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Peter Rycroft

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Lostboy
Background information
Born
Peter John Rees Rycroft

October 1993 (age 32)
London, England
Genres
OccupationsSongwriter, record producer
Years active2016–present
Websiteareyoulostboy.com

Peter Rycroft (born October 1993),[1] known professionally as Lostboy, is a British songwriter and music producer. Active in the music fields since 2010s, he has written and produced music across multiple genres, working with Tiësto, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Lewis Capaldi, Anne-Marie, Little Mix, Zedd and Ava Max. In 2023, he co-wrote Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding's single "Miracle" which spent 8 weeks at No.1 in the UK,[2] and produced and co-wrote Kylie Minogue's 2023 hit single "Padam Padam", for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Dance Recording.[3]

Early life

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Peter Rycroft began piano lessons at age six, then took drum lessons and joined several bands during high school. Originally planning to enroll at the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts to study song production, Rycroft took a gap year to tour with The Laurence Jones Band, and realised that he wanted to write songs.[4] Inspired by Peter Pan, with whom he shares a given name, Rycroft began working under pseudonym Lostboy.

Career

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Fraser T. Smith got ahold of Lostboy's demo, and invited him to do additional production on songs for Anne-Marie and Gavin James. Lostboy soon began to work with an array of UK artists, writing and producing songs for Becky Hill, and producing 2019 single "Losing Me" for Gabrielle Aplin.[4] Lostboy went on to co-write Zedd and Kehlani's 2019 single "Good Thing", to co-write with Lewis Capaldi Rita Ora's 2020 single "How to Be Lonely", to co-produce with Tiësto his and Ava Max's 2021 single "The Motto",[5] and co-write and co-produce "Hate You" from Jung Kook's debut solo album "Golden", among others.

In 2022, Lostboy signed a global publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing UK.[5]

In 2023, Lostboy co-wrote with Ina Wroldsen Kylie Minogue's hit single "Padam Padam" which he also produced. He also co-wrote and produced the song "Rise" by Freya Ridings for the teen comedy film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.[6][7] The single is Minogue's first to break into the UK top 10 since 2011,[8] and her first ever to chart on the Billboard Hot Dance / Electronic Song list, peaking at Number 10.[9][10]

In 2023, Lostboy won Songwriter of the Year at the 2023 Music Business Worldwide A&R Awards.[11]

Production discography

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Peter Rycroft's works include:[12][13]

Year Title Artist Album Songwriter Producer
2016 "Liability" Kloe Non-album single check check
2017 "Becoming" Jones Acoustic check
"Call Me Out" Sarah Close Caught Up check
"Caught Up" check
"When the Time's Right" L Devine Growing Pains check
"Ultra Love" Marlon Roudette Non-album single check
"Waking Up Slow" Gabrielle Aplin Avalon check check
2018 "Daughter" L Devine Peer Pressure check
"Drink 2 U" Jack Vallier Anyway check check
"Frozen Frames" Hannah Jane Lewis Non-album single check
"Revival" (featuring Cheat Codes and Max) Sigala Brighter Days check
"Sunrise in the East" Becky Hill Get to Know check check
"Used to Love You" Anne-Marie Speak Your Mind check
"Why Does It Hurt" JHart Non-album single check check
"Wonderland" (featuring Jimi Tents) Maad Technicolor check
2019 "Empire" Nina Nesbitt The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change check
"Chloe" check check
"Things I Say When You Sleep" check
"Last December" check
"The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change" check
"Critical" Sam Tompkins From My Sleeve to the World check check
"Deep Sea Diving" (featuring Emir Taha) Aboutagirl Non-album singles check
"Every Time You're High" Billy Lockett check
"First Time" (featuring Robinson) Grey check check
"Good Thing" Zedd and Kehlani check check
"If Looks Could Kill" Lauren Aquilina check check
"Look No Further" Flawes Highlights check
"No Good for My Soul" check
"When We Were Young" check
"Here to Stay" check check
"Still Not Ready" check
"Would You Mind If" (featuring Sad Alex) check
"Outro" check
"Number One" check
"Turn Back Around" check
"I'm Letting Go" check check
"Moonwalking" Good Scott Fka Fyko check
"Woozy" check
"Not Yours Never Was" Hannah James Lewis Hannah James Lewis check
"Rivers" King Calaway Rivers check
"Unbelievable" Why Don't We Non-album single check check
2020 "10 Months" Enhypen Border: Day One check check
"Bad People" Lauren Aquilina Non-album single check
"Better" The Vamps Cherry Blossom check check
"Married in Vegas" check check
"Chemicals" check check
"Part of Me" check check
"Nothing But You" check check
"B-List" Aboutagirl Non-album single check check
"Gloves Up" Little Mix Confetti check check
"How to Be Lonely" Rita Ora Non-album single check check
"Until the Sun Comes Up" Gabrielle Aplin Dear Happy check check
"Strange" check check
"Like You Say You Do" check check
"Losing Me" (featuring JP Cooper) check
"So Far So Good" check check
"Nothing Really Matters" check
"Mayday" Victon Mayday check check
"New Me" Ella Eyre Quarter Life Crisis check check
"Staying in Love" Kasbo The Making of a Paracosm check
"You Take The Fun Out of Everything" Love Fame Tragedy Wherever I Go, I Want to Leave check check
2021 "LMLY" Jackson Wang LMLY check check
"100 Ways" check check
"Begging" Billy Lockett Reflections check check
"Better Mistakes" Bebe Rexha Better Mistakes check check
"Sacrifice" check
"Black Hole" Griff One Foot in Front of the Other check check
"C'est La Vie" Claudia Valentina Non-album single check check
"Cut You Off" Little Mix Between Us check check
"Eleven" Ive Eleven check check
"Last Time" Becky Hill Only Honest on the Weekend check check
"Let It Ring" Reiley Non-album single check check
"You" BRB, Having an Identity Crisis check
"Something Better" Tom Grennan Evering Road check check
"Little Bit of Love" check check
"Lonely In Love" Mimi Webb Seven Shades of Heartbreak check check
"Postcard" JLS 2.0 check check
"Psycho" Lauren Aquilina Ghost World check
"Tobacco in My Sheets" check
"Something Stupid" Jonas Blue and Awa Together check
"Starlight" Westlife Wild Dreams check check
"Start Walking" Tove Styrke Hard check check
"Testosterone" Grace Davies I Wonder If You Wonder check check
"x2" Anne-Marie Therapy check check
2022 "10:35" (featuring Tate McRae) Tiësto Drive check check
"Follow Me" Rina Sawayama & Pabllo Vittar Non-album single check check
"Friends with My Exes" (featuring Joel Adams) Sam DeRosa The Good Parts check check
"Hate Being Human" Chris Brown Breezy check check
"Hello"(featuring Chlöe and KayCyy) Fivio Foreign B.I.B.L.E. check
"Love Phobia" Onew Dice check check
"One Heart" Twinnie Welcome to the Club check
"Questions" Lost Frequencies and James Arthur All Stand Together check
"Say Something" James TW Heartbeat Changes check check
"Sweat" Claudia Valentina Non-album singles check check
2023 "Back Home for Christmas" Mimi Webb check check
"Both of Us" Amelia check check
"Remind You" check check
"Remind Me" Tom Grennan What Ifs & Maybes check check
"Here" check
"Before You" check check
"Bla Bla Bla" Måneskin Rush! check
"Dancing In a Hurricane" Freya Ridings Blood Orange check check
"Rise" Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken check check
"Million Dollar Baby" Ava Max Diamonds & Dancefloors check check
"Dancing's Done" check check
"Hallelujah" Rosa Linn Lay Your Hands Upon My Heart check check
"Hate You" Jung Kook Golden check check
"Holy Moly" Ive I've Mine check check
"I'm My Only Friend" Dillon Francis and Arden Jones This Mixtape is Fire Too check
"Leave Me for Dead" Gayle Hello This Is the Setlist for My Tour check check
"Let It Die" Ellie Goulding Higher Than Heaven check check
"Messy" Reneé Rapp Snow Angel check
"Miracle" Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding 96 Months check
"My Bad" The Chainsmokers and Shenseea Summertime Friends check check
"My Stupid Heart" Walk off the Earth Stand By You check
"Opposite" Sabrina Carpenter Emails I Can't Send check check
"Padam Padam" Kylie Minogue Tension check check
"Personal Pornstar" Bludnymph Drool check
"Secondhand Happiness" Sam Fischer I Love You, Please Don't Hate Me check check
"Self-Portrait" Talia Mar Non-album singles check check
"That Kind of Woman" The Scarlet Opera check check
"The Motto" (featuring Ava Max) Tiësto Drive check check
"Wallflower" Twice Ready to Be check check
"Won't Forget You" (featuring Ina Worldsen) Jax Jones and D.O.D. Non-album single check
2024 "15 Minutes" Madison Beer check check
"Miss Me Too" Griff Vertigo check check
"Into the Walls" check check
"19th Hour" check check
"Hole in My Pocket" check check
"So Fast" check check
"Where Did You Go" check check
"One Night" check check
"Colder" St. Paul Non-album single check check
"Freaking Out" Billy Lockett Abington Grove check
"Heartbreak in Heaven" (featuring Peniel of BtoB) Tzuyu Aboutzu check check
"Same Road" Arlissa Non-album single check
"Trash" BGYO BGYO check check
"2 Hands" Tate McRae So Close to What check check
2025 "Signs" check check
"No I'm Not in Love" check check
"Ash" Le Sserafim Hot check check
"FUFN (Fuck You for Now)" Jade That's Showbiz Baby check check
"It Girl" check
"Natural Disaster" check check
"Glitch" check
"Paradise" Maymay Entrata Non-album single check check
"Someone for Me" Kylie Minogue Tension II check check
"Who's Making You Feel It" Cian Ducrot Little Dreaming check check
"Messy" Rosé F1 the Album check check
"All At Once" Madison Beer check check
"Yes Baby" Locket check
"Ponytail" XO Fashionably Late check check
"This Is What We Dance For" Jade That's Showbiz Baby The Encore check check
2026 "Odd" (Gaeul solo) Ive Revive+ check check

Awards and nominations

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Award Show Year Category Work Result Ref(s)
Music Business Worldwide A&R Awards 2022 Producer of the Year (Various) Nominated [14]
Music Business Worldwide A&R Awards 2022 Song of the Year "Remind Me" (Tom Grennan) Nominated [14]
Music Business Worldwide A&R Awards 2023 Producer of the Year (Various) Nominated [15]
Music Business Worldwide A&R Awards 2023 Song of The Year "Miracle" (Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding) Nominated [15]
Music Business Worldwide A&R Awards 2023 Songwriter of The Year (Various) Won [11]
Grammy Awards 2024 Best Pop Dance Recording "Padam Padam" (Kylie Minogue) Won [16]
ASCAP Awards 2024 Songwriter off The Year (Various) Won [17]

References

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  1. ↑ "Peter John Rees RYCROFT personal appointments". Find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "The Official Charts". Official Charts.
  3. ↑ "Lostboy | Artist". Grammy Award. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 "That Sounds Great: Lostboy explains his songwriting experiences with Lewis Capaldi and others | That Sounds Great on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. 1 2 Robinson, Kristin (20 October 2022). "Publishing Briefs: Songclip Partners With Hipgnosis; Sony Finds Lostboy". Billboard. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Grow, Kory (18 May 2023). "Kylie Minogue Wants to Get Your Blood Pumping in 'Padam Padam' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  7. ↑ Geraghty, Hollie (18 May 2023). "Listen to Kylie Minogue's punchy new single 'Padam Padam'". NME. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Kylie Minogue scores her first top 10 hit since 2010 – but what does Padam Padam mean?". BBC News. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  9. ↑ Cusson, Michael (21 January 2013). "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  10. ↑ Murray, Gordon (8 June 2023). "Kylie Minogue Notches First Top 10 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart With 'Padam Padam'". Billboard. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  11. 1 2 "The A&R Awards 2023: All The Winners". Music Business Worldwide. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Peter Rycroft". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "Peter Rycroft Discography". discogs. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  14. 1 2 "The A&R Awards 2022: The finalists revealed! - Music Business Worldwide". 22 September 2022.
  15. 1 2 "The A&R Awards 2023: The finalists revealed! - Music Business Worldwide". 26 September 2023.
  16. ↑ "Here Are The Nominees For Best Pop Dance Recording At The 2024 Grammys". Grammy.com. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "ASCAP Unveils London Music Award Winners: Lostboy Receives Four Awards Including Songwriter of the Year". ascap.com. 18 June 2024.
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