The Monsters & Strangerz are an American production and songwriting team from Miami, Florida. The team features Stefan Johnson and Jordan K. Johnson .
In 2011, The Monsters & Strangerz moved their operation to Los Angeles and have produced and written for artists including Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, Dua Lipa, Chris Brown, Halsey, Zedd, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Lizzo, Jelly Roll, Jonas Brothers, Rihanna, Teddy Swims, Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez, Kanye West, Bebe Rexha, and many others.
History The Monsters originated as a team in 2008, when Stefan Johnson began to engineer for Miami artist and songwriter Alexander "Eskeerdo" Izquierdo. At the time Johnson was an in-demand engineer working with major artists like Rick Ross, Pitbull, and Diddy. Shortly after meeting Eskeerdo and Johnson along with his brother and producer Jordan Johnson formed The Monsters.
The Strangerz met through a mutual friend in high school in early 2005. Marcus "MarcLo" Lomax is the son of a pastor and a multi-instrumentalist; he began his musical career in his father's church band. Clarence Coffee Jr. is the son of a gospel singer; he grew up perfecting his vocals and melodies after being inspired by his family's passion for music.
The Monsters & Strangerz were introduced to each other in late 2010.
The group frequently collaborates on songwriting and production with American singer-songwriter, rapper and producer Jon Bellion, who they started working with in 2018. German, real name Oliver Peterhof, is a member of the team as music producer.
Production discography These tracks are produced credited under The Monsters & Strangerz. Title Year Artist(s) Album Member(s)"Big Nut Bust"2010Big SeanFinally Famous Vol. 3: BigProduction only"Never Been Hurt"2013Demi LovatoDemi"Forget Forever"Selena GomezStars Dance"Butterflies"ZendayaZendaya"Heaven Lost an Angel""Only When You're Close""Leave My Heart Out of This"Fifth HarmonyBetter Together"One Wish""On My Way"2014Lea MicheleLouder"Sexercise"Kylie MinogueKiss Me Once"Champagne"FerrasFerrasProduction only"It Was Always You"Maroon 5V"Coming Back for You""Already Gone"Boyz II MenCollide"Contigo Quiero Estar" Thalía Amore Mio"Fun"2015 Pitbull Globalization"Do What You Like" Taio Cruz "Pray"Bebe RexhaI Don't Wanna Grow Up"I Can't Stop Drinking About You""Cheyenne" Jason Derulo Everything Is 4"Levels" Nick Jonas Nick Jonas X2"Lipstick" Isac Elliott Faith"Dirty Work" Austin Mahone Dirty Work – The Album"Body on Me" Rita Ora "El mismo sol" Alvaro Soler Eterno AgostoProduction only"Hey Everybody!"5 Seconds of SummerSounds Good Feels Good"Castaway""Heart Drop" Inna Inna"Fine by Me" Chris Brown RoyaltyProduction only"If It Ain't Love"2016 Jason Derulo "Thank You" Meghan Trainor Thank You"Great Escape" Tini Tini"Love Make the World Go Round" Jennifer Lopez and Lin-Manuel Miranda "I Lied"Fifth Harmony7/27"Voicemail""Someday" Michael Bublé Nobody but MeProduction only"I Would Like" Zara Larsson So Good"Educate Ya"2017 Pitbull Climate Change"I'm a Lady" Meghan Trainor Production only"Pretend You're Missing Me" Betty Who The Valley"Remember I Told You" Nick Jonas "Never Let Me Let You Go" Shawn Hook My Side of Your Story"Lonely Night" Fifth Harmony Fifth Harmony"Lay Your Head On Me" Juanes Ferdinand"The Middle"2018 Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey "HeartLess" Madison Beer As She Pleases"Better Man" 5 Seconds of Summer Youngblood"Sad" Bebe Rexha Expectations"So Real (Warriors)" Too Many Zooz vs. KDA "8 Letters" Why Don't We 8 Letters"Back Together" Loote "Ruin My Life" Zara Larsson Poster Girl"We're Not Friends" Jacob Sartorius Better with You"Mona Lisa" Sabrina Carpenter Singular: Act I"Do With It"2019 Betty Who Betty"Ugly" Anitta UglyDolls"Nostalgic" A R I Z O N A Asylum"Hate Me" Ellie Goulding and Juice Wrld "Hurt for Long" In Real Life She Do"Queen of the Night" Hey Violet "In Your Arms" Illenium Ascend"Not 20 Anymore" Bebe Rexha "Doing to Me" Astrid S Doing to Me"Graveyard" Halsey Manic"What Do I Do?" Georgia Ku REAL"Slow Dance" AJ Mitchell Skyview"Do It to Myself" Nova Miller The PhasesProduction only"Shameless"Camila CabelloRomance"Liar""Bad Kind of Butterflies""Remember"Liam PayneLP1"Hips Don't Lie""Down""Vulnerable"2020 Selena Gomez Rare"For Your Love" Gunnar Old Shit"Lonely Eyes"LauvHow I'm Feeling"Billy""Tell My Mama""Invisible Things""Break My Heart" Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia"Worse" New Hope Club "Daisies" Katy Perry Smile"Exhale" Kenzie Lomax"Play W/ Me" Bailey Bryan Fresh Start"Funny" Zedd and Jasmine Thompson rowspan="3" "Difficult"Amy Allen"Heaven""Prisoner" Miley Cyrus Plastic Hearts"Things Are Different"2021 Picture This Life In Colour"Overdrive" Conan Gray Superache"Selfish" Nick Jonas Spaceman"As I Am"Justin BieberJustice"Ghost""Love You Different""Anyone""Name""All Your Exes"Julia MichaelsNot in Chronological Order"Love Is Weird""Pessimist""Little Did I Know"Production only"Lie Like This""Wrapped Around""Undertone""That's the Kind of Woman""Electric" Katy Perry Pokémon 25: The Album"Remember This" Jonas Brothers "Lost"Maroon 5Jordi "Nobody's Love""Memories""Mercy" Jonas Brothers Space Jam: A New Legacy"I Wanna Love You But I Don't"Ben PlattReverie"Imagine""Chasing Stars" Alesso and Marshmello "Out of Focus" Urban Cone West Coast"Marry Me"2022 Jennifer Lopez and Maluma Marry Me"Wild Dreams" Burna Boy Love, Damini"Birthday Girl" Lizzo Special"In the Kitchen" Reneé Rapp Everything to Everyone"All She Wanna Do" John Legend Legend"Somebody" Sam Ryder There's Nothing but Space, Man!"Mind Games" 88rising and Milli "My Mind & Me" Selena Gomez "That's What I Get"2023 charlieonnafriday "Gone" Noa Kirel "Miracle"Jonas BrothersThe Album"Montana Sky""Wings""Sail Away""Americana""Celebrate""Vacation Eyes"Additional production only"Summer Baby""Little Bird""Minute" Kim Petras Feed the Beast"Tiziana" Glaive I Care So Much That I Don't Care at All"Love Like This" Zayn "Jeans" Jessie Reyez "Not Done Yet" Quavo Rocket Power"Raindance" Jon Batiste World Music Radio"I do" Reneé Rapp Snow Angel (Reneé Rapp album)"Strangers"2024 Lewis Capaldi Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent"Lead Me On" Fletcher In Search of the Antidote"Love On" Selena Gomez "Shine On" Tori Kelly Tori."Lemonade" Lucky Daye Algorithm"Get By"Jelly RollBeautifully Broken"Unpretty""Everyone Bleeds""Little Light""Ridin" Jessie Reyes featuring Lil' Wayne "Kiss The Sky" Maren Morris The Wild Robot "Two Years" Rosé Rosie"Cry For You"2025Isabel LaRosaRaven"Scissors" Julia Michaels featuring Maren Morris rowspan="2" "Bed No Breakfast" Maren Morris"Goliath"Jessie ReyezPaid in Memories"Night's We'll Never Have""Head N Headache" Jessie Reyez feat Lil Yachty"Wash" Jon Bellion Father Figure "Holy Blindfold" Chris Brown rowspan="3" "God Went Crazy" Teddy Swims"Superstars" Saweetie featuring Twice"Box Me Up" BigXthaPlug featuring Jelly Roll I Hope You're Happy"Eyes Closed" Jisoo and Zayn "Die For Me"2026 Zayn Konnakol (album)"Sideways""Met Tonight""Focu'Ranni" Rosalía Lux Younger You Miley Cyrus Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special Mama Latto featuring Jelly Roll Big Mama Heaven Baby Ayra Starr featuring Zayn Malik Starrgirl
Top 10 Singles
Year Album Artist Details Member2016 Work From Home Fifth Harmony Top 40 Radio #1, Rhythmic Radio #1, Billboard Hot 100 #4 Alexander Izquierdo2017 Slow Hands Niall Horan Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Top 40 Radio #1, Billboard Hot 100 #11 Alexander Izquierdo2018 The Middle Zedd featuring Maren Morris & Grey Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Contemporary Radio #1, Hot Dance/Electric Songs #1, Billboard Hot 100 #5, Grammy nominated Song of The Year, Record Of The Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax2019 Graveyard Halsey Top 40 Radio #7, US Dance Club Songs #1 Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson2019 Memories Maroon 5 Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Contemporary Radio #1, Billboard Hot 100 #2 Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson2020 Break My Heart Dua Lipa Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Top 40 Radio #2, Adult Contemporary Radio #6, Billboard Hot 100 #13 Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson2020 Be Like That Kane Brown featuring Khalid & Swae Lee Top 40 Radio #8 Alexander Izquierdo2020 Levitating Dua Lipa Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Top 40 Radio #1, Billboard Hot 100 #2 Clarence Coffee2021 Anyone Justin Bieber Billboard Hot 100 #6 Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson2022 Ghost Justin Bieber Top 40 Radio #1, Billboard Hot 100 #5, Adult Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Contemporary Radio #5 Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson
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