Tourist (musician)

Tourist
Birth name	William Edward Philips
Born	(1987-02-12) 12 February 1987 South London, England
Origin	Cornwall, England
Genres	Electronic
Occupations	DJ record producer songwriter
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Monday

William Edward Phillips (born 12 February 1987), also known by his stage name Tourist, is an English electronic musician and songwriter.

Biography

In 2015 he won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for co-writing Sam Smith's "Stay with Me", along with James Napier. Since then, he has gone on to release five full-length albums, U (6 May 2016), Everyday (15 February 2019), Wild (18 October 2019), Inside Out (20 May 2022), and Memory Morning (19 April 2024) alongside several more EPs. He remains active as a writer, producer, and remixer, including remixing artists like Christine & The Queens, Hozier, Wolf Alice, and Chvrches.

Discography

Albums

• U (2016)
• Everyday (2019)
• Wild (2019)
• Inside Out (2022)
• Memory Morning (2024)

EPs

• Tourist (2012)
• Tonight (2013)
• Patterns (2014)
• Wash (2017)
• Wild (Reworks) (2020)

Singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Album
"Wait"	2014	U
"Patterns" (featuring Lianne La Havas)		Patterns EP
"Illuminate" (featuring Years & Years)		Non-album single
"I Can't Keep Up" (featuring Will Heard)		Patterns EP
"Holding On" (featuring Josef Salvat and Niia)	2015	Non-album single
"Waves"		U
"To Have You Back"	2016
"Run"
"We Stayed Up All Night" (featuring Ardyn)	2017	Wash EP
"Sleepwalking" (featuring Swim Mountain and Esther Joy)
"Apollo"	2018	Everyday
"Someone Else"
"Hearts"
"Emily"	2019
"Love Theme" (with Shura)
"Elixir"		Wild
"Bunny"
"Last"	2020	Non-album singles
"Siren"
"Avalanche"	2022	Inside Out
"Your Love"
"Howl" (with Elderbrook)		Non-album single

Songwriting and production credits

List of songwriting and production credits

Title	Year	Artist(s)	Album	Credits	Written with:	Produced with:
"Stay with Me"	2014	Sam Smith	In the Lonely Hour	Co-writer	Samuel Smith, James Napier, Thomas Petty, Jeffrey Lynne	-
"Pieces"		Jessie Ware	Tough Love		Jessica Ware, James Napier
"Hurt Me"	2015	Låpsley	Long Way Home	Co-writer/Co-producer	Holly Fletcher, James Napier, James Draper	Låpsley, Rodaidh McDonald, Charlie Hugall
"Arm's Length"		Kacy Hill	Bloo EP	Co-writer/Producer	Kacy Hill	Stuart Price
"Anywhere" (featuring Will Heard)	2016	Dillon Francis	Non-album single	Co-writer/Producer	Dillon Hart Francis, James Napier, William Heard	Dillon Francis
"Waterloo"		Jones	New Skin		Cherie Jones-Mattis	Tom Skyrme
"Together"	2017	Ardyn	Bloom EP	Producer	-	-
"Throwing Stones"				Co-writer/Producer	Katherine Pearson, Robert Pearson, James Napier	Tom Skyrme
"Out of Luck"	2018	Chloe Howl	Work EP	Co-writer	Chlöe Howl	-
"Freak"	2019	Avicii	Tim		Tim Bergling, Kristoffer Fodgelmark, Albin Nedler, Hachidai Nakamura, Justin Vernon, Rokusuke Ei, Sam Smith, James Napier, Thomas Petty, Jeffrey Lynne	-
"That's Me, Just a Sweet Melody"		Shura	Forevher		Aleksandra Yakunina-Denton	-

Remixes

• Sharon Van Etten – "We Are Fine" (2012)
• Montevideo – "Castles" (2012)
• Sam Smith – "Safe with Me" (2013)
• Haim – "The Wire" (2013)
• Chvrches – "Lies" (2013)
• London Grammar – "Sights" (2014)
• Years & Years – "Desire" (2014)
• Shura – "What's It Gonna Be?" (2016)
• Christine and the Queens – "Saint Claude" (2016)
• Wolf Alice – "Don't Delete the Kisses" (2018)
• Rostam – "Gwan" (2018)
• Hozier – "Almost (Sweet Music)" (2019)
• Frere – "Often Wrong" (2020)
• Deftones – "Change (In the House of Flies)" (2020)
• Sofia Kourtesis – "La Perla" (2021)
• Swedish House Mafia and the Weeknd – "Moth to a Flame" (2022)
• Pheelz featuring BNXN – "Finesse" (2022)
• The Range – "Bicameral" (2022)
• Flume featuring Caroline Polachek – "Sirens" (2022)