Teo Halm

Teo Lucas Halm (born May 18, 1999) is an American record producer, songwriter, singer, and actor based in Los Angeles. As a producer and songwriter, he has contributed to projects, including SZA's acclaimed album SOS, Rosalía's singles "Con Altura" and "TKN," and Beyoncé's The Lion King: The Gift. He also co-wrote and co-produced "Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me at All)" by Omar Apollo and multiple tracks on Baby Keem's album Ca$ino, which debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. His credited work spans commercial successful singles, albums, and soundtracks, collectively exceeding five billion streams worldwide. As an actor, Halm is best known for starring in the 2014 film Earth to Echo.

Early life and acting career

Teo Halm was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother's family is from France and Morocco and his father is Australian, of British and Czech descent.

Halm grew up performing in theater, performing in productions of The Sound of Music and The Music Man. Some of his first professional credits included a 2009 episode of the PBS series Nova and an UCLA alumni fundraising campaign. In the following years he appeared in a few short films. He was cast in a supporting role in the James Franco-directed Bukowski, an independent film adaption of Ham on Rye; the film was produced in early 2013 but was not distributed due to a copyright issue. Also in 2013, Halm was cast in the pilot of the Disney Channel Boy Meets World follow-up series Girl Meets World as Elliot, the son of Cory and Topanga; his character was ultimately cut from the series after the pilot was shot.

Halm had his most prominent film role in the 2014 sci-fi fantasy film Earth to Echo, for which he received top billing. The film premiered at the LA Film Festival and was released in theaters in July 2014. For his role as Alex, Halm received the Best Actor Award at the ninth annual PICK Awards. As a teenager, he had a supporting lead role in the movie Memoria, which premiered at the Austin Film Festival in 2015 and distributed in North America in 2016, and the film Camp starring Joey King and Nolan Gould. In 2018, Halm played the role of Theo in the independent feature film Spiral Farm; it premiered at Slamdance Film Festival in January 2019 during which it was nominated for Best Narrative Feature.

Transition to music

Since 2016, Halm has worked as a record producer and songwriter, and often collaborates with producers Michael Uzowuru, Frank Dukes, Mark Ronson, Carter Lang and Blake Slatkin. In 2019, he was named to Billboard's 21 Under 21 list of songwriters and producers, having co-written the Latin Grammy-winning song "Con Altura" by Rosalia (featuring J Balvin) and co-writing and co-producing "Mood 4 Eva" by Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Childish Gambino, from the Grammy-nominated album The Lion King: The Gift.

Songwriting and production career

In 2021, "Mountains", performed by Charlotte Day Wilson and co-written by Halm, was sampled in the track "Fair Trade" by Drake featuring Travis Scott from the album Certified Lover Boy. At the 2022 Juno Awards, Teo was nominated as a co-writer with Charlotte Day Wilson as Songwriter of the Year for "I Can Only Whisper." Omar Apollo's Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me at All) co-written and produced by Halm reached number 51 on Billboard Hot 100 after going viral on TikTok. Rolling Stone ranked it at number 29 on the 100 Best Songs of 2022.

At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2022, Teo as a writer/producer of four songs on the Rosalia album Motomami won a Latin Grammy for Album of the Year and also best Alternative Music Album. At the 2023 Grammy Awards Motomami won Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album. Halm co-wrote and produced two songs on the SZA album SOS, Notice Me and Open Arms (with Travis Scott). The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and stayed there for ten consecutive weeks, becoming the biggest streaming R&B album of the decade.

Collaborations and partnerships

Halm has developed recurring creative collaborations with several artists, including Omar Apollo, Rex Orange County, Rosalía, SZA, Charlotte Day Wilson, and Choker, contributing to multiple tracks across their respective releases.

In May 2024, Omar Apollo announced the June 28 release of his second studio album, God Said No, which was recorded in London's legendary Abbey Road Studios with executive producer Teo Halm. In September 2024 Rex Orange County released his long-awaited fifth studio album The Alexander Technique with six tracks co-written and produced by his friend Halm.

In 2026, ‘Have A Baby (With Me)’ by Daniel Caesar, which Halm co-wrote and co-produced, received a Juno nomination for Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year. Halm was also credited as a co-songwriter on ‘Have A Baby (With Me),’ a song included in Mustafa’s Songwriter of the Year (Non-Performer) nominee submission. Halm co-wrote and co-produced five tracks on Baby Keem’s album Ca$ino, which debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, marking the highest-charting album of Keem’s career. The album received generally positive reviews from critics.

Professional affiliations

As a songwriter, he is signed to Universal Music Publishing Group, Electric Feel Publishing and BMI.

Filmography

Discography

Singles

• "Ukiyo" (2016)
• "Sweet" 2016
• "she doesn't even know my name" (2017)
• "scumbag demo" (2017)
• "GIIIRL" (2017)
• "Today" (2018)
• "Frankie Muniz wakes up to a perfect morning (2018)
• "outside orbit 124 1" (2018)
• "R3552 INTO THE SUN (2018)
• 3:4 Mystics 126.82 (2018)
• "Momma" (2018)
• "new days" (2020)
• "Sun On Me 147.13 Th" (2021)
• "Alright so now we in the thrashher tee [149.502 BPM]" (2022)
• "Winter 1 Th" (2022)
• "Dnb 2 166 Th" (2023)
• "Blueprint 2" (2024)
• "suite for a friend" (2024)
• "RAIN AMBIENCE 3 TH" (2024)

Production discography

Production and songwriting

Other credits

• Score of Guava Island (2019); guitar, trombone, bass guitar
• Miley Cyrus – "Never Be Me" from Plastic Hearts (2020); keyboards
• Mustafa – "Stay Alive" from When Smoke Rises (2021); bass guitar
• Pearl & the Oysters – Flowerland (2021); engineer, guitar
• Bruteman – "That's Us" from Mosquito (2024); bass, drums

Awards and nominations

External links

• at IMDb