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James Essien

JAMES ESSIEN

About

James Essien is a songwriter with 41 credits across their career. Best known for their work with BTS, James Essien's songwriting spans 36 tracks.

Songwriting

Written by James Essien

36 tracks · 18 artists

BTS

9 tracks

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LISA

7 tracks

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GIVĒON

3 tracks

I CAN TELL Lyrics
KEEPER Lyrics
GOOD BAD UGLY Lyrics

Jennifer Lopez

3 tracks

Save Me Tonight Lyrics

James Blunt1
Tom Grennan1
OneRepublic 1
Jae Stephens1
Clean Bandit1
Tyla1
Afgan1
Kamal.1
ZAYN1
Say Now1
24kGoldn1
Mahalia1
Joji1
Lewis Thompson1

Background Vocals

Background Vocals — James Essien

4 tracks · 3 artists

BTS

2 tracks

SWIM Lyrics
Please Lyrics

James Blunt

1 track

Beside You Lyrics

Tom Grennan

1 track

Here Lyrics

Additional Vocals

Additional Vocals — James Essien

1 track · 1 artist

Mahalia

1 track

Wassup Lyrics

Artists

Associated Artists

Lisa

Lisa

7 tracks

BTS

BTS

3 tracks

GIVĒON

GIVĒON

3 tracks

Discography

Albums

KONNAKOL

KONNAKOL

ZAYN

2026

ARIRANG

ARIRANG

BTS

2026

Piss In The Wind

Piss In The Wind

Joji

2026

Icarus - EP

Most Popular

Top Tracks

Rockstar

Rockstar

LISA

SWIM

SWIM

BTS

Aliens

Aliens

BTS

Please

Please

Kamal.

Kamal.

1 track

ZAYN

ZAYN

1 track

Say Now

Say Now

1 track

24kGoldn

24kGoldn

1 track

Mahalia

Mahalia

1 track

Joji

Joji

1 track

Lewis Thompson

Lewis Thompson

1 track

James Blunt

James Blunt

1 track

Tom Grennan

Tom Grennan

1 track

OneRepublic

OneRepublic

1 track

Jae Stephens

Jae Stephens

1 track

Tyla

Tyla

1 track

Clean Bandit

Clean Bandit

1 track

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez

1 track

Afgan

Afgan

1 track

Icarus - EP

24kGoldn

2025

Alter Ego

Alter Ego

LISA

2025

TYLA +

TYLA +

Tyla

2024

Rockstar

Rockstar

LISA

2024

hurt people - EP

hurt people - EP

Kamal.

2024

Fml - EP

Fml - EP

Mahalia

2023

Sonder

Sonder

Afgan

BELOVED

BELOVED

GIVĒON

needanamebro

needanamebro

Say Now

SELLOUT II

SELLOUT II

Jae Stephens

BTS

Lifestyle

Lifestyle

LISA

Hotel California

Hotel California

Joji

Die For Me

Die For Me

ZAYN

KEEPER

GIVĒON

Rockstar (Extended)

LISA

I CAN TELL

GIVĒON

GOOD BAD UGLY

GIVĒON

Need Your Love

OneRepublic