Jonathan David Bellion-The profile of one of music’s most unsung artists
Genre: Profile
Jonathan David Bellion was born in Lake Grove, New York to parents William and Judy Bellion. He developed a passion for creating music through his creating of beats on his brothers Triton keyboard. A talented basketball player, he decided to pursue his Junior year of High School. He eventually was offered a publishing deal after working on his craft and managing jobs to help continue to fund his passion. This lead to him leading production on many popular hits such as Eminem and Rihanna’s The Monster and Jason Derulo’s Trumpets. With funds coming in from these major successes, Jon was able to pursue his own work and released his own work The Separation, soon after.
I discovered Jon Bellion for the first time a long time ago, around 6th or 7th grade by listening to Pandora on my parents TV. With the music platforms nature of only shuffling “radios” of certain artists, there were many artists and songs which I discovered throughout these little music journey’s. I initially remember Jon Bellion’s cover art for The Human Condition due to it’s unique art style, and with songs which stuck with me for a while: 80s Films, He is the Same, and most of all Guillotine.Years later, in 2022, I heard Guillotine again and was instantly brought back to listening in my basement. Exploring his whole discography, I was able to truly experience all the elements which make Jon Bellion so impressive. Talent in his lyrics, talent in his production and talent in his intonation and performance stood out as I heard each song. Jon Bellion also creates documentaries for how he produces a lot of his songs and watching the whole process when I discovered this element of his craft really helped to drive home my love for his music, especially watching how some of my favorite songs of all time were crafted with so much love and passion. (If you are interested, here is one of my favorites, with his crafting of Stupid Deep).
Even now, I am still discovering new songs by Jon Bellion, such as unreleased tracks like 1990 and Two Car Garage, or even versions of songs he wrote and gave to another artist, such as Justin Beiber’s Holy. While a part of me is pained that so many people are unaware of his talents and resume, it makes it even more special when I find someone else who knows of him or even better is aware of his craft. While Jon has been limited to producing for others in recent years, (such as Jimin, Jung Kook and Tori Kelly), I am pleased to know he is now able to release his own music with his old contract ending, and an album is hopefully soon on the horizon!
Just for fun, here are some other popular songs he wrote/produced:
Memories-Maroon Five
Who-Jimin
Seven-Jung Kook and Latto
Waffle House and Walls-The Jonas Brothers
Midnight Sky-Miley Cyrus
My Mind and Me-Selena Gomez
Girls-The Kid LAROI
and plenty more…
I think the idea of artists “giving” songs to other artists is really interesting! The idea that someone is getting the credit for another artist’s work because they didn’t want to sing their song is really intriguing, and I love learning about artists whose songs were written by other artists, so this blog post is great! Great work!
I had no idea that Jon Bellion was so involved in the creation of other songs that I know! It really makes me thing I need to look into the writers and producers of many other songs that I listen to. Overall, your blog has been really insightful, great job!
I think it’s really interesting to see how complicated the music industry is through one profile and artist. Your diversity in approaches throughout your blogs have been really fun to look into and learn about for some cases like this one. Great work.
I like the inclusion at the end of other songs that he has had his hands in. It’s interesting to see an artist that is so hands on in all aspects of the art, including other artists songs.