Alina Smith (born August 25, 1987) is a Russian-Americanpop singer, songwriter and, record producer. She is a co-founder of the music writing and production company Lyre, and she has written and produced songs for artists including Betty Who, Itzy, Kep1er, Gabi DeMartino and Red Velvet.[1][2]
Early life
Alina Smith was born in St. Petersburg, Soviet Union.[3] She began singing and playing piano at three, fully conversing in both languages (English and Russian) at four; and composing music and writing poetry and stories from five years old.[citation needed] As a child, she toured with the music group Aurora as a singer.[4]
Career
In 2010, Sony Japan picked Smith's composition "Fallin' 4 U" to be the debut single from the artist Aisha, featuring Darryl McDaniels of Run DMC.[5] In 2011, Smith's own song "Kissing Tree" was selected for a compilation CD released to raise relief funds after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.[6]
In February 2015, country music trade publication MusicRow announced that Smith was signed to a publishing contract with the major label publishing affiliate BMG/Chrysalis in a joint venture with Big Stage Music LLC.[7] Her single "Free Beer" was released for sale on February 17 and selected as upcoming artist/song for play by nationwide satellite channel The Highway (Sirius XM) on its "On the Horizon" program.[8] On March 19, Smith appeared on The Bobby Bones Show podcast to perform her song "Ride".[9]
In 2016, Smith and Elli Moore founded Lyre, a music writing and production company.[10]
In 2019, Smith produced the vocals for Betty Who on her studio album Betty.[16] She was also a writer for Fall Out Boy's "Hands Up."[13]
In 2020, Alina Smith produced the Confections EP, the debut album from the other half of Lyre, Elli Moore .[17] On August 25, Smith released her first single, “Girl That Was Perfect”.[1]
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