthy、KISS、Jason Derulo、Jewel、Tommy Lee、Sirah、Taio Cruz、Jane Lynch等明星紛紛賣萌參演,你絕對不應該錯過!它是首極棒的舞池單曲,而且MV非常歡樂,可以讓人放松心情盡情玩樂。Bonnie給了其它人那么多好歌,自己也是時候紅一下了。
獲得的獎項和提名:
BMI Pop Music Awards(BMI流行音樂獎)
2013 ("Part of Me" Katy Perry)
2013 ("Wide Awake" Katy Perry)
2013 ("Hold It Against Me" Britney Spears)
2012 ("Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" Katy Perry)
2012 ("Teenage Dream" Katy Perry)
2012 ("Dynamite" Taio Cruz)
2011 (“Dynamite” Taio Cruz)
2011 (“California Gurls," Katy Perry)
Classically trained pianist, singer/songwriter, and pop rebel Bonnie McKee spent her formative years in California. Growing up in a musical family helped develop her love for the theater and her move to Seattle found the artist singing in the world class Seattle Girl's Choir. At the age of 12, the precocious tunesmith recorded a demo of popular covers. The responses were positive, but all involved agreed McKee would do better writing her own songs, and a new demo featuring original material was cut. After a period of social awkwardness and teenage rebellion that saw the singer kicked out of high school, her songs caught the ear of Reprise records. Recording commenced and the single "Somebody" appeared on the soundtrack to the hit comedy Win a Date With Tad Hamilton. McKee also appeared on the television show American Dreams as a young Janis Joplin. Featuring a dozen self-penned tracks, produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day) and Bob Power, her debut Trouble was released in 2004.