Remmi

Rachel Elizabeth Smith was born in Alexandria, Louisiana on February 28, 1989.

Smith first began playing music when she found her mother's old acoustic guitar in a closet at age 11. At the time, she was living in Pollock, LA, a small rural town in Grant Parish. Her first taste of music came through church. She grew up singing for Southern Baptist audiences in children's choirs and musicals in Alexandria, LA. Smith eventually began writing her own songs and began playing in smaller venues and opening for friends.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

Smith's family relocated from Pollock to Orlando, Florida her second year of high school.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} She attended Master's Academy in Oviedo, Florida. Here, she continued to play music in churches and hone her songwriting. After high school, Smith attended UCF and FSU.{{Cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/04/195309/remmi-minimum-wage-music-video-premiere|title=Remmi Has The Perfect Bleak Pop Song For Your Financial Woes|last=Farley|first=Rebecca|website=www.refinery29.com|language=en|access-date=June 27, 2019}} She was eventually asked to open on tour for contemporary christian bands and began touring nationally with her original compositions. After college, she relocated to Nashville to pursue music professionally.

REMMI has collaborated with artists such as R3hab, Kshmr, Maty Noyes, Black Coast, NVDES, Lucian.

REMMI was featured on a song by experimental indie pop project NVDES called "D.Y.T. (Do Your Thing)" in 2018. This song was featured in an Apple iPhone X commercial.{{Cite web|url=http://nocountryfornewnashville.com/2018/03/13/remmi-blasts-bleakness-of-making-minimum-wage-in-fresh-new-track/|title=REMMI Blasts Bleakness of Making "Minimum Wage" in Fresh New Track {{!}} No Country For New Nashville|language=en-US|access-date=June 27, 2019}}

REMMI appeared in episode 4 of NBC's Songland, an American songwriting competition series produced in cooperation with Universal Television Alternative Studio, Live Animals Productions, Dave Stewart Entertainment, and 222 Productions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8516259/songland-recap-jonas-brothers-greenlight-watch|title='Songland' Recap: Can the Jonas Brothers Get a 'Greenlight' For Their Next Hit?|website=Billboard|access-date=June 27, 2019}} Remmi co-wrote a song, "Do You Think of Me?", with producer Ryan Tedder (known for penning hits such as "Bleeding Love", "Halo", and "Rumour Has It") that was pitched to the Jonas Brothers for their forthcoming record. The song made it into the top 3 selected on her episode.

• New America (2015){{Cite web|url=http://nashville.thedelimagazine.com/23882/all-them-witches-are-deli-nashvilles-best-emerging-artist-2015-2nd-savoy-motel-3rd-remmi|title=All Them Witches are The Deli Nashville's Best Emerging Artist of 2015! 2nd Savoy Motel, 3rd REMMI!|website=The Deli Magazine {{!}} nashville.thedelimagazine.com/|language=en-US|access-date=June 27, 2019}}
• Stick It on the Fridge (2020){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/stick-it-on-the-fridge-ep/1496842736|title=Stick It on the Fridge – EP by REMMI|website=Apple Music|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}

• "Star Spangled" (2015)
• "Awake, Asleep" (2015)
• "D.Y.T. (Do Your Thing)" with NVDES (2017)
• "Minimum Wage" (2018)
• "Desperate" (2018)
• "Behind It" (2018)
• "Believe in Yourself" (2019)
• "Angström" (2019)
• "Bump It" (2019)
• “Do You Think of Me? (from Songland)” (2019)
• “Xmas” (2019)
• “It’s The End of The World as We Know It” (2020)
• “Champagne Supernova” (2020)
• “Music Is All We Have” (2020)
• “Swimming in the Chaos” (2022)
• "My Dream Life" (2022)
• "Caffeine" with Tigerlily (2023)

• "Gold Chain" and "Feel Something" with Black Coast (2015, 2017)
• "Innocence" and "Never Gets Old" with Super Duper (2015, 2017)
• "Bobby K" and "Forever" with Lucian (2015, 2016)
• "Take Me Apart" with LZRD, Spirix (2016)
• "Something on Fire" with Hollow Hum (Sep 2016)
• "Stay Alive" with Hidden Citizens (2017)
• “D.Y.T. (Do Your Thing)” with NVDES (2018)
• ”Lovers” with Lokii (2018)
• “Goodbye Bad Vibes” with NVDES (2021)
• ”Like This - REMMI remix” with Becca Mancari (2021)

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Category:Singer-songwriters from Louisiana